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• Northern City line starts major signalling upgrade work

  22-06-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A major upgrade of the signalling on the Northern City line to Moorgate is underway, and will however see the line closed at weekends for the work to be carried out.
  The Northern City line has been chosen to start the rollout of the new signalling system which will eventually be deployed along the East Coast railway, and eventually, UK wide.
  The new system, the European Train Control System (ETCS), will allow Network Rail to remove lineside signalling and put all that information on a display sc
  
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• London Mayor takes credit for glacial Tube 4G rollout

  22-06-2021 16:16
  
  In a few years’ time London commuters will be able to pay for the chance to connect their devices while travelling on the Underground.
  Ultimate responsibility for the Tube lies with the London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, via Transport for London. TfL has announced the award of a 20-year concession to BAI Communications to roll out and run a 4G mobile network across the Underground network. It is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.
  Khan seems to think this is some kind of superhuman achieve
  
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• Capgemini tempers expectations for industrial 5G deployment

  22-06-2021 16:13
  
  It is all too easy to get caught up in the hype about 5G and how it’s revolutionising every facet of human life, so it is a refreshing change once in a while to hear a more sober perspective.
  Capgemini did the honours on Tuesday. It published some survey results that indicate that when it comes industrial organisations, there is definite interest in 5G, but no particular hurry.
  “Industrial 5G adoption is still at the ideation and planning stages, with only 30 percent of industrial or
  
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• TfL back with revised plans for flats at Cockfosters tube station

  22-06-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Plans for homes on Cockfosters tube station’s car park are being revised after the original scheme was rejected by the local council following fairly heated objections.
  The previous scheme, a joint venture between Grainger and TfL,  had seen the entire car park built upon to provide homes for rent, but there was strong local opposition to removing the car parking spaces.
  The revised scheme will retain 35 of the 336 parking spaces. That’s in addition to the previous agreement to
  
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• Tube mobile winner pledges £1bn boost to upgrade London networks

  22-06-2021 15:17
  BAI secures Underground 4G contract and plans citywide fibre upgrade
  
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• BAI pledges London-wide links on back of Tube mobile network deal

  22-06-2021 15:17
  Telecoms group wins Underground contract and vows £1bn boost to capital’s connectivity
  
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• Ericsson needs Intel inside to support mid-band 5G in its cloud RAN

  22-06-2021 13:56
  
  Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has continued its shuffle towards a commoditized, open Radio Access Network by using Intel chips to do its mid-band 5G computing.
  The broader announcement concerns support for mid-band spectrum by the Ericsson Cloud RAN portfolio, which was launched last year. At the time it seemed to represent a symbolic concession by Ericsson that the telecoms industry is evolving away from the closed RAN stack that forms much of its business model and today’s embrace of a thi
  
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• London to Brighton car rally aiming for 500 vintage cars this year

  22-06-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The London to Brighton veteran car run is hoping to see 500 participants in this its 125th anniversary year.
  The London to Brighton veteran car run is a 60-mile journey from Hyde Park in Central London with a halfway stop for refreshments and essential fettling in Crawley before crossing through the South Downs to the Brighton seafront.
  (c) London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
  The annual parade of old cars from London to Brighton commemorates the famous Emancipation Run of November 1896, which cel
  
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• Bharti Airtel and Tata to roll out homegrown OpenRAN tech

  22-06-2021 12:52
  
  India’s dream of developing and exporting its own 5G networking equipment has taken another step towards becoming reality.
  Bharti Airtel has announced plans to deploy OpenRAN-based 5G products developed by Tata Group. In addition to radio equipment, the portfolio also includes a dual-mode core, and Tata’s in-house full telecom stack.
  Under the deal, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will also provide Airtel with systems integration services. The operator plans to launch a pilot network
  
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• What makes a 5G Leader?

  22-06-2021 12:30
  
  With 5G a still nascent technology, opportunity remains for businesses to accelerate adoption of this next generation connectivity solution and gain a competitive edge over their peers.
  Knowing what it takes to become a 5G Leader is the first step in the journey to a faster, more efficient and better-connected digital future.
  Fortunately, our research has revealed a number of key characteristics for those enterprises at the forefront of 5G adoption. We’ve broken them down in our handy info
  
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• The 5G opportunity within UK industry

  22-06-2021 12:27
  
  Our research shows that two thirds of organisations expect to have made significant investment in 5G technology over the next two years.
  But which sectors are pioneering in the adoption of next generation connectivity? And which are fast followers looking to learn from those blazing a trail before making more informed investments?
  For answers to these questions and more, download our infographic, The 5G opportunity within UK industry. Please fill in the short form below to receive a copy of this
  
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• Mobile phone coverage coming to the London Underground tunnels

  22-06-2021 08:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mobile phone coverage is to be extended to the entire London Underground following successful trials along the Jubilee line extension.
  At the moment, there is WiFi coverage in the stations, available to all mobile networks except Vodafone, but cellular coverage is limited to surface areas and a few shallow underground stations that accidentally get it due to their design.
  To improve phone coverage in the Underground, a trial of adding mobile phone coverage in tunnels and stations started last ye
  
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• “Too good to go back”: Nokia backs hybrid working in post-Covid shakeup

  22-06-2021 02:00
  Is working from home here to stay? For Nokia, the answer from employees seems to be a resounding ‘yes’.In a recent survey conducted by Nokia of around 26,000 employees, around 91% of respondents said they felt they were equally or more productive when working from home, compared to in the office.Despite this, however, it was also clear from the survey that the employees valued some time in the office each week…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Saudi Telecom stake could be for sale as sovereign fund seeks divestment

  22-06-2021 02:00
  Sources speaking to Reuters are reporting that Saudi Arabia’s PIF has hired the services of Goldman Sachs and the Saudi National Bank in order to consider a sale of part of their 70% stake in Saudi Telecom…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MTN sets aside $1.5bn for Nigerian broadband

  22-06-2021 02:00
  A three-day visit to Abuja and Lagos from MTN Group’s president and chief executive officer, Ralph Mupita, have shed light on the Group’s broadband investment approach in Nigeria. In discussions with stakeholders, Mupita said that MTN Nigeria would be investing around $1.5 billion over the next three years to increase broadband access throughout the country.Exactly how this fund will be spent over this period is unclear…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Mauritius hands out 5G licences

  22-06-2021 02:00
  In February, following a public consultation, ICTA took the decision to simply allocate 5G spectrum to the island nation’s three major mobile operators, Cellplus, Emtel and Mahanagar Telephone Mauritius (MTML). Each operator was to receive 100 MHz each of frequencies in the 2…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ericsson's Cloud RAN now supports mid-band 5G

  22-06-2021 02:00
  With mid-band spectrum, communications service providers can capitalize on their 5G spectral assets to roll out services quickly and efficiently, while delivering a more responsive experience to mobile broadband users. These latest enhancements to Ericsson’s portfolio were developed in close collaboration with customers such as Verizon. They will enable service providers to seamlessly evolve towards cloud-native technologies and open network architectures and meet the demand for more
  
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