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• Tube strike announced for Central and Victoria lines

  15-08-2019 21:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  The rail union the RMT has announced that its members on two London Underground lines will be on strike at the end of the month.
  If it goes ahead, the strike on the Central and Victoria lines will start at 8pm on Thurs 29th August, running through to 8pm on Friday 20th August.
  Based on previous strikes, the Victoria line can be expected to lose around half its drivers, so able to maintain a reduced service, but the Central line could be hit hard if the strike goes ahead.
  The RMT says that the st
  
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• Russia jumps on the mmWave train

  15-08-2019 17:22
  While most of Europe is resisting the temptation of mmWave frequencies, Russia has joined the US in charging forward with the high-speed, low-coverage airwaves.
  Joining forces with the Department of Information Technology of Moscow, the four Russian MNOs will test out the airwaves at a pilot site in the city centre. From the Kremlin to the Garden Ring, the aim seems to be to prove the commercial viability of the 28 GHz spectrum band.
  “5G development agreements were signed with the four lar
  
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• Google facing another rebellion over Government contracts

  15-08-2019 15:27
  676 employees have signed a petition refusing to work with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) suggesting the agency is violating international human rights.
  While public sector contracts can prove to be incredibly fruitful for the cloud giants, the questionable activities of the US Government have led to a number of different objections from Silicon Valley employees. Google is the focal point of this campaign, but it is not the only one which is experiencing internal uprisings.
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• Mobileum Announces Appointment of New CFO

  15-08-2019 14:03
  Ilya Cantor joins as Chief Financial OfficerAugust 15, 2019, Cupertino, California: Mobileum Inc. (Mobileum), a leading global provider of analytics-based roaming and risk management solutions for global communications service providers (CSPs), today announced the appointment of Ilya Cantor as its new Chief Financial Officer. With two-plus decades of experience at multinational public and private companies, Mr. Cantor brings a wealth of expertise in software and services, initial public offering
  
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• Huawei gets Yandex and Booking.com for upcoming mapping service – report

  15-08-2019 14:02
  Huawei aims to launch its own business-facing mapping service in October, with Russian internet service company Yandex and Booking.com already embracing the initiative, reports China’s media.
  Days after it unveiled its own mobile operating system Harmony OS, Huawei is reportedly preparing to launch its own mapping service, called Map Kit, in October, according to a report by China Daily, one of the key official media outlets in China. The newspaper cited “a source familiar with the m
  
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• Victorian art for the modern world – De Morgan goes digital

  15-08-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ever since the De Morgan museum in Wandsworth closed in 2014, it’s been a bit difficult to see the collection, but soon it’ll be a lot easier.
  Not in the clay, but online — as the De Morgan collection has been photographed in very high resolution and will be part of the Google Arts and Culture website from the end of the month.
  The De Morgan Foundation partnered with Google Arts & Culture to have the Google Art Camera capture high resolution gigapixel images of the oil pain
  
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• Giant “sugar cube” to house London Underground ventilation systems

  15-08-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hidden away on side streets in Euston, will soon be a giant glazed cube that’ll housing ventilation systems for the Northern line.It’s being provided by High Speed 2, as they are demolishing an old ticket hall from the early days of the London Underground which had been repurposed into a ventilation shaft of its own and also housed an electricity substation. As that’s gone, to keep fresh air flowing, a replacement is needed, and Camden Council has now given approval for this gl
  
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• Virgin Media executive tapped to lead Liberty’s UK fibre broadband push

  15-08-2019 12:43
  Venture headed by Robert Dunn will ramp up pressure on BT to improve services
  
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• Virgin Media exec tapped to lead Liberty’s UK fibre broadband push

  15-08-2019 12:43
  Venture headed by Robert Dunn will ramp up pressure on BT to improve services
  
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• Pai gobbles up Sprint and T-Mobile US merger

  15-08-2019 12:23
  After months of headaches and sleepless nights, the tides of favour seem to be turning for Sprint and T-Mobile US as the FCC chief gives his blessing for the union.
  254 days into the 180 days the FCC gives itself to approve mergers, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has officially confirmed his position. It is still not quite 100% guaranteed for the two telcos, however with Pai’s recommendation, the future is looking very rosier.
  “After one of the most exhaustive merger reviews in Commission his
  
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• Cisco hits expectations once again, but disappoints on forecast

  15-08-2019 11:32
  Cisco has released financials for the final three-month period of 2018, beating market expectations for the 21st consecutive quarter.
  He might not be the most flamboyant of CEOs, but like Satya Nadella over at Microsoft, Chuck Robbins is letting the business do the talking. Since his appointment in 2015, the vendor has gone from strength-to-strength, with these results adding another feather to the cap.
  Looking at the financials, total revenue for the three months reached $13.4 billion a 5% year
  
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• Visit Coggeshall – a barn, a church, a manor and a village

  15-08-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A small picture-postcard type village in Essex is home to some remarkable historical buildings, many of which can be visited
  Grange Barn
  On the edge of the village is Grange Barn, a huge 13th-century barn built for the nearby abbey by the Cistercians, and said to be one of the oldest surviving timber-framed buildings in the UK.It nearly didn’t survive though, as with many farmers, more interested in farming than heritage, it was left to ruin in the 1950s-70s and an application was made in
  
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• Telstra profits fall on broadband network rollout

  15-08-2019 05:32
  Cost-cutting Australian telecoms company targets mobile sector for growth
  
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• Boss of collapsed UK telecom reports Deloitte to FRC

  15-08-2019 05:00
  H2O Networks collapsed in 2011 after SFO launched probe into financing arrangements
  
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• Russian operators kick start Europe's first mmWave 5G trials

  15-08-2019 02:00
  Russia's mobile network operators have joined forces with the country's Department for Information Technology in Moscow to kickstart the rollout of Europe's first mmWave New Radio 5G network. The new testbed will allow for the development of enhanced 5G services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• FCC set to pass T-Mobile, Sprint merger next month, as Pai gives his formal backing

  15-08-2019 02:00
  America's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to officially give its approval for the proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint to go ahead, at the Commissions next meeting on the 26th September.
  FCC Chairman, Ajit Pai, a long-time supporter of the deal…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• China Unicom eyes close collaboration with other MNOs to cut the cost of 5G

  15-08-2019 02:00
  China Unicom is currently looking at the possibility of entering into network sharing agreements with China Mobile and China Telecom to expedite its 5G rollout plans and dramatically reduce costs…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 1&1 Drillisch looks to become Germany's 5G disruptor

  15-08-2019 02:00
  Germany's newest MVNO 1&1 Drillisch has published a strong financial report for the first half of 2019, with its chief exec saying that the company had "laid the cornerstone" to establish itself as a serious player in Germany's 5G network landscape…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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