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• Tickets Alert: The Sky Garden reopens in 10 days time

  07-05-2021 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Sky Garden at the top of the Walkie Talkie skyscraper has confirmed that it will be reopening from Monday 17th May.
  They had been hoping to reopen in April, but that was cancelled as the venue wasn’t sufficiently “outdoors” to qualify.
  I think most people would accept that it’s more of a restaurant with a view and a garden running up the sides of the top floor, but the views are still impressive and the huge floor space feels unexpectedly spacious for the top of a sky
  
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• Tickets Alert: See inside the sumptuous Two Temple Place

  07-05-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The magnificent, and only occasionally open, Two Temple Place is having an open weekend later this month.This is the former Astor House, and nestles just behind the Temple complex for lawyers, and more conveniently, around the corner from Temple tube station.
  The building was built in 1895, and while it looks impressive from the outside, its real claim to fame is the exceptionally rich decoration of the rooms inside, and not to forget the exceptional grand staircase.For the past decade it has be
  
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• China has a moan about Indian 5G ban

  07-05-2021 13:12
  
  Earlier this week India started 5G equipment trials that excluded Chinese vendors and China thinks that’s bang out of order.
  While there didn’t appear to be and explicit ban on Chinese vendors at the time, the Chinese embassy in India reckons there was and is not happy. For some reason China decided to frame its public statement as a response to a question from an unnamed member of the media – presumably one of the ones controlled by the Chinese state.
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• Have a carvery lunch in the Butchers Hall

  07-05-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  If you fancy a good lunch in one of the City of London’s ancient livery halls – it’s possible. Livery Halls are usually only open to members or hired out for events, but the Livery Hall of the Worshipful Company of Butchers, near the Barbican, holds monthly(ish) public lunches.
  Butchers Hall (c) Butchers Company
  Lunch starts with a drinks reception in the Foyer and the Carvery Lunch will be served in the recently refurbished Great Hall. You probably want to bring a coat, if onl
  
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• India 5G licensing on the back burner

  07-05-2021 12:25
  
  India’s telcos may have got the go-ahead to trial 5G services, but it could be some time before they have 5G spectrum for commercial use in their possession.
  Delays in allocating spectrum have been par for the course in India over the past decade or so, so it came as no surprise when the Economic Times reported that the government is planning to push the 5G auction back to the first quarter of 2022. It had been working on a loose timeframe of later this year.
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• Ericsson and Samsung patent war ends in a boring truce

  07-05-2021 11:34
  
  The only fun in covering patent disputes comes when there’s a clear winner, but Ericsson and Samsung aren’t even revealing the terms of their settlement.
  Late last year we heard Ericsson was suing Samsung after accusing it of taking liberties when it comes to the licensing of FRAND patents. The Fair, Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory system is applied to standard-essential patents to stop patent holders from holding the entire industry to ransom. It would effectively be impossible to
  
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• Italy set to axe single network plan

  07-05-2021 10:30
  
  The Italian government is reportedly on the verge of pulling the plug on a plan to create a single fixed-line network due to fears over creating a new telecoms monopoly in the country.
  There have been media rumblings to that effect for a few weeks and on Thursday Bloomberg reported that Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi plans to can the single network plan on competition grounds, citing the usual unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
  For industry watchers this is a staggering development,
  
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• US broadband industry paid for 18m fake comments pushing net neutrality repeal

  07-05-2021 02:00
  The Attorney General for New York, Letitia James, is claiming that the US broadband industry may have had a major hand in pushing for the repeal of net neutrality, paying various research companies to bombard the FCC with fake emails.Net neutrality, the concept that broadband should treat all content equally, without blocking, slowing down, or charging to boost certain content, was repealed in 2017 under FCC Chairman Ajit Pai following fierce debate…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Helios Towers invests $200m in Senegal as African expansion continues

  07-05-2021 02:00
  Over the last year, Helios Towers has been seeking to expand rapidly throughout Africa. Back in September 2020, part of this expansion was realised with the purchase of 1,200 towers from Senegalese operator Free for €160 million.  “This agreement is aligned perfectly with our 2025 strategic ambitions, broadening our footprint within the African towers infrastructure market,&rdquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Global semiconductor market will top $500bn in 2021

  07-05-2021 02:00
  The coronavirus has thrown many a market into chaos over the past and a half, and the semiconductor supply chain is no exception. With demand initially slumping during the early stages of global lockdowns, we have since seen demand skyrocket, so much so that the foundries are struggling to keep up. Given the slow moving nature of the semiconductor industry and the difficulties related to increasing production, the resulting chip shortage is expected to continue for many months, perhaps eve
  
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• Airspan Networks latest company to set up UK Open RAN lab

  07-05-2021 02:00
  Airspan Networks has become the latest company to announce the launch of a 5G-focussed research laboratory in the UK.Opening in Slough, the 5G Innovation Lab is set to promote innovation and collaboration with various partners and customers, primarily focussing on the development and adoption of Open RAN technology…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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