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• Crossrail aims to start Trial Operations “within days”

  16-11-2021 17:31 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The final testing stage before the Elizabeth line opens to the public is due to start within the next few days, Crossrail’s CEO, Mark Wild has confirmed.
  The Crossrail project has been in a phase known as Trial Running since April, which tests the railway with a timetabled service similar to the one the line will have when it opens to the public, and was used to shake out the final bugs in the complicated software needed to run the line and build up the reliability of the service.
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• Infovista supports service management and orchestration with launch of its rApp program for new Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform

  16-11-2021 16:36
  
  First integration will be Infovista Planet as cloud-native, Open RAN-compliant Network Design and Optimization microservices to automate planning and optimization of multi-vendor and multi-technology networks Paris, France – November 16th, 2021 – Infovista, the global leader in Network Lifecycle Automation (NLA), today announced the launch of its rApp program to support the automation of Network Design and Optimization (NDO) as part of its ongoing integration of cloud-native microser
  
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• Peru comes to the British Museum in eye opening new exhibition

  16-11-2021 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If your idea of ancient Peru is all death cults, mountainous Incan cities, and that curious era where seemingly every UK high street had Peruvian pan-pipe players at weekends, then the British Museum is about to change your mind radically.
  In fact, the Inca’s of which so much is written occupies barely a 10th of the lifespan covered by this exhibition which ranges from around 1,200 BCE up to the Spanish Conquest – some two and a half millennia of history.
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• Virgin and TalkTalk top Ofcom’s latest complaints list

  16-11-2021 15:54
  
  Telco customer service has bounced back from a Covid-19-related dip, but UK consumers are still finding reasons to complain, according to the latest data from Ofcom.
  The UK telecoms regulator has published complaints league tables for the April-June period that show a couple of big names in the market are not performing as well as they might. On the fixed-line and fixed broadband side – the most complained about markets – Virgin and TalkTalk appear to have the most disgruntled custom
  
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• Sainsbury’s turns to Amazon for cashierless tech

  16-11-2021 15:47
  
  UK grocer Sainsbury’s has entered into a Faustian bargain with etail leviathan Amazon to power its new cashierless stores.
  The news, broken by Bloomberg, comes just a month after competitor Tesco unveiled its own cashierless shopping initiative on the back of technology provided by Trigo. So this move by Sainsbury’s not only matches up competing supermarkets, but retail technologies too. How exciting!
  Sainsbury’s doesn’t seem to have made any formal announcements yet but
  
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• Vodafone confirms European consolidation on the cards in H1 report

  16-11-2021 13:23
  
  Vodafone has posted a solid set of first-half financials but the headline figures mask certain weaknesses in markets where competition is fierce.
  Essentially, just days after CEO Nick Read spoke out on consolidation and the benefits of a stable market structure without excessive competition in a UK press interview, the telco has published a set of results that prove his point. And its 1H report backs up Read’s comments.
  “Germany has benefited from a more sustainable competitive envir
  
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• Ericsson sidles closer to OpenRAN

  16-11-2021 13:14
  
  The new Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform claims to deliver service management and orchestration functionalities in line with Open RAN principles.
  Ericsson has understandably been dancing around the issue of OpenRAN for some time. On its surface, the OpenRAN paradigm seems to have been created explicitly to give big telecoms kit vendors like Ericsson less of a role in the radio access network by decoupling its many component parts, thus giving operators an alternative to the traditional &
  
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• South London’s King Alfred statue has the legs of a Roman goddess

  16-11-2021 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  What has long been thought to be London’s oldest outdoor statue has turned out to be even older than expected after restoration work uncovered its Roman origins.
  The statue, of King Alfred, has stood in the grounds of Trinity Church Square since around 1826, but has long been thought to be much older than the gardens it stands in. There were theories that it was either an 18th-19th century carving in a 14th-century style, or possibly, one of the long-lost medieval statues carved for King R
  
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• ST Engineering iDirect and Hellas Sat Successfully Validate Hybrid 5G Satellite Backhaul Use Cases

  16-11-2021 12:29
  
  Demonstration sees full integration of satellite into the 5G network, paving the way for service across remote areas of Greece and Cyprus Herndon, VA, November 16, 2021 – ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, and Athens-based satellite operator Hellas Sat, have successfully validated hybrid 5G backhauling use cases over satellite. Showcasing a completely seamless transition between terrestrial and satellite-based networks, the demonstration not only confirms
  
