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• Go behind the scenes of the Royal Court theatre

  11-03-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There’s going to be an open day at the Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square with a chance to see behind the scenes, and even stand on the main stage and look out at the seats. As part of the open day, visitors will be able to stand on the theatre’s main stage and also view the auditorium from the fly floor, located directly over the stage.
  (c) Royal Court Theatre
  During the day, costumes and props from past productions will be on display in a backstage dressing room, while footage fr
  
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• National Lottery offering disounts and free entry to museums

  11-03-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  For just over a week in March, it’s National Lottery Open Week, where venues that have benefitted from Lottery funding offer deals to visitors.
  Between 19th – 27th March 2022, anyone who presents a National Lottery ticket or scratchcard (digital or physical) will be able to access a range of special offers from free entry to discounted deals.The full list is here, but the summary of the London venues is below:
  Free entry:
  Charles Dickens Museum: 23rd-25th March 2022
  Heath Robinson Mu
  
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• EE and BT produce some more fanciful 5G use cases

  11-03-2022 14:03
  
  UK MNO EE and BT have ‘re-imagined’ watching sports, dance, music and theatre via some new VR and AR novelties.
  In its latest pitch to sell the benefits of 5G to consumers, EE in collaboration with BT Sport has unveiled a series of prototype AR and VR ‘experiences’ mainly around sport. The actual specifics of what it is they are planning to make available to customers is left fuzzy, and instead the firm seems to be trying to describe some VR and AR concepts as a loose pro
  
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• India may give telcos a break on 5G spectrum price

  11-03-2022 13:58
  
  The Indian government is considering lowering the reserve price for 5G spectrum in the auction it is due to hold later this year, it emerged this week.
  Details are scant at present, but any break on price would be great news for the country’s mobile operators, which have long complained about the amount they have to shell out for airwaves.
  An unnamed Bloomberg source said the state will reduce the base price in an attempt to encourage operators to take part in the sale, as well as to speed
  
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• Telefónica, Repsol form solar JV

  11-03-2022 13:54
  
  When it comes to expanding into adjacent markets, the future is looking bright for Telefónica.
  The Spanish incumbent on Thursday formed a 50-50 joint venture with energy giant Repsol that plans to offer solar power products to business and residential customers, including individuals and neighbourhood communities.
  The new company will combine Telefónica’s sales and distribution channels, and its technology know-how, and Repsol’s experience in supplying power from multip
  
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• Telefónica and Repsol form solar JV

  11-03-2022 13:54
  
  When it comes to expanding into adjacent markets, the future is looking bright for Telefónica.
  The Spanish incumbent on Thursday formed a 50-50 joint venture with energy giant Repsol that plans to offer solar power products to business and residential customers, including individuals and neighbourhood communities.
  The new company will combine Telefónica’s sales and distribution channels, and its technology know-how, and Repsol’s experience in supplying power from multip
  
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• Dates for Dorney Court’s public open days confirmed

  11-03-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Not in London, but not far from it, is Dorney Court, a Tudor manor house that’s only open to the public on a handful of days a year — and the owners have confirmed when it will be open in 2022.
  (c) Dorney Court
  Dorney Court has always been the village manor house although it has changed dramatically since first mentioned in the Domesday Book when the property was owned by Miles Crispin, a wealthy landowner. It passed through a number of owners until 1542 when it was bought by the Lor
  
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• How cryptocurrency and distributed 5G networks are helping to close the digital divide

  11-03-2022 12:42
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Minchul Ho, GM of Baicells Technologies North America, outlines the potential of decentralised mobile networks.
  The world embraced digital transformation like never before over the past two years as the COVID-19 pandemic redesigned technology’s critical role not just in entertainment and shopping, but in remote working, access to news and distance lea
  
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• DT reportedly looking to flog its towers

  11-03-2022 11:59
  
  German operator Deutsche Telekom has reportedly started the process of selling its towers business for around €18 billion.
  This news comes courtesy of an exclusive from Reuters, which has been chatting to its shadowy anonymous sources again. DT currently owns over 40,000 masts, which come in handy for things like elevating radios in order to increase their range. In fact, you could go so far as to say DT wouldn’t be able to operate without them.
  So, on the surface, a desire to flog th
  
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• Turkey Wealth Fund takes majority stake in Turk Telekom

  11-03-2022 01:00
  The TWF was established back in 2016 with the stated goal of increasing the value of state-owned assets in its portfolio. By 2020, it had acquired public shares in 22 companies, including airlines, banks, oil and gas, and satellite companies…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Nokia rumoured to replace Huawei in Vodafone Idea's network

  11-03-2022 01:00
  Back in 2020, buoyed by an international campaign led by then-President Donald Trump, numerous countries around the began to ban Huawei from their telecoms networks to various degrees, citing national security fears. Countries adopting this hard-line approach include the US, UK, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, most of which have plans to phase out any existing Huawei equipment from their networks over the next decade…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Cellnex and American Towers reportedly eyeing up Deutsche Telekom’s towers

  11-03-2022 01:00
  Back in November, Deutsche Telekom’s CEO, Tim Hoettges notably that the company was interested in finding for an industrial partner with which to potentially deconsolidate the company’s tower infrastructure. Both Vodafone and Orange were speculated to be viable options for some kind of partnership, with the former having spun off its own tower infrastructure unit to form Vantage Towers in 2020 and taken the company public in 2021…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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