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• Avanti West Coast testing trains for London to Scotland route

  01-07-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The first of a new fleet of trains that will operate out of Euston station has entered static testing at Hitachi Rail’s Newton Aycliffe factory.The new Class 805 bi-mode trains will replace an older fleet of diesel Class 221 trains operated by Avanti West Coast that primarily run from London Euston to Scotland via Birmingham New Street (despite the route being electrified throughout) and, from London Euston to Shrewsbury and, London Euston to Chester and North Wales.
  The new fleet will be
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Eden Garden, SW4

  01-07-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a wildlife park that tumbles down a steep slope in Wandsworth, sitting next to an ancient church.There’s been a church at the top of the slope since at least the 12th-century, and the current church, renamed as St Paul’s was built in 1815 as a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity, Clapham. The church is surrounded by a graveyard and very well mown lawns, but the pocket park I am writing about sits on the other side of the footpath, and has a totally different character from the Eng
  
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• BT retains majority of rights to UEFA football until 2027

  01-07-2022 14:40
  
  UK telco group BT says it has secured the rights to the majority of the UEFA Champions League games, plus all the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League exclusively live.
  There will apparently be a new format for the three European competitions from 2024, adding 12 more teams, more matches, and the introduction of an additional ‘knockout-playoff’ round.
  Meanwhile, it is being reported that Amazon – which has been making strides with its tennis coverage –
  
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• London exhibitions to visit in July 2022

  01-07-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  As we dodge tennis balls and pray for thunderstorms to wash away the pollen, here’s a selection of ten excellent exhibitions to fill your days with.Jubilation: 200 Years of Royal Souvenirs
  Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising, Ladbrooke Grove
  Adult: £9 |  Concessions: £7 | Children (7-16): £5
  Visit the museum to see the temporary displays that will feature Royal themed products and packaging from the past 200 years. There will be a focus on past Jubilees and c
  
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• BT workers vote to strike amid ‘culture of fear’

  01-07-2022 12:47
  
  Members of the Communications Workers Union working for BT have voted to strike after an ongoing dispute over pay, BT calls the result ‘a disappointment’.
  After an ongoing dispute over pay, CWU members working at BT have voted in favour of strike action, amid what general Secretary of the Union Dave Ward described as a ‘real culture of fear that has been imposed in the last couple of years by the senior BT management,’
  There were three components to the voting. The ballot
  
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• Welcome To the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR)

  01-07-2022 12:05
  
  This case study outlines the history behind and benefits of the new National Underground Asset Register, using interviews with Senior Executives who have been part of it’s development. In particular it outlines what Telecoms organizations will gain from the platform. It discusses how the platform will bring faster, more efficient and more cost-effective roll-out of infrastructure.
  NUAR will mean:Fewer outages and improved customer service
  Less costly infrastructure roll-out
  Shorter streetw
  
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• Flash sale on Phantom of the Opera tickets this weekend

  01-07-2022 11:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Running for 36 years, ever since 1986, Phantom of the Opera is one of the mainstays of the West End musicals, and there’s a flash sale this weekend on selected seats.
  Phantom of the Opera
  In 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber was looking to pen a major romance and a reading of Gaston Leroux’s classic novel of mystery and suspense, The Phantom of the Opera, provided the substance he was looking for. The musical went through many iterations and lyricists before it became the classic people know
  
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• GSMA says industry needs another 7 GHz of 5G spectrum

  01-07-2022 10:31
  
  It’s hard to put a number on the exact quantity of spectrum telcos need in order to fully deliver on the promises of 5G, but it seems the GSMA has done exactly that.
  7 GHz. That’s the amount per market, according to two new reports (available separately here and here) published by the industry group on Thursday. In terms of frequency bands, 5 GHz of that total needs to be millimetre-wave (mmWave). This is so telcos can provide enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) in dense urban environme
  
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• BT wants extension to Huawei kit rip-out deadline

  01-07-2022 10:02
  
  BT has confirmed it wouldn’t mind having a bit more time to rip out Huawei equipment from its network, the process having been impeded by the Covid-19 pandemic.
  “A short extension would be reasonable,” a company spokesperson said, highlighting the fact that the exceptional circumstances of the past couple of years have naturally had a material impact on the kit replacement programme.
  The UK incumbent made the comments in response to a piece published by Bloomberg, which reporte
  
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• Startup Stories - Go West

  01-07-2022 02:00
  Tell us about your start up
  RunFibre is an internet service provider in the West of UK that is rolling out fibre infrastructure and partnering with other fibre operators to reduce the digital divide.What is your USP?We work collaboratively with communities…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Proximus scraps plans for US subsidiary Telesign's IPO

  01-07-2022 02:00
  This decision, which is a result of the high volatility in market trading linked to the external macro-economic environment, implies that the intended public listing of Telesign through a deSPAC transaction with NAAC will not take place. Proximus remains fully committed to further supporting Telesign’s future growth.Since the announcement of the envisioned business combination in December 2021…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MTN turns to crowdsourcing to overcome South African energy crisis

  01-07-2022 02:00
  Widespread power outages have been commonplace in South Africa for over a decade, with the national energy supplier Eksom having struggled to meet the national demand for electricity during peak times since 2007.  Now, however, this energy crisis is deepening further still due to strike action from Eksom workers, forcing one of the country’s largest mobile networks operators, MTN, to turn to the public for help in keeping their network up and running. This week, MTN has ann
  
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• FTTH lessons for the UK market from French and German experience

  01-07-2022 02:00
  Between 2021 and 2026, the FFTH Council Europe estimates that fibre homes passed will grow from 7 million in 2021 to 25 million by 2026. This places a major onus on the whole industry, from operators to suppliers.By 2021, France already had 21 million homes passed with FTTH. Omelcom has been a key stakeholder in France’s FTTH rollout strategy, selling several hundreds of thousand Aerial subscriber nodes, several million FTTH outlets,&nbsp…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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