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• Improving enterprise customer experience through intelligent digital transformation

  23-08-2022 19:05
  
  Most CSPs understand the importance of vertical industries, and the enterprise segment more broadly, for a successful 5G return on investment. But how are CSPs’ existing systems and assets fairing in terms of providing zero-touch enhanced CX to newfound customer segments?
  A recent survey by Telecoms.com found out that more than three in five industry professionals believe the main business driver behind 5G is the support to the digitalisation of large enterprises and IoT deployments. Addit
  
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• Gaia – a large glowing earth will float inside Southwark Cathedral

  23-08-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A 7-metre wide planet earth will float inside Southwark Cathedral, as Luke Jerram’s Gaia arrives on its UK-wide tour. Measuring seven metres in diameter and created from detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface the artwork provides the opportunity to see our planet, floating in three dimensions.
  (c) Southwark Cathedral
  The installation aims to create a sense of the Overview Effect, which was first described by author Frank White in 1987. Common features of the experience for astr
  
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• Pre-booking for Battersea Power Station’s chimney lift visitor attraction

  23-08-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  In a few months time, it will be possible to ride up the inside of a Battersea Power Station chimney, and pop out of the top for a view across London.
  (c) Lift 109
  Although prices haven’t been confirmed yet, they are opening up for reservations so you can get first dibs when tickets go on sale later this autumn. The chimney lift also gains a brand name — LIFT 109 – because, well, it’s a lift and goes up to 109 metres above sea level.
  The visit to the chimney lift will inc
  
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• Bristow Group Selects Speedcast for Multi-Year Connectivity Agreement to Enhance Technology and Future-Proof Network

  23-08-2022 15:00
  
  Speedcast to deliver technology upgrades and SD-WAN solution to a leading global aviation services provider, connecting more than 40 onshore energy and search and rescue sites Houston, Texas — August 23, 2022 — Speedcast, a leading communications and IT services provider, announced today that the company has signed a multi-year contract with Bristow Group Inc. to deliver technology upgrades and future-proof more than 40 remote sites across the globe, including Australia, Europe, Nige
  
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• Top 5 BSS Requirements for a Connected Future

  23-08-2022 14:58
  
  Stakeholders in the ICT world envision a highly Connected Future where zero-touch automation is accessible to manage and control integrated services, devices, and networks dynamically. CSPs need a Digital BSS that:Supports a variety of novel, sophisticated functions,
  Helps monetize complex, multicomponent, and dynamic services,
  Offers a more connected customer experience and satisfies new B2B customer demand.Check out what the top 5 BSS requirements are for this. Please fill in the short form be
  
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• The OmniChannel Project of Turk Telekom

  23-08-2022 14:53
  
  Digital Transformation is always a complex process, but it is especially a challenge for large incumbent telcos, with several divisions working separately, using legacy systems. In most cases it takes several project phases until the whole operation is transformed.
  Check out our case study, and see how Turk Telekom changed the way they operate:With a united customer database for all business units
  Launching a brand-new e-commerce platform
  Going from separate silos to Omnichannel solutions
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• Twitter former security head calls platform ‘threat to national security’

  23-08-2022 14:41
  
  Twitter’s former security head has issued a whistleblowing disclosure to the US government which slams the social platform’s security practices and appears to back up some of what Elon Musk has been claiming.
  CNN And the Washington Post have obtained and revealed details of an ‘explosive whistle-blower disclosure’ by Twitter’s former head of security Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko (pictured above, image courtesy of CNN), which was sent to US congress and other gov
  
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• How To Make the Most of Your Digital Transformation?

  23-08-2022 14:36
  
  The success of a Digital Transformation project will determine future operation and business opportunities of a company, therefore strategic planning is vital. Transformation itself is a constant journey, where the software itself is only a part of the process; you’ll also need different business approaches and a new mindset. In our report, discover how you can overcome the key pain points of a Digital Transformation process:How to align with strategy and future needs
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• The future evolution of 5G

  23-08-2022 14:21
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Jai Thattil, Head of Service Provider Strategic Marketing at Juniper Networks, takes a look at how 5G is likely to evolve in the UK.
  In 2019, BT, O2, Talk Talk, Three and Vodafone began deploying 5G, and they have since kept expanding their networks throughout the UK. According to a recent poll of UK businesses conducted by UK5G, the majority of UK companies (70
  
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• Drahi’s increased BT stake gets UK government blessing

