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• Telecom Italia chief steps down after KKR buyout offer

  26-11-2021 21:29 via ft.com
  Luigi Gubitosi’s resignation accepted by board of directors on Friday night
  
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• A Christmas makeover for the Charles Dickens Museum

  26-11-2021 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The museum in London that is most closely associated with Christmas has decked its halls and rooms and put on a seasonal display.Although Charles Dickens didn’t “invent” Christmas, until he wrote his famous novel, Christmas was mainly seen as a rural festival, and one that had been left behind in the fields as the industrial revolution lured people into the towns and cities.
  It was his release of A Christmas Carol, and his subsequent annual Christmas novels that were to tap int
  
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• Half price annual passes to the View from the Shard

  26-11-2021 16:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The annual pass to visit the top of The Shard is currently half-price, so you can have as many visits as you like for a whole year for just under £40.
  For comparison, a single visit, booked in advance would normally cost £25, so two trips in a year and you’ve already saved money. The annual pass normally sells for £79, but for the ubiquitous Black Friday is available for £39.50.In addition to the discounted price, the annual pass gives you fast-track entry for every
  
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• Graffiti covered shop shutters fills an art gallery

  26-11-2021 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Chopped up shop shutters covered in graffiti are filling a Camden art gallery, as graffiti continues its transition from street art to gallery art.
  A number of London’s more famous, or notorious (delete as applicable) graffiti and street artists are included here, and as much as the exhibition is about the art, it’s also an education into the artists themselves.Small biographies are next to each of the artworks, and you can finally put an identity to the many decorations that have ad
  
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• BT hopes new HQ will mark an inflection point

  26-11-2021 13:43
  
  UK telecoms group BT has unveiled a new headquarters in the city of London, which it hopes will be symbolic of a new dawn for the company.
  The shiny new gaff is called One Braham after one of the streets its near, which is also the site of a BTEE store. It replaces the old HQ in St Pauls, which came into being not long after the company was privatised in the 80s. So, inevitably, we get some kind evolving/pupating/reinventing narrative attached to the simple act of moving house.
  “Our new HQ
  
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• Hutchison selling out of Israel…again

  26-11-2021 13:11
  
  A pair of well-known Israeli telecoms executives have made a US$300 million bid for control of Partner Communications, a move that should facilitate CK Hutchison’s exit from the market.
  Partner announced that it has received the aforementioned offer from Avi Gabbay and Shlomo Rodav for a 27% stake. Both have links with incumbent operator Bezeq; Rodav stepped down as its chairman the best part of 18 months ago and Gabbay held a number positions at the telco, including a stint as its CEO tha
  
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• TIM CEO reportedly offers to step down to facilitate KKR takeover

  26-11-2021 13:08
  
  The bid by private equity firm KKR to acquire Italian telco group TIM has brought is boardroom battle of wills to a fresh crescendo.
  Since the bid was announced at the start of this week, 24% shareholder and board contrarian Vivendi has repeatedly stressed it doesn’t want to sell. This once more creates the paradox of a minority shareholder being able to dictate the strategy of a company without going to the trouble and expense of acquiring the majority of it. What if the rest of the share
  
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• Telecom Italia chief offers resignation after KKR buyout offer

  26-11-2021 13:02 via ft.com
  Luigi Gubitosi offers to step down ahead of extraordinary meeting on Friday
  
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• Black Friday deals on London theatre ticket sales

  26-11-2021 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There’s a lot of theatre ticket offers at the moment jumping on the Black Friday bandwagon, so here’s a list of the best of the deals available.
  Most need booking by the end of this month to qualify for the special offer pricing.
  Once you click on the option to book tickets, you may need to click a few times on the calendar to find the dates with the best prices that are also convenient for you to attend.Mary Poppins
  The Mary Poppins the musical returns to London starring Zizi Strall
  
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• AT&T and Verizon lower 5G power through gritted teeth

  26-11-2021 11:11
  
  AT&T and Verizon have informed the FCC that they will lower the power levels of their 5G services using C-band spectrum for six months, but it’s pretty clear they’re not thrilled about it.
  In a missive to FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, the US operators confirmed they will minimise energy coming from C-band sites nationwide and to a greater degree from sites near public airports and heliports with a view to allaying concerns about interference with the performance of radio al
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER and McLaren Applied launch first 5G edge computing rail antenna

  26-11-2021 10:00
  
  Now enabling 5G applications to run on trains, the HUBER+SUHNER SENCITY® Rail ACTIVE Rooftop antenna is the first-of-its-kind rail antenna that contains an embedded radio and compute module to offer increased data throughput to support 5G services. It is an all-in-one active antenna with a single ethernet cable input for power and data transmission. Travellers will be able to benefit from improved Wi-Fi connectivity, while system integrators can also benefit from having more advanced hardwar
  
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• Nokia’s latest private 5G network will be a Finnish goldmine

  26-11-2021 01:00
  Today, Nokia, Telia and Digita have announced that they will jointly deploy a private 5G SA network for Agnico Eagle Finland Oy, the Finnish company that owns the Kittilä goldmine. The Kittilä mine, which is situated around 900km north of Helsinki, constitutes an extensive tunnel system that, at some points…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Mobile money coming to Vietnam

  26-11-2021 01:00
  This month has seen two mobile operators in Vietnam launch trials of mobile money services for the first time, having been awarded licences to do so from the State Bank.The pilot programme will allow Vinaphone (VNPT) and MobiFone mobile customers to use their mobile subscription as a bank account, capable of paying for goods and services as well as depositing…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Govt gives NTT Docomo slap on the wrist for ‘serious’ network outage

  26-11-2021 01:00
  On October 14, NTT Docomo’s network suffered a system failure that left at least 12.9 million customers without voice and data services at various times. Now, the government has responded to what it categorised as a “serious incident” with an administrative order telling the operator to ensure that that a disturbance of this scale does not happen again…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Bharti Airtel and Vi hike mobile prices by up to 25%

  26-11-2021 01:00
  For years now, Indian telco Bharti Airtel has opined that mobile tariffs in India are unsustainable, with average revenues per user (ARPU) far too low to support the expensive network rollout costs.At the start of this week, Bharti Airtel announced that it would finally raise its prepaid mobile prices, increasing them by up to 25% in some cases…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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