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• Staff shortages causing closures on the London Underground this weekend

  23-07-2021 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Although the tube has weekend closures for engineering works, this weekend TfL has had to make urgent changes due to a shortage of staff in their control room.
  Both the Circle and the Hammersmith & City lines will be completely closed over the whole weekend.
  The District line will be closed between Edgware Road and High Street Kensington from the morning until around midday each day. There is also a planned closure between Turnham Green and Ealing Broadway all weekend
  The Metropolitan line w
  
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• Top economist develops UK subsidy auction to save troubled turtle dove

  23-07-2021 17:13
  Oxford professor behind Britain’s record 3G sell-off creates system to protect vulnerable bird
  
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• Economists develop UK subsidy auction to save endangered turtle dove

  23-07-2021 17:13
  Oxford professor behind Britain’s 3G sell-off creates system to protect declining species
  
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• Economist develops UK subsidy auction to save endangered turtle dove

  23-07-2021 17:13
  Oxford professor behind Britain’s 3G sell-off creates system to protect declining species
  
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• The 50th anniversary of the Victoria line extension to Brixton

  23-07-2021 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Today marks 50 years since the Victoria line was extended from Victoria to Brixton – opening, minus one of the stations – on 23rd July 1971.
  Although the Victoria line was approved for construction in August 1962, the extension south of Victoria, which nearly went to Fulham, was only approved to go to Brixton in March 1966. Brixton was chosen to match the thinking of the time as it was expected to have a motorway built there, and a rail link would offer a park-and-ride option for mot
  
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• China Telecom: US blacklist was a blessing in disguise

  23-07-2021 13:33
  Shanghai listing is well timed and sets the stage for other Chinese groups planning to return to the mainland
  
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• Vodafone’s booming M-Pesa shines a light on valuable Africa fintechs

  23-07-2021 13:20
  UK telecoms group plans to invest in mobile payments system but is weighing future options
  
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• Strand to be part-pedestrianised from late August

  23-07-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Anyone who has visited the area over the past few months can’t have missed the huge amount of street works going on, as part of plans to revamp the road layout around Aldwych and Strand. The works have been preparing for Aldwych, which is currently a one-way road to become two-way so that the section of Strand next to it can be pedestrianised.After some 8-months of works, they are ready to make the main switch-over, which will take place between 19th-22nd August as the roads are redirected
  
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• US Senators bid to amend Section 230 to censor social media

  23-07-2021 12:35
  
  A couple of Democrat Senators want to make social media companies liable for public health ‘misinformation’ on their platforms.
  We have long argued that Section 230 needs reforming as, in its current form, it grants social media giants all the editorial privileges of a publisher with none of the liability. This initiative, however, which seeks to amend Section 230 such that certain types of subject matter from its protection, is a great example of exactly the wrong type of reform.
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• UK consumers getting more for less in telecoms, but prices are going up

  23-07-2021 12:03
  
  Consumers in the UK are paying less for their communications services than they were five years ago, even though data usage is increasing, according to Ofcom’s latest Pricing Trends report.
  However, the regulator also noted that a number of big names in the industry have hiked prices in recent months and warned telcos that they must “do more” to help low-income users.
  Average mobile prices were 22% lower last year than in 2015, while minutes of usage increased by 32% and data u
  
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• It’s towers up, small cells down for buoyant Crown Castle

  23-07-2021 11:59
  
  Crown Castle has upped its full-year guidance for the second time this after posting a strong set of quarterlies on the back of 5G growth in the US.
  But while business in the telecoms towers space is buoyant, Crown Castle’s figures raise some serious questions over the small cells market.
  The towers specialist cited the “robust 5G leasing environment” in the US as the catalyst behind its second-quarter performance, the highlights of which included an 8% increase in site rental
  
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• Telenor monetizes fast growing mobile services with Oracle

  23-07-2021 02:00
  Mobile services, from voice to video streaming, are on the rise across Asia. To support this growth, Telenor selected Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management, including Oracle Converged Charging to lay the groundwork for 5G and provide seamless charging and billing interactions for its 175 million subscribers in the region. This can range from an ongoing monthly subscription to a video on…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Smart home devices flourishing with Plume now managing >1bn devices

  23-07-2021 02:00
  Around the world, the smart home market is growing rapidly, helped in no small part by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. With whole families forced to spend more time at home than ever before, additional connected devices are being launched and purchased every week, offering customers unprecedented convenience and a more personalised experience.For smart home specialist Plume, this growth has been exceptional, with the company now recording over a billion devices connected to its cloud con
  
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• Smart home devices flourishing as Plume connects 1bn devices

  23-07-2021 02:00
  Around the world, the smart home market is growing rapidly, helped in no small part by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. With whole families forced to spend more time at home than ever before, additional connected devices are being launched and purchased every week, offering customers unprecedented convenience and a more personalised experience.For smart home specialist Plume, this growth has been exceptional, with the company now recording over a billion devices connected to its cloud con
  
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• Pay in full: Indian Supreme Court gives operators no relief on AGR dues

  23-07-2021 02:00
  Back at the start of 2020, the major operators in India found themselves with found themselves faced with the unenviable task of paying billions of dollars to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) regarding AGR fees. Reliance Jio, who faced the smallest sum, quickly paid off its dues, leaving rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone challenging the courts over how much and when they would be required to pay. Now, not for the first time, India’s Supreme Court has rejected pleas from the
  
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• Altnets unite in Brazil to take on major operators

  23-07-2021 02:00
  Brazilian media is reporting that a group of eight regional ISPs have agreed to merge to form a new, unified fibre operator, Proxxima Telecomunicacoes. The deal will see Ondanet, Netmark, CPnet, Datacommection, Enteriw, Netjat, Netonline, and Toolsnet &ndash…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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