  23-08-2022 13:24
  
  Speculation over BT’s future can begin again in earnest after Altice’s stake-building was given the all-clear from the UK government.
  French telco group Altice – controlled by billionaire Patrick Drahi – set tongues wagging last December when it increased its shareholding in the incumbent to 18 percent from 12.1 percent. In the post-Huawei scaremongering era, foreign involvement in UK critical infrastructure attracts government scrutiny like never before. Ergo in May, Bus
  
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• Get the Barbican Blues – with a music exhibition

  23-08-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The rise of blues music in the UK, and the “British Blues Explosion” from the 1960s onwards are the topic of an exhibition at the Barbican’s music library at the moment.It’s mostly a collection of ephemera from music gigs and performers, so lots of posters and signed cards, gig documents and the like are in a series of cases dotted around the music library’s entrance. Helpfully, there are display notices around telling the history of the blues music in the UK, and h
  
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• Singtel to take big hit on Trustwave sale

  23-08-2022 12:48
  
  Singtel is pushing forward with the sale of its cybersecurity business as part of a business streamlining push that will see it focus on 5G and new growth areas.
  Rumours surrounding the Singaporean telco’s plans for its Trustwave unit have been swirling for some time; indeed, it’s more than a year since it announced a strategic review of the Chicago-based unit as part of a broader reshuffle. The latest report on the firm’s future comes from Bloomberg, whose sources say Singtel
  
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• Smartphone shipments down 6% in North America

  23-08-2022 12:09
  
  According to Canalys 35.4 million smartphones shipped in North America during Q2 2022, down 6.4% year-on-year amid ongoing global economic strife.
  While the macro trend was decline, Apple still managed to come out smiling having grown its shipments 3%. It has now dominated over half the North American region for three consecutive quarters, which Canalys attributed to solid iPhone 13 demand combined with its entry-level iPhone SE.
  Samsung’s shipments also increased 4% as its S series and lo
  
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• NEC partners with Fortinet over 5G security

  23-08-2022 12:00
  
  Japanese tech giant NEC is incorporating the security expertise of US company Fortinet into its ‘Open Networks ecosystem’.
  NEC has been steadily building up not only its in-house 5G and Open RAN capabilities, but fairly aggressively expanding what it calls the NEC Open Networks ecosystem. The latter was the main theme of NEC’s presence at this year’s Mobile World Congress and the Japanese vendor is arguably the most significant player in pushing telecoms collaboration rig
  
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• Interactivity test – how to simultaneously measure the fundamental performance characteristics of 5G mobile networks

  23-08-2022 10:44
  
  To understand the ability of a 5G network slice to support a particular use case such as Industry 4.0 or Augmented Reality, it is necessary to measure the key performance parameters of throughput, latency and continuity.Download our free interactivity test white paper to learn more about:The interactivity test concept and its applications
  Quantify a network’s ability to support demanding use cases
  Real results from field testsPlease fill in the short form below to receive a copy of this wh
  
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• ST Engineering iDirect and Türksat strengthen strategic partnership with contract for provision of ground systems for Türksat 5B

  23-08-2022 10:00
  
  The longstanding relationship is bolstered with investment in futureproof technology that will enable flexibility and agility in service delivery across the Middle East and Africa Herndon, Va, August 23, 2022 – ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has today signed a multi-million dollar contract with leading regional satellite operator, Türksat, for the ground systems required to run a variety of services over the Türksat 5B satellite. ST Engineeri
  
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• Elizabeth line to run through Paddington and Liverpool Street from November

  23-08-2022 09:50 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Elizabeth line’s next upgrade will come into effect from Sunday 6th November, as the line introduces direct services between Shenfield and Paddington, and between Abbey Wood and Reading/Heathrow. In addition, although no specific date has been announced, TfL has confirmed that Bond Street station will open “by November”.
  Ahead of the autumn changes, the Abbey Wood to Paddington service on the Elizabeth line will start to open an hour earlier in the mornings, starting from 5
  
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• BT says UK to take no further action over Altice stake

  23-08-2022 09:22 via ft.com
  Conclusion comes after government review of increased interest from billionaire Patrick Drahi
  
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• BT says UK government to take no further action over Altice stake

  23-08-2022 09:22 via ft.com
  Conclusion comes after review of increased interest from billionaire Patrick Drahi
  
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• Latest photos of the new Brent Cross West station

  23-08-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  North London’s new railway station at Brent Cross West is getting closer to opening as the main structure is now complete and the fit-out to turn the shell into a working station is now underway.
  (c) Transforming Brent Cross Cricklewood
  The new Thameslink station at Brent Cross West is being built about halfway between Cricklewood and Hendon stations and is tied in with a large housing development taking place in the area. According to the development that is building it, the roofing has b
  
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