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• New artwork appears at Brixton tube station

  15-11-2021 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A new work of art has appeared in the entrance to Brixton tube station, called 5 more minutes and is by London based artist Joy Labinjo.
  Drawing on Labinjo’s personal experiences of growing up in the UK with British-Nigerian heritage, 5 more minutes explores ideas of memory and belonging, and the significance of the hair salon as a centre of the community in both the artist’s personal experience as well as in wider Black British culture.
  Joy Labinjo, ‘5 more minutes’. Pho
  
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• Christmas railway disruptions

  15-11-2021 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Tis the season to check if the trains are running over the Christmas period, with a lot of lines closed or diverted for engineering works in the London region.
  As usual, no trains whatsoever on Christmas Day, and hardly any trains on Boxing Day, and then generally amended timetables for the rest of the week until conventional rail service resumes on Tuesday 4th January.
  For travellers to Heathrow Airport, be aware that the London Underground’s Piccadilly line will be suspended between 24th
  
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• Cellnex scoops UK private 5G network deal

  15-11-2021 15:10
  
  Cellnex has won a contract to roll out a private 5G network for enterprises in Basingstoke’s central business district.
  You could be forgiven for having breezed past this one; it feels like a pretty small – although we don’t have a value – and highly-specific local deal. But it could actually be a sign of both what is to come for Cellnex and the way the wind is blowing for potential suppliers in the private networks space. Essentially, you have to ask whether Cellnex is e
  
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• How is AI reshaping telecoms?

  15-11-2021 14:56
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Mark Jackson, Director and Industry Principal, Telecoms at Pegasystems, looks at the increasingly central role AI is playing in the telecoms world.
  In the last year or so, the pandemic has caused the equivalent of several years of change for telecommunications providers. In many ways, they have kept the world going, supporting a huge increase in bandwidth needs
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: OpenRAN, broadband and Google

  15-11-2021 14:38
  
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · OpenRAN, broadband and Google
  
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• Telenor cuddles up to Google Cloud

  15-11-2021 13:18
  
  Norwegian telecoms group Telenor has decided Google is its new best buddy for all things digital transformation.
  In the spirit of their new ‘strategic partnership’ both companies published the same press release announcing their mutual BFF pledge. Telenor has decided its digital ambitions are best served by making Google Cloud an integral part of the process. They will mainly toy with things like AI, data management and creating digital products, but it looks like Google will have an
  
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• Vodafone CEO hints at UK M&A and this time the regulators might agree

  15-11-2021 13:05
  
  Vodafone chief executive Nick Read has hinted at further mergers and acquisitions in the UK telecoms market, and it’s pretty clear that his company is a likely key player in any activity.
  In an interview in the Sunday Times this weekend, Read touched on the possibility of a merger with rival Three or an investment in the newly-merged Virgin Media O2, as well as talking about his role in lobbying European regulators to loosen up on telco tie-ups.
  Complaining about regulatory policy and mark
  
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• Viewing gallery at top of Greenwich’s clock tower could reopen to the public

  15-11-2021 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The tall clock tower in the centre of Greenwich which has been closed to the public for decades could reopen once more, as part of plans to refurbish the rest of the building. The building, as a new Greenwich Town Hall was designed by Clifford Culpin in the Art Deco style, built by William Moss & Sons and was completed in 1939.
  (c) Riverlow Group
  When Greenwich and Woolwich councils merged in 1965 is was decided that the enlarged council would be based in Woolwich, making the Greenwich build
  
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• As US passes Secure Equipment Act, China reportedly searches for loopholes

  15-11-2021 11:42
  
  The US President has rubber-stamped a new law further restricting access to the US telecoms market by companies on the FCC’s naughty step.
  It’s called the Secure Equipment Act and was first co-proposed by a Republican and a Democrat Senator back in May of this year. It is therefore a rare thing in American politics: a bi-partisan bill, which was therefore passed through the legislative process unanimously. It seems to exist to remove the FCC’s discretion to grant exemptions to
  
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• London’s Alleys: Shafto Mews, SW1

  15-11-2021 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a row of former stables that backed onto expensive houses in Chelsea, and are now themselves expensive mews homes.
  The area was developed from fields owned by Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan, when a lease was signed in 1777 for the architect Henry Holland to layout roads and housing in what makes up much of Sloane Square and Hans Town. Unusually, he took a large plot for himself and built his own mansion house and large gardens, known as Sloane Place. The house and gardens were sold i
  
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• VMO2 expands ‘food bank for data’ to tackle digital poverty

  15-11-2021 01:00
  Back in April, statistics from Ofcom showed that 1.5 million homes in the UK are currently without internet access, leaving millions of people cut off from engaging with the digital world.  In the post-Covid era, this digital handicap is more pronounced than ever, with thousands of products and services now available online that are otherwise very difficult to access. This is even true of vital services, such as government and healthcare services…read more on TotalTele.com &raq
  
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• Telenor looks to Google Cloud for digital transformation

  15-11-2021 01:00
  Today, Norwegian telco group Telenor has announced a new strategic partnership with Google Cloud, aiming to help digitalise and expand the company’s offerings. The deal will see Telenor leverage both Google Cloud’s infrastructure as well as the company’s expertise in areas like AI, data management, and machine learning.“Telenor wants to work with leaders in the tech industry and stay committed to being at the forefront of modernisation and digitalisation…read
  
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• Sources suggest Drahi wants a bigger slice of BT

  15-11-2021 01:00
  When Franco-Israeli billionaire Patrick Drahi first announced back in June that he had become BT’s largest shareholder, owning a 12.06% stake worth around $2.95 billion, the operator’s shares quickly rose to an 18-month high.At the time, the move triggered a wave of uncertainty for BT’s leadership, with many fearing that Drahi would launch a takeover, something that Drahi himself denied…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Cellnex signs on to build 5G private network in Basingstoke

  15-11-2021 01:00
  The council's vision is to create a comprehensive 5G ecosystem focused on commercialisation where businesses can access 5G connectivity to develop, trial, and bring new products, services, and applications to market. The project is supported by the Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership and the University of Surrey 5G Innovation Centre.Cellnex UK will build a 5G private network providing indoor and outdoor connectivity in Basing View, which is home to over 100 companies mainly from the prof
  
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