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• 5G for the enterprise

  15-06-2021 22:00
  
  With a desire to better understand the current, on-the-ground reality for enterprises and organisations in the UK 5G ecosystem, we interviewed over 200 IT leaders across large UK businesses and the Public Sector to discover more about the nation’s current attitudes to this next generation connectivity.
  The findings allowed us to better understand the make-up of those organisations leading the way in 5G adoption; those demonstrating the greatest desire and suitability for this next generati
  
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• Vodafone UK plays the philanthropy card at new tariff launch

  15-06-2021 19:03
  
  UK operator Vodafone combined the launch of its Evo mobile offering with talk of cutting carbon emission and tackling digital poverty.
  The announcements were made at a corporate event called Vodafone Reinvent. Evo is a bid to introduce greater flexibility to your classic postpaid mobile contract by introducing more variables. These seem to largely focus on the bundled device, the financing of which is a tried and tested way of getting people to commit to contracts. Now you can decide how much yo
  
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• Tickets Alert: Charlie Chaplin anniveray in the historic Wilton’s Music Hall

  15-06-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This year marks the 100th anniversary of Charlie Chaplin’s first full-length film as a director, and there will be a special screening in the atmospheric Wilton’s Music Hall.
  The Kid is one of the first cinematic representations of child poverty and Chaplin himself knew a lot of the poverty shown in the film as he grew up in London with an absent father and struggling mother, being sent to a workhouse twice as a child.
  When released, the film was a huge success and is widely consider
  
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• Component shortage to hinder smartphone market recovery

  15-06-2021 14:25
  
  Smartphone shipments are expected to bounce back this year as the pandemic eases, but component supply issues will limit the recovery.
  This is according to a forecast published by Canalys this week, which shows 2021 unit volume will reach 1.4 billion in 2021, up 12 percent on last year.
  “The smartphone industry’s resilience is quite incredible,” said Canalys research manager Ben Stanton. “Smartphones are vital for keeping people connected and entertained, and they’r
  
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• Rakuten says it will have “No More Secrets”

  15-06-2021 14:04
  
  Rakuten’s CTO Tareq Amin told analysts and media that the company will soon disclose all prices it pays its suppliers, in a new drive for commoditisation of telecoms hardware and software.
  In addition to the run-of-the-mill update on its network coverage (88.6% of population covered with 22.5K sites, which is claimed to have “exceeded plan”, with accelerated rollout planned for later this year) and subscriber growth (4.1 million “applications” by May), Amin announce
  
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• US and G7 try to out-bribe China over global 5G rollout

  15-06-2021 13:23
  
  One outcome from the recent G7 event was a US-led initiative to throw money at developing world infrastructure projects in a bid to beat China at its own game.
  While the US government fact sheet doesn’t explicitly refer to 5G, the WSJ reports the 5G-specific part of the cunning plan known as ‘Build Back Better World’ has been unilaterally added to the agenda by the US. The long and short of it is that the US has belatedly realising that combating bribes with threats doesn&rsquo
  
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• US and G7 try to out-bribe China over global 5G

  15-06-2021 13:23
  
  One outcome from the recent G7 event was a US-led initiative to throw money at developing world infrastructure projects in a bid to beat China at its own game.
  While the US government fact sheet doesn’t explicitly refer to 5G, the WSJ reports the 5G-specific part of the cunning plan known as ‘Build Back Better World’ has been unilaterally added to the agenda by the US. The long and short of it is that the US has belatedly realising that combating bribes with threats doesn&rsquo
  
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• Nokia and Türk Telekom make private Arçelik network

  15-06-2021 13:13
  
  Nokia has cracked Turkey’s private mobile network market after partnering with white goods maker Arçelik.
  Together with Turk Telekom, Nokia will deploy a 5G-ready network at Arçelik’s washing machine factory in Çayırova. Turk Telekom will provide the spectrum and be responsible for end-to-end project management and governance. Meanwhile, Nokia will supply wireless infrastructure based on its Digital Automation Cloud platform, which comes with local edge comp
  
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• Dr Johnson’s House museum reopens to the public

  15-06-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hidden away in the city’s alleys is a 300-year old house that was once home to the famous lexicographer, Dr Johnson. It’s now a museum to the man, and like all museums had to close during the pandemic.
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  Incident to a whole people.
  Those instances bring a consumption, under the notion of a pandemick or endemick, or rather vernacular disease to England .Harvey on Consumptions.
  Johnson’s Dictionary, sixth folio edition, 1785
  The house is still authentically detailed
  
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• Crossrail doubles trial running frequency

  15-06-2021 11:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Crossrail has doubled the number of trains it is running per hour through the central core tunnels as it ramps up its testing regime.
  Trial running, which builds up to a timetable-style service is underway and aims to iron out any unexpected problems still left in the system. When it started on 10th May, they were running four trains per hour along the line between Abbey Wood and Paddington.
  As of last Monday, that has doubled to eight trains per hour.Throughout the Trial Running programme, oper
  
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• 5G Network Deployment Handbook

  15-06-2021 11:36
  
  As 5G moves from the lab to the field, field engineers, technicians and installers are grappling with the many challenges of ensuring a successful deployment. Validating 5G in the lab is one thing, but scaling it to the field requires robust, efficient, and scalable 5G test and verification solutions. VIAVI is pleased to offer an indispensable handbook with insights to simplify deployment complexities. It covers topics including:
  • The role of fiber in 5G• Essential fiber tests includi
  
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• The Museum of the Home – twice as big, twice as good

  15-06-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Three years after the much-loved Geffrye Museum closed to have a radical makeover, having more than doubled in size, the renamed Museum of the Home has reopened at last.
  This is the former Geffrye Museum, set in a row of former almshouses funded by the tobacco trader, Sir Robert Geffrye, who gained some of his fortune from the trade in slaves. More about that later.
  The entrance, which had been a small door in the corner of the almshouses has swung to the opposite side of the building, convenien
  
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• The ‘incredible resilience’ of the smartphone market

  15-06-2021 02:00
  After seeing a dip in smartphone sales in 2020 due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the industry has rebounded significantly in 2021.Now, the latest forecast from Canalys shows that the smartphone market will grow 12% in 2021, with shipments reaching around 1.4 billion units. This represents a significant bounce back from 2020, when shipments fell by 7% under the various impacts of the pandemic.&nbsp…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telefonica Spain snubs Huawei in favour of Nokia, Ericsson for SA 5G

  15-06-2021 02:00
  Telefonica Spain first launched 5G in September 2020, using Nokia and Ericsson for the RAN portion of the network and Huawei equipment for the 4G core. Since then, the operator’s coverage has increased to over 80% of the Spanish population, some 37 million people.Now, however, media reports suggest that Telefonica Spain will be continuing its 5G journey without Huawei…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Facebook partners with D-Vois, Netplus for public Wi-Fi hotspots

  15-06-2021 02:00
  New partnerships with Indian ISPs D-Vois and Netplus will see Facebook help to deploy their Express Wi-Fi platform in Bangalore and a number of Punjabi cities, aiming to help drive economic growth.Throughout the pandemic, the demand for connectivity has skyrocketed and expanding the availability of affordable broadband in India has become a priority.“Affordable, high-quality internet access is an essential ingredient to fueling the digital economy and enhancing access to jobs, education&h
  
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