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• Free booklet about the Elizabeth line

  23-02-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  People who were invited to help run the mass evacuation tests on the Elizabeth line were handed a free booklet about the railway, and now anyone can download a copy for themselves.
  The booklet offers a look at each of the ten new stations, improvements to surface stations and how the Elizabeth line will be operated and maintained. It tells a short history of the project, outlines the opening schedule for the different phases and the upgrades at National Rail stations.
  It’s a promotional do
  
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• Ofcom wants to crackdown on scam calls and texts

  23-02-2022 13:17
  
  UK communications regulator Ofcom has proposed new regulation to stop scammers using fake phone numbers and making ‘spoof calls’.
  Ofcom wants to introduce strengthened rules to fight number spoofing – calls which imitate the phone numbers of actual companies or organisations – and to stop scammers having access to their own phone numbers to perform other types of swindling.
  As part of the new rules operators would be expected to block numbers that are spoofed. Apparently
  
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• Luxury cars to fill the RAF Museum

  23-02-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you’re an auction house needing to show off a load of luxury cars, why not put them in a museum for a few days?
  That’s what Silverstone Auctions will be doing for a few days next month, so the RAF Museum’s huge hangers full of military planes and helicopters will be joined by a load of expensive cars — for us to look at and others with deeper pockets to buy.Some years ago, Bonhams used to do something similar, and it’s usually a very good way of getting to see a
  
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• DT chosen to help create global heath passport

  23-02-2022 13:00
  
  Among the many precedents set by the Covid pandemic is the requirement to be vaccinated before you’re allowed to travel and that’s set to become a global standard.
  The World Heath Organization, which had such a great pandemic, wants to ‘facilitate’ its 194 member states to introduce digital vaccination certificates. To do so it’s setting up a ‘gateway’ to standardize the issuing of QR codes that confer privileged health status to their owner. Deutsche Te
  
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• DT chosen to help create global health passport

  23-02-2022 13:00
  
  Among the many precedents set by the Covid pandemic is the requirement to be vaccinated before you’re allowed to travel and that’s set to become a global standard.
  The World Heath Organization, which had such a great pandemic, wants to ‘facilitate’ its 194 member states to introduce digital vaccination certificates. To do so it’s setting up a ‘gateway’ to standardize the issuing of QR codes that confer privileged health status to their owner. Deutsche Te
  
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• TfL dropping the requirement to wear face masks from Thursday

  23-02-2022 12:33 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) has announced that wearing face coverings will no longer be a condition of carriage from Thursday 24th February but customers and staff will be strongly recommended to wear them if they are able to.
  TfL says that in making the decision, it considered a variety of factors including the shift in the Government’s approach towards living with the virus and decreasing infection rates in London.
  However, TfL will still be encouraging customers to wear face coverings on
  
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• TIM is reportedly going to decide on KKR bid by mid-March

  23-02-2022 12:06
  
  A special committee within the artist formerly known as Telecoms Italia is expected to make a call on the KKR takeover bid by mid-March, a source has told Reuters.
  Reuters reports that a ‘source close to the matter’ has claimed a special committee within TIM is expected to give its verdict on the KKR bid by mid-March, once investors and markets have had a chance to discuss an alternative plan put forward by new chief exec Pietro Labriola.
  TIM’s board of directors charged Labrio
  
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• AccelerComm to Demonstrate O-RAN Compliant 5G Physical Layer IP at MWC Barcelona

  23-02-2022 11:31
  
  Company to showcase three use cases of Global Mobile Award-shortlisted technology London, UK – February 23rd 2022 - AccelerComm, the company supercharging 5G with a complete physical layer solution which increases spectral efficiency and reduces latency, today announced that it will be demonstrating three key advantages of its technology live at MWC Barcelona 2022. AccelerComm’s 5G Physical Layer IP technology is also shortlisted for a GSMA’s Global Mobile (GLOMO) Award in the
  
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• Wireless Logic Extends International Reach with Major US Partnerships

  23-02-2022 11:23
  
  Recognised industry leader announces new partnerships that enable customers to localise through major cellular networks in the US LONDON, 23 February 2022 – Wireless Logic Group, Europe’s leading IoT connectivity platform provider has recently expanded its global offering by partnering with three major MNOs in the US. Wireless Logic simplifies and automates IoT connectivity, offering a single platform to securely manage connected assets across any network and number of deployments. F
  
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• Cineworld and Picturhouse cinemas offering films for £3

  23-02-2022 10:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This coming Saturday (26th February), all Cineworld and Picturehouse cinemas are offering all film screenings for £3 all day long.
  For 1 day only, all films, all formats for £3.
  That includes Cineworld’s IMAX, 4DX cinema, ScreenX, Superscreen with Dolby Atmos sound — and conventional cinema screens. The Picturehouse chain will also be participating, as they’re owned by Cineworld.
  Note, there’s an online booking fee for non-members of 70p for Picturehouse cinem
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: St Paul’s Cathedral Chapter House, EC4

  23-02-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Easy to overlook on a visit to the Cathedral, but there’s a small garden that is laid out to match the site of the medieval cathedral’s Chapter House and Cloister.As you walk around you’ll notice the grass lawn is raised up on a bed surrounded by a strange-looking stone wall, and this replicates the inner wall of the Cloister that ran around the outside of a square lawn. So as you walk around on the paving, you’re walking the same path trod by medieval monks for centuries
  
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• WHO taps T-Systems to build a global Covid vaccine app

  23-02-2022 01:00
  The WHO is setting up a gateway for this purpose. It enables QR codes on electronic vaccination certificates to be checked across national borders. It is intended to serve as a standard procedure for other vaccinations such as polio or yellow fever after COVID-19. The WHO has selected T-Systems as an industry partner to develop the vaccination validation services.Garrett Mehl, Unit Head, WHO Department of Digital Health and Innovation…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Verizon partners with Audi for 5G vehicles

  23-02-2022 01:00
  This week, Audi of America and Verizon have announced a new partnership, aiming to use Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband connectivity within Audi vehicles to enable augmented mobile services and new driving-assistance features, paving the way for the automated vehicles of the future.According to Verizon, embedding 5G connectivity capabilities within the vehicles should allow for a variety of novel and improved services for customers…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• TIM considering offloading INWIT stake to Ardian

  23-02-2022 01:00
  At the end of January, TIM announced that it had appointed previous head of Tim Brasil, Pietro Labriola, as its new CEO, replacing the outgoing Luigi Gubitosi who stepped down late last year.  With struggling financials and facing a €10.8 billion takeover offer from KKR…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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