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• Waymo learning from Darwin for autonomous driving

  25-07-2019 22:49
  Google subsidiary Waymo has been working alongside its AI cousin DeepMind to develop a technique called ‘Population Based Training’, based on Darwin’s concepts of evolution.
  Although we plan on dumbing down the explanation here, we do also hope to remain true to the work Google’s autonomous driving subsidiary Waymo and AI unit DeepMind are doing to advance self-driving algorithms. It’s an incredibly complicated field, but it does seem like the duo is making progress
  
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• O2 joins UK fibre broadband race

  25-07-2019 19:00 via ft.com
  Mobile group owned by Spain’s Telefónica to invest in the fixed-line technology for first time
  
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• Nokia: we’ll call you

  25-07-2019 17:20 via ft.com
  Finnish group needs to deliver more good news on 5G in its annual results
  
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• Sky saves the day at Comcast

  25-07-2019 17:00
  Comcast managed to misplace 224,000 customers over the last three months, but this oversight was compensated for by the 304,000 net gain in subscribers which Sky brought to the party.
  The cable cutting revolution might be causing some pain in the US, but in Europe, Sky is looking as strong as ever. The European premium TV leader might have seen revenues decrease by 3.3% year-on-year, but with the customer gains and EBITDA increasing 13% for the quarter, Comcast executives will be pleased with th
  
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• Great Pelicans have doubled in numbers in St James’s Park

  25-07-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Great White Pelicans are huge birds that you really don’t want to get too close to, and their numbers have recently doubled in St James’s Park.
  Fortunately, from just three to six — and the new arrivals all came from Prague Zoo.The pelicans – named Sun, Moon and Star – arrived in the park towards the end of May but have been hidden from public view whilst they acclimatise to their new surroundings. They’ve now been released to join the three resident pelicans
  
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• Watford High Street station to close for repair works

  25-07-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The London Overground station at Watford High Street is having to close for upgrade works next month to repair an aging staircase.
  Given its age, the staircase is regularly inspected. At the most recent inspection, it was advised that, while it remains safe, a planned replacement should take place as soon as possible to avoid the risk of a short notice repair or closure in the future.
  The station has to close, as the station is an island platform, with one staircase down from the ticket hall to
  
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• HMD releases new Nokia-branded feature phones

  25-07-2019 11:18
  HMD Global, the Finnish phone maker and licensee of the Nokia brand, has unveiled two feature phones for 2G and 4G connectivity to serve basic communication.
  The Finnish company is one of the few that still believe there is a profitable business in the feature phone market. It release two models today, the Nokia 220 for 4G (pictured) and the new version of Nokia 105 for 2G.
  “We know that our fans across the globe have diverse needs, so it is important to us that we ensure we cater to them
  
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• CityFibre jumps on the BoJo bus

  25-07-2019 11:14
  With Boris Johnson (BoJo) settling into his new home in No.10 Downing Street, CityFibre is one of the first telcos to champion the office of the blonde bombshell.
  “As the original champions of full fibre in the UK, we are delighted to see the new Government recognise the vital importance of rolling out this transformational infrastructure, and we stand ready to work with Government to help achieve this vision,” a CityFibre spokesperson stated.
  The UK is now entering into the realms o
  
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• Small Cell Forum Research Identifies Core 5G Indoor Enterprise Use Cases to Enable the Industrial Internet of Things

  25-07-2019 11:00
  Technical and commercial paper provides a comprehensive study of 5G business models and focuses on challenges and opportunities, including the emergence of a new class of operatorLondon, UK – Thursday, 25th July 2019 Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization making mobile infrastructure solutions available to all, has today published research describing the commercial and technical realities of deploying dense indoor 5G networks, which will be essential to support varied requiremen
  
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• O2 sets October deadline to join the 5G race

  25-07-2019 10:46
  5G launches are starting to become old news nowadays, but the UK will soon be in the enviable position of having all of its MNOs up-and-running.
  O2 has confirmed the on switch will be hit during October, going live in 20 cities by the end of the year, which will be expanded to 50 by the summer of 2020. With Vodafone and EE already live, Three set to launch in a matter of weeks and O2 bringing up the rear, the 5G economy is fast-approaching in the UK.
  “O2 will finally join the 5G party,&rdq
  
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• India panel upholds $442m fine on Vodafone and Airtel

  25-07-2019 09:23 via ft.com
  Telecoms companies ruled to have blocked interconnection with rival Reliance Jio
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Bassishaw Highwalk, EC2

  25-07-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is an elevated pocket park next to London Wall that’s both open to visit, but sufficiently off the obvious routes so hardly known.It actually sits astride part of the aspirational failure that was the 1960s Pedway network, designed to create a series of elevated walkways around the City to avoid road traffic.
  That idea never took off, with bits built here and there, and for a few years this part of the walk was itself a dead-end, so no one came up here. Then the pedways got a renaissa
  
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• Virgin Media to become the UK's biggest gigabit broadband provider, with 15 million new connections by 2021

  25-07-2019 02:00
  Virgin Media is set to become the UK's biggest provider of gigabit broadband services, as it rolls out 15 million hyperfast connections across its networks by 2021.
  Phase one of the Gigabit Britain plan will see a million additional gigabit connections by the end of 2019.
  “This is a giant digital leap forward for the UK. Virgin Media has been the unparalleled speed leader for many years…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Three UK and SSE Enterprise launch 5G fibre test bed in London's West End

  25-07-2019 02:00
  Three UK and SSE Enterprise Telecoms have joined forces to launch a full fibre test bed, in Europe's busiest shopping district. The project will allow Three UK to add extra capacity to its 4G and 5G networks to boost connectivity options for customers on its networks.
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• O2 announces October 5G launch in the UK

  25-07-2019 02:00
  O2 has announced that it will launch 5G services in 20 towns and cities across the UK, scaling up to 50 locations by the summer of 2020.
  O2 is the last of the UK's mobile network operators to reveal its 5G launch plans, with EE and Vodafone already having launched and Three already committing to an August rollout…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• How can operators harness the true power of 5G?

  25-07-2019 02:00
  As the world begins braces itself for a whole host of at-scale 5G network rollouts over the next 12-18 months, mobile network operators must ensure that they are in a position to capitalise on the raft of opportunities they will bring…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Full fibre for all by 2025? Time to get your finger out, Boris

  25-07-2019 02:00
  The UK's new prime minister, Boris Johnson, has reiterated calls for the country to provide fibre to the home (FTTH) connectivity to every home and business in Britain by 2025.
  The government's previous target was to achieve this milestone by 2033…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Virgin seeks broadband edge with gigabit speed pledge

  25-07-2019 01:01 via ft.com
  Operator says it will offer 1Gps to 15m homes by end of 2021
  
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• Virgin seeks broadband edge on BT with gigabit speed pledge

  25-07-2019 01:01 via ft.com
  Operator says it will offer 1Gps to 15m homes by end of 2021
  
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