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• AT&T and Verizon limit 5G service near US airports after carriers’ outcry

  18-01-2022 21:20
  Wireless groups frustrated with Federal Aviation Administration after airlines warn of chaos
  
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• AT&T and Verizon limit 5G service near US airports after airlines’ outcry

  18-01-2022 21:20
  Wireless groups frustrated with Federal Aviation Administration after carriers warn of chaos
  
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• Microsoft bids $68.7 billion to buy Activision Blizzard

  18-01-2022 19:11
  
  Microsoft wants to acquire mega games publisher Activision Blizzard, which would represent the biggest purchase in the history of gaming.
  The acquisition will cover huge gaming franchises from the Activision, Blizzard and King studios including Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Call of Duty and Candy Crush. The purchase is for $95.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at $68.7 billion, inclusive of Activision Blizzard’s net cash. It’s being widely reported as the largest deal of
  
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• Kew Gardens for a Quid if you receive Universal Credit or Pension Credit

  18-01-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Kew Gardens is launching a range of discounted tickets, with offers from as low as £1, group offers and late-entry discounts.
  The main deal is entry for a quid, available to people in receipt of Universal Credit or Pension Credit, and can either be booked online, or bought at the main gate on the day of the visit.
  The new prices are effective immediately.Adult Universal Credit or Pension Credit price: £1 (£8.75 lower than 20/21)
  Adult in advance (2 days before visit): £15
  
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• Telefonica and Alava launch 5G, IoT and AI smart industry platform

  18-01-2022 14:55
  
  Spanish telco Telefonica Tech has teamed up with Engineering company Grupo Alava to produce a predictive maintenance solution based on IoT, 5G and machine learning installations.
  Predictive maintenance involves using sensors dotted around factories or industrial settings, high speed communications infrastructure, and powerful analytical software to track large amounts of equipment – whether that’s rotary engines, reciprocating machinery, electrical transformers, or even just conveyor
  
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• KT Corp prepares Shinhan Bank for life in the metaverse

  18-01-2022 14:02
  
  Excitement about the industry’s most recent buzzword is spreading rapidly to the financial sector.
  KT Corp on Tuesday struck a wide-ranging digital services deal with Shinhan Bank, one that covers everything from AI and blockchain to converged telecom and financial services. To cement their relationship, the Korean telco has agreed to pay KRW437.5 billion (£269 million) for a 2.08 percent stake in Shinhan’s parent, Shinhan Financial Group.
  “We expect to introduce various
  
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• Italy dangles €3.7 billion in broadband funding

  18-01-2022 13:55
  
  Italy has launched a major ultra-broadband tender worth €3.7 billion just days after it failed to attract interest in its first attempt to allocate EU funding.
  The government has launched the ‘Italia a 1 Giga’ project and interested parties have a couple of months to register, the Ministry for Technological Innovation and Digital Transition (MITD) announced.
  There was some doubt over whether the scheme would get underway in January as scheduled, with certain factions in governme
  
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• Crossrail starting final phase of Trial Operations ahead of opening

  18-01-2022 12:32 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  TfL has confirmed that the Elizabeth line is now coming to the end of the first phase of its Trial Operations ahead of starting the next phase including large-scale exercises across the new railway – a crucial step ahead of the Elizabeth line opening.
  Trial Operations – where safety procedures are tested with hundreds of staff started last November, but were split into two phases due to some delays in completing ventilation upgrades.
  Significant progress was made towards completing t
  
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• ice Norway selects ASSET - TEOCO's 5G network planning tool

  18-01-2022 10:00
  
  FAIRFAX, VA., USA – 18 January 2022 – TEOCO, the leading provider of analytics, assurance and optimization solutions to over 300 communication service providers (CSPs) worldwide, has today announced that ice, the Norwegian mobile operator, has selected TEOCO’s ASSET 5G planning solution to deliver 5G services to its subscribers. This contract extension builds on TEOCO and ice’s existing relationship which has seen TEOCO offer LTE planning solutions to the operator since 2
  
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• Inspector Sands and why the London Underground keeps asking for him

  18-01-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you travel by train a fair bit, you are going to get used to hearing the tannoy summoning Inspector Sands, and most of us know it’s some sort of code for a problem, but what sort of problem?
  Typically, on the London Underground, you might hear a pre-recorded announcement saying “Would Inspector Sands, please report to the operations room”, it’s a fire alarm in the operations room – or wherever Inspector Sands is asked to go to.
  Not an order to evacuate or anythin
  
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• Intelsat chief set for $4m ‘golden goodbye’ after Chapter 11 recovery

  18-01-2022 06:00
  Stephen Spengler to retire as satellite operator emerges from bankruptcy with debt halved
  
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• Tongan volcano eruption severs vital subsea communications

  18-01-2022 01:00
  On the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano, situated on a small island around 65km north of Tongatapu, Tonga’s main island, erupted, causing tsunamis across the Pacific. The crisis is still ongoing, with people missing, property damaged, and fears that further eruptions could be imminent.  Dealing with the fallout of natural disasters such as this is never an easy task…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Neos Networks to upgrade Jisc network in North-West

  18-01-2022 01:00
  Neos Networks has today announced that it has signed a new partnership with Jisc, aiming to upgrade the latter’s network in the North-West of England. The deal will see numerous universities and research centres in the region connected to a new, gigabit-capable network that offers speeds of up to 100Gbps. The financial terms of the deal have not been announced.  Jisc is a not…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Macquarie buys copper assets from Telefonica for €200m

  18-01-2022 01:00
  According to reports coming from Spanish newspaper Cinco Dias, Telefonica has sold part of its copper infrastructure in Spain to Australian infrastructure fund Macquarie for around €200 million.Exactly how much copper and where it is situated within Spain has not been revealed, though it is mostly extant in areas in which Telefonica has yet to deploy fibre…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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