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• P50 Pocket foldable phone signals Huawei’s consumer tech defiance

  23-12-2021 18:02
  
  Embattled Chinese tech vendor Huawei has released a set of new products based on the HarmonyOS operating system.
  The P50 Pocket is a clamshell style foldable smartphone that has a circular external display designed for notifications. Of the new products, this has been getting most of the attention from the consumer tech press, probably because foldable touch screen technology is one of the few visible innovations smartphones have had since they all became identical black slabs.
  Elsewhere, the Hu
  
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• Mobile network evolution: getting ready for the takeoff of 5G

  23-12-2021 17:58
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Jon Baldry, Metro Marketing Director at Infinera, reflects on the current state of 5G networks.
  As we close out 2021 and move into 2022, it’s interesting to look back at the last year and the progress made in 5G networks. Mobile operators globally have continued to roll out new 5G networks and expand 5G footprint within existing networks, and handset manuf
  
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• RMT threatens six months of tube strikes

  23-12-2021 17:57 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The RMT union has confirmed that it is planning to extend its dispute over Night Tube duties with strikes every weekend until June 2022, unless the dispute is resolved.
  The union says that drivers on the Central and Victoria lines will go on strike every Friday and Saturday from 8:30pm until 8am the following morning from 7th January 2022 until further notice.The union has been in dispute with TfL over changes to tube driver grades. When the Night Tube was set up, a number of part-time drivers w
  
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• An end to the Euston Stampede

  23-12-2021 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A previously shabby ramp that lead to platforms 8-11 at Euston has been doubled in width and given a revamp to help reduce the “Euston Stampede” that it often struggled to cope with.The ramp used to be wider, but the addition of shops to the ramp in the 1980s and increasing passenger numbers since had led to bottlenecks and crowds forming when trains were announced. They’ve now removed the shops and widened the slope back to its original width. And even put some seats down the
  
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• UK 5G coverage roughly doubled in 2021

  23-12-2021 13:39
  
  Network analysis firm Global Wireless Solutions says that three of the four major operators have doubled their nationwide 5G coverage in the last year.
  The claim was hidden at the bottom of a press release providing a hail of stats around streaming and video calling, based on a consumer survey GWS carried out.
  According to its recent drive testing, this year EE’s 5G coverage increased approximately 120%, O2’s 260%, Three’s 150%, and Vodafone’s 90%. GWS also claimed 25 out
  
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• US tech masters of the universe squabble over the future of the internet

  23-12-2021 13:22
  
  Having stepped down as CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey has criticized claimed ‘Web3’ technology, which has inevitably triggered some of its cheerleaders.
  At a conceptual level Web3 is the evolution of the internet towards a fully decentralized technological model based on blockchain, which will counter the domination of the current iteration by a few giants, such as Google and Facebook. As with anything blockchain, is can all appear very arcane and abstract so we recommend reading around
  
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• Landscape photography exhibition at London’s mainline rail stations

  23-12-2021 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A travelling photo exhibition of winning entries to the annual Landscape Photographer of the Year competition is making its way around London’s major rail stations.Starting at London Bridge station, the photos show off a diverse range of compositions from country footpaths, to riverside retreats.
  The exhibition includes the 2021 winner of the Network Rail supported ‘Lines in the Landscape’ category, which aims to find the photography that best captures the spirit of today&rsquo
  
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• Vodafone and Mavenir complete small cell OpenRAN trial

  23-12-2021 10:54
  
  UK operator Vodafone and software vendor Mavenir say they have successfully tested a small cell OpenRAN mast using containerised software.
  Vodafone says it tested voice and data over an OpenRAN mast designed to provide dedicated mobile coverage for a workplace, using ‘containerised’ software which is supposed to allow businesses to customise the mast specifically towards their purposes.
  If you don’t know what containerised software is, Vodafone described it in the release as th
  
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• Find the Fleet Street sundial

  23-12-2021 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you look up on the side of a building on Fleet Street you’ll see what looks like a mural of old newspapers – but it’s actually a sundial.Added a couple of months ago, the design is byPiers Nicholson, a maker of sundials who happened to move into the building next door a decade ago and was curious about what could be done to improve an otherwise blank wall.
  It’s taken a decade to persuade successive owners of the building to put something on the wall, and it’s to
  
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• Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Total Telecom

  23-12-2021 01:00
  After almost a full year spent in lockdown in 2020, 2021 brought with it the heady expectations of live events once again and at Total Telecom we rose to the challenge. Despite initial uncertainty, it quickly became clear to us that the appetite to see each other face…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Etisalat launches healthcare platform to enhance hospitals

  23-12-2021 01:00
  The platform provides seamless, secure and practical solutions to enhance day-to-day operations in all business phases of the various departments.This falls in line with UAE’s leadership’s vision and the Department of Health’s (DoH) overall objectives of enabling the use of digital health supporting clinics utilising digital technologies to improve health, care delivery, and informed decision-making for a better patient experience…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• AIS strikes 5G partnerships to help fuel Industry 4.0

  23-12-2021 01:00
  This week, Thailand’s largest mobile operator, AIS, announced that it had launched a range of industrial 5G solutions and services, teaming up with a number of public and private Thai companies to bolster their manufacturing processes.The new deals include a collaboration with the TARA, with AIS hoping to leverage the partnership to encourage national industrial players to adopt 5G industrial solutions, a move which AIS says will help them &ldquo…read more on TotalTele.com &raq
  
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