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• A temporary David Bowie shop has opened in London

  02-11-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A much-hyped David Bowie shop has opened in central London, and it is undeniably “a shop”.
  Bowie 75 is in Heddon Street, a short hidden pedestrianised road off Regents Street which is notable amongst Bowie fans as it’s where the cover was photographed for his 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.
  In fact, the temporary shop is directly opposite where the cover was photographed — and there’s a small plaque on the wall next to the s
  
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• The Fan Museum is reopening next week

  02-11-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  One of London’s smaller and quirkier museums is reopening next week following a lengthy pandemic closure.
  The Fan Museum, based in Greenwich, holds a collection of fans and fan leaves which include the Hélène Alexander Collection and further acquisitions received since the museum opened to the public over twenty-five years ago.It’s a museum that while it seems devoted to one very narrow interest – handheld fans, it’s much more than that, being a history of a
  
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• Intelligent IP Network Based On SRv6 Accelerate 5G Success

  02-11-2021 15:37
  
  This Vendor View is sponsored by Huawei
  With the explosive mobile data traffic growth, massive device connections, and emerging new services and application scenarios in the future, revolutionary service experience and new business application models is required, 5G poses diversified requirements on basic transport networks, transport network need to be upgraded in time. Therefore, carriers’ transport network transformation has become an inevitable trend.
  At the 2021 Ultra-Broadband Forum
  
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• VMO2 thinks UK should invest more in digital infrastructure, funnily enough

  02-11-2021 15:28
  
  The vested interest in Virgin Media O2 publishing a report calling for more spending on its area of business is clear, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
  Newly-merged UK operator VMO2 commissioned a bit of research from Oxford (as opposed to Cambridge) Analytica, the headline finding of which was that digital connectivity investment could unlock 500,000 jobs by 2026. No doubt, but there are a lot of caveats and variables contained in that statement. The big one is that it’s cont
  
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• Tablet shipments slump on market saturation and chip shortage

  02-11-2021 15:00
  
  A perfect storm of macro trends in Q3 spelled joy for those who love hackneyed clichés but misery for Chromebook and tablet makers.
  According to new figures from IDC, shipments in both these categories fell for the first time since the beginning of the COVID pandemic in early 2020. Chromebook volume slumped 29.8 percent year-on-year to 6.5 million units, while tablet volume fell 9.4 percent to 42.3 million.
  Lenovo led the Chromebook market in Q3 with shipments of 1.5 million, still down 1
  
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• London Underground seeks ideas to improve step-free access to tube stations

  02-11-2021 12:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  With just over half of the TfL rail network now classed as step-free, TfL has opened a consultation on how it can deliver the same to the rest, if funding can be found.
  The consultation, which runs until 10th February 2022, aims to help TfL identify which aspects of making London Underground stations more accessible it should prioritise in the coming years.
  If you include the London Underground, Overground, Trams, DLR and TfL Rail, then just over half (51%) are classed as step-free, but with mos
  
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• UK government backslapping audible from space after BT strikes OneWeb deal

  02-11-2021 12:49
  
  BT has announced it will use OneWeb’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network to one day offer connectivity services to consumers and businesses both at home and abroad.
  OneWeb currently has 288 satellites in space, meaning capacity is limited. So for now, BT wants to see how it could be used as a supplementary, low-latency backhaul connection for sites where additional capacity or redundancy might be required.
  It plans to kick things off by testing OneWeb’s capabilities at its lab i
  
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• Orange launches its towerco, stressing how independent it is

  02-11-2021 12:42
  
  French operator group Orange has placed its passive infrastructure assets into a new company called Totem so it can flog access to other telcos.
  Totem is capitalized by Orange but, since it doesn’t seem to be an acronym, we don’t see the point, especially since it requires slightly more typing effort. Orange has been banging on about it since the start of the year but hasn’t reached the number of sites it had previously hoped to. Totem France will manage 18,500 macro-sites with
  
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• Kacific deploys ST Engineering iDirect's Mx-DMA® MRC return technology to increase digital inclusion across Asia Pacific

  02-11-2021 11:36
  
  Industry’s most powerful return technology offers satellite operator unrivaled service agility and scale to serve multiple markets and applications Herndon, Va., November 2, 2021 – ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, announced today that Kacific, a leading satellite broadband operator in Asia Pacific, has successfully deployed its pioneering Mx-DMA® MRC (Multi Resolution Coding) technology in conjunction with its first Ka-band satellite, Kacific1,
  
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• Zylpha Launches First Free Online Document Bundling System For All

  02-11-2021 10:30
  
  New Online Tool Set To Transform Entry Level of Legal Document Bundling Technology Leading UK legal systems innovator Zylpha (www.zylpha.com) has launched the first free online legal document bundling system. This enables legal practices of any size to create smaller court-compliant bundles completely free of charge, as many times as required. With a simple online interface, the system has been designed to be both extremely easy to use, yet readily upgradable to ‘paid plans’ should..
  
