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• Tickets Alert: Doctor Who Revelation of the Daleks

  01-02-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  To mark the soon to be released Blu-ray boxset of Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 22, BFI Southbank will be hosting a screening of Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks, in which Colin Baker’s Doctor comes up against his deadliest enemy.
  It’s the final story in Season 22 and was originally broadcast in March 1985.
  (c) BBC
  The Doctor and Peri land on the planet Necros where The Great Healer is carrying out genetic experiments on the inhabitants, which turns them into mutants.
  
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• Nunhead Cemetery’s derelict lodge set for restoration

  01-02-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Plans to restore Nunhead Cemetery’s former superintendent lodge have been approved by Southwark Council, and there’s now a consultation on how the building will be used after its restoration
  Nunhead Cemetery, consecrated in 1840, is one of the Magnificent Seven Victorian cemeteries that were created around the edges of London as it was at the time.
  On either side of the main entrance are two lodges, the western is now a private home, but the eastern lodge, originally built as an offi
  
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• Emtelle expands UK manufacturing facilities into Wrexham, North Wales

  01-02-2022 15:53
  
  Manufacturing company Emtelle is expanding its UK based facilities to support the unprecedented demand in passive network solutions for its UK clients. The additional UK based facility will allow the Emtelle Group to manufacture a core range of products to meet the demands of network operators across the UK, shortening supply chains whilst providing localised access to its market-leading pre-connectorised solutions.United Kingdom, 1st February 2022 - Emtelle Group, the leading global manufacture
  
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• Parallel Wireless ramps up OpenRAN activity

  01-02-2022 14:00
  
  Parallel Wireless has revealed how it’s taking their involvement in OpenRAN to the next level.
  Software-defined RAN specialist Parallel Wireless talked up the ecosystem of OpenRAN partners it plans to show off at Mobile World Congress later this month. These include server partners Dell, HPE and Supermicro; core network providers Athonet and Microsoft; and Juniper Networks, which supplies Parallel with its RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC). Parallel’s radio unit (RU) partners Comba Te
  
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• CommScope and Parallel Wireless ramp up OpenRAN activity

  01-02-2022 14:00
  
  CommScope and Parallel Wireless have revealed in separate announcements how they are taking their involvement in OpenRAN to the next level.
  It may only be February but OpenRAN developments are coming thick and fast this year – the news comes a day after it emerged that major OpenRAN backer Vodafone has a €225 million plan to design OpenRAN chips.
  Antenna maker CommScope has signed up to Meta Connectivity’s (formerly Facebook Connectivity) Evenstar programme, a joint effort to sp
  
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• 5G in India will be later than expected…as expected

  01-02-2022 13:20
  
  The Indian government has confirmed that 5G licensing will take place sometime this calendar year, as opposed to before the end of the financial year.
  This means the introduction of the next generation of mobile services will be later than many had hoped, but the industry saw it coming. Where once expectations were that 5G would hit the market in India round about now, it was already clear towards the end of last year that the allocation of spectrum was unlikely to be imminent and therefore serv
  
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• Gaming shopping spree continues as Sony swoops for Bungie

  01-02-2022 13:13
  
  Japanese tech giant and owner of PlayStation, Sony, has bid $3.6 billion for games developer Bungie, which appears to nod towards future metaverse plays.
  It’s a been a busy January for the games industry, or at least its corporate lawyers. Sony’s swoop for Bungie follows an $11 billion bid from Take-Two Interactive for Zynga, a record breaking number for the games industry which lasted five minutes before Microsoft put in an astonishing $69 billion bid for Activision Blizzard.
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• Ten exhibitions to visit in London during February

  01-02-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  My monthly roundup of ten excellent exhibitions to visit during February 2022 while you’re recovering from the deprivations of Dry January.Peru: a journey in time
  British Museum, Bloomsbury
  Adults: £15 | Children: Free | Concessions: £13 | Members: Free
  (note, closes on 20th February)
  Step into the vibrant world of Peru and discover how people have thrived for millennia in one of the most complex and challenging environments on the planet.
  Marking Peru’s bicentennial year
  
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• An architect’s guide to multicloud infrastructure

  01-02-2022 12:37
  
  Change is constant and inevitable. As IT organizations set their sights on more flexible infrastructure to adapt and respond to new opportunities, enterprise architects will play an important role in building future-ready infrastructure.
  This e-book covers the key components, benefits, and tradeoffs of an open hybrid cloud approach, to help enterprise architects build the right strategy for their organization. Discover the following:How to leverage existing infrastructure while bringing legacy I
  
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• Are public clouds right for telecommunications service providers?

