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• Brussels unveils EU-wide plan to address 5G security risks

  26-03-2019 17:17
  Move reflects rising fears about opening up sensitive networks to Chinese tech groups
  
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• Huawei P30 continues with photography play

  26-03-2019 16:35
  Huawei has continued with the photography plug as the worlds’ number two smartphone manufacturer launches the P30 Series.
  With the launch taking place at the Paris Convention Centre, Huawei has unveiled its newest assault on the smartphone devices segment with a flurry of new features. Priced between £899 and £1099, the devices are still at the north-end of the market but considering the price tags we’ve seen for foldable screens at Mobile World Congress this year, the de
  
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• See inside the Our Lady of Compassion Church

  26-03-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sitting next to what was once the West Ham football club, and is now a generic housing development is a one-hundred(ish) year old Catholic Church.The Our Lady of Compassion Church, Upton Park was built in 1911 to an Italian Romanesque style by the local architect, Robert Leabon Curtis, and sits in a plot of land that had been a Catholic School.
  In 1869, Cardinal Manning bought the Boleyn Castle Estate to provide a school for Catholic Boys, and a “tin tabernacle” was built on the site
  
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• Bahrain surges forward with 5G innovation hub ambitions

  26-03-2019 15:45
  The Kingdom of Bahrain has announced itself onto the global 5G stage, claiming to be one of the first countries globally to provide commercial 5G services by June 2019.
  Bahrain has not exactly been thumping its chest with rhetoric and bold statements to date, but Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed now claims preparations for the rollout of 5G networks are finished, with the only missing piece of the puzzle being the availability of consumer handsets and e
  
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• Emtelle awarded multi-million-pound contract for CityFibre's FTTH roll out

  26-03-2019 14:00
  Hawick, Scotland, March 26, 2019 – Emtelle, the leading global manufacturer of blown fibre, cabling and ducted solutions are pleased to announce it has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract by CityFibre for an ongoing supply of a range of innovative and sustainable solutions. This comes as CityFibre continues to dramatically increase its footprint as it rolls out a competitive wholesale fibre infrastructure across the UK.The contract includes the supply of uPVC primary duct and Polye
  
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• The Pigeons pub and hotel

  26-03-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Not a pub or hotel, and not for pigeons, but in Stratford is a grand old building that was once a pub and hotel for humans.The Pigeons public house, originally The Three Pigeons seems to have been a pub on this site since at least 1776, and used to have a large windmill just behind it.The windmill went in 1860, and the current ornate building was constructed in 1899, to a design by the London architect, Henry Poston.While today we think of pigeons as flying rats, keeping the less ratty type of p
  
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• telent secures prestigious contract extensions for Highways England Technology maintenance services

  26-03-2019 12:40
  Warwick, UK, 26 March 2019: telent Technology Services Ltd (telent), a leading UK technology and network services company, has been awarded extensions by Highways England for all three of its Regional Technology Maintenance Contracts (RTMCs).The extensions for contracts in the East, South East and M25 regions cover the continued provision of technology maintenance services through to Summer 2021 and include assets that are critical to the efficient and safe operation of England’s Strategic
  
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• DAS Law Transforms Its PI Operation with Zylpha Integrations

  26-03-2019 12:05
  Leading Bristol based legal practice DAS Law has chosen Zylpha’s market-leading integration suite for its widely acclaimed PI (Personal Injury) operation. The integrations, which are for use with the practice’s LexisNexis Visualfiles case management system, include: Adobe Sign along with EL/PL (Employers Liability / Public Liability) and RTA (Road Traffic Accident) portal integrations. By using the integrations, DAS believes that it will have made its lawyer’s lives easier and
  
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• Plume hits the UK market

  26-03-2019 11:32
  Mesh wifi specialist Plume has launched itself onto the UK market, brining with it a new service which aims to make consumer IOT more secure.
  After success in the US market, eyes have been cast across the pond for Plume’s subscription service which it is describing as ‘adaptive wifi’. Not only does the company promise to improve wifi signal throughout the home, it is targeting security fears which may be arising due to more devices being connected to the internet.
  “The ev
  
