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• Mobile world turns in Barcelona

  01-03-2022 20:44 via ft.com
  Toshiba chief quits, how influencers get rich or lie trying, Samsung’s new laptops
  
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• A chance to climb the Cutty Sark rigging

  01-03-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  For the first time since it arrived in Greenwich back in 1954, visitors to the Cutty Sark are able to climb up the ship’s mask rigging and see the sights from up high.
  The ascent will start with a briefing in the glazed space underneath the ship’s hull, and then visitors will be taken up to the main deck and onto the ship’s ratlines to climb up its shrouds, just as hundreds of sailors did during Cutty Sark’s long career at sea.
  You descend via a zip line. All told, the ev
  
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• Huawei launches FTTR solution in MWC 2022: Redefining Digital Home and SME Experience

  01-03-2022 17:10
  
  [Barcelona, Spain, February 28, 2022] At the 2022 Mobile World Congress (MWC), Huawei launched innovative gigabit fiber-to-the room (FTTR) solutions. The solutions extend fibers to every room and aim to build an all-optical base for smart homes and digital enterprises, enabling gigabit Wi-Fi 6 coverage in each room and creating a brand-new digital life experience.Jeffrey Zhou launches innovative FTTR solutions
  Since the breakout of COVID-19, global digital transformation has accelerated. Home br
  
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• Nokia says ‘the smartphone is dead in terms of driving new traffic’

  01-03-2022 16:24
  
  We caught up with Azfar Aslam, Nokia’s CTO for Europe who explained Nokia’s vision of the future, including human augmentation and new technologies that won’t be based on smartphones.
  Any tech show like Mobile World Congress is perpetually neck locked towards the future – firms clamour to show off the latest iteration of their devices and are eager to explain product roadmaps that will purportedly revolutionise whatever sub-sector they operate in. It’s what we&rsquo
  
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• Mavenir slams Nokia and Ericsson for confusing the OpenRAN story

  01-03-2022 16:23
  
  We caught up with Mavenir at Mobile World Conference to discuss the current state of OpenRAN, and it had some choice words to say about the approaches of kit vendors Nokia and Ericsson.
  We asked Mavenir’s SVP of business development John Baker and CMO Stefano Cantarelli to gauge how industry is feeling towards the technology, now that it has been allowed to gather together for the first time in years and discuss such things.
  “Clearly the train has left the station, there’s a lo
  
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• Tickets Alert: Science Museum Lates goes Greek this month

  01-03-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Science Museum’s adults-only month late-night returns this month, with a focus on Ancient Greece and its free exhibition, Ancient Greeks: Science and Wisdom.
  On the night, a range of events, activities and talks will explore everything from ancient astronomy and constellations to modern cinematic retellings of classical theatre.
  And there’s beer and wine from the bars dotted around the museum.
  There will also be a chance to make mathematically marvellous music and find out more a
  
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• Telent to continue accelerated fire and rescue services refresh across North Wales

  01-03-2022 15:13
  
  Warwick, U.K, 1st March 2022 – Telent is continuing its collaboration with North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS) to deliver communications upgrades and help improve response times and remote connectivity for firefighters across the region. Awarded a new seven-year contract running up to 2028, Telent will remain working directly with the NWFRS to upgrade and optimise its mobilisation solution across its 44 fire stations in North Wales. The Station End system seamlessly allows crews...
  
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• Dish aims for ‘app store for the RAN’ with VMware RIC trial

  01-03-2022 13:26
  
  Dish Wireless is furthering its relationship with VMware, announcing plans to trial the virtualisation specialist’s RIC for its RAN applications.
  The US telco, which is in the process of building a brand new cloud native, Open RAN-based 5G network, says one of its aims from the trial is to evaluate whether VMware’s RIC, or RAN Intelligent Controller, to give it its full title, can help it to mix and match RAN software, taking advantage of what it terms “an app store for the RAN
  
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• Rakuten Symphony makes itself heard with Robin.io acquisition

  01-03-2022 13:21
  
  Rakuten’s OpenRAN-focused venture Symphony rose above the cacophony of announcements at MWC with a flurry of partnerships and a bit of M&A for good measure.
  The Japan-based outfit, which recently laid out its plans to grow its European presence, has agreed to acquire US cloud-native networking specialist Robin.io. Symphony’s parent Rakuten Mobile already has a strong relationship with Robin.io, tapping the company’s automation and orchestration solutions for the deployment
  
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• Rakuten Symphony makes itself heard at MWC with acquisition, Symworld partnerships

  01-03-2022 13:21
  
  Rakuten’s OpenRAN-focused venture Symphony rose above the cacophony of announcements at MWC with a flurry of partnerships and a bit of M&A for good measure.
  The Japan-based outfit, which recently laid out its plans to grow its European presence, has agreed to acquire US cloud-native networking specialist Robin.io. Symphony’s parent Rakuten Mobile already has a strong relationship with Robin.io, tapping the company’s automation and orchestration solutions for the deployment
  
