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• Washington ramps up pressure over Britain’s 5G plans

  19-06-2019 18:38
  Security official warns of ‘unacceptable levels of risks’ posed by use of Huawei
  
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• Niantic’s Harry Potter might take AR into the world of reality

  19-06-2019 18:02
  Augmented Reality is a technology which has promised a lot but hasn’t delivered to date. Niantic will be hoping the hype converts into gain with the launch of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.
  Aside from being a title which taps into the nostalgic cravings of millennials, this is one of the first products which promises to genuinely make use of AR. Of course, we will reserve judgments until the product has been launched on Friday (June 21), but there will always be doubts in the build-up.
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• Huawei saga is no good for anyone – Nokia UK CEO

  19-06-2019 17:30
  Some might assume the suspicion which is being placed on Huawei might work out well for its competitors, but that is certainly not the case.
  In certain markets, there are clear benefits to having Huawei as the political punching bag of the technology world, the US is a prime example. Huawei is banned in the US, but it has never really made a profitable charge in the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave and look at Ericsson’s wins with Verizon in the pre-standard 5G world. But it can also
  
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• The Bedford Row water pump

  19-06-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  On a grand side street in Holborn can be found an equally grand looking water pump.In the 1740s, this short road was known as Jockeys Fields, which seems a bit odd considering the lack of fields in the area by then, but the name has stuck to a next door street to this day. By 1800 it had changed name to Warwick Place, and then sometime in the 1960s was renamed as an extension of next door Bedford Row.
  The pump, which dates to around 1840 has changed a bit as well. It used to be flush with the st
  
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• US politicians alarmed by Facebook’s cryptocurrency masterplan

  19-06-2019 14:09
  The announcement of a new currency led by Facebook has caught the attention of US law-makers and not in a good way.
  The Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, Maxine Waters, is alarmed by the prospect of a massive company with a patchy track record when it comes to data protection and censorship having control of a global currency. She published the following statement on the matter soon after the unveiling of Libra.
  “Facebook has data on billions of people and has repeatedl
  
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• Industry says Government should focus on outcomes not specific tech

  19-06-2019 14:04
  Being forward looking is an excellent quality to have in a national government, but when objectives are focused on technology not the desired outcome, it is a risky approach.
  In this instance, it seems the UK Government can do nothing right. For years, the focus of the fixed industry was G.Fast not fibre, believing that the connectivity half-way house was a sensible strategy. There might have been adequate arguments made at the time, but with hindsight they do seem underwhelming.
  Now the positio
  
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• HMD moves Nokia phone user data storage to Finland

  19-06-2019 13:54
  HMD Global, the maker of Nokia-branded smartphones, announced that it is moving the storage of user data to Google Cloud servers located in Finland, to ease concerns about data security.
  The phone maker announced the move in the context of its new partnership with CGI, a consulting firm that specialises in data collection and analytics, and Google Cloud, which will provide HMD Global with its machine learning technologies. The new models, Nokia 4.2, Nokia 3.2 and the Nokia 2.2, will be the first
  
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• Tickets Alert: A railway treasure trail

  19-06-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  How much do you know about rail locations around London: existing; historic, or fictional?
  Form a team of up to four people or arrive on the evening to be part of a competitive tour of London’s railways, past and present.
  The Rail Train 2019 takes place on the evening of Thur 25th July from 6pm.
  This experience will call for teamwork, communication and puzzle solving as you travel through various railway-themed locations, racing to the finish against other teams.
  Teams will be handed their
  
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• Dish said to be close to buying Boost from Sprint

  19-06-2019 12:15
  The disposal of assets required to sugar the pill of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger looks likely to be completed by US cableco Dish.
  The latest goss comes from Bloomberg, which has been chatting to people who reckon they know what they’re talking about. These mysterious oracles say Dish is ready to drop $6 billion on prepaid operator brand Boost as well as a bunch of other unspecified stuff.
  Since Boost has been valued at around $3 billion that’s quite a lot of unaccounted for expenditur
  
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• Museums by Appointment – The Honourable Artillery Company

  19-06-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Part of an occasional series where I visit museums that are open to the public, but only if you have contacted them first and arranged a time to visit.
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  Inside the grand and ancient headquarters of an arm of the Territorial Army is a small, but densely packed museum of military memorabilia.
  The current museum is fairly new, having moved to its location, behind a small door on the staircase landing in 2001, when it was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh.The main area of
  
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• Three: Amidst the full-fibre furore, let’s not overlook the potential of 5G wireless backhaul

  19-06-2019 02:00
  The UK government and telecoms regulator, Ofcom, have been too focussed on delivering full fibre networks to consider the transformative potential of mobile backhaul, as the country enters the 5G era, according to Three UK.Speaking at the Connected Britain event in London on Wednesday…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei: Rural connectivity is the next frontier to conquer, for a truly connected Britain

  19-06-2019 02:00
  Bringing next generation mobile and fixed line connectivity to the UK’s rural and hard-to-reach communities, should be a key priority for the country, according to senior representatives from Huawei.
  Speaking exclusively to Total Telecom ahead of his key note address at Connected Britain later this week…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Government, landlords or operators – who is responsible for tackling the UK’s urban not spots?

  19-06-2019 02:00
  With the race to 5G well underway and numerous initiatives launched to bridge the digital divide between urban and rural areas, consumers might be forgiven for thinking that building Britain’s future digital infrastructure doesn’t present too much of a challenge.
  But – as the many people residing in urban not spots know – there is actually much more work to be done. Characterised by challenging terrains or a high commercial risk, these areas in the heart of some of the U
  
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• CityFibre and SSE Enterprise Telecoms announce new ethernet partnership at Connected Britain

  19-06-2019 02:00
  CityFibre has announced a new partnership with SSE Enterprise Telecoms, whereby the company will become an Edge Plus strategic partner for ethernet services."Partnering with SSE Enterprise Telecoms was not only beneficial to increase demand in the market…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• “Bizarre” fibre tax must be scrapped for faster roll-out, says Openreach CEO

  19-06-2019 02:00
  The Government’s “bizarre” tax on fibre is one of the barriers currently halting the pace of full-fibre roll-out in the UK, according to Openreach CEO Clive Selley.Speaking on Day 2 of Connected Britain, Selley slammed the cumulo tax during a fireside chat with Paolo Pescatore, TMT Analyst at PP Foresight.
  In a debate which covered a range of topics from full…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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