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• Huawei will ride out this bust-up with the US

  22-01-2019 22:00 via ft.com
  The Chinese telecom group has several deeply ingrained advantages
  
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• Tickets Alert: Trip in an art deco tube train through central London

  22-01-2019 20:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the last few chances to do this — as a 1938 tube train will trundle though central London next month, and you can be on board.This will be a rare opportunity to travel on the beautifully restored art-deco 1938 train, along the District, Circle, Metropolitan and Piccadilly Lines, and it will also be one of the last heritage runs on this route due to signalling upgrades on the Circle Line.
  Trips are a curious mix of the nostalgia, sitting in the old train, looking at old adverts and g
  
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• Telefónica and Samsung Utilize LuxCarta’s Advanced Geodata for First 26 GHz Trial in Germany

  22-01-2019 17:00
  5G Simulated on Millimeter Wave FrequenciesSophia Antipolis, France – January 22, 2019 – LuxCarta, the leading global geodata provider to the wireless ecosystem, announced today it is providing specialized geodata designed for use with RF planning simulations at high frequencies to Telefónica Deutschland and Samsung for their first 26 GHz tests in Hamburg. LuxCarta is providing 2-meter resolution City Planner building models, along with specialized vegetation layers, terrain a
  
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• Give control back to your users, scholars tell Facebook

  22-01-2019 16:49
  In a new position paper, scholars from Oxford and Stanford recommended nine measures Facebook should take to make itself a better forum for free speech and democracy.
  The report, titled “GLASNOST! Nine ways Facebook can make itself a better forum for free speech and democracy”, was jointly published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and the Oxford University. The scholars, headlined by the historian Timothy Garton Ash, recommended Facebook take concrete steps relat
  
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• Gartner claims people are warming to AI

  22-01-2019 16:38
  The power of artificial intelligence is unquestionable, but what remains unknown is how long it will take for the technologies to be considered mainstream. Are people afraid of the power of AI?
  With every technological breakthrough it takes a considerable amount of time for mainstream adoption. There are of course early adopters who will reap the benefits of AI, but bell curves exist for a reason; the vast majority will be slow to react, scared of the unknown, resistant to any form of change or
  
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• Most European CSPs expect more enterprise revenue opportunities from 5G

  22-01-2019 13:50
  A new survey conducted by IDC, commissioned by Amdocs, has found that almost 80% of European CSPs anticipate increased enterprise revenue opportunities from 5G.
  This was the headline datapoint from a survey in which IDC spoke to a bunch of senior management at CSPs from around the world. Another notable finding was that a third of all operators plan to offer enterprise 5G services in 2019 and that will increase to 84% of them in 2020.
  “Operators of 5G networks can support mission-critical
  
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• Nerves jangle as Aussies delay TPG/Vodafone merger decision

  22-01-2019 13:05
  The Australian regulator has pushed back the deadline for its decision on whether Vodafone Australia and TPG can move forward with the proposed £8.2 billion merger.
  While this far from a definite sign the merger will be blocked by the watchdog, the longer the evaluation process goes on for, the stronger the feelings of apprehension will get. If the Aussies were happy with the plans to create a convergence player, they would have said so, but perhaps the regulator is just making sure it eff
  
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• West Norwood’s Victorian cemetery to be restored

  22-01-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of London’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ cemeteries, West Norwood is to be renovated following the award of a £4.6 million grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund.One of London’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ cemeteries, West Norwood was established in 1836 to relieve the overcrowding in small parish graveyards caused by the huge increases in the capital’s population during the 19th century.
  The Grade II* listed cemetery was also the first in the UK to be designed in
  
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• 4G roaming traffic doubled globally last year – BICS

  22-01-2019 12:39
  Regulatory changes and increased competition continue to drive massive growth in LTE roaming around the world, according to new data from BICS.
  The precise increase is 95%, with a major catalyst still being the European Union’s regulation that banned European operators from charging a premium for roaming within the bloc. While we’re not seeing the ridiculous increase in European roaming that took place in 2017, the first full year after roaming was abolished, growth is still pretty s
  
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• Scotland and Wales top the broadband not spot list once again

  22-01-2019 12:37
  While there might be a few rogue entries into the UK broadband sh*t-list, the usual suspects are present once again demonstrating the difficulties in taking everyone across the digital finish line together.
  The digital divide might not be on the same scale or intensity as some other continents are facing, but it is still a genuine problem for some regions in the ‘developed’ markets. Which has unveiled its latest list of connectivity not-spots throughout the UK, and unfortunately for
  
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• NGMN & Wireless Broadband Alliance join forces to address RAN convergence opportunities

  22-01-2019 11:00
  Call for combined 5G and Wi-Fi network resources to address opportunities and use casesLondon, Frankfurt, 22 January 2019 - NGMN and Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) have published the first results of their collaboration to drive the convergence of multi-technology RANs and core networks. The joint report identifies a number of emerging opportunities and use cases that the industry can benefit from through the convergence of 3GPP’s 5G and Wi-Fi, driven by the ever-enhancing capabilities
  
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• Crossrail artists takeover Selfridges shop windows

  22-01-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  As part of a larger scale art programme, a number of Selfridges windows have been given over to artists working on the Crossrail project.
  Darren Almond, Chance Encounter (c) Selfridges
  As part of the Crossrail project, art has been included in each of the stations — half funded by the City of London, and half from local businesses. Selfridges itself  picked up half the bill for art at Bond Street station.
  Nine artists, all commissioned to make at for the forthcoming Elizabeth line wil
  
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• Huawei would welcome foreign leaders to visit its 5G labs

  22-01-2019 01:00
  Huawei's chairman, Liang Hua, has said that his company would welcome foreign officials to its 5G research and development facilities in China in order to allay any security concerns they may have about the integrity of the Chinese tech giants 5G network architecture…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Etisalat first Middle Eastern telco to break $10bn valuation barrier

  22-01-2019 01:00
  UAE based telecoms group, Etisalat, has become the first consumer brand in the Middle East to be valued at over $10 billion, according to a company release.The Etisalat portfolio includes brands such as Mobily…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BICS: LTE roaming increased by 95% in 2018

  22-01-2019 01:00
  International communications enabler, BICS, has announced that 4G/LTE roaming traffic across its international networks grew by 95 per cent in 2018.
  BICS expects to see strong growth in LTE roaming continue this year and has predicted that LTE roaming traffic will grow by another 50 per cent in 2019…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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