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• Plans for a new City of London skyscraper shown off

  13-07-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A new skyscraper could loom over London if plans for the redevelopment of a site next to the old NatWest Tower go ahead.
  CGI render of the new tower (c) Arney Fender Katsalidis
  The site is 55 Bishopsgate, currently occupied by a reasonably low rise, by City standards office block that’s just 7 storeys high and rows of shops at the ground floor on either side of the main entrance to the offices.
  The £600 million development is being put forward by Schroder Real Estate, who bought the
  
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• On the 5G edge, you must automate to accumulate

  13-07-2022 18:20
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece, Sue White, head of strategy and portfolio marketing at Netcracker explains why a high level of automation is the mobile network operator’s only hope for tackling the unprecedented complexity of edge computing on 5G networks.
  Is it possible to get more from less? Sounds like a contradiction, but in fact this brand of alchemy has driven human progress since
  
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• Shell Energy goes from bad to worse in latest Ofcom complaints report

  13-07-2022 17:48
  
  It looks like relatively new ISP Shell Energy is struggling to keep its customers happy as it is the most complained about UK broadband and landline provider.
  This is the key finding of UK communications regulator Ofcom’s latest complaints report. As you can see from the tables below, Shell Energy received by far the most complaints per 100,000 customers than any other provider both for its broadband and landline services. This represents a continuation and a worsening of the trend observe
  
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• Another national rail strike is set for Wednesday 27th July

  13-07-2022 16:13 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The RMT union has called for another nationwide strike on the railways, to take place on Wednesday 27th July.
  Unlike the previous strike which was for three days spread out over a week, this is just a one-day only strike, but will still cause considerable disruption to the railways, not just on the strike day, but also likely on the evening the night before and the morning after.
  The RMT says that it was offered a pay deal for Network Rail staff of 4 per cent this year and 4 per cent next year,
  
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• Cornelia Parker fills the Tate Britain with an eclectic mix of art

  13-07-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Cornelia Parker is one of those British artists who manages to create art to suit almost all tastes in almost every size possible, and now Tate Britain has filled much of their gallery with a retrospective look at her varied career.
  Some of the monumental pieces are famous, but many more so for being monumental and the sort of art that can only exist in a world where big galleries buy big art, and big galleries bring in big audiences to see the big art.
  So it’s famous big art.
  And the Tate
  
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• Speedcast Further Strengthens Software Networking Expertise with the Announcement of New Board Member

  13-07-2022 15:00
  
  Houston, Texas — July 13, 2022 — Speedcast, a leading global communications and network service provider, today announced the appointment of Andres Angelani to its Board of Directors. The board addition is part of Speedcast’s continued focus on software defined network solutions across the energy, enterprise, and commercial and passenger maritime markets it serves. With a background in software and product development, Angelani currently serves as Global Head of the Digital Eng
  
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• Rajant and Epiroc announce validation for semi-autonomous and autonomous surface drilling globally

  13-07-2022 13:49
  
  Enablement of M2M Wireless Connectivity and Mobility With Rajant Kinetic Mesh Malvern, PA – July 13, 2022: Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, and Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, announce successful validation for both semi-autonomous and autonomous drilling. As part of the validation, deployment best practices guidelines were created to support the deployment of Epiroc drills with R
  
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• Transport for London gets an extension to its government funding deal

  13-07-2022 13:31 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  TfL has announced that the current extraordinary funding and financing agreement between Transport for London (TfL)  and the Department for Transport (DfT) that was due to expire tomorrow has been extended again, this time to 28th July 2022.
  The drip-feed of extensions to TfL’s funding from the government to keep London’s trains and buses running keeps being renewed as negotiations between the two sides drag on. In TfL’s latest Finance Committee meeting papers (pdf), for d
  
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• Cellnex backs away from Deutsche Telekom towers deal

  13-07-2022 13:11
  
  Cellnex Telecom has pulled out of the race to acquire a stake in Deutsche Telekom’s towers portfolio, leaving the way open for KKR to ink a deal.
  Six weeks ago the Spain-based passive infrastructure specialist confirmed media reports that it was involved in the preliminary phase of Deutsche Telekom’s towers sale. Back then it was one of a number of parties lining up for a piece of the action, but possible buyers appear to have now dwindled to just one.
  Cellnex was reportedly working
  
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• Nothing special as the phone (1) finally launches

  13-07-2022 13:10
  
  After months of teasers, new smartphone brand Nothing has finally launched its first phone, but it’s hard to see how it will significantly disrupt the space.
  Nothing is the brainchild of smartphone veteran Carl Pei, who has certainly brought a novel approach to marketing and industrial design. The big question mark has always concerned the substance behind the hype, with the mature smartphone sector offering little scope for substantial innovation beyond component upgrades.
  With yesterday&
  
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• Network Rail planting trees to reduce graffiti

  13-07-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Graffiti artists tend to like large flat surfaces to spray their tags onto, but if the concrete wall has been blocked off by a row of trees, it becomes less likely to be spray painted. That at least is the theory, and it’s being tested in Bermondsey, South London.Network Rail has just planted 35 trees at a graffiti hotspot at the Bermondsey Dive Under – a junction where one set of rail lines tunnel under another — and with large amounts of flat concrete walls close to roads has
  
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• BT looks to India to plug digital skills gap

  13-07-2022 12:54
  
  UK incumbent BT has launched a recruitment drive for its fledgling Digital division that will grow its headcount by 2,800 people, with only the minority being UK-based.
  Roles span product management, software engineering, cloud, design, data, AI and machine learning, and agile delivery. The UK talent pool in these areas is either too shallow or too expensive (or both), because the majority of the new recruits, around 1,800, will be based in India. Specifically Gurugram and Bengaluru in the north
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Terrace Gardens, TW10

  13-07-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a large sloping park close to the river in Richmond that has good views, loads of winding paths and seating, a few fun nooks to explore and a lot of flower beds. It’s also a legacy of the time when large mansion houses fronted the river, and were later bought by the council to open the lands for the public. Terrace Gardens is the former private garden belonging to Cardigan House.Cardigan House was built on the site of a medicinal spa that relied on a chalybeate spring in the hillsi
  
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• Scottish National Investment Bank thinks LiFi is a bright idea

  13-07-2022 02:00
  The concept of LiFi – Light Fidelity, or using visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light to convey data wirelessly – has been around for at least a decade. However, practical solutions using the technology have been few and far between, largely due to a lack of effective standards.  In recent years, however, following the creation of LiFi standard 802.11bb in 2019, significant technical progress has started to be made, with solutions becoming more and more commercially viab
  
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• Cellnex drops bid for Deutsche Telekom towers

  13-07-2022 02:00
  This week, Cellnex has announced that it will no longer bid for a stake in Deutsche Funkturm, leaving KKR the last remaining suitor for the German towers unit, valued at around €18 billion.Deutsche Telekom first began hinting at its desire to sell off a stake in its tower unit late last year, aiming to follow in the footstep of numerous mobile operators worldwide, including European rivals Vodafone and Orange…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT Digital bolsters workforce while existing staff mull strike action

  13-07-2022 02:00
  Today, BT has announced that its BT Digital unit will hire an additional 2,800 staff between April 2022 and April 2024.The hiring spree aims to bring more of the company’s “core digital expertise” in-house, according to the announcement, with roles spanning product management, software engineering, cloud, design, data, AI and machine learning.The company says that it does not expect the recruitment efforts to impact their financial outlook for the 2023 financial year, since th
  
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