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• TfL may need to close an entire Tube line due to funding crunch

  30-11-2021 17:48 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has issued a warning that an entire Tube line could close if the Government does not grant TfL the emergency and long-term funding it needs to maintain the capital’s transport services.
  Speaking earlier today at the Centre for London conference, he repeated a warning that has been circulating for the past week.
  The Mayor said “I agree with the Government and Mayors across the country when they say other regions should have ‘London-style’ t
  
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• Meeting 5G’s great expectations

  30-11-2021 17:15
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this Q&A Ken Gold, Director of test, monitoring and analytics solution at Exfo, discusses the role of AI in delivering on 5G’s promise.We hear a lot about how 5G is going to change expectations not just for people, but also for machines. What does this mean?
  The best way to explain this is to look at the ways 5G can be used and how it’s different from 3G an
  
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• Speedcast Unveils Network-Optimized Remote Video Streaming Solution

  30-11-2021 16:00
  
  Delivering Industrial-Grade Video and Audio Content for Remote Operations Management with Speedcast SmartView™ Houston, Texas — Nov. 30, 2021 — Speedcast, a leading communications and IT services provider, today announced the launch of Speedcast SmartView™, an innovative, network-optimized remote video and audio communications solution. Designed for energy, maritime, enterprise, telecommunications and government customers, industries with critical operations can accelerat
  
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• Bob Marley exhibition coming to London

  30-11-2021 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A brand new exhibition devoted to the lift and music of Bob Marley is being planned to open in February at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea. Described as an “interactive experience”, the exhibition will showcase unseen Marley photographs and memorabilia with a focus on his lifestyle, passions, influences, and legacy.Fans will venture through the exhibition, greeted by different elements of Bob Marley’s multi-faceted life, the One Love Music Room will commemorate Bob Marley’
  
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• EU must provide enough spectrum for next generation Wi-Fi technologies, tech and allied groups warn

  30-11-2021 15:29
  
  Failure to make upper band available could see Europe falling behind North American and Asian rivals Washington D.C., USA, 30 November 2021: The EU should ensure that enough spectrum is made available to enable the next generations of Wi-Fi Gigabit technologies, Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7, to thrive alongside 5G and fibre. Failure to do so will leave Europe trailing behind other prominent economies, such as the US, Canada, Brazil and South Korea, which have...Source: RealWire
  
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• UK orders Facebook to sell Giphy

  30-11-2021 15:03
  
  The UK Competition and Markets Authority isn’t happy about Facebook’s acquisition of GIF image provider Giphy, so has demanded its sale.
  “The tie-up between Facebook and Giphy has already removed a potential challenger in the display advertising market,” said Stuart McIntosh, Chair of the independent inquiry group carrying out the phase 2 investigation.
  “Without action, it will also allow Facebook to increase its significant market power in social media even further
  
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• Telefónica industrial 5G services to go live in January

  30-11-2021 14:21
  
  After being told for years how 5G promises to shake up the enterprise market, one operator is on the cusp of actually turning that dream into a reality.
  Telefónica revealed this week that its Spanish unit will begin offering a range of commercial industrial 5G services from 1 January, making it the first operator in the country to do so. These are not pilot projects or field tests; they are not memoranda of understanding or pledges to co-develop solutions that may or may not see the light
  
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• South Korea nudges UK government on behalf of Samsung Networks

  30-11-2021 13:29
  
  Samsung’s effort to challenge Ericsson and Nokia in Europe might get a helping hand from the UK government.
  South Korea’s ICT Ministry (MCIT) revealed in a statement (in Korean) on Tuesday that Lee Tai-hee, the MCIT’s deputy minister for planning and coordination, met with digital economy minister Chris Philp during Monday’s Future Tech Forum at London’s Science Museum.
  During the meeting, Lee referred to the UK’s policy of diversifying its telco equipment sup
  
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• Global 5G subscriptions to hit 660 million this year – Ericsson

