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• The gardens of the Aga Khan Centre

  01-10-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An unassuming white building behind King’s Cross conceals a wonderful interior and rooftop garden. This is the Aga Khan Centre, opened in 2018 to house several divisions of the Shi‘a Ismaili charity and its design incorporates a collection of gardens, courtyards and terraces all based on Islamic principles.
  The building brings the Institute of Ismaili Studies, the Aga Khan University, the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Aga Khan Foundation UK together, into on
  
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• Orange seals the deal in Romania

  01-10-2021 15:08
  
  French telecoms group Orange has completed its acquisition of a controlling stake Telekom Romania Communications (TKR).
  The deal was first announced almost a year ago and has spent the intervening time on the desks of the kind of people who like to give things like this a second look. Less than a year isn’t a bad turnaround for anything that might involve the EU so it must have been a fairly open-and-shut case. Perhaps one of the reasons is that the Romanian state remains the minority shar
  
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• Norway raises $445 million from 5G spectrum sale

  01-10-2021 13:34
  
  The auction of 5G spectrum in Norway has drawn to a close, with the state raising the best part of half a billion dollars in the process.
  Four companies together agreed to pay 3.89 billion kroner (US$445.5 million) for licences in the 2.6 GHz and 3.6 GHz bands in an auction process that lasted just a few days, the Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom) announced.
  It began on Monday, which coincidentally was the same day that Portugal brought in new rules to try to speed up progress in its nev
  
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• Vodafone Idea given three weeks to pay $270m in fines

  01-10-2021 13:22
  
  Just as struggling Indian operator Vodafone Idea thought it had caught a break, telecoms regulator TRAI has demanded it pays millions in fines within weeks.
  There doesn’t seem to be an official announcement from TRAI at time of writing, but Economic Times got the scoop. This latest financial assault concerns the activities of VI and Bharti Airtel at the time rival operator Jio was formed, specifically that they broke the terms of their licenses by not being helpful enough in the provision
  
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• Ten exhibitions to visit in London during October

  01-10-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  My monthly roundup of ten excellent exhibitions to visit during October 2021.Nero – The man behind the myth
  British Museum
  Ends 24th October
  Adults: £20 | Children: Free | Concessions: £18 | Members: Free
  This exhibition explores the true story of Rome’s fifth emperor informed by new research and archaeological evidence from the time, challenging the biased historical accounts written after Nero’s death that have shaped his legacy.
  Reserve tickets here
  Noguchi
  Barbi
  
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• SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom come together in 1NCE investment

  01-10-2021 11:54
  
  Germany’s 1NCE, an IoT connectivity specialist, has raised US$50 million in new financing to help fund its international expansion and drive growth.
  That’s not a huge sum of money, in the context of the global telecoms industry at least, but the announcement is significant due to the identities of the investors.
  One is Deutsche Telekom, which comes as no surprise, since it has been with 1NCE as a seed investor since its inception in 2017 and uses the company’s technology for it
  
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• Are big Internet events getting you in trouble? Flow Analytics to the rescue!

  01-10-2021 10:00
  
  This Vendor View is sponsored by Benocs
  Has this ever happened to you?
  Have you ever done a great job on something, only to be blind-sided with blame when something unexpected or out of your control goes wrong? Then perhaps you could relate to this story.
  As a part of their job, Network Engineers are typically ready for any expected or unexpected surges or drops in traffic. The former is typically easier to prepare for than the latter.
  That is why, the day before a popular fruit & tech compa
  
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• Orange buys controlling stake in Telekom Romania

  01-10-2021 02:00
  Yesterday, Orange announced that it had purchased OTE’s 54% stake in Telekom Romania for €296 million.The Romanian state will hold the remaining 46% stake.For Orange, already the largest mobile operator in Romania with an overall market share of around 27%, the motivation for this purchase is obvious enough…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Openreach: Meeting the challenge of the UK’s largest fibre rollout

  01-10-2021 02:00
  The UK is currently undergoing a fibre transformation, making gigabit-capable broadband at a rate higher than anywhere else in Europe. But while incredible progress has been made in the past few years, there is still a long way to go, especially when it comes to reaching the more rural areas of the UK…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Lessons from Swedish success: VX Fiber’s approach to broadband

  01-10-2021 02:00
  At this year’s Connected Britain event, there was an overwhelming sense of optimism from the UK fibre community, both regarding the speed of the nation’s network build and the many positive impacts this will have for the UK post-pandemic.But while the UK is rolling out full fibre faster than ever…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• IoT player Ingenu launching 72 LEO satellites for global coverage

  01-10-2021 02:00
  Earlier this week, IoT specialist Ingenu announced that it had signed an agreement with space transportation tech company Phantom Space Corporation to build and launch 72 low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites). This new satellite constellation, to be known as AFNIO, will allow Ingenu to offer satellite connectivity anywhere on the planet, focussing primarily on low power wide area network (LPWAN) applications using Ingenu’s random phase multiple access (RPMA) technology…read more o
  
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