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• Vodafone recruits Oracle cloud platform to bolster 5G core

  14-02-2022 18:07
  
  UK operator Vodafone has signed to deal with enterprise tech giant Oracle to implement its cloud native network policy management platform into its 5G core.
  The cloud platform is based on the ability to dynamically prioritise low-latency applications to edge data networks, while optimizing network policies based on data analytics. What this is supposed to do is allow Vodafone to make ‘more intelligent policy decisions’ as well as test and deploy new services more easily, and provide
  
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• Tickets Alert: James Bond and Dune on IMAX at the Science Musem

  14-02-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Next month there will be a chance to see two current major movie hits at the Science Museum in their own IMAX cinema.
  The new Denis Villeneuve directed version of Dune will be shown, as will James Bond: No Time to Die, and both be shown in the rare full-frame 1.43:1 IMAX ratio for a very limited showing in the first week of March.
  To show films in this ratio, the film has to either have been filmed in that aspect on an IMAX film or camera and to also be projected digitally in an IMAX screen equi
  
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• B2B is the new B2C – telecoms can learn so much from retail

  14-02-2022 15:42
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Elsa Chen, Chief Customer Officer at CityFibre, argues the telecoms sector has a lot to learn from retail when it comes to customer service.
  Across the UK, network builders are racing to upgrade the nation’s outdated digital infrastructure in a long overdue bid to meet the UK Government’s ambitions for Gigabit capable network coverage across the coun
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Consolidation, 6G and online safety

  14-02-2022 15:27
  
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Consolidation, 6G and online safety
  
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• Test Suite for O-RAN Specifications

  14-02-2022 15:07
  
  Operators and equipment manufacturers worldwide are adopting O-RAN to reduce the costs of deploying the infrastructure and to lower the barrier to entry for new product innovation. Having the right test and network management strategy can help overcome the challenges that come with the test and integration.Discover in this application note:What is O-RAN and its benefits
  The most common challenges of deploying and managing O-RAN based networks
  Different use cases and instrument and system recomme
  
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• Open RAN Radio Verification

  14-02-2022 15:07
  
  Open RAN sets out to deliver well-defined specifications to the industry with the goal of enabling open RAN based programmable networks consisting of fully disaggregated modular open RAN network functions. These networks are designed to be multi-vendor and interoperable over open interfaces, running on cloud-based virtual systems.
  Why is the VIAVI OneAdvisor 800 the ideal portable test solution to verify and troubleshoot open RAN radios for effective network deployment? Read the Application Note
  
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• Cloud-Accessible Lab-Based Open RAN Solutions

  14-02-2022 15:07
  
  With over 85% of NEMs using VIAVI RANtoCoreTM solutions for gNB development, VIAVI uniquely offers market-leading 5G and Open RAN test solutions for conformance, performance, and interoperability of O-RU, O-CU, O-DU, RIC and Core elements. VIAVI solutions can be deployed in both public and private clouds to enable customers to improve return on investment, utilization, and engineering productivity. Read this brochure to see how to increase development productivity and Return on Investment.Why ov
  
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• Viavi wins Openreach fibre performance monitoring gig

  14-02-2022 14:20
  
  UK fixed line wholesaler Openreach is installing some new kit from Viavi that should enable everyone to see what kinds of speeds its network is serving up.
  US-based Viavi is a major player in the testing and measurement space. It has a product called ‘Fusion’ (part of the even more incongruously-named ‘Nitro’ platform, apparently) that is designed to help with remote performance management. One of the things it claims to enable is and on-demand network speedometer, that r
  
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• Rakuten Symphony wants to play to a larger audience in Europe

  14-02-2022 14:00
  
  Japan-based Rakuten Symphony doesn’t want to play second fiddle in the European OpenRAN market.
  To that end, the company on Monday said it is growing its operations in Europe via new or expanded offices in the UK, Germany and France. It has also packaged-up its Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP) into an app store-style portal called Symworld, offering operators a suite of provisioning, automation, and operations software they can use to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy cloud-native n
  
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• UK fibre broadband bridge gets £125 million

  14-02-2022 13:33
  
  InfraRed Capital Partners has ploughed £125 million into Complete Technology Group, an investment that will help fund the rollout of fibre to three quarters of a million UK homes.
  Well, sort of.
  Complete Technology Group (CTG) is a UK fibre builder that styles itself as the bridge between property owners and telecoms providers. Essentially, its role is to install fibre into multi-occupancy buildings, new builds, social housing and so forth, which can then be hooked up to a wider network by
  
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• European telcos say big tech should help fund network infrastructure (again)