  30-11-2021 13:16
  
  Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has published its latest Mobility Report, which has raised its estimate for 2021 5G subscriptions to two thirds of a billion worldwide.
  Ericsson has been doing this for a decade now, so on top of noting the current state of play when it comes to the global mobile market, and the usual forecasts, it has also taken a look at how the market has progressed over the last ten years.The headline long-term forecast is that 5G will account for almost half (49%) of all mobile s
  
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• A cluster of tiny artworks near Covent Gardens

  30-11-2021 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Near Covent Garden, a newish development of shops on Mercers Walk has recently added a cluster of tiny artworks that provide a bit of a treasure hunt to seek out.
  They’re in walls and the floors, and are all related to a City of London livery company, the Mercers, who happen to own most of the land around this part of town.
  Most of them are quite easy to spot, and others are in plain sight, but on several visits, I never saw anyone looking at them. They’re possibly a bit too small an
  
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• Neos Networks completes major stage of network expansion programme

  30-11-2021 10:00
  
  Hits target of 550 unbundled BT exchanges on schedule Confirms plans to continue expansion and boost local access networks LONDON, UK, 30 NOVEMBER 2021 – Neos Networks, one of the UK’s leading business connectivity providers, today confirmed it has completed a major stage of its ambitious Project Edge network expansion programme. The company said it has hit the target of unbundling some 550 BT exchanges before the end of 2021, bringing up to 100Gbps high...Source: RealWire
  
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• TfL reintroduces £200 face mask fines on London’s Transport

  30-11-2021 08:40 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Fines for not wearing a face-covering on London’s transport have been reintroduced this morning after the government changed the rules for face masks in England.
  When the government removed the requirement to wear a face mask on public transport across the UK in July 2021, TfL changed its own rules to keep the requirement, and although it was unable to fine people, it could remove non-wearers from the service.
  Since the government reintroduced the face mask regulation on public transport,
  
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• A marvellous model steam train has appeared in Amersham

  30-11-2021 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Earlier this month a large model steam train appeared in Amersham, at the end of the Metropolitan line, and it’s quite simply marvellous.Sitting in the centre of town, this is a good scale model of the Metropolitan No.1 train — which in real life is the steam locomotive that hauled the last passenger steam service on the London Underground in 1961, and is preserved at the nearby Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
  Behind the locomotive, two carriages offering first and third class accomm
  
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• Telefonica bringing industrial 5G services to market in 2022

  30-11-2021 01:00
  Beginning in January 2022, Telefonica will begin offering a range of industrial 5G services to industrial partners for the first time.This is quite a milestone in the journey of 5G. Until now, numerous operators throughout Europe have been conducting various tests for 5G use cases, but barely any have announced the launch of commercial services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Next steps for Neos Networks as it completes major step of network expansion plan

  30-11-2021 01:00
  Neos Networks, one of the UK’s leading business connectivity providers, today confirmed it has completed a major stage of its ambitious Project Edge network expansion programme.Today’s announcement will see the company reach a full fibre footprint of more than 34,000km before the end of the year, an achievement that will help underpin the UK Government’s target for full fibre, gigabit connectivity to 85% of UK premises by 2025…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• ETNO: It’s time big tech helped pay for networks

  30-11-2021 01:00
  Throughout Europe – and, indeed, around the world – telecoms operators are struggling under the weight of rolling out the next generation of communications technology, whether this is gigabit-capable fibre or 5G.Now, 14 major European telcos have released a joint statement via the European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO) calling for big tech to help fund these expensive rollouts…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Axiata subsidiary edotco buys Touch Mindscape towerco for $400m

  30-11-2021 01:00
  Today, edotco, a 63%-owned subsidiary of Axiata Group, has announced that it will purchase rival Malaysian tower operator Touch Mindscape for around $400 million. Touch Mindscape’s primary assets include 923 telecommunication towers and optical fiber network including backbone trunks and last mile connections, many of which are located in strategically important areas throughout Malaysia…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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