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• Housing development next to planned Overground station gets approved

  07-02-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A large housing development next to a proposed London Overground station has been given the go-ahead by  Lewisham council.
  New Bermondsey (c) Renewal
  The development, New Bermondsey, will see a cluster of residential towers built around the Millwall football ground on former light industrial sites, and will provide some 3,500 homes, a new sports facility, auditorium with 800 seats, and it’s said some 1,250 jobs. The towers vary in height across the site from 13 – 44 storeys; mos
  
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• Macquarie reportedly looking to drop £10 billion into UK infrastructure

  07-02-2022 17:45
  
  Australian bank Macquarie is reportedly in talks with downing street to invest £10 billion into UK energy and digital infrastructure projects.
  According to a report on Sky News this was due to be announced during a state visit to Australia by the prime minister Boris Johnson, which had been tentatively scheduled for the middle of this month, which has been postponed due to the current heat in downing street, but is expected to be rearranged.
  As well as renewable energy investments, the hug
  
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• Haggerston’s derelict swimming baths building to be restored

  07-02-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A swimming pool in Haggerston that’s been derelict for the past couple of decades is to be restored to public use again, although as a community centre and offices.
  Current condition – sourced from the planning application
  Built in 1904 at a cost of £60,000, the Haggerston Baths is a classic community building of the era, richly decorated frontage in the mix of brick and stone in the Queen Anne style that was frequently used for municipal buildings of the era. Inside, the swimm
  
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• Embracing government incentives: How can telcos innovate beyond the bare minimum?

  07-02-2022 14:42
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Sara Rasmussen, Chief Commercial Officer at Telness Tech, takes a look at some of the government help on offer to UK telcos.
  The UK government has shown time and again just how much it values the telecoms sector. Every Budget and Spending Review, new measures are announced to improve the UK’s digital infrastructure – and for a good reason. Connectivi
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Nokia, X2 and Big Tech

  07-02-2022 14:10
  
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Nokia, X2 and Big Tech
  
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• Australian court throws out Facebook claim that it doesn’t do business there

  07-02-2022 13:57
  
  An Australian court has rejected an appeal by Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, allowing court action to proceed.
  In March 2021 the Australian Information Commissioner sued Facebook for disclosing the personal information of 311,127 Australian users to Cambridge Analytica via the This is Your Digital Life app, and claimed it had misled users as to how their data was being used. This was all wrapped up in the wider Cambridge Analytica scandal in which it was claimed data was bei
  
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• Bharti Airtel plots subsidiary spending spree totalling $16bn

  07-02-2022 13:41
  
  India’s Bharti Airtel has divulged plans to spend more than a trillion rupees doing business with its group companies over the next five years.
  By far the largest single chunk of change – some INR880 billion ($11.78 billion) – will go to its Indus Towers joint venture, for the availing of passive infrastructure and related services ahead of the launch (at some point further down the road) of 5G services. Airtel said it will spend INR170 billion per year for the next four years,
  
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• Bharti Airtel plots $16 billion subsidiary spending spree

  07-02-2022 13:41
  
  India’s Bharti Airtel has divulged plans to spend more than a trillion rupees doing business with its group companies over the next five years.
  By far the largest single chunk of change – some INR880 billion ($11.78 billion) – will go to its Indus Towers joint venture, for the availing of passive infrastructure and related services ahead of the launch (at some point further down the road) of 5G services. Airtel said it will spend INR170 billion per year for the next four years,
  
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• US telcos ask for $5.6 billion to replace Huawei, ZTE kit

  07-02-2022 13:27
  
  Telecoms operators in the US have submitted applications for funding to replace network equipment from Chinese vendors to the tune of $5.6 billion.
  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), whose Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program (SCRP) was open for applications between late October and 28 January, revealed it has received a total of 181 submissions. The scheme, known more informally as the ‘Rip and Replace’ programme, was set up after Huawei and ZTE
  
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• UK government seeks to significantly expand digital thoughtcrime laws

  07-02-2022 13:22
  
  The UK Online Safety bill is seeking to criminalise a whole new raft of online activity and force platforms to censor more.
  A press release issued by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is paradoxically headlined ‘Online safety law to be strengthened to stamp out illegal content’. Either content is illegal or it isn’t, but the headline implies the law needs to be changed to allow already illegal content to be ‘stamped out’ (whatever that means). It
  
