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• Brunel Museum gets approval to expand the museum

  08-12-2021 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe has been granted planning permission to expand the museum site with a new pavilion that will link its two existing buildings into one larger site.
  Currently split between two buildings, the old Engine House and the original Brunel Sinking Shaft, a new entrance pavilion, containing a café and shop will connect the two buildings via a covered courtyard.
  Concept image of new layout (c) Tate Harmer
  The changes will also shift the focus of the entrance from the
  
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• Ofcom identifies ‘issues’ linked to Openreach independence

  08-12-2021 18:09
  
  Ofcom is for the most part happy with the level of independence Openreach is showing, but there remain some issues with the UK network operator’s position.
  The UK regulator on Wednesday published its latest annual report monitoring the independence of Openreach, as required as a result of commitments made by BT on the reform of its networks arm in 2017. Overall, all is well. Ofcom notes that Openreach continues to operate “with a high degree of strategic and operational independence
  
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• Preciseley Microtechnology Corporation Gains Strategic Investment from Leading Global Automotive Supplier Hankook & Company and Hankook Tire & Technology

  08-12-2021 17:00
  
  Investment strengthens Preciseley’s entry into Automotive ADAS and Autonomous Driving platforms with MEMS solutions for solid state LiDAR systems EDMONTON, Alberta – December 8, 2021 – Preciseley Microtechnology Corporation (PMC), a global leader in optic MEMS solutions, today announced that Hankook & Company and Hankook Tire & Technology have made a strategic investment in the company as a major shareholder. The investment is subject to regulatory approval and is expec
  
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• London’s largest roof garden – 120 Fenchurch Street – reopens

  08-12-2021 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  After a rather long pandemic closure, the large roof garden at 120 Fenchurch Street has reopened to the public, with a very windswept opening week ahead.What is known as The Garden at 120 sits on top of the newly opened Fen Court office building at, unsurprisingly 120 Fenchurch Street, and is dramatic in both the size of the roof space and the views available.
  Candidly, December is not the best time to open any garden to the public, and certainly not this week when it’s blowing a gale, rai
  
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• TIM parts company with two CxOs amid another reshuffle

  08-12-2021 14:50
  
  TIM has lost both its technology and its strategy chiefs and as a result is reshuffling job roles at what is starting to look like a time of growing chaos.
  The Italian incumbent announced the departures of Chief Technology & Operations Officer Nicola Grassi and Chief Strategy, Business Development & Transformation Officer Carlo Nardello; we don’t know if they walked or were pushed, but the latter seems more likely given that they will receive a severance package. The announcement c
  
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• AdaptiveMobile Security Publishes Blueprint for Securing 5G SMS

  08-12-2021 14:23
  
  New research details how SMS will remain a critical part of operators’ 5G offering and exposes security vulnerabilities of SMS on 5G networksDublin, Ireland, and Stockholm, Sweden: December 8th 2021 – AdaptiveMobile Security, an Enea company and the world leader in mobile network security, today published a comprehensive blueprint on how to secure SMS on 5G Networks. The research outlines how SMS operates on the next generation of networks, identifying the emerging security risks and
  
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• UK virtue signals to US over telecoms plurality and security

  08-12-2021 14:11
  
  The UK government has announced a bunch of aspirations to do with mobile networks that are apparently designed to show the US it’s being a good ally.
  As if to illustrate what a dilettante it is when it comes to the telecoms dark arts, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport issued a press release ostensibly about security that led with a commitment to switch off 2G and 3G by 2033. The more substantial announcement, and the real story, concerns OpenRAN, which was buried halfway
  
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• TPG and newcomers pass on Australia 5G spectrum sale

  08-12-2021 13:40
  
  Optus and Telstra shared the spoils at this week’s auction of sub-1 GHz frequencies for 5G in Australia, with smaller rival TPG declining to participate and new market entrants failing to materialise.
  The sale of 16 lots of spectrum in the 850/900 MHz band raised A$2.09 billion, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) noted. Optus accounted for almost three quarters of the figure, parting with A$1.48 billion for 12 lots, while Telstra committed A$615.7 million to secure th
  
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• Lyca Mobile launches 5G to UK customers

  08-12-2021 13:27
  
  Customers of the MVNO Lyca Mobile can now access 5G services as long they have a compatible Android based smartphone.
  Access to its 5G services come at no extra cost to Lyca Mobile customers, and iPhone customers will gain access to the faster network speeds next year. The service is already available in the US and will roll out to other markets over the coming year.
  In September the mobile virtual network operator, which uses 02 as its network partner, announced a £250m investment to expa
  
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• Strike threat over job cuts on the London Underground

  08-12-2021 13:01 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The RMT union is planning a strike ballot next week following news that TfL plans to cut up to 600 jobs in the customer service side of the London Underground.
  TfL is not, currently, planning to make people redundant but will look at whether people should be replaced if they leave. The plans, if carried out would see TfL not recruiting around 250 Customer Services vacancies that are currently unfilled, as well as placing controls on future recruitment, with the aim of reducing posts by a further
  
