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• Whitechapel market set for a major makeover

  14-12-2021 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The large street market that runs along the main road outside Whitechapel station in East London is about to get a major makeover, and a consultation is currently open about the plans.
  Depending on your perspective about such things, the street market is either an eyesore that should be swept away, or a vital ingredient to the cultural heart of the area.
  The market today – from the consultation document
  Apart from the market stalls themselves, the area has lacked investment in recent years
  
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• Take a trip in a 1950s vintage bus on Christmas Day

  14-12-2021 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  On the day when tubes, trains, buses and even cable cars go to sleep, there will one bus company offering a very special Christmas Day service.
  On Christmas Day, a vintage bus hire company will be offering a free vintage bus service on Route 430 between Roehampton and Putney Bridge.
  The staff, all volunteers are doing it, they say for fun, goodwill, and, as they admit, to promote their vintage bus hire.
  This is not a TfL or London General service, but the bus is run professionally under an opera
  
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• Sustainability must be a key consideration in the design and production of fibre cables, says Prysmian

  14-12-2021 15:05
  
  Milan, Italy, 14 December 2021 – To accelerate a shift towards a more circular economy, the environmental and ecological impact of fibre must be key considerations during the design and production processes. According to the new Industry Insight from Prysmian Group, a focus on the development of sustainable fibre networks will ensure that global operators are playing their part towards realising a greener society. With many companies, including Prysmian, setting out ambitious targets to re
  
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• Vodafone is selling the first ever text message for charity

  14-12-2021 14:48
  
  The first ever SMS was sent over the Vodafone network 19 years ago and soon one lucky collector will own it.
  On 3 December 1992 a 22-year-old software developer working for Vodafone UK sent a text message saying “Merry Christmas” to colleague Richard Jarvis. Prior to that he would have had to call him and say those words, which would have been a massive hassle. Within a year Nokia had installed the technology on its phones and the world hasn’t looked back, such that now people
  
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• German fibre rollout gets another €5.75 billion

  14-12-2021 14:40
  
  Deutsche Glasfaser has secured €5.75 billion in financing to help it roll out fibre infrastructure.
  The move marks the latest injection of funds into the German fibre market, which has been attracting significant investment over the past couple of years. Deutsche Glasfaser, a private equity-owned altnet that is mainly targeting rural areas, claims it is the market’s largest financing sum to date.
  The telco said it secured the financing from a consortium of creditors. It is made up of
  
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• Altice raises BT stake but doesn’t launch buyout bid…yet

  14-12-2021 14:29
  
  BT’s future is still unclear after Altice UK increased its stake in the incumbent to 18 percent.
  In a stock exchange filing, Altice reiterated it has no intention of launching a takeover bid for BT, and will comply with UK regulations, which prevent it from making an offer for a further six months.
  “Over recent months we have engaged constructively with the board and management of BT and look forward to continuing that dialogue. We continue to hold them in high regard and remain full
  
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• Three does a spot of digital transformation

  14-12-2021 14:16
  
  UK MNO Three has completed the first phase of what will be a multi-million investment in digital transformation, and created over 100 jobs to boot.
  Three is working with Amdocs, Docusign, Adobe, Tariffcom, and Astute to upgrade its IT infrastructure, with today marking the end of ‘phase one’ of that process. Staffing wise, in addition to the 100 or so new roles announced today, Three says there will be more jobs created in 2022.
  The project is described an investment in state-of-the-
  
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• BT/Altice: Drahi will struggle to split off Openreach

  14-12-2021 14:11 via ft.com
  The stratagems that have made tycoon powerful in France translate poorly into English
  
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• Inside the Pugin designed St George’s Cathedral, Southwark

  14-12-2021 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  You’d probably not realise it at first glance, but the modern-looking church in Southwark was actually designed by the king of the gothic revival, Augustus Pugin.
  St George’s church was built in 1848, to a design by Augustus Pugin, to serve the growing Irish population in London, and Pugin was the first person to get married in the church, to his third wife Jane later that same year. The church he designed looked a little odd, as the steeple was never completed, so they ended up with
  
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• Patrick Drahi’s Altice raises stake in BT to 18%

  14-12-2021 11:21 via ft.com
  UK government warns it could intervene if a full bid is launched
  
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• China Mobile set to list in Shanghai

  14-12-2021 11:04 via ft.com
  World’s largest telco by subscribers was forced to delist in New York following sanctions imposed by Donald Trump
  
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• TEOCO adds EMF analysis and 5G network slicing to ASSET