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• Ten exhibitions to visit in London during March

  01-03-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  My monthly roundup of ten excellent exhibitions to visit during March 2022 while you’re struggling with Lent.Beautiful People: The Boutique in 1960s Counterculture
  Fashion and Textile Museum, Bermondsey
  Adults: £12.65 | Concessions: £11.55 | Students: £10.45 | Children under 12: Free
  (note: closes on 12th March)
  In the mid-1960s a handful of Chelsea boutiques sparked a fashion revolution. Freed and fuelled by creative exploration and experimentation, they began selling ra
  
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• Synspective's Second SAR Satellite "StriX-β" Successfully Reaches Its Target Orbit

  01-03-2022 12:51
  
  TOKYO, 2022, March 1st – Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and solutions provider, announced today that StriX-β, its second SAR satellite, has successfully reached its target orbit. Following this successful launch, Synspective have posted their CEO’s comments on their official YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3stYFpx On March 1st (JST), StriX-β was deployed by Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex on the Mahia Peninsula, New Ze
  
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• Huawei seeks to guide itself away from US sabotage at MWC 2022

  01-03-2022 12:43
  
  Chinese telecoms vendor Huawei has spared no expense at Mobile World Congress 2022 to show it is unbowed by US sanctions and determined to evolve away from them.
  Chatting to Huawei execs at the show we got a sense of calm resolve to ensure the company is able to survive and thrive despite everything. It’s likely we’ll never know what dirt the US and its allies have on the company, but until they dish it we will treat Huawei like any other vendor. And if this year’s show is anyt
  
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• Network Rail submits application for Peckham Rye station upgrade

  01-03-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A project by Network Rail to upgrade Peckham Rye Station in South London has submitted its planning application to Southwark Council following a couple of years of consultation work with local groups
  If approved, the plans will see the grand entrance to Peckham Rye Station restored to its Victorian grandeur, and a new rear entrance created with a lot more ground floor space. New lifts will give step-free access to all platforms, and a brand new set of stairs and walkways replace the narrow &ldqu
  
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• Verizon Business and BlackRock partner to deploy private 5G network

  01-03-2022 01:00
  BlackRock, a US investment management fund, will feature Verizon’s 5G private network at its new global headquarters in New York.Private 5G and its benefits has been the talk of the town at MWC 2022 as operators around the world look to enable the transformation of their enterprise customers…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telesat and Liquid Intelligent Technologies ink strategic cooperation agreement for Telesat Lightspeed services in Africa

  01-03-2022 01:00
  Telesat , one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, and Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a leading pan-African technology group, today announced a strategic cooperation agreement to explore reciprocal go-to-market strategies to bring Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services to Africa…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Startup Stories: using a human-centred approach to solving the complex challenges of Industry 4.0

  01-03-2022 01:00
  Tell us about your start up
  Our vision is to develop innovative IT solutions in a socially responsible way that benefit society in terms of improved effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability.Our activities include product and service development, 3D remote services and blockchain-based operational processes.
  We are currently working intensively in the industry 4.0 ecosystem on innovative solutions for the use of technologies such as WebRTC…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange taking leisurely approach to shut down of 2G & 3G

  01-03-2022 01:00
    At MWC2022, Orange has announced that the company is now aiming to shut down 3G in its European markets, excluding France, by 2025. Furthermore, between 2028 and 2030, Orange plans to have shut down both 2G and 3G networks throughout Europe, migrating all its customers to 4G and 5G services.France is an exception to this wider strategy, where instead the 2G network will be shut down first by 2025, with 3G to follow by the end of the decade. This is because in France, unlike the othe
  
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• NTT DOCOMO, AWS and NEC collaborate on evolution of networks

  01-03-2022 01:00
  A proof of concept (PoC) launched by NTT DOCOMO, NEC, and AWS is expected to prove the viability of cloud-native mobile networks leveraging a public cloud for network function virtualization (NFV). The PoC utilises NEC's 5G core network (5GC) service in a hybrid cloud environment that involves AWS cloud using end…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Meta and Telefonica partner to create a Metaverse Innovation Hub

  01-03-2022 01:00
  At MWC 2022 this week, Meta and Telefonica have announced a new partnership to build a Metaverse Innovation Hub in Madrid. The Hub will offer local startups and developers access to a 5G laboratory enabling them to use a metaverse end-to…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• European telecom operators move to support Ukraine

  01-03-2022 01:00
  The European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO) have published an internal survey of European telecom operator members to assess how they are supporting the Ukrainian people…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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