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• Three month trial offer on the National Art Pass

  04-08-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The National Art Pass, a card that gets you cheap or free entry to museums and exhibitions has a 3-month trial offer on at the moment. The card is a standard offer from many venues across the UK, but if you’re unsure about whether the annual membership fee is going to be worth it, or simply can’t afford it at the moment, the three-month offer can be of use.
  It costs £15 to buy the 3-month pass, and that gets you half price on many paid exhibitions as well as free or cheaper ent
  
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• The Iron Throne comes to the Tower of London

  04-08-2022 14:55 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Ahead of a Game of Thrones prequel, a new-look Iron Throne will be touring the UK, arriving first at the Tower of London, and you can take a seat on the throne.
  The Tower of London will be home to the Iron Throne next week for two days only.
  The Iron Throne (c) HBO / Sky
  Fans who wish to visit the Iron Throne will need to apply for tickets from here.
  You’ll need to be available to plonk your posterior on the throne on Monday 8th or Tuesday 9th August between 10am to 5pm. Those who secure a
  
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• Innovation and flexibility in an open design approach to Cloud RAN and access networks

  04-08-2022 14:26
  
  New technology and design approaches to the radio access network (RAN) allow the base station hardware to be decoupled from its software. This decoupling allows the software to be virtualized, meaning that service providers can deploy a cloud-based or virtual (vRAN), as well as consider an open approach to their RAN architecture.
  These new approaches promise to yield a number of benefits that include increased flexibility that will drive new economic models. However, certain challenges will need
  
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• UK Parliament closes TikTok account as MPs warn over security

  04-08-2022 14:10
  
  The UK parliament has closed its TikTok account one week after opening it as MPs raised security concerns over China in a letter.
  Members of Parliament sanctioned by China argued that the government in Beijing uses the social media app as spyware, the Financial Times has reported. ‘Based on member feedback’ the UK parliament closed the account only one week after creating it. “The account was a pilot initiative while we tested the platform as a way of reaching younger audiences
  
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• Dish loses mobile customers after 5G launch

  04-08-2022 13:23
  
  Dish Network is still losing mobile customers despite having finally launched its 5G service a few months ago.
  The US pay TV provider turned telco reported 210,000 net retail mobile customer losses in the three months to the end of June, slightly more than it lost in the same period last year.
  There’s nothing new there; Dish has been losing mobile customers at a fair pace for some time. But it perhaps would have been hoping for a better performance in Q2, having launched its long-awaited 5
  
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• Which? calls for telco VAT cut amid cost of living crisis

  04-08-2022 13:12
  
  UK consumer champion Which? warned on Thursday that nearly 6 million households are struggling to pay their telecoms bills.
  It has called on the government to reduce the VAT rate on mobile, broadband and fixed-line phone services from 20 percent to 5 percent. Doing so would bring the rate on telecoms into line with essential utilities like electricity and gas, and would reduce costs by an average of £120 per year, it said.
  Which?’s call for intervention was prompted by an analysis it
  
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• London Zoo moves monkeys into its aviary

  04-08-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  London Zoo’s architecturally significant Snowdon Aviary is about to reopen after it was converted from a home for birds into a home for monkeys.
  Snowdon Aviary demeshing July 2021 (c) ZSL London Zoo
  Conceived by the late Lord Snowdon and designed by Cedric Price, this Grade II* listed building opened in 1962 and remains one of the most innovative architectural structures since its construction. The structure was pioneering in its use of a tubular aluminium tetrahedra framework and high ten
  
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• TIM confirms its network head is in fact leaving

  04-08-2022 12:47
  
  Having made a statement earlier in the week insisting network chief Stefano Siragusa was not leaving over internal disagreements, Italian operator TIM has announced today he is leaving ‘by mutual agreement.’
  After going out of its way earlier in the week to refute rumours that Chief Network Operations & Wholesale Officer Stefano Siragusa was about to exit the firm due to some sort of disagreements within the management, TIM has today announced that he will leave the Group ‘
  
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• London’s railway stations going green with pocket gardens

  04-08-2022 12:12 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Loads of railway stations across London are getting a gardening makeover as Transport for London’s (TfL) annual staff gardening competition opens for entries.
  Morden station platform garden
  TfL station staff have repurposed quiet corners and disused platforms into creative green spaces with various flowers and vegetables growing brightening up stations, which apart from improving the station environment, also encourage flora and fauna and make travelling more welcoming and pleasant for cus
  
