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• Zoom’s $14.7bn deal for Five9 receives US scrutiny over foreign ties

  21-09-2021 23:07
  Justice department raises national security concerns about risk of Chinese influence at video conferencing company
  
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• Stratford station upgrade takes a small step forward

  21-09-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Plans to improve Stratford station in East London have taken a step forward after funding for initial studies was secured. Network Rail says that it has secured £2 million in funding from the Department of Transport (DfT) to develop plans to help relieve congestion at Stratford station.
  The funding will allow Network Rail to develop an Outline Business Case which will need to be submitted to the DfT in 2022 to seek approval for further funding to progress with the work.
  The station needs s
  
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• Behind the scenes James Bond photo exhibition

  21-09-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In case you’ve been unaware of it, there’s a new James Bond movie coming to the cinemas, and along with Bond, comes brands, lots of brands all putting on Bond-related events. One of those is by the upmarket camera makers, Leica, who have an exhibition of behind-the-scenes photography all shot on Leica cameras from the making of the movie.Taken by four photographers, including some by Daniel Craig, it’s a mix of moments captured during the filming, more social photos of the acto
  
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• Nokia surprisingly unveils its latest routing silicon

  21-09-2021 15:23
  
  The FP5 is surprisingly one better than the FP4, which in this case means greater power efficiency and new, built-in security.
  When Nokia unveiled the FP4 platform four years ago it did so amid great fanfare, positioning its in-house silicon as a major advantage over its rivals. In the intervening time Nokia has made some major strategic miscalculations on the chip front, albeit largely concerning 5G, so this latest launch has been much more muted.
  Nonetheless a claimed 75% reduction in power co
  
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• Woah, we’re halfway there… with Gigabit broadband

  21-09-2021 15:13
  
  Gigabit speed broadband is now available to just over half of UK and homes and businesses, according to new figures shared by the government on Tuesday.
  More than 15 million properties, or 50.2%, can access a broadband connection capable of download speeds of 1 Gbps, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) announced, based on figures compiled by ThinkBroadband.
  “We are pleased to see the UK break through the 50 per cent mark for gigabit availability across the UK and
  
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• Expansion into Baltics with OSS Networks joining Enreach

  21-09-2021 14:05
  
  Instant cloud communications market leadership whilst unlocking new MNO customers Almere 21 September 2021 – Enreach, one of Europe’s fastest-growing unified communications (UC) companies providing innovative contact technology, has further expanded its footprint with the addition of OSS Networks, SIA (‘OSS Networks’). Already the preferred provider of cloud-based UC services in the Baltics, the Latvia-based company has more than doubled its revenues over the last three y
  
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• The Ericsson massive MIMO diet yields 12kg radio

  21-09-2021 13:19
  
  Weight is the fashionable differentiator in the kit vendor world these days and Ericsson has raised the stakes with its latest lean-and-mean radio.
  We never really used to bang on about weight but with many of the supposed benefits of 5G requiring ‘massive MIMO’ radios containing loads of antennas, finding a way of making them as light as possible has obsessed the boffins in many a telecoms kit vendor lab. Getting a radio unit under 20kg was considered a big deal a year ago, but Eric
  
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• Portugal introduces yet more rules to push glacial 5G sale forward

  21-09-2021 13:11
  
  Portugal’s telecoms regulator is taking further action to drive progress in the country’s never-ending 5G spectrum auction.
  Unbelievably, the multi-band frequency auction is still going on, almost a year after it began, with operators bidding in tiny increments. The sale formally started in November last year, with the auction of frequencies reserved for a new entrant tied up in just eight days in January, after which the main part of the contest got underway; Monday marked the 175th
  
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• A lot of moquette socks

  21-09-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The London Transport Museum has been selling transport moquette socks for a while, but now they’ve brought out a bumper pack of socks.
  Inside each box, there are 12 pairs of socks of each design:District Line moquette – designed by Jacqueline Groag
  Routemaster Bus moquette – designed by Douglas Scott in1953
  Metropolitan Diamond moquette – designed by John Holdsworth and Co.
  RT Type Bus moquette – used on buses from 1947 to the early 1980s
  Straub moquette – des
  
