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• Huge 200 year old panorama of London to go on display

  04-03-2019 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  A huge 20 feet wide panorama of London and Westminster is to go on public display from next Friday for the first time.
  (c) Museum of London
  The panorama, painted around 1815 by the French artist Pierre Prévost (1764-1823) was put up for sale last year, and bought by the Museum of London, with the help of Art Fund, the Aldama Foundation and a group of individual donors, with additional support from Michael Spencer, the Leche Trust and other donors who wish to remain anonymous.
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• Sterlite Tech now home to India's 1st Zero Waste to Landfill Optical Fibre Cable Plant

  04-03-2019 17:42
  The company diverts almost 100% of industrial waste from landfill, winning its Silvassa plant Intertek’s global certification for commitment to sustainability Silvassa, India – March 4, 2019: Sterlite Tech [BSE: 532374, NSE: STRTECH], a global data network solution company, has won Intertek’s (US) Zero Waste to Landfill certification for its optical fibre cable manufacturing plant in Rakholi, Silvassa (India). This world-class manufacturing facility diverts more than 99 per cen
  
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• INNO Instrument Inc. to showcase the world’s highest magnification rate enabled fusion splicer at OFC 2019

  04-03-2019 17:09
  The View 12R provides intense magnification for the optimal splicing environmentDallas, Texas, 4 March - INNO Instrument Inc, global developer of leading optical communications products and testing solutions, is set to showcase the world’s most advanced Ribbon Splicer, View 12R, at OFC (Optical Fiber Communication Conference) in San Diego, 5 -7 March 2019. To ensure fast and precise connectivity, fibers need to be spliced in a highly-visible environment with optimal lighting and magnificat
  
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• Huawei lawyers-up in North America

  04-03-2019 16:44
  Huawei’s CFO is suing Canada, while the company is also reportedly set to sue the US government.
  While the US and Huawei kept their conflict muted during Mobile World Congress last week, they have wasted little time in picking up where they left off after that brief hiatus. Having said that there was widespread talk on the show floor last week that there were many representatives of the US government and other public institutions at the event, apparently canvassing for support.
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• CenturyLink finds internal controls ‘weakness’ in $34bn Level 3 deal

  04-03-2019 16:23
  US telecoms group delays filing annual report as it sees need for extra auditing
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER to showcase latest optical connectivity solutions for 5G challenges at OFC 2019

  04-03-2019 16:00
  Future-proof technology that can enhance the capacity, density and performance of optical networks as the industry moves towards 5G will be showcased by HUBER+SUHNER at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2019. The largest conference and exhibition for optical communications – taking place March 5-7 in San Diego – OFC will highlight how the latest challenges being brought by network densification can be met by deploying innovative optical technologies. HUBER+SUHNER will
  
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• Edge takes centre stage at MWC 2019

  04-03-2019 15:50
  For all the hype and buzz which was generated ahead of Mobile World Congress 2019, the edge stole some of the attention away from 5G.
  Perhaps this is more of a realisation that 5G is not all its cracked up to, at least for the moment anyway. After handing out the accolades for ‘5G first’, this now seems to be the time to settle down and take a mature look at what we have in front of us.
  Numerous telcos have not crossed the finish line to offer 5G to those who feel they need it, but w
  
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• Trump opposition to AT&T/Time Warner deal was personal revenge – report

  04-03-2019 13:47
  Few would consider Donald Trump a conventional President but attempting to block AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner to get revenge for poor coverage would be another level.
  Trump’s distaste for CNN is widely known, though The New Yorker is now claiming the President’s opposition to AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner was little more than a personal vendetta against the newsroom for poor coverage as opposed to an ideological protest against market consolidation. We&rs
  
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• KT and Nokia will join hands to launch first ‘true’ 5G this month

  04-03-2019 13:28
  Korea’s mobile operator KT is going to launch nationwide 5G service this month and will collaborate with Nokia to provide services and tools for the business and the public sectors.
  Hwang Chang-Gyu, KT’s Chairman and CEO, recently announced that KT’s nationwide 5G network will be switched in March to cover 24 major cities, key transport routes such as expressways, subways, high-speed railways, large universities, and neighbourhood shopping areas. This will be an upgrade from th
  
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• Exhibition – from the League of Nations to Greenham Common

