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• Arty hot air balloon to fly over Thamesmead

  10-08-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  As part of an art event, a 25-metre tall hot air balloon will fly over Thamesmead in southeast London over the next couple of months. It’s part of an art project between the Royal School of Needlework and artists, Neil Musson and Jono Retallick who have created a high-flying artwork that brings stories of a local community to life through needlework.The project, ‘Fields of EveryWhen’ by musson+retallick, has engaged with the community of Thamesmead, over a period of two years a
  
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• Google Fiber eyes expansion into five US states

  10-08-2022 17:56
  
  Google Fiber – The ISP spin off of the Silicon Valley giant – is planning to expand its FTTH network into Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Idaho.
  Google Fiber, who you don’t hear an awful lot out of it has to be said, has declared it is planning a big expansion to multiple cities across five US states – Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Idaho. The firm announced today via a corporate blog that it is in the process of talking to various city leaders with regar
  
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• Lucian Freud exhibition of his paintings

  10-08-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  In what would have been his centenary year, an exhibition of the paintings by Lucian Freud has opened at the Freud Museum in North London.
  Lucian Freud: Family Matters features paintings, drawings, family photographs, books and letters, all drawn from galleries and private collections, the Museum’s archives and members of Lucian Freud’s family.
  Some of the items have never, or very rarely, been seen in public before.The Freud Museum was the final home of Sigmund Freud, the founder of
  
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• India reportedly cracks down on cheap Chinese phones

  10-08-2022 14:45
  
  India is cracking down on low-cost Chinese smartphones in a bid to give a boost to its homegrown players, it is being reported in the Indian press this week.
  The Indian press is awash with reports of a ban on cheap Chinese devices, that is phones costing less than 12,000 rupees or US$150. However, a closer look at what’s actually going on suggests tighter restrictions on the companies making these phones, but an outright ban seems highly unlikely.
  On the contrary, the government seems to b
  
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• UK watchdog probes Viasat acquisition of Inmarsat

  10-08-2022 14:34
  
  Regulatory hurdles are piling up in front of satellite operator Viasat as it looks to gobble up rival Inmarsat.
  The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Tuesday formally kicked off an investigation into the tie-up, less than two weeks after the European Commission revealed it is undertaking a review of its own.
  Under the proposed acquisition, announced last November, US-based Viasat will cough up $850 million in cash plus 46.36 million in shares – worth $3.1 billion at the
  
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• Seacom recruits BT to expand African enterprise business

  10-08-2022 14:24
  
  UK telecoms group BT will provide Seacom – which claims to own Africa’s most extensive ICT data infrastructure – services to secure its own infrastructure and deliver new enterprise services.
  As well as helping ICT provider Seacom secure its own infrastructure, BT will provide the firm with ‘services, vendor relationships and global expertise’ – such as its Cloud Security Incident Event Management (SIEM) platform –  that will enable it to expand its
  
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• Book Review: The hidden origins of Londons pub names

  10-08-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A book that says it will tell you the history of over 650 pub names across London turns out to be rather fun to read. Written by two chaps, it’s a mix of home research and arduous visits to pubs to uncover the local lore while sampling their wares.
  A book of this sort could be laid out almost any way you want, thematically, geographically, historically, or, as is the case here, quite simply alphabetically. Initially thinking this might be a bit of an effort to wade through from A to Z, it
  
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• New O2 scheme lets customers ‘swap phones whenever they like’

  10-08-2022 12:52
  
  UK operator O2 is offering new and existing customers the option to switch their phone for a new one whenever they like in a new scheme called O2 Switch Up.
  O2 appears to be offering customers the option of swapping their phones out as and when they please, ‘with no limits’ to how long customers need to have had their current phone or how long is left on their existing contract.
  The scheme is called O2 Switch Up and is available from tomorrow. It will automatically be included for O2
  
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• A summer ramble along the disused Bishop’s Stortford to Braintree railway line

  10-08-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A disused railway running through Essex that closed 50 years ago is now a country walk that offers some lovely views, detours and some bacon.The walking route follows the former Bishop’s Stortford–Braintree railway, which opened in 1869, mainly as a farm freight railway with some passengers. It stopped carrying passengers in 1952, and completely closed in 1972 – that’s 50 years ago. The tracks were lifted and the route opened as a walking trail, officially known as the Fl
  
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• US Broadband News: a rough time for the biggest cable companies

  10-08-2022 02:00
  Total Telecom are keeping track of the latest news from the USA as billions of dollars pour into developing internet access for all. If you are interested in a more in-depth look at how progress is being made, check out our new Connected America event.10 August 2022New York's MTA announces wireless connectivity plan for entire subway - telecompaper9 August 2022America’s Two Biggest Cable Broadband Monopolies Failed To Add Any New Customers Last Quarter - techdirtStates are Making Their Ow
  
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• SEACOM partners with BT for enterprise cybersecurity

  10-08-2022 02:00
  Today, BT has announced a new agreement with African ICT infrastructure giant SEACOM, aiming to expand the British operator’s various enterprise service offerings across Africa. SEACOM is best known for the eponymous submarine cable it launched back in 2009, which spans African continent’s east coast and through the Mediterranean Sea to Marseille…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Nokia selected to upgrade railway communications in Perth

  10-08-2022 02:00
  Nokia has announced it has been selected by The Public Transport Authority of Western Australia (PTA) to design, build and maintain a next generation railway communications system over the next decade in Perth. METRONET infrastructure and public transport program is the long-term blueprint for Perth's future. As a critical element of the METRONET program and as part of the agreement…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT wins £32m network service contract for Sellafield nuclear site

  10-08-2022 02:00
  BT has secured a major £32 million network services contract with Sellafield Ltd. The contract will include wide and local area network services, core and gateway services, as well as audio and conferencing, telephony and cyber security. Upgrades to the network will also enable Sellafield Ltd to take advantage of new technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G in the future…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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