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• The National Gallery’s 200th anniversary plans

  21-06-2022 20:32 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  In a couple of years time, the National Gallery will mark its 200th birthday, and they’ve outlined some of the plans it has to mark its bicentenary.
  (c) National Gallery London
  As the custodians of a national collection, they plan a national exhibition, with 12 simultaneous exhibitions opening on the same day – 10th May 2024 – at 12 museums and galleries across the 12 regions of the four nations of the UK, and each centred around an important artwork from the National Gallery
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• Nokia claims new 5G uplink speed record

  21-06-2022 18:56
  
  Finnish kit vendor Nokia teamed up with compatriot MNO Elisa and US mobile chip firm Qualcomm to hit uplink speeds of 2.1 Gbps using 5G over mmWave.
  The demo took place in a live but controlled environment in the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland. It used a whopping 400 MHz of 26 GHz spectrum over Elisa’s network to achieve the claimed record speed, facilitated by the latest Qualcomm 5G modem. Unsurprisingly, the Nokia Arena is apparently one of the first stadiums to be equipped with 5G mmWa
  
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• HS2 to improve mobile phone coverage along the railway

  21-06-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  When HS2 trains first carry passengers, there won’t be a need for people to manually log on to a WiFi service, as they’re boosting the mobile phone coverage along the tracks.
  However, as the HS2 trains will travel at speeds of up to 225mph, it would be unreliable to rely on phones connecting to mobile phone towers outside the trains, as by the time they’ve connected, they could well be out of range again. This is made harder by sitting in a large metal box, with metallicised an
  
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• Rajant Appoints Diana Logue Chief Operating Officer

  21-06-2022 15:00
  
  Position Responsible for High-Level Daily Tasks Supporting Staff and Sales Channel Malvern, PA – June 21, 2022: Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has promoted Diana Logue to serve as Rajant’s Chief Operating Officer. This appointment furthers Ms. Logue’s expert impact on Rajant’s day-to-day tasks supporting staff and the Rajant sales channel. “This promotion and increased responsibilities a
  
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• Plans to demolish M&S Oxford Street put on hold

  21-06-2022 14:27 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A plan to demolish the Marks and Spencer store at the Marble Arch end of Oxford Street has been called in by the government for a review. There has been growing opposition to the plans by Pilbrow & Partners to demolish the old M&S store and replace it with a smaller store and more offices, with the objections focused mainly on the impact of the demolition of the 1930s corner building on heritage, and the whole scheme on its carbon emissions impact.
  M&S Oxford Street (c) Google Street
  
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• Huawei and China Mobile Research Institute Jointly Launch the Industry’s First Super C120+L120 Single-Fiber Ultra-wide Spectrum OTN Solution

  21-06-2022 14:06
  
  Recently, Huawei officially released the industry’s first Super C120+L120 ultra-wide spectrum OTN solution. This solution makes a historic breakthrough in the field of ultra-large single-fiber optical transmission.
  The E2E Super C120+L120 ultra-wide spectrum solution consists of optical amplifiers, WSS modules, and optical transport units. This sophisticated solution uses the new erbium-doped fiber (EDF), special L120 erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) with ultra-wide gain spectrums, high
  
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• FWA accounts for a fifth of global mobile data traffic – Ericsson

  21-06-2022 13:38
  
  Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has published its latest Mobility Report. Among its revelations is the surprisingly rapid growth of Fixed Wireless Access.
  Ericsson has exceptional visibility into mobile networks worldwide because it kit features in most of them. Alongside the usual forecasts about data usage, 5G rollout, etc, there was a section devoted entirely to FWA in the latest one. To remind you, this is the technology that uses mobile to replace fixed broadband connections, typically in areas
  
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• Belgium spends €1.2 billion on long-awaited 5G auction

  21-06-2022 13:31
  
  After years spent grappling with mobile radiation limits, Belgium has finally completed its first 5G spectrum auction.
  In total, 50 MHz of 700-MHz spectrum, and 370 MHz of 3600-MHz spectrum – both specifically for 5G – went under the hammer courtesy of the Belgian Institute for Post and Telecommunications (BIPT). The regulator also re-auctioned frequencies in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz bands to support the continuation of 2G, 3G and 4G services.
  The multi-band auction raised
  
