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• UK Government does not understand digital divide – committee report

  18-09-2019 17:52
  A UK parliamentary committee has unveiled a report that suggests while rural connectivity is improving, it is still not keeping pace with the urban environments.
  The report from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has suggested the digital divide is persistent. Steps forward have been made though the committee does not believe the Government has fully grasped the extent of the problem, the scale of the challenge, or the wider cost of poor connectivity for the rural economy.
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• Huawei all smiles with $1.5bn developer plug amid the chaos

  18-09-2019 17:48
  At its Connect Conference in Shanghai, Huawei executives attempted to put themselves on the front-foot with a $1.5 billion commitment to lure developers into its computing platforms.
  This is one of the more notable challenges the business will face if it has to shift over to new operating systems. The technology might be fantastic, but if there isn’t the developer community and application ecosystem to back it up, there is little value. This is a massive consequence of Huawei’s entry
  
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• Crossrail on target, but warns of risks

  18-09-2019 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a meeting with Transport for London earlier today, Crossrail confirmed that it remains on track to open the Elizabeth line within the October 2020 to March 2021 window previously identified, but warned that there is still uncertainty about the opening date.
  While the project remains within the agreed delivery window, Crossrail has warned there is still a high level of uncertainty remaining in the project, and some of the cost forecasts could see additional spending needed, or the opening date
  
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• Should operators try to own the edge?

  18-09-2019 16:01
  At the Edge Computing Congress 2019 in London, the keynotes and panel discussions focused on the unique opportunity for operators to own the edge if they want to.
  Edge computing refers to distributed datacenters that place reduce the physical distance between the cloud and the edge of the network – i.e. the RAN. The main point of this is to reduce the lag from interacting with the cloud in real time and to allow the kind of low-latency communication services that promise to be the most nov
  
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• Visit St James’s Church Piccadilly

  18-09-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  There’s a church next to busy Piccadilly Circus which most us probably know more from the market in its courtyard than the church behind.Yet, this unassuming brick church is one of Sir Christopher Wren’s churches built to support the development of the local area from fields into houses in 1676 and largely funded, it’s thought, by the Earl of St Albans who held the lease for the land in the area.
  Although the Earl paid for the main building, the rest was funded by the congregat
  
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• FCC moves to kill off all exposure to Huawei in rural networks

  18-09-2019 13:15
  FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks has stuck the knife into Huawei at an industry conference, suggesting rural telcos will be given financial assistance to cleanse their networks of the vendor.
  Speaking at the Competitive Carriers Association annual conference, Starks targeted the Chinese telecommunications industry on the whole, and Huawei in particular. Not only is the FCC exploring ideas on how to ban the purchase of Huawei equipment entirely, but also the introduction of an initiative which wo
  
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• Bexleyheath railway line to close for 9-days in February 2020

  18-09-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you use Southeastern railway through Bexleyheath in South London, consider this a tip to book a week off work next February.
  After four landslips in the past decade – the most recent in February this year, blocking the line for seven days – Network Rail has decided to close the railway between Kidbrooke and Barnehurst from Saturday 15th February to Sunday 23rd February 2020 for urgent repair works.
  This coincides with the school half-term, when it’s typically quieter.
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• NBC’s opportunity to cut through the streaming noise with Olympics

  18-09-2019 12:06
  With NBCUniversal set to launch its own streaming service in 2020 the risk of content fragmentation is becoming more apparent, but this only underlines the importance of a niche.
  Although many of these streaming services might think they are doing something innovative or novel, in reality they are copycatting Netflix. The big issue is that Netflix is already moving onto the bigger and better. Original content is the new frontier, though NBCUniversal might have stumbled across another unique sell
  
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• IoT Commercialisation Playbook

  18-09-2019 11:15
  IoT is all about how data can be used to re-commercialise products into services. This re-commercialisation enables IoT enterprises to deliver higher levels of customer engagement and experience, whilst making cost savings and realising new revenue generation opportunities, which are critical for the return on investment of the IoT project.
  There are a number of commercialisation models that are commonly seen in the market, and IoT projects often incorporate several of these models to ensure tha
  
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• Huawei proffers $1.5bn to lure software developers

  18-09-2019 10:19 via ft.com
  Chinese group ramps up recruiting and offers up 5G tech to counter US sanctions
  
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• IBC 2019: is 4K anything more than hype?

  18-09-2019 09:51
  While some people are still unsure whether there is any value in downloading content in HD over SD, the 4K and 8K hype is continuing to build; but is there any point in it?
  For the ‘man on the street’, technology often looks like another language. Acronyms are a speciality of the TMT industry, and each day there seems to be another buzzword to keep track of. And when you look the development of the content world, paying particular attention to 4K and 8K, you have to wonder what the p
  
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• I went to the Clink Prison Museum so you don’t have to

  18-09-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The headline is what you expect me to say about this notorious tourist trap, but actually, DO go to the Clink Prison Museum, for its reputation is ill-deserved.Down a flight of stairs a costumed lady takes money through a grill – and an extra £2 for the rather thin guidebook, – and tells you that you are free to take photos and play with the torture devices — then slowly, very slowly, an automatic door opens to let you within.
  A jailor with an axe greets you, and my visit
  
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• UK fibre penetration reaches 2.5 million homes

  18-09-2019 02:00
  The UK has sharpened its focus on deploying fibre to the home fixed line broadband services, with 2.5 million homes and businesses now passed, according to the latest figures from Ofcom.The latest update issued to Ofcom’s Connected Nations report shows that 8 per cent of UK homes and businesses can now receive FTTH services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange and PCCW Global sign deal to launch PEACE Cable

  18-09-2019 02:00
  Orange and PCCW Global have signed an agreement to launch the much anticipated PEACE cable, which will connect France with Pakistan, via a series of landing points in East Africa and the Middle East…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei shifts its focus to $2 trillion computing and AI sector, with Atlas 900 launch

  18-09-2019 02:00
  Chinese tech giant, Huawei, is to dramatically increase its research and development investment into the field of computing and Artificial Intelligence, according to senior company officials.Speaking at the Huawei Connect event in Shanghai on Wednesday, Huawei’s deputy chairman, Ken Hu, said that the field of computing represented an extraordinary opportunity for the company.
  “When most people think of Huawei, they think connections. It's true we've been investing nonstop in connect
  
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