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• Exclusive prices on Wicked tickets

  22-07-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Wicked the musical tickets remain some of the most sought after on London’s West End, but there’s also a discount sale at the moment.Already the 9th longest-running West End musical of all time, Wicked reimagines a backstory and future possibilities to the lives of The Wizard of Oz characters and reveals the decisions and events that shape the destinies of two unlikely university friends on their journey to becoming Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
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• TfL testing a world-first idea for cooling the London Underground

  22-07-2022 16:25 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The famously hot parts of the London Underground could become a lot more pleasant to use if a new way of cooling the tube proves to work, and the money is found to install it in tube stations.
  When the tube tunnels were first dug they were so cold that the fact that the tube offered a respite from the hot sun was a selling feature in early adverts. However, over the past century, the cool clay that surrounds the tube tunnels has absorbed so much heat that it can’t soak up any more heat, an
  
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• Ericsson completes $6.2 billion Vonage acquisition

  22-07-2022 13:42
  
  Having got the green light from US authorities last week, Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has now successfully brought cloud and API specialist Vonage under its corporate wing.
  Ericsson’s biggest ever acquisition has gone through, having travelled a rocky road over the last few months as US authorities made a point of scrutinising the deal as part of a wider investigation into some alleged dodgy dealings Ericsson, or its representatives, may have engaged in in Iraq.
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• Plans to uncover a buried brook in Dagenham

  22-07-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  In the 1930s, part of a long river brook that runs through Dagenham was covered over to create a playing field, and there’s now a plan to uncover it again.
  This is part of a wider trend to recover lost rivers and streams that were buried in pipes or to break down concrete walls that once constrained them so that the wildlife around the area can flourish.
  The Gores Brook runs from a spot between Dagenham and Becontree and runs south down to the Thames.  You can’t see the source o
  
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• The US seems to be failing in its bid to cripple China’s high-tech capability

  22-07-2022 12:24
  
  A recent report indicates China’s biggest chipmaker is making rapid progress despite having been on the US entity list since 2020.
  Semiconductor intelligence platform Tech Insights got hold of a chip that is says was manufactured by SMIC using a 7nm process. On one level it’s not too surprising that SMIC is capable of such a thing, since it has been moving in that direction for some time. What is harder to explain is where it got the cutting-edge kit you need to manufacture at such a
  
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• UK regulator gives nod to BT and Warner Bros merger

  22-07-2022 12:22
  
  UK business regulator the Competitions and Markets Authority has opted not to block a deal between BT Group and Warner Bros Discovery to form a new UK sports Joint Venture.
  The decision by the CMA to not pursue further probes leaves BT and Warner Bros Discovery free to complete the creation of the joint venture in the coming weeks, which will apparently involve each of their assets being transferred into the new company. BT Sport and Eurosport UK will be merged into a single sports joint operati
  
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• Rakuten Symphony launches Indian Open RAN initiative

  22-07-2022 11:26
  
  Rakuten Symphony plans to build a new innovation lab in India designed both to increase its own presence in the market and to boost the country’s position on the global technology stage.
  The Japanese firm revealed this week that its Global Innovation Lab in Bengaluru, the hub of India’s technology industry, will open its doors early next year. It will be housed within new engineering development facilities that will bring together Rakuten’s existing – and considerable &nd
  
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• Vodafone Germany embarks on Alpine expedition

  22-07-2022 11:20
  
  Mobile connectivity is a critical lifeline if you hit trouble in the mountains, which is one reason why Vodafone Germany has undertaken a network expansion programme in the Alps.
  The operator recently inaugurated a new 5G site in Aueralm, which is halfway up a mountain in the middle of nowhere, in a municipality called Bad Wiessee, which is in Upper Bavaria. It took that as an opportunity this week to provide an update on its ‘5G for the Alpine region’ infrastructure programme.
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• Rakuten Symphony opens Global Innovation Lab in India

  22-07-2022 02:00
  Rakuten Symphony, Inc., a global leader in cloud-native, Open RAN telco infrastructure platforms, services and solutions, today unveiled plans to establish a new lab in Bengaluru. The Global Innovation Lab is expected to open in early 2023 and will be housed inside new engineering development facilities opening simultaneously to bring together Rakuten Symphony’s Bengaluru employee base.Tareq Amin, Chief Executive Officer of Rakuten Symphony…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Newly formed Seren calls on NEC for help with JUNO cable

  22-07-2022 02:00
  NEC Corporation has announced that it has been contracted by Seren Juno Network Co., Ltd., a company established by NTT Ltd Japan Corporation, PC Landing Corp. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and JA Mitsui Leasing, Ltd. to build a trans-Pacific subsea fiber-optic cable, "JUNO Cable System," connecting California in the US with Chiba prefecture and Mie prefecture in Japan…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Másmóvil offloading half of Euskaltel’s access network

  22-07-2022 02:00
  Today, Spanish reports suggest that Másmóvil has sold a 51% stake in Euskaltel’s newly separated fibre access network unit, EKT Cable, to a Spanish consortium.  The consortium, known as Bidasoa Aggregator, includes various Spanish investment funds…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Altice USA seemingly selling Suddenlink

  22-07-2022 02:00
  Today, reports from Bloomberg suggest that Altice USA has began looking for buyers for its cable operator subsidiary, Suddenlink. Altice USA acquired Suddenlink back in 2015, with the deal being valued at around $9 billion. Today, the unit Suddenlink operates fixed TV and broadband internet services in 17 states in the Midwest…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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