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• Book a day-trip by steam train in 2022

  25-02-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The golden age of travel still exists in the UK, with heritage railway tours offering luxurious seating, top food and plenty to drink on a range of tours by steam train. While it’s fun to watch a steam train rushing past, but they can only do so if people are on board, so why not be one of those people in 2022? Be one of the people inside the train waving back as excited bystanders wave at you.
  Prices start from £40 for a trip to Windsor, through to slightly eye-watering prices for t
  
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• Network Performance Score (NPS)

  25-02-2022 18:02
  
  The Network Performance Score (NPS)…is an ETSI-ratified methodology
  characterizes overall network performance in a single, transparent and – QoE-centric metric
  compares the quality of mobile networks within a market and globally for the purposes of benchmarking and optimization campaigns.Download this white paper to learn how the NPS integrates voice and data KPIs to calculate an overall network score and deliver improvement recommendations.
  The white paper also describes how Rohde
  
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• Discounts on Neil Gaiman’s “The Ocean at the End of the Lane”

  25-02-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The stage adaptation of The Ocean at the End of the Lane has transferred to the West End’s Duke of York’s Theatre, and there is a limited time offer on tickets to see the show.“Returning to his childhood home, a man finds himself standing beside the pond of the old Sussex farmhouse where he used to play. He’s transported to his 12th birthday when his friend Lettie claimed it wasn’t a pond, but an ocean… Plunged into a magical world, their survival depends on
  
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• How 5G supports a new era of location technology

  25-02-2022 15:22
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Ed Chao, CEO of Polte, explores the impact of 5G on the location sector.
  According to Fortune, the global 5G infrastructure market is projected to grow from US $1.25 billion in 2019 to US $80.06 billion by 2027, exhibiting a CAGR of 71% during the forecast period.
  Liberalization of and investment in spectrum, increasing demand for connectivity, growth of In
  
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• Bharti Airtel to purchase a 4.7% stake in Indus Towers

  25-02-2022 14:41
  
  Indian MNO Bharti Airtel has said it will snap up a 4.7 stake in cell tower firm Indus Towers from Vodafone Idea.
  How much Bharti Airtel will pay for the stake was not disclosed, instead the release stated: “The said acquisition purchase would be at an attractive price representing a significant discount typically available for such large block transactions.”
  The release goes on to say: “The telecom market structure has started to stabilise on account of the efforts of the Gove
  
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• UK government surprises with sensible approach to anonymous trolls

  25-02-2022 14:07
  The DCMS wants to add two more things to its odious Online Safety Bill but, for once, these seem sensible and proportionate.
  When we read the headline to the announcement – ‘New plans to protect people from anonymous trolls online’ – we feared the worst, probably involving a clumsy, heavy-handed attempt to ban online anonymity. So imagine our pleasant surprise when we saw that, instead, the government just wants to compel platforms to give their users greater blocking pow
  
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• Tours of a restored neo-gothic church – St Mary Magdalene Paddington

  25-02-2022 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A neo-gothic church with a remarkable ceiling that was falling into ruin, and was recently restored is now open for regular tours.
  St Mary Magdalene, Paddington, is a Grade I listed church built in 1867/72 to a design by the architect of the Royal Courts of Justice, George Edmund Street, and is considered to be his masterpiece of church architecture.
  It was funded by Fr Richard Temple West, at the time a Curate at All Saints Margaret Street in central London, and he was not just personally wealt
  
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• Ericsson, Telefonica and Samsung want to make phone calls interactive with 5G

  25-02-2022 13:42
  
  Kit vendor Ericsson, MNO Telefonica and tech giant Samsung have collaborated on a proof of concept project which apparently allows more ‘remote interaction’ on phone calls through 5G.
  The release describes an interactive phone call as an ‘addition of real-time, remote interaction between people and things, through a regular mobile phone call’ – which broadly seems to mean phone calls that are more than just about voice.
  This apparently can involve things like screen
  
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• TfL secures short-term funding deal from the government

  25-02-2022 13:03 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) has secured another short-term funding agreement with the government that will run for the next four months, until 24th June 2022.
  This, the fourth funding package offered by the government, will contribute towards TfL’s revenue loss due to reduced passenger numbers using TfL services as a result of the pandemic. As part of the agreement, TfL will receive special grant of £200 million, paid in three instalments from the end of April, and the Government will
  
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• Cellnex and BT sign new multi-decade partnership

  25-02-2022 12:09
  
  Spanish infrastructure specialist Cellnex and UK telecoms group BT have extended their current MSSA (Master Site Services Agreement) with a new multi-decade deal.
  The original deal was signed in 2020 for ten years. As part of the arrangement BT can apparently extend the MSSA on an ‘all or nothing basis’ for additional renewal periods.
  “This agreement provides long-term certainty, on enhanced terms, for a critical piece of EE’s infrastructure,” said Howard Watson, CT
  
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• Robin.io to Accelerate 5G and Edge deployment and management at MWC#2022

  25-02-2022 10:41
  
  Meet Robin.io at Booth #2E41 in Hall 2, Fira Barcelona Gran Via, February 28 to March 03, 2022 Robin.io will showcase live demonstrations on industry-leading use cases to accelerate, Orchestrate, Automate and Operate ORAN, CORE and EDGE at the booth. Robin.io has created and is showcasing high-performing automated solutions that accelerate the path to cloud-native for 5G and Edge Network Service delivery. San Jose, California: February 25, 2022: Robin.io, the world’s leading provider of Cl
  
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• YouFibre makes it north of the border

  25-02-2022 01:00
  Having recently announced its 5,000th customer, the three year old affordable ultrafast internet provider, YouFibre, has crossed the border into Scotland for the first time.
  The first customer connected is in East Kilbride where they will be able to benefit from internet speeds of up to 10 Gbps compared to the UK average of 79…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ericsson, Telefónica, and Samsung showcase 5G interactive calling

  25-02-2022 01:00
  Ericsson, together with Telefónica and Samsung, have achieved a PoC project for 5G interactive calling, built on the IMS data channel standard and using Ericsson Cloud IMS  network capabilities. Telefónica led the definition of services with Samsung implementing the technology natively in its Galaxy S21 series.This capability enables the addition of real-time, remote interaction between people and things, through a regular mobile phone call. With this new 3GPP-based technolog
  
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• Deutsche Telekom agrees to give 1&1 access to its FTTH network

  25-02-2022 01:00
  Around a year ago, 1&1 signed an agreement with Deutsche Telekom (DT), allowing its affiliate 1&1 Versatel to use DT’s FTTH and VDSL networks for the next 10 years. Included within the contract was a clause allowing for the expansion of this agreement to allow 1&1 to directly market its FTTH products in future when such services were ready…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 64 countries now have NB-IoT networks deployed

  25-02-2022 01:00
  The latest announcement from the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) demonstrates the ongoing growth of NB-IoT networks, the technology that provides improved indoor and outdoor coverage and supports massive numbers of low throughput IoT devices…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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