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• Streaming service DAZN in advanced talks to buy BT Sport

  21-09-2021 12:39
  A sale would reshape the UK sports broadcasting market
  
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• DAZN in advanced talks to buy BT Sport

  21-09-2021 12:39
  A sale would reshape the UK sports broadcasting market
  
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• Tim Dargavel Joins The Zylpha Bundling Development Team

  21-09-2021 12:38
  Tim Dargavel has joined the UK’s most innovative legal document bundling group Zylpha (www.Zylpha.com) as a Software Developer, primarily working on the company’s widely acclaimed bundling solutions. In his new role, Tim will focus on a number of key strategic projects and identifying usability enhancements for future versions of the software. He joins from Rival South a software publisher and app developer, where he was worked as a Software Developer & App Designer. In his...Sou
  
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• Efficiency is critical to rollout FTTH to 79 million homes by 2026, says Hexatronic

  21-09-2021 12:30
  
  London, UK – September 21, 2021: 79 million homes will be built with FTTH access between 2021 and 2026 in Europe and the UK combined, according to the latest statistics from FTTH Council Europe. To prepare for a successful rollout, Hexatronic shares how to deliver an efficient FTTH network rollout at Connected Britain 2021. “The scale of predicted growth is at a level we have never witnessed before in a relatively short period of time,”...Source: RealWire
  
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• Iskratel launches multi-gigabit GPON Home Gateway for high-speed connectivity

  21-09-2021 10:53
  
  The Innbox G92 is the latest major release as part of the company’s full portfolio of high-performance GPON ONT fibre-access solutions Kranj, 21 September 2021 – As Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) technology becomes increasingly more essential, so does the demand for operators to unlock the full potential of gigabit connectivity. Iskratel’s latest launch, the Innbox G92 delivers multi-gigabit wireless connectivity and guarantees superior user experience. The high-end and performance-o
  
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• Broadband boost for small and medium MDUs across Europe and North America as InCoax unveils its D2501

  21-09-2021 10:43
  
  Operators will be able to extend XGS-PON or Active Ethernet fiber and manage services through existing customer provisioning systems thanks to the use of established industry standards and protocols Lund, Sweden, 21 September 2021: Following the release of InCoax D2501, which was unveiled at this year’s Broadband Forum’s UFBB Virtual Conference, Multi-Gigabit and Gigabit symmetrical broadband services in small and mid-sized Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs) are now possible. Operators and
  
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• HS2 opens its North London railway hub

  21-09-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A former cargo freight site in northwest London has been taken over by HS2 to be used for moving muck out and concrete in for the construction of the railway tunnels and the new station at Old Oak Common.
  Last week, it came into full operations as a “control tower” was commissioned to control the movements of lorries and trains that will bring the site to life.
  Wagons being loaded with spoil as first freight train leaves the Logistics Hub (c) HS2
  As a location, it’s ideal, as i
  
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• The fibre at the heart of “building a better Britain”

  21-09-2021 02:00
  Over the past 18 months, connectivity has become far more integral to our lives, both at work and at home, than ever before. Government targets to make gigabit-capable networks available to the majority of the UK population have seen rollouts accelerated like never before. But what exactly does a Connected Britain look like?For Clive Selley, CEO of Openreach…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ericsson unveils latest ultra-lightweight radio antenna-integrated radio

  21-09-2021 02:00
  At 12 kg (26lb) and 23 liters, AIR 3268 is the lightest and smallest Massive MIMO radio in the industry. With 200W output power, 32 transceivers and passive cooling, the radio weighs about 40 percent less than the earlier generation, making installations easy not only on towers and rooftops, but also on poles and walls.The radio will help to accelerate 5G mid-band deployment for communications service providers seeking to boost capacity…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Airtel to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 50% over next decade

  21-09-2021 02:00
  Today, Indian telecoms giant Bharti Airtel has announced that it has accelerated its plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, aiming to reduce its operational emissions by 50% of their currently level by the 2030–31 fiscal year. In addition, Airtel has also committed to reducing its absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions (i.e., emissions across its wider supply chain and customers) by 42% during the same period…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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