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• Ericsson: suspected Isis payments point to federated failures

  16-02-2022 17:29
  Investors see a potentially massive moral failure that could prompt steep fines
  
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• South London train depot to be covered in solar panels

  16-02-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The roof of South London’s Streatham Hill train depot is being covered in solar panels and will generate a surplus of electricity that can be sold to local businesses.
  The trial project has seen London’s Streatham Hill depot turned into a local source of renewable energy, which if successful, could see Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) extend the energy generation initiative to additional depots across its network.
  Streatham Hill depot (c) GTR
  The solar panels are being installed by an
  
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• Ericsson shares plunge on Iraq corruption admission

  16-02-2022 14:15
  
  Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has been forced to reveal the outcomes of an internal inquiry into the historical conduct of some of its employees in Iraq and investors are running scared.
  “Ericsson has continued to receive detailed media inquiries from Swedish and international news outlets,” opened the announcement. “Their interest pertains to information detailed in a 2019 internal investigation by the company, on conduct in Iraq.” The investigation focused on activities b
  
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• Juniper Networks, Vodafone and Parallel Wireless collaborate on OpenRAN RIC trial

  16-02-2022 14:06
  Juniper Networks has launched a multivendor RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) trial for tenant-aware admission control use cases in Turkey, working with Vodafone and Parallel Wireless.
  The OpenRAN trial is being conducted in Vodafone’s test labs in Turkey. The press release states: ‘The trial is based on an open, software-driven architecture that leverages virtualization to deliver more programmable, automated granular-by-user traffic management.’
  The initial focus is on deliver
  
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• Akamai takes on public cloud giants with $900m Linode deal

  16-02-2022 13:37
  
  CDN and cybersecurity specialist Akamai this week made a grand entrance into the public cloud market.
  The company struck a $900 million deal on Tuesday to acquire US-based Linode, an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider that pitches itself as a developer-friendly alternative to the likes of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Alibaba, among others.
  “Akamai has been a pioneer in the edge computing business for over 20 years, and today we are excited to begin
  
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• Millicom looks for investors in towers and mobile money biz

  16-02-2022 13:34
  
  Millicom has announced plans to spin off its towers business as part of a new strategy that will also see it carve out its mobile money unit and spend billions of dollars on network expansion.
  The Latin American operator presented its latest three-year strategy on Tuesday, geared towards revenue and cash flow growth, as well as debt-reduction. All pretty standard stuff for telecoms operators, as are plans to monetise non-core assets, which in this case includes infrastructure and fintech.
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• Kennington’s 1970s skate park is to be restored

  16-02-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  One of the UK’s oldest skate bowls is to be restored after suffering years of decay and a failed repair a decade ago.
  Kenny, the Kennington Park skate bowl was built in 1978 on the site of some derelict netball courts and was one of the earliest dedicated skate bowls in the UK to still survive. Notable not just for its age, but also because the Radical Banking design was unique to the UK at the time of opening, and was designed by Lorne Edwards based on ideas he got from visiting US skatep
  
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• Facebook announces a meaningless roster of ‘new values’

  16-02-2022 12:55
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has informed his employees they are now called Metamates, that it’s time for a new cultural operating system at Meta, and more miscellaneous corporate dribble.
  An announcement of Facebook/Meta’s fresh set of ‘values’ was apparently initially delivered to Facebook employees at an all hands meeting, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg has published a Facebook post (who does that anymore?) detailing his thoughts to the rest of us.
  “We wrote our current
  
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• Telent and Sure working together to provide ultra-fast connectivity to 170,000 users across the Channel Islands

  16-02-2022 12:06
  
  The network upgrades in Guernsey, Jersey, London and Paris ensure Sure’s future growth Channel Islands, 16 February 2022 – 170,000 homes and businesses across the Channel Islands and Isle of Man will have access to reliable, ultra-fast internet access thanks to the latest collaboration between technology provider Telent and leading telecommunications provider Sure. Sure’s existing 10G core network has also been successfully upgraded to a 100G Juniper core network, helping deliv
  
