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• Canada to ban Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks

  19-05-2022 23:18
  Trudeau government delivers long-awaited decision on equipment manufacturers targeted by Washington
  
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• North American smartphone shipments are a lot healthier than China’s

  19-05-2022 18:45
  
  Smartphone shipments in North America clocked in at 39 million units in Q1 2022, contrasting with Chinese figures which have taken a nosedive.
  In terms of the major smartphone manufacturer rankings, Apple grew 19% and grabbed a 51% market share in North America for Q1, according to figures from analyst Canalys. Samsung was up 1% to swipe a 27% market share, for which its S and A series are given the credit. Motorola took third place with 10%, followed by TCL (4%) and Google (3%).A lot of the str
  
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• RCS Evolving into Next-Generation Marketing Channel for MNOs and Advertisers, Reveals Upstream Report

  19-05-2022 18:09
  
  Rich mobile messaging allows Mobile Operators and advertisers to engage consumers with tailored, media-rich interactions that can be measured and optimised for maximum conversion MNOs uniquely positioned to tap into RCS potential London, Rio de Janeiro, Athens, May 19, 2022 – RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging is expected to account for a growing proportion of global mobile operator revenue and become a vital channel for advertisers as they seek to enhance direct-to-consumer inter
  
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• Tickets Alert: Visit the UK’s largest particle accelerator

  19-05-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  In the countryside not far from Didcot can be a found a stunning flying saucer of a building, which also happens to house the UK’s national synchrotron, and they’re resuming public tours of this hive of science.A synchrotron is essentially a large particle accelerator, but rather than smashing atoms together to study them, as is done at CERN, here, they are used to generate powerful light beams that can be used to study the inside of materials.
  And the entire facility sits in a huge
  
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• Basel to bring the best of fibre optics as ECOC Exhibition's Market Focus and awards open for entries

  19-05-2022 15:58
  
  The event will be held in Basel, Switzerland 19 May 2022 – From 19-21 September 2022, the Swiss city of Basel will host technologists, thought leaders and decision makers, as part of Europe’s largest exhibition for the optical communications industry. Exhibitor booths, face-to-face networking, live ‘Market Focus’ presentations, product demonstrations and an award ceremony will attract thousands of attendees and exhibitors to the city. “With the continent on the cusp
  
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• Dish boosts fibre offer with AT&T deal

  19-05-2022 13:48
  
  Dish Network is boosting its fixed Internet service portfolio via a new distribution deal with AT&T that will allow it to extend its fibre reach.
  Interestingly, while AT&T is shouting about the deal, there has been no announcement from Dish itself as of yet. And despite the fact that AT&T’s announcement notes that the deal is effectively immediately – as of Wednesday, that is – there is no mention of the new partner on Dish’s website. Presumably it’s jus
  
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• AT&T taps Ericsson’s Cradlepoint for managed wireless WAN service

  19-05-2022 13:46
  
  US telco giant AT&T aims to capitalise on the growth of hybrid working with the launch of a wireless WAN service.
  Called AT&T Managed Wireless WAN, it’s a fully-managed, plug-and-play service that’s billed on a monthly basis with no up-front costs. It therefore lends itself to companies that want to quickly and reliably connect a new site, in some cases perhaps only temporarily. Think remote locations, construction sites, events, home workers, or a new satellite office that h
  
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• River Thames bridges to have a Platinum Jubilee light show

  19-05-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The bridges across the Thames in central London will put on a special Platinum Jubilee themed light show over the Jubilee weekend next month.For four nights, the bridges will be lit in a celebratory sequence of evolving colour and light, and the special edition of the artwork will be unveiled at sunset on Thursday 2nd June and will run each night until 2am on Monday 6th June.
  Illuminated River artist Leo Villareal has been specially commissioned to programme this event where nine central London
  
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• The Elizabeth line has appeared on the new tube map

  19-05-2022 11:51 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  TfL has, just in time for the launch, released its latest tube map which now includes the Elizabeth line, along with a new sponsor and the London Overground extension.
  New tube map (c) TfL
  As with other mainline sized services, the Elizabeth line appears on the tube map as a double purple line rather than a solid line to differentiate the Elizabeth line as a new railway as opposed to a London Underground line.
  The Elizabeth line will initially run 12 trains per hour between Paddington and Abbey
  
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• AccelerComm to Demonstrate How Spectral Efficiency is Key to 5G Small Cell Success at SCWS 2022

