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• Tube drivers to go on strike next month

  13-07-2021 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tube train drivers who are members of the RMT union are to hold a series of strikes next month in a dispute about night tube driver grades.
  The union says that the dispute is over a plan to abolish the night tube grade, a special grade created for people working the night tube service.
  TfL wants to merge the night tube grade into the standard tube staff grade, which the RMT opposes as they argue it will lead to job cuts among the night tube staff. However, as the night tube is currently suspende
  
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• Refurbished ex-SWT trains appearing on Southeastern lines

  13-07-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A fleet of trains that were originally ordered for South West Trains (SWT) but are no longer required are to start appearing on Southeastern lines following a recent refurbishment.
  The Class 707 Desiro City trains are made by Siemens and in 2014, SWT ordered 30 5-car units. However, when SWT lost its franchise in 2017, its successor FirstGroup/MTR, which operates as South Western Railway decided to switch its trains to Class 701 Aventras.
  The fleet of Class 707 trains, actually owned by the trai
  
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• Vodafone Spain picks Ericsson for 5G SA core

  13-07-2021 15:43
  
  The Spanish bit of Vodafone has joined its British and German stablemates in picking Ericsson for its standalone 5G core work.
  In common with previous announcements this is a ‘precommercial’ thing at this stage, which is presumably somewhere between a trial and the real deal. The announcement says Vodafone Spain has selected Ericsson as its technology partner for the work, which implies exclusivity without explicitly stating it. There’s also the standard talk about how great ev
  
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• Middle East’s big players ink OpenRAN partnership

  13-07-2021 15:37
  
  Some of the biggest telecoms operators in the Middle East have come together to form the industry’s latest OpenRAN alliance.
  Etisalat, STC, Zain, Mobily and Du have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to signal their joint commitment to rolling out OpenRAN technologies and their intention to help one another on the journey.
  The goals of the grouping, which does not have a formal title, are to push forward the implementation of OpenRAN in their existing networks, and to share knowled
  
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• Nokia is feeling optimistic

  13-07-2021 13:53
  
  Following a solid start to the year, Finnish kit vendor Nokia expects to tweak up its forward guidance later this month.
  The fact that Nokia decided to tease such an announcement is intriguing – why not just wait until its Q2 earnings announcement on 29 July? At time of writing Nokia’s shares were up 8% so anyone who bought them yesterday stands to make a quick buck. The FT agrees such a move is ‘unusual’, especially since Nokia didn’t even say which bits of its gui
  
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• Vodafone Idea loses customers but should still find investors

  13-07-2021 13:27
  
  Indian operator group Vodafone Idea is struggling for customers and for the cash it needs to keep its business afloat.
  We already knew that, to an extent, but happenings in the Indian mobile market over the past few days have brought the one-time big player’s situation into sharp relief. While the telco is indeed in some trouble, warnings over its possible demise might be a little premature.
  The monthly publication of Indian mobile market statistics usually makes more comfortable reading f
  
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• See Gods Own Junkyard in the Leadenhall Market

  13-07-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Normally based in Walthamstow, the famous home of neon signs, Gods Own Junkyard is currently filling three shops in the Leadenhall Market with their trademark glowing displays.
  Gods Own Junkyard has worked on film sets for over 40 years and has a shop where they sell works, from films or commissioned especially for the shop.For a few weeks though, some of their collection is in Leadenhall Market in the City of London, and the display, across three shops, includes signage highlights from Stanley
  
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• The 3 pillars of the world-class hybrid-cloud service provider

  13-07-2021 12:14
  
  The move to the cloud allows telecommunication service providers to expand and scale connectivity – connecting everything (applications) and everyone (end users). But capturing the value from Cloud is not trivial and requires a shift in the way CSPs run their IT operations. With Amdocs Cloud Managed Services: Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), Cloud Admin and FinOps, CSPs are able tame the complexities of the hybrid cloud and achieve the agility they seek. Please fill in the short form bel
  
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• Nokia to lift financial guidance for 2021 as turnround progresses

  13-07-2021 10:45
  Chief Pekka Lundmark says 5G strategy progressing at slimmed down Finnish group
  
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• Secrets of the London Underground TV series starts next week

  13-07-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A new TV series is starting next week that will look around the hidden parts of the London Underground.
  Hosted by the ever effervescent Tim Dunn and the London Transport Museum’s Siddy Holloway, the TV series explores areas of London’s Tube network that – despite being just feet away from where millions of people regularly travel – hardly anyone knows about.
  With their unique and privileged access, the presenters share stories of some of London’s most clandestine st
  
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• Small Cell Forum proposes Hosted Open RAN global framework

  13-07-2021 02:00
  Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization making infrastructure solutions available to all, today unveiled a proposed global framework for hosted Open RAN networks combining the qualities of established and emerging neutral host architectures ranging from site share and Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) to small cells with Citizen Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) and Joint Operator Technical Specifications for Neutral Host In…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Rural UK suffering from ‘streaming divide’

  13-07-2021 02:00
  For many of us, subscriptions to a streaming service such as Netflix or Amazon Prime have been part of our lives for many years. However, it is easy to take for granted the level of broadband connection required to enjoy these services to the full, something which is still unattainable for some of the more rural areas around the UK.In a recent study on behalf of Netgem by YouGov…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• One of the worlds youngest nations launches first locally-owned MNO

  13-07-2021 02:00
  South Sudan first became a sovereign nation in January 2011, seceding from Sudan following an independence referendum that saw almost 99% vote for independence.  By October that year, four pre-existing telcos had received operating licences: Kuwaiti operator Zain, South Africa’s MTN, the Gambia’s Gamtel, and Vivacell, owned by Lebanon&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• One of the world's youngest nations launches first locally-owned MNO

  13-07-2021 02:00
  South Sudan first became a sovereign nation in January 2011, seceding from Sudan following an independence referendum that saw almost 99% vote for independence.  By October that year, four pre-existing telcos had received operating licences: Kuwaiti operator Zain, South Africa’s MTN, the Gambia’s Gamtel, and Vivacell, owned by Lebanon&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ethio Telecom blooming ahead of minority stake sale

  13-07-2021 02:00
  At the start of Ethio Telecom’s financial year, back in July 2020, the internet was in the midst of a government-mandated two-week internet blackout, following protests in the capital, Addis Ababa. Since then, ongoing violent unrest in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has left scores dead and the country in a state of political unease…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• China set to achieve 14 nm breakthrough in 2022

  13-07-2021 01:27
  A sudden surge in demand for electronics during the COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented shortage of semiconductor chips worldwide. Right from gaming consoles, laptops and desktop to even digital thermometers have been faced with an acute chip shortage due to a sudden increase in demand, bringing to fore the importance of self-sufficiency in semiconductor manufacturing. China is taking a lead in addressing the global shortage of chips by accelerating the development and manufacturing of 14
  
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