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• Stratford station set for massive transformation

  12-05-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Stratford station could be radically redeveloped under plans being worked on by the rail companies and local council.
  Stratford Station is now estimated to be the seventh busiest Network Rail station in the UK, and one of the top stations on the TfL network. As such it’s straining to cope with demand, with a fragmented layout and narrow corridors between the platforms. Having part of the DLR run through the middle of the lower platforms also causes a significant bottleneck for people tryin
  
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• US does the right thing over Xiaomi blacklisting

  12-05-2021 15:45
  
  A couple of months after a US judge overturned Trump’s decision to blacklist Chinese gadget giant Xiaomi, the US government has moved to make it official.
  Placing Xiaomi on the list of companies that should be shunned by the US on the grounds that they might, in some unspecified way, assist the Chinese military, was one of the last acts of the Trump presidency. At the time it felt like a fit of pique by a man frustrated by the poor return yielded by four years of such activities and soon a
  
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• Orange mulls buying back infrastructure assets to boost TOTEM

  12-05-2021 15:08
  
  Orange is reportedly considering buying back an infrastructure asset it sold almost two decades ago to boost its recently-created TOTEM towers business.
  That’s a surprising development in a world in which telecoms operators are increasingly looking to offload infrastructure or monetise it by bringing in third-party investors, for example. But it also makes sense against that same backdrop: Orange is one of a handful of major players to want to keep control of its towers business with a vie
  
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• 5G delivery not meeting consumer expectations – Ericsson

  12-05-2021 13:18
  
  The latest ConsumerLab study by Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has found many 5G phone owners either don’t have a 5G subscription or expect more innovative services and apps.
  Ericsson says this is the largest 5G consumer study to date, which it reckons represents the opinions of 1.3 billion users and 220 million 5G users, thanks to covering 26 countries last December. The focus of the study was to get a sense of what impact 5G is having on said consumers and what their expectations are of wha
  
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• The Museum of the Home is reopening after refurbishment

  12-05-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The former Geffrye Museum which closed in January 2018 for a refurbishment has confirmed its reopening date as the new Museum of the Home.The revamp, costing £18 million expands the museum’s visitor capacity by 50 per cent, while opening up space that is currently unused in the upper roof area for a library, and an opened up basement, which will be part of the Home Galleries that run the full length of the main building on the lower ground floor.
  In addition to the existing rooms sho
  
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• Deutsche Telekom ups guidance and it’s not all about the US

  12-05-2021 12:42
  
  Deutsche Telekom has upgraded its full-year guidance for earnings and free cash flow, in no small part due to a strong performance at its newly-enlarged US operation…but not entirely.
  The German incumbent, which posted a solid set of first-quarter results, now puts full-year EBITDA after leases at over €37 billion, having previously guided at around the €37 billion mark, and similarly expects free cash flow to exceed €8 billion, rather than around €8 billion.
  It’
  
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• Crossrail starts trial running of the Elizabeth line trains

  12-05-2021 12:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Later than originally hoped, Crossrail has started trial running of trains through the central core of the network, replicating a live service.
  Train testing (c) Crossrail
  At the moment they are running four trains per hour through the central tunnels, and will steadily ramp up over the next couple of months to 12 trains per hour to allow the railway and the supporting systems to be operated as close as possible to an operational timetable.
  Ahead of Trial Running commencing, the Great Western Ma
  
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• Three churches to visit near Banbury

  12-05-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  If you are in Banbury, maybe visiting Thenford Arboretum, then the trip between town and garden can also take in three ancient churches.
  Northamptonshire is known as the county of “spires and squires”, and these three churches live up to the claim.
  St Mary WarkworthThis was for me the one I was most interested in visiting, if mainly because it’s in the middle of an empty field.
  It wasn’t once, as the area once included a castle and Jacobean house, but all were torn down 2
  
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• Xiaomi removed from US blacklist

  12-05-2021 02:00
  Back in November 2020, then-president Donald Trump signed an executive order barring American securities and investment companies from doing business with “Communist Chinese military companies”. This blacklist included a raft of major Chinese businesses, including China Mobile, China Telecom…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Full fibre now reaches 1 in 5 homes in the UK

  12-05-2021 02:00
  UK regulator Ofcom has announced its latest interim report on broadband penetration in the UK, showing the fruits of the operators’ efforts to accelerate their network rollouts. When it comes to fixed broadband, the industry’s progress is clear to see. FTTP coverage has increased 3% since September 2021, now up to 21%. The report notes that while this boost is driven primarily by the larger fibre operators…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ethio Telecom launches mobile money services as new entrants miss out

  12-05-2021 02:00
  Ethio Telecom has now announced its first foray into the realm of mobile financial services, a sector booming across the entire African continent. The service, named TeleBirr, will allow customers to make cashless transactions, including sending and receiving money, depositing and withdrawing cash from selected locations, paying bills, and receiving cash sent from abroad. Part of the motivation here is to allow the country&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 5G conspiracy theories rife as India suffers Covid second wave

  12-05-2021 02:00
  Last week, the Indian government gave the go-ahead for the country’s operators to begin testing 5G equipment – although notably excluding Chinese vendors ZTE and Huawei. Since then, rumours have been circulating on various social media channels that the trials are in fact to blame for the severe second wave of pandemic that India is currently battling…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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