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• African mobile mast operator IHS Towers seeks valuation of more than $7bn

  04-10-2021 19:20 via ft.com
  Proposed New York IPO would be the largest US listing by an African company
  
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• Dennis Severs’ House confirms Christmas openings

  04-10-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The wonderfully atmospheric Dennis Severs’ House gets even more atmospheric during Yuletide as it gets a Christmas makeover.
  The building is set out as a Georgian house where the family have just stepped outside for a moment, leaving you to wander around freely. It’s not a museum with lots of precious objects, but an experience where you are exhorted to step back a bit and look at the rooms in their totality, not at the individual objects within.There are three ways of visiting Denni
  
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• Enterprise private 5G networks will help reshape how business gets done

  04-10-2021 16:01
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Honoré LaBourdette, VP of Telco, Media & Entertainment at Red Hat, argues that the opportunity for service providers lies in helping industries make smarter, faster decisions.
  Looking back at 5G roadmaps over the last few years, the vertical market opportunities were identified as a key driver for communications service providers (CSPs) looking to mar
  
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• Tickets Alert: Tours of a sewage works

  04-10-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As part of London Rivers Week, there’s a chance to go on a tour of a sewage treatment works in southwest London.
  The tours of Hogsmill Sewage Treatment works near Surbiton are available for members of the public who want to find out more about the sewage treatment process.
  The tours take place on Thursday 28th October at 10am, 12 noon and 2pm, each lasting around 45 minutes.
  This is a ticketed event, requiring proof of ID. Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult and chil
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Public cloud, China and devices

  04-10-2021 15:45
  
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Public cloud, China and devices
  
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• BT shares fall on rumours of Sky defection to Virgin

  04-10-2021 15:06
  
  A recent report claimed Sky is turning towards VMO2 for its fibre needs, but BT insists its relationship with Sky is still fine.
  The rumour comes courtesy of the Sunday Telegraph in a piece headlined ‘Sky closes in on broadband investment deal with Virgin Media O2’. The rest of it is behind a paywall but the long and short of it is that Sky is thinking of investing in the VMO2 fibre roll out, which ultimately suggests that’s where it will derive its fixed-line network rather th
  
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• Covid messes with cloud infrastructure spending figures

  04-10-2021 14:42
  
  Spending on cloud infrastructure declined in the second quarter of this year, but we shouldn’t read too much into that: essentially, the Covid-19 pandemic has messed with the data.
  After six consecutive quarters of year-on-year growth, spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud infrastructure, including dedicated and shared environments, declined by 2.4% in the three months to the end of June, according to new figures from IDC.
  That looks to be a slightly worrying tr
  
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• Ericsson demos a wireless powered base station

  04-10-2021 14:40
  
  With partner PowerLight, Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has found a way to transfer power via photons.
  Effectively we’re talking about power transmitted wirelessly via lasers, which isn’t a bad effort. The two companies conducted a proof-of-concept demonstration in Seattle, USA. One unit converts electricity into photons and beams it to another units which collects it and transfers it back. There’s even a mechanism that detects interruptions to the beam and automatically cuts it o
  
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• Orange has to spend more to boost loss-making banking business

  04-10-2021 13:18
  
  Orange is taking sole control of its banking endeavour as well as feigning enthusiasm for ploughing extra cash into the outfit.
  The French telecoms group has brokered a deal to acquire the 21.7% stake in Orange Bank held by its partner, insurance company Groupama, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, which is subject to the usual regulatory approvals, will see Groupama retain its position as a major commercial partner to the bank, having extended an exclusive deal on everyday banking and consumer c
  
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• Courtauld Gallery reopens in November

  04-10-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Courtauld Gallery, which sits in front of Somerset House and closed in September 2018 for refurbishment, has announced its reopening date for this November.
  During its closure, the gallery underwent a major transformation to restore its grandeur and create modern facilities, supported by £11 million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and additional donations, including £10 million from philanthropists Sir Leonard and Lady Blavatnik.
  It’s now confirmed that the gallery
  
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• London’s Alleys: St George’s Lane, EC3

  04-10-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This narrow alley sits next to Pudding Lane, famed for the Great Fire of London, and can trace its origins to the very first buildings erected here in Tudor London.
  The alley, although known today as St George’s Lane, was originally plain George Lane, and is named after St George Botolph Lane that used to sit on the southeastern corner of the alley, but was demolished in 1904.
  There had been a church on the site since at least 1180, and it was the only church in the City of London dedicate
  
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• The journey towards ‘digital first’ customer experience

  04-10-2021 02:00
  In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, our lives are undeniably more digital than ever before. For consumers, this has meant not only an enormous shift to online services, but also a greater appreciation for what high quality customer experience looks like. For Aimie Chapple, CEO of Capita Experience, who spoke to us at this year&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Nokia and TDC NET upgrade fibre network across Denmark

  04-10-2021 02:00
  Nokia today announced it has been selected as the sole supplier by TDC NET to connect more than one million homes and businesses in Denmark with PON fiber to ultra-broadband. Starting in Copenhagen, Odense, Aarhus and Alborg, XGS-PON is being implemented for selected existing customers as well as new fiber addresses…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• How the Telecoms Industry can build relationships and trust with a human centred approach to collections

  04-10-2021 02:00
  Many consumers are in unchartered territory and feeling vulnerable and are living in unprecedented times. The ONS reports 3.5m consumers in arrears on mobile or broadband…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ericsson uses lasers to ‘cut the power cord’ for 5G RAN

  04-10-2021 02:00
  Today, Ericsson have announced a proof-of-concept trial in Seattle, demonstrating the use of lasers to wirelessly power a 5G base station.The breakthrough comes courtesy of their partnership with US laser company PowerLight Technologies. The solution uses optical beaming, a technology that turns electricity into high-intensity light, which is then fired at the base station…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT dismisses rumours that Sky will jump ship to VMO2

  04-10-2021 02:00
  Virgin Media has made its wholesale ambitions clear for many years now, ultimately hoping to position itself as a major rival for Openreach on a national level. To achieve this would be no small feat, requiring a competitive offer that could lure away some of the UK’s largest ISPs from Openreach’s network, many of whom have used it for many yearsFor the most part…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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