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• Two Turner paintings returning to London for the first time in a century

  19-07-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Two Turner paintings owned by a US gallery will return to the UK for the first time in over 100 years, to go on display in a free National Gallery exhibition.
  Harbour of Dieppe: Changement de Domicile and Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet-Boat: Evening, painted in the mid-1820s, have not been seen in the UK since 1911. They were exhibited in New York in 1914 at the Knoedler Gallery, and subsequently acquired the same year by the American industrialist Henry Clay Frick.
  They have remained in the U
  
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• Mobile Cloud Gaming Report

  19-07-2022 18:12
  
  The Mobile cloud gaming report looks deeper into the fast-growing mobile cloud gaming industry, its relevance for 5G network slicing, and how to monetize.
  Slicing adds additional performance control to guarantee the user experience, which is desired by many gamers, and thus will enable premium offerings to gamers.
  Explore the report to learn more about:Value chain
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  Ecosystem
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• CityFibre: ‘This is the last network we’re going to build ever’

  19-07-2022 17:52
  
  We spoke with Strategy Director at CityFibre Clayton Nash (pictured) about the firm’s progress against rival Openreach, the cost of living crisis’ impact on sales, market consolidation, and the ‘generational change’ that the fibre rollout represents.
  Give us a general update on where things are with CityFibre right now.
  We’re just coming to the end of the first half of the year, and I think I’d characterise it as, it’s not an easy environment out there,
  
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• Smarter building monitoring and optimisation power by IoT

  19-07-2022 17:20
  Jersey / London JT IoT and learnd announce partnership to empower more efficient and sustainable building management by combining learnd’s Open Data Platform with JT IoT’s first-in-class global connectivity. This will allow building engineers and experts to gain enhanced real-time data from all data sources within each estate no matter where in the world the building is located. John Clifford, Co-Founder & CEO of learnd said: “We currently have a perfect storm where custome
  
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• A wet labyrinth fills a central London courtyard

  19-07-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  In a stone courtyard, a forbidding granite wall surrounds a maze of organic pillars as water slowly drips down the metal foliage. This is Wet Labyrinth (with Spontaneous Landscape) by Cristina Iglesias, and is part of the Royal Academy’s annual summer exhibition.With this latest iteration in an ongoing series since 2005, Iglesias considers the history of labyrinths and mazes, combining the artificial with the natural in a single built environment. If part of it looks familiar when you step
  
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• Global smartphone market decline continues

  19-07-2022 14:03
  
  Analyst firm Canalys has published its preliminary numbers for the global smartphone market in Q2 2022 and once more they paint a challenging picture.
  The top line is that the overall market declined by 9% year-on-year, according to Canalys, having sunk by 11% in the previous quarter. The press release talks of ‘economic headwinds’ and there certainly seem to be a lot of them right now. On the supply side, the component shortage shows little sign of abating, while on the demand side,
  
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• Russia fines Google for not deleting content relating to its invasion of Ukraine

  19-07-2022 14:00
  
  The World Court of the Tagansky District of Moscow has slapped a 21 billion ruble fine on Google, which comes out at around $380K.
  Google is charged with ‘violating the procedure for restricting access to information recognized as prohibited’ – in other words, for not taking down content the Russian government wants it to. The content in question relates to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, which it is still calling ‘a special military operation’. An announce
  
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• Verizon adds more spectrum to its 5G offering

  19-07-2022 13:28
  
  US operator Verizon has increased the amount of C-band spectrum it is using at various sites across the US and as a result is excitedly bigging up the prospect of bigger and better services.
  The company, which is caught up in the hype of the US 5G race, said it is deploying 100 MHz of C-band spectrum “in many markets” across the country, an increase from the 60 MHz it has been able to roll out to date.
  “This increase from using 60 MHz to 100 MHz of C-band – which we will
  
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• Telenet and Fluvius launch new fibre entity NetCo in Belgium

  19-07-2022 13:19
  
  Liberty Global owned Telenet has teamed up with fellow Belgian operator Fluvius to launch a new firm called NetCo – ‘a new self-funding independent infrastructure company’ in Belgium.
  Comprising the fixed assets of the two owning firms, NetCo will evolve the current hybrid fibre coaxial network into a Fibre-to-the-Home network, targeting 78% of their combined footprint in Flanders, Belgium by 2038. Telenet will own 66.8% of the venture and Fluvius 33.2%.
  Where FTTH will not be
  
