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• Orange prepares carve-out of mobile towers

  14-11-2019 20:07
  Move to capitalise on investor interest would boost French group’s valuation by up to €10bn
  
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• More trains on the London Overground from next week.

  14-11-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  People using the London Overground line between Watford and Euston will have a more frequent service from next during off-peak hours.
  The service currently offers four trains per hour in the rush-hour periods, but this drops to around three trains per hour during the rest of the day.
  From Sunday (17th Nov), the service will be increased to four trains per hour — roughly one every 15 minutes — throughout the day. The service will tail off to few trains per hour after 11pm during the w
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER extends railway portfolio with Kathrein antennas

  14-11-2019 14:31
  
  Following its acquisition of the Kathrein rail antenna portfolio in May, HUBER+SUHNER has introduced an expanded connectivity offering for customers in the railway market. The complete documentation for all former Kathrein antennas is now available online, with existing customers able to access this in the same way as for HUBER+SUHNER antennas. Former Kathrein rail customers are also being on-boarded to experience the same level of service as before, including product availability and delivery t
  
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• The UK’s largest optical telescope – is in London

  14-11-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An observatory operated by UCL in North London has acquired a new telescope, which happens to be the largest of its kind in the UK. Based in Mill Hill, the observatory is part of the University of London, and is a teaching centre for students as well as for academic study.
  The newly installed 80cm reflector is the facility’s biggest telescope and joins a suite of five permanently mounted telescopes housed in the observatory’s domes.
  The Perren telescope was unveiled by Astronomer Roy
  
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• Elevate to be showcased at MWC Barcelona in 2020

  14-11-2019 12:31
  
  Strategic Imperatives, the UK's leading provider of SaaS solutions to telecoms service providers, is delighted to announce that its ground-breaking billing and service monetisation solution, Elevate, will be showcased at MWC20 as part of the UK’s Innovation Pavilion. Held in Barcelona in February, MWC is the world’s largest telecommunications and connectivity event, bringing together the latest innovations and leading-edge technology alongside today’s most influential visionari
  
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• Westminster tube station adds a splash of Africa to its roundels

  14-11-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Fresh from promoting a national newspaper, Westminster tube station’s roundels have been given an artist makeover — with an African theme.For the next few months, a number of roundels at the tube station will be redesigned by the British Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong, with coloured designed inspired by African themes.
  The Pan-African colours, green, black, and red represent the land, the people and the struggles the continent has endured, while gold represents a new day and prospe
  
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• Ribbon Communications swoops for ECI Telecom merger

  14-11-2019 01:00
  US based cloud provider, Ribbon Communications is set to acquire ECI Telecom Group for around $455 million.
  The deal will see Ribbon Communications purchase ECI for 32…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ribbon Communications swoops for ECI Telecom

  14-11-2019 01:00
  US based cloud provider, Ribbon Communications is set to acquire ECI Telecom Group for around $455 million.
  The deal will see Ribbon Communications purchase ECI for 32…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Liquid Telecom launches trans-continental fibre link to connect East and West Africa

  14-11-2019 01:00
  Liquid Telecom has launched a state of the art, terrestrial telecoms link to connect East and West Africa, delivering the fastest route across the continent.
  The announcement comes following the completion of Liquid Telecom's new high…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• India's DoT serves telcos with a 3 month payment deadline for $13bn ARG dues

  14-11-2019 01:00
  India's Department of Telecoms has issued a notice to the country's cash strapped telcos, demanding that they make payment of $13 billion of outstanding dues within three months.
  Last month, India's Supreme Court upheld a decision that telcos must calculate their Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) on their total incomes…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ericsson joins MTN's 5G party in South Africa, with key core and RAN deal win

  14-11-2019 01:00
  Pan-African telco, MTN Group, has named Swedish tech giant, Ericsson, as its official launch partner for 5G in South Africa.Speaking at the AfricaCom conference in Cape Town this week, Giovanni Chiarelli, chief technology and information officer at MTN South Africa…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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