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• Govia Thameslink Railway gets extended rail contract

  28-03-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which operates the Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Gatwick Express airport services has been granted a new rail contract, replacing its franchise agreement which had been due to expire this month.
  As with most rail operators, GTR had been under a franchise, but was operating under an Emergency Recovery Measures Agreement due to the pandemic. The company has now been granted a National Rail Contract (NRC), which is comparable to the previous agreement and
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Russia, T-Mobile US and nothing

  28-03-2022 16:04
  
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Russia, T-Mobile US and nothing
  
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• Perivale Wood’s bluebells open days announced

  28-03-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A normally closed nature reserve in west London will be open for a few days when the woods are filled with bluebells at their best.
  At 27 acres in size, Perivale Wood sits just next to the Central line railway and is one of the oldest dedicated nature reserves in the UK. Set up as a bird sanctuary at a time when all around here was fields, it was an unusually farsighted vision of how urban sprawl could someday leave no large swathes of woodland for birds.Now, each year during the spring, the woo
  
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• DigitalBridge enters Belgium via $820m Telenet tower deal

  28-03-2022 14:53
  
  Belgium will become the newest member of the independent towerco crowd after Telenet struck a deal to offload its passive infrastructure.
  The buyer is US-based real estate investment trust (REIT) DigitalBridge. It has agreed to pay $820 million for Telenet’s footprint of 3,322 sites, which includes 2,158 owned sites and 1,164 third-party sites. The deal comes with the usual long-term lease agreement between buyer and seller. In this case, Telenet has secured a 15-year master lease agreemen
  
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• Huawei somehow made more profit than ever last year

  28-03-2022 14:46
  
  Despite experiencing a 29% drop in revenues, Chinese vendor Huawei managed to almost double its profits in the 2021 financial year.
  The company unveiled its 2021 annual report during a live ceremony that featured a lengthy Q&A section. This marked an apparent change in its public accountability strategy since previous numbers announcements have been more abrupt and closed. It was also remarkable in being led by CFO Meng Wanzhou, who has been unable to perform such a function for years thanks
  
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• More investors line up for a piece of TIM

  28-03-2022 13:17
  
  TIM has received an approach from CVC Capital partners, which is looking to buy into its enterprise services business.
  At the request of stock market regulator Consob, TIM on Monday confirmed it has received a non-binding proposal from CVC regarding a minority stake in an as-yet non-existent business unit that would house its enterprise assets. Specifically, the newco would include TIM’s current Enterprise division activities – connectivity, ICT services and so forth – plus tho
  
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• Have you used Charing Cross station’s rear entrance?

  28-03-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Charing Cross station has a grand frontage with its hotel, Eleanor Cross, and courtyard, but there’s also another entrance that’s far less well known.
  As trains pull in, people rush to the front of the platforms to get out, but a clever few stay at the rear because in the mornings, the fire escape at the back of the station is opened up as an additional exit for anyone to use. It’s not that much use if you want to head to Strand or the West End, but for people heading towards t
  
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• Ofcom set to become even more politicised with new Chair appointment

  28-03-2022 11:33
  
  The UK government has announced its preferred candidate for Ofcom chair is Tory peer Michael Grade.
  If his appointment is approved, Lord Grade (pictured) will team up with Chief Exec Dame Melanie Dawes to form an establishment dream team. Furthermore, Grade seems to be fairly openly partisan in favour of the Tory party that made him a life peer. The Guardian notes his recent defence of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and is especially concerned about his apparent animosity towards the BBC.
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• Freshwave brings mobile private networks to Verdant Leisure parks in a first for Scotland 

  28-03-2022 09:30
  
  Guests and owners at Verdant Leisure’s Erigmore and Thurston Manor parks can enjoy superior broadband connectivity, with Pease Bay and additional parks benefitting soon The 4G mobile private network uses Vodafone’s spectrum, which it previously agreed to share with Freshwave, in a first for a Scottish holiday park operator Verdant Leisure guests and owners staying at Erigmore or Thurston Manor Leisure parks can now enjoy improved wireless connectivity on a 4G mobile private network.
  
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• London’s Alleys: Lombard Court, EC3

  28-03-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a slightly winding passage that has been around for a few centuries and yet left little history in its wake.It first starts to show up in the middle of the 17th-century as an unmarked passage through the built-up area. In 1746, John Roque’s map of London showed the alley as Nags Head Court, and as the main route linking up a number of smaller — since lost — alleys that clustered around it. This is clearer to see 50 years later in R Horwood’s map.
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• Ericsson shareholders to deal blow to CEO over possible Isis payments

  28-03-2022 06:01
  Norway’s $1.3tn oil fund will vote against discharging executives from liability
  
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• US-China Tech Race: Spies & Lies (Part One)

  28-03-2022 06:00
  
  What brought the FBI to arrest a Chinese-American scientist in the middle of the night?
  
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• Startup Stories: Think outside the box

  28-03-2022 02:00
  Tell us about your start up
  We are CampusGenius a young company based in Dresden, Germany. Our passion for connectivity and enabling today's and tomorrow's applications to solve challenges for different areas such as Logistics, Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Agriculture is driving us.
  We have developed our own 5G core to provide our customers and partners the solution to manage these new applications the way they need it.Our customers can be found in hospitals…read more on TotalTele.com
  
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• FCC places Russia’s Kaspersky on US security risk list

  28-03-2022 02:00
  The Secure and Trusted Networks Act was first written into law in 2019, established as a mechanism through which equipment or services that posed a threat to US national security could be excluded from the nation’s networks. More specifically, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds to purchase equipment from companies added to a list of companies deemed a security risk by the FCC. This list was first compiled in March 2021 and contained five Chinese firms…read more on Tot
  
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• Ericsson prepares for sparks to fly at AGM

  28-03-2022 02:00
  Back in February, Ericsson announced that it had uncovered several breaches of compliance related to its Iraqi operations from back in 2018, including potentially making payments to terrorist groups for access to transport routes across the country. Upon news of the potential bribing of terrorist organisations, Ericsson’s share price collapsed by around a third.Towards the end of last month…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• CVC presents bid for TIM’s enterprise unit

  28-03-2022 02:00
  In November last year, US investment fund KKR approached Italy’s largest operator TIM with a takeover bid worth €10.8 billion. Since then, TIM has been mulling over its response, with CEO Luigi Gubitosi stepping down in an attempt to accelerate the company’s response to the bid…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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