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• London’s ceremonial gun salutes during 2022

  04-02-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Ceremonial military guns will go bang bang several times in London during 2022, at the Tower of London and in the Royal Parks.
  The number of rounds fired in a Royal salute depends on the place and occasion.
  The basic Royal salute is 21 rounds. In Hyde Park and Green Park, an extra 20 rounds are added because they are Royal Parks. Gun salutes in the Royal Parks usually take place at Noon. Preceding it, the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery will parade their 71 horses and six First World Wa
  
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• TfL gets another extension to its government funding deal

  04-02-2022 18:44 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London’s (TfL) funding deal with the government was due to run out tonight, but they’ve just announced another extension of the finding package until Friday 18th February 2022.
  Another two weeks of negotiations.
  A Transport for London (TfL) spokesperson said: “We continue to discuss our funding requirements with the Government. There is no UK recovery from the pandemic without a London recovery and there is no London recovery without a properly funded transport ne
  
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• Video: Developing an ecosystem for vRAN

  04-02-2022 17:18
  
  Moving to a virtual RAN solution can help mobile operators prepare for future innovation and growth. This will allow them to:Smoothly develop new applications and services
  Leverage third-party cloud-native applications
  Upgrade and scale to meet their increasing user demandBut what is the market opportunity for vRAN, and how exactly should telcos proceed? Find out from Red Hat Senior Director of Red Hat Ecosystems, Gary Ashworth. Please fill in the short form below to view this video.Name*First L
  
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• Guinness setting up a Covent Garden brewery

  04-02-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A cluster of old buildings in Covent Garden are to become a new home for Guinness, with a microbrewery and education centre.
  The £73 million ‘Guinness at Old Brewer’s Yard’ venue will create up to 150 jobs, with a microbrewery that will produce limited-edition beers and offer tours of the brewery.
  There’s also likely to be a roof-top restaurant, subject to planning permission, along with the usual expectations of a shop and regular events being hosted at the site.
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• Amazon looks increasingly propped up by cloud services

  04-02-2022 13:36
  
  Internet giant Amazon posted a mixed set of Q4 results, but its cloud division AWS clocked 40% growth.
  Amazon’s Q4 revenue came in at $137 billion, which was up 9% year on year, while net income was $14.3 billion, up 98%. However operating income decreased to $3.5 billion in the fourth quarter, compared with $6.9 billion in the previous year. Revenue in general was apparently lower than expected but there is still enough investor confidence as shares rose by as much as 17%, according to In
  
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• Data centre spending to increase 61% by 2026 – Dell’Oro

  04-02-2022 13:01
  
  Hyperscalers, with their insatiable appetite for putting everything into the cloud, are expected to drive global data centre spending to new highs.
  This is according to a forecast published by analyst firm Dell’Oro, which predicts that data centre capex will hit $350 billion by 2026. In response to questions from Telecoms.com, Dell’Oro guided that 2021 capex is $218 billion, with 4Q21 data still at the ‘estimated’ stage. It also noted that its data centre capex forecasts
  
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• Cheap tickets to Les Mis and Phantom of the Opera

  04-02-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There’s a flash sale on tickets to two of the big blockbuster musicals this weekend, with big savings on Phantom and Les Mis shows.Phantom of the Opera
  Phantom of the Opera tickets remain some of the most popular in London after more than 30 years. The soaring music of this classic production has made it a mainstay of the West End for decades.
  You can save up to £46 on selected tickets, valid for Monday-Friday evening performances until 31st March 2022.
  Typical discounts see seats th
  
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• T-Mobile US buoyant but merger costs hit profits

  04-02-2022 12:41
  
  T-Mobile US’s net income almost halved in the fourth quarter of last year but you could be forgiven for missing that metric amidst the hype of its overall results announcement.
  Chief executive Mike Sievert (pictured) declared that the US mobile operator turned in “strongest year ever” in 2021, and many of its headline numbers seem to back up that statement.
  “We didn’t just meet the bold goals we set for 2021 around customer growth, profitability, merger synergies an
  
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• US inches closer to breaking the mobile app store duopoly

  04-02-2022 12:09
  
  A piece of legislation that seeks to limit the amount of control Apple and Google have over their app stores has been approved by the US Senate Judiciary Committee.
  Right now the two platform owners have almost complete control over the apps offered through their app stores, including the nature of customer billing relationships. High profile cases such as Apple vs Epic have brought this issue to the foreground, and to the attention of US lawmakers at a time when trust-busting Big Tech is very f
  
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• Tube strike announced for the London Underground

  04-02-2022 09:52 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The RMT union has announced a tube strike for two dates at the beginning of next month in a dispute over jobs and pensions.
  The RMT says that it will be taking strike action next month over “LU’s continuing refusal to give assurances on jobs, pensions and working conditions in the midst of an on-going financial crisis driven by central Government”
  The RMT strike covers all staff who are members of the RMT, so that’s drivers and station staff, which could lead to stations
  
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• Verizon and Caltech team up to explore 5G drones in bad weather

  04-02-2022 01:00
  This week, Verizon has announced 5G Ultra Wideband partnerships with a pair of US universities, aiming to use the network to help explore drone flight alongside the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Industry 4.0 advancements with Pennsylvania State University.At CAST, the operator said it would use the 5G deployment to explore how the low latency, high speeds, and massive capacity of 5G can be used to help reduce drones&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telenor Sweden launches 5G-ready FWA

  04-02-2022 01:00
  Telenor Sweden first launched FWA services back in 2011, running over the company’s 4G network. Now, it has relaunched the service, with homeowners and small businesses being targeted for the new ‘5G-ready’ version of the technology. FWA, which uses wireless connectivity to provide homes or businesses with broadband services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Next G Alliance outlines 'audacious' 6G targets for the US

  04-02-2022 01:00
  The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)'s Next G Alliance today announced publication of the Roadmap to 6G. The Roadmap offers a timeline to promote coordinated R&D, market-readiness and adoption strategies for 6G technologies with the goal of creating a vibrant marketplace for North American 6G innovation. It describes social and economic, technology, spectrum, applications and sustainability opportunities in creating North American 6G leadership and recommends g
  
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• Cisco releases raft of new tech to facilitate work from home

  04-02-2022 01:00
  Businesses of all sizes are adjusting to the major digital transitions that have reshaped IT plans and operations over the past two years, spanning hybrid cloud to connect private and public clouds, AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) for the adoption of IoT, and hybrid work to connect everyone and everything securely. Hybrid work success is not simply the ability to support a remote workforce. It is the ability to adapt to change as it happens. It is all powered by reliable,
  
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