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• Leadenhall Market to fill with tentacles for halloween

  05-10-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Giant tentacles will be snaking their way out of Leadenhall Market’s Victorian windows ready to catch visitors unawares, as part of the Market’s 700-year anniversary Halloween celebrations.
  The monster six-metre appendages will appear in the run-up to Halloween – in time for half term – alongside a family treasure hunt and a new series of walks around the cobbled walkways, run by City of London guides.
  As the days draw in, Leadenhall Market’s dark side will be revea
  
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• China Mobile didn’t even invite Ericsson and Nokia to its latest 5G tender

  05-10-2021 16:14
  
  China seems to have decided not to even bother inviting foreign companies to bid on telecoms work anymore.
  It’s hard to draw any other conclusion from the news that China Mobile only invited Huawei and ZTE to bid on the contract for its converged 4G/5G core, according to reports from Light Reading and Gizmochina. China Mobile itself doesn’t seem to have published anything and both stories seem to rely on a Chinese language report, so details may be lost in translation, such as the to
  
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• London’s 2021 bonfire night firework displays

  05-10-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  One month to go, so it’s time to start plotting how we shall remember the downfall of a papist plot, and watch the skies over London explode with fireworks. And in a few locations, the display still includes the traditional bonfire as well.
  This year is also a good one as Guy Fawkes Night is on a Friday, so there’s a handful of venues having fireworks on Friday, with loads more on the Saturday and Sunday evenings, so with planning, you could have a whole weekend of fireworks and bonf
  
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• Qualcomm makes a multi-billion-dollar bet on cars

  05-10-2021 13:09
  
  Qualcomm’s willingness to part with US$4.5 billion for automotive tech firm Veoneer provides the strongest statement of intent to date that it is looking to the driverless car for future growth.
  The US chip maker has hammered out a deal that will see it and its investor partner take control of Veoneer for $37-per-share, which is a massive premium on its stock price before the battle for its new ownership began in July. Veoneer has spent the past couple of months juggling a pair of suitors
  
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• The RRS Sir David Attenborough is visiting London

  05-10-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Later this month, Britain’s newest polar research ship the RRS Sir David Attenborough will be visiting London for a few days.
  Based in Greenwich, the boat itself won’t be open to the public, but the famous Boaty McBoatface submersible will be on display in the National Maritime Museum as part of a 3-day festival to accompany the antarctic survey ship’s visit.
  RRS Sir David Attenborough during sea trials off the coast of Portrush, Northern Ireland 2021 (c) British Antarctic Surv
  
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• Facebook calamity shows how over-dependent we are on tech giants

  05-10-2021 12:59
  
  US internet company Facebook is responsible for two of the world’s major social media services as well as one of its biggest messaging platforms, so when it goes down everyone suffers.
  Whether we like it or not, most of us are dependent on Facebook to some extent. Outside of Facebook itself and Instagram there are few social media alternatives with an equivalent user base, and thus utility, while WhatsApp is the default messaging service for much of the world. So when the company screws up
  
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• Telstra connects business users directly to Azure and Teams

  05-10-2021 12:45
  
  Telstra announced two new services for business users through its partnership with Microsoft: direct connection to Azure Peering Service and Operator Connect for Teams.
  The Australian integrated operator and the country’s largest ISP said on Monday that it has become a selected carrier for the two Microsoft services.
  The objective of Azure Peering Service, according to Microsoft, is to provide enhanced connectivity to Microsoft’s cloud-based services such as Microsoft 365, Dynamics 3
  
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• Singtel sheds towers, adds data centres

  05-10-2021 11:27
  
  Singtel has brokered a deal to sell off its towers in Australia and unveiled a strategy to build new data centres outside Singapore.
  First up, the towers. Singtel’s Optus unit has been working on the sale of its telecoms towers for the past few months and has now inked an agreement to sell 70% of Australia Tower Network (ATN) to superannuation fund AustralianSuper. The deal values ATN at around A$2.3 billion, giving Singtel net proceeds of A$1.9 billion (US$1.4 billion) that it can plough
  
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• 83% Will Have Deployed Wi-Fi 6/6E by 2022

  05-10-2021 11:00
  
  WBA cross-industry survey of service providers, technology vendors and enterprises demonstrates mass adoption of Wi-Fi 6 London, 5 October: Eighty-three percent of service providers and equipment manufacturers and enterprises worldwide will have deployed Wi-Fi 6/6E or plan to do so before the end of 2022. That is one key finding from the latest cross-industry survey by the Wireless Broadband Alliance, the global industry body dedicated to improving Wi-Fi standards and services. The findings, rel
  
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• Surbiton station set for an upgrade to cope with congestion

  05-10-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This month, work will start at Surbiton station to add a new deck to the existing footbridge at the ‘London end’ of platforms 3 and 4, along with eight additional ticket gatelines, accessed by a new staircase.
  The station has two central island platforms and a large footbridge that then leads to two exits on either side of the railway.
  Surbiton station (c) Google satellite view
  The station is currently the eighth busiest on the Wessex route, and in the evening peak hours, there can b
  
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• WiFi 6, 5G, and the growing digital divide

  05-10-2021 02:00
  At Connected Britain 2021, effectively harnessing emerging technologies was at the heart of many a discussion. For Kalam Meah, ISP Director at TP-Link, two of these technologies – WiFI 6 and 5G ¬– are set to have a hugely transformative effect for the UK, both in the home and beyond. “WiFi 6 is all about the speed…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• WiFi 6, 5G, and tackling the digital divide

  05-10-2021 02:00
  At Connected Britain 2021, effectively harnessing emerging technologies was at the heart of many a discussion. For Kalam Meah, ISP Director at TP-Link, two of these technologies – WiFI 6 and 5G ¬– are set to have a hugely transformative effect for the UK, both in the home and beyond. “WiFi 6 is all about the speed…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Pandora Papers dredge up Telia’s Uzbek scandal

  05-10-2021 02:00
  Telia’s Uzbekistani saga dates back over a decade to a time when the company was looking expand its influence throughout Central Asia.  In 2009, the Swedish telecoms firm was looking to enter Uzbekistan for the first time, but acquiring a licence proved challenging. Now, the newly released Pandora Papers reveal the key role that Mohamed Amersia played in securing the operating licence…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• IHS Towers IPO seeks $7 billion valuation

  05-10-2021 02:00
  Over the last few years, telecoms companies all around the world have been offloading their mobile tower infrastructure at an incredible rate. Investor appetite for this infrastructure is at an all-time high right now, allowing for enormous deals to take place…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• China Mobile snubs Ericsson and Nokia for $1 billion 4G/5G contract

  05-10-2021 02:00
  China Mobile has reportedly awarded a major network contract worth over $1 billion to Huawei and ZTE, notably rejecting bids from European vendors Nokia and Ericsson. The exact financial details of the deal were not disclosed, but Huawei and ZTE were reported by Chinese media as bidding CNY7…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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