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• Ericsson wants to put less energy into 5G from now on

  17-02-2022 19:33
  
  Swedish kit vendor Ericsson got its main MWC announcement out of the way early with a refresh of its 5G RAN portfolio that focuses on energy efficiency.
  The flagship dual-band FDD Radio 4490 apparently consumes 25% less power than the unit it replaces, which is nice, and it’s even a bit lighter too. There’s also a high power version that offers 50% more output than radios Ericsson cares to compare it to, but presumably consumes an equivalent amount more energy. They both still get aw
  
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• Planning today for the networks – and revenue opportunities – of tomorrow

  17-02-2022 16:37
  
  How well operators plan their 5G network rollouts today has a direct impact on profitability in the future, and yet revenue increasingly comes from new, often untested services and business models. There’s no room for waste; the increasing configurability and density of modern networks means that CAPEX allocation must be highly precise, based on accurate predictions of business outcomes like revenue and QoE, and with a level of granularity from the national and regional map view right down
  
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• New student accommodation approved for the Square Mile

  17-02-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A large student housing block with a public viewing roof terrace has been approved to be built next to the Holborn Viaduct, however, it’s being built instead of the green wall wrapped hotel that had been planned on the site.
  Approved scheme (c) Dominvs Group
  The student accommodation development will include 644 student rooms, of which 230 (over 35%) will be affordable, on the first to twelfth floor. The ground and lower ground floors will house cultural and community spaces.
  The developme
  
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• AWS continues to expand on multiple fronts

  17-02-2022 13:56
  
  Amazon will launch new AWS Local Zones into 32 metropolitan areas in 26 countries and has teamed up with Salesforce to create a new streaming platform.
  Alongside announcing the completion of 16 AWS Local Zones in the US, Amazon says it plans to launch new AWS Local Zones in 32 new metropolitan areas in 26 countries around the world. These are essentially edge computing sites that are designed to reduce latency connection to cloud services, among other things.
  “The edge of the cloud is expa
  
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• Orange is still struggling in Spain

  17-02-2022 13:22
  
  French telecoms group Orange hit its targets for the full year but a closer look at the numbers shows it’s still not having an easy ride in its home market, nor in neighbouring Spain.
  Indeed, the company’s financials were – as is so often the case – buoyed by growth in the Middle East and Africa. Group revenues were essentially flat, with growth of 10.6% at the Africa and Middle East business helping to offset a 1.6% decline in France and a smaller fall in the rest of Eur
  
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• Nokia’s Kyndryl partnership could leave telcos out in the cold

  17-02-2022 13:17
  
  Finnish kit maker Nokia and IBM’s former IT infrastructure arm Kyndryl have teamed up to go after the private networking and edge computing markets.
  The two companies on Thursday announced a global deal that brings together Nokia’s Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) – its private cellular networking and edge compute platform – and Kyndryl’s portfolio of consulting, design, implementation and managed services.
  The partners have already made a marquee signing in the form
  
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• Italian operators reportedly beg government for debt relief

  17-02-2022 13:04
  
  Having overbid for 5G spectrum a few years ago, Italian operators are apparently panicking now that the payments to the government are due.
  This is according to Reuters, which got hold of a letter from Italian telecoms lobby group Assotelecomunicazioni (abbreviated, remarkably, to Asstel) to the Italian government. It pleaded with the state to allow a delay of payments, said to be in excess of €4 billion, that are due on winning auction bids later this year.
  Asstel itself doesn’t seem
  
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• DLR extension to Thamesmead raised in Parliament

  17-02-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The issue of the extension of the DLR to Thamesmead was raised in the House of Commons, although no commitments were offered to it being built.
  There is a plan to link the DLR at Beckton on the north side of the Thames with Thamesmead on the south via a new bridge, as doing so will unlock a considerable amount of housing development on both sides of the river.Apart from a study in 2020, there is currently no funding for the DLR extension, which has been costed at around £800 million, for a
  
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• Robin.io Partners with Lekha Wireless and Blue Arcus to accelerate highly scalable custom carrier-grade network solutions

  17-02-2022 11:10
  
  San Jose, California: Feb 17, 2022: Robin.io, a provider of hyper-converged Telco-Grade cloud-native Kubernetes platform, simplifying enterprises and 5G service delivery infrastructure, announces a strategic collaboration to offer Automation and Orchestration capabilities for the disaggregated 5G market. The partnership with Lekha Wireless and Blue Arcus enables IoT, Private/Enterprise Networks, MEC use cases and facilitates Industry 4.0 use cases.With over 70+ U.S. patents in the areas of appli
  
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• Infovista launches Automated SSV solution to accelerate 5G network rollouts

  17-02-2022 11:00
  
  Fast-tracks 5G site validation by integrating network planning and testing data into cloud-based Automated Single Site Verification to improve accuracy Paris, France – February 17th, 2022 – Infovista, the global leader in network lifecycle automation (NLA), today announced Automated Single Site Verification (SSV) to automate 5G cell site validation, saving time and cost for mobile operators deploying and testing new and existing multi-site 5G networks. The new automated 5G network te
  
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• Visit the Royal College of Physicians museum

  17-02-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Next to Regent’s Park is an imposing modernist building, and in its basement, is a large room full of medical instruments that is also open to the public. This is the museum of the Royal College of Physicians and exists thanks to a large donation from a private collection amassed by Cecil Symons in the 1990s.The modernist building it is in was built in 1962 to a design by Sir Denis Lasdun, but originally without a dedicated museum. That was added in 1998, to a design also by Lasdun, after
  
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• Tech sovereignty debate takes the to the stars with €6bn EU satellite plan

  17-02-2022 01:00
  The notion of technological sovereignty has become an incredibly hot topic for political leaders around the world in recent years. From 5G networks to semiconductor chips, it is becoming increasingly apparent to world leaders that the major technologies at the heart of their economies are heavily reliant on companies and supply chains beyond their influence, leading to renewed efforts to develop their domestic tech industry. Indeed, this appears to be the main driving force behind plans ta
  
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• IBM spin off Kyndryl partners with Nokia to target enterprise market

  17-02-2022 01:00
  Kyndryl and Nokia today announced a global network and edge computing alliance aimed at helping enterprise customers accelerate their digital transformations with industrial-grade reliable and secure LTE and 5G private wireless networking.   The partnership builds on a successful private wireless connectivity project that yielded an innovative solution combining Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) application platform with Kyndryl’s consult, design implementation and manag
  
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• CityFibre and BAI team up for private 5G in Sunderland

  17-02-2022 01:00
  Back in October 2021, Sunderland City Council awarded BAI Communications a 20-year contract to build and operate a private 5G small cell network, aiming to turn the city into one of the most advanced smart cities in the country. The network, which will operate under a neutral host model, is expected to be completed by the summer of 2022.&nbsp…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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