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• Piccadilly Circus lights to show a Trompe-l’oeil through November

  09-11-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Each evening in November, the huge advertising boards at Piccadilly Circus are being replaced with a video art commission.
  Baa’s House 11, a trompe-l’oeil commission will create the appearance of a three-dimensional space behind and beyond the screen and will show the artist, Hetain Patel’s grandmother looking out from the screen and surveying the people watching at street level.
  Concept image by the artist – in an unrealistic daylight setting for a nighttime event
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• London Underground themed whiskies

  09-11-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A second release of London Underground based whiskies featuring four tube stations — Victoria, Paddington, London Bridge and Chancery Lane — has been announced by London based whisky distillers, Bimber Distillery.
  Drawn from some of the distillery’s oldest stock laid down in 2016, the four new expressions include madeira, port, PX sherry and ex-rye casks, bottled at full cask strength and without chill filtration.
  The spirit was produced from the distillery’s single farm
  
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• Ericsson uses Nvidia Omniverse to simulate 5G challenges

  09-11-2021 15:34
  
  Semiconductor giant Nvidia has a simulation platform that companies can use to create virtual copies of real-life environments.
  You’ve heard of the metaverse, well Nvidia’s take on it – the omniverse – is, if anything, even more dystopian on the ear. Nonetheless Swedish kit vendor is using Nvidia Omniverse Enterprise to create digital twins of entire cities in order to be able to simulate and anticipate physical challenges faced by nascent 5G networks.
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• Hackers take aim at mobile bankers, according to Nokia

  09-11-2021 15:21
  
  Trojans designed to harvest mobile banking credentials are growing in popularity, warned Nokia this week.
  The Finnish vendor has published its latest Threat Intelligence Report, which aggregates data collected from networks monitored by its NetGuard Endpoint Security solution. It found an 80 percent increase in the number of new mobile banking trojans. On Android handsets alone, banking trojans are now the third most common type of malware, behind spyware and run-of-the-mill trojans.
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• Virgin Media O2 is agonisingly close to doing something significant

  09-11-2021 13:36
  
  UK converged operator VMO2 is so excited about the near completion of its network upgrade that it has started the celebrations early.
  According to today’s press release the company is ‘within touching distance of upgrading entire network to gigabit speeds’. Of course an upgrade is not, in and of itself, a tangible thing, but VMO2 isn’t afraid to employ a metaphor or two to illustrate a worthy point. In this case there is a temporal character to the term ‘touching di
  
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• Viasat boldly goes and splashes $7.3bn on Inmarsat

  09-11-2021 13:19
  
  Two of the oldest names in satellite connectivity are coming together to create a behemoth that can go toe-to-toe with the growing number of upstarts aiming for the stars.
  US-based Viasat has agreed to acquire UK counterpart Inmarsat in a cash, stock and debt deal valued at $7.3 billion. The transaction comprises $850 million in cash, 46.36 million Viasat shares worth $3.1 billion at last Friday’s closing price, and the assumption of $3.4 billion of Inmarsat net debt.
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• Infovista Brings Crowdsourced User Data to Planet 7.5 to Transform 5G Network Planning and Tuning

  09-11-2021 10:36
  
  Combining automation with access to 9 billion crowdsourced data points, Infovista’s Planet helps mobile operators make informed 5G RAN planning decisions Paris, France – November 9th, 2021 – Infovista, the global leader in network lifecycle automation (NLA), today announced that it has integrated direct access to crowdsourced user data into Planet 7.5, the world’s first AI-powered planning and optimization solution. By automatically integrating processed data on how subsc
  
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• Thai Operator Adds 3.7m Digital Service Subscribers Keeping Fraud at Bay in Partnership With Upstream

  09-11-2021 09:00
  
  London, November 09, 2021 – Thailand-based mobile operator dtac has reported a dramatic increase of 3.7 million new digital services subscriptions in 12 months, in line with its strategy to capture growth in data services. dtac, Thailand’s third-largest operator, engaged mobile automation leader Upstream both to extend its digital services portfolio, and to actively market the new offerings, as the operator looked to increase digital revenues and improve its competitive position in t
  
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• A day trip to – Hadleigh Castle, Essex

  09-11-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Overlooking the Thames in Essex are the ruins of an ill-fated castle that was once a royal residence and was later immortalised by John Constable.
  Perched high up on a steep hill overlooking the Thames it’s a windswept landscape with, in places, steep slopes around the sides that all add to an at times unnerving experience to wander around. And that’s largely a lot of the fun of the place, to ramble around a ruined castle with the wind blowing on a cold autumn day.The first Hadleigh
  
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• Telenor’s sale of Myanmar unit to M1 sidelined over junta’s opposition

  09-11-2021 02:57
  Norwegian telecom draws up contingency plans to exit country in wake of coup
  
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• Telenor Myanmar sale to M1 sidelined over junta’s opposition

  09-11-2021 02:57
  Norwegian telecom draws up contingency plans to exit country in wake of coup
  
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• Virgin Media O2 within touching distance of upgrading entire network to gigabit speeds

  09-11-2021 01:00
  Virgin Media O2 is close to completing its national gigabit rollout programme with more than 90 per cent of homes across its network now able to access its hyperfast gigabit broadband. As part of today’s gigabit switch-on, Virgin Media O2 has upgraded its network with 1.6 million extra homes gaining access to next-generation connectivity in towns and cities including Lincoln, Bath, Lancaster, Fife, Huddersfield, Ipswich, Slough and Salisbury among many others. Virgin Media&rsquo
  
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• TalkTalk’s latest fibre package Includes Netflix at no extra cost

  09-11-2021 01:00
  TalkTalk has this week announced the launch of a new fibre package, allowing customers to access streaming service Netflix at no extra cost.The deal covers TalkTalk’s 35Mbps and 65Mbps plans and costing £29.95 and £31.95 per month, respectively, for 18-month contracts. These packages include Netflix Standard services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange's Enovacom launches Patient Link solution to make managing healthcare more efficient

  09-11-2021 01:00
  An expert in healthcare data and the leader of medical interoperability, Enovacom, the Orange Business Services healthcare subsidiary, has supported healthcare establishments with the digital transformation of their information systems since 2018. Enovacom's new patient-centered solution…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Is a partial sale of Noovle the answer to TIM’s financial woes?

  09-11-2021 01:00
  Last week saw TIM once again lower its guidance for the second time straight, as a difficult financial year continues for the Italian giant. Facing increasing domestic competition from rivals and the huge costs of large-scale deployments of 5G and fibre, the company is languishing under €22 billion in net debt and shares have slumped to a one year low. Speaking about the high level of market competition in the company’s earnings call, CEO Luigi Gubitosi said that it was high tim
  
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• 5G operators in the Middle East set new benchmark in leveraging 5G FWA to grow revenue and subscriber base

  09-11-2021 01:00
  5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is emerging as one of the most powerful 5G use cases and is steadily gaining a stronghold in several geographies. The Middle East region has taken the lead in using FWA to provide high-speed 5G connectivity to a greater number of people.
  The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region boasts of more than 1 million 5G FWA subscribers, while Asia has around 390,000 5G FWA subscribers. On the other hand, Western Europe has 200,000 and Eastern Europe 130,000 5G FWA subscriber
  
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