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• Eltham Palace fills its gardens with winter lights

  13-12-2021 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The moat and gardens around a medieval castle in southeast London has become a multicoloured world of enchanted lights for the winter months.
  Eltham Palace, the medieval palace that was restored and enlarged by the fabulously wealthy Courtaulds in the 1930s and is now looked after by English Heritage also has large grounds surrounding the building, and they have been filled with lights.A walking route takes you around the gardens and a variety of effects, from floodlit trees, to fountains, to fl
  
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• Europe’s digital targets are bold, but delivery falls short

  13-12-2021 18:19
  Failure to catch up with China and the US could reduce the region to a bystander in global digitalisation
  
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• Majority of Germany now has 5G coverage

  13-12-2021 16:04
  
  A report by German regulator Bundesnetzagentur claims over half the country is now covered with 5G infrastructure, primarily in urban areas.
  This has been achieved by utilising a combination of the 3.6 GHz spectrum, which was auctioned off in 2019 for exclusive use for 5G, and Dynamic Spectrum Sharing initiatives by Telekom and Vodafone, which allows existing 4G infrastructure to be used for 5G according to demand.
  The report also states that as of the end of October, 96% of the country had 4G c
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: UK OpenRAN, public cloud and VMO2

  13-12-2021 16:03
  
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · UK OpenRAN, public cloud and VMO2
  
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• Northern line extension adds a new station to the Cross-London interchanges

  13-12-2021 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The opening of the Northern line extension to Battersea has caused a change to the list of Cross London Interchanges that are permitted for people using National Rail.
  A Cross London Interchange is a ticket that allows someone to travel by train into London, and cross London to another National Rail terminus using the London Underground or DLR. So for example, someone travelling between Hastings and York with an interchange ticket could arrive from Hastings at London Victoria and their ticket wi
  
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• Telefónica demos cybersecurity solution for 5G connected cars

  13-12-2021 13:11
  
  The rise of C-V2X represents a potentially huge opportunity for hackers and cybercriminals to cause untold mayhem on the road, but Telefónica hopes to head this problem off at the pass.
  The Spanish incumbent late last week showed off a 5G-enabled car that exchanges encrypted certificates with other connected vehicles and street furniture – like traffic lights and so-on – to guarantee the integrity of the information being sent and received. It is a similar system to a website
  
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• Digitising telecoms assets with NFTs

  13-12-2021 13:08
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Maria Lema, Co-Founder of Weaver Labs explores the potential of non fungible tokens in the management of public telecoms assets.
  Leveraging the benefits of advanced wireless connectivity in cities is crucial for unlocking uncovered economic, social and environmental value. But in order to achieve ubiquitous connectivity, some obstacles still stand in t
  
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• Vantage inks the deal it needed with Germany’s 1&1

  13-12-2021 13:01
  
  Vantage Towers has inked a deal with 1&1 that will see the telco use as many as a quarter of its towers in Germany.
  The passive infrastructure specialist is on a mission to increase its tenancy ratio following its spin off from parent Vodafone and listing in Frankfurt in March. The deal with 1&1 will give it a boost on that score in its biggest market.
  1&1, which is working hard to build its position as Germany’s fourth mobile network operator, has committed to using at least 3
  
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• An astrological clock with Winston Churchill’s face in it

  13-12-2021 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Around the corner from St Paul’s Cathedral is an office building with an astrological clock above the front door – and Winston Churchill’s face in the middle.
  This is Bracken House, built for the Financial Times after it merged with the Financial News in 1945, and is named after Brendan Bracken, the Tory businessman who founded the modern Financial Times. The newspaper occupied the building until the 1980s, but moved back in 2019.
  Apart from the building’s deliberate choi
  
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• Samsung starts commercial 5G trials in Vietnam

  13-12-2021 12:39
  
  Tech giant Samsung and operator Viettel have begun 5G commercial trials in Da Nang, central Vietnam.
  Samsung has provided its latest baseband unit and 64T64R Massive MIMO and mid-band spectrum radios for the commercial trial in the central region’s largest city. The moved is pitched as a modernisation effort for the city of Da Nang, and is the first time the two firms have collaborated in Vietnam.
  “Viettel has continued to prioritize building 5G infrastructure in key areas of the cit
  
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• AWS: last week’s outage happened because reasons

  13-12-2021 12:25
  
  A bunch of digital services were unavailable for hours last week due to an AWS outage and the company has finally offered an explanation.
  For those of us bemoaning the lack of detailed information provided at the time, this is a case of ‘careful what you wish for’. In the explanatory post, published three days after the outage, a breakdown of the plumbing of the AWS network is offered as context. You can read it here if you’re into that sort of thing, but the short version is:
  
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• London’s Alleys: Medici Courtyard, W1

  13-12-2021 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A polished and modern space, this alley links Bond Street with Hanover Square, and was built as part of the Crossrail project.A large block of buildings between Hanover Square and Bond Street had to be cleared to create space to build the eastern ticket office for the Elizabeth line, and naturally, something then had to be built back afterwards. Therefore, this 1.3-acre development deal was agreed with Great Portland Estates to rebuild the block.
  Although there had been a small, and usually lock
  
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• Russia's MTS buys computer vision specialist VisionLabs

  13-12-2021 01:00
  MTS’s focus on AI has been growing in recent months. Back in September, the operator launched a $100 million venture fund to invest in AI start-ups, with up to $20 million going to each company. MTS also pledged to invest up to $100,000 in start-ups in its accelerator programme.  At the time, Alexey Posternak, CFO of MTS AI, said the investments would focus on start-ups working with language…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ofcom’s new spectrum licence fees draw the ire of MNOs

  13-12-2021 01:00
  The story of 2,100 MHz spectrum in the UK dates back to 2000, when the spectrum was originally auctioned by Ofcom to help operators roll out 3G services. The auction raised an enormous £22.5 billion, with terms for the licences initially set to last for 20 years.    However, just one year later, the government directed Ofcom to alter these licences…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Airspan, Padtec and Trópico partner for 5G Open RAN Public and Private Networks

  13-12-2021 01:00
  Airspan Networks Inc., a subsidiary of Airspan Networks Holdings Inc. (NYSE American: MIMO), Padtec S/A, a subsidiary of Padtec Holding (B3: PDTC3), and Trópico have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to offer 5G network solutions. The agreement is part of Padtec’s and Trópico’s strategy which focuses on entering the 5G market…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 1&1 grabs German 5G deal with Vantage Towers

  13-12-2021 01:00
  Back in 2019, Germany held its first 5G spectrum auction, an event noted for its high prices and,  more importantly, the potential entrance of a fourth national mobile operator in the form of data centre specialist 1&1 Drillisch. 1&1, which has operated as a mobile virtual network operator for numerous years via a deal with Telefonica, spent €1.1 billion on spectrum at the auction, acquiring a 5MHz block in the 2GHz spectrum band and five blocks of 10MHz in the 3.6GHz ban
  
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