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• Superheroes come to the Foundling museum

  11-04-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A museum that owes its origins to supporting orphans is taking a look at how orphans are represented in comic strips.
  Ranging from the more obvious to us, such as Superman and Batman, there’s also ordinary people, such as shown in Gasoline Alley, a long-running serial about life in America, and children surviving in post WW2 Japan.It’s a collection of stories that start with the trauma, of being abandoned, but turns that into tales of how they overcome difficulties and become heroes
  
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• Vodafone and Sky reportedly eyeing up TalkTalk M&A

  11-04-2022 18:50
  
  The owners of TalkTalk have apparently have received ‘tentative approaches’ about a sale worth £3 billion, with Vodafone and Sky among the suitors.
  According to report from Sky News Vodafone and Sky are among firms considering making an offer for TalkTalk, while investment bank Lazard is apparently fielding approaches from prospective buyers and investment banks. The report claims telecoms industry sources said on Friday that Sir Charles Dunstone, TalkTalk’s founder and c
  
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• Campaign to let the public see the Thames Tunnel watercolours

  11-04-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A series of fascinating watercolours of Brunel’s tunnel under the Thames could go on public display for the first time, but only if funding can be secured.
  Contained in an unseen family album, and acquired by the Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe in 2017, they’ve sat in storage ever since as the museum needs an archive grade display case to show them off in a way that will preserve them for future generations.
  Apart from their intrinsic beauty, they also show how the idea of the Thames Tu
  
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• It’s all change again for CSPs thanks to Ofcom

  11-04-2022 15:55
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece James Sarjantson, commercial, digital and telecoms partner at LCF Law, explains what Ofcom’s second wave of rule changes mean for providers of communications services.Providers of communications services including business telecoms, broadband, mobile, pay TV and landline services, must prepare for a second wave of key rule changes from Ofcom. These rules w
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: 5G NR, backhaul and metaverse

  11-04-2022 15:29
  
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · 5G NR, backhaul and metaverse
  
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• AT&T’s WarnerMedia exit merger with Discovery completes

  11-04-2022 14:58
  
  AT&T and Discovery have closed the transaction to merge Warner Business Media with Discovery to create a new entertainment entity leveraging all the properties owned by both firms.
  The new company is called Warner Bros Discovery and begins trading on the Nasdaq today. AT&T, which owned WarnerMedia, received $40.4 billion in cash and AT&T shareholders received 1.7 billion shares of the new firm, representing 71% of its shares on a fully diluted basis. Discovery’s existing shareh
  
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• Musk winds his neck in, for now, after weekend tweet frenzy

  11-04-2022 14:21
  
  The enigma that is Tesla and Starlink founder Elon Musk seems to have decided to treat social media company Twitter as a giant plaything.
  A week ago it was revealed that Musk had decided to splash sufficient cash to become Twitter’s largest single shareholder. The company’s share price spiked immediately but opinion was divided about the nature of Musk’s potential influence on the company. Considering he’s one of the richest and most prominent people in the world, Musk&rs
  
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• Ericsson announces ‘indefinite suspension’ of Russian business

  11-04-2022 13:16
  Swedish telecoms group has set aside $95mn provision for potential losses and placed local staff on paid leave
  
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• Canary Wharf to open up its docks for leisure

  11-04-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  One of the defining images of Canary Wharf, towers aside, is the former docks, and they could be more accessible under plans outlined by the estate.
  At the moment, the docks are pleasing things to walk past, but not to sit next to and relax, but a concept image released by Canary Wharf shows plans to replace the barriers and high walls with stepped wooden decking leading down to the waterside.
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  It’s part of a project with the Eden Project, which is going to work on a biodiv
  
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• Ericsson suspends ‘affected business’ in Russia indefinitely

  11-04-2022 12:35
  
  Swedish kit vendor Ericsson says it has suspended affected business in Russia indefinitely, having already suspended ‘all deliveries’ to customers in Russia in late February.
  The announcement follows the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in late February and subsequent sanctions by numerous countries upon Russia.
  The announcement said: “In the light of recent events and of European Union sanctions, the company will now suspend its affected business with customers in Russia indefini
  
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• Upstream to showcase how to build up your e-shop audience & drive your revenues at VTEX DAY 2022, São Paulo

  11-04-2022 12:01
  
  Visit Upstream’s booth no. 12 at VTEX DAY 2022 to find out how marketing automation via combined on-site campaigns & triggered messaging can turn website visitors into customers and drive sales How a world-famous jewellery brand secured 10.5% of ‘abandoned cart’ revenues, achieving an 18x ROI on their respective marketing spend São Paulo, Athens, April 11, 2022 – Mobile marketing expert Upstream will be showcasing its award-winning marketing automation solution
  
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• Telco BSS: The B2B customer experience challenge: Transforming to match enterprises’ 5G ambitions

  11-04-2022 09:00
  
  This recent Omdia report examines the challenges of transforming the customer experience to support 5G value creation. Read about the capabilities that CSP support systems need to deliver a truly seamless customer experience and help enterprises fulfill their ambitions.
  The report addresses these three key questions, among others:What customer experiences do business customers want with 5G?
  Where do communications service providers need to focus to align with enterprise aspirations?
  How can CSPs
  
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• London’s Alleys: Bennett’s Yard, SW1

  11-04-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a short well-used alley to the south of Westminster Abbey that has been home to spies and politicians in its long life.It first shows up as Bennets Yard in William Morgan’s map of London in 1682 as a wide-open space between a cluster of buildings surrounded by fields. As such is likely to have been a working yard space in a farm. By 1746, the whole area is developed, and Bennet’s Yard has acquired most of the alignment that it has today – as a narrow east-west alley bet
  
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• Telcos jointly agree to cut roaming fees between EU and Ukraine

  11-04-2022 02:00
  The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused an enormous humanitarian crisis, with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recording that, as of April 9, over 4.5 million refugees have left Ukraine for neighbouring countries.Now, a group of 27 European operators have announced their intention to jointly offer affordable or free roaming and international calls between EU and Ukraine…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• From standardisation to implementation: A Middle Eastern perspective on 5G-Advanced

  11-04-2022 02:00
  According to the GSA, forecasting over 200 live 5G networks worldwide in 2022. As such, the telecoms industry at large is already beginning to look ahead to the next step in 5G’s natural progression. Industry standards body 3GPP is already beginning work on Release 18, which contains within it the framework for 5G-Advanced.  Release 18 is expected to be published in March 2024, but what should we expect from 5G-Advanced?  “At present, 5G-Advanced content covers 5
  
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• Ericsson suspends business in Russia ‘indefinitely’

  11-04-2022 02:00
  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February was met with immediate condemnation by the international community, swiftly followed by weighty economic sanctions. As a result of this global pressure, many international firms quickly paused their operations in Russia to align with these new policies.Swedish vendor Ericsson announced that it would cease equipment deliveries to Russia in early March, with rival Nokia doing likewise.Now, it seems that the Ericsson is preparing to take the next
  
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• Growth in the Nordics: a perspective from N0r5ke Fibre

  11-04-2022 01:15
  N0r5ke Fibre will be joining Submarine Networks EMEA in London for the first time next month. Ahead of the event, Total Telecom caught up with Anders Vik, Co-Founder of N0r5ke Fibre to learn more about the growth of the Nordics as a connectivity hub as well as to hear about the N0r5ke Viking Cable project.N0r5ke Fibre secured funding for its N0r5ke Viking cable project last autumn. Please can you tell us more about the system??Yes, it was a busy autumn for us last year. Firstly, we raised NOK 4
  
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