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• Consultation on plans to redevelop the Museum of London site

  20-06-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A fresh consultation has opened to decide what to do with the Museum of London site when the museum moves out to its new home in Smithfields. The ideas are pretty much a refinement of the proposals shown off last year, that the roundabout is removed and the area is redeveloped with three office blocks and a lot more street-level open space.
  An artist’s impression of the site looking south (c) Diller Scofidio + Renfro / City of London
  Two of the office blocks are tall, being 14 and 17 stori
  
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• Virgin Media, CommScope and WBA demo proper public wifi in Dublin

  20-06-2022 17:35
  
  OpenRoaming, a standard managed by the Wireless Broadband Alliance, promises to take the hassle out of using public wifi hotspots.
  The technology, which was originally developed by Cisco, aims to allow a single login for all wifi hotspots using it and seamless switching from one hotspot to another. For some reason this sort of thing has been beyond the combined ingenuity of the telecoms and tech industries to date but its commercial potential is clear. Surely there’s a significant market f
  
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• Summer tours of the Aga Khan Centre in King’s Cross

  20-06-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  An unassuming white building behind King’s Cross conceals a wonderful interior and rooftop garden. This is the Aga Khan Centre, opened in 2018 to house several divisions of the Shi‘a Ismaili charity and its design incorporates a collection of gardens, courtyards and terraces all based on Islamic principles.
  It’s also open for tours.While it looks like a conventional office block from the outside, it’s inside that the real action takes place. A central floor-to-ceiling cou
  
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• Five trends defining enterprise 5G in 2022

  20-06-2022 14:24
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Tom Loozen, EY Global Telecoms Leader, looks at some of the key themes defining business use of 5G technology.
  The world of industrial 5G faces significant challenges, despite healthy levels of investment and interest in emerging use cases across industries. The latest EY Reimagining Industry Futures study highlights that enterprises are focused on adopting
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Giganet, edge and India

  20-06-2022 14:06
  
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Giganet, edge and India
  
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• Chancellor Sunak pays timely visit to Honiton fibre builder

  20-06-2022 13:31
  
  West-country broadband internet network developer Jurassic Fibre got a visit from the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of a crucial local by election.
  Jurassic Fibre was founded in 2018 to build out an FTTP network in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset. It is headquartered in Honiton, Devon and today announced plans to increase its fibre rollout to cover half a million premises in the region by 2026. The timing of that announcement could have been inspired by Sunak’s fondness of killing tw
  
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• Shengyang Electronics joins HomeGrid Forum bringing exciting G.hn knowledge of Industrial M2M and IoT use cases

  20-06-2022 13:22
  
  Nuremberg, Germany 20 June 2022: HomeGrid Forum has today welcomed Shengyang Electronics as its latest member at the Embedded World event in Nuremberg. The Chinese RF specialists bring a wealth of knowledge and experience of G.hn technologies and how they can be applied for M2M and IoT use cases. It is expected that the company’s recent investment in G.hn technology solutions will see their first product gain HomeGrid certification by the end of this month...Source: RealWire
  
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• TfL planning new housing development next to Barkingside tube station

  20-06-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  TfL is working on plans to build just under 100 new homes next to Barkingside tube station on industrial land that’s currently used by a builders supplier.
  The proposed development (c) TfL / Shepherd Robson
  The builder’s yard itself was created when Barkingside station was built back in 1903, as it was the coal store for the steam trains that used the line. When steam was discontinued on this part of the Central line in 1947, the site was used for goods delivery until 1965, and since
  
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• AT&T and Verizon delay 5G rollout around US airports for another year

  20-06-2022 12:57
  
  US operators AT&T and Verizon have agreed to hold off deploying 5G around airports in the US until July 2023, until airlines are able to install upgrades to radio altimeters.
  AT&T and Verizon have agreed to extend the current delay in rolling out C-band 5G around airports in the US until 2023, following ongoing claims that the frequency could disrupt aircraft as they take off and land. The delayed expansion of 5G to areas around airports was due to happen imminently, but the FAA announce
  
