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• HS2 shows off revised plans for Camden ventilation shaft

  07-09-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Revised plans for HS2’s headhouse building in Camden have been published ahead of a series of public consultations on the design.
  The headhouse is the proverbial iceberg, being the top of a large subterranean structure that will provide ventilation and access to the HS2 tunnels running to Euston station. It is one of five structures that will be built along the 4.5miles of tunnels between Euston and Old Oak Common.
  The Adelaide Road headhouse is located between Chalk Farm Road and Primrose
  
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• Deutsche Telekom moves towards US control with Softbank deal

  07-09-2021 15:24
  
  Deutsche Telekom has agreed a share-swap deal with Softbank that will give it greater control of T-Mobile US, while the Japanese firm will take a stake in DT.
  The deal is part of a broader restructuring for the German incumbent, coming alongside the sale of its T-Mobile Netherlands business, the proceeds from which will fund part of the US buy, and amidst talk of changes elsewhere in its portfolio. Change is afoot at Deutsche Telekom, but for now it’s all about that valuable US asset.
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• ProtonMail and WhatsApp under pressure over user privacy failings

  07-09-2021 15:17
  
  A couple of investigations have revealed that some services that pride themselves on user privacy might not be nearly as secure as they claim.
  TechCrunch has done a great job of summarising the case against Switzerland-based ProtonMail, which positions itself as one of the most secure email platforms available. Apparently, having been requested to do so by Europol, the Swiss authorities revealed the IP address of the person who created the ProtonMail account of a French activist to the French po
  
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• Ericsson virtualizes TPG Telecom’s core

  07-09-2021 14:42
  
  Australian operator TPG Telecom now has a fully virtualized its network core in partnership with Ericsson and next they’re deploying a new 5G SA one.
  Ericsson reckons this makes TPG the first Aussie operator to go full virtual (does that mean it’s an MVNO?), which means it has all its 4G and 3G customers on the platform. Partly because it’s so happy with its work and partly because there’s so little alternative, TPG has signed up Ericsson to do the honours for its standal
  
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• T-Mobile Netherlands sells for over €5 billion

  07-09-2021 14:39
  
  Deutsche Telekom has announced the sale of its T-Mobile Netherlands business to funds managed by a pair of private equity big guns, quashing rumours of a big telco takeover.
  A group of funds managed by Apax Partners and Warburg Pincus will pay €5.1 billion for the Dutch mobile operation, which is majority owned by Deutsche Telekom.
  The German incumbent has been working on the sale of the business for several months – it announced it would be the subject of a strategic review at its Ca
  
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• SoftBank/Deutsche Telekom: legacy telcos bolster buyback hopes

  07-09-2021 14:30
  A share swap is not an immediate cause for rejoicing
  
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• Rajant Showcases Fully Mobile, Underground and Open-Pit Mine Autonomous Connectivity for MINExpo with Solution Partners

  07-09-2021 14:30
  
  Robots, Drones, Wearables, Tracking, and Teleremote Control Features of Live Video/Voice Demos Malvern, PA – September 7, 2021: Rajant Corporation, the provider of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, and a vast complement of its technology partners will be attending MINExpo taking place at the Convention Center in Las Vegas. The event runs September 13th to 15th, with Rajant joining with partners in North Hall at Booth 1261-N. Showcasing its collaborative solution for fully mobile, underg
  
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• Bodleian Libraries reach the milestone of 1 millionth image online for public access

  07-09-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries says that its project to digitise images and make them available for free has now passed its 1 millionth image.
  Most of the images on Digital Bodleian are made available under a Creative Commons non-commercial license, with attribution (CC-BY-NC 4.0). This means that users are able to use, distribute, remix, and adapt the images made available on Digital Bodleian, for non-commercial purposes — so long as you credit the Library as the source.
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• MYCOM OSI Named as Finalist in the 2021 Leading Lights Awards

  07-09-2021 12:41
  LONDON, UK – Sep 7th, 2021 – MYCOM OSI, the leading independent provider of Assurance, Automation and Analytics solutions has been named as a finalist in the Outstanding Use Case: Service Provider AI/Automation category of the 2021 Leading Lights, the global communications industry awards program run by Light Reading (www.lightreading.com). Now in its 17th year, the Leading Lights Awards recognize the industry's top companies and their executives for their outstanding achievements in
  
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• Wright Solicitors Quantify The Practice Benefits of Zylpha's eBundling

  07-09-2021 11:15
  
  Aware that Zylpha’s Pay As You Go bundling was a cost effective route to producing Court compliant bundles within their LEAP case management system, West Midlands Family Law practice Wright Solicitors sought to quantify the savings they had made through their first year’s investment. As Director Pardeep Jassal explains, “Out of respect for our clients, we pride ourselves on maintaining the highest possible document management standards and seek to run a highly efficient practic
  
