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• Leicester Square to get the world’s largest LEGO store

  13-04-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The long queues outside the LEGO store in Leicester Square have sent their message, and that message is that they need a bigger shop. So later this summer, that’s what’s arriving – the world’s largest LEGO store.
  As part of the redevelopment of the store, they plan to create a virtual world experience, which sounds like a room with floor to ceiling video screens.  There will also be a huge tree built out of 880,000 LEGO bricks as the centrepiece of the revamped store
  
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• Samsung and VMO2 roll out new 4G and 5G sites

  13-04-2022 18:55
  
  South Korean tech giant Samsung and UK telco VMO2 have deployed a series of new 4G and 5G sites across the UK.
  Following lab tests last year, field trials have been ongoing on the sites in Tamworth and the Peak District since the beginning of this year, and the sites have now been used to completed the first 5G data call on VMO2’s commercial 5G network.
  The test apparently demonstrate interoperability between VMO2’s 2G, 3G and 4G networks and Samsung’s latest 4G and 5G solution
  
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• Overcoming the top 5 challenges in server-side IP ad insertion

  13-04-2022 16:56
  
  IP video expands opportunities through targeted advertising. However, unlike traditional television, IP video is more dynamic, with numerous new devices, formats, content and services to consider. This makes offering a ‘Real TV’ advertising experience difficult. This eBook explains the top challenges in IP Video Advertising and how to avoid them.
  What the user should expect to learn:What is Servicer-Side Ad Insertion and why it matters for IP Video
  The top 5 Challenges in implementin
  
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• Bank of England Museum reopens with improved opening hours

  13-04-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The museum inside the Bank of England has reopened and is launching its first-ever regular late evening openings. In addition to the new late opening dates, the museum is reopening with an updated gallery explaining the Bank’s modern-day role and a new temporary exhibition.
  The museum, which is free to visit, often surprises new visitors with just how large it is, especially as it’s free to visit, and thanks to its weekday only opening hours, not that well known as a museum to visit.
  
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• T-Mobile US reportedly got hacked, tried to pay off hackers, but still got stung

  13-04-2022 15:30
  
  Following a hack last year, US operator T-Mobile apparently tried to buy back the stolen data, a move which backfired as the data remained on sale nonetheless.
  Having had the personal data of 30 million customers hacked last year, T-Mobile used a third party to contact and pay the hackers a $200,000 to stop it leaking – however they just sold it anyway, according to Vice’s tech arm Motherboard.
  The data was apparently being sold on RaidForums, which seems to be some sort of online pi
  
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• Science Museum’s computer games festival gets extended

  13-04-2022 14:37 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Power Up, the Science Museum’s sold-out festival of vintage gaming has been extended thanks to the demand for tickets to attend. With a collection featuring over 160 consoles – ranging from the Atari 2600 and SNES to the Switch and VR headsets – gamers can explore 50 years of video game progression.
  Due to end on Tuesday 19th April, it’s now been extended to Monday 6th June.
  Prices:Sun to Thur – Adult: £10 | Concessions and Child: £8 | Senior 60 and over
  
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• Orange contests the legitimacy of French antitrust investigation

  13-04-2022 14:25
  
  French telecoms group Orange had several of its offices visited by French antirust officials recently but it’s not clear why.
  Reuters and Bloomberg both characterised the visits as ‘raids’, but that evokes images of coppers in riot gear kicking down doors and arresting people. Perhaps all they meant to imply is that the visits were unexpected and intrusive. It seems four offices were affected and a bunch of documents seized, apparently concerning Orange’s fixed line busin
  
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• Vodafone offers ‘social tariff’ with unlimited 5G use for £10

  13-04-2022 13:30
  
  UK operator Vodafone’s Voxi For Now tariff is available to anyone receiving benefits, and offers unlimited 5G data, calls and texts for a tenner.
  The tariff can be claimed for up to six months to anyone claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, Disability Allowance, Personal Independent Payment, Employment and Support Allowance, or employment-based Universal Credit, and no credit check or contract is required.
  Vodafone claims all this would usually cost £35 a month, representing a 70% di
  
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• Big savings on British Rail train tickets

  13-04-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  England’s train companies have joined together to offer up to 1 million journeys at up to half-price on selected Advance and off-peak train ticketsYou will be able to buy tickets in the Great British Rail Sale from 10am next Tuesday (19th April) until the end of Monday 2nd May 2022 for travel between Monday 25th April until Friday 27th May 2022.
  When the sale starts, to find tickets, go to National Rail’s online tool here to find out which routes are available. Once you find a route,
  
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• Connected North: Delivering the North’s connected future

  13-04-2022 11:22
  
  An opportunity for the region’s connectivity leaders to come together and explore the most important regional issues around enabling the North’s connected future. Manchester Central, UK, 13th April – Combined Authority Mayors and connectivity leaders from across the north of the UK will discuss how to deliver next-generation broadband networks across the region at the first ever Connected North event later this month, brought to you by Total Telecom. The mayors of Greater Manch
  
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• You really should pay a visit to Watford’s 1940s experience

  13-04-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Once a month, if you head down a quiet residential street in Watford, you’ll stumble upon a surprisingly large heritage centre devoted to life in 1940s Britain. This is the Forties Experience, and candidly, if you look at their website, you’d expect maybe a few rooms to look at, but don’t be fooled, for this is a large site filling several buildings scattered around the grounds.It’s in fact a former US military base that was set up Bushey Hall and was there for several de
  
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• Turkcell and Ericsson team up to identify industrial private network opportunities

  13-04-2022 02:00
  Turkcell and Ericsson have recently signed a collaboration agreement for the digital transformation of industries utilizing Ericsson Private Network solution.The agreement serves as the basis for mutual collaboration between Turkcell and Ericsson for the exploration, development, and identification of use cases for different industries in Turkey like smart manufacturing, oil and gas…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Samsung and VMO2 begin live 4G/5G deployments

  13-04-2022 02:00
  Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Virgin Media O2 announced today the companies have successfully completed the deployment of multiple live 4G and 5G sites in the U.K., advancing the next phase of their collaboration. In tandem with this deployment, the companies also completed the first 5G data call on Virgin Media O2's commercial 5G network, using the sites.Field tests followed successful lab tests conducted in October 2021, validating the capability and performance of Samsung&rsquo&helli
  
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• Google’s Topaz cable set to link Canada to Japan

  13-04-2022 02:00
  In August last year, reports were beginning to come to light that Canada’s Shaw Communications was building a submarine cable landing station in Port Alberni, on the country’s West coast, despite no new cable systems being formally announced at the time. Now, it seems that Google has solved the riddle of the mysterious cable project…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telkom preparing to sell stake in tower biz

  13-04-2022 02:00
  Towards the end of 2021, Deutsche Telekom’s CEO, Timotheus Höttges, announced during an investor conference that he was interested in finding a partner for the company’s tower business, with media reports later suggesting that a stake sale in the unit was imminent. Analysts have previously suggested that Telekom’s roughly 40,600 towers, could be worth up to €18 billion.Now, just days after Deutsche Telekom started the official sales process for the unit…r
  
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