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• Digital transformation can be powered with bend-insensitive fibre optic cables, according to Prysmian

  16-11-2021 11:42
  
  Milan, Italy, 16 November 2021 - Today, optical networks need to be adaptable to meet ever-increasing data demands with advancements such as 5G, Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). In its latest Industry Insight, Prysmian Group emphasised that to support the evolution of these new technologies, it’s crucial that the capacity of optical networks are increased accordingly. Bend-insensitive fibre optic cables play a crucial role in future-proofing networks for reliable
  
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• SatADSL unlocks new Southeast Asia markets with ABS partnership

  16-11-2021 11:00
  
  ABS partners with SatADSL for their neXat platform and voucher services Brussels, Belgium, 16th November 2021 – Leading satellite service provider SatADSL, has announced a new partnership with ABS, a global satellite operator. The partnership represents SatADSL’s continued momentum as it provides satellite services to the four corners of the world. The new partnership is the latest to highlight the industry confidence in SatADSL’s innovative global satellite solutions through i
  
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• WatchGuard Cloud Adds New Endpoint Security Modules to Further Strengthen its Unified Security Platform

  16-11-2021 10:25
  
  Partners and customers using WatchGuard’s Endpoint Security solutions can now layer on Patch Management, Encryption, Reporting and Data Control to simplify management and create new revenue opportunities 16 November 2021 – WatchGuard® Technologies has announced four new endpoint security modules in WatchGuard Cloud including Patch Management, Full Encryption, Advanced Reporting Tool (ART) and Data Control. This integration further strengthens WatchGuard’s Unified Security P
  
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• London Overground applies to build a new station in South London

  16-11-2021 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  London Overground has applied for permission to build a new station near Millwall football club on a site that has provision for a station to be built there.
  The station provisionally named Surrey Canal in the documents would sit just to the south of the Surry Canal Road, and when the London Overground extension through South London was opened back in 2012, provision was left for a new station to be built here, but there wasn’t enough to justify building the station itself at the time.
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• OneWeb paid almost $50m in investors’ fees for bankruptcy deal

  16-11-2021 06:35 via ft.com
  Satellite internet group has raised $2.7bn since rescue by UK government and India’s Bharti
  
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• Telstra to begin its push into energy resale next year

  16-11-2021 01:00
  In November last year, Telstra announced a considerable organisational reshuffle that saw the business split into three separate entities: InfraCo Fixed, which owns Telstra’s physical infrastructure assets like ducts, fibre, and submarine cables; InfraCo Towers, owning the company’s mobile tower assets (49% of which was this year sold to a Future Fund-led consortium for $2.8 billion); and ServeCo, Telstra’s retail business. But perhaps even more interesting was the compan
  
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• Investing in Italian telecoms: Infrastructure over operators

  16-11-2021 01:00
  The Italian telecoms market is currently a fascinating place, with a broadly positive regulatory environment and a history of innovation. However, when it comes to equity investment in the telecoms sector, Italy, like Europe as a whole, must do more to not only attract investors but to follow through on their project effectively, especially in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.Speaking at this year’s online Connected Italy event, panellists from Analysys Mason, HSBC, and the Europ
  
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• American Tower buys CoreSite for $10.1bn to prepare for edge computing boom

  16-11-2021 01:00
  American Tower Corp. has announced a $10.1 billion deal to purchase data centre real estate company CoreSite Realty Corp., aiming to leverage the company’s infrastructure to boost their own mobile edge compute business. “We are in the early stages of a cloud-based, connected and globally distributed digital transformation that will evolve over the next decade and beyond…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Airbus's solar-powered Zephyr UAV set to deliver broadband to remote regions

  16-11-2021 01:00
  Last month, Airbus’s solar powered Zephyr S High Altitude Platform System (HAPS) achieved 36 days of stratospheric flight in two sessions, as well as setting a new world record in absolute altitude for devices of its class at 76,100 ft.In total, Zephyr has now completed around 3,322 flight hours, with the various tests designed to show that the unmanned device can fly beyond restrictive airspace, travelling far above and not interfering with commercial air traffic…read more on Tota
  
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