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• Tickets Alert: 40th anniversary of An American Werewolf in London

  06-08-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This month marks 40-years since one of the more famous London films was released, all about an American tourist who terrorises London as a werewolf. It’s a curious mix of both horror and comedy and was notable not just for the plotline but the famous werewolf transformation sequence, the first time that had been tried openly on screen.The nightmare sequence is genuinely “jump out of the seat” frightening, but I think we’ll gloss over the sex talk scene, as that is cringly
  
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• Photos – Paddington Station’s new links to the Elizabeth line

  06-08-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The future Elizabeth line entrance is now much more noticeable from inside Paddington station after hoardings were removed alongside Platform 1 recently.
  The Elizabeth line platforms, which run along, and below Platform 1 on the outside of the main building have been a largely hidden aspect of the project for anyone using Paddington station as they are not where people would often be heading.
  The space that the Elizabeth line entrance occupies used to be the old taxi rank, so naturally there wer
  
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• American businesses urge Biden to reengage with China

  06-08-2021 15:05
  
  Trade organisations called on the Biden administration to expedite its China policy reviews and to reopen trade talks with its main rival.
  The Wall Street Journal reported in an exclusive that on Thursday dozens of US trade organisations sent a letter to Katherine Tai, the US Trade Representative, and Janet Yellen, the Treasury Secretary, urging the Biden administration to be more explicit with its China policies, which has been under review, and to reopen trade talks with China. Among the signa
  
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• Eurobites: Telecom Italia orchestrates quantum comms demo at G20

  06-08-2021 13:39
  
  Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Paramount+ streaming service heading for Sky platforms; Saudi Telecom Company’s Q2 impresses; Virgin Media slide-tackles BT and Sky over TV soccer coverage.Telecom Italia (TIM) and its international services arm, Sparkle, have been carrying out what they say is the first public demonstration of an “international quantum connection”. The demo took place at the G20 summit and used a system of (here comes the science part…) quan
  
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• Exhibition – Making Paradise behind King’s Cross

  06-08-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There’s a rather beautiful exhibition in a gallery behind King’s Cross that looks at the Garden of Eden and the concept of Paradise in Islam.
  The layout of the exhibition itself reflects the classic chahar bagh garden design (meaning four gardens), with four zones on the walls, and a static waterfall in the middle. That layout means that the modern artwork is mixed in around reproductions of garden-related works from the archive in the Aga Khan Museum.The artwork is a mix of styles f
  
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• Closure of Sprint 4G network probably not a big deal to T-Mobile US

  06-08-2021 10:03
  
  When T-Mobile US published its Q2 results last week it once again talked up the progress it is making in integrating Sprint and upgraded its merger synergies guidance for the second consecutive quarter. But it didn’t think to mention its plans for closing down Sprint’s LTE network next summer; it took the eagle eyes of LightReading to notice it had sneaked that piece of information onto its Website.
  Having spotted that T-Mobile has updated its merger information page to reveal that i
  
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• Vodafone’s India venture near ‘point of collapse’ as shares plunge

  06-08-2021 08:26
  Departing chair warns crisis-ridden telecoms group will fail without government intervention
  
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• US pushes Open RAN as an alternative to Huawei in Brazil

  06-08-2021 02:00
  In the last few years, the US has undertaken a major campaign against Huawei in markets around the world, arguing that the Chinese technology vendor is a threat to national cybersecurity and should be banned from national telecoms networks.Brazil, as the largest economy in South America and largely reliant on Huawei technology for its 4G communications…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• KPN ties €1bn credit facility to a greener future

  06-08-2021 02:00
  KPN has concluded a €1 billion credit facility, refinancing an existing credit line from 2016, this time tying the loan’s interest directly to its sustainability goals. The new credit facility has a maturity of five years, with two one-year renewable options…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• China Telecom seeks $7.2bn with Shanghai stock exchange listing

  06-08-2021 02:00
  Back in May, following an executive order from president Donald Trump banning US investment in Chinese firms with perceived ties to the Chinese military, China Telecom was among a raft of companies that were delisted from the NYSE…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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