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• Tickets Alert: Watch horror films in an old Masonic temple

  29-03-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  An original Masonic Temple that dates back to 1912 is the setting for a series of horror film screenings over the next few months.The Masonic Temple is inside a recently refurbished hotel that was built in 1884 next to Liverpool Street station, and the Temple added in 1912 by Charles Barry junior and cost £50,000 at the time, which is the equivalent of £4 million today.
  Inside of the Masonic Temple there are 12 types of marble, all from Italy, and the grandiose throne-like chairs are
  
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• TDC hoovers up Danish spectrum in latest auction

  29-03-2019 13:52
  The Danish Energy Agency has completed its latest spectrum auction, with TDC running away with the majority of the available assets.
  Of the 20 blocks in the 700, 900 and 2300 MHz frequency bands, TDC won 14, the maximum available to the telco at this auction. 3 Denmark acquired two 10 MHz blocks in each of the 700 and 900 MHz bands, while TT Network, Telia and Telenor’s joint venture, two 5 MHz in the 700 MHz and two 10 MHz in the 900 MHz band.
  “Several frequency blocks provide highe
  
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• Altice still under pressure to make Europe work

  29-03-2019 13:49
  Revenues are down across the continent, but telecoms group Altice is pointing to healthy mobile acquisitions in France as a glimmer of hope.
  With France accounting for almost 2/3 of total revenues across the now separated European business, Altice could use some good news. Promotions might have taken a bite out of the spreadsheets, but with 1.3 million subscription gains in 2018, the management team is suggesting there might be an end to the gloom.
  “In 2018, we have completed the reorganiz
  
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• Telecoms industry set to finally get the recognition it deserves

  29-03-2019 13:39
  Hard working telecoms industry professionals are set to finally emerge from decades of bleak anonymity thanks to the new, improved Glotel Awards.
  The 2019 version has just been launched and is open for entries. Now in its seventh year the event is single-handedly responsible for plucking telecoms vendors, service providers and the general ecosystem from obscurity and putting them on the pedestal they richly deserve. It would only be slightly hyperbolic to say the awards change people’s liv
  
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• Defiant Huawei reports 20% revenue growth

  29-03-2019 13:01
  In spite of the growing geopolitical spat it has found itself in the centre of, Huawei reported $107 billion in total revenues for the 2018 financial year, up 20% year-on-year.
  The consumer business unit is now clearly the most successful, though there is still minor momentum in the carrier business. This is the unit which has been suffering the most through the political scrutiny, though there have been some rays of sunshine.
  Although the consumer business unit grew 45%, astronomical growth in
  
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• A zip wire is to run from top of Canary Wharf skyscraper

  29-03-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  For one day in June, a zip wire will be fixed to the roof of a Canary Wharf skyscraper, and a handful of people will be able to whiz down the wire to the ground.
  The handful of people also being the sort who can raise £50,000 in sponsorship for charity.The Zip London is a charity fundraiser, aiming to raise £2 million to be split between the Fire Fighters charity and the Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
  If you’re one of the handful of people, then you can look forward
  
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• Vivendi ends push to oust Telecom Italia board members

  29-03-2019 12:16
  French group has asked to have previous proposals revoked, raising hopes of a detente
  
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• Trade boom between Africa and Latin America will fuel demand for next generation subsea connectivity

  29-03-2019 01:00
  The subsea cabling sector can expect to see a flurry of activity in 2019 and 2020, particularly in the underserved southern hemisphere, according to senior industry officials. Angola Cables' chief commercial officer, Artur Mendes, said that demand for connectivity between developing markets in Africa and Latin America would fuel demand for subsea connectivity…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Saudi Telecom Company reveals the world's first multi-vendor integrated 5G network

  29-03-2019 01:00
  The Saudi Telecom Company has unveiled the world's first Multi-Vendor Integration Verification for its 5G network, blending Huawei and Cisco cores with Ericsson and Nokia supplied Radio Access Networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Nokia notches up 30 5G deals with operators across the globe

  29-03-2019 01:00
  Finish telecoms giant, Nokia, has revealed that it's recent 5G deal with A1 in Austria was its 30th contract to launch 5G.
  Nokia has signed 5G rollout commercial agreements with 16 operators for 30 separate locations across the world…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Altice Europe completes the sale of a minority stake in its SFR FTTH initiative

  29-03-2019 01:00
  Altice Europe has completed the sale of a 49.99 per cent stake in the SFR Fibre to the Home (FTTH) initiative, to a consortium of international buyers. 
  The international consortium…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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