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• The many opportunities eSIM promises for IoT

  30-09-2019 17:07
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this article, Helen Gaden of the MVNOs Series talks us through some of the key findings of a recent report they conducted into eSIM and the opportunities and challenges it presents for IoT.
  The Internet of Things (IoT) is opening up entirely new markets for mobile connectivity, and in doing so is reshaping the mobile industry ecosystem almost from scratch. From mobile phones, tab
  
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• A shopping centre under Cavendish Square?

  30-09-2019 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A public park just behind Oxford Street’s John Lewis store could be turned into an underground shopping centre.
  Cavendish Square was laid out 300 years ago as a garden, but in the early 1970s, a 3-storey underground car park was built underneath and that’s still there today as a car park.
  The car park could only exist as the London Squares Preservation Act 1931 which stops the public gardens being redeveloped didn’t prohibit subterranean developments. The only difficulty they h
  
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• Obituary: Dr Stuart Sharrock

  30-09-2019 16:33
  26th September 1943-25th August 2019
  Dr Stuart Sharrock was a rarity among journalists of the time.  For a start he was actually a nuclear physicist both by trade and qualifications. He held a BSc in Natural Philosophy from Edinburgh University and a PhD in Nuclear Physics from University College, London.
  He worked as a scientist in Russia and also at CERN in Switzerland putting those qualifications to good use. Stuart was also part of a team that won a Nobel Prize for Physics – thoug
  
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• Tickets Alert: Tours of the Boar’s Head Playhouse archaeological excavation

  30-09-2019 14:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  The remains of a Shakespearean-era playhouse in Whitechapel, the Boar’s Head is starting to be uncovered, and this weekend is a chance to have a look.
  (c) MOLA _ An archaeologist records 17th and 18th-century brickwork
  The site has a long theatrical history – it was converted from an inn to a playhouse in 1598 but there are references to ‘lewd’ open-air performances on the site as early as 1557, pre-dating the known playhouses of London, such as the Globe and Rose.
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• Sunrise changes funding plans for $6.3bn UPC deal

  30-09-2019 14:17 via ft.com
  Swiss group slashes rights issue to save purchase of Liberty Global unit from investor backlash
  
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• Tories promise another £5 billion to fuel fibre and 5G drive

  30-09-2019 13:41
  Speaking at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid has suggested an additional £5 billion will be made available for connectivity upgrades.
  Although it has been tricky to confirm any of the details, it has been reported the Tories will search for an additional £5 billion to fulfil the fanciful promises Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been making in the connectivity domain.
  Speaking to the press office at the Department of Digital, Cu
  
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• KPN cancels CEO appointment following insider trading investigation

  30-09-2019 13:35
  Dominique Leroy was due to switch from Proximus to KPN but now she’s CEO of neither following an investigation into insider trading.
  Leroy (pictured) was unveiled as the new CEO of Dutch telco KPN earlier this month, having previously headed up Belgian operator Proximus. She was due to hang around at Proximus until December, but within days employees of the company protested the prospect of having a ‘lame duck’ CEO at a time when there was extensive restructuring underway. This
  
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• KPN reverses chief appointment amid insider trading probe

  30-09-2019 13:10 via ft.com
  Telecoms group withdraws Leroy offer because of uncertainty over €300,000 share sale
  
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• Ericsson and Nokia both claim to be KDDI primary 5G partner

  30-09-2019 13:02
  In a strange turn of events, both Ericsson and Nokia have made announcements claiming to be the primary partner for the efforts of Japanese telcos to drive towards 5G.
  Unless there is a different definition of ‘primary’ in the Nordics, someone is up to a bit of funny business.
  Looking at the Ericsson announcement first, the Swedes are claiming to be the primary 5G vendor with the first commercial live 5G services to be available from March 2020. As part of the agreement, Ericsson wil
  
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• Train speed record set between London and Bristol

  30-09-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new modern speed record has been set for a train running between Bristol Temple Meads and London Paddington of just 1 hour and 12 minutes. That compares to an average journey time at the moment of around 1 hour 44 minutes.
  The record attempt was made last Tuesday when the service left Bristol Temple Meads at 6:49pm and arrived into London Paddington at 8:01pm to establish a post-speed restriction record between the two stations of just 72 minutes.
  There have been faster trains in the past, but
  
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• UK starts laying groundwork for another assault on privacy

  30-09-2019 12:01
  UK Home Secretary Priti Patel is reportedly to sign a transatlantic agreement offering the UK Government more clout over the stubborn messaging platforms.
  First and foremost, this is not a pact between the UK and US which would compel the messaging platforms to break their encryption protections, but it is a step towards offering the UK Government more opportunity.
  According to The Times, Patel will sign an agreement with the US next month which will offer the UK powers to compel US companies wh
  
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• LG Uplus leads 5G service with AR, VR features

  30-09-2019 11:49
  A recent report reveals that LG Uplus is successfully differentiating its 5G service package through adoption of AR and VR features.South Korea’s third-largest mobile operator, LG Uplus [Photo/VCG]
   
  South Korea’s third-largest mobile operator, LG Uplus, has adopted a successful differentiation strategy through its augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) service portfolio in the country’s highly-competitive 5G race, according to a report by Strategy Analytics, a global c
  
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• Caroline De Vos of SatADSL wins Woman of the Year Award at the Global Women in Telco & Tech Awards 2019

  30-09-2019 10:52
  The award recognizes the innovative and inspiring work Caroline does for SatADSL, connecting communities across the globe who are underserved by broadband London, UK, September 30, 2019 – Caroline De Vos, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Co-founder of SatADSL, a provider of professional VSAT services, has been presented with the award for Woman of the Year at the Global Women in Telco & Tech Awards 2019. Judged by an independent panel of judges, the awards...Source: RealWire
  
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• London’s Alleys: Exchange Court, WC2

  30-09-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is of the many little alleys that lead off from Strand as a legacy of the times the area was first developed. This part of London was largely undeveloped until the time of King Henry VIII, who confiscated it from Westminster Abbey and sold it off for development.
  It seems that Strand was then slowly built up with small houses and along the north side, and this is probably when a number of the courts and alleys appeared along the road, including Exchange Court.The grand rather baroque buildi
  
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• Virgin Media launches first phase of its Gig1 Gigabit broadband programme

  30-09-2019 02:00
  Virgin Media has launched the first phase of its Gig1 programme, delivering gigabit speed broadband services to 100,000 properties in the UK.
  The scheme will ultimately deliver 15 million gigabit connections across the country by 2021…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• UK govt pledges £5bn to fast track fibre rollout

  30-09-2019 02:00
  The UK government will allocate £5 billion to expedite the rollout of full fibre broadband network services across the country, according to senior government officials.  &nbsp…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• KPN dumps new CEO, as Belgian authorities investigate share sale

  30-09-2019 02:00
  Dutch telco, KPN, has cancelled the appointment of Dominique Leroy as CEO, following the launch of a Belgian police investigation into her role at Proximus.
  Belgian authorities allege that Leroy sold her shares in her former company…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• KDDI teams up with Ericsson for Japanese 5G launch

  30-09-2019 02:00
  KDDI has selected Ericsson to be its official launch partner and primary vendor for its forthcoming 5G launch in Japan. The pair will work together to deploy 5G mobile services across Japan, with an initial launch date of March 2020…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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