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• Military flypast over central London tomorrow

  04-05-2022 20:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Look to the skies, as there’s a flypast of aircraft over central London tomorrow (Thur 5th May) morning.
  The central London location is roughly Horse Guards Parade, so expect the planes, whatever it is they are, to be flying over Whitehall at 11:10am on Thursday.
  According to the air traffic alert, the turn points for the flypast are as follows (adjusted for British Summer Time).
  514500N 0013500WBRIZE NORTON10:43
  514631N 0013837WHOLWELL 10:44
  514507N 0014422WEASTLEACH TURVILLE10:45
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• ASA says Virgin Media is allowed to claim it’s faster than BT

  04-05-2022 18:52
  
  The Advertising Standards Authority has decreed that Virgin Media’s claim “We are the UK’s fastest major broadband provider” is allowed, following a complaint from BT, but must provide better proof.
  Virgin Media ran website and TV ads in August last year that made the claim that “We are the UK’s fastest major broadband provider”, which BT then made a complaint about to the ASA.
  Part of the complaint is about the fact Virgin Media doesn’t have ubiqu
  
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• UK government ponders tougher rules for dodgy apps

  04-05-2022 15:05
  
  The UK DCMS is waving a potential new ‘code of practice’ in front of tech firms to get their opinions on whether they should be held accountable to it.
  The idea seems to be that app stores would be asked to commit to a new code of practice, which  establishes a set of security and privacy requirements for apps on their platforms. It would only be applicable in the UK, and the Department forDigital, Culture, Media & Sport is keen to point out it would be the first measure of
  
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• Informa Tech successfully held The F5G Evolution Summit 2022

  04-05-2022 13:45
  
  Lighting up the future of F5G evolution
  [China, Shenzhen, April 27, 2022] Informa Tech successfully held the“F5G Evolution Summit – Promoting Industrial Prosperity,” during the Huawei Global Analyst Summit 2022. Well-known industry organizations, standards organizations, and famous operators from around the world participated. At the summit, all parties jointly called for the evolution of F5G and its standard definitions, a boost to economic development with this evolution, and
  
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• NFT hype gets a reality check

  04-05-2022 13:31
  
  Non-fungible tokens have been heavily hyped over the past year or so but new data suggests an inevitable correction may have already started.
  “NFT Sales Are Flatlining” declares a recent WSJ headline, before asking “Is this the beginning of the end of NFTs?” As if concerned the opening statements were too nuanced, the body copy open with “The NFT market is collapsing.” NFT’s are a way of rendering a digital file unique and thus collectible for people who
  
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• BT floats further into the cloud with new AWS deal

  04-05-2022 13:11
  
  Ditching physical infrastructure will save UK telco group BT £2 billion a year and allow it to innovate more quickly, it claims.
  The deal is part of an effort to move BT’s Digital Unit’s legacy infrastructure and internal applications over to a ’cloud-first architecture’. Doing so will apparently help it roll out a new suite of digital products and services and save it some cash in the process, by reducing costs associated with IT maintenance.
  Its part of a wider &l
  
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• More dates announced for tours of the Poppy Factory

  04-05-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  For a century, there has been a factory that employs former military personnel making Remembrance Poppies, and they offer tours of the factory.
  They’ve run tours for some years, but there’s now a new visitor centre that shows off the history of the Poppy Factory and how it was set up after WW1 to give work to injured soldiers. The factory is based in Richmond upon Thames and now has 22 Production workers and two special wreath makers, currently making in excess of 124,000 wreaths, 45
  
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• Vocus CEO hits out at NBN ‘monopoly’ as election looms

  04-05-2022 12:38
  
  With just over a fortnight to go before Australia’s next parliamentary election, the head of Aussie telco Vocus has made his feelings clear on the country’s state-owned broadband network.
  Kevin Russell spoke at the CommsDay Summit in Sydney on Tuesday, delivering an address that largely focused on his company’s recent turnaround project, its takeover by Macquarie Asset Management and Aware Super, and its plans for the future, particularly from an infrastructure point of view. B
  
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• Samsung bags a tasty Dish Open RAN deal

  04-05-2022 12:31
  
  Dish is definitely, definitely, probably about to launch its 5G network in the US, and this week it revealed Samsung will supply some of the kit it needs.
  The multi-year, cross-country agreement will see the Korean electronics giant supply its Open RAN-compliant virtualised RAN (vRAN) software. It will also provide radio units including massive MIMO radios. Samsung’s vRAN solutions work on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) servers, making it a good a fit for Dish’s cloud-native network
  
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• Crossrail confirms Elizabeth line’s opening date

