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• Tickets Alert: Ride the last ever passenger Intercity125 out of Paddington

  17-04-2019 21:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Next month, the last ever passenger service HST will leave Paddington, and you can be on board.
  After over 40 years’ in operation on the Great Western network, the High Speed Train is being replaced with bullet-style Intercity Express Trains, and the very last regularly timetable service will be the 18:30 from Paddington to Taunton on Saturday 18 May.
  The train is being extended to Exeter St Davids, and with demand to travel on board expected to be very high, the service will be entirely r
  
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• Qualcomm’s deal with Apple transforms 5G outlook

  17-04-2019 20:05
  End to legal marathon boosts US supplier of next-generation technology
  
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• INCA calls High Court ruling against full-fibre advertising standards disappointing

  17-04-2019 18:21
  INCA calls for Government and Ofcom support to reduce fibre advertising confusion to ensure customers are fully informedLondon, UK, April, 17, 2019 – The High Court ruling against CityFibre in the challenge to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over fibre advertising is a disappointment to operators building full fibre networks, the Independent Network Co-operative Association (INCA) has said. The ruling, delivered on Monday, dismissed CityFibre’s request for a Judicial Review
  
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• UK advertising watchdog ties itself in knots over broadband marketing

  17-04-2019 17:33
  The UK Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that Vodafone’s ‘Gigafast’ service was misleading because some people might reckon that means 1 Gbps.
  In reality the brand referred to a range of broadband packages, the fastest of which could still only manage an average of 900 Mbps. Virgin Media thought this was a bit cheeky and so grassed Vodafone up to the ASA, which today upheld the complaint on the grounds that, while some people wouldn’t read much into it, some punte
  
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• GWR offering Intercity 125 train window signs for sale

  17-04-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Here’s an odd thing for sale, and hence, for some people, utterly desirable — boxes of unused destination labels used on Intercity 125 trains.
  Being offered by GWR as they are about to phase out their Intercity 125 trains on the mainline routes out of Paddington.
  The last of the iconic HST trains are now on their final few weeks of passenger service before being phased out, probably — but not officially confirmed — on the evening of 18th May.
  As they wont be needed soon,
  
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• T-Mobile Sprint merger cast into doubt once more

  17-04-2019 14:55
  The US Department of Justice might not let the merger go through in its current form, according to reports.
  The WSJ has the scoop, citing those handy people familiar with the matter once more, who also seem to have been chatting to Reuters. According to the latter, which isn’t paywalled, the DoJ has concerns about the deal as it’s currently structured. The news caused shares in both companies to fall and their respective CEOs to tweet coded dissent.
  Both John Legere and Marcelo Claur
  
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• Ericsson rides US 5G wave to another solid quarter

  17-04-2019 14:10
  Swedish networking vendor Ericsson served up its third quarter in a row of organic growth, thanks largely to the rollout of 5G by US operators.
  Chatting to Telecoms.com on her last earnings call before moving on Helena Norrman, Ericsson’s marketing head, flagged up the organic growth as her highlight. The single biggest reason for this growth is the US 5G rollout, she explained, with Ericsson having added US Cellular to the big four MNOs as part of eight new 5G deal winds since we last che
  
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• Apple capitulates to end war with Qualcomm

  17-04-2019 13:12
  Qualcomm and Apple agreed to settle all the ongoing litigations with the iPhone maker paying the chipset maker an undisclosed amount and signing a six-year licensing agreement.
  On Monday, Qualcomm and Apple went to court over the allegation that Qualcomm has been abusing its monopoly position to over-charge for its chips. The stakes could have run up to tens of billions of dollars, with the OEMs Foxconn and Pegatron already demanding compensation of $9 billion dating back to 2013. The
  
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• How to get tickets for the 2019 Last Night of the Proms

  17-04-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Prom season is starting again and it’s already time to dust off the envelope and postage stamp in order to apply for tickets to attend the Last Night of the Proms.
  If you buy a Whole Season Ticket, then that gets you automatic entry into the Last Night celebrations.
  Due to the intense popularity of the evening, the rest of the tickets are allocated in two separate ballots.
  The largest ballot is reserved for people who attend the Proms – which is perfectly understandable – and i
  
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• Wireless Broadband Alliance and Mettis Aerospace Announce World's First Wi-Fi 6 Industrial Enterprise & IoT Trial

  17-04-2019 09:08
  Wi-Fi 6 trial to demonstrate the delivery of transformation for Industry 4.0 London, 17 April 2019: The Wireless Broadband Alliance, a leading organization in support of the adoption of next generation Wi-Fi services across the Wi-Fi ecosystem, has announced the world’s first Wi-Fi 6 Industrial Enterprise and IoT trial, as part of its ongoing Wi-Fi 6 program. Mettis Aerospace, a designer and manufacturer of precision-forged, machined and sub-assembled components, primarily for the aerospac
  
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• Fancy owning a Tube roundel coffee table?

  17-04-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  It turns out that the official supplier of tube roundels to London Underground has a side-line in coffee tables.
  Based on the Isle of Wight, the family owned AJ Wells & Sons have been official suppliers of signage and cladding to the Rail industry and Transport for London for many years. They’ve recently been very busy supplying the signs for the Elizabeth line.
  They also have a side-line in coffee tables based on the London Underground roundel.Available in two types, either plain embo
  
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• US Court casts doubt on T-Mobile and Sprint merger

  17-04-2019 02:00
  The US Justice Department has cast doubt over the proposed $26 billion merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, saying that it has a number of concerns regarding the deal in its current state.T…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei: The UK must work with its European neighbours to codify 5G security standards

  17-04-2019 02:00
  The UK government and telecoms regulator should work with their European partners to define a single, codified security standard for 5G, according to Huawei’s top security official.
  Speaking at a press conference in Shenzhen yesterday, Huawei’s global cyber security and privacy officer, John Suffolk, said that the implementation of a single, codified security standard would allow the UK to secure its networks and speed up 5G rollout.  “As an ex-government person myself, m
  
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• CityFibre appoints new city manager to oversee £30m fibre rollout

  17-04-2019 02:00
  UK fibre to the home (FTTH) specialist, CityFibre, has appointed a new city manager to oversee its £30 million FTTH rollout in Southend.Aideen Sadler will become city manager for Southend, one of the twelve cities to benefit from phase one of CityFibre&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Apple settles dispute with Qualcomm paving the way for a 5G iPhone

  17-04-2019 02:00
  Apple has settled its long running dispute with Qualcomm, agreeing to pay the US chip manufacturer a settlement for infringing its intellectual property. Apple will now resume using Qualcomm&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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