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• New MoCA® standard MoCA Link™

  07-09-2021 11:00
  
  Point-to-point coax connectivity bridge for broadband services Launching in late 2021, MoCA Link™, for broadband services including 5G, satellite and fiber PON, gives providers an access path into a home using pre-installed coax September 7, 2021, San Ramon, Calif. – Simultaneous working, learning, streaming, and gaming is pushing broadband service providers to offer faster networking delivery to the home and inside the home. To enhance delivery inside a home, particularly Wi-Fi cove
  
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• Low-cost London to Edinburgh rail service launches as Lumo

  07-09-2021 10:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Details of a new low-cost train service linking London to Edinburgh have been announced, with over half of tickets costing less than £30 each way.
  Called Lumo, the FirstGroup operated service expects to be able to carry over 1 million passengers per year and Lumo says that it aims to entice some of the 74,500 people who fly between Edinburgh and London every month to switch to rail travel instead.
  Fares between the Capital cities will start from £14.90 each way, and a pledge that 60%
  
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• Ukrtelecom and Iskratel launch €12 Million fibre network expansion program in Ukraine

  07-09-2021 10:00
  
  The collaboration will see gigabit connectivity provided to 530,000 homes across Ukraine Kranj and Kyiv, 7 September 2021 – A €12 Million investment will bring better broadband to Ukraine, it has been announced today. The partnership between Ukrainian telecom operator JSC Ukrtelecom and leading European ICT vendor and solutions provider Iskratel will help expand the country’s fibre optic network as they continue to bridge the digital divide. The three-year network expansion prog
  
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• Deutsche Telekom deepens bet on US market with SoftBank deal

  07-09-2021 09:50
  Deal will also see Japanese group take stake in German telecoms operator
  
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• Photos from Whitechapel station’s Elizabeth line platforms

  07-09-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A couple of weeks ago there was an opportunity to see the now completed Elizabeth line platforms on the day that the refurbished entrance to Whitechapel station opened.
  The entrance at the end of the newly opened overbridge will take people down a triple set of escalators with a dramatic sculpted arch embedded into the concrete ceiling.
  Down at platform level, the corridor curves very slightly to an end junction where people can head east or west.
  This space is very much the Elizabeth line aesth
  
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• Virgin Media O2’s gigabit rollout reaches 10 million homes

  07-09-2021 02:00
  Virgin Media O2 has today announced its gigabit broadband network has been expanded to reach more than 10 million homes across the UK, meaning that two thirds of its footprint can now access hyperfast broadband speeds.As part of today’s gigabit switch-on, Virgin Media O2 has upgraded its network with 1.7 million homes gaining access to the next-generation connectivity with towns and cities including Blackpool, Cambridge, Leicester, Nottingham, Oxford and Swindon now able to benefit. 
  
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• Sovereign wealth fund offers $484m for Zain KSA’s towers

  07-09-2021 02:00
  Tower deals keep coming this week, with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund, the PIF, making a non-binding offer of $484 million for a controlling stake in Zain’s Saudi Arabian tower unit.Kuwait-based operator Zain is the second largest mobile operator in Saudi Arabia…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Japanese PM Suga’s exit sparks investment in nation’s telcos

  07-09-2021 02:00
  For Japan’s PM Yoshihide Suga, reducing the cost of the nation’s mobile plans has been a major focus since his days as Chief Cabinet Secretary, dating back to 2012. He assumed office as PM in September 2020, comfortably winning the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election following long-serving PM Shinzo Abe’s resignation.This victory finally gave him a platform to push reform in the country’s telecoms sector, with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
  
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• Deutsche Telekom sells Dutch unit, ups stake in T-Mobile

  07-09-2021 02:00
  Today, Deutsche Telekom has announced the sale of its Dutch unit, confirming rumours that have been circulating for many months surrounding a potential sale. Back in January, sources speaking to Dutch media suggested that the German operator was looking to divest of the business, aiming to raise €5–6 billion. By summer, multiple private equity firms were in discussions about a potential acquisition…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• A blue plaque for Muppets creator, Jim Henson

  07-09-2021 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hampstead has gained another Blue Plaque, this time for the Muppets creator, Jim Henson, who lived in the area from 1979 while working on The Muppet Show.
  It’s time to play the musicIt’s time to light the lightsIt’s time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonightIt’s time to put on make upIt’s time to dress up rightIt’s time to raise the curtain on the Muppet Show tonightAlthough born in the USA, and already relatively successful with puppet shows,  H
  
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