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• London Underground to be hit by strike action

  11-11-2021 18:31 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The RMT union has called strike action that will affect the resumption of the Night Tube which is due to start in a couple of weeks time.
  The dispute is over plans that TfL wants to merge the existing Night Tube category of staff with the main driver’s pool so that all drivers are available for shifts. Although the changes make it easier for night-tube limited staff to become full-time drivers, they also mean that existing tube drivers could, in the future, be asked to work the night tube
  
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• Rajant and Kiber Announce Strategic Partnership Around Augmented Reality (AR) Solution for Energy Market

  11-11-2021 16:00
  
  Rajant Kinetic Mesh Wireless Running Fully Integrated Third Generation AR Technology Malvern, PA – November 11, 2021: Rajant Corporation, the exclusive provider of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, and Kiber, powered by VRMedia, have partnered to offer the Kiber3 fully integrated augmented reality solution for remote assistance. Ideally suited for the energy market as well as warehouses and factories, the third generation augmented reality multi-feature wearable device runs over Rajant
  
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• Camden Highline show off initial images for dissused railway walkway

  11-11-2021 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The team working to turn a disused railway in North London into a public walkway have shown off initial concept images from the design team.
  The Camden Highline, at three-quarters of a mile long, will be about half the length of the original New York version, aims to create a 10-minute walking pathway from Camden Gardens to Camley Street just to the north of King’s Cross with the elevated line passing over 8 busy roads.
  The £35 million project is currently expected to open, in phases
  
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• Pain-free gigabit capable network building a step closer thanks to launch of new equipment provider and consultancy

  11-11-2021 14:49
  
  Aveiro, Portugal, 11 November 2021 – Telecommunications network builders throughout Europe can benefit from a one-stop-shop for consultancy, customised and tailored network equipment and a telecom and datacom marketplace, with the creation of Yelco Group. Yelco Group’s aim is to ease the pain of expanding telecommunications networks by providing the equipment the customer needs, where they need it, when they need it, in the quantity they want, and at competitive prices. “Yelco
  
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• Rakuten Mobile loses close to $1 billion in Q3

  11-11-2021 14:26
  
  Rakuten Mobile is growing its customer base, but the cost of building a new national mobile network is still taking a significant toll on its finances.
  Revenues are ticking up at Japan’s fourth mobile operator as it starts to attract paying customers. Its topline came in at close to 55 billion yen in the three months to the end of September, a 21% on the third quarter of last year. The numbers refer to Rakuten’s overall mobile segment, the bulk of which comes from its core mobile ope
  
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• Tulip viewing tower for London – appeal rejected

  11-11-2021 13:53 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Plans to build a tall viewing tower in the City of London, called the Tulip, although ruder names exist, have been blocked by Housing Minister Christopher Pincher.
  The tall tower had been planned as a viewing platform to sit next to the Gherkin, which is owned by the same company, and would have had a concrete spine taking people to the bud at the top, with viewing floors and a series of outside glass lifts.
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  Although the City of London granted planning permission i
  
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• Microsoft and Facebook get cozy over workplace collaboration

  11-11-2021 13:20
  
  Users of Microsoft Teams will be able to directly access Workplace stuff without leaving the app, in a move that will add to concerns over the ubiquity of big tech.
  Microsoft has done a good job of getting businesses to use its desktop instant messaging platform for chats and general collaboration. In fact, the claimed number of daily active users has been shooting up suspiciously fast this year. The artist formerly known as Facebook also has a collaboration platform called Workplace, which has
  
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• Vodafone expands fibre push with CityFibre deal

  11-11-2021 13:19
  
  Vodafone has brokered a deal that will see it become the anchor tenant across CityFibre’s nationwide full fibre network, extending the existing wholesale partnership between the pair.
  Cue much jubilation and back-slapping, as the UK telco declares itself (soon-to-be) “Britain’s largest full fibre broadband provider,” while its host talks up the network investments it will be able to make as a result of the deal.
  But the question is, for how long will Vodafone be able to c
  
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• London Overground trains to call at Battersea Park station on New Years Eve

  11-11-2021 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Of all the stations that a London Overground fan would want to visit, Battersea Park is probably the hardest, but on New Year’s Eve it becomes very much easier to get to.
  At the moment, the normal timetable sees a London Overground train start/stop at Battersea Park only at the very start and end of the day. On Monday to Saturdays, one London Overground train leaves Battersea Park at 6:33am, and one terminates there at 10:48pm, and one service leaves at 7:47am on Sundays only.So for track
  
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• Small Cell Forum launches new 5G FAPI specs to align with 3GPP Rel-16 features and introduces MU/Massive-MIMO support

  11-11-2021 11:00
  
  Latest SCF 5G FAPI specifications target key 3GPP features, market performance requirements, and support Open RAN evolution London, UK, 11 November 2021 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) today announced the release of its updated 5G FAPI PHY specifications. The specifications are used in millions of the world’s system-on-a-chip (SoC) small cells – and can now be applied to macro cells as well. FAPI is a common standard agreed between chipset and component suppliers and mobile...Source:
  
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• An overnight rehersal for the Lord Mayor’s Show

  11-11-2021 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Had you been in the City at the dead of night on yesterday morning, you would have seen the Lord Mayor of London’s golden state coach being pulled through the dark streets by six Shire Horses — for this was the rehearsal for the Lord Mayor’s Show this coming Saturday.The Lord Mayor’s Show has been happening, on land, for over 150 years, but generally each year there’s a new Lord Mayor who needs to check he or she knows what to do on the day, and with staffing change
  
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• Vodafone widens UK broadband footprint with capacity deals

  11-11-2021 06:00
  Contracts with BT and CityFibre enable Europe’s largest provider to increase its reach across domestic market
  
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• Vodafone becomes UK’s largest full fibre ISP with nationwide CityFibre deal

  11-11-2021 01:00
  Today, Vodafone has announced that it has expanded its existing partnership with CityFibre to encapsulate the fibre operator’s entire UK network. According to the operator, the expansion of this partnership will make Vodafone the UK’s largest full fibre broadband provider, able to offer services to over eight million homes by spring 2022, making use of both Openreach and CityFibre’s growing networks.“Consumers need competition in the broadband space…read more
  
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• Vodafone becomes UK’s largest fibre ISP with nationwide CityFibre deal

  11-11-2021 01:00
  Today, Vodafone has announced that it has expanded its existing partnership with CityFibre to encapsulate the fibre operator’s entire UK network. According to the operator, the expansion of this partnership will make Vodafone the UK’s largest full fibre broadband provider, able to offer services to over eight million homes by spring 2022, making use of both Openreach and CityFibre’s growing networks.“Consumers need competition in the broadband space…read more
  
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• Telefonica cost cutting continues with 4,000 voluntary redundancies

  11-11-2021 01:00
  Earlier this month Telefonica Group reported its latest quarterly results, posting a net profit of €706 million, compared to a €160 million loss at the same time last year.These latest results are in fact just a fraction of the profitable year that Telefonica is having, declaring a record €9.34 billion in net profit over the last nine months…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange talks European tech sovereignty at Open RAN lab launch

  11-11-2021 01:00
  Europe’s major operators' growing interest in Open RAN technology has been clear for quite some time now.  At the start of the year, TIM, Orange, Vodafone, Telefonica, and Vodafone signed a Memorandum of Understanding, vowing to collaborate to develop the new technology, from creating unified standards to testing solutions. Since then, various operators, have launched their own Open RAN-focussed laboratories across the continent, offering vendor partners the opportunity to test
  
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