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• How stc helped Saudi Arabia become the Middle East’s new digital hub

  01-07-2021 16:13
  
  The world has changed in a very short space of time with the global pandemic altering the way in which we think, behave and interact. Restrictions around the world have meant that now, more than ever, people have been relying on technology in their everyday life. Thanks to lockdowns and social distancing, demand for mobile and Internet gaming has risen considerably and TV and online streaming services have surged. As we depend more and more on technology it’s vital that telecommunications
  
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• Dennis Severs’ House reopens this month

  01-07-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A remarkable time capsule in Spitalfields, Dennis Severs’ House reopens its doors to visitors at the end of the month.
  Dennis Severs came to Spitalfields in 1979 and bought a derelict house saved by the Spitalfields Trust. He reconfigured it to tell the story of an imaginary Huguenot family who had lived there since it was built in 1724.
  Dennis Severs’ House
  To walk in is to step back in time to a house where the owners and staff have just stepped outside. It’s not a museum per
  
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• Openreach, BT move to cut cost of FTTP in the UK

  01-07-2021 15:14
  
  The cost of fibre broadband is coming down in the UK, or so we’re led to believe.
  Thursday brought two separate announcements from incumbent operator BT and its independent network arm Openreach that will essentially reduce the price of fibre broadband subscriptions for many people over the coming years.
  BT has launched Home Essentials, a low-cost fibre broadband package aimed at low-income users. It is available to customers Universal Credit – the UK’s social security plan &nd
  
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• Cellnex answers regulatory questions to close Italy towers deal

  01-07-2021 13:11
  
  Cellnex has closed the Italian portion of its European towers mega-deal, adding over 9,000 sites to its growing European footprint.
  The Italian component of Cellnex’s €10 billion acquisition of CK Hutchison’s European towers assets is particularly significant because it raised some serious regulatory questions; specifically, Italy’s competition watchdog, the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), expressed concern that the deal would leave too much
  
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• AT&T is the latest US operator to hand over its messaging to Google

  01-07-2021 13:11
  
  Messages by Google will soon be the default messaging app for all AT&T Android customers in the US, effectively killing attempts by operators to establish their own RCS platform.
  US operators recently pulled the plug on the shambolic Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative, which was formed in partnership with long time RCS (Rich Communications Services) cheerleader the GSMA less than two years ago. It was intended to catalyse and operator-led alternative to OTT messaging services such as WhatsAp
  
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• London exhibitions to visit in July 2021

  01-07-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A selection of ten good exhibitions to visit in London during July 2021.Misterioso – Cheng Cheng Yi
  Dorothy Circus Gallery, Paddington
  Free
  The first British solo-show for Chinese artist Cheng Cheng Yi. For this occasion, the artist presents a new series of 6 acrylics on canvas inspired by the latest trends in the contemporary Asian avant-garde.
  The Story of Oxford House
  Oxford House, Bethnal Green
  Free
  Oxford House has played an important role in this area since 1884. Our building and its
  
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• Unlocking the Potential of Remote MACPHY

  01-07-2021 10:00
  
  With more and more aspects of our daily lives moving online, bandwidth consumption is skyrocketing—and this growth is only expected to continue. This is putting a tremendous strain on cable operators’ networks, and traditional I-CCAP architectures may not be up to the challenge.
  Download this white paper and explore how a new approach to distributed access architecture (DAA) evolution can help unlock the network’s full potential by:Optimizing the CMTS for use at the access edge
  
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• Science and art at the National Gallery’s Copernicus exhibition

  01-07-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A painting of the Polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus is currently on display in the UK for the first time ever.
  The painting, Astronomer Copernicus, on display in the National Gallery is also by one of Poland’s most famous painters, Jan Matejko’s (1838–1893), and while much-lauded at home, he is rather less well known outside his home country.The painting, a huge canvas, was painted in 1873 to mark created to celebrate that year’s 400th anniversary of Copernicus&rsquo
  
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• OneWeb begins commercial service as Airtel invests additional $500m

  01-07-2021 02:00
  In March 2020, UK-based satellite broadband player OneWeb filed for bankruptcy, having failed to secure funding for their LEO satellite constellation, citing market turbulence related to the emerging coronavirus pandemic. In November, however, a miraculous turnaround was on the cards, with the UK government and Bharti Global, run by Indian billionaire Sunil Mittal, both committing $500 million to rescue the company from bankruptcy. By January 2021, more investment was flowing into the
  
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• More delays for Brazilian 5G as spectrum auction set for August

  01-07-2021 02:00
  Brazil’s path to allocating 5G spectrum has been laboured, delayed bother by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and the squabbling of nation’s operators over terms and conditions. The regulator, Anatel, had first approved the 5G tender process back in March 2019, with the Ministry of Science, Technology…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Malaysia’s picks Ericsson for national 5G network

  01-07-2021 02:00
  Malaysia’s approach to 5G in 2021 has been something quite unusual. The government, led by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, announced back in March that it would go against the norm when it comes to tendering 5G contracts, instead creating Digital Nasional Berhad (DSB), a special purpose vehicle specifically designed to own and oversee a national 5G network. DSB will serve as a national 5G wholesaler…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei's Innovations in Massive MIMO to enhance 5G experience

  01-07-2021 02:00
  The world is rapidly embracing 5G as not just the next generation of mobile technology but also to create new business, ecosystems, and opportunities.
  The growth in the 5G ecosystem is evident from the number of global rollouts. Despite being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, 5G commercial rollouts accelerated in 2020 and have managed to reach 158 local operators with active networks in 67 markets worldwide as of March 2021, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.However, as 5G deploy
  
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• AT&T hands 5G core to Microsoft Azure

  01-07-2021 02:00
  Back in 2019, Microsoft and AT&T announced a $2 billion partnership that would focus on AI, 5G, and the shifting network operations to the cloud, in what AT&T called its ‘public cloud first’ strategy.Now, two years later, and AT&T has announced that it will be moving its 5G network to the Microsoft cloud, allowing all of its traffic to be managed using Microsoft Azure technologies…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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