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• Marble Arch Mound adds a lights display

  09-07-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When it opens to the public later this month, the Marble Arch Mound will also feature a one-off light exhibition by W1Curates, called Lightfield, lead by British/American artist, Anthony James.
  Lightfield consists of 16 cubes, connected via ethernet cables, which will simulate the interconnected root structure of a birch tree forest. The cubes all communicate with one another creating a large canvas for light to dance around.
  It is all controlled by a single computer ‘brain’ and will
  
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• Tickets Alert: Hidden highlights of Westminster Abbey tours

  09-07-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This summer there’s a chance to explore behind the scenes of Westminster Abbey on a guided tour of some areas not usually open to the public.
  The 90-minute tours will take in the lost medieval sacristy, recently revealed during one of their biggest ever archaeological projects, and the library, formerly part of the monk’s dormitory with a magnificent 15th-century oak roof and majestic 17th-century bookcases. The tours will also include the Jerusalem Chamber where Henry IV died in 141
  
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• St Paul’s Cathedral’s reopens its Dome to visitors

  09-07-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Golden Gallery at the very top of the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral is now open on Saturdays and later this month, school holidays, for people with a good head for heights to visit.
  550 steps up, and back down again, through parts of the Cathedral that were never intended to be seen by the public, and then at the very top, a narrow walkway around the outside of the Dome.For those who are wary of heights, there is the Stone Gallery about halfway up which is much easier to get to and still
  
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• Lack of mid-band spectrum could cost operators billions of dollars – GSMA

  09-07-2021 11:43
  
  Policymakers are not making enough mid-band spectrum available for 5G and that could cost operators – and ultimately consumers – dear, the GSMA warned this week.
  The industry body shared the results of a study carried out by Coleago Consulting that shows densely populated cities require on average 2 GHz of mid-band frequencies by the second half of this decade to provide reliable high-speed mobile broadband services.
  The actual amount of mid-band spectrum required varies significantl
  
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• Cellnex completes €1.6 billion Polish expansion

  09-07-2021 11:39
  
  Ambitious Spanish infrastructure specialist Cellnex has completed its acquisition of Polkomtel Infrastruktura.
  The move was announced in February and needed to be approved by the appropriate authorities. The apparent absence of the EU from the process resulted in a relatively quick turnaround by Polish competition authority UOKiK. Cellnex has now added around 7,000 towers and a bunch of active infrastructure, including RAN gear, microwave radio links and fibre backhaul, to its bulging portfolio.
  
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• IoT is failing to live up to its promise…or is it?

  09-07-2021 10:27
  
  IoT is failing to live up to expectations in the UK and in the US, or at least that is what the creators of a new report would have us believe.
  77% of companies who implemented at least one Internet of Things (IoT) project in the past 12 months said their project was at best only somewhat successful, according to a new survey commissioned by IoT connectivity provider Eseye. The survey was carried out among 500 IoT decision makers in the US and the UK by research firm Opinion Matters in April. An
  
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• Mobile wallets will be used by 60% of the world’s population by 2025

  09-07-2021 02:00
  A new report has been issued by Juniper Research and mobile payments network, Boku, that find that more than 4.8 billion mobile walletswill be in use by the end of 2025. This represents over 70% growth since the end of 2020 and means that almost 60% of the world’s population will have adopted the technology…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Competitions and Markets Authority to investigate Motorola's blue light role

  09-07-2021 02:00
  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has expressed concern that Motorola could be "could be cashing in on its position" as the UK's only provider of critical mobile radio network services &quot…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Cellnex completes acquisition of Polkomtel Infrastructure

  09-07-2021 02:00
  The transaction, which was announced by Cellnex in February, received the go-ahead from the Polish competition authority UOKiK in June. Polkomtel operates Cyfrowy Polsat Group’s passive infrastructure, comprising of approx. 7,000 telecommunication towers and sites…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT neutral host deal at life science campus reduces risk of infrastructure duplication

  09-07-2021 02:00
  The UK’s largest single site life science campus, Alderley Park in Cheshire, is now able to boast strong indoor connectivity across its buildings via a single network infrastructure that will support all mobile operators.Bruntwood SciTech have signed a neutral host deal with BT which will address increasing demand for reliable indoor connectivity…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Crossrail report warns of cost pressures as Elizabeth line nears completion

  09-07-2021 01:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A report into the Crossrail project by the National Audit Office (NAO) is warning that while cost increases and delays are in line with Crossrail’s 2020 estimates, they exceed the available budget and there are still significant issues that could arise as the railway is brought into service.
  The report gives an overall impression is of a project where the senior management was unaware of what was going on until early 2018 and threw money at catching up, until they had to announce the first
  
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