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• Spectralink Suite of Mobile Devices Earns Zoom Phone Certification Enhancing Wireless Experience

  28-09-2021 17:30
  
  Spectralink natively integrates enterprise-grade mobile devices with Zoom Phone. (Boulder, Colorado – September 28, 2021) Spectralink, an industry-leading wireless mobility provider, announced today that its suite of mobile devices received the Zoom Phone certification from Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Spectralink DECT telephony infrastructure and mobile handsets, as well as Versity smartphones enable mid-to-large enterprise-scale deployments, cloud-based management, and an ecosystem of
  
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• Exploring the work of 15 contemporary London artists

  28-09-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Museum of London has added to its modern collection after it commissioned works by fifteen London-based contemporary artists and makers, and they’ve gone on display in a new exhibition. It’s a wide-ranging display of objects, all inspired by London, but all very different from classic pottery through to reforming waste plastics into art.Eleanor Lakelin works with fallen trees, sandblasting and bleaching them until they look almost like stone. This vessel comes from a horse chestn
  
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• Ofcom finally gets around to simplifying broadband switching

  28-09-2021 15:27
  
  Having done a similar number on the mobile sector years ago, UK comms regulator Ofcom has decided broadband providers need to make it easier for their customers to leave.
  For years it was standard business practice in the telecoms industry to not only lock customers into long contracts, but to make it as difficult as possible for them to leave at the end of them. There are loads of simple ways to do this legally by throwing up delays, layers of Byzantine bureaucracy and simply failing to respond
  
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• Paris transport firm wins €500m fibre deal

  28-09-2021 14:50
  
  The operator of public transport in Paris has netted a contract worth €500 million to roll out and run fibre in and around the French capital.
  The announcement marks the latest bid by a major transport company to take on the role of telco, and and it serves as a further example of companies with non-telecoms heritage diversifying out of their core businesses into the telecoms space, attracted by the opportunities in areas like infrastructure.
  RATP, or Régie Autonome des Transports Pa
  
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• Facebook insists it will play nice with the metaverse

  28-09-2021 14:17
  
  US Internet giant Facebook has attempted to combine the promotion of its own AR/VR strategy with a reassurance that it won’t abuse its consequent power.
  Building on his stellar performance last week, Facebook flack-in-chief Nick Clegg teamed up with the head of Facebook Reality Labs (move along, nothing creepy to see here) to write a blog titled ‘Building the Metaverse Responsibly’. The piece defines the metaverse as ‘a set of virtual spaces where you can create and explo
  
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• Twoosk B2B Telecom & Datacom marketplace highlights top fibre manufacturers

  28-09-2021 13:48
  
  B2B Telecoms & Datacoms equipment marketplace Twoosk names top manufacturers following year of increased demand of fibre networks Aveiro, Portugal, 28 September 2021 – The B2B Telecom & Datacom marketplace Twoosk has highlighted the leading fibre optic product manufacturers, as telecoms operators across Europe and beyond look to boost the fibre content of their networks as quickly and cost effectively as possible. Twoosk, which has experienced a massive 111% growth on sales in 2020
  
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• Steel artwork on the corner of Marylebone Lane & Wigmore Street

  28-09-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  At the junction of Wigmore Street and Marylebone Lane is a striking piece of modern art hanging within the frame of a new office block.
  This set of massive metal perforated plates is Quadrilinear by the London-based artist, Lee Simmons and is both framed by the brickwork but also then pokes above it as if suspended rather than constrained.It’s been made from several sheets of stainless steel that were then cut to create the jagged appearance, and each layer was then bolted together to crea
  
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• ST Engineering iDirect and USSI Global close C-band Clearing – Programmer Uplink Compression Integration Deal

  28-09-2021 13:00
  
  Future-proof broadcast equipment will ensure a smooth transition for satellite programmers involved in the compression of signals for C-band clearing Herndon, VA. and Melbourne, FL. September 28, 2021 – ST Engineering iDirect’s broadcast technology has been selected by USSI Global, a leading provider of customized network, broadcast and digital signage systems and services worldwide, to enable the modernization and compression of satellite programmers’ distribution uplinks to c
  
