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• West Hampstead Overground station’s new footbridge

  14-12-2018 18:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new footbridge has been opened at West Hampstead Overground station as a late running upgrade slowly progresses.
  The new footbridge is considerably wider than the old access space down to the platforms, and the staircases double the width of the older stairs they are replacing.
  However, the upgrade works are significantly behind schedule, as they were due to be complete a few months ago. Only the footbridge has opened to the public, and it’s not finished either.
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• Private Line Transformation for Media and Broadcast Service, Operators’ New Blue Ocean Market

  14-12-2018 16:58
  High-definition (HD) or ultra-high-definition (UHD) video signals are essential to meet increasing consumer demands on content and experience. Higher rates are needed to bear HD/UHD signals, which in turn drives the upgrade of private lines for media and broadcast services. Forming the network infrastructure of the video industry, private lines for media and broadcast services have many potential high-value customers that represent an untapped revenue source for operators.
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• Italy spectrum auction looks like a cheap bit of business – RBC

  14-12-2018 14:22
  A research note from RBC, the Royal Bank of Canada, suggests Italian telcos in Italy might not have overpaid that much in the grand scheme of things.
  This is not to say that the spectrum was cheap, but there is consistency is the rising price of that precious commodity around the world. Italy might have looked expensive to start with, but in comparison to other markets, it is a bit of a steal.
  “Italy’s auction caught investors’ attention with a high price for Mid Band 5G,&
  
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• Ofcom reckons we’re clueless about broadband pricing

  14-12-2018 13:28
  UK telecoms regulator Ofcom thinks consumers are ill-informed about the best broadband deals and wants ISPs to help rectify that.
  As with many other utilities, UK punters often don’t shop around when it comes to broadband deals and often don’t even get the best service their current ISP offers at the price they’re paying.  Ofcom thinks that’s bang out of order and wants ISPs to be a lot more proactive about communicating this stud to their customers.
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• Night Overground to call at Whitechapel from tonight

  14-12-2018 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ever since the Night Overground service launched last year, it has skipped Whitechapel station – but not from tonight.
  The Night Overground launched a year ago, on the 15th December 2017, and has seen around 250,000 journeys made along the Highbury & Islington to New Cross Gate route in the first year.
  The Night Overground operated initially between Dalston Junction and New Cross Gate and was extended to Highbury & Islington in February 2018.
  From the start though, the trains skipp
  
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• Chinese elites reel from shock of Huawei arrest

  14-12-2018 05:53 via ft.com
  Nationals see detention of Meng Wanzhou as confirmation of west’s anti-China bias
  
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• Ofcom aims to boost superfast uptake, as 50% of Brits still get sub par service

  14-12-2018 01:00
  UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has launched a new campaign to encourage more people to make the switch to superfast broadband services.
  New research published by Ofcom shows that while 94 per cent of UK homes and businesses can now get superfast broadband services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• China issues 5G spectrum as rumours of mega merger persist

  14-12-2018 01:00
  China has issued the first mid-band 5G spectrum to each of its three-major state-owned operators. The country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that it expected network testing to begin in Q1 2019…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Cabo Verde Telecom and EllaLink sign subsea connectivity deal

  14-12-2018 01:00
   Cabo Verde Telecom has signed an agreement with EllaLink to provide direct connectivity from Europe and Latin America to the Cape Verde Islands.
  The EllaLink subsea cable system will be a state of the art 4 fibre pair submarine cable and is due to be operational by 2020…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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