  14-12-2021 10:00
  
  FAIRFAX, VA., USA – 14 December 2021 – TEOCO, the leading provider of analytics, assurance and optimization solutions to over 300 communication service providers (CSPs) worldwide, has today announced the latest update to its network planning tool, ASSET. New capabilities include Electromagnetic Field (EMF) analysis, support for 5G network slicing, external interference modeling and an additional automation API. ASSET is deployed by CSPs worldwide and is a radio planning tool that pro
  
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• Neos Networks brings high-capacity fibre access networks direct to Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester and London

  14-12-2021 10:00
  
  Opens first of four new Metro Access Networks Will offer new ‘last-mile’ services direct to nearly 10,000 regional businesses plus the City of London LONDON, UK, 14 DECEMBER 2021 - Neos Networks, one of the UK’s leading business connectivity providers, today revealed its advanced plans to invest in a full fibre, last mile, metro network expansion programme across the capital and three key regional UK cities. Deployment is already underway and the company’s first access...
  
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• Neos Networks brings broadband upgrades for public services across Oxfordshire

  14-12-2021 10:00
  
  Will connect 200+ public service sites across Oxfordshire in a bid to improve digital and social inclusion Contract will see Neos Networks aggregate suppliers to build, manage, and operate new infrastructure LONDON, UK, 14th December 2021 - In a bid to improve connectivity and digital inclusion across the county, Neos Networks, one of the UK’s leading business connectivity providers, has been selected by Oxfordshire County Council to build full fibre gigabit capable broadband infrastructur
  
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• Billionaire Drahi’s Altice raises stake in BT to 18%

  14-12-2021 09:03 via ft.com
  The stake building marks a change in strategy for the veteran telecoms investor
  
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• Visit a restored railway signal box in St Albans

  14-12-2021 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Next to St Albans City railway station is a brightly painted wooden building – a restored signal box that’s now occasionally open to the public.The signal box is the second on this location, and came into use in June 1892 as part of the Midland Railway into St Pancras station, and is classified by members of the Signalling Record Society as a Midland Railway ‘Type 2A’. It was assembled from pre-fabricated parts made in Derby and served as a signal box controlling the sout
  
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• TfL funding crunch could cost London over £12 billion over next decade

  14-12-2021 01:01 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A policy of funding TfL to the level that it can just about survive under a programme of “managed decline” could cost the London economy around £12 billion over the next 10 years, according to a joint report by Transport for London and GLA Economics.
  This is not direct cash in the sense of loss of fares income and the like, but wider economic costs through secondary effects of a weakened transport network leading to more congestion, delays and lost investment opportunities.
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• Vodafone to auction world's first text as NFT for charity

  14-12-2021 01:00
  Vodafone will auction a NFT of the world’s first ever SMS text message – which read ‘Merry Christmas’, and was sent on the Vodafone network in December 1992. Through the auction, Vodafone will be raising money for the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.  Vodafone is combining a world first innovation from nearly thirty years ago…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Startup Stories: How AI and machine learning can lower operator CAPEX and OPEX

  14-12-2021 01:00
  Tell us about your start upNet AI is a real-time network analytics company revolutionising cloud-based virtual network management, to help telecom companies generate significantly higher profit margins. Our key differentiator is a combination of a patent-pending analytics framework and an AI-based prediction engine, which facilitates insights into network usage on a real-time basis, fuelling the automation of network and compute resource management.The company is currently exploring collaborati
  
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• Deutsche Glasfaser secures €5.75 billion in new financing

  14-12-2021 01:00
  German fibre operator, Deutsche Glasfaser, has announced this week that it has received fresh investment to the tune of €5.75 billion from a consortium of banks and pension funds.  The deal comprises a €3 billion loan, a capex facility of €2.5 billion, and a revolving credit facility worth €250 million. As part of the agreement, Glasfaser can later expand the line of credit by a further &euro…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT prepares for battle as Altice increases stake

  14-12-2021 01:00
  Back in June, Patrick Drahi, the billionaire owner of Altice Group, announced that he had formed Altice UK, with the new company taking a 12.1% stake in BT for £2 billion.At the time, this move caused a wave of uncertainty for BT’s leadership, who feared that Drahi would launch a takeover bid for the company, something that Drahi himself denied interest in…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Asia Communication Award Winners 2021

  14-12-2021 01:00
  Celebrating a decade since its initial launch back in 2011, this year’s ACAs saw the competition continue to go from strength to strength, drawing forth innovation and excellence from all corners of the Asian telecoms market. With over 125 entrants from dozens of countries, this year’s competition was the largest yet, with companies big and small vying to impress the panel of expert judges.    In total, 23 Awards were up for grabs this year…read more on TotalTe
  
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