  04-05-2022 10:40 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Crossrail project is completed – and the Elizabeth line will open to the public in a couple of weeks time on Tuesday 24th May 2022…
  
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• From smart vending to eco-friendly deliveries – New report unveils consumer demand for IoT-enabled, next level retail experiences

  04-05-2022 10:30
  
  Wireless Logic research shows British consumers increasingly want ‘Everything Now’; Significant opportunity for service providers to recommend the right IoT solutions backed by ultra-resilient cellular connectivity to help retailers stay competitive LONDON – WEDNESDAY 4TH MAY, 2022 – Wireless Logic Group, Europe’s leading IoT connectivity platform provider, has announced the results of a new Censuswide report into the ongoing digitisation of consumer behaviour and a
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Southbank roof garden, SE1

  04-05-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  High up on the concrete landscape that’s the Southbank Centre can be found a decade-old pocket park that’s home to over 200 wild native plants. The roof garden was created in 2011 by the Eden Project and the Southbank Centre and is a mix of a place to get away from the bustle of the riverside, and also at times, a has a bar serving drinks.The space was always open to the public, as can be seen by the row of concrete benches that let people river watch from a good vantage point, but a
  
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• Private cloud ecosystems open up innovation and opportunities

  04-05-2022 02:53
  
  Stefan Bovy, Director Cloud Service Centre at Proximus; and Johan Fredriksson, VP and Head of Telecommunications, EMEA at Red Hat; discuss cloud strategy, the importance of open ecosystems, and confidential computing in public clouds.These leaders discuss cloud strategy, the critical importance of open partnerships and ecosystems, the challenges of becoming agile, and the promise of confidential computing in public clouds.
  Telecommunications service providers are accustomed to change. But the ra
  
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• 5G and Avionics Technologies Harmonization

  04-05-2022 02:08
  
  Radio altimeters are designed to generate data for other safety equipment on the plane, including navigation instruments, terrain awareness, and collision-avoidance systems. These sensitive avionic devices could be susceptible to RF interference, creating concern that they might provide wrong readings or not function at all.
  This paper aims to provide awareness of the potential impacts of 5G on public safety, and how to manage such an impact operationally. Please fill in the short form below to
  
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• The ‘Everything Now’ culture is creating a service provider opportunity says new report

  04-05-2022 02:00
  A new report based on research conducted by Censuswide on behalf of IoT connectivity specialists Wireless Logic highlights that service providers can help retailers stay competitive by recommending the right IoT solutions backed by ultra-resilient cellular connectivity.  Conducted last month amongst a sample of 1…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telenor, Aker and Cognite form software security company Omny

  04-05-2022 02:00
  Given its sensitive nature, it is rare for cybersecurity to be discussed openly during international discussions, but this is exactly what happened earlier this this week when a Norwegian delegation, including the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, travelled to Sweden to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.
  The three-day event featured a heavy focus on improving cybersecurity dialogue between the two countries, with participating IT firm Advania suggesting lack of knowledge of the su
  
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• Giganet joins Vodafone. Zen, TalkTalk in going nationwide with CityFibre

  04-05-2022 02:00
  CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent Full Fibre platform, and Giganet, a rapidly-growing and award-winning Internet Service Provider (ISP), have agreed a major expansion to their strategic partnership. Under the terms of the new deal, Giganet will make their Full Fibre offering available across CityFibre’s entire eight million home nationwide rollout.The new agreement builds on the initial partnership first announced in 2020…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Connecting the Med with the IONIAN subsea system

  04-05-2022 02:00
  Recent years have seen an uptick in regional submarine cable projects being developed and launched in the EMEA region. One of those projects is the IONIAN subsea system which is being built by Islalink. Esther Garcés, CEO of Islalink sat down with Total Telecom to share more about the progress of the project and what the system will mean for connectivity in the Mediterranean. Islalink’s current focus is on delivering the IONIAN submarine system…read more on TotalTele.co
  
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• BT partners with AWS for internal cloudification

  04-05-2022 02:00
  Today, BT’s Digital unit has announced a new deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that will see the cloud giant help shift BT’s internal applications to the cloud. As BT’s ‘preferred cloud provider’, the five-year partnership will see AWS update BT&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• AST SpaceMobile gets FCC licence to test direct-to-smartphone satellite internet

  04-05-2022 02:00
  This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has agreed to allow AST SpaceMobile to test its direct-to-smartphone satellite technology in the US.The tests will see AST’s soon-to-launch BlueWalker 3 satellite connect to customers unmodified smartphones, with the tests reportedly using “lowband cellular frequencies and Q/V-band frequencies”. Based on the company&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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