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• The RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show

  19-04-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Juicy black fruits wait to be plucked, while across the room seeds are sprouting, flowers blossom, and rot away into decay. As we inch closer to the annual Chelsea Flower Show, an exhibition of plants in two dimensions, as art has opened at the nearby Saatchi Gallery.Several large rooms in the Saatchi have been filled with the shortlisted and winning entries in the RHS’s annual competitions for the best artworks and photos, and the small captions next to them show just how much work goes i
  
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• Global smartphone shipments fell 11% in Q1 – Canalys

  19-04-2022 17:22
  
  Global smartphone shipments dropped by 11% in Q1 2022 amid ‘unfavourable economic conditions and sluggish seasonal demand’, according to analyst firm Canalys.
  The Canalys report reckons the market was held back by an ‘unsettled business environment’ in Q1 – namely spikes in covid cases due to the Omicron variant, vendor uncertainty due to the Russia-Ukraine war, China’s resurgent lockdown policy and the implications of inflation around the world.
  On the upside
  
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• Campaign seeks to save Angel’s postmodern office block

  19-04-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A heritage group is campaigning against plans to partially demolish the distinctive brick and stone-clad office block that sits above Angel tube station.
  Proposed development (c) AHMM architects
  Current view (c) Google Street View
  Officially known as Angel Square, the building is a postmodern office block by Rock Townsend Architects built in the late 1980s, and is made up of three buildings around a central courtyard. It was sold in 2021 by its former owners Derwent London for £86.5 millio
  
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• What really moved the needle at MWC 2022?

  19-04-2022 15:14
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Fergus Wills, VP Marketing, Service Provider Sales, Enea and Dimitris Mavrakis, Senior Research Director, ABI Research, look back at the first full MWC for three years to see what it revealed about the telecoms sector.
  This year’s MWC was always going to be different. Flagship devices used to be a hallmark of previous shows. Not in 2022. At Barcelona
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Ericsson, M&A and Twitter

  19-04-2022 15:09
  
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Ericsson, M&A and Twitter
  
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• UK streaming subscriptions fall amid household budget crunch

  19-04-2022 14:40
  
  New research has revealed that the number of UK homes paying for streaming services fell in Q1 2022, with 1.5 million total cancellations in that period.
  16.9 million UK households (58%) had at least one subscription service at the end of Q1 2022, which was down 215,000 quarter on quarter, according to research from Kantar. 1.29 million new subscriptions to streaming servicers were clocked, however there were also 1.51 million cancellations.
  38% of consumers planning to cancel services and state
  
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• UK government said to be latest Pegasus spyware victim

  19-04-2022 13:01
  
  10 Downing Street and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office are suspected to have been infected with Pegasus spyware, developed by Israeli firm NSO Group.
  The Citizen Lab, a Canadian organisation which conducts research on digital threats, discovered  suspected instances of Pegasus spyware infections in the government offices in 2020 and 2021.
  The suspected Foreign Office infections were apparently associated with Pegasus operators linked to the UAE, India, Cyprus, and Jordan, whi
  
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• Tours of the historic rooms in St Bartholomew’s Hospital

  19-04-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Although most of St Barts hospital near Barbican is a classic modern hospital building, as an ancient hospital, it also has ancient rooms, and these are now being opened up for regular tours.
  The weekly tours will show you the oldest remaining parts of the hospital and also enable you to compare and contrast both 18th and 21st-century hospital architecture and the hospital’s own Church. In addition, there will be the opportunity to view the splendours of the Grade I listed North Wing, the
  
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• Infovista to showcase innovative solutions for 5G networks, services and end-user experiences at Big 5G event

  19-04-2022 13:00
  
  Portfolio of applications enable operators and enterprises to quickly and proactively plan, test, assure and monetize their 5G investments Paris, France – April 19th, 2022 – Infovista, the global leader in network lifecycle automation (NLA), today announced details of its participation at the Big 5G Event in Austin, Texas (16-18 May 2022). At the event, Infovista will showcase its comprehensive NLA portfolio of applications and solutions, including innovations how to fast-track 5G si
  
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• Nokia gets SaaSy with its customers

  19-04-2022 12:18
  
  Finnish kit vendor Nokia has commissioned some research that CSPs can save 25% over five years if they move their software from on-premise to the SaaS model.
  It just so happens that Nokia has a whole division devoted to flogging software to CSPs on the as-a-service model, so it’s easy to dismiss this as one of those bits of research designed to support a business case. But even if it is, that doesn’t mean it’s untrue.
  Nokia commissioned Analysis Mason to do this research and is
  
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• prpl Mesh, the world's first open-source Wi-Fi Mesh solution, adds features and quickens time to market for ISPs

  19-04-2022 11:46
  
  Developed by prpl Foundation, prplMesh will provide carrier-grade interoperability by the end of 2022 Framingham, Massachusetts, April 19, 2022: Internet Service Providers (ISP)s will be able to deploy fully open-source Wi-Fi mesh networks, including standardized application programming interface (API)s enabling new services and features more quickly and with better interoperability than previously possible. The prpl Foundation and its service providers today announced a major acceleration effor
  
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• Another attempt to resurrect the Watford to Croxley rail link

  19-04-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Although the planned extension of the Metropolitan line in Watford was cancelled in 2018, the local council has continued working on alternative plans that could see something built to improve local transport.
  That link would have seen the Met line spur to Watford station cut back and diverted along the route of an older defunct railway to Watford Junction station, with new stations at Cassiobridge and Watford Vicarage Road. However, with an estimated final capital cost of £358 million at
  
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• SaaS could cut CSPs' IT spend by 25%, says research

  19-04-2022 02:00
  New research from Analysys Mason, commissioned by Nokia, argues that SaaS adoption could lead to a significant reduction in IT spend for communications service providers (CSPs). According to the report, titled ‘The A-to-Z of SaaS purchasing’, CSPs could reduce their IT spend by as much as 25% over a five-year period by adopting a SaaS model, compared with the cost of existing on-premise models…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• SaaS could cut CSP’s IT spend by 25%, says research

  19-04-2022 02:00
  New research from Analysys Mason, commissioned by Nokia, argues that SaaS adoption could lead to a significant reduction in IT spend for communications service providers (CSPs). According to the report, titled ‘The A-to-Z of SaaS purchasing’, CSPs could reduce their IT spend by as much as 25% over a five-year period by adopting a SaaS model, compared with the cost of existing on-premise models…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• On a mission to full fibre

  19-04-2022 02:00
  Full fibre’s bringing the North up to speedUniversal access to Gigabit capable broadband and 4/5G mobile connectivity by 2030 is one of the government’s 12 missions to level up the UK. As well as connectivity and infrastructure, having access to ‘London-style’ powers allows regions across the North to apply more targeted spending across a number of key areas including education, transport and housing. Full fibre will underpin the citizens and businesses across our towns
  
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• Hyperoptic hits the streets as it expands network

  19-04-2022 02:00
  This investment will see Hyperoptic connecting all types of buildings, including terraced houses, maisonettes, converted houses and detached properties.
  Hyperoptic’s full fibre network now passes over 825,000 homes and businesses, and serves over 230,000 customers. Throughout 2022 it is accelerating its rollout…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 2Africa cable makes first landing in Genoa, Italy

  19-04-2022 02:00
   The 2Africa cable was first announced back in 2020, set to span around 37,000km as is travels south from the UK, circumnavigating Africa, before travelling back through the Red Sea and into the Mediterranean. Since then, numerous additional branches to the system have been announced, with additional landings planned for the Canary Islands…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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