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• Life-size elephant sculptures in London

  21-05-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A herd of life-sized sculptures of elephants have arrived in London, and are on display ahead of being sold for charity.
  Each of the 100 Asian elephants was made by communities in the Nilgiri Hills of Southern India where they coexist in denser populations than anywhere else in the world.
  The sculptures have been crafted from Lantana camara, a plant introduced to Asia where it has become a notorious weed; toxic to grazing animals and outcompeting native species leading to a reduction in biodiver
  
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• Tickets Alert: Book a visit to Dorneywood House

  21-05-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A government mansion house in rural Buckinghamshire that’s also right next to part of the City of London is having a number of open days in July.
  Dorneywood is an 18th-century house that was extensively rebuilt in 1919 and given by its owner to the nation to be used as a grace-and-favour home that’s offered to a senior member of the government, currently the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak.
  (c) The Dorneywood Trust
  Dorneywood also gained a certain fame when John Prescott was
  
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• Liberty Global announces European edge computing business

  21-05-2021 12:59
  
  Communications group Liberty Global has joined forces with digital infrastructure investment firm Digital Colony to launch Atlas Edge Data Centres.
  The joint venture will build a bunch of data centres across Europe, designed to cater for edge computing. ‘The company aims to serve the growing demand from cloud providers, streaming services and enterprises for high-performance, scalable and secure facilities through which they can distribute low-latency applications and services such as 5G,
  
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• Qualcomm targets new device segments with latest reference design

  21-05-2021 12:16
  
  5G is flourishing in the smartphone market, but that is not enough for Qualcomm, which has launched chipsets designed for use in all sorts of other gadgets..
  The US chip maker is hosting its annual 5G Summit this week, giving it a platform to show off its latest wares. Arguably the most eye-catching are the Snapdragon X65 and X62 M.2 Reference Designs, which aim to pave the way for 10 Gigabit 5G modules for PCs and laptops; home hubs; and even mixed reality and portable gaming devices. Lets not
  
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• OpenRAN spend increased 5x in Q1 2021, driven by APAC – Dell’Oro

  21-05-2021 11:56
  
  OpenRAN mania is officially underway, it seems, with spending on OpenRAN compatible kit and software going through the roof in the first quarter of his year.
  The news comes courtesy of estimates from analyst firm Dell’Oro, which published them in a blog. “Preliminary estimates suggest total Open RAN revenues – including O-RAN and OpenRAN compatible macro and small cells radios plus baseband hardware and software – increased around five-fold year-over-year,” wrote An
  
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• NTT to launch data centres into space within five years

  21-05-2021 11:15
  
  NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT have announced plans to work together to build an integrated computing network in space that will include, among other things, space-based data centres.
  The Japanese operator is essentially pitching this as a CSR initiative, talking up the role of the new space business in helping work towards a sustainable society. But the technology is pretty interesting too.
  NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT – a satellite communications and broadcasting company, for those unfamiliar with
  
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• Liberty Global to tap demand for data centres close to 5G customers

  21-05-2021 06:00
  Telecoms group and US investor Digital Colony look to unlock value of real estate assets
  
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• TIM Brasil tests LEO satellite for 4G backhaul

  21-05-2021 02:00
  TIM Brasil and Telesat have announced the completion of a five-day trial in Rio de Janeiro exploring the use of satellites for 4G backhaul. Various applications were tested including streaming video at 1080p, videoconferencing, VoLTE, and interface compatibility. The connection was achieved using an 85 cm Intellian parabolic antenna for uplink and downlink.The results appear to have been promising…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei cut from the core of Dutch 5G

  21-05-2021 02:00
  Throughout 2020, under political pressure from the US, a number of countries around Europe introduced various levels of sanctions on Huawei. In January 2020, citing fears over national security, the UK decided to limit Huawei’s position within the nation’s 5G networks, barring them from supplying core equipment and limiting their market share to 35%. However, by July, the UK had increased these measures to a full phase out of Huawei equipment by 2027…read more on TotalTe
  
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• ESA planning lunar satellite telecoms system

  21-05-2021 02:00
  According to a statement on the ESA website, more than a dozen European companies have signed contracts to draw up plans to build a satellite constellation set to orbit the Moon. The lunar constellation would be used for telecommunications and navigation systems for all future missions to visit the Earth’s closest celestial body…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Citymesh wants to become Belgium’s fourth MNO

  21-05-2021 02:00
  Citymesh is preparing to compete in Belgium’s mobile consumer market, announcing its intention to apply for the spectrum package set aside by the Belgian regulator for a potential fourth national mobile operator. Back in December 2020, Citymesh was acquired by IT service provider Cegeka. At the time, Citymesh said that the acquisition would give them the capital and expertise they needed to achieve their long…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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