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• Virgin Media O2 submits bid for UK rival TalkTalk

  15-07-2022 19:57
  Approach values privately held group at £3bn and could create UK’s second-largest broadband company
  
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• Now you can go for a swim in Canary Wharf’s docks

  15-07-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Canary Wharf’s middle dock, in front of the Jubilee line station entrance, has been opened as an outdoor swimming pool for the next couple of months, so you can now go for a swim in the middle of Canary Wharf.Open until the end of September, the initiative has launched in partnership with established swimming operator, Love Open Water, and the Canal & River Trust which looks after the docks.
  To take a swim in the docks, swimmers need to purchase a NOWCA membership for £15 per yea
  
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• Half-price sale on tickets to South Pacific at Sadler’s Wells

  15-07-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific is having a limited Summer season at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, and there’s a sale on tickets with prices for many seats less than half-price.Set on a South Pacific Island during World War ll, this love story is brought to life with a remarkable cast of over thirty and a full orchestra. South Pacific boasts one of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s most timeless and unforgettable scores, featuring songs such as ‘Some Enchanted Evening&r
  
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• MTN in talks to buy Telkom as South Africa’s telecoms market consolidates

  15-07-2022 14:03
  Discussions between country’s second- and third-biggest telcos may concern competition commission
  
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• London’s stuffed walrus museum wins top museum prize

  15-07-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Horniman Museum in South London, home to a famously badly stuffed walrus has won the world’s largest museum prize as the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022.The Horniman will receive £100,000 in prize money, which it plans to use to fund three years of a Resident Artist programme linking young musicians with its musical instrument collection, and a programme of outdoor learning activities in the school holidays, particularly aimed at pupils in receipt of free school meals.
  The winne
  
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• Ericsson finally gets US green light to complete Vonage acquisition

  15-07-2022 12:56
  
  The day after disappointing investors once more, Swedish kit vendor Ericsson delivered news it hopes will cheer them up a bit.
  Ericsson announced its biggest ever acquisition in November of last year, dropping $6.2 billion on Vonage in a bid to improve its fortunes in the enterprise market. There didn’t seem to be much competition concern at the time but M&A of this size always need to be scrutinized by agencies in charge of maintaining the integrity of the market.
  That was until Erics
  
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• Germany gives telcos a full fibre wake-up call

  15-07-2022 10:25
  
  The German government this week targeted full fibre coverage by 2030, in an effort to drag Europe’s biggest economy up the FTTH league table.
  It was announced on Wednesday by digital affairs and transport minister Volker Wissing, as part of his ‘Gigabit For All’ plan. Wissing also set an interim target of 50 percent fibre coverage by the end of 2025. He doesn’t just want fibre to every home and workplace either. His plan also calls for “the latest generation of mobi
  
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• CVC denies new approach for TIM Enterprise, but bids will come

  15-07-2022 10:10
  
  Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has dismissed media reports that it has made an increased offer for TIM’s enterprise business.
  CVC “denies that a second offer has been presented for the acquisition of a minority stake in a newly established TIM company renamed Enterprise Co,” the private equity firm said in an Italian language statement reproduced by La Repubblica this week.
  The denial came shortly after that same Italian newspaper published a report to the contrary, c
  
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• Vodafone deploys two private 5G networks in Scotland

  15-07-2022 02:00
  The Scotland 5G Centre and Vodafone have delivered two new 5G Mobile Private Networks (MPNs) to develop new uses cases and accelerate the adoption of 5G technology across industry in Scotland.The 5G MPNs are in The Scotland 5G Centre’s Aberdeen and HALO Kilmarnock innovation hubs. The hubs will help organisations to deliver new applications and services using Vodafone 5G connectivity. Specialist staff will help companies to develop…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Virgin Media O2 offers £3bn for TalkTalk

  15-07-2022 02:00
  Today, a report from Sky News suggests that Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has approached TalkTalk with an off of £3 billion to takeover the UK ISP. Sources suggest that the indicative bid was submitted over the last few weeks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• South African shakeup: MTN in talks to buy Telkom

  15-07-2022 02:00
  Today, MTN Group has announced it has entered into negotiations to acquire Telkom South Africa, telling shareholders to ‘exercise caution’ when dealing with the company’s securities until further announcements have been made.Financial details of the potential takeover have not been announced…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Airtel deploys India’s first private 5G network with Bosch

  15-07-2022 02:00
  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider today announced successful trial of India’s first 5G Private Network at Bosch Automotive Electronics India Pvt Ltd (RBAI) facility in Bengaluru.Airtel’s on-premise 5G Captive Private Network was built over the trial 5G spectrum allocated by the Department of Telecom (DoT). Airtel has implemented two Industrial grade use cases for quality improvement and operational efficiency at Bosch&r
  
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