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• Telecoms.com goes analogue

  09-10-2019 18:48
  The Telecoms.com editorial team have rashly decided to forgo the safety of the digital environment to face their audience in person.
  This foolhardy step into the unknown takes the form of Telecoms.com LIVE, which will be a morning of one-to-one interviews with operators on industry topics close to their hearts, as well as panel discussions on the UK telecoms scene and how to cash in on 5G. The aim is to translate Telecoms.com’s distinctive, gloves-off journalistic style to a live environme
  
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• China is cornering Africa’s ecommerce market

  09-10-2019 17:27
  Companies such as Transsion are using the continent as a test bed for innovation
  
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• Qualcomm’s Future of 5G event: Jeff Lorbeck

  09-10-2019 17:05
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• Old trains and a countryside ramble

  09-10-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new ticket deal from the Epping Ongar Railway makes it cheaper to take a heritage train trip on the edges of London.
  Rather than an all-day pass, the railway is now offering single tickets, that encourage people to take a heritage train to Ongar, then take a countryside walk back — or head off somewhere else entirely.
  (c) Epping Ongar Railway
  The Railway Rambler ticket has been designed to encourage people to travel to this rural part of Essex by public transport and the walk from Ongar
  
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• EU states warn of political risks from 5G suppliers

  09-10-2019 15:42
  Move is sign of tougher stance on perceived Huawei security threats
  
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• Arm unveils the new Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium

  09-10-2019 14:05
  Embedded chip giant Arm has announced a new industry consortium designed to coordinate industry collaboration over autonomous vehicles.
  As well as Arm the AVCC also counts Bosch, Continental, Denso, General Motors, Nvidia, NXP and Toyota among its founding members. Its initial work will involve developing a set of recommendations of a system architecture and a computing platform to promote scalable deployment of automated and autonomous vehicles.
  “The future of mobility and the safe, scala
  
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• Oracle builds cloud ambitions with 2,000 hires

  09-10-2019 13:32
  Oracle has continued its drive towards the cloud by announcing it will hire an additional 2,000 employees in its cloud infrastructure business unit.
  ‘Big Red’ certainly had a delayed entry into the cloud fracas, though it is attempting to play catch-up. This is another example of the firm throwing cash at the situation after missing the opportunity to generate organically.
  “Cloud is still in its early days with less than 20 percent penetration today, and enterprises are just be
  
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• Samuel Pepys dinner plate goes on display

  09-10-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Museum of London says that it has acquired a silver trencher plate that has only recently been recognised as having belonged to Samuel Pepys. This is more significant than it sounds, as it’s one of only three items of silver plate known to have belonged to Pepys as part of his personal collection and is now the only one on display in the UK.
  (c) Museum of London
  In his diary, Pepys often expressed his passion for acquiring silver and boasted that he served his guests on silver plates r
  
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• BT starts making noise about convergence with Halo launch

  09-10-2019 12:50
  Convergence is a proven business model and now the slumbering giant of the UK telco market is starting to head in the right direction.
  While there is already a convergence product available to customers, to date there has been questionable success. Unlike continental Europe, convergence has not really gathered steam in the UK, though BT is attempting to shift the status quo.
  “I feel this is a once in a lifetime shift for BT in the UK,” CEO Philip Jansen said. “BT Plus has been
  
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• Europe steps up its censorship efforts

  09-10-2019 12:45
  The European Commission wants to pay people to help ensure only the kind of information it approves of is allowed to be published online.
  The initiative is being called the European Digital Media Observatory and it is the continuation of a digital censorship project the EC has been working on for some time. The stated aim is to counter ‘disinformation’, which is defined as “verifiably false or misleading information that is created, presented and disseminated for economic gain
  
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• BT to revamp 615 stores in ‘national champion’ push

  09-10-2019 12:01
  Telecoms company prepares for government talks over national fibre broadband rollout
  
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• BBWF2019: Zyxel to deliver multi-gig experience with new WiFi 6, 10G PON and Managed WiFi solutions

  09-10-2019 10:26
  Hsinchu, Taiwan, 9 October 2019 – Zyxel Communications announced today the expansion of its WiFi 6 (11ax) portfolio, a brand-new managed WiFi solution, MPro Mesh™, and a 10G PON end-to-end solution - designed to empower service providers to unlock the full potential of their networks and deliver multi-gigabit connectivity to their customers. The solutions will be exhibited at booth F38 at the upcoming Broadband World Forum (BBWF) in Amsterdam.WiFi 6 for every deployment scenarioDesig
  
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• INNO Instrument Europe GmbH expands facilities to meet growing connectivity demands

  09-10-2019 10:02
  Germany, 9 October – INNO Instrument Europe GmbH, worldwide leading provider of optical connectivity solutions, is expanding its service in Europe to meet increasing market demands. The expansion includes the opening of a new center in Dusseldorf, Germany, which extends the company’s high-quality customer services.With the opening of the new facility, INNO Instrument Europe GmbH can provide more high-quality services and unrivalled calibration, to ensure that operators in Europe and
  
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• Small Cell Forum Appoints AT&T's Dr. Prabhakar Chitrapu as Chair

  09-10-2019 10:00
  Forum to continue leadership in developing 5G Open Small Cell RAN, enable new stakeholders and opportunities in evolving mobile ecosystem, and develop Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to revolutionise small cell network rolloutsLondon, UK 9th October 2019 Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization making mobile infrastructure solutions available to all, today announced the appointment of Dr. Prabhakar Chitrapu as its new Chair, replacing outgoing Chair David Orloff. As a lead
  
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• Visit Dover Castle, the largest castle in England

  09-10-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Looming high over Dover town centre is the mighty fortress that remarkably includes almost every era in English history from Roman to WW2. Although Dover Castle boasts a rare Roman lighthouse, the bulk of what we see above ground today is either Henry II, or Napoleonic, when massive rebuilding was undertaken.A visit starts, for most visitors, with a glutes enhancing climb up a very steep hillside and through the gatehouse, and a WW2 era traffic light, and then you can actually wander around fair
  
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• Wall St wobbles, Tory insurgency, US-China woes

  09-10-2019 06:01
  The Federal Reserve will soon resume purchases of short-term US Treasury bonds
  
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• TIM considers data centre spin off

  09-10-2019 02:00
  Italy's incumbent telecoms provider, Telecom Italia, has said that it would consider selling off its data centre business, according to reports in the press.
  "The data centre deal is an idea that could happen next year…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT to launch 5G in 20 UK towns and cities on Friday

  09-10-2019 02:00
  BT has announced that it will launch 5G mobile network services in 20 towns and cities across the UK this Friday.
  Britain's incumbent telecoms operator has also committed to scale up its 5G launch to reach 45 towns and cities by the end of the year…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT CEO: We want to be so much more than just another communications provider

  09-10-2019 02:00
  BT will transform itself into a comprehensive provider of digital services, as the company doubles down on convergence in the coming years, according to the company's chief executive officer.
  Speaking to journalists in London on Wednesday, BT's chief exec, Philip Jansen, said that the company would continue to evolve its product offering in order to consolidate its position as the UK's leading provider…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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