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• Amazon taunts Oracle over database switch

  16-10-2019 18:24
  Amazon’s consumer division has completed the switch of its databases from Oracle to AWS, which took to opportunity to publicly gloat.
  In a blog post Chief Evangelist for AWS Jeff Barr did his job and banged on about how great AWS is. The pretext was the completion of the lengthy process of migrating the databases of Amazon’s massive consumer division from Oracle to AWS. According to Barr it has resulted in a 60% reduction in the costs of running Amazon’s databases. He also said
  
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• More tower blocks planned for Bankside

  16-10-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A cluster of towers planned for the bankside area is likely to go ahead after one of the developers committed to the plans.Bankside Yard, near Blackfriars Bridge is a £1.3 billion redevelopment of the former Sampson and Ludgate House site for a mixed-use project by a consortium of partners including Native Land, Temasek, HPL and Amcorp Properties.
  The development was previously approved by Southwark Council for nine buildings, including a series of towers, the highest of which will reach 4
  
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• Europe decides to punish Broadcom before its investigation is complete

  16-10-2019 14:04
  The European Commission is in the process of investigating Broadcom for anticompetitive behaviour, but has imposed sanctions in advance of any conclusion.
  Broadcom is considered to be dominant in the market for set-top box chips and some fixed line modems. The EC reckons it’s abusing that dominant position by persuading customers to go all-in on its products, thus unfairly restricting competition. The investigation was opened last June but the EC is so concerned about the effects of these
  
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• Huawei brushes aside US sanctions with continued strong growth

  16-10-2019 13:28
  US hostility seems to have had minimal effect on Chinese telecoms giant Huawei’s numbers, with strong growth reported across the board.
  For the first three quarters of this year Huawei brought in CNY610.8 billion in revenue, which was a year-on-year increase of 24%. The first two quarters of the year recorded 23% revenue growth so, if anything, business is picking up. With the rollout of 5G ramping up it’s not surprising to see kit vendors’ revenue numbers pick up, but it&rsquo
  
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• West Hampstead Overground goes step-free

  16-10-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The ongoing works at West Hampstead Overground station have seen lifts come into operation several weeks after the new footbridge opened.
  Both platforms are now served by the new lifts.
  Their introduction was made possible with the help of the Department of Transport (DfT) Access for All scheme which provided £3m worth of funding and has been the largest project to date to benefit from this programme.
  The new lifts form part of a wider multi-million-pound redevelopment taking place at West
  
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• Europe’s security vision undermined by lack of compulsory requirements

  16-10-2019 11:14
  For the most part, companies have to be forced to take security seriously, but perhaps these changes are on the horizon in Europe at least.
  Cybersecurity is always a topic of conversation which is never too far away, though you have to question the substance behind the statements. Security and privacy are always top priorities for a company if you listen to the CEO, though the fact that security breaches still persist undermines these bold claims.
  To be fair to the companies involved, this is a
  
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• Telecoms industry set to reveal its hopes and fears

  16-10-2019 11:12
  It’s that time of the year when Telecoms.com once again conducts the signature Annual Industry Survey. Answering it will not only let us know what you think, but will benefit the telecoms industry as a whole, and in turn, yourselves too.
  The 2019 Annual Industry Survey (AIS) has just gone live. True to its mission, this survey is designed to take the pulse of the telecoms industry, in particular of those topics most pertinent to operators, suppliers, technology vendors, analysts, consultan
  
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• Battle for control of connected car ecosystem has not been decided – Renault

  16-10-2019 10:37
  It might be slightly unusual to have one of the worlds’ automotive giants presenting at a broadband conference, but despite the odd fit, there were some very interesting points made.
  Speaking to Telecoms.com on the side-lines of Broadband World Forum at Amsterdam, Renault’s Chief Sales and Marketing Officers for the services unit Benoit Joly, gave a statement which will come as a tsunami of relief to the telco industry; the battle for control of the connected car ecosystem has not be
  
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• ZTE releases 2U high compact OLT based on TITAN platform

  16-10-2019 10:15
  16 October 2019, Shenzhen, China - ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for Mobile Internet, today launched a 2U compact Optical Line Terminal (OLT) based on TITAN platform.The ZXA10 C620 features powerful uplink aggregation capability to ensure non-blocking and high-bandwidth transmission of services, alleviating the load on the upper-layer network and effectively saving uplink fibers. The ZXA10
  
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• Huawei sees growth in revenues and 5G contracts despite US ban

  16-10-2019 08:57
  Sales boost for Chinese telecoms company but smartphone division faces challenge
  
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• Have you met Heal’s bronze cat?

  16-10-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sitting elegantly on a spiral staircase is a shop mascot, a famous cat that once turned the head of Dodie Smith, author of 101 Dalmatians.Heal’s is the shop, and their furniture store was designed by commissioned by Ambrose Heal and designed by his cousin, and best friend, Cecil Brewer, and it was Brewer who introduced the idea of the distinctive spiral staircase that is such a major feature of the building.
  And up here, on a small art deco plinth, sits a cat.It was designed by the French
  
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• Revenues up 24%, despite challenging 2019 for Huawei

  16-10-2019 02:00
  Chinese network equipment provider, Huawei, has posted a 24.4 per cent increase in its revenues for the first nine months of 2019, according to an official release.
  Revenues grew to 610.8 billion yuan ($86 billion)…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Bharti Airtel teams up with Ericsson for 5G

  16-10-2019 02:00
  Indian network operator, Bharti Airtel, is to deploy Ericsson’s 5G ready Cloud Packet Core in its network architecture, as it looks to ready its networks for the evolution towards 5G.The move will address Airtel’s customer&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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