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• UK watchdog approves Cellnex purchase of 6,000 British mobile towers

  03-03-2022 22:32
  Cash injection could provide new lease of life for Three UK’s floundering network
  
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• Loads of tube train toys coming to shops this year

  03-03-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A few weeks ago was the annual London Toy Fair showed off in January what many people will be buying this coming Christmas, including some railway toys.
  Anyone who has been to a trade show will know what was going on, loads of stands, lots of standing around, lots of walking, and lots of looking at a map of the exhibition arena trying not to get lost, again. Much of the railway stuff is already in the shops, and without naming names, a few familiar faces from a certain railway retailer were seen
  
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• Crossrail requires final £150 million to complete the Elizabeth line

  03-03-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Crossrail project is still going to require a final injection of around £150 million to complete the railway, the latest TfL figures have confirmed.
  The Crossrail project’s current funding authorisation is for £15,789 million, and it had spent £15,479 million up to 8th January 2022, leaving it some £310 million in the pot that can be spent.
  However, TfL’s Investment Programme Report, published ahead of the Programmes and Investment Committee yesterday, is
  
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• Huawei Unveils Intelligent OptiX Network to Promote Green Development with Technological Innovation

  03-03-2022 13:57
  
  [Barcelona, February 28, 2022] The Green Optical Network Summit was held during MWC22 Barcelona by IDATE, a well-known French research and analysis organization. At the summit, all parties called for accelerating the construction of green optical networks. Richard Jin, President of Huawei Optical Business Product Line, released the Green Intelligent OptiX Network based on the value proposition of “More Bits, Less Watts”, aiming to promote the green development of society through tech
  
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• Telecom Italia shares plunge as chief lays out plan to split company in two

  03-03-2022 13:35
  Group also assesses takeover offer from KKR as it unveils €8.7bn annual loss
  
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• TIM splits off network and sells towers

  03-03-2022 13:17
  
  TIM plans to split its business into two separate legal entities, a move that will likely help it fend off a takeover bid from KKR.
  The Italian incumbent made the announcement alongside the publication of a set of full-year financials that showed shrinking revenues and a heavy drop in earnings, and the revelation that it is selling out of its towers business INWIT.
  The telco is operating in tricky times, as its numbers show, but those in power clearly believe they have the answer to driving grow
  
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• Telefónica Germany rolls out OpenRAN small cells

  03-03-2022 13:05
  
  OpenRAN small cells are rolling out in Munich courtesy of Telefónica Germany, marking another milestone for the budding technology.
  The operator is using these small cells to add capacity to its network in dense, urban environments. Similarly to Vodafone, which is deploying OpenRAN primarily to plug rural coverage gaps, Telefónica Germany has cast OpenRAN in a supporting role, providing targeted coverage to improve the overall performance of its 5G network. Telefónica said t
  
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• 60 years of gay ephemera go on display at the Barbican

  03-03-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Rarely seen leaflets, posters, placards and banners are currently filling part of the Barbican as the Bishopsgate Institute brings out some of its archive of gay ephemera for public display.
  Much of the archive is made up of rare survivors of documents that were not designed to last — leaflets and flyers handed out at protests and clubs, to be read and discarded, yet some survived.
  It’s thematic as a display, from the nightclub flyers to AIDS awareness campaigns and memories of peopl
  
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• MWC 2022 was a resounding success despite everything

  03-03-2022 11:17
  
  The return of Mobile World Congress went better than many people thought it would, especially considering the difficult circumstances around it.
  At the start of the week we reflected on the unique nature of this year’s MWC, which was the first full Barcelona event for three years and took place in the shadow of the distressing conflict in Ukraine. We hoped attendees would take the opportunity to celebrate our industry, remind ourselves how important face-to-face meetings are and generally
  
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• AccelerComm Wins Best Digital Tech Breakthrough Award for Companies with Under $10 Million Annual Global Revenue Award at GLOMO Awards 2022

  03-03-2022 10:00
  
  AccelerComm recognized for 5G physical layer IP for Open RAN that Maximizes Spectral Efficiency at MWC22 Barcelona 3rd March 2022, Barcelona: This week, AccelerComm, the company supercharging 5G with a complete physical layer solution which increases spectral efficiency and reduces latency, was presented with the Best Digital Tech Breakthrough Award for Companies with Under $10 Million Annual Global Revenue Award at the 2022 Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards at MWC22 Barcelona. The Award, which recog
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Paddington Green, W2

  03-03-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a pocket park next to a busy road that today scarce seems like it but has been around for at least 500 years, and now conceals a Cold War bunker.The first written record of Paddington Green as a named space dates to 1549, by which time it was sufficiently well established to be given a specific name and location, so it likely dates to earlier than that written report. It was at the time much larger than today and has slowly shrunk over the centuries as the farmland around was developed a
  
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• XR industry is set to see exponential growth with 5G: Huawei’s Dr. Philip Song

  03-03-2022 01:00
  According to a survey, the XR industry will contribute US$1.5 trillion to the global GDP by 2030. Dr. Song added that following the mobile internet, ‘Spatial Internet’ will be the next big thing. Device availability is playing key roleThe world is on the cusp of witnessing the fast-paced growth of the XR industry. And the numbers tell the story. In 2021, more than 10 million units of Oculus Quest 2, a VR headset, were shipped. Ten million users will be the critical mass fo
  
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• Telecom investment group, LetterOne, distances itself from founders

  03-03-2022 01:00
  The founders of London-based investment group LetterOne have resigning from the board following EU imposed sanctions on the Russian billionaires this week…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Alta'd image - historic brand name disappears

  03-03-2022 01:00
  For 150 years Cincinnati Bell has been a recognised brand serving the connectivity needs of the people across 2,400 square miles of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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