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• Illuminated River photography competition

  19-01-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Illuminated River Foundation, which has been lighting up the Thames river bridges has partnered with Thames Festival Trust to introduce a new Illuminated River category in their ThamesLens photography competition.
  Spanning nine bridges from Lambeth to London Bridges, Illuminated River is a long-term art installation that lights up the bridges between Lambeth Bridge and London Bridge with individual lighting effects.
  The competition encourages non-professional photographers to capture unique
  
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• Check out the huge new train departure board at London Victoria station

  19-01-2022 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A huge new departure board screen has appeared at London Victoria station, and it’s big, bright, and offers a lot more information than the old screens could show.The screens are much clearer to read, having scrapped the faded orange text for much brighter and cleaner fonts. However, it’s the extra information for each train that makes these displays stand out as more than just swapping lightbulbs.
  Big colour blocks at the top of the route indicator show clearly whether a person shou
  
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• London to keep mandatory face-coverings on public transport

  19-01-2022 16:01 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Although the mandatory wearing of a facemask in England is to be cancelled from next Thursday (27th Jan), the Mayor of London has announced that they will remain mandatory on London’s public transport network for the time being.
  When the government removed the requirement to wear a face mask on public transport across the UK in July 2021, TfL changed its own rules to retain the requirement, and although it was unable to fine people it could remove non-wearers from the service. When facemas
  
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• Verizon and AT&T defer 5G deployment near US airports

  19-01-2022 14:16
  
  US telco giants Verizon and AT&T have both announced they will not turn on 5G networks in C-band spectrum near airports for now, amid an ongoing dispute with aviation authorities.
  The rollout had already been deferred after the FAA and FCC claimed last November that 5G may interfere with airplane cockpit safety systems. After the initial delay of a month, an escalation to the US secretary of transportation led to an extension of that delay. And now it seems the telcos are going to have to av
  
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• Jio pays off $4 billion in spectrum dues and takes broadband crown

  19-01-2022 14:09
  
  Reliance Jio is on a roll, paying off billions of dollars of spectrum liabilities just a day after official figures revealed it is now India’s biggest fixed broadband provider.
  The Indian telco is keen to share that it has made payments totalling 307.9 billion rupees, or just over US$4 billion, to the Department of Telecom (DoT) to clear all its spectrum dues, including accrued interest. The payments pertain to the acquisition of a total of 585.3 MHz of frequencies acquired in auctions in
  
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• Vodafone UK unveils its first (mostly) OpenRAN site

  19-01-2022 13:53
  
  A Vodafone UK macro cell site has been switched on in Bath, which uses OpenRAN technology in all areas bar the antenna.
  A lot of the stuff in a RAN site is softwarised these days, making it a lot easier to tweak and play nice with the rest of it. There’s no escaping the hardware nature of the antenna, however, and it looks like we’re still a few months away from ensuring interoperability with the rest of the kit. While this takes the shine off the announcement somewhat, Vodafone stil
  
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• Infovista to showcase innovative solutions that make 5G work smarter at MWC Barcelona 2022

  19-01-2022 13:42
  
  Portfolio of applications enable operators and enterprises to quickly and proactively plan, test, assure and monetize their 5G networks, services and end-user experiences Paris, France – January 19th, 2022 – Infovista, the global leader in network lifecycle automation (NLA), today announced details of its participation at MWC Barcelona, taking place between 28th February and 3rd March 2022. At the event, Infovista will demonstrate how its uniquely comprehensive NLA portfolio of appli
  
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• Vodafone, Qualcomm and Thales show off iSIM smartphone

  19-01-2022 13:15
  
  Integrated SIMs (iSIMs) took another step closer to commercialisation this week, and they promise to bring with them significant benefits for consumer tech and cellular IoT.
  On Tuesday, Vodafone, Qualcomm and Thales successfully carried out a proof-of-concept (PoC) demonstration with a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 equipped with an iSIM, a milestone which they claim paves the way for the fully-fledged rollout of the technology.
  A quick explainer for anyone wondering what an iSIM is and how it differs f
  
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• Museum homes for your Zoom backgrounds