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• ST Engineering’s Corporate Venture Capital Unit Invests in hiSky, a Satellite Voice, Data and IoT Solutions Provider

  08-12-2021 13:00
  
  Singapore and Herndon, Va., 8 December 2021 – ST Engineering today announced that its Corporate Venture Capital unit, ST Engineering Ventures Pte Ltd led a US$30m Series A round in Israel-based hiSky Ltd., a leading developer and provider of affordable and agile satellite Internet of Things (IoT) networks and solutions, with participation from SDF (Strategic Development Fund), the investment arm of Tawazun Holding, and hiSky’s existing shareholders. The investment in hiSky enables ST
  
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• AccelerComm Selected for Two Future RAN: Diversifying the 5G Supply Chain Projects By UK's Department for Culture Media and Sport

  08-12-2021 12:53
  
  Technology will be integrated in “Best of British” and “5G DU-Volution” Projects Southampton, UK – December 8th 2021 - AccelerComm, the company supercharging 5G with a complete physical layer solution which increases spectral efficiency and reduces latency, today announced that its technology will be involved in two projects that have been selected by the UK government’s DCMS as part of Future RAN: Diversifying the 5G Supply Chain competition. This competition
  
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• Rajant Kinetic Mesh® Hawk Breadcrumb Receives 2021 Platinum Homeland Security ‘Astors’ Award

  08-12-2021 12:15
  
  Hawk Radio Node Is American Security Today’s “Best Wireless Video Surveillance Network” Malvern, PA – December 8, 2021: Rajant Corporation, the inventor of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, is the recipient of a Platinum 2021 American Security Today ASTORS Homeland Security Award for Rajant’s Hawk BreadCrumb® as the “Best Wireless Video Surveillance Network”. This honor marks the second year in a row Rajant radio nodes have been distinguished for
  
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• Synspective Signs Agreement to Launch Second SAR Satellite, "StriX-β-" with Rocket Lab

  08-12-2021 10:00
  
  The launch on Exolaunch's Soyuz-2 will be postponed until after the third SAR satellite, and "StriX-β" will be launched on Rocket Lab's Electron in early 2022 Tokyo, Japan – December 8, 2021 - Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and analytic solution provider, announced an agreement with the U.S. -based launch services provider, Rocket Lab, to launch the second demonstration satellite "StriX-β." We also signed a contract for the launch of two more satellites in...Sourc
  
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• JT IoT launches Connect Brazil to provide customers with unlimited roaming on all major networks in Brazil

  08-12-2021 10:00
  
  JT IoT is consistently innovating in the IoT sector, providing businesses with groundbreaking solutions for IoT technology. Today, JT IoT is excited to announce Connect Brazil, a networking service that will open a new market for your company. JT IoT Connect Brazil Brazil is one of the most attractive IoT markets. It's the world's fifth largest country with the sixth largest population, and that population is young and becoming increasingly tech-savvy. However, it has long...Source: RealWire
  
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• The Christmas Cracker memorial in Finsbury Square

  08-12-2021 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  What looks like a typically grand Victorian drinking fountain in the City of London is in fact a memorial to the family that invented the Christmas Cracker, well, sort of.That the Christmas Cracker was invented in London is unchallenged, but some of the stories of how they were invented may itself be a later invention.
  The gist is that Tom Smith, born in 1823, was apprenticed to a City of London confectioner, and after learning his trade he opened his first shop on Goswell Road in Clerkenwell in
  
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• GTD welcomes Chilean Prat cable system

  08-12-2021 01:00
  Chile has now officially inaugurated the Prat submarine cable, a move which it hopes will help further develop the country as a regional connectivity hub.The cable spans around 3,500km down the west coast of Chile from Arica, at the company’s most north-westerly point, down to Puerto Montt in the south.First announced three years ago, the Prat system was designed to deliver 4 Tbps connections to 12 cities along the coast…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Equinix starts African expansion with MainOne purchase

  08-12-2021 01:00
  Yesterday, US colocation data centre specialist Equinix announced its intentions to purchase Nigeria-based digital real estate company MainOne in a deal worth around $320 million.The deal represents Equinix’s first expansion into Africa, with the company hailing the move as the start of a wider push into the continent. “With more than 200 million people…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• DCMS wants Open RAN future as it plans 2G/3G sunset

  08-12-2021 01:00
  Today, the UK government, via the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), has announced a “joint ambition”, alongside mobile operators, to increase the use of Open RAN technology in national networks. The plan is for 35% of the country’s mobile traffic to be carried over Open RAN architecture by 2030.Open RAN is the concept of using standardised, interoperable RAN components, thereby allowing for multiple vendors to coexist effectively within one mobile
  
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