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• WW2 bomb map and a Lord Mayor’s response to the Armistice

  14-01-2019 21:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the many maps of bomb damaged London has gone on show in the City of London’s heritage gallery, alongside a declaration about the end of WW1.
  The main case of the display shows one of the many maps that were plotted by the London County Council, in this situation, the Canada Water docks area.The colours represented six different grades of damage, and were, slightly confusingly for a WW2 event, plotted on maps dating from 1916 — the middle of WW1.
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• Telecom Italia braces for Vivendi-Elliott clash

  14-01-2019 18:10
  Annual meeting is brought forward after media group demands board members’ departures
  
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• As expected TIM delays shareholder meeting and Vivendi moans

  14-01-2019 17:43
  The TIM board met today to discuss Vivendi’s request for a shareholder meeting and decided it can wait until the end of March.
  This outcome had been widely expected and Vivendi already had its public moan written in advance. “Vivendi deplores the time-wasting tactics used by the Elliott Board members of Telecom Italia (TIM) who have decided to delay until March 29 the holding of a Shareholders’ Meeting, contrary to the company’s by-laws and the Italian Civil Code,”
  
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• Where is the evidence of Huawei espionage?

  14-01-2019 17:39
  Before we get carried too carried away with the recent arrest in Poland, let’s remember something; this is a Huawei employee accused of espionage, not Huawei.
  Right now, Huawei is the world’s whipping boy. This is a company which is taking the punishment for the nefarious activities of the Chinese government. In Poland, a Huawei employee and another from Orange have been arrested, accused of espionage. But the condemnation should be directed towards the Chinese government and these i
  
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• Vivendi war with Elliott over TIM set to escalate

  14-01-2019 13:36
  Ahead of a TIM board meeting today Vivendi and TIM Chairman Fulvio Conti have been publicly bitching at each other.
  An unnamed Vivendi spokesperson got in touch with the Sunday Times to brief against Conti yesterday, accusing him of failing to represent all shareholders. Vivendi is a 24% shareholder in TIM and has been upset ever since it lost control of the board to activist investor Elliott last year and has consistently questioned Conti’s impartiality.
  Vivendi wants another vote on the
  
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• Bharti Airtel exploring acquisition of Telkom Kenya – report

  14-01-2019 12:38
  Indian telco Bharti Airtel is reportedly in discussions to expand its presence in the Kenyan market through the acquisition of Telkom Kenya.
  According to Reuters, the under-pressure Indian telco is meeting with Telkom Kenya executives to acquire the business, merging the number two (its own brand Airtel) and three players in the country. This is not the first time such a transaction has been discussed, though it is claimed London-based Helios Investment, which owns 60% of the business, is attemp
  
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• Heavy Facebook users make bad choices – study

  14-01-2019 11:51
  A recent study from Michigan State University suggests Facebook might be having more of an impact on our lives than simply making us less socially capable.
  With several departments contributing to the research, the results suggest some slightly worrying trends. As with everything to do with academia and theoretical pursuits, claims have to be taken with a pinch of salt, though it will hardly come as a surprise that our obsession with the virtual world is having a negative effect in our physical
  
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• Security threat is no reason to relax EU competition policy

  14-01-2019 11:45
  The chimera of industrial champions is the wrong answer to China
  
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• Xiaomi unveils new strategy stressing AI, IoT and smartphones

  14-01-2019 10:27
  The Chinese device maker Xiaomi has announced its new strategy will be built around two core areas: smartphone and AI+IoT.
  At the company’s annual party, Lei Jun, Xiaomi’s founder and CEO, pledged an investment of CNY 10 billion ($1.5 billion) over the next five years, in a strategy it calls AIoT (meaning both “AI+IoT” and “All in IoT”). The objective is to develop this part of the business into a second core of the company’s strategy, to dovetail with i
  
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• London’s Alleys: St Peter’s Alley, EC3

  14-01-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This seemingly fairly modern looking alley is actually one of the oldest in London, and potentially dates from pre-Saxon London.It’s difficult to see it today, surrounded by offices and shops, but on the corner of Cornhill and Gracechurch Street is a.. church. In fact it’s St Peter upon Cornhill, and reputed to be the seat of an archbishop until the coming of the Saxons in the 5th century, after which London was abandoned and Canterbury became the seat for the 6th-century Gregorian m
  
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• TIM considers move for BT's Italian assets

  14-01-2019 01:00
  Telecom Italia has enquired about the possibility of obtaining BT Group's Italian assets, according to a report by Bloomberg. BT's Italian unit, which was the source of a much-publicised accounting scandal in 2017, generated revenues of around €390 million last year…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• New low cost smartphone could be the key to Samsung's recovery in India

  14-01-2019 01:00
  Samsung has announced that it will launch a new range of low cost smartphone handsets to boost its traction in India, according to a senior company executive. Samsung will launch three new devices in its 'M' series…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Globe vows to crack down on online piracy in the Philippines

  14-01-2019 01:00
  Filipino telecoms giant, Globe, has voiced its support for a government bill that would make it compulsory for internet service providers (ISPs) to block sites providing illegal…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Airtel eyes African expansion with potential Kenyan acquisition

  14-01-2019 01:00
  Indian based telco Bharti Airtel is reportedly mulling a move to acquire Kenya's smallest telecoms operator, Telkom Kenya, according to a report by Reuters. The move is intended to help Airtel scale up its presence in East Africa and create a stronger challenger to Kenya's dominant telco…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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