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• Network slicing nears its moment of truth after Telefónica and Ericsson test

  19-07-2022 13:17
  
  5G network slicing is inching ever closer to becoming a commercial reality after Telefónica and Ericsson tested out some new bells and whistles.
  Slicing, for anyone who doesn’t know by now, sees one physical network partitioned into multiple virtual networks, the parameters of each capable of being tweaked to suit the varying requirements of different use cases.
  The technology has been around for a few years now, with demonstrations and trials regularly making headlines. However, it
  
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• Brunel Museum awarded £1.85 million for expansion plans

  19-07-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe, which tells the story of the world’s first underwater tunnel, has been awarded £1.85 million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for an expansion project to tell more of the story of the Thames Tunnel.
  The museum was granted planning permission to expand their buildings last December, with a new pavilion that will link its two existing buildings into one larger site. Currently split between two buildings, the old Engine House and the original Bru
  
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• neXat appoints new president Alexander Oudendijk to lead the 'network of Satellite networks'

  19-07-2022 12:16
  
  19 July 2022 – Former SES ASTRA CCO Alexander Oudendijk will join neXat, the world’s first satellite capacity aggregation platform, as its new president as the company builds on the momentum of its rebranding and offers internet services through its ‘Network of satellite networks’. Oudendijk brings more than 30 years’ experience in the satellite industry, including more than eight years as Chief Commercial Officer at SES ASTRA. Prior to that Oudendijk was Managing D
  
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• Infovista and PCTEL collaborate to co-develop 5G testing use cases

  19-07-2022 12:04
  
  Joint use cases bring together PCTEL hardware with Infovista’s market-leading TEMS software to deliver fit-for-purpose customer solutions Paris, France – July 19 2022 – Infovista, the global leader in network lifecycle automation (NLA), and PCTEL, a leading global provider of wireless connectivity, today announced a strategic collaboration to co-develop joint 5G network testing use cases for mobile operators and industry regulators. The joint uses cases will bring together PCTE
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Abingdon Green, SW1

  19-07-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is probably one of the most famous parks in London that you didn’t know the name of, as it’s where journalists interview politicians when standing outside Parliament.It’s also a fairly recent addition to the area, as it’s the result of post-WW2 bomb site clearance. It’s difficult to imagine it, but the Palace of Westminster used to be surrounded by a lot more houses, and this open lawn was once a row of ordinary looking Georgian houses that were offices and acc
  
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• VMO2 shares the heatwave's impact on UK data traffic

  19-07-2022 02:00
  Virgin Media O2 has released its latest network data showing massive spikes in traffic at events and popular coastal resorts as the UK records the hottest day ever. The converged network operator is upgrading the UK’s summer experiences by investing more than ever in keeping customers connected – either with temporary sites at key events or via upgrading 4G sites across the country.  Battling the heatwave With temperatures reaching record highs this month, coastal are
  
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• Telenet forms fibre JV with Fluvius

  19-07-2022 02:00
  Today, Belgian operator Telenet has announced a new agreement with utility company Fluvius to form a joint venture (JV) to deploy full fibre throughout Flanders.  Telenet will own 66.8% of the JV, while Fluvius will own the remaining 33.2%. The JV, with the working title of NetCo, will focus on combining the partners hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) network infrastructure and upgrading it to full fibre, aiming to reach 78% of their combined footprint in Flanders by 2038. In some areas,
  
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• Sun shines on Openreach’s Equinox prices as CityFibre appeal fails

  19-07-2022 02:00
  At the end of last week, the CAT announced that it had rejected CityFibre’s appeal against an Ofcom ruling that would allow Openreach to offer major discounts to its client internet service providers (ISPs).In August year, Ofcom announced that it would allow Openreach to go ahead with its new pricing strategy, Equinox, which would see them reduce their wholesale prices by up to a third for ISPs taking out long term contracts. The ruling spurred outrage from the UK altnet community, w
  
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• Asterion doubles down in Italy with Irideos purchase

  19-07-2022 02:00
  This week, Spanish investor Asterion Industrial Partners has announced its latest conquest in Italy, purchasing a 78.4% stake in digital infrastructure specialist Irideos.  The deal, worth an estimated €400 million, will see Asterion combined Irideos’ various digital assets with those of its newly purchased Italian company Retelit…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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