  01-02-2022 12:32
  
  Telecommunications service providers are increasingly becoming digital service providers. Now they must consider whether and when they should build out and manage the infrastructures that support new applications and services as private clouds or on public clouds. This whitepaper:Compares the relative advantages of private and public cloud environments using key decisions such as partnership strategy, operations capacity, architectural choices, and time-to-market
  Includes a breakdown of potentia
  
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• Build a modern foundation for RAN

  01-02-2022 12:20
  
  Transforming networks with cloud-native and containerized technologies can help optimize operations, improve scalability, and increase flexibility.
  Red Hat and Intel offer a modern, integrated, validated radio access network (RAN) foundation to help you take advantage of digital business opportunities. Learn how Red Hat and Intel are helping digital service providers:Deploy a flexible, integrated RAN foundation
  Accelerate RAN deployments
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• Boost hybrid cloud security

  01-02-2022 12:20
  
  Effective hybrid cloud security requires a holistic approach that incorporates people, processes, and technologies. Simply deploying security products is not enough to protect your business. Take the mystery out of cloud-native security and begin your journey today
  In this eBook, you will learn:How to create a security-focused strategy for your open source technologies
  How to implement risk mitigationPlease fill in the short form below to receive a copy of this whitepaper.Name*First LastCompany
  
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• Outdated Business Support Systems Holding Back 5G Enterprise Revenues says MDS Global

  01-02-2022 10:00
  
  Company’s analysis of independent survey reveals barriers to new enterprise service launches Results show nearly one-third of those surveyed are disappointed by 5G returns so far Warrington, United Kingdom | 1 February 2022: MDS Global, a leading provider of business support systems (BSS) to telecoms operators, today published its findings and analysis of the Annual Industry Survey conducted by the Intelligence team at Telecoms.com. Based on 287 responses from telecoms professionals, MDS G
  
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• Fast-Growing Distributor Nuvias Group Joins the Global Technology Distribution Council

  01-02-2022 10:00
  
  The innovative European company serves more than 7,000 partners with leading-edge solutions enabling security, agility and manageability in Hybrid IT and unified communications. Woking, UK - February 1st 2022 - The world’s leading consortium of technology distributors – the Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) – announced today the addition of the Nuvias Group to its membership, furthering its mission to drive channel success and strengthen the value of technology dist
  
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• Have a play with TfL’s property assets map

  01-02-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Ever wondered what land and assets the GLA and TfL own or lease in London? Well, there’s a map on their website.
  Prepare to lose several hours of fascinated scrolling.
  Property Asset Register Public Web Map (c) TfL/Arcgis
  It shows the tube tunnels where TfL owns the stratum below ground, it shows the tube stations, in places in some considerable detail, such as the WW2 shelters under Tottenham Court Road and Camden. Odd little spurs off the tube tunnels tend to be ventilation shafts.
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• Cevian’s existential challenge for Vodafone

  01-02-2022 05:00 via ft.com
  Activist likely to push for more urgency in shaking up FTSE 100 group’s sprawling international portfolio
  
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• VMO2 plans fibre JV to take the fight to BT

  01-02-2022 01:00
  According to reports, Telefonica and Liberty Global have entered into discussions to raise millions of pounds to fund the rollout of fibre across the UK.The new build would seek to connect up to seven million additional homes with fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) technology, with homes targeted in areas outside of VMO2’s core operating areas…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Cosmote fined €9 million for mishandling cyberattack

  01-02-2022 01:00
  Back in September 2020, Greece’s largest mobile operator, Cosmote, was the victim of a cyberattack by an unknown party.  A subsequent investigation revealed that the hacker had used social engineering techniques against one of the operator’s employees via LinkedIn, then used a brute-force method to break into the victim’s account. The malicious actor then used the employee&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• AT&T will spin off WarnerMedia as part of Discovery merger

  01-02-2022 01:00
  In October 2016, AT&T announced that it would purchase Time Warner for $85.4 billion, saying at the time that the deal would generate synergies of $1 billion a year within three years of closing.Since then, however, efforts to combine content and distribution as a single vertically integrated company have yielded underwhelming results…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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