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• Ericsson says it may have paid Isis terror group in Iraq

  16-02-2022 10:34
  Shares in telecoms group drop after internal probe finds payments were made for transport routes
  
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• Ericsson shares drop after Iraq payments probe finds breach of rules

  16-02-2022 10:19
  Internal investigation from 2019 discovers payments for transport routes to evade local customs
  
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• TEOCO acquires Software Synergy Inc (SSI)

  16-02-2022 10:00
  
  FAIRFAX, VA., USA – 16 February 2022 – TEOCO, the leading provider of analytics, assurance and optimization solutions to over 300 Communication Service Providers (CSPs) worldwide, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Software Synergy, Inc (SSI). Established in 1990, SSI provides automated, intelligent network-wide routing and optimization solutions for the planning and management of CSP networks. The acquisition will bring SSI’s highly configurable Universal
  
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• Ontix Signs Agreement with Sutton Council to Support Pioneering Approach to Boosting Mobile Phone Coverage

  16-02-2022 10:00
  
  London, UK – 16th February, 2022 Ontix, the company delivering Next-Generation Wireless Infrastructure-as-a-Service, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Sutton Council that will enable it to improve the mobile phone coverage across the borough, providing a real boost to residents and local businesses. Building on initial plans to improve digital connectivity within the borough, the Council is keen to let operators such as Ontix use council-owned assets such as lamp posts t
  
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• British Museum’s Stonehenge exhibition is eye-poppingly wonderful

  16-02-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The mysteries of Stonehenge have arrived in London, at an impressive new exhibition at the British Museum
  This is an exhibition called Stonehenge, but isn’t about Stonehenge itself, but far more interestingly, the people and cultures that were able to create Stonehenge, and its eventual demise as a place of importance. Ranging from early fabrics, gold ornaments, the oldest known map of the stars, so many carved stones and so much surviving art, it’s a feast of a display.
  Just as you
  
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• Vodafone, Juniper Networks, and Parallel Wireless plan multivendor RAN Intelligent Controller trial

  16-02-2022 01:00
  Juniper Networks, a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, today announced that it is working with Vodafone and Parallel Wireless, a pioneer in Open RAN solutions, conducting a multivendor RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) trial for tenant-aware admission control use cases. The trial, initially running in Vodafone’s test labs in Turkey and with plans to move into its test infrastructure, supports O-RAN interfaces and addresses the key business challenges faced by mobile operators around per
  
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• Ofcom: 1.1 million UK households struggling to pay for broadband

  16-02-2022 01:00
  The cost of living in the UK is soaring, with inflation rising to a 30-year high of 5.5% and wage increases far from keeping up. In recent weeks, increases to gas bills in particular have caused outrage, with Ofgem announcing it would increase the price cap on default tariffs by 54%, adding more than $600 to average annual household bills.Of course, the UK telecoms industry is not spared this impact of this rising inflation, with various operators announcing they will increase their &lsquo&
  
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• Ofcom: 1.1 million in UK struggling to pay for home broadband

  16-02-2022 01:00
  The cost of living in the UK is soaring, with inflation rising to a 30-year high of 5.5% and wage increases far from keeping up. In recent weeks, increases to gas bills in particular have caused outrage, with Ofgem announcing it would increase the price cap on default tariffs by 54%, adding more than $600 to average annual household bills.Of course, the UK telecoms industry is not spared this impact of this rising inflation, with various operators announcing they will increase their &lsquo&
  
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• Ericsson internal probe reveals firm may have paid-off terrorists in Iraq

  16-02-2022 01:00
  Today, Ericsson CEO Borje Ekholm has revealed to Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri that "unusual expenses dating back to 2018" had been identified and could potentially be linked to paying off terrorist groups in Iraq.According to the company, funds had been paid to intermediaries related to the use of alternative transport routes to avoid Iraqi Customers…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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