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• Westminster street signs being sold at auction

  17-09-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There’s a chance to buy a London street sign as a batch of old signs no longer needed are put up for auction. The distinctive street signs are all from Westminster, and were first created by Sir Misha Black in 1967, and are still a copyrighted design that needs permission from Westminster Council to reproduce.
  There’s a random mix of street signs some of which are likely to be collectable, and hence expensive, such as Drury Lane and other west-end signs, but there’s also a lot
  
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• Apple and Google forced to delete Russian opposition app ahead of election

  17-09-2021 15:09
  
  An app created by Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been removed from the Apple and Google apps stores after they were threatened by the government.
  While there seems to be little public comment on the matter from either of the US tech giants, a combination of media reporting and tweets from people close to him reveal Navalny has an app designed to facilitate tactical voting against Russian premier Vladimir Putin. There’s going to be a general election today, you see, and ev
  
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• Africa’s biggest mobile tower operator plans New York IPO

  17-09-2021 15:06
  Offering would tap investor demand for infrastructure as telecoms groups have looked to refocus
  
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• I Squared Capital creates transatlantic telecoms network company

  17-09-2021 14:05
  US private equity firm completes $2bn GTT deal and looks to expand EXA Infrastructure in Europe
  
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• CK Hutchison and Oredoo to merge Indonesian telecom units in $6bn deal

  17-09-2021 13:23
  Transaction is south-east Asian country’s largest inbound foreign merger
  
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• Consultation seeks to improve cycling and walking in the Royal Docks

  17-09-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A study into how to improve walking and cycling around the Royal Docks in east London has opened, and there will be public investigative tours over the next couple of weeks.
  The urban planning agency, 5th Studio says that it is working with the GLA’s Royal Docks Team to produce an action plan for the area to identify where to improve existing walking and cycling routes and where to create new infrastructure to create key connections.
  The research is expected to be completed by the end of t
  
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• FTTH expected to cover 200 million EU homes by 2026

  17-09-2021 12:22
  
  Full fibre will reach close to 200 million premises across core European markets in the next five years, according to new figures shared by the FTTH Council Europe this week.
  Fibre-to-the-home or building (FTTH/B) will pass 197 million premises in the EU27+UK by 2026, the firm predicts, using data from IDATE. That’s a hefty increase on the 118 million it forecasts for this year, with growth set to come from some of the region’s major laggards.
  “Germany, UK and Italy confirm the
  
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• Ooredoo and CK Hutchison merge Indonesian operations

  17-09-2021 12:09
  
  Indosat Ooredoo and H3i are merging to form an Indonesian mega-operator valued at $6 billion.
  Parent companies Ooredoo Group and CK Hutchison Holdings say their respective businesses are ‘highly complementary’, which stands to reason as they’re both Indonesian operators. Inevitably they think its great news for shareholders, punters and the country. They seem to think Indonesian regulators will be relaxed about the merger of the third and fourth placed players in the market as
  
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• Liberty LatAm spends $200m on America Movil’s Panama ops

  17-09-2021 10:57
  
  Liberty Latin America has agreed to acquire America Movil’s operations in Panama for US$200 million, boosting its existing presence in the country.
  The deal was brokered via Cable & Wireless Panama, part of the Liberty Latin America group. It will provide the telco with improved mobile coverage in a market which it describes as an important digital hub for the Central American region.
  It is an all-cash transaction that gives Claro Panama an enterprise value of $200 million on a cash- a
  
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• Vivo and Nokia start 5G tests in Rio de Janeiro: Report

  17-09-2021 02:00
  Brazilian telecom operator Vivo announced that it has initiated 5G tests in the 26 GHz frequency band in partnership with Finnish vendor Nokia, as per local media reports. The trials are scheduled to take place in Rio de Janeiro in Vivo’s laboratory in Barra da Tijuca and two sites located in Barra and Recreio dos Bandeirantes…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telstra's new T25 strategy to boost 5G coverage in Australia

  17-09-2021 02:00
  Australian service provider Telstra has unveiled its T25 strategy that focuses on facilitating 5G coverage across Australia, as well as enhancing its customer service. The T25 strategy is likely to come into effect by July 2022.The new plan will build on the operator's previous T22 strategy, which stressed deploying a digital services portfolio and streamlining the company's operations…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Putting sustainability at the heart of local authority decisions

  17-09-2021 02:00
  2021 kicks off what is widely referred to as ‘the climate decade’. A ten-year period where our collective actions will determine the kind of world our children and grandchildren will inherit. ‘Collective’ is the critical factor here because no person, business or Government can tackle climate change single-handedly.Sustainability is increasingly topping the agenda of many organisations and rightly so. In the run up to climate talks later this year, we’re starting t
  
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• CK Hutchison, Ooredoo Group to merge Indonesian operations

  17-09-2021 02:00
  Suggested headline: CK Hutchison, Ooredoo Group to merge Indonesian operations
  In a $6 billion deal, Ooredoo and CK Hutchison have decided to merge their operations in Indonesia to create the country's second-largest service provider, PT Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison.The merged entity will bring together the complementary businesses of the two companies…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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