  04-03-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A modest sized, but informative exhibition looks at 20th century efforts to prevent war, and the protests that the campaigns engendered.
  As a display, it’s quite modest in size, but the details in the letters and newspaper clippings are often eye-opening.Starting with the establishment of the League of Nations, the exhibition includes international organisations such as the League of Nations established as part of the Paris Peace Conference and whose principle mission was to maintain peace
  
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• Dell’Oro crowns Huawei No.1 despite security concerns

  04-03-2019 12:28
  Huawei might have been under some intense scrutiny over the last twelve months, but that hasn’t stopped it maintaining its number one position in telecom equipment market.
  Releasing its Worldwide Telecom Equipment Market 2018 report, Dell’Oro has estimated Huawei accounts for 29% of the market, keeping itself on top of the pile. Ericsson, Nokia, ZTE, Cisco, Ciena and Samsung complete the top seven which accounts for 80% of the total. Encouragingly for all involved, the market grew by
  
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• UK set to impose 50 percent cap on Huawei kit – report

  04-03-2019 12:26
  As the UK government’s review into what to do about the perceived security risk posed by Huawei reaches its conclusion, some kind of ban seems likely.
  The Telegraph reports, citing those handy ‘telecoms industry sources’, ‘officials are preparing to recommend a 50pc cap on the proportion of equipment that can come from the Chinese giant when the review is completed in spring.’ They presumably mean ‘the Spring’, which could mean any time from now until th
  
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• March Towards 5G Era

  04-03-2019 12:12
  4G changed how personal communication works, broadened information and entertainment delivery channels; imminent 5G deployment will further expand influence on social & economic activities, empower new applications in verticals as well as personal communication with ultra-broadband, ultra-low latency and massive connectivity.
  As the foundation of tomorrow’s economy and one of crucial elements of digital infrastructure, 5G networks require hundreds of billions dollar investments to unlo
  
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• Rural Wireless Connectivity: A Big Problem With a Simple Solution?

  04-03-2019 11:45
  As European mobile network operators are starting to plan new 5G networks, millions of rurally located consumers and business are still struggling to receive adequate 4G wireless connectivity. A quick and inexpensive solution for many of these rural customers is to upgrade the antenna that is fitted to their router.
  Download this Poynting Antennas report to learn:
  • How can the wireless performance be improved by simply changing an antenna.• What are the factors that should be consider
  
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• Microsoft Azure casts its eye towards Quantum computing

  04-03-2019 11:38
  Microsoft has announced the formation of its Quantum Network in an effort to develop the world’s first scalable quantum computer and quantum applications.
  The Network, which was announced during Microsoft’s Startup Summit, is a community which brings together various universities, suppliers, enterprise organisations and start-ups to grow this futuristic segment. It might seem like an unconceivable concept right now, but CEO Satya Nadella has seemingly developed a culture which will n
  
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• London’s Alleys: Tweezers Alley, WC2

  04-03-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is both a brand new road, and an ancient alley that can be traced back at least 800 years, and a ceremony that has taken place every year since then.Tweezers Alley appears on maps from 1676, but there’s a reference to it in the City of London archived when they paid for a forge on the site in 1235, at which time it seems to have been associated with a riverside wharf.
  Every October, the City of London pays rent on the land it once leased, even though it has long since ceased to rent i
  
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• Sunrise ‘confident’ it will land Swiss telecom deal

  04-03-2019 06:00
  Chief expects UPC deal to proceed despite one shareholder declining to participate in rights issue
  
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• UK considers a 50% cap on Huawei's 5G involvement

  04-03-2019 01:00
  The UK government is considering implementing a 50 per cent cap on Huawei's involvement in the country's 5G network rollout later this year, according to reports in the British press.
  The Daily Telegraph reported that the government is preparing to recommend the cap as part of its security review…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Hutch and Telefonica target multi-nationals with launch of joint enterprise services

  04-03-2019 01:00
  CK Hutchison and Telefonica will team up to offer joint fixed, mobile and digital services to up to 1.8 billion enterprise customers across the world. The two have agreed to focus their efforts on servicing large enterprise and multi-national customers…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Airtel and Vodafone Idea mull Indian fibre JV

  04-03-2019 01:00
  Indian telecoms giants Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are in talks to combine their fixed line fibre broadband infrastructure by launching a new Joint Venture on the sub-continent. The pair have a similar arrangement to govern their towers operations…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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