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• Train drivers strike to hit London on Saturday

  27-07-2022 19:58 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There will be a train drivers’ strike this Saturday (30 July) that will take out a lot of train services in and around London, with several train companies warning that they won’t run any trains at all on the day.
  The strike is by members of the ASLEF union and will affect eight of the train operating companies:  The eight companies that can expect to be affected by the forthcoming strike action are:Chiltern Railways
  Great Western Railways (GWR)
  LNER
  London Overground (Arriva Ra
  
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• Plans open a disused railway bridge to pedestrians

  27-07-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A section of the Thames with few bridges could become a lot easier for pedestrians and cyclists to cross if plans to convert a disused railway bridge for pedestrian use go ahead.
  (c) Moxon Architects
  The disused bridge crosses the Thames at Barnes, which may confuse some people as the bridge there is in daily use by trains. That’s because little noticed by most people, this is actually two bridges. The railway bridge in use today was built in the 1890s, as a replacement for an earlier cast
  
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• 50G PON Is the Future of Optical Access Technologies, According to a Report Released by LightCounting

  27-07-2022 16:11
  
  Recently, LightCounting, a market research institute in the optical communications industry, released a research report on the technology evolution path for the optical access field, 50G PON LOOKS LIKE A CLEAR WNNER VS 25G. In the report, LightCounting predicts the subsequent upgrade technologies of XG(S) PON based on the industry development history and characteristics, and believes that 50G PON has a better prospect than 25G PON in the future.
  In the past 2021, global FTTx deployment had accel
  
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• TfL offering transport jobs training to neurodivergent people

  27-07-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A Transport for London (TfL) scheme that helps neurodivergent people into work has opened applications for a new year of students.
  Neurodivergence is a broad term for people whose brains function differently in one or more ways than is considered standard or typical – a very short list of more common types would include Autism, Dyslexia, Down syndrome, ADHD, and the like.
  TfL’s year-long Steps into Work programme has trained around 100 neurodivergent people aged 16 and over since it
  
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• Microsoft and Google post solid growth but still miss expectations

  27-07-2022 13:40
  
  Google’s Q2 2022 results registered 13% growth in revenue, while Microsoft enjoyed a 12% hike, but investor were apparently expecting more.
  Google (or Alphabet, which is the parent company) reported that Q2 revenue was $69.69 billion – up 13% year on year – though it has been pointed out that this is the slowest rate of growth since Q2 2020, and net income came in at $16 billion which is down from $18.53 billion. This gap in terms of expectations is being widely attributed to a
  
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• BAI continues expansion strategy with ZenFi Networks acquisition

  27-07-2022 13:20
  
  Neutral host infrastructure provider BAI Communications has announced the acquisition of ZenFi Networks, a US-based provider of digital infrastructure solutions.
  The deal highlights BAI’s growth strategy spanning across North America and Europe, with recent acquisitions including other telecom infrastructure providers such as Signal Point. Expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022, the deal will first undergo customary regulatory clearances. The value of the acquisition has not been
  
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• Rogers begs for forgiveness after in the aftermath of massive outage

  27-07-2022 13:18
  
  Canadian telco Rogers suffered a major outage earlier this month and is under pressure to ensure such a thing never happens again.
  But first come the obligatory struggle sessions in which the Rogers CEO must be seen to be grovelingly contrite in throwing himself upon the mercy of his customers and authorities. This week these took the form of an open letter to customers and a grilling by a House of Commons standing committee on industry and technology.
  The letter wasn’t the first written b
  
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• Three UK’s 5G network gives market leader EE something to think about

  27-07-2022 13:16
  
  BT-owned EE has once more come out on top in RootMetrics’ latest UK mobile network report, but it can’t afford to rest on its laurels.
  For the first half of this year, Three had the edge over EE when it came to 5G median download speeds, approaching 200 Mbps compared to EE’s approximately 150 Mbps. Both were comfortably ahead of Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone, which notched up 110 Mbps and 130 Mbps respectively. In UK-wide tests, Three’s 5G network also had slightly lower l
  
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• Gigaclear reportedly seeks £300 million more for fibre

  27-07-2022 13:07
  
  Gigaclear is working with Rothschild bankers in a bid to raise as much as £300 million to fund further fibre network rollout, it was reported this week.
  The UK altnet is after between £200 million and £300 million in new capital, according to Sky News, which did not disclose its source. Gigaclear has had nothing to say on the matter thus far.
  There is not much detail in the report, aside from the fact that the capital raising could be made up of both debt and equity. But despit
  
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• Behind the scenes tours of Shepherd’s Bush tube station

  27-07-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Concealed parts of Shepherd’s Bush tube station dating from its original construction in 1900 will be visible again, as the London Transport Museum adds the station to its itinerary of Hidden London tours. For the first time, people will be able to explore historic sections of the original Shepherd’s Bush station that lie concealed behind unassuming doorways and grilles of the modern-day station.
  (c) LT Museum
  As with much of the early deep-level tube network, it was originally suppl
  
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• Small Cell Forum releases updated 5G FAPI and 5G nFAPI specs, extending the feature sets - including NR positioning and 7.2x FH status awareness

  27-07-2022 11:00
  
  SCF’s 5G FAPI suite specifications continue to evolve to meet industry needs and 3GPP alignment London, UK, 27 July 2022 – Small Cell Forum (SCF) today announced the release of three updated specifications within the 5G FAPI suite – 5G FAPI PHY API, 5G FAPI: P19 RF and Digital Frontend Control API, and 5G nFAPI. The specifications are used in millions of the world’s system-on-a-chip (SoC) small cells. FAPI sits at the crucial confluence of...Source: RealWire
  
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• Tube Strike – another London Underground strike called for next month

  27-07-2022 09:46 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The RMT union has announced that it will carry out a 24-hour strike next month in the continuation of its dispute with Transport for London (TfL).
  Unless the strike is called off, the all-day walkout will take take place on Friday 19th August, and is also likely to affect tube services in the early morning on Saturday as well.Although train drivers are not on strike, so the trains will run, many stations will have to close due to a lack of staff. Those stations that can be opened may only open f
  
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• South Korean operators betting big on content creation

  27-07-2022 02:00
  The 2020s are a shaping up to be a decade of change for telco business models. While connectivity itself is more important in all facets of our lives than ever before – as highlighted throughout the coronavirus pandemic – traditional voice and data service revenue are not growing in time with the surging demand. Combine this with the expenditure telcos face with the pricey rollout of new technologies like 5G and fibre, and the telecoms industry at large is looking for its next money
  
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• Indian govt clears $20.5bn funding for state-operator BSNL

  27-07-2022 02:00
  Today, the Indian telecoms minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced that the Union Cabinet has approved the roughly $20.5 billion revival package for state-operator BSNL.The minister says that the funds will be used primarily for three purposes: to destress the company’s balance sheet, improve the quality of services it offers, and expand the reach of its fibre networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ex-congressman charged with insider trading over T-Mobile–Sprint merger

  27-07-2022 02:00
  This week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against former US congressman Stephen Buyer for insider trading related to the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint.The SEC alleges that Buyer leveraged his position as a T-Mobile consultant to gain non-public knowledge about the upcoming T-Mobile acquisition of Sprint…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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