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• Tickets Alert: Climb up the Caledonian Clock Tower

  23-05-2019 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  After a lengthy restoration, the Cally Clock Tower opens to the public next month, and tickets to climb up to the top are now available.The clock tower was built as the centrepiece of a huge meat market, which has long since closed down, but the land is now a park, and the tower is still there.
  The tower was somewhat neglected, but restoration works, and the addition of a new visitor centre mean that it will be possible to climb up to the top. A climb that’s worth it for up here, unimpeded
  
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• Vodafone and EE 5G tariffs point towards a new form of digital divide

  23-05-2019 19:39
  If the technology industry wants 5G to change the world, placing prohibitive pricing on data tariffs is a strange way to go about it.
  The count-down clock to 5G is heading towards the small numbers, and now Vodafone customers will be able to pre-order 5G-ready devices and decide on what tariffs they are able to afford. Unfortunately for some, the prices might prove to be too much of a premium for wallets to stomach.
  Devices and various different tariffs are now available for pre-order through th
  
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• Ofcom’s latest ruling underlines the need for proactive personalisation

  23-05-2019 17:51
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this article, Martin Morgan, VP Marketing, at Openet, considers the latest move from Ofcom in forcing UK operators to tell their customers when their contracts are ending, and points out why it is a blessing in disguise.
  UK telecoms regulator Ofcom recently announced that it is to introduce rules to ensure broadband, TV and phone operators tell their customers when their contract
  
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• Portfolio Agreement with IHS Markit

  23-05-2019 17:40
  Continued Portfolio Management through exchange of Agribusiness Portfolio for further scale and capability in Informa Tech.
  London: Informa (LSE: INF.L), the International Exhibitions, Events, Information Services and Scholarly Publishing Group, today announces further Progressive Portfolio Management (“PPM”) through an agreement with information services group, IHS Markit, that sees Informa’s Agribusiness Intelligence Portfolio exchanged for IHS Markit’s leading portfoli
  
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• 5G Fixed Wireless: Many roads….the same destination.

  23-05-2019 17:38
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Els Baert, Director of Marketing and Communications at NetComm takes a look at the potential of 5G Fixed Wireless
  5G is finally here and dozens of news stories are being published globally every day about the opportunities, possibilities and challenges this new technology brings – rarely has a technology generated as much interest.
  Whilst it is great to see
  
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• Ruling challenges Qualcomm’s business model

  23-05-2019 14:23 via ft.com
  Handset makers have balked at chip company’s success in extracting royalties
  
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• US is whispering in South Korea’s ear over Huawei – report

  23-05-2019 13:33
  US diplomats are in Seoul and up to their old tricks attempting to convince the South Korean foreign ministry over the dangers of China.
  After enduring months of frustration in Europe, the anti-Huawei road trip is back in Asia. The doomsday propaganda might have failed to hit the target in Europe, though the US is now seemingly targeting South Korea according to local sources.
  One of the complaints has been directed at LG Uplus, one of the country’s major telcos which has been using Huawei
  
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• Europe’s lead data watchdog opens Google GDPR investigation

  23-05-2019 13:31
  Ireland’s data protection watchdog has kicked off a GDPR investigation into Google following a complaint from ad-free web browser Brave.
  Although GDPR is approaching its first birthday, there is yet to be an example of the towering fines which were promised for non-compliance. Perhaps everyone is playing merrily by the rules, or it might be that they are very good at covering their tracks. Brave will be hoping to chalk up a victory over Google with this investigation however.
  “The Ir
  
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• Huawei CEO pressures US President Trump via Chinese media

  23-05-2019 13:29
  Ren Zhengfei, Founder and CEO of besieged telecoms vendor Huawei, chose sympathetic Chinese media for his latest publicity initiative.
  He invited the People’s Daily, CCTV and Xinhua News Agency, which are directly controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, as well as a bunch of other media not known for challenging the party line, for a bit of a chat at Huawei towers in Shenzhen. Conspicuously absent was the relatively neutral and objective South China Morning Post.
  While the choice of med
  