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• Approval for flats to be built on Cockfosters station car park

  07-02-2022 10:41 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Plans to build houses on the car park next to Cockfosters station at the end of the Piccadilly line have been approved by Enfield Council after the plans were modified to retain some of the car parking space. The previous scheme, a joint venture between Grainger and TfL, had seen the entire car park built upon to provide homes for rent, but there was strong local opposition to removing the car parking spaces and the size of the buildings.
  The revised scheme retains 35 of the 336 parking spaces.
  
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• London’s Alleys: St Dunstan’s Court, EC4

  07-02-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a small alley and courtyard off Fleet Street probably more noticed today for the game of Space Invaders in the pavement.The alley probably first shows up in the 1600s as the previous row of Tudor houses facing Fleet Street with fields behind started to be developed. A cluster of unnamed alleys shows up in the area on the Ogilby and Morgan map of 1676.
  The alley shows up as Swan Yard in the William Morgan map of 1682, and may have acquired the name of Dunstans Court by the time it shows u
  
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• 5G and Connectivity

  07-02-2022 05:32
  
  Fifth-generation networks offer higher data speeds and cut delays — to give almost instantaneous response, promising new opportunities and applications for business and consumers. So why has 5G been slow to make an impression on everyday life, and what can we expect next?
  
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• The search for 5G’s ‘killer apps’

  07-02-2022 05:30
  
  What might the fifth-generation network eventually offer that its predecessors could not?
  
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• ‘Open RAN’ telecoms trials aim to reshape mobile market

  07-02-2022 05:30
  
  Standard could open up competition in network technology and improve rural coverage
  
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• Industry turns to private 5G to speed digital change

  07-02-2022 05:30
  
  Some companies are creating their own networks to power the ‘Internet of Things’
  
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• Holographic David Attenborough points the way for 5G connectivity

  07-02-2022 05:30
  
  A Green Planet ‘experience’ aims to demonstrate the technology’s unfulfilled promise
  
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• China, US and Europe vie to set 5G standards

  07-02-2022 05:30
  
  Security concerns and future competitive advantage are shaping the landscape
  
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• Beyond 5G: what would 6G look like — and do we need it?

  07-02-2022 05:30
  
  The ‘Internet of the Senses’ and a ‘cyber-physical continuum’ are on engineers’ horizon
  
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• OneWeb founder plans to launch 100,000 satellites in space comeback

  07-02-2022 05:00
  Greg Wyler says E-Space’s vast ‘mesh’ network will clean up debris and bring it back to earth
  
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• The price of change: US telcos want $5.6 billion to replace Huawei and ZTE

  07-02-2022 01:00
  Just how expensive is it to replace mobile network equipment? This is a question that has been a cause of great concern for various operators and governments in recent years, especially with regards to Huawei, ZTE and others that some authorities have designated as threats to national security. In the UK, for example, when discussions around potentially banning Huawei from UK mobile networks were in full flow in 2020, BT suggested that reducing their reliance on Huawei equipment to just 35
  
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• Samsung set to support Vodafone's business.connected SME initiative

  07-02-2022 01:00
  business.connected – an initiative from Vodafone and Enterprise Nation providing free expert training and resources to help enhance the digital capabilities of Britain’s SME businesses – has received a huge boost with the news that global consumer technology leader Samsung Electronics UK will be joining the initiative as an ‘Exclusive Smartphone Partner’.From today, SMEs will be able to access a new range of free digital training courses, covering everything from o
  
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• KT signs up for new APAC submarine cable

  07-02-2022 01:00
  Today, KT has announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with real estate consulting firm Savills to build a new submarine cable system for the Asia Pacific region.Savill’s will reportedly conduct asset management duties…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• G.Network launches Essential Fibre tariff to tackle London’s digital divide

  07-02-2022 01:00
  The ‘Essential Fibre’ tariff will be available on a one-year contract costing customers £15 per month and no charge for the connection. The tariff will be available to Londoners who are receiving certain levels of Income Support…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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