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• Metricell Completes 100K Walk In 24HR Charity Event

  24-06-2022 16:05
  
  Horsham, United Kingdom, 24th June 2022: This year Metricell has gone far and beyond in raising money for some of their extremely important and worthwhile local and international charities. Metricell have undertaken one of the most gruelling, and painstaking challenges, the Centurion Challenge. This event comprises of walking 100km in just 24 hours across the stunning South Downs, starting at Old Winchester Hill and finishing back at the Metricell Big Blue offices in Horsham. Metricell...Source:
  
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• Cisco to pull out of Russia and Belarus for good

  24-06-2022 13:40
  
  Having stopped operations in Russia and Belarus in the early stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in March, US networking outfit Cisco has decided to withdraw permanently.
  On March 3rd Cisco announced that due to the escalation of war and in support of the Ukraine it was stopping all business operations, including sales and services, in Russia and Belarus ‘for the foreseeable future.’ It seems it has now decided that whatever happens in the future course of the war, it’s d
  
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• Glotels return with new categories and a proper night out

  24-06-2022 13:22
  
  The biggest and best version of the Global Telecoms Awards is open for submissions and looking forward to its first in-person winners evening for three years.
  Remember 2019? Things were so different then. We could get together whenever we wanted without a care in the world. Surgical masks were rarely seen outside operating theatres and the prospect of needing permission to leave the house was inconceivable. Among the many disruptions caused by the subsequent pandemic was the suspension of the Gl
  
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• Ericsson and UScellular make tentative progress with 5G drone test

  24-06-2022 13:01
  
  Chicago-based UScellular has successfully tested 5G connectivity between its live network and a drone.
  Working with kit maker Ericsson, the telco flew a drone 2 miles between two of its base stations. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) – as they are also known – was equipped with a 5G smartphone and some RF measurement equipment, which helped UScellular record data including signal strength and quality, throughput, and latency. Flights took place at various altitudes up to 400 feet, a
  
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• Go on a tour of the Wimbledon tennis courts and museum

  24-06-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Tennis will be in the news a lot over the next few weeks, and for those who don’t cram into the site to watch a match in person, you can go on a guided tour of Wimbledon grounds.
  As thousands upon thousands of people throng to Wimbledon 2022, this year is also a special one as it marks the 100th anniversary of the tennis club being where it is today. Officially the club’s name is The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, and was formed in July 1868, based in Wimbledon village,
  
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• Angry BT staff told there’s no more money in the pot

  24-06-2022 12:57
  
  The boss of Telco group BT reportedly said the firm is too skint to dish out pay rises to staff, so a strike may be on the cards.
  Bloomberg managed to get hold of some footage of BT’s ‘PJ Live’ virtual town hall meeting, and has described the staff as ‘incensed’ as CEO Philip Jansen told them he can’t afford to give them a pay rise because of soaring costs and low growth, to the point where they threatened to strike.
  Anyone who’s worked for a large corpo
  
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• There’s More Inside Your Splice Closure than You Think

  24-06-2022 12:49
  
  As fibre is being pushed deeper into the OSP network and technologies grow more sensitive to performance-eroding contamination, the variety of sealing technologies used to protect the fibres inside the closures have evolved.
  Until very recently, there were three main types of seals: heat shrink, rubber seals (grommets) and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) gel. Recently, the scientists developed a fourth technology—silicone gel—that adds critical capabilities and performance features una
  
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• The Transformational Journey to a Modular FTTH Connectivity Ecosystem

  24-06-2022 12:49
  
  Solving today’s FTTH challenges with an eye on the future by anticipating industry evolution and needs, requires thinking differently and taking a completely new approach to product design.
  Modular design, a proven methodology in other industries with similar challenges required to create a new end-to-end operational framework from R&D, Operations, Marketing, Sales, Field Applications Engineering and Customer Service.
  Read this white paper to see how using modular network components an
  
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• A comprehensive guide to next-gen PON decisions

  24-06-2022 12:49
  
  This eBook explores top considerations for service providers that are planning next-generation PON deployments, focusing on the capital and operational decisions that can help create a foundation for future-ready network architectures.
  Many of these considerations favour an open, disaggregated, software-defined PON network as the key to unlocking the benefits of hardware savings, operational efficiency, and long-term subscriber and service growth.
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• Mexico bails out bankrupt shared network operator

  24-06-2022 12:11
  
  Mexico’s telecoms regulator has given the go-ahead for what is effectively a state bailout of Altan Redes, which operates the country’s shared LTE network.
  The Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) said it has approved the financing arrangement Altan Redes announced earlier this month that will see it gain access to a credit agreement worth US$388.1 million. The agreement comes almost a year after Altan Redes filed for bankruptcy protection under Mexican law, before then agre
  
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• TfL’s funding deal gets another extension

  24-06-2022 08:04 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The drip-feed of extensions to TfL’s funding from the government to keep transport running in London has been extended yet again after negotiations were unable to agree a formal settlement by today’s deadline.
  In a statement this morning, TfL says that discussions with the Department for Transport (DfT) in relation to its future funding requirements are ongoing and that TfL remains in a position to meet its operational and contractual obligations in the near term, whilst discussions
  
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• Telesat applies to Ofcom for spectrum licence

  24-06-2022 02:00
  When it comes to establishing a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications network, Canada-based satellite player Telesat has some catching up to do. Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation, the largest currently deployed, already has over 2,200 devices in orbit, while the UK government-backed OneWeb’s revival from bankruptcy in 2020 has seen it go on to launch nearly 400 devices…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telesat applies for Ofcom for spectrum licence

  24-06-2022 02:00
  When it comes to establishing a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications network, Canada-based satellite player Telesat has some catching up to do. Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation, the largest currently deployed, already has over 2,200 devices in orbit, while the UK government-backed OneWeb’s revival from bankruptcy in 2020 has seen it go on to launch nearly 400 devices…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Cisco joins exodus from Russian

  24-06-2022 02:00
  When Russia illegally invaded Ukraine on the 24th of February earlier this year, international sanctions were swift and severe. Companies of all shapes and sizes quickly took measures to cease business.Western telecoms equipment providers were no exception, with both Nokia and Ericsson initially pausing shipments to Russia before confirming their withdrawal from the market entirely…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Cisco joins exodus from Russia

  24-06-2022 02:00
  When Russia illegally invaded Ukraine on the 24th of February earlier this year, international sanctions were swift and severe. Companies of all shapes and sizes quickly took measures to cease business.Western telecoms equipment providers were no exception, with both Nokia and Ericsson initially pausing shipments to Russia before confirming their withdrawal from the market entirely…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Brits remain frosty about the benefits of 5G

  24-06-2022 02:00
  Since the middle of 2019, the UK’s mobile operators have been racing to deploy 5G technology around the country, broadly proclaiming that the technology would revolutionise the consumer experience in a short few years.But while the new technology has the potential to unlock many exciting new use cases, from virtual reality to industrial automation, particularly as 5G standalone networks begin to be rolled out in recent months, the reality for most consumers is that a 5G connection current
  
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