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• The telecoms industry has an innovation problem – Rakuten

  02-03-2022 19:15
  
  A ‘legacy way of thinking’ is stifling innovation in the telcoms industry, and operators will need to adopt new business models in order to not be relegated to utility providers, claims Rakuten.
  Rakuten’s OpenRAN-focused venture Symphony gained some attention at Mobile World Congress this week, with a barrage of partnerships and the acquisition of US cloud-native networking specialist Robin.io. We caught up with Geoff Hollingworth, CMO at Rakuten Symphony in Barcelona, and he h
  
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• London’s second tube strike set for Thursday

  02-03-2022 18:56 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  TfL is again warning that most London Underground lines and many stations will be closed tomorrow (Thur 3rd March) as the second large scale RMT strike takes place.
  The strike will last all day Thursday and TfL is also warning that if any tube services can run on Thursday, they will not continue into the evening and all journeys will need to be completed by 6:30pm. The tube strike is also expected to seriously affect tube services during the Friday morning rush-hour as services recover.
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• Mating toads closes a Richmond road

  02-03-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A road in Richmond is to be closed to traffic during March, to allow toads to cross it and get to their annual breeding grounds. A 400-metre length of Church Road in Ham, Richmond affected by the order passes through an area where common toads are known to cross the carriageway during their annual migration from hibernation to their breeding areas.The toads mate in the ponds they were born in throughout their lives, following the same migratory route every year. The road closure is intended to a
  
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• AdaptiveMobile Security, an Enea Company, Wins Best Mobile Authentication and Security Solution Award at GLOMO Awards 2022

  02-03-2022 15:42
  
  AdaptiveMobile Security recognised for World’s First 5G Network Security Solution at MWC22 Barcelona 2nd March 2022, Barcelona This week, AdaptiveMobile Security, an Enea Company, was presented with the Best Mobile Authentication and Security Solution Award at the 2022 Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards at MWC22 Barcelona. The Award, which recognises AdaptiveMobile Security for the World’s First 5G Network Security Solution, was announced during a virtual ceremony co-hosted by Sasha Twinin
  
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• US telcos set to shell out for more spectrum, starting with 2.5 GHz in July

  02-03-2022 14:45
  
  The US’s next spectrum auction will come as soon as July, Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel revealed at Mobile World Congress this week.
  The regulatory head outlined plans to sell off the 2.5 GHz band this summer as well as looking further ahead to additional mid-band spectrum sales as well as the use of frequencies above 7 GHz for 6G mobile services, according to her keynote remarks, published by the FCC.
  “The big reveal,” as Rosenworcel put it,
  
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• Ericsson CEO feels the heat from the US government over Iraq

  02-03-2022 13:48
  
  Ericsson boss Börje Ekholm (pictured) was in the firing line again on Wednesday following fresh revelations about his company’s historical misconduct in Iraq.
  The Swedish kit maker said it has been told by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) that it has breached the terms of the $1 billion settlement – referred to as the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) – it reached with the government in late 2019, which related to corrupt business practices in multiple markets between
  
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• Surrey Quays station upgrade consulation opens

  02-03-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Plans to build a new second entrance at the overcrowded Surrey Quays station on the London Overground are now open for public comments about how the new station will look.
  Initial concept image (c) TfL
  At the moment, the station entrance is on the south side of a busy road, but new housing developments and the existing shopping centre are all on the north side, meaning people would have to cross a very busy road to get to the station. The existing station is also quite small with no lifts for st
  
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• 180th anniversary of the closure of the Kensington racecourse

  02-03-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This month marks the closure of a failure, an attempt to build a luxury horse racing track comparable to the best in England, right in the heart of London.
  Of course, at the time, in the 1830s, the heart of London was still fields, but developing fast, and how different would Notting Hill and North Kensington be today if there was a large raceground in the middle of the housing estates?
  London and its environs, B Davies – 1841 —  (the Hippodrome is the racecourse)
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• MTN strides into the metaverse

  02-03-2022 01:00
  MTN have reiterated their commitment to supporting innovation by becoming the the first African company to enter the metaverse. Today they have announced the purchase of 144 plots of digital land in the Africarare metaverse Ubuntuland…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Middle East operators establish region’s first Open RAN centralised test lab in collaboration with TIP and Intel

  02-03-2022 01:00
  Middle East operators have opened the first regional community lab in collaboration with Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and Intel, following the signing of the Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) MoU last year. The move will accelerate the implementation of Open RAN solutions in their existing telecom networks in order to support the early adoption and development of a robust regional ICT ecosystem.Two new operators Batelco and Omantel have also signed the Open RAN MoU, joining the e& formerl
  
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• Italy launches stage 2 broadband voucher scheme

  02-03-2022 01:00
  Having allocated EUR 1.15 billion to its first high-speed fibre voucher scheme in 2020, Italy's Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) has now announced the second phase of the scheme…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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