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• Bouygues taps Ericsson for 5G SA core

  20-06-2022 12:55
  
  France’s Bouygues Telecom aims to unlock a whole host of advanced 5G use cases with the deployment of an Ericsson 5G standalone (SA) core network.
  Once up and running, the operator will be in a position to offer mobile services that make greater use of AI, extended reality (XR), and automation, said Ericsson when the deal was announced late last week. It will also support network slicing, enabling Bouygues to tailor the performance of individual virtual 5G networks to the differing require
  
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• Rogers and Shaw ink C$2.85 billion deal for Freedom

  20-06-2022 12:53
  
  Canadian telcos Rogers and Shaw have inked a deal for the sale of the latter’s Freedom Mobile arm, a move they hope will give them the freedom to push ahead with their merger plan.
  The telcos have agreed to sell Freedom Mobile to telecoms and media company Quebecor for C$2.85 billion, on a cash-free and debt-free basis. Quebecor was one of a number of firms reportedly interested in acquiring Freedom Mobile, and while there was talk of higher offers from elsewhere, the regional operator has
  
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• WBA OpenRoaming Enables Dublin’s Smart City Vision with Seamless, Secure, High-Performance Wi-Fi

  20-06-2022 11:01
  
  Proof-of-Concept Trial Showcases How WBA OpenRoaming Provides Residents, Tourists and Businesses with Convenient Access to Municipal Services and More London, UK, June 20th June 2022: The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) and City of Dublin today announced a successful proof-of-concept trial of OpenRoaming™ in Dublin, Ireland. Initially deployed at Bernardo Square, Dame Street and the City Council’s Amphitheatre, WBA OpenRoaming enables residents and visitors to log in only once and
  
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• London’s Alleys: Snow Hill Court, EC1

  20-06-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This tiny very well-hidden alley in Holborn has existed ever since the church it wraps around the back of was built in Norman times.Originally dedicated to St Edmund and today known as Holy Sepulchre London, the church was given its current name during the Crusades, venerating its Jerusalem namesake. The Norman era church was demolished and rebuilt in the 15th century, and again largely rebuilt following the Great Fire of London, and baring some internal modifications in the 18th century, is pre
  
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• Telcos must do more to ensure they have data governance processes in place

  20-06-2022 02:00
  Google and Vodafone Spain recently faced a EUR14 million fine by the country’s data protection authority, with reports revealing that the total number of fines for GDPR enforcement now totals EUR1.6 billion.Four years after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in the EU, the threat of fines for businesses continues to grow as a host of new regulations and enforcements are set to come into effect this year, including the Data Governance Act and ePrivacy Regulation
  
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• SecurityGen urges mobile operators to revise their approach to security and upgrade their network defences

  20-06-2022 02:00
  Earlier this month, multiple US Govt security agencies including the FBI, the National Security Agency (NSA) and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, warned that hackers breached major telecoms companies by exploiting software flaws in routers and other network infrastructure equipment.The US report did not name the companies that had experienced the breaches. It also said that infrastructure equipment is “often overlooked by cyber defenders, who struggle to maintain and keep p
  
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• How will Medusa, the longest cable in the Mediterranean, boost connectivity between Southern Europe and Northern Africa?

  20-06-2022 02:00
  In the framework of the Submarine Networks EMEA international congress (17 and 18 May 2022), Norman Albi, CEO of AFR-IX telecom, explains the keys to one of the company's most important projects…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Control towers - who will win the battle for DT's tower unit?

  20-06-2022 02:00
  Back in May Total Telecom reported that Brookfield Asset Management and Cellnex were eyeing up Deutsche Telekom’s towers business, but whilst discussions have continued another bidder has come forwards on they may not be the last…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Connecting America: the Total Telecom roundup of broadband progression

  20-06-2022 02:00
  The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in the USA promises to see billions invested in broadband and bridging the digital divide. Total Telecom are keeping track of events by pulling together a timeline from multiple news sources…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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