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• Southall station gets new ticket hall and step-free access

  26-08-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Southall station in West London has opened a new ticket hall with footbridge and step-free access as part of the preparations for the Elizabeth line.
  The old station entrance was too small to cope with expected passenger demand, so they’ve built an entirely new station entrance slightly to the north of the railway, with a new footbridge linking with the four existing platforms.
  New entrance (c) TfL
  The footbridge also includes lifts, giving the station step-free access for the first time.
  
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• These 3 kings will rule the future of streaming

  26-08-2021 18:40
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Steve Lacoff, General Manager of Avalara for Communications, explains how when industries collide, product offerings expand, and tax complexity increases.
  The streaming ecosystem is in a high stakes transition. How it shakes out will impact media, entertainment, and technology industries across the world. It will also introduce a spectrum of tax compliance
  
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• SKT launches its own subscription platform

  26-08-2021 16:15
  
  Korean telco SKT has decided the time is right to launch a suite of subscription services for its customers.
  It’s called ‘T Universe’ and seems to be an aggregation of a bunch of ecommerce services, with Amazon taking centre stage. SKT has found younger people are especially keen on subscription services, leading that sector to grow rapidly, in South Korea at least. While there will be a variety of subscription packages, the headline one is called Universe Pass, which offers co
  
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• Free theatre stage and muscial performances in Trafalgar Square

  26-08-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A celebration of the theatre stage and musicals will fill Trafalgar Square next month, as a free event. West End LIVE will see Trafalgar Square transformed into an open-air theatre, treating theatre fans to free performances from the West End’s top shows over the weekend of 18th and 19th September.
  This year’s event features the first-ever West End LIVE appearances from musicals Hamilton and The Book Of Mormon, as well as a roster of new shows – including The Prince Of Egypt, D
  
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• Mobile trade-in programs returned $571 million to U.S. consumers in Q2 2021

  26-08-2021 15:31
  
  More than 150% year-over-year growth shows mobile device trade-in programs are back to pre-pandemic levels 26 August 2021—Assurant, a leading global provider of lifestyle and housing solutions that support, protect and connect major consumer purchases, today announced findings from its analysis of the mobile device trade-in and upgrade market for Q2 2021. Its Q2 Mobile Trade-in and Upgrade Industry Trends report reveals that mobile trade-in programs in the U.S. returned $571 million to con
  
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• Comcast Business gets a leg up with Masergy buy

  26-08-2021 15:31
  
  Comcast Business has agreed to buy SDN and cloud specialist Masergy for an undisclosed sum, a move that should give it a lift in the enterprise services space.
  Essentially, the deal is about improving Comcast Business’ ability to serve large US businesses with global footprints.
  “Masergy provides a perfect complement to our portfolio of enterprise services and solutions and will allow us to instantly and dramatically amplify our growth in the global enterprise market,” said Com
  
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• US government co-opts big tech into cybersecurity initiative

  26-08-2021 13:24
  
  Google, Microsoft, AWS, Apple and IBM have all pledged to collaborate with the US government to improve cyber security.
  President Biden has declared a ‘whole-of-nation effort’ is needed to address cybersecurity threats. It follows a number of high-profile cyber attacks over the past year or two, implying the baddies are gaining the ascendancy in the digital domain. While Biden addressed the matter in his flurry of executive orders since coming to power, this move acknowledges the lim
  
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• Wimbledon Park tube station gets step-free access with new lift

  26-08-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Wimbledon Park tube station on the District line has become the 86th station on the London Underground to go step-free after a new lift came into use on Monday.
  The station has a single island platform between the two railway tracks, and leads up a staircase to a very small ticket office building that looks more like a very small cottage, described as being built in the “Dutch classical style”.
  (c) Google Street View
  To squeeze a lift into the site meant extending the back of the tic
  
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• Intelsat creditors support year-end bankruptcy exit plan

  26-08-2021 12:58
  
  Intelsat aims to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as a private company by the end of this year, having secured the support of around three-quarters of its creditors for a new reorganisation plan.
  The satellite company, which filed for Chapter 11 in May last year essentially to fund the clearing costs associated with the US C-band auction, said its latest reorganisation plan will reduce its debt to US$7 billion from close to $15 billion and position it for long-term success. The plan
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Belsize Wood, NW3

  26-08-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Around the back of suburban houses in Belsize Park is a small but richly planted woodland on a very steep slope.Unlike many more central pocket parks which often emerged from land clearance, this woodland has never been built on – its primaeval. The whole area was once fields, but as London expanded, housing started being developed around the area, and a large hospital to the northern side of the woods.
  But the patch of land was bought by the Midland Railway Company in the 1860s as they du
  
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• Sparkle launches Panama Digital Gateway with Trans Ocean Network

  26-08-2021 02:00
  Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top ten global operators, and Trans Ocean Network, a Panamanian telecommunications company, have agreed to form a strategic joint venture in Panama for the construction of an open landing and connectivity center that aims to become the digital hub for all Central America, the Andean region and the Caribbean.Panama Digital Gateway will be a next generation open hub featuring state-of-the-art technologies and infrastructures
  
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• South Korea passes Anti-Google Law over in-app billing

  26-08-2021 02:00
  Back in 2020, Google announced it would require app developers using its platform to also use its billing systems for in-app purchases, charging them 30% commission in the process. This announcement was met with widespread condemnation from app developers around the world, with the backlash ultimately forcing Google…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Intelsat plans to restructure its way out of bankruptcy

  26-08-2021 02:00
  In May 2020, veteran satellite operator Intelsat filed for bankruptcy. While the company’s shares had been struggling on the stock market for many years, the real motivation for the decision appeared to be directly tied to the FCC’s decision to shift satellite services from the 4.8 GHz (i.e., C-band) spectrum, in order that the spectrum might be used by terrestrial operators for 5G.In order to hasten the satellite operators’ transition, the FCC has offered major financial ince
  
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• Altice Portugal creates Infratower to offload towers to Cellnex

  26-08-2021 02:00
  According to sources, Altice Portugal has set up a new business named Infratower, to which it will transfer around 700 mobile towers. This move is part of a wider deal with Cellnex that will see Altice hand over the new tower unit to the infrastructure giant for around €209 million.Portugal’s Competition Authority gave the deal the green light back in July, back when the burgeoning Infratower was still called simply &lsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Altice Portugal creates Infratower to offload sites to Cellnex

  26-08-2021 02:00
  According to sources, Altice Portugal has set up a new business named Infratower, to which it will transfer around 700 mobile towers. This move is part of a wider deal with Cellnex that will see Altice hand over the new tower unit to the infrastructure giant for around €209 million.Portugal’s Competition Authority gave the deal the green light back in July, back when the burgeoning Infratower was still called simply &lsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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