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• HS2 rail show coming to three locations in London

  28-07-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A series of one-day exhibitions will pop up across London over the next few months to show what HS2 is all about and answer questions from the public and potential suppliers.
  The events will allow residents and visitors to find out more about the plans, now underway, to bring Britain’s new railway to the capital at its new station in Old Oak Common and its terminus in Euston.Kings Cross on 5th August: The roadshow’s first stop will be at Kings Cross Square, adjacent to Kings Cross St
  
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• Turns out young people don’t really watch TV news

  28-07-2021 16:03
  
  UK communications regulator Ofcom has worked out that younger people mainly get their news from the internet.
  Any parent could have told Ofcom that kids and teens these days hardly watch broadcast TV at all, let alone the Nine O’Clock News. Instead, what news they consume will come from a combination of messaging groups, social media, YouTube and internet forums. On the whole, however, you wouldn’t expect news content, as opposed to other forms of information gathering or entertainme
  
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• Tickets Alert: Doctor Who on the big screen

  28-07-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There’s going to be a chance to see a long-lost story from the Doctor Who archive on the big screen before it goes on sale in the shops to view on the small screen.
  The broadcast copy of Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks is one of the stories that have been lost over the years, but a full audio recording was found, and now the BBC has recreated the story as an animation using the original soundtrack.
  The Doctor and Jamie are transported back to 1866 where they encounter the Daleks, who th
  
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• Eurobites: Telecom Italia sees earnings slide 5.8% in Q2

  28-07-2021 14:34
  
  Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Arcep consults on 5G interference; Vodafone ads rapped; Spotify hits bum note on MAUs.Group revenues at Telecom Italia (TIM) rose by 1% year-on-year in the second quarter, to €3.8 billion, though organic EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) slid 5.8%, to €1.6 billion. The number of TIM mobile lines rose by 95,000 quarter-on-quarter, to 30.3 million, though 103,000 customers departed for (presumably) greener
  
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• Global MarTech Innovator BOSCO™ Drives Online Sales Growth At Animed Direct

  28-07-2021 14:25
  
  MarTech innovator BOSCO™ is driving sales for online pet care retailer, Animed Direct, through its award winning Connect platform, the leading bespoke trading and forecasting dashboard for online retailers and e-commerce vendors. BOSCO™ uses a unique 3rd generation algorithm and data integration to drive budget predictions and recommendations. The Connect platform enables clients to integrate their own data with market sources to ensure the most accurate results available. This ensur
  
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• US tech giants make tons of cash, again

  28-07-2021 13:38
  
  Another quarter, another record haul for America’s technology giants as Apple, Google and Microsoft all report their Q2 numbers.
  You can see the revenue and profit numbers below, along with those for the previous quarter. Facebook reports later today and Amazon tomorrow. As you can see, everything continues to go very well for three of the world’s most profitable companies, with them once more collectively doubling their profits year-on-year.“This quarter, our teams built on a
  
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• Heritage Open Days opening thousands of doors to the public

  28-07-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Over a couple of weeks in September, several thousand buildings will open their doors to the public.
  This is the Heritage Open Days, a fortnight of open days that’s essentially the same thing as Open House London, but (largely) happens outside London.
  All are free, some need booking in advance, otherwise, just turn up on the day.
  The list below is of the venues in the counties around London (and a couple inside) that look interesting places to visit and are generally not open to the public
  
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• oneM2M invites contributions on future roadmap for standards based IoT systems

  28-07-2021 12:55
  
  Sophia Antipolis, France, 28 July 2021: oneM2M is currently finalizing a set of specifications for Release 4 of the standard while conducting parallel work on features to include in Release 5. Some of the new features under discussion include the topics of AI for Internet of Things (IoT) systems, tools for data licensing and, controls to guarantee adherence to privacy regulation such as GDPR and PIPA (Korea). Participation in oneM2M’s technical standardization activities is open...Source:
  
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• Tube strike to go ahead next week

  28-07-2021 11:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tube train drivers who are members of the RMT union are to hold two tube strikes next week in a dispute about night tube driver grades.
  Announced last month, the RMT has confirmed that they will go ahead as planned.
  The tube strike – assuming there are no last-minute changes will run from:Noon on Tuesday 3rd Aug to noon on Wednesday 4th Aug.
  Noon on Thursday 5th Aug to noon on Friday 6th Aug.The strike will only affect RMT drivers as the other driver unions have accepted the changes, so th
  
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• Altnet representative body sees record growth as full fibre roll out continues to accelerate

  28-07-2021 11:04
  
  The Independent Networks Cooperative Association sees membership boom as altnets build momentum London, UK, 28th July 2021: The Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) have achieved significant growth, gaining 32 members in 2021 so far. As the independent sector is already playing a critical role in delivering the government’s Gigabit Britain targets, the growth in membership is a clear reflection of the strength of the altnet sector, and that these companies collectively repre
  
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• Small Cell Forum Releases Key Test Setups for 5G RAN Split 6 Products

  28-07-2021 10:00
  
  Paper provides deployers and integrators proposed solutions for testing and optimizing disaggregated small cell radio and distributed units of the RAN London, UK 28th July 2021 - Small Cell Forum (SCF) has released a paper outlining the key test configurations for 3GPP TS38.141 compliance testing of split 6 products using the SCF nFAPI 2.0 interface. Led by Forum members Keysight Technologies and Picocom, the paper aims to inform operators and integrators on how split 6...Source: RealWire
  
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• A day trip to – Waddesdon Manor

  28-07-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Not far outside London in the middle of the English countryside is a grand manor house that looks like it belongs in France.
  This is Waddesdon Manor, built between 1874-89 for the fabulously wealthy Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in a classic French Châteaux style, as a home for himself, and as a home for his huge art collection.And while it looks like a conventionally old stone mansion, it was built using the modern method of using a steel frame, had hot running water, and even came with e
  
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• Telstra makes pair of data centres carrier-neutral

  28-07-2021 02:00
  Today, Telstra has announced that it will transform two of its data centres in Sydney and Melbourne into carrier-neutral, colocation facilities. The move will make access to these InfraCo facilities available to customers working with other operators, not just Telstra, for the first time. The product will be sold via Telstra Wholesale&ldquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Singapore's M1 launches standalone 5G commercially

  28-07-2021 02:00
  The network, which offers what M1 is calling ‘True 5G’, will reportedly offer 10-times the speed of M1’s 4G network and is “50% more responsive” than 4G and 5G non-standalone networks.Access to the SA 5G network can be attained by signing up for M1’s ‘5Go Plus Booster’ plan; a current promotional offer will allow customers at least three months of free access to the network…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• PCCW offloads data centre business for $750 million

  28-07-2021 02:00
  Today, PCCW, owed by billionaire Richard Li, has agreed to sell its data centre business to Digital Bridge for $750 million.Back in April, PCCW was reportedly exploring its options for the sale of its IT and data centre unit, with anonymous sources valuing the unit at around $1 billion. The business includes seven data centres in its home market of Hong Kong…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 5G private networks worth £6.3bn to UK manufacturing by 2030

  28-07-2021 02:00
  A new report from Vodafone entitled ‘Powering Up Manufacturing, Levelling Up Britain’, using economic analysis from WPI Economics, suggests that 5G could be a game changer for UK industry, especially for areas digitally ‘left behind’, such as the North West, North East, East and West Midlands, and Wales. These regions, traditionally the heart of the UK’s manufacturing industry, have seen growth rates slump in recent decades, being outpaced by their more digita
  
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