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• National Portrait Gallery to close for 3 years

  11-11-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A part of a major rebuilding project, the National Portrait Gallery has announced that it will be closing for three years, from the end of June 2020.
  The rebuilding, the National Portrait Gallery’s biggest ever development since the building in St Martin’s Place opened in 1896, will see a complete refurbishment of the building, restoring historic features, creating a new visitor entrance and public forecourt on the building’s North Façade.
  That will see the fenced off pa
  
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• Vodafone strikes deal with BT to expand broadband coverage

  11-11-2019 15:11
  Mobile group takes advantage of Openreach discounts to widen fledgling full-fibre network 
  
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• Parcel delivery points coming to London train stations

  11-11-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A number of railway stations are getting parcel drop-off and collection lockers over the next few weeks.
  When customers order their goods, they can choose a local locker to collect their parcels from. Once the parcel has been delivered to the locker, customers are sent a QR code by SMS and email. Customers then scan the code at the locker to open the door.
  Very much like an Amazon locker, just without the garish yellow paint.On the Thameslink route, automated lockers are being installed at Mill
  
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• ProLabs unveils self-tuning transceivers to reduce service providers’ time and cost restraints at LINX 2019

  11-11-2019 10:49
  
  Cirencester, UK, 11 November 2019 – ProLabs, a global leader in optical networking and connectivity solutions, today revealed its latest plug and play optical solution, the Clarity Auto-Tuneable DWDM Transceiver, empowering service providers to simplify on-site set up while saving costs and time to deploy new services. As the need for bandwidth continues to increase exponentially, identifying solutions to maximise infrastructure is imperative to the cable market. The latest solution from P
  
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• London’s Alleys: Long’s Court, WC2

  11-11-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This is one of those alleys that exist today purely to give access to back entrances and store rubbish. Yet it was once lined with houses and offices, and a very famous occupant.The area just to the south of Leicester Square was originally a series of mews and stables, known variously as Blew Mews and the Duke of Monmouth’s Stables, and surrounded by probably housing for the servants and staff.
  This was redeveloped and according to John Rocque’s 1746 map of London this alley was orig
  
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• Zain signs up Ericsson for its 5G launch in Bahrain

  11-11-2019 01:00
  Middle Eastern telco, Zain, has selected Ericsson as its official launch partner for its forthcoming 5G rollout in Bahrain.
  Ericsson will work with Zain to launch 5G mobile network services in the Gulf State before the end of 2019.
  The deal will see Ericsson upgrade Zain Bahrain’s network from LTE to 5G…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Vodafone and Openreach to launch 500,000 new FTTH connections in Spring 2020

  11-11-2019 01:00
  Vodafone will launch fibre to the home (FTTH) broadband services in Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool next spring, following the signing of a new deal with the UK's incumbent broadband network provider, Openreach.
  Vodafone will launch its Gigafast Broadband services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Is Dynamic Spectrum Sharing the key to Swisscom's nationwide 5G dreams?

  11-11-2019 01:00
  Swiss mobile network operator, Swisscom, has taken a huge step towards realising its ambition of providing nationwide 5G coverage across Switzerland, as it completed a series of Dynamic Spectrum Sharing tests.
  In partnership with Qualcomm and Ericsson…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Connected Britain voted Event of the Year at the PPA Awards 2019

  11-11-2019 01:00
  Total Telecom's Connected Britain event has been voted the Event of the Year at the prestigious PPA Independent Publishers Awards.
  Connected Britain brings together the key stakeholders and decision makers from across the full breadth of the UK's connectivity sector…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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