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• Brightspeed is born in the USA

  18-11-2021 17:41
  
  Brightspeed will spend US$2 billion on the rollout of fibre infrastructure to up to 3 million US homes and businesses over the next five years.
  If the name doesn’t sound familiar, that’s because it’s not: Brightspeed is the name that Apollo Global Management has just given to the consumer operations it is in the process of acquiring from Lumen Technologies. Or to put it another way, what was once CenturyLink is now Brightspeed.
  To recap just a little, in August Lumen announced
  
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• Europe’s big shots launch Open RAN manifesto

  18-11-2021 17:35
  
  Five of Europe’s biggest operators sent out a rallying cry for the continent to win leadership in Open RAN, with plenty of hyperbole and some fundamental flaws.
  A report titled “Building an Open RAN ecosystem for Europe” has been jointly released and published simultaneously by Deutsche Telekom, Orange, TIM, Telefónica, and Vodafone. As the title suggests, the paper aims to drive the telecoms community in Europe, from regulators and governments to businesses and research
  
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• Paddington has trapped a man inside a clock

  18-11-2021 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Just outside Paddington Station is a new clock, and trapped inside is a man who has to perpetually keep cleaning the face and drawing new hands on the glass.It is of course art, and the man is a video performance of a person, created by the Dutch artist, Maarten Baas, who was commissioned to make the latest in his series of Real Time clocks for the office building it hangs from.
  The Real Time series are 12-hour films of performances indicating the time that intends to combine theatre, art and fi
  
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• EC imposes anti-dumping duties on imports of optical fibre cables from China

  18-11-2021 15:32
  
  Prysmian Group welcomes EC decision: “Ensuring fair competition is in the interest of our customers and the whole community” Milan, 18 November 2021. Prysmian Group, the world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, welcomes the European Commission’s decision to impose anti-dumping duties on imports of optical fibre cables from China. The European Commission has today imposed anti-dumping duties ranging between 19.7% and 44% on imports of optical fibre cables f
  
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• Norway to get more competitive as Ice steps up

  18-11-2021 14:48
  
  Norway’s smallest mobile operator has launched 5G services and unveiled a new business plan designed to accelerate growth in the coming years.
  Alongside its third-quarter results presentation, Ice Group this week shared a new strategy that will see it introduce a new brand to target the price sensitive end of the market, a move it believes will help it to grow its customer base, making it a stronger competitor to incumbent Telenor and Nordic big gun Telia.
  The firm launched NiceMobil on Mo
  
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• V&A’s Fabergé exhibition is so much more than just eggs

  18-11-2021 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a big exhibition about the smallest things — a huge space given over to tiny jewels of almost infinite fame. Over 200 treasures all by the iconic jeweller, Fabergé.
  A lot of what’s here is going to be obvious, from the gold boxes to the famous eggs, but there’s enough “I never knew they made that” to turn a shop window of jewellery into an education as well.
  Did you know Fabergé made hand grenades? And they’re not meant to be decorative.F
  
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• MTN furthers ignominious Middle East exit with Yemen sale

  18-11-2021 12:56
  
  MTN’s plans to back quietly out of its struggling Middle Eastern operations took a step forward this week when it announced the sale of its mobile business in Yemen.
  The South Africa-based mobile group said it has transferred its majority stake in MTN Yemen to an entity known as Emerald International Investment, an affiliate of Omani conglomerate Zubair Corporation, its minor partner in the telco. According to its most recent annual report, MTN held an 83% stake in the Yemeni operation.
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• Private Wireless Market Opportunity Report from Dell’Oro and VIAVI Solutions

  18-11-2021 12:25
  
  The concept of utilizing private cellular networks—also known as non-public networks (NPNs)—for the sole use of a private entity, such as an enterprise or government, is far from new. In fact, the industry has gone through various private enterprise hype cycles over the past decade. And while there are already thousands of commercial private networks in service across the globe, it would be a stretch to suggest that the local private wireless market has surprised on the upside.
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• 5G Boot Camp II

  18-11-2021 12:23
  
  Developed for 5G Service Providers, NEMs and Contractors, this video series provides insights to aid those who own the deployment and maintenance of 5G.  You’ll get a concise overview of the current technical and business status and key considerations for planning, deploying and optimizing 5G.  Speakers include representatives from BT and The Scotland 5G Centre. Please fill in the short form below to gain access to the Boot CampName*First LastCompany name:*Job title*Organisation
  
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• London’s transport faces a future of “managed decline”

  18-11-2021 11:09 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  TfL is warning that without a solid long term funding agreement from the government, it will be forced to start cutting services within months and look at running the public transport network under a programme of “managed decline”.
  TfL is an unusual public transport network, relying on fares revenue for nearly three-quarters of its income, whereas most major city public transport networks receive a much larger portion of their income from general taxation. Outside of London, taxation
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER launches rail antenna that boosts 4G and 5G connectivity

  18-11-2021 11:07
  
  A new antenna from HUBER+SUHNER has been launched today to improve rail connectivity through the use of advanced dual polarisation antenna technology. Designed to support potential 4G and 5G high data throughput over the train-to-ground connection, the SENCITY® Rail MIMO+ Rooftop antenna allows passengers to seamlessly carry out their digital activities onboard. This can be achieved by utilising MIMO technology, a function already supported by most modern train radios and by the public cellu
  
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• You can climb up Hackney’s medieval clock tower

  18-11-2021 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  In the heart of Hackney is a medieval clock tower, and occasionally it’s open to the public to climb up and stand on the roof for some pretty decent views across East London.A church has been on this spot since at least 1275, and was likely set up by the Knights Templar who dedicated it to their patron saint, Saint Augustine. Following the downfall of the Templars, the church passed to the Knights Hospitaler, and was then later seized by King Henry VIII.
  Although the church was re-dedicate
  
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• WBA and TIP team up for open automated frequency coordination for Wi-Fi

  18-11-2021 01:00
  The partnership will maximize the full benefits of 6 GHz Wi-Fi – today Wi-Fi 6E, and the near future, Wi-Fi 7 – and all types of use cases that can benefit from it, including indoor and outdoor venues that have adopted OpenRoaming.The momentum around enabling use of the 6 GHz band is unmistakeable. Over 41 countries worldwide have already designated 6 GHz for unlicensed use. Many others are actively working to open up the band. Many of these countries see the value of enabling stand
  
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• New report seeks to drive Europe towards Open RAN

  18-11-2021 01:00
  At the start of the year, five major European telcos – Orange, Vodafone, Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom, and TIM – all signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in the development and integration of Open RAN technology. Since then, each of these operators have taken various steps to progress the vendor neutral, disaggregated infrastructure tech, from limited deployments in live networks to various testing facilities. In fact, just last week, Orange opened their own Open
  
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• Deutsche Telekom mulls sale of IT unit T-Systems

  18-11-2021 01:00
  T-Systems, the IT unit for Deutsche Telekom, has become something of a black sheep for the company in the past 18 months, finding itself underperforming compared to Telekom’s healthy telecoms business. Spending on orders had declined by around 25% during the coronavirus pandemic, with Telekom themselves explaining this as a reduction in spending from the automotive and airline sectors…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Cloud security specialist Lacework raises $1.3 Billion at $8.3 billion valuation

  18-11-2021 01:00
  Lacework, the data-driven security platform for the cloud, today announced it has raised $1.3 billion in growth funding at a valuation of $8.3 billion. With this capital, which is the largest funding round in security industry history, Lacework will continue to invest in rapidly scaling its business globally, building on recent momentum of more than 3x year-over-year revenue growth, a 3.5x year-over…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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