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• CREST launches OWASP Verification Standard (OVS) Program

  04-08-2022 12:12
  
  CREST OVS will provide increased levels of assurance for application security assessments. 4 August 2022: CREST, the international not-for-profit, membership body representing the global cyber security industry, in consultation with the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), today announced the OWASP Verification Standard (OVS), a new quality assurance standard for the global application security industry. CREST OVS provides mobile and web app developers with greater security assurance a
  
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• Iskratel fuels Zzoomm's ambitious FTTP expansion across the UK

  04-08-2022 11:00
  
  Zzoomm and Iskratel partner to provide future-ready, multi-gigabit full fibre connectivity to residents and businesses across the UK Oxford, UK, and Kranj, Slovenia, 4 August 2022 – Zzoomm, the rapidly growing UK full fibre operator has announced Iskratel – a leading European broadband solutions provider – as its latest technology partner in delivering the most advanced and reliable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband to millions of UK residents. In ramping up their fibre ro
  
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• Infovista listed in 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for CSP Service and Network Assurance Solutions

  04-08-2022 10:50
  
  Automated assurance and operations are identified as crucial for CSPs’ improvement in customer experience Paris, France – August 4th, 2022 – Infovista, the global leader in network lifecycle automation (NLA), is today recognized in the Market Guide for CSP Service and Network Assurance Solutions (S&NA) by Gartner Inc. In the Market Guide, Gartner outlines how “service and network assurance modernization is crucial for many CSP objectives such as auto
  
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• TEOCO unveils Helix 11.3

  04-08-2022 10:00
  
  Latest version of service assurance solution delivers Long Term Support (LTS) Fairfax, VA, USA, 4 August 2022—TEOCO, the leading provider of analytics, assurance and optimization solutions to over 300 communication service providers (CSPs) worldwide, today announces the release of Helix 11.3, the latest version of its Service Assurance Solution. Helix 11.3 is the first Helix version to offer Long Term Support (LTS), and will be supported and maintained for five years, longer than standard
  
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• Network Rail changes plans for step-free access at Plumstead station

  04-08-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Network Rail has a long standing plan to upgrade Plumstead station in southeast London to make it accessible but has had to file a number of applications following objections to earlier schemes.
  It’s now back with the latest amendments, and if approved, work could start shortly.
  Plumstead station – Google street view
  At the moment, there is a ticket office on the London bound side of the station, with stairs down to the platform, and a footbridge plus stairs down to the Kent side pla
  
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• Satellite operators SES and Intelsat in deal talks

  04-08-2022 06:00
  US and Luxembourg groups exploring tie-up as challengers like Elon Musk push into space industry
  
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• Telecel battling regulators to acquire Vodafone Ghana

  04-08-2022 02:00
  This week, Vodafone Group has reportedly agreed the sale of its 70% stake in Vodafone Ghana to smaller African player Telecel. Telecel currently owns and operates a number of mobile operators in African and Europe, as well as providing wholesale, enterprise, and digital security services to other operators and businesses worldwide. The company has already made investments in Ghana as part of the Africa Startup Initiative Program “ASIP”. While the financial terms of the dea
  
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• Startup Stories: Money makes the world go round

  04-08-2022 02:00
  Tell us about your startupvipaso - Vienna Payment Solutions – is a start-up dedicated to payments and has developed an end-to-end, independent, complete mobile payments solution “horizon”, to be used anywhere in the world. We are aiming at financial institutions, payment providers, retail chains, telcos, delivery companies, shopping centres…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• South Korean telcos form credit assessment JV

  04-08-2022 02:00
  Getting a loan can be an arduous process at the best of times, but for those without a significant financial history, like students, progress can be impossible. Now, South Korea’s three national mobile operators – SK Telecom, KT, and LG U+ – are joining forces to create a new credit assessment JV…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Italian government collapse won’t stop single network plan

  04-08-2022 02:00
  The Italian government has been experiencing massive upheaval in recent weeks, with internal division seeing Prime Minister Mario Draghi offer his resignation on July 14th. While this initial resignation was subsequently rejected by President Sergio Mattarella, Draghi would resign again on one week later, after a new vote of confidence in the Senate failed to pass with an absolute majority. This leaves the government facing a snap election on September 25th…read more on TotalTele.co
  
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