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• Qualcomm snaps up network automation firm Cellwize

  13-06-2022 18:17
  
  US mobile chip giant Qualcomm has acquired network automation firm Cellwize in order to further its ambitions in 5G and edge computing.
  Qualcomm says Cellwize’s ‘cloud-native, multi-vendor RAN automation and management platform’ will compliment its own 5G infrastructure solutions as it looks to ‘fuel the digital transformation of industries, power the connected intelligent edge, and support the growth of the cloud economy.’
  Specifically, it anticipates the integrati
  
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• There’s a DALEK in Hammersmith for a few weeks

  13-06-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There aren’t many opportunities to take a photo with a DALEK, but for a few weeks you can do just that in Hammersmith.
  Next to the Thames is the appropriately named Riverside Studios, an arts centre on the site of the former BBC TV studios that operated between 1954-74. Although the BBC moved out in 1974, they continued to rent the TV studios for Top of the Pops up to 2010.
  As the BBC’s in its centenary year, they’ve put on an exhibition of photos from the BBC archive of the fi
  
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• London Overground’s Barking Riverside station to open this summer

  13-06-2022 15:29 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) says that it is bringing forward the launch of London Overground services on the extension to Barking Riverside, following good progress being made in the completion of the station commissioning and testing stages.
  Extract from tube map (c) TfL
  Construction work on the 4.5km extension from Barking station to the new riverside station had been due to open in December 2021 at a cost of £260 million. However, delays caused by unexpected engineering problems and pand
  
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• Nvidia and friends build a 5G VR workspace for engineers

  13-06-2022 14:42
  
  Chip giant Nvidia has got a gang of firms together to build a virtual collaborative industrial workspace using edge computing and what it says is the world’s first 5G-enabled VR.
  BT, Ericsson, the GRID Factory, Masters of Pie, Qualcomm and NVIDIA all lent their respective expertise to the project based at electric vehicle battery manufacturer Hyperbat. In a nutshell, two engineering teams located about 70 miles apart were able to collaborate as if they were in the same room thanks to a VR
  
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• UK government invokes Thatcher to push new digital strategy

  13-06-2022 14:40
  
  The UK government has published its latest Digital Strategy which, as usual, is more about ambition and buzzwords than it is action.
  Tech Minister Chris Philp cited former Prime Minister and perennial opinion-divider Margaret Thatcher as inspiration as he presented the strategy at London Tech Week on Monday.
  “Developed economies face long-term challenges around growth, productivity and real wages,” Philp said at the event, according to a statement published by the Department for Digi
  
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• Telefonica forms Spanish solar energy JV with Repsol

  13-06-2022 13:50
  
  Spanish telco group Telefonica is getting into the solar self-consumption game through a joint venture with compatriot Repsol.
  There seem to be few areas of diversification Telefonica won’t consider these days, so we shouldn’t be surprised by it taking the opportunity to get involved with energy company Repsol. Solar self-consumption seems to be the new term for domestic solar energy. The JV is called Solar360, which seems a tad optimistic even for Spain, and it will offer the full M
  
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• Vodafone says it’s now the number one full fibre provider in the UK

  13-06-2022 13:10
  
  UK operator Vodafone has announced its full fibre broadband offering now reaches 8 million homes and that it has overtaken previous leader BT by that metric.
  Vodafone says its deal with CityFibre last November ‘established it as CityFibre’s anchor customer’, and that it made long-term volume commitments across CityFibre’s entire rollout as part of a £4 billion investment programme. Vodafone indulges in a bit more boasting of its full fibre features, which includes h
  
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• Globe wants $1.5 billion for towers

  13-06-2022 13:04
  
  Globe Telecom is looking to sell a swathe of its telecoms towers in a deal that could raise as much as US$1.5 billion, it emerged late last week.
  The news came from Bloomberg, which cited unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter as saying that the Philippines operator is working with an advisor to gauge interest in the idea before kicking off a formal sale process. As usual, we’re told that deliberations are at an early stage and may not result in a deal.
  That caveat notwithstanding, t
  
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• Look out for a fleet of heritage coaches on Friday morning

  13-06-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you’re near Victoria Coach Station on Friday morning, look out for a heritage fleet of Royal Blue coaches on their annual outing.
  The Royal Blue Coaches was a coach operator that existed from 1880 until 1986, with a fleet of, unsurprisingly, blue buses and coaches. There’s a dedicated heritage group that brings together people who own and restore the old Royal Blue coaches, and this weekend is their annual outing.
  Royal Blue coach 1433 (HDV 638E), 2012 Bus & Coach Preservation
  
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• UK probes Apple and Google mobile duopoly

  13-06-2022 10:24
  
  ‘Apple and Google have an effective duopoly on mobile ecosystems that allows them to exercise a stranglehold over these markets’ says UK markets regulator the Competition and Markets Authority.
  The CMA is currently ‘consulting’ on the launch of a market investigation into Apple’s restrictions on cloud gaming through its App Store, and the market power of both Apple and Google in the mobile browser space. It is also taking enforcement action against Google in relatio
  
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• Ontix Joins Small Cell Forum to Drive Indoor, Outdoor and Smart City Connectivity Initiatives

  13-06-2022 10:22
  
  Pioneering neutral host specialist joins industry association developing technical and commercial enablers to accelerate small cell adoption and drive wide-scale densificationLondon, UK – Monday 13th June 2022 Ontix, the company delivering Next-Generation Wireless Infrastructure-as-a-Service, today announced that it has joined Small Cell Forum (SCF), the industry association developing the technical and commercial enablers to accelerate small cell adoption. Ontix will contribute by bringin
  
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• London’s Alleys: Ladbroke Mews, W11

  13-06-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a short mews in Holland Park a short walk from the tube station, and another architectural gem for the area, the Cosmic House.It was originally called Alfred Mews, and was lined on the west with small stables and on the eastern side was the backs of gardens for the houses facing Clarendon Road. It was renamed Ladbroke Mews at some point in the 1930s.As with many mews, the stables were turned into housing, but slightly less usual was the decision in the 1970s of every single house on the
  
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• Orange and DabaDoc launch e-health platform for Ivory Coast

  13-06-2022 02:00
  It provides access to several services such as online appointment booking, payment for remote consultations by the diaspora, digitized medical records and teleconsultations.The Orange Santé platform is developed in partnership with DabaDoc, the Moroccan start-up in which Orange has invested…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• New telecoms law mandates 100Mbps internet for all Spaniards

  13-06-2022 02:00
  Spain has definitively approved updates to its General Law on Telecommunications, finally bringing it in line with the requirements of the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC), over a year and a half after the 2021 deadline.To recap, the EECC, agreed back in 2018, called on all EU nations to codify into law various measures that would create a singular regulatory framework and provide better protection for internet users throughout Europe…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• GSMA move to standardise ESG reporting metrics

  13-06-2022 02:00
  According to the GSMA, there are currently around 600 different ESG reporting standards currently in use throughout the mobile industry. This fragmentation not only makes measuring progress on an industrial scale very difficult, but also places a heavy burden on the operators, who often commit significant time and effort in the data collection and reporting progress to produce a report of limited value. Now, the GSMA has announced the release of a new whitepaper…read more on TotalTe
  
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• Brazil selects Hengtong for second section of Amazon River fibre cable

  13-06-2022 02:00
  Back in February 2021, cable specialist Prysmian announced that it had won a contract from the Brazilian government to supply 770km of fibre cable as first stage of the Norte Conectado project, a plan to deploy fibre infrastructure beneath the Amazon River in order to serve rural northern communities…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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