  14-02-2022 13:21
  
  Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Orange have reiterated claims that big tech should help fund network infrastructure development, which they are apparently struggling to get ROI on.
  Heads of some of the biggest European operators have published an open letter in the FT claiming Europe’s telecoms market risks falling behind rivals, and that big tech really needs to help out if continued network infrastructure is going to happen.
  It is jointly signed by José María &Aa
  
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• Passengers evacuated from an Elizabeth line train in test operation

  14-02-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Sunday afternoon saw an Elizabeth line train break down outside Custom House station, and 340 passengers evacuated along the railway tracks, and it was all on purpose. This was part of the Trial Operations, the penultimate stage before the Elizabeth line can open to paying passengers.The mass evacuation tests that are being carried out before Crossrail can transform into the Elizabeth line, will range in scale from a few hundred people to a couple of thousand and can be anything from dealing wit
  
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• Millicom fortifies strategy on unloved Central America with $3bn investment

  14-02-2022 13:00
  Emerging markets-focused telecoms group taps faster growth in region despite political upheaval and poverty
  
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• AltNets encouraged to take part in landmark survey to mark crucial year for the industry

  14-02-2022 12:05
  
  London, UK, 14 February – All parts of the UK broadband sector have been encouraged to participate in a survey assessing the development of the UK’s independent networks, ahead of what is described as a ‘crucial’ year for the future of the country’s digital landscape. The results from last year’s INCA commissioned Point Topic report, ‘Metrics for the UK independent network sector’, showed that as a group the altnets were four times larger than a...
  
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• TfL fares to rise by nearly 5% in two weeks time

  14-02-2022 11:57 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Fares on Transport for London (TfL) services will rise by 4.8 per cent from 1st March 2022, the Mayor of London has announced.
  The details released today show that fares will rise by retail price index inflation plus one per cent, an average of 4.8 per cent, meaning most will increase by either 10p or 20p.
  That fares would rise by 4.8% was known last July, as that’s the inflation rate used when setting fare rises for the following year. What’s been worked on since then is how they wi
  
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• Wire Technologies Appoints Nuvias as Sole Distributor in the UK

  14-02-2022 10:00
  
  Nuvias to distribute Wire Technologies’ enterprise-grade cabling and datacentre accessories to complement business solutions across its vendor portfolio. South Cerney, UK – 14th February 2022 – Wire Technologies, a UK based manufacturer of data transmissions products and components for data centres and other critical IT Networks has given Nuvias Group exclusive distribution rights in the UK. Wire Technologies cabling and enterprise accessories complete and complement Nuvias&rsq
  
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• London’s Alleys: Bear Gardens, SE1

  14-02-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is an alley in Bankside that’s charmingly cobbled, but has a bloody history.As an alley, its path can be traced back to Tudor times, when the riverside was lined with pubs and wharves, and there was an alley leading from The Barge inn to Park Street behind.
  Although unnamed initially, by 1799, it’s showing up on maps as Bear Garden, and that’s not because of a fragrant garden, but a brutal form of entertainment that took place on the southern corner of the alley, the Bear
  
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• Telecoms chiefs urge EU lawmakers to press tech groups on internet investment

  14-02-2022 05:00
  Heads of Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone want big companies to contribute more to infrastructure costs
  
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• Vodafone UK to accelerate new 5G services with Oracle

  14-02-2022 01:00
  Today, Vodafone UK has announced a new partnership with US software giant Oracle, aiming to use the latter’s cloud-native network policy management to support its burgeoning standalone 5G network. The partnership will see Vodafone UK employ Oracle’s 5G Core Policy Control Function (PCF) and Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF)…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Rakuten Symphony expands operations in Europe

  14-02-2022 01:00
  Rakuten Symphony, Inc. today announced the expansion of its operations across the UK, France and Germany. The expansion will allow the company to support the business operations and growth in the European market and collaboration with operators and vendors in the region to support the transformation of mobile network operations and adoption of Open RAN (Radio Access Network) technologies…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Jio partners with SES to take its place in the satellite space race

  14-02-2022 01:00
  Today, Jio Platforms has announced that it will be forming a JV with Luxembourgish satellite company SES, planning to use satellite technology to provide affordable, next-generation broadband services throughout India.The new venture, Jio Space Technology Limited, will be 51% owned by Jio Platforms, with SES owning the remaining 49%. The JV will make use of SES’s geostationary satellite currently serving India, called SES-12, in combination with O3b mPOWER, SES’s medium-Earth o
  
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• Greece and Egypt strengthen relationship through subsea cooperation

  14-02-2022 01:00
  The agreement will see both partners work together to consider future submarine cable routes between Egypt and Greece, as well as how the two companies’ assets can better support each other across their international infrastructure portfolios.  However, as pointed out by a Grid Telecom spokesperson, the partnership is not in reference to any specific submarine cable system but is rather a signal of future intent…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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