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• Investors look to throw more cash at towers in Germany and Australia

  21-06-2022 13:17
  
  Deutsche Telekom has reportedly attracted more would-be investors for its €20 billion towers business, while antipodean rumours suggest OMERS is looking for more assets in Australia.
  The big money is in Germany, so we’ll start there. KKR, Global Infrastructure Partners and Stonepeak Partners have made a joint, binding, bid for a controlling stake in Deutsche Telekom’s towers business, according to the latest from Bloomberg’s unnamed sources.
  The report comes just weeks aft
  
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• The Museum of London gets grimey

  21-06-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  When underground music features in a museum exhibition it’s either come of age, or become a historic relic, and this new exhibition at the Museum of London looks at both aspects of the grime scene and its roots in east London.Co-curated by one of grime’s early documentarians, Roony ‘Risky’ Keefe, the display features a series of newly commissioned films that explore the community at the heart of grime’s success, a large-scale illustration from artist Willkay and per
  
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• Huawei Continues to Lead the Global Home Network Market in Commercialization and Innovation

  21-06-2022 12:41
  
  Recently, Omdia, a global technology research powerhouse, released the 1Q22 Fiber and Copper Access Equipment Market Share Report. According to the report, Huawei’s home optical network terminals (ONTs) continued to rank No. 1 in global ONT/ONU revenue, and it has the highest number of shipment units in 1Q22.
  Through continuous investment in technological innovation, Huawei creates higher value for operators and users and leads the global market. With the rapid development of fiber broadba
  
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• Hamilton extended and is now booking up to December

  21-06-2022 12:17 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  That musical that was famously difficult to get tickets to has now extended bookings for their London show to this December.
  Hamilton is the story of America’s Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington’s right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation’s first Treasury Secretary. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway, Hamilton is the story of America then, told by
  
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• Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Appoints the Nuvias Group as Distributor across the Nordics and Baltics

  21-06-2022 09:00
  
  Enterprise-grade, digital age networking and cloud solutions for the channel. Paris, France & Sandefjord, Norway – 21st June 2022 – Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, a leading provider of networking solutions tailored to customers’ industries, today appoints the Nuvias Group as a distributor across the Nordics and Baltics. The partnership will focus on bringing advanced and integrated networking solutions to enterprises via the channel. This will include a comprehensive portfolio
  
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• South Kensington’s tube station oversite development is back

  21-06-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Plans for an oversite development around South Kensington tube station are back after the developer filed an appeal against the council’s refusal to permit the development.
  The plans, designed by architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners for a partnership between Native Land and TfL called for a row of flats to be built on the empty south side of the station, a revamping of the existing buildings on the north side, and a rebuild of the bullnose at the western end.
  Image from previous plan
  
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• The Institute of Telecoms Professionals (ITP) appoints Charlotte Goodwill as CEO to drive the UK’s digital talent pipeline

  21-06-2022 02:00
  The Institute of Telecoms Professionals (ITP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Charlotte Goodwill as its new CEO. Starting in June 2022, Charlotte will focus on diversifying the digital workforce and serving as a voice for the industry. Charlotte’s appointment follows the passing of Crissi Williams in March 2022.Joining the organisation in 2017, Charlotte previously held the role of Head of Apprenticeships where she was responsible for addressing the UK technical skills gap withi
  
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• New subsea cable to link Greece and Egypt

  21-06-2022 02:00
  A new subsea link between Greece and Egypt is on the card after Telecom Egypt signed Heads of Agreement with a subsidiary of the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) of Greece, Grid Telecom.The link will actually be an extension of a subsea cable system…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Myth busting - survey shows the public don't know what is messing with their connectivity

  21-06-2022 02:00
  A new study conducted by conducted by Censuswide on behalf of Zen Internet has looked at a sample of 2,001 UK adults (aged 16+) that have broadband and has found an alarming lack of understanding around what impacts their connectivity. In particular, almost all (99%) are unaware of all the common household items and scenarios which could potentially be interfering with their connectivity…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Belgian spectrum auction raises 1.2 million euros

  21-06-2022 02:00
  The main phase of Belgium’s mobile spectrum auction raised 1.2 billion euros, according to the Belgian regulator BIPT (The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications)…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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