  19-05-2022 11:49
  
  Company to present critical role of its physical layer IP solutions in maximising performance of dense networks at Small Cell Forum’s flagship event London, UK – May 19th 2022 - AccelerComm, the Layer 1 5G IP specialists, today announced that it will be presenting a range of its solutions that help maximise the performance of 5G small cells at the SCWS 2022 event in London from May 24th-25th. The company provides 5G physical layer IP...Source: RealWire
  
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• Infovista enables operators to test user experience of OTT voice, video and interactive 5G apps and services

  19-05-2022 11:34
  
  New solutions extend full network testing to include all native and OTT applications and services such as Counter-Strike, WhatsApp or Netflix Paris, France – May 19th, 2022 – Infovista, the global leader in network lifecycle automation (NLA), today announced new user experience testing solutions for the most resource intensive – and latency sensitive – OTT applications and interactive 5G services. Innovatively combining various generic testing techniques, sophisticated re
  
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• China Mobile Li Junwei: 50G PON Is the Next Generation

  19-05-2022 11:33
  On April 26, Li Junwei, manager of the Access and Home Network Research Office of China Mobile Communications Research Institute, delivered a keynote speech titled Thoughts on Optical Broadband Network Technology Evolution at the “Next Generation Broadband APAC 2022: Promoting Broadband Boundaries” webinar in the Asia Pacific region, elaborating on the key direction in optical access network development and the network quality upgrade plan of China Mobile.
  Currently, China is rapidly
  
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• Orange extends phone recycling scheme across Europe

  19-05-2022 11:25
  
  French telco group Orange is expanding its ‘Re’ scheme, which provides phone recycling, refurbishment, repairs and returns, across all the European regions it operates in.
  Orange’s ‘Re’ programme was launched in October 2020 with the aim of providing recycling, returns and refurbishment services, which it says is part of its commitment to the circular economy ‘in all our activities and practices.’ Last year it added phone repairs to its roster of service
  
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• Zero Covid policy is killing the Chinese smartphone market

  19-05-2022 11:10
  
  Chinese smartphone sales have fallen off a cliff this year as the country continues to try to close its borders to a virus.
  The latest numbers from Counterpoint Research paint a grim picture. They manage to track the China smartphone numbers on a weekly basis and they reveal a steady decline since mid-February, which roughly coincides with extra quarantine measures introduced for the Winter Olympics. Some of that decline appears to be seasonal, but there is a clear year-on-year drop too.“W
  
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• The Royal Mint’s new LGBTQ+ 50p coin will be legal tender

  19-05-2022 11:10 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A collectable rainbow 50p coin that’s just been issued by the Royal Mint to mark 50th anniversary of Pride UK can be used in shops as legal tender, should someone want to use it like that. The coin isn’t destined for mass circulation as a standard coin would be, but by Royal Proclamation, it is legal tender, so in theory, you could buy one of these coins from the Royal Mint and use it like most other coins to settle a debt.
  (c) Royal Mint
  The coin has been designed by Dominique Holme
  
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• Picocom validates 5G Open RAN SoC with Radisys interoperability milestone

  19-05-2022 10:00
  
  Companies partner to deliver integrated Open RAN platforms to joint customers Bristol, UK – 19 May 2022 - Picocom, the 5G Open RAN baseband semiconductor and software specialist, announced that through close partnership with Radisys, they are delivering joint 5G Open RAN platforms to customers based on Picocom’s PC802 small cell System-on-Chip (SoC) and Radisys’ Connect RAN 5G software. The PC802 flexible, low power device empowers the innovation of a new breed of 5G NR...Sourc
  
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• Marble Hill reopens after seven years of restoration work

  19-05-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Just under 300 years ago, one of the country’s earliest Neo-Palladian villas was built next to the Thames, and now, following extensive restoration work, it’s opening up to the public.This is Marble Hill, built for Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, who is mostly famous for being the mistress of King George II, but was a remarkable woman in her own right at a time when women had hardly any rights at all. Born into decent wealth, she married badly to Charles Howard, who abused his
  
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• The 5G-aliser: May 2022 Update – From Telco to TechCo

  19-05-2022 02:00
  Created in collaboration with STL Partners, the 5G-aliser began its life back in 2020, aiming to provide a useful graphic through which to measure the ebbs and flows of 5G development and the individual factors having the greatest impact on this process. Since then, the graphic has become a springboard for the discussion of key issues affecting the wider telecoms industry, with 5G the focal point.In this instalment of the 5G-aliser, two topics stood out as having risen to prominence, not only i
  
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