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• TfL could face sharp cuts to services as funding negotiations drag on

  09-08-2022 19:36 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that it is rejecting the current government funding offer, while it continues to negotiate the terms of the package available.
  It was also confirmed that while there’s a risk that without an agreement, TfL would be forced to start major cuts to services to balance its finances, that is not yet expected to happen. TfL, which had been on course to break even in running costs in 2023, had its finances thrown into disarray by the pandemic, being require
  
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• Avaya: messy rescue financing shows an earlier reckoning was in order

  09-08-2022 19:33 via ft.com
  US telecom company’s market worth has fallen to under $100mn, squashed by $3bn of debt
  
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• More cycle storage spaces for Hackney

  09-08-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There will be more space for storing bikes outside homes in Hackney, as the council has announced plans to increase the amount of secure on-street cycle parking in the borough.
  Mayor Philip Glanville and Cllr Mete Coban with an existing hangar on Eleanor Road (c) Hackney Council
  The council says that it plans to instal 675 additional on-street bike hangars across the area by the end of 2026.
  The impetus for the decision is that there’s a waiting list of 5,000 people wanting a secure cycle
  
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• Bharti Airtel reportedly has plans to hook up 5G in 5000 towns by 2024

  09-08-2022 16:58
  
  Indian operator Bharti Airtel’s recently announced 5G network will cover 5000 towns in India by March 2024, its MD is reported to have announced.
  Having announced that it will start its 5G deployment this month by recruiting Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung in as kit vendors, Bharti Airtel has reportedly revealed plans to cover 5000 towns across India by March 2024.
  According to Indian press, the telco’s MD Gopal Vittal said on an earnings call: “We intend to launch 5G starting in A
  
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• Train drivers strike this Saturday affecting most services

  09-08-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Train drivers at nine rail companies will be going on strike this Saturday (13th Aug), ahead of a long weekend of more even worse disruptions to come. The strike, taking place on Saturday 13th August, has been called by Aslef in a dispute over wages.
  All the train companies are advising people not to travel, even if they are able to run services as the few they can run will be very busy. Several train companies will be completely closed this Saturday — and all companies may have to make ch
  
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• America Movil finally creates LatAm towers unit

  09-08-2022 14:10
  
  America Movil has completed the spin-off of its telecoms towers business in Latin America, formally creating the Sitios Latinoamérica business that it has been talking about for some time.
  It’s a case of better late than never for the Mexican incumbent, which first announced its plan to hive off its mobile sites in the region almost exactly 18 months ago. At that stage, in early 2021, America Movil said it expected to carry out the process before the end of the year, but the restruc
  
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• KT and Turk Telekom deepen partnership to include content, private 5G

  09-08-2022 14:03
  
  Turk Telekom’s TV customers will soon be able to stream content from Korea, thanks to its newly-expanded partnership with KT Corp.
  If the response to KT’s K-Content offering is positive, KT and Turk Telekom have pledged to exchange a greater amount of content, and even jointly invest in co-production.
  Their agreement doesn’t stop there. In 2023, once 5G is up and running in Turkey, Turk Telekom plans to use KT’s private LTE/5G platform as the basis for its own private 5G
  
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• Last chance to see Trafalgar Square’s giant ice cream

  09-08-2022 13:50 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The next commission of public art forTrafalgar Square’s fourth plinth will be unveiled soon, so there are just a few days left to see the current occupant, a giant ice cream.
  It’s apt that the ice cream will spend its final week on the plinth during a heat wave, although it won’t melt, but will be removed by workmen. Officially called The End, the ice cream by Heather Phillipson, will be on the plinth until Monday 15th August 2022.The ice cream is being replaced with Antelope,
  
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• Deep fake attacks and cyber extortion on the rise

  09-08-2022 13:48
  
  A report from VMWare states that cyber attacks have increased since Russia invaded Ukraine, and warns of emerging threats such as those involving deep fakes to evade security controls.
  VMware has released its eighth annual Global Incident Response Threat Report, which is based on a survey of industry professionals and purports to provide a snapshot of what security teams are up against amid pandemic disruptions, burnout, and geopolitically motivated cyber attacks.
  65% of respondents said that cy
  
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• Finsbury’s modernist health centre getting £1.25 million restoration

  09-08-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Once voted the greatest building of the 20th century, the Finsbury Health Centre is about to get a £1.25 million restoration of the building.
  The roughly H-shaped building was constructed in 1935-38 by the Georgian-British architect Berthold Lubetkin and benchmark for the modernist design of many of the NHS’s subsequent health centres and hospitals. The entrance, as it was originally built is a sweeping curved frontage surrounded on either side by two glazed wings, forming an H shape
  
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• Vodafone pledges 50,000 free sims to homelessness charities

  09-08-2022 12:12
  
  UK operator Vodafone will donate 50,000 SIM cards worth a total of £4,500,000 to homelessness charities in the UK.
  Vodafone has partnered with youth homelessness charity network LandAid to distribute the SIM cards, which don’t require a name or address and include free data, unlimited texts and UK calls. They will be available through national charities such as Centrepoint and local community charities.
  The initiative falls under the umbrella of Vodafone’s charities.connec
  
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• Plans to demolish Wimbledon Chase station entrance for new flats

  09-08-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The 1920s entrance to Wimbledon Chase station in south London could be replaced with a block of flats if plans by the developer are approved.
  The station is on the Wimbledon to Sutton railway served by Thameslink, and the station, which is built up on an embankment, opened in July 1929, with an appealing, if now rather shabby modernist curving frontage leading to a corridor that takes passengers up to the platforms. The original station entrance featured a large booking hall, a large luggage and
  
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• KT and Türk Telekom sign 5G and content partnership

  09-08-2022 02:00
  This week, Korea Telecom (KT) has announced it has signed a new strategic agreement with Turkish state-run operator Turk Telekom, seeking to mutually develop their 5G capabilities and explore the technology’s commercialisation. As part of the deal, the partners will co-develop a private 5G platform for to Türk Telekom’s customers…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Jio and Airtel target 5G launch this month but Vi stays silent

  09-08-2022 02:00
  This week, India’s two largest mobile operators, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, have announced that they are aiming to forge ahead with commercial 5G launches later this month, though it is still unclear who will achieve the coveted first launch.According to Reliance Jio Chairman, Akash Ambani, the operator is aiming to launch the company’s pan-Indian 5G service on August 15, celebrating 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav', the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence Day. "Jio is
  
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• CMA begins probe into ViaSat acquisition of Inmarsat

  09-08-2022 02:00
  Back in November 2021, US satellite operator ViaSat struck a deal to acquire the UK’s Inmarsat for $7.3 billion. The companies said that the tie-up would “create a leading global communications innovator with enhanced scale and scope to affordably, securely and reliably connect the world”, suggesting their complementary assets that would be used to create a “high-capacity hybrid space and terrestrial network&rdquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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