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• The “Tulip” skyscraper is blocked by Mayor of London

  15-07-2019 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  A tall tulip shaped tower planned to be planted next to the Gherkin as a viewing platform has been blocked by the Mayor of London.
  Although the City of London granted approval to the highly controversial design, the Mayor of London called in the application due to its London-wide implications.If it had been built — then the tall concrete tower would have taken visitors up to a steel and glass bulb at the top with viewing floors, an education centre, and a roof top bar.
  Such a dramatic shap
  
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• Qualcomm makes its flagship chip a bit better

  15-07-2019 18:14
  Just when you thought the Snapdragon 855 was as good as it gets, Qualcomm has only gone and put a plus on the end of it.
  As its name implies, the Snapdragon 855 Plus is a bit better than the Snapdragon 855 chip, which Qualcomm launched amid much fanfare in Hawaii late last year. The marketing top-line for this launch is that it’s all about mobile gaming, with both the CPU and GPU being a bit faster than in the boring old vanilla 855. As with its predecessor the 855 Plus also plays nice wit
  
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• Tickets Alert: A virtual flight though the history of flight

  15-07-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 1919 two small aircraft firms were set up in the UK and through many mergers became British Airways, which is now marking its centenary with a vision of flight in another century hence.
  Forty postgraduate students from the Royal College of Art have been working on a project to imagine the future of flight in both digital and physical form.
  Alongside the installations will be a one-of-a-kind, full motion, virtual reality experience charting the history of flying and looking forward to the futu
  
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• Huawei reshuffles its global deck

  15-07-2019 15:05
  Chinese vendor Huawei is reportedly doubling down on Italy while scaling back what little presence it has in the US even further.
  Thomas Miao, Huawei’s Italian boss, announced the company will invest over a billion bucks a year for the next three years in Italy, according to a Reuters report. No such pledge can be made without a few strings attached, however, and Miao apparently called on the Italian state to ensure a level playing field for Huawei in the country, though its ‘golden
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: What is digital transformation?

  15-07-2019 14:20
  Now with added video!
  
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• Israel takes the ‘Vickrey’ approach to 5G auctions

  15-07-2019 13:39
  The Israeli telcos have taken a bit of a battering over the last 12-18 months and it seems the Government has a sympathetic ear with its new approach to auctioning 5G spectrum.
  According to Globes, the Government will make use of an auction technique known as the Vickery method to divvy up the precious 5G frequencies. It is an interesting approach, and bundled together with other incentives, should create a much more investment friendly environment for the telcos.
  A Vickery auction is a blind au
  
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• ‘No technical grounds’ to ban Huawei says UK Parliament committee

  15-07-2019 13:07
  Chair of the Science and Technology Committee in the UK, Norman Lamb, has stated there is not enough technical evidence to ban Huawei and is demanding a final decision by the end of August.
  In a letter written to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Lamb has demanded a conclusion to the Supply Chain Review which has staggered the progress of 5G networks in the UK. Many in the industry have become increasingly frustrated with the state of purgatory which h
  
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• ‘No technical grounds’ to ban Huawei says Committee Chair

  15-07-2019 13:07
  Chair of the Science and Technology Committee in the UK, Norman Lamb, has stated there is not enough technical evidence to ban Huawei and is demanding a final decision by the end of August.
  In a letter written to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Lamb has demanded a conclusion to the Supply Chain Review which has staggered the progress of 5G networks in the UK. Many in the industry have become increasingly frustrated with the state of purgatory which h
  
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• Ride a new steam train in South London

  15-07-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  South London’s newest “steam train” service will start to carry its first passengers from next week. The Royal Arsenal Narrow Gauge (RANG) railway will — when completed — create a link with the Crossness pumping station for visitors.At the moment, even if you arrive by car, it’s a decent walk to get to the Victorian pumping house, and the railway aims to add a suitable and atmospheric alternative to walking.
  Adding to the heritage of the railway, it’s th
  
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• Facebook investors brush off leaked $5 billion fine

  15-07-2019 12:12
  It has been widely reported that Facebook will receive a record fine for privacy violations, but investors seems strangely pleased about it.
  All the usual-suspect business papers seem to have received the leak late last week that the US Federal Trade Commission voted narrowly to fine Facebook $5 billion for data privacy violations related to the Cambridge Analytica thing. The FTC, like the FCC, has five commissioners, three of which are affiliated to the Republican party and two the Democrats. A
  
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• Google is a social media addict and it has fallen off the wagon again

  15-07-2019 12:02
  Googlers just don’t know when to give up when it comes to social media as the internet giant attempts to crack the market once again with Shoelace.
  It’s been almost six months since the team decided to shut-down Google+ but the search behemoth hasn’t given up just yet. We’ve lost track at how many times Google has attempted to crack this lucrative market, and the latest attempt will put much more of a hyper-local twist on the social networking euphoria.
  “Shoelace is
  
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• Tata Communications Transformation Services and Smart Africa Alliance set to bridge the skills gap for next-generation technologies in Africa

  15-07-2019 10:42
  150 engineers from Africa to be trained on Next-gen technologiesMumbai and Kigali, 15 July 2019 - Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS), a global leader in transformative business operations and managed network services and a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Communications Limited, today announced the launch of its pioneering Skill Africa Program, in association with the Smart Africa Alliance. The revolutionary program will address the skills shortage in the technological industry an
  
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• London’s Alleys: Quality Court, WC2

  15-07-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Quality Court off Chancery Lane is most appropriately named, being an upmarket concealed courtyard space.
  Entry is via a narrow covered alley lined with Victorian tiles and is now built over by a modern building with Tudor echoes in the stonework and windows. The arched passage is also decorated with ironwork proclaiming the name of the alley within.Entered through a passageway lined with red and white tiles, and do look down by one door for an unusually large recessed boot scraper.
  Within, the
  
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• Simmering tensions between South Korea and Japan threaten global smartphone production

  15-07-2019 02:00
  Smartphone production levels in South Korea could be about to stall as the Korean government continues its protracted trade negotiations with Japan.
  Last week, Tokyo said that it would restrict exports of three crucial chemical compounds used in the production of smartphone handsets…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Macquarie backed fund wins £627m KCom auction

  15-07-2019 02:00
  MEIF 6 Fibre, an investment fund headed up by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, has emerged as the winning bidder in an auction to take ownership of UK fibre network provider…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Kuwait paves the way for a fourth telco to enter its 5G mobile market

  15-07-2019 02:00
  The Kuwaiti government has announced that it will grant a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) to a new operator, as the country looks to open up its mobile telecoms market to a fourth player…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei eyes Harmony in Europe

  15-07-2019 02:00
  Huawei has applied to trademark the name "Harmony" for its own brand operating system in Europe, according to reports in the press. Also named Ark OS and Hong Meng…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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