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• Estonia is best digital home away from home, report says

  23-05-2019 13:20
  Expats voted Estonia to the top of their digital life quality list in a new survey.
  InterNations, a social network for expats, recently conducted a global survey to gauge the perception of digital lives enjoyed by those living in a foreign country. 68 countries were featured. Although most of the findings confirmed the conventional wisdom, the report also threw up a couple of surprises.
  Overall, the Nordic countries ranked high, with Finland, Norway, and Denmark all in the top 5 best countr
  
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• Tickets Alert: Evening talks marking Big Ben’s 160th birthday

  23-05-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Elizabeth Tower, which stands at the north end of the Houses of Parliament was completed 160 years ago in 1859. The Great Clock started ticking on 31 May and the strikes of the Great Bell (‘Big Ben’) were heard for the first time on 11 July.
  During the evening you will meet members of the Big Ben team and find out about the history and the workings of this famous clock tower. You will also hear from one of the conservation project team about the ongoing works which are 
  
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• Small Cell Award 2019 Winners Announced

  23-05-2019 12:24
  Awards Ceremony Concludes Successful Opening Day of New-Look SCF EventLondon, UK – Thursday 23rd May 2019 SCF (Small Cell Forum) has announced the winners of the SCF Small Cell Awards 2019, recognising outstanding achievement within, and contributions to, the global small cell industry. The awards were presented at the Small Cell World Summit in London.Open to the whole industry and judged independently of SCF by a panel of distinguished analysts, journalists and industry experts, the...So
  
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• Neural Technologies wins third consecutive award in Outstanding Innovation at TM Forum Digital Transformation World

  23-05-2019 10:58
  The award win arises as the company strengthens its position in the market with the appointment of a new CTOSINGAPORE, 23 MAY 2019 – Neural Technologies, a leading provider of digital transformation solutions, has been presented with the Outstanding Catalyst Innovation Award at the TM Forum Catalyst Awards 2019. The announcement comes as the company enhances its digital transformation technologies with the appointment of Martin Laesch as its new Chief Technical Officer. The prestigious awa
  
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• New trains finally for the London Overground

  23-05-2019 08:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  After oodles of delays, the first of the long awaited electric trains come into service on the Gospel Oak to Barking length of the London Overground this morning. Which by sheer accidental coincidence is exactly nine years to the day after the London Overground extension from Dalston Junction to West Croydon opened.Today, two new Class 710 electric trains will join the fleet on the  Gospel Oak to Barking line (GOBLIN) in the first step in returning the service on this busy north London line
  
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• The UK's inconvenient truth: We couldn't launch 5G without Huawei

  23-05-2019 02:00
  It’s been a busy few weeks for Britain’s mobile network operators, with the country’s two biggest MNOs announcing that 5G will be arriving on our shores in less than two weeks’ time.
  Undoubtedly this marks an important milestone in Britain’s connectivity journey. With the arrival of 5G, the country is ushering in the dawn of the gigabit society, heralding a new age of ubiquitous, ultrafast connectivity. Indeed, Britain will be among the first country’s in the
  
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• T-Mobile Sprint merger hits 11th hour stumbling block

  23-05-2019 02:00
  The proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile took an unexpected hit today, when sources from the Department of Justice hinted that they were preparing to block the deal.
  It appeared that the $26 billion merger between America's third and fourth biggest telcos was poised to pass…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Nokia wins key RAN contract and eyes 5G launch in Malaysia

  23-05-2019 02:00
  Finnish network equipment provider, Nokia, has signed a three-year contract with U Mobile to deploy a Nokia Single Radio Access Network (RAN) network and launch a 5G network trial in Malaysia.
  Nokia will also subscribe microwave and IP-based mobile transport technologies to enable U Mobile to expand the delivery of mobile data services across the country…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• New survey reveals growing consumer frustration, as fake-fibre plagues Britain's rural communities

  23-05-2019 02:00
  A new industry survey has shown that 57 per cent of Britons were left feeling frustrated by their home broadband services.
  The research, which was commissioned by rural broadband specialists…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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