  19-01-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Museum of the Home is famous for its replica rooms from the Tudor times to the Millenium, and now you can use them as backgrounds for your video calls.
  All the images are mirrored and ready for use in your Zooms Through Time from here.
  1970s front room (c) Museum of the Home
  1830s drawing room
  Key features include floor-to-ceiling windows dressed with fashionable and elaborate drapery.
  1970s front room
  Filled with colour and pattern, the room is decorated with religious images, family photos
  
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• Eclipse Global Connectivity, Smiths Interconnect and ST Engineering iDirect Collaborate to deliver a new Airborne ISR SATCOM capability for Mil/Gov Operators

  19-01-2022 11:16
  
  Aircraft SATCOM system interoperable with current and future commercial and military satellites PARIS / TAMPA, FL / HERNDON, VA —19 January 2022 — Eclipse Global Connectivity, Smiths Interconnect and ST Engineering iDirect (iDirect) today announced their collaboration to deliver an integrated airborne Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (A-ISR) satellite communications (SATCOM) capability for military and government aircraft. The solution, drawing on the extensive expertise
  
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• Wi-Fi 6E Trial in Turkey Hailed a Success by Türk Telekom

  19-01-2022 10:35
  
  Completion of WBA trial demonstrates the potential for ultra-high-speed, low latency connectivity on the 6 GHz spectrum in Turkey London, UK, January 19, 2022: Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) member, Turk Telekom, today announced the successful completion of Wi-Fi 6E trials designed to demonstrate how the technology can be used to enhance speed and capacity in a variety of different end-user scenarios. Wi-Fi is vital to the success of Turk Telekom, who has the largest Wi-Fi...Source: RealWire
  
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• See inside St Mary’s Cadogan Street

  19-01-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A couple of blocks away from Chelsea’s posh shops is a large Catholic church that owes its origins to one of the earliest post-reformation Catholic chapels in the country.The chapel wasn’t on the same site as the church, but a couple of streets away, roughly where Cadogan Gardens currently stands. It was built by the Abbé Jean Voyaux de Franous, who fled the Terror that swept France after French Revolution and arrived in London in 1793. When he arrived he was charged with the
  
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• Why is 5G wireless service causing problems for US airlines?

  19-01-2022 06:01
  Carriers worry over interference with altimeters, but telecoms groups say there is no safety problem
  
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• Why 5G wireless service is causing turbulence for US airlines

  19-01-2022 06:01
  Carriers worry over interference with altimeters, but telecoms groups say there is no safety problem
  
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• Vodafone launches first 5G ‘open RAN’ site in UK

  19-01-2022 05:00
  Approach allowing networks to mix and match different suppliers comes as Huawei phased out from UK
  
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• Reliance Jio overtakes BSNL to become Indian fixed broadband leader

  19-01-2022 01:00
  To say that Reliance Jio, the telecoms arm of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries conglomerate, has disrupted the Indian market would be a gross understatement. When the company launched commercial mobile services in 2016, the low cost of its mobile plans initiated a brutal price war, ultimately leading to broad market consolidation, including the creation of Vodafone Idea (now Vi)…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• “Little tangible progress”: DCMS slammed over unclear gigabit broadband progress

  19-01-2022 01:00
  Back in 2019, DCMS announced that it would seek to achieve nationwide gigabit-capable broadband coverage by 2025. This announcement was met with broad scepticism by the UK telecoms community, who suggested that this target would be difficult to achieve, even with a high level of government support and industry collaboration. As a result, in 2020 DCMS revised their target, lowering it from 100% coverage to a more reasonable 85% of UK premises.To help deliver on these targets, in 2019, the govern
  
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• Ericsson and Apple renew 5G patent clash

  19-01-2022 01:00
  Back in 2015, Apple signed a seven-year patent-licencing agreement with Ericsson, authorising the iPhone maker to use various technology patents covering 2G, 3G, and 4G.Now, with that agreement likely expired, the time has come for Apple to renew the patents, as well as signing new ones for Ericsson’s latest 5G technologies. However, the relationship between the two companies has grown shaky…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Connexin challenges KCOM’s monopoly in Hull with full fibre launch

  19-01-2022 01:00
  UK digital infrastructure provider and IoT specialist, Connexin, has announced the launch of its new full fibre network in Hull and East Riding.   Connexin announced its plans to launch a new full fibre network in September 2021 with ambitions to disrupt KCOM&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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