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• Orange details 2G and 3G termination plans

  28-02-2022 19:42
  
  Laurent Leboucher, SVP of Orange Innovation, spoke to Telecoms.com at MWC 2022 about the shut off its of legacy networks and the deal with Ericsson and Nokia to build out its 5G core.
  Orange made two big announcements at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today – firstly that it will be shutting off its 2G and 3G networks in all territories by 2030, and secondly that it has signed a deal with Ericsson, Nokia and Oracle to facilitate its 5G standalone rollout.
  We caught up with Orange at MW
  
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• Rakuten Symphony agrees to acquire leading US-based cloud technology company Robin.io to deliver highly integrated telco-cloud for mobile

  28-02-2022 17:32
  
  Focused on reliable high performance, cost efficiency, multi-domain automation Delivering on today’s mobile operator needs in the simplest way and preparing for the next generation of 5G and Enterprise cloud-native deployments & operations Partha Seetala to lead Rakuten Symphony’s Unified Cloud business unit Tokyo, Japan and San Jose, California, February 28, 2022 – Rakuten Symphony, Inc. today announced an agreement to acquire leading Silicon Valley-based cloud technology
  
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• Ericsson doubles down on green messaging at MWC

  28-02-2022 16:05
  
  Following its announcement last week of a new suite of 5G RAN products, Ericsson emphasised its environmental ambitions above all else at Mobile World Congress 2022.
  The Swedish kit vendor made its major MWC announcement prior to the show, which was a refresh of its 5G RAN portfolio with an emphasis on energy efficiency. The flagship dual-band FDD Radio 4490 is lighter and apparently consumes 25% less power than the unit it replaces, while Ericsson says its higher power version offers 50% more o
  
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• Upgrade to reduce congestion at London Bridge tube station

  28-02-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Borough High Street entrance to the London Underground could get an upgrade to reduce the amount of crowding on the high street, under plans being discussed with a property developer.The Borough High Street access to the Jubilee and Northern lines currently has two exits, a street-level set of steps on the western side of the high street, and a larger escalator entrance on the eastern side. It’s this eastern entrance where congestion is a problem and that TfL is looking at improving. T
  
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• Speedcast Announces Successful Closing of New $350 Million Debt Financing

  28-02-2022 16:00
  
  Debt investment led by PSP Investments provides additional capital for further growth and innovation Houston, Texas — February 28, 2022 — Speedcast, a leading communications and IT services provider, today announced that the company successfully closed on a new $350 million USD Credit Facility. PSP Investments Credit USA LLC (“PSP Investments”) led the transaction, which was comprised of a $300 million Term Loan B and a $50 million Priority Revolving Credit Facility, both
  
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• Big vendors share the spoils as Orange names 5G SA suppliers

  28-02-2022 14:48
  
  Orange has named the companies that will provide the kit for its standalone 5G networks in Europe and it is going with the big traditional telco vendors.
  At a time when telcos are increasingly turning to smaller players and those from the IT space for their networking needs, Orange has chosen to split its 5G standalone rollout between Ericsson and Nokia, with Oracle picking up its 5G core signalling and routing.
  Specifically, Ericsson will supply Orange’s 5G SA core network in Belgium, Lux
  
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• Nokia kicks off MWC with commercial 5G edge slicing trials

  28-02-2022 14:40
  
  Finnish kit vendor Nokia has hit the ground running at this year’s Mobile World Congress, announcing commercial 5G edge slicing trials with Cellcom and Telia.
  The trial with Israeli telco Cellcom focuses on network slices tailored for business applications and customer experience, as well as enterprise interconnectivity over a high-speed metro network. Telia meanwhile has partnered with mining kit maker Sandvik to assess how different 5G edge slicing functions operate with different equipm
  
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• Mavenir partners with Qualcomm to bolster OpenRAN offering

  28-02-2022 14:30
  
  A new deal will see US network software provider Mavenir and mobile chip giant Qualcomm collaborate on new OpenRAN solutions.
  Specifically the new deal allows Mavenir to expand its OpenRAN portfolio of mmWave and Massive MIMO 5G Radio Units with 64T64R capabilities to 8T8R radios. The firm also plans to develop vDU RAN software based on the Qualcomm X100 5G RAN Accelerator Card.
  The firms say their aim is to ‘proliferate Open RAN globally’, and the new solutions are expected to be av
  
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• Passenger hand signalling at end of line as Telent installs new request to stop technology

  28-02-2022 13:01
  
  Warwick, U.K., February 28, 2022 – Passengers at remote rail stations on the Far North Line in Scotland will soon wave goodbye to years of hand-signalling train drivers if they wish to board the train. A new ‘request to stop’ system is being deployed by critical infrastructure firm Telent at Altnabreac, Culrain, Dunrobin Castle, Invershin, Kinbrace, Kildonan, Rogart, and Scotscalder stations. Trains on the line currently operate on a request to stop basis – meaning...Sour
  
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• Commuters urged to avoid the tube this week due to tube strike

  28-02-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A tube strike that could knock out much of the London Underground for much of this week will start tomorrow (Tuesday 1st March) unless called off at the last minute.
  Although the strike, involving just over 10,000 RMT staff is scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday, its effects are expected to still be felt on the Wednesday and Friday mornings as well, meaning, effectively four days of disruptions for commuters.TfL and the RMT have held talks at the conciliation service ACAS twice in the last two we
  
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• Elisa gets further into bed with Google Cloud

  28-02-2022 10:00
  
  Finnish telco Elisa has brought in hyperscaler Google Cloud to build out new public cloud facilitated services.
  As part of the deal Elisa will tap into Google Cloud’s infrastructure, storage, data analytics, and hybrid cloud management services in order to provide new AI tools, edge computing projects, and cloud-based network assurance and automation functionalities.
  It’s an extension of an existing partnership – last year Elisa teamed up with Google Cloud to build out more tha
  
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• London’s Alleys: Counter Court, SE1

  28-02-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This very shabby dirt ridden little alley near London Bridge is a legacy of judicial power, being named after an early prison on the same location.The prison was called the Borough Compter, a small prison controlled by a sheriff, mainly used to house debtors and religious dissenters. The name of the alley, Counter Court is a variation on Compter Court.
  The first court was built from the converted St Margaret’s church that stood on the site, with the ground floor converted into the holding
  
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• Meta’s subsea investments to contribute $500bn to APAC & European economies

  28-02-2022 01:00
  In a bid to prove the commercial value of investment in subsea infrastructure, Meta has commissioned two studies by Analysys Mason and RTI International to explore the economic impact of their investments in APAC and Europe…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Hyperoptic targets two million premises

  28-02-2022 01:00
  The 2021 Broadband Provider of the Year (Connected Britain Awards), Hyperoptic, has announced thatits fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network now covers more than 750,000 premises and serves more than 230,000 customers with full fibre broadband…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• DISH smartens up standalone, 5G cloud based network

  28-02-2022 01:00
  DISH Wireless have announced a further enhancement to what they call America’s first Smart Network™ with a new partnership to assist inconstruction, deployment and maintenance of its standalone…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Cloud technology startup, Robin.io acquired by Rakuten Symphony

  28-02-2022 01:00
  Silicon Valley-based cloud technology start-up, Robin.io has today been acquired by Rakuten Symphony, adding additional cloud-native capabilities to their portfolio of high performance cloud infrastructure and operations solutions.The two organisationshad already been cooperating for more than two years…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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