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• Listen out for cannon fire in London on Wednesday

  05-02-2019 20:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you’re near Green Park or the Tower of London tomorrow (Wed), listen out for very loud cannon fire.
  To mark the 67th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s accession to the throne, guns will be fired from both the Royal Park and the Royal Fortress.
  The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery will stage a 41-gun salute at Green Park, while the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) will stage a 62-gun salute along the riverside at the Tower of London.
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• Europe pats US internet giants on the head for being good censors

  05-02-2019 20:35
  In just the third year of the EU’s Orwellian online speech purge it looks like the major platforms are largely submitting to its will.
  The EU Code of Conduct on countering illegal hatespeech online has been going since 2016 as “an effort to respond to the proliferation of racist and xenophobic hate speech online.” The EU seemed to have decided that if you stop people saying horrid things online then you’ll also stop them having horrid thoughts and doing horrid things.
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• France takes on Apple in tax dispute… and wins

  05-02-2019 17:45
  The French government has bagged a win in its quest to hold Silicon Valley accountable to fair and reasonable taxation rules with €500 million secured from Apple.
  Apple has confirmed to Reuters it has settled a dispute over taxes due to the French purses over a 10-year period, though local newspapers are suggesting the figure is roughly €500 million. France is leaking the European battle against the slippery accountants of the internet giants, though whether this has any knock-on effec
  
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• Elliott strengthens its position at TIM

  05-02-2019 13:55
  Vivendi wants Italian operator TIM to have a special meeting to choose new board members, but its auditors don’t agree.
  The request was originally made by Vivendi at the end of last year, in apparent response to Amos Genish but essentially a delayed reaction to it losing control of the TIM board to activist investor group Elliott earlier in the year. Elliott is understandably less keen on having such a meeting and Vivendi isn’t happy at what it perceives as breaches of corporate due
  
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• GSMA set for crisis meeting at MWC over Huawei bans – report

  05-02-2019 13:52
  GSMA Director General Mats Granryd has reportedly been writing to members to set up a meeting on the side-lines of Mobile World Congress to discuss what to do about further Huawei bans.
  Huawei might be facing pressure from governments around the world, but if reports turn out to be true, diminished support from the operator industry’s own lobby group would be a significant dent in the confidence of the vendor. As Huawei is one of the firms which contribute financially to GSMA events w
  
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• Telecoms.com Wins Platinum AVA Digital Award for Best Podcast Series

  05-02-2019 13:22
  Telecoms.com (www.telecoms.com), the highly respected and independent news portal covering the latest technological advancements and market trends, received a Platinum Ava Digital Award for its Telecoms.com Podcast Series. The Telecoms.com Podcast Series, made up of weekly podcasts hosted by the editorial team at Telecoms.com, comprises a recap of the week’s news with an irreverent, dry and humorous edge.
  The AVA Digital Awards is an international competition that recognizes excellence by
  
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• Routemaster buses to drive through a military firing range

  05-02-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Just once a year, a fleet of old London buses are allowed into military lands to take trips to an empty village where no one lives. It is of course, therefore hugely popular.
  This is the bus route though the middle of the Salisbury Plain to the abandon village of Imber – the ImberBus.
  There are only a few days each year on which the road to Imber is open to the public and so this year the Imberbus service will operate on:
  Saturday 17th August 2019You can look at it as a chance to ride
  
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• Committee Democrats tell Pai to stop being so horrid

  05-02-2019 12:37
  FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has received a scalding letter from House Committee on Energy and Commerce effectively telling him to play nicer with poor people and Democrats.
  Signed by Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (Democrat representative of New Jersey) and Communications and Technology subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (Democratic representative of Pennsylvania), the letter accuses Pai of representing the interest of corporations over consumers, ignoring questions from Democrat politicians and inade
  
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• BT publishes report that concludes it’s great

  05-02-2019 12:35
  A new report commissioned by BT has concluded that it’s really important for the UK economy. Imagine BT’s surprise.
  One out of every 75 quid (1.3%) produced in the UK is down to BT group, we’re told. The report, entitled The Economic Impact of BT Group plc in the UK, was compiled by Hatch Regeneris, which describes itself as follows: “We create economic and social insight to help our clients make a positive impact on people, places and economies.”
  This piece of insi
  
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• Google investors slightly spooked by free-spending execs

  05-02-2019 11:57
  Revenues might well be booming again at Google, but it seems shareholders are slightly concerned by increased costs, which is one of the fastest growing columns in the spreadsheet.
  Looking at the final quarter, revenues stood at $39.3 billion, up 22% year-on-year, though traffic acquisition costs (TAC), what Google pays to make sure it is the dominant search engine across all platforms, operating systems and devices, were up by over $1 billion. Cost-per-click on Google properties were also down.
  
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• London Underground displays the Hutton Panels inside Bank station

  05-02-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Inside the newly built Walbrook entrance to Bank tube station can be found a freize of Roman inspired murals — known as the Hutton Panels.In 1960, John Hutton created 24 panels to commemorate the discovery of the ruins of the Temple of Mithras on the site of the now demolished Bucklersbury House.
  The panels were installed as ornamental lintels over the north and south entrances to the office block.
  When the Bloomberg Building was being constructed, it was decided to gift the panels —
  
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• Telecoms groups stand by Huawei despite scrutiny

  05-02-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Banning Chinese equipment could delay 5G by years and create duopoly in some markets
  
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• Telecoms groups stand by Huawei as scrutiny intensifies

  05-02-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  Banning Chinese equipment could delay 5G by years and create duopoly in some markets
  
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• Zain and Nokia launch 4.9G pilot in Saudi Arabia

  05-02-2019 01:00
  Nokia and Zain KSA have launched a Massive MIMO trial in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, which aims to deliver download speeds of up to 700Mbps.
  The trial uses spectrum in the 2.6GHz range over Zain's LTE network and will utilise Nokia's 5G ready AirScale Massive MIMO antenna for 4…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Vivendi receives setback in its bid to retake TIM boardroom

  05-02-2019 01:00
  Telecom Italia's biggest shareholder, Vivendi, has suffered a setback in its quest to regain control of Telecom Italia's boardroom, as the firm's auditors denied its request to bring forward a proposed shareholder meeting by a month…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• VEON eyes $600m bid for remaining Global Telecom shares

  05-02-2019 01:00
  International telecoms operator, VEON, has announced its intention to purchase the remaining 42.3 per cent stake in Egyptian telco Global Telecom for $600 million…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei completes WACS upgrade to unveil the world's longest 100G subsea cable

  05-02-2019 01:00
  Huawei's Marine Services division has completed second phase of its West Africa Cable System (WACS) upgrade, making WACS the longest 100G submarine cabling system in Africa. The West Africa Cable System realised 32 x 100G configured on an amplified single fibre span…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BSNL launches FTTH services to compete with Jio's Gigafiber

  05-02-2019 01:00
  Indian state-owned telecoms operator BSNL has launched its fibre to the home (FTTH) broadband service, which will bring superfast connectivity to millions of people across the country.
  BSNL will offer a number of speed tariffs…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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