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• G3 Comms secures private equity backing to drive ambitious growth strategy

  26-03-2019 11:00
  London, March 26th, 2019. G3 Comms, the business communications provider and network integrator, is pleased to announce it has secured a significant investment from private equity firm Apiary Capital. Under the terms of the deal, Apiary will acquire a majority stake in G3 Comms and provide additional follow-on funding to enable the company to accelerate its growth both organically and through acquisition. G3 Comms provides communication and connectivity solutions to medium-sized, multi-site UK e
  
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• Samsung warns profit could half on weak chip and display demand

  26-03-2019 10:57
  The world leader in smartphones and chips has released a profit warning for its Q1 results, due to be announced next month. Analysts estimate its operating profit could halve from a year ago.
  The company announced that it would miss market expectations, due to hard hits for sales in its key display and semiconductor business units. “The company expects the scope of price declines in main memory chip products to be larger than expected,” said Samsung.
  Semiconductor and display ha
  
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• Kaspersky Labs unveils another supply-chain threat

  26-03-2019 10:50
  While the security vendor has not revealed all the details just yet, a new cybersecurity incident demonstrates how dangerous it can be to focus too acutely on a single threat in the ecosystem.
  This is the trend we’ve been seeing in recent months. The rhetoric is so narrowly directed towards China and alleged puppets of the Chinese Government, few are able to talk about anything else when security is raised as a topic. With this incident, Kaspersky Labs has demonstrated threats are everywhe
  
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• Loads of seats coming to railway stations

  26-03-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Seems an odd thing to lack, but many railway stations lack much in the way of seating, so now more is being added to stations.
  Following a passenger survey, the total seating capacity at Victoria and London Bridge is now being increased from 150 at each station to 400 at each station.
  The seats, similar to those installed at Stansted Airport, were made by Green Furniture Concepts, based in Malmo, Sweden.
  They’re also a far cry from the cold metal seats, or 1980s plastic buckets that used t
  
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• Huawei turns to US group in public relations battle

  26-03-2019 03:32
  China telecoms group hired BCW in pushback against claims it is threat to national security
  
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• The US' 5G spectrum auction tops $1.4bn

  26-03-2019 01:00
  The US' 5G mmWave spectrum auction has generated $1.4 billion in revenue, following the completion of the 23rd round of bidding. American telcos are vying for spectrum in the 24GHz band…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Samsung issues profit warning, as handset demand wanes

  26-03-2019 01:00
   Korean tech giant Samsung has issued a surprise profit warning, as declining handset sales hit the company's bottom line, according to reports in the UK press.
  The company also blamed a slump in the memory chip market for the drop in profits…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Nokia wins key 5G network contract in Austria

  26-03-2019 01:00
  Nokia has won a contract with Austrian telco A1 to transform the companies mobile network infrastructure and rollout 5G commercial services in the country.
  Nokia has worked with A1 on its 3G and 4G network rollouts and the current deal will build on the existing partnership between the companies…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom would share data with rivals to ramp up 5G security

  26-03-2019 01:00
  Germany's biggest telco, Deutsche Telekom, has said that it would be open to sharing data with other operators in an attempt to ramp up 5G security, according to a report by Reuters.
  Earlier this week…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Apple has Netflix in its sites with the launch of its $1bn content streaming service

  26-03-2019 01:00
  US tech giant, Apple, has announced plans to launch its own original content streaming service, as it looks to diversify its product offering amid waning sales of its flagship iPhone.
  Apple TV+ will launch later this year, bringing a range of original content to Apple subscribers.
  “We’re honoured that the absolute best lineup of storytellers in the world — both in front of and behind the camera &mdash…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Apple has Netflix in its sights with the launch of its $1bn content streaming service

  26-03-2019 01:00
  US tech giant, Apple, has announced plans to launch its own original content streaming service, as it looks to diversify its product offering amid waning sales of its flagship iPhone.
  Apple TV+ will launch later this year, bringing a range of original content to Apple subscribers.
  “We’re honoured that the absolute best lineup of storytellers in the world — both in front of and behind the camera &mdash…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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