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• Wi-Fi Management Added into WatchGuard Cloud Enabling MSPs to Simplify Security Service Deployments Across the Company's Full Technology Portfolio

  02-11-2021 10:30
  
  New Wi-Fi 6 access points deliver fast and simplified Wi-Fi experience with enhanced connectivity across wireless and IoT network devices 2 November 2021 – WatchGuard® Technologies has announced Wi-Fi in WatchGuard Cloud, along with a new line-up of Wi-Fi 6-enabled access points (APs). The addition of Wi-Fi in WatchGuard Cloud provides cross-platform integration and centralised management of all WatchGuard products, dramatically simplifying how partners purchase, deploy and manage Watc
  
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• UK FinTech start-up ‘Leslie’ set to transform the way people order, tip and pay on a global scale, after securing a multi-million pound seed investment

  02-11-2021 10:26
  
  London, UK, 2 November 2021: FinTech start-up Leslie has officially launched following a multi-million pound seed round with investment funding from KKR co-founder Henry Kravis, Middleby Corporation, supplier of more than 90% of the largest food service chains across the US, and Australian BNPL founder Larry Diamond, of ZIP. Within just six weeks, Leslie has revolutionised the hospitality industry across the UK, by offering customers a simplified and more efficient way to order, tip and...Source
  
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• New Cerillion release puts CSPs on the fast track to success

  02-11-2021 09:00
  
  London, 2nd November 2021 – Cerillion (AIM: CER) today unveiled the latest release of its Enterprise BSS/OSS suite, Cerillion 21.2, providing Communications Services Providers (CSPs) with a flexible and scalable platform that supports business change through configuration not customisation. So whether it’s monetising 5G B2B services, pivoting to new markets or focusing on the Total Experience (TX), Cerillion provides the agility needed to succeed in a rapidly changing market. Cerilli
  
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• Leisure rail travel nearly back to pre-pandemic levels

  02-11-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Off-peak leisure travel on the railways has nearly returned to its pre-pandemic levels, although commuter traffic remains muted, according to figures from the Rail Delivery Group (RDG).
  Analysis of the journey data from those weeks by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) shows that journeys have risen to 22 million a week across the country, having risen by over a quarter since the end of the summer holidays.
  Demand for shorter trips, under 50 miles, are now back to normal, and while commuter journeys
  
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• The future of digital transformation for telcos in a platform centric economy.

  02-11-2021 01:00
  Despite the huge challenges of the global pandemic, some of the biggest transformation projects happening across the globe were signed in 2020. The telco industry has responded remarkably indeed, as operators continue to adapt, collaborate and move into a more partner centric business model…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Pandemic policy risks accountability of Biden broadband investment

  02-11-2021 01:00
  $42.5 billion of American public funds allocated to improving internet access in underserved communities in the USA could be used without public scrutiny after being given exemption from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act.A story in the Washington Examiner reveals that the funds…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange launches its European TowerCo - TOTEM

  02-11-2021 01:00
  Launched first by Orange in France and Spain on 1st November, TOTEM’s passive mobile infrastructure portfolio includes over 26,000 sites. TOTEM France will manage 18,500 macro-sites made up of 58% tower sites, 30% flat roofs and 12% in other locations…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Major advance in satellite connectivity revolutionises quality of service and experience

  02-11-2021 01:00
  Field tests conducted at SES’s Manassas, Virginia teleport have demonstrated how satellite connectivity could genuinely deliver better connectivity on land, in the air and at sea for both civil and defense communications…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Building a simplified, intelligent and open campus private network

  02-11-2021 01:00
  With the wider adoption of 5G networks, new products and new business models in the B2B field continuously emerge, aiming to meet the diverse and personalized requirements of industry users.
  ZTE NodeEngine solution, a base-station-built-in MEC solution , is exactly designed to address this need. It aims to provide cost-efficient and multi-function 5G private network construction solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises, so that they can enjoy the bonus brought by 5G and further meet the
  
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