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• Smithfield’s Christmas Eve meat auction returns for 2018

  30-11-2018 20:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Good news for meat lovers and lovers of a meaty bargain as the exceptionally good fun Christmas Eve auction will return to Smithfield this year.Despite warnings that the venue might have to change due to development works, it’s been confirmed that Harts of Smithfield will once again open up their shutters in their traditional home near Farringdon Road for the morning.
  This year it takes place on Monday 24th December 2018, from 10:30am.
  What was once a necessity in the days before refrigera
  
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• SoftBank mobile: cell side

  30-11-2018 18:13 via ft.com
  Expect some buying by passive funds once re-weightings are announced
  
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• Bank tube station gets a new entrance under the Bloomberg building

  30-11-2018 14:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  A brand new entrance has opened at Bank tube station making the Waterloo & City line considerably easier to use, and reducing congestion in the ticket hall for everyone else.
  The smart bronze and stone of the mighty Bloomberg Building now gaining the familiar tube roundel poking out from one side to indicate the arrival of a new way down into Bank tube station.Until this morning, access to the W&C line was via the main ticket hall, then a sloping travolator or staircase down to the tube
  
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• Italy floats the idea of a nationalised broadband network

  30-11-2018 11:32
  With a suspiciously positioned government, perhaps we should not be surprised Italy is going against popular trends by proposing a nationalised broadband network.
  Italian government minister Alessandro Morelli has suggested forming a new, state-controlled company, which would merge Telecom Italia’s broadband network and state-owned Open Fiber’s assets, according to Reuters. Few European states would consider such a proposition, though with the current political landscape in Italy, pe
  
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• ZTE may be in trouble with the US yet again

  30-11-2018 11:30
  Reports indicate ZTE is suspected of being naughty, yet again, with respect to US government conditions for being able to operate there.
  Reuters had got hold of a letter from a couple of US senators, asking their government to look into whether or not ZTE worked with individuals on its persona non grata list. This sort of thing usually refers to countries the US disapproves of an in this case it’s Venezuela, which is in the middle of a communist, authoritarian misadventure of North Korean
  
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• SoftBank mobile arm to be valued at about $63bn in IPO

  30-11-2018 07:42 via ft.com
  Japanese group shows confidence in float and sets single indicative price of ¥1,500 a share
  
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• Reliance Jio: We want to deliver a truly Digital India

  30-11-2018 01:00
  India's disruptive champion, Reliance Jio, has said that it wants to help the Indian government fast track digitalisation on the sub-continent, transforming the everyday lives of millions of people, through a series of 5G use case tests.Speaking exclusively at the Great Telco Debate in London on Thursday, Dr Steffen Roehn…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange Bank eyes European expansion in 2019

  30-11-2018 01:00
  Orange group has confirmed that it is to expand its Orange Bank services throughout Europe in 2019, starting with a launch in the telco's second biggest market, Spain.
  Orange expects to launch Orange Bank services in Spain in the second half of 2019…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Are European governments under investing in FTTH?

  30-11-2018 01:00
  There is no shortage of buzz and hype around fibre at the moment, with a host of Fibre to the home (FTTH) initiatives kicking off across Europe. The term fibre is now becoming synonymous with next generation connectivity, with governments and regulators across the continent touting the benefits of gigabit capable broadband connectivity…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Altice nets €1.8bn from partial sale of its French fibre unit

  30-11-2018 01:00
  Altice Europe has confirmed the sale of a 49.99 per cent stake in its French fibre network business, SFR FTTH. The stake has been sold to three investment funds, raising €1.8 billion. Altice Europe's share price rocketed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange following news of the sale…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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