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• London Port City – 200 years of London’s docks in a new exhibition

  21-10-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  London was founded on the Thames nearly 2,000 years ago as it was an ideal location for sea trade, and it’s still the UK’s largest seaport which is now the topic of a free exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands.
  The exhibition looks at the past couple of hundred years, when trade took off and changed the very shape of London as huge docks were carved out of the landscape to handle ever-larger volumes of ever-larger ships. It was the age of Empire, and London was the centre of t
  
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• Glotel Awards 2021 shortlist unveiled

  21-10-2021 15:00
  
  The companies, products and services shortlisted for a Global Telecoms Award represent the best of an industry that continues to thrive.
  It’s been a challenging year or so, in case you hadn’t noticed, with many industries still struggling to recover from the difficulties presented by the Covid pandemic and resulting restrictions. All the signs are, however, that telecoms has coped exceptionally well and continues to thrive and innovate in spite of everything.
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• Global 5G connections set to break the billion mark next year

  21-10-2021 14:25
  
  5G connections will reach well over 1 billion next year, despite the threat of component shortages hitting the supply chain this Christmas, according to new analyst forecasts.
  Connections will triple this year to 637 million, before more than doubling in 2022 to 1.34 billion, CCS Insight predicts, its data showing that China will continue to lead the way – in volume terms, at least – for the next few years.
  The data comes in the wake of the publication of nine-month numbers from two
  
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• Vodafone creates 7,000 new software jobs in bid for IT autonomy

  21-10-2021 13:40
  
  Operator group Vodafone is aiming to improve its in-house IT competence by adding thousands of new software engineers to its European workforce.
  The consensus among operators is that they need to significantly improve their broader technology skills if they hope to be more than the dreaded dump pipes. Some, such as Dish in the US, have decided the most efficient way to do this is to outsource pretty much all of its tech needs. Vodafone apparently prefers to keep as much as possible in-house, hen
  
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• China Mobile is adding 11 million ‘real’ 5G users per month

  21-10-2021 13:07
  
  China Mobile is adding 5G customers at a rate of around 11 million per month according to its latest financial report, which shows a strong performance from the telco across the board.
  The world’s biggest mobile operator had 160 million 5G network customers at the end of September, up from 127 million three months earlier. It started reporting figures for 5G network customers – those that have used the 5G network in any given month and stayed on it at the end of the month – ear
  
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• Tickets Alert: Lambeth Palace Gardens open day

  21-10-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The private gardens inside Lambeth Palace opposite the Houses of Parliament have not been open to the public this year, but there will be one open day at the end of this month.
  Principally, the event will be an opportunity for the community to Remember.
  The open day will be a day of remembrance on Friday 29th October 2021 in partnership with the Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI), and the gardens will be open from 11am to 3pm, with the last entry at 2.30pm. Drinks and light refreshments prep
  
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• Emtelle helping Ogi deliver full-fibre connectivity to 150,000 homes and businesses across south Wales

  21-10-2021 12:26
  
  The latest collaboration will unlock speeds of up to 900 Mbps for businesses in the region Hawick, Scotland, 21 October 2021 - Emtelle, the leading global manufacturer of pre-connectorised blown fibre, cabling and ducted solutions, is pleased to announce a contract win with Cardiff based communications provider, Ogi. A three year, multi-million-pound contract will see Emtelle confirmed as a supplier of primary duct, subducts, microducts and fibre components for Ogi’s network and customer c
  
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• Maida Vale’s double-decker telephone box

  21-10-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Just outside a former Telephone Exchange on Hall Road in Maida Vale is something very strange – a telephone box that’s twice the normal height.It’s actually a piece of artwork by the French designer, Philippe Starck, more famous for his lemon juice squeezer than phone boxes, and was installed here as part of the permission for the Post Office Telephone Exchange building to be converted into residential flats by Yoo. The developer had originally planned a different work of art,
  
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• Vodafone bets big on digital services with software engineer recruitment drive

  21-10-2021 02:00
  Today, Vodafone has announced that it aims to strengthen its European technology division with the addition of around 7,000 software engineers by 2025, achieved through a combination of recruitment, reskilling, and insourcing.  Throughout the telecoms industry, it is becoming increasingly apparent that operators must revaluate their existing business models and transition to offer more just bare connectivity services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• SBB’s plea to join Serbian mobile market falls on deaf ears

  21-10-2021 02:00
  United Group’s SBB has had a bumpy road in Serbia of late. The TV, broadband, and fixed telephony provider has long complained that the telecoms market – especially state-owned Telekom Srbija – has been conspiring against it to reduce its market share.  Now, SBB’s CEO, Milija Zekovic, has written a statement claiming Serbian authorities, including the telecoms regulator RATEL and the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, have unduly rejected its at
  
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• Myanmar’s military wants “to have discussions physically” with Telenor execs

  21-10-2021 02:00
  In an interview with Reuters yesterday, Aung Naing Oo, the military junta’s appointed investment minister, revealed the military wants to meet, in person, with Telenor’s executives, describing it as “kind of a request not to leave the country.”In the same interview, Aung Naing Oo noted that these restrictions were limited to Telenor because of the military government’s interest in a physical meeting…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MTS and Ericsson team up for 5G-ready private network for mining

  21-10-2021 02:00
  According to the signed agreement, MTS will build for Karelsky Okatysh on the territory of quarries and production facilities in the Republic of Karelia a dedicated LTE / 5G-ready network for dispatching voice and video communication systems, positioning and video monitoring of transport and mining equipment, as well as emergency notification and operational management of the production complex. The network is scheduled to launch in April 2022. For the second stage of the project, it is planned
  
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