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• INWIT talks up wooden telco towers but there are drawbacks

  28-09-2021 12:56
  
  Italian infrastructure company INWIT has installed a wooden mobile tower in northern Italy to be more sustainable, but we’re unlikely to see masses of them dotting our skylines any time soon.
  The towers operator, jointly controlled by TIM and Vodafone, announced it has completed construction of a telecoms tower made of glued, laminated timber, rather than steel. It’s located to the north east of Milan, adjacent to a sizeable park and a major road.
  Using a wooden tower here serves two
  
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• OpenNet upgrades to evergreen future with Cerillion

  28-09-2021 10:32
  
  London, 28th September 2021 – Cerillion (AIM: CER), an innovator in digital monetisation and customer management solutions, today announced a 6-year extension to its agreement with OpenNet, a wholesale telecoms business connecting Denmark’s fibre infrastructure owners and service providers. OpenNet will upgrade its core BSS platform to Cerillion 21 and join Cerillion’s Evergreen Software Programme to continuously gain access to the latest product developments. In addition, Open
  
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• Southeastern stripped of its franchise after financial misreporting identified

  28-09-2021 08:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Southeastern rail franchise is being taken over by the government after what was described as “a serious breach of the franchise agreement’s good faith obligations” in relation to financial matters was identified.
  An investigation conducted by the Department for Transport (DfT) is said to have found that since October 2014, London and Southeastern Railway Limited (LSER), which operates the Southeastern railway had not declared over £25 million of historic taxpayer fun
  
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• Crossrail’s aim for an Easter opening may be in doubt

  28-09-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Although Crossrail’s transformation into the Elizabeth line is due to occur “as soon as possible in the first half of 2022”, there is a desire to get it open for Easter, but that is now looking in doubt.
  A report by the independent project’s representative (PREP) Jacobs is warning of time pressures on the project which could push the opening of the core tunnels to the later end of the current opening window.
  Easter being early April 2022, the report suggests the Elizabeth
  
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• The eye of the storm for telecoms: can increased marketing spend save the day?

  28-09-2021 02:00
  But however simple and obvious that statement seems, achieving excellent, even outstanding, customer service is more involved that it might first appear, not least because telecommunications is such a challenging sector.Why? Because on the one hand, digital innovation is continuous, requiring telecommunication companies to constantly innovate to improve the technologies available to users – and to stay ahead of the competition. On the other, customer expectations are constantly rising, se
  
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• Ofcom readies One Touch Switching for broadband customers

  28-09-2021 02:00
  Back in February, Ofcom began consulting on proposals for a new One Touch Switching (OTS) process for fixed voice and broadband customers, a move which they argue will make it much easier for customers to find better deals. Now, Ofcom has announced that it has finalised these plans, with OTS to be introduced from April 2023. The motivation behind the introduction of OTS is clear enough to see. Currently, switching between various ISPs that use the same network infrastructure is relati
  
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• New expansion will make 2Africa cable the longest in the world

  28-09-2021 02:00
  The 2Africa cable continues to grow, with its latest branch set to make it the longest submarine cable system ever deployed. The new ‘Pearls’ branch will connect to the existing system around the Horn of Africa before traveling up through the Persian Gulf and across the Arabian Sea to Pakistan and India…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• INWIT installs wooden mobile tower in sustainability bid

  28-09-2021 02:00
  Yesterday, Italian tower operator INWIT announced that it had deployed its first wooden mobile tower, replacing an existing steel structure.  The tower was deployed next to a major park in the city of Milan and is made of 100% recyclable laminated wood…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Glasfaser Nordwest's future may be in jeopardy after court ruling

  28-09-2021 02:00
  Back in 2017, Deutsche Telekom and utility company EWE announced they were forming a joint venture, Glasfaser Nordwest, to deploy fibre across (unsurprisingly) the north-west of Germany. At the time, the company’s local competitors argued against Nordwest’s creation, saying that the negative impact to competition would be substantial…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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