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• Solar flares could cause delays on the railways

  21-07-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Fluctuations in space weather are disrupting train signals and causing delays to train services, according to the results of a project investigating the effect of solar storms on railway signals that were presented at the National Astronomy Meeting last week by Cameron Patterson, a PhD student at Lancaster University.
  The sun’s tendency to affect technology on Earth, as well as in space, is known as space weather. In railways, electric currents caused to flow in the earth by solar activity
  
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• Architecture tours from Open City

  21-07-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Open City, the team that runs the annual London Open House Weekend also puts on an all-year programme of events, including architecture walking tours.
  The tours range from central London areas, the Olympic Park, Docklands, Elephant & Castle or Sydenham, so there’s quite a range to choose from.
  In the run-up to Open House Weekend in September, here are some of the forthcoming architecture tours that are available:Saturday, July 23, 2022
  Architecture of Westminster Cultural Landmarks Wal
  
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• 19 million Brits check out social media on the toilet

  21-07-2022 14:21
  
  NEWSFLUSH: A report reveals a sizable chunk of the UK keeps up to date with their social media feeds whilst using the facilities.
  According to research from NordVPN, 59% of people in the UK take their phones with them into the commode, and 62% of those, which it clocks at 19.3 million people, take the opportunity to check out Facebook, Twitter and Instagram whilst within the walls of the porcelain fortress of solitude.
  If not checking their social media, 33.9% use the time within the lavatory to
  
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• Nokia rewarded by investors for beating profit expectations

  21-07-2022 14:17
  
  Sales at Finnish kit vendor Nokia didn’t grow much in Q2 22, and gross margin declined, but profit was up and consequently so is its share price.
  Net sales were only up a bit year-on-year but there were a few exceptional factors keeping that number down. We improved net sales growth to 3% in constant currency despite ongoing supply chain constraints,” said Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark.
  “We delivered another quarter of robust profitability with a 12.2% comparable operating margin, s
  
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• Hallyu! The Korean Wave comes to the V&A Museum this autumn

  21-07-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Korean culture will fill one of the V&A Museum’s exhibition spaces later this year as the museum looks at the popular culture of South Korea, following its early origins to its place on the global stage today. From K-Pop costumes to K-drama props and posters, alongside photography, sculpture, fashion, video and pop culture ephemera, the exhibition will invite visitors to delve into the phenomenon known as ‘hallyu’ – meaning ‘Korean Wave’.
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• Belgium adds over €200 million to 5G spectrum yield

  21-07-2022 12:45
  
  Belgium’s big three mobile operators have shared the spoils in the country’s recent auction of 1400 MHz spectrum, a process that brought in an extra €216.5 million for state coffers.
  Incumbent Proximus picked up the lion’s share of the available frequencies, pledging slightly more than half of the total auction sum to secure them. In all, the sale came in at well over four times the reserve price.
  The sale rounds off Belgium’s 5G spectrum auction, the bulk of which d
  
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• UK teenagers get their news from Instagram, TikTok and YouTube

  21-07-2022 12:42
  
  Teenagers in the UK are snubbing traditional news outlets in favour of social media apps, according to Ofcom, while TikTok is the fastest growing news source for adults in the UK. May God have mercy on us all.
  Ofcom has today put out a report looking at news consumption in the UK between 2021 and 2022, and the results are not good for the traditional news media, or anyone interested in the long-term health of civilisation. For the first time, Instagram has clocked in as the most popular news sou
  
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• Telefónica flirts with Sateliot’s direct-to-satellite IoT tech

  21-07-2022 12:41
  
  Spanish operator group Telefónica is looking to space to help it offer seamless NB-IoT coverage in those hard-to-reach places.
  The telco has tasked its Telefónica Tech arm and Telefónica Global Services (TGS) with testing out satellite-based 5G NB-IoT technology developed by Sateliot. Based in Spain, Sateliot launched its first low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite in March 2021. Like an increasing number of satellite service providers, its aim is to provide connectivity directly
  
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• Infovista enables accurate Open RAN network planning with launch of Planet 7.7

  21-07-2022 11:15
  
  Brings AI-powered, data-driven modeling to O-RAN to maximize operators’ network ROI and subscriber experience Paris, France – July 21st, 2022 – Infovista, the global leader in network lifecycle automation (NLA), today announced support for Open RAN planning with the launch of version 7.7 of Planet, its AI-powered RF planning solution. Operators looking to deploy O-RAN in greenfield or as a replacement to existing network infrastructure can now accurately model their network dep
  
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• Cerillion expands Norlys partnership with managed services engagement

  21-07-2022 09:30
  
  London, 21st July 2022 – Cerillion (AIM: CER), an innovator in digital monetisation and customer management solutions, today announced a new managed services contract with Norlys, Denmark's largest energy and telecommunications group. Following the launch of Cerillion’s wholesale and retail BSS/OSS solutions for Norlys’ Infrastructure Owner (IO) and Service Provider (SP) divisions, this managed services engagement is intended to help Norlys to achieve significant economies of s
  
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• London Victoria station set for £30 million upgrade

  21-07-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  London Victoria station is going to become easier to use as a £30 million upgrade starts work on tidying up the ticket barriers and clusters of shops.
  London Victoria station was not designed for the number of passengers using it today, and even now, with slightly fewer people travelling currently, Network Rail says that narrow gate lines and poor passenger flow around the station and on the platforms causes congestion at busy times.
  To improve things, some of the shops next to ticket barr
  
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• Vodafone’s DreamLab app set to tackle Long Covid

  21-07-2022 02:00
  Working in collaboration with Imperial College London, Vodafone Foundation first released its DreamLab app back in April 2020. Initially designed to assist in cancer research, the app works by harnessing the processing power of the downloader’s mobile device while it is being charged overnight. Using AI, this network of idle phones can then form a virtual supercomputer with enormous processing power, capable of performing calculations far more quickly than conventional computers&hell
  
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• US inches closer to passing $52bn CHIPS bill

  21-07-2022 02:00
  This week, the US Senate has voted 64 to 34 in favour of advancing the long-awaited semiconductor bill, meaning it could be just weeks away from being signed into law. Now that this major procedural step has been cleared, the next steps will see the Senate hold a final vote to pass the bill later this week or early next week, before sending it for another vote in the House of Representatives. If they too pass the bill, then it will be finally sent to the desk of President Joe Biden…
  
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• Ooredoo to follow Telenor in Myanmar exodus

  21-07-2022 02:00
  This week, reports from Reuters are suggesting that Qatari operator Ooredoo has informed Myanmar’s telecoms regulator, the Posts and Telecommunications Department (PTD), that it intends to sell its Burmese subsidiary. According to anonymous sources, three companies are potential suitors for the unit: Myanmar conglomerate Young Investment Group, Singapore’s Campana Group, and Burmese pay-TV operator SkyNet. Discussions are reportedly still in the early stages, with no forma
  
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• 5G MEC Industry Summit

  21-07-2022 01:08
  The 5G MEC Industry Summit at the Win-Win Huawei Innovation Week focuses on industry profound insights and successful experiences on multi-access edge computing from well-known analysts, operators and industries globally. You will learn the industry trends, key technologies and business success of 5G MEC…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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