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• Vodafone/Xavier Niel: a second French tycoon targets UK telecoms

  21-09-2022 20:04
  Investment vehicle Atlas describes mobile phone group as ‘an attractive investment opportunity’
  
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• T-Mobile is providing the 5G goods to a new AI wildfire detection system

  21-09-2022 18:27
  T-Mobile, Pano AI and Portland General Electric are deploying 5G-connected cameras to enable an AI-powered active detection system designed to help emergency services stop wildfires early.
  US operator T-Mobile, disaster focussed tech provider Pano AI, and Portland General Electric have all clubbed together to set up a series of 5G-connected cameras near Portland, Oregon that plug into an AI detection system designed to spy the first signs of wildfires and let emergency services deal with them qu
  
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• London bus drivers to go on indefinite strike next month

  21-09-2022 17:42 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Over 2,000 bus drivers based at bus garages across North London and part of East London will walk out next month in an indefinite strike that wont stop until a deal is agreed.
  The bus drivers are all employees of Arriva, and based at Ash Grove, Barking, Clapton, Edmonton, Enfield, Palmers Green, Tottenham and Wood Green. The strike will affect routes throughout North London.The bus drivers, who are members of the Unite union are seeking a pay increase in line with the real inflation rate (RPI) o
  
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• TfL receives £500 million funding support from the Mayor of London

  21-09-2022 16:54 via ianvisits.co.uk
  To cover an expected gap in Transport for London’s (TfL) finances for the next couple of years, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has agreed to provide up to £500 million in extra funding to avoid cuts to public transport services.
  The recent government agreement has left TfL with a £230 million funding gap across the current and next financial years, which the previous Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, assumed could be met through further efficiencies without sa
  
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• Exhibition in a fire station shows off the London Fire Brigade’s new typeface

  21-09-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Shoreditch fire station is the topical location for an exhibition of posters and artwork inspired by the London Fire Brigade’s (LFB) new typeface. Several bays where fire engines usually stand have been given over to the exhibition, giving us a rare chance to go inside a real fire station.
  For the art of course.It’s called Love is – The Running Towards, in recognition that we often don’t run away from danger when someone we love is threatened, but run towards them to help
  
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• Can New PON Architectures Help Networks Close the Digital Gap?

  21-09-2022 15:50
  For years, rolling out advanced broadband services in rural markets has been challenging due to the unique dynamics of these environments. Service providers have found it difficult to justify the financial investments it takes to construct next-gen networks in areas where subscriber density is low and revenue opportunity can be less than it is in urban and suburban markets. Newly available funding programs are helping to level the playing field—enabling a substantial opportunity for servic
  
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• Euro telco giants test holographic calling

  21-09-2022 14:13
  A group comprising some of Europe’s biggest operators has given the nascent holographic calling market a much-needed dose of credibility.
  Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone have conducted a pilot with Matsuko, a Slovakia-based start-up that has developed a holographic calling app that works on smartphones, tablets, and mixed reality (MR) glasses, including Microsoft’s HoloLens 2. According to its Website, support for Meta’s Oculus Quest 2 VR headset, and J
  
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• Xavier Niel looks to streamline Vodafone via 2.5% stake buy

  21-09-2022 14:00
  Xavier Niel has acquired a 2.5% stake in Vodafone, a move that increases the pressure on the international telco group to streamline its business and get on with some M&A.
  The French businessman, who owns expansionist operator Iliad as well as other telecoms assets in Europe, has picked up the shares through investment vehicle Atlas Investissement. The firm did not disclose the value of the transaction, but Bloomberg puts it at around £752 million. At the time of writing, Vodafone&rsqu
  
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• Roaming charges may have cost Britons £80 million over the summer

  21-09-2022 13:43
  A report from VMO2 reckons the reintroduction of European roaming charges could have cost holidaymakers up to £80 million across July and August, or about £8.9 million every week.
  The reintroduction of European roaming charges by UK operators may have cost UK travellers as much as £80 million across July and August, according to some anonymised, aggregated movement data collected by O2 Motion, which uses connections to mobile masts to gain insight into crowd movement trends.
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• The delayed Maria Bartuszová exhibition opens at the Tate Modern

  21-09-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A relatively little known Slovakian sculptor, Maria Bartuszová has been given an entire exhibition in the Tate Modern as the art world increasingly recognises her work. A white room filled with, mostly, white curved shapes, balloons, pillows, and softness, for this was an artist who loved to experiment with plaster and balloons.Although her output was prolific, she spent most of her life in Communist Czechoslovakia, and while every government building — which was pretty much any bui
  
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• Cellnex teams up with CPI on 5G testbed for healthcare

  21-09-2022 12:31
  Telco infrastructure firm Cellnex has partnered with CPI to launch a private 5G testbed designed to test and showcase digital and IoT based wonder tech for the healthcare sector.
  The facility is based at the North East Technology Park and will host various organisations as they work on producing new tech for the healthcare sector. The overall idea is to provide a showcase of 5G and IoT-enabled use cases, from practical sounding ideas such as real-time asset management of equipment and medical su
  
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• French billionaire Xavier Niel builds 2.5% Vodafone stake

  21-09-2022 12:04
  UK-based telecoms group under pressure to pursue deals and streamline business
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Vaughan Way Wildlife Garden, E1

  21-09-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  In Wapping, East London is a long narrow strip of land between houses and the pavement that, if you can find the entrance, conceals a woodland walk to explore.A decade ago, this strip of parkland was pretty much what passes for municipal planting – some trees and the ground covered over with low maintenance densely planted shrubbery that you see in every housing estate. Then, in 2012, a group of locals got together to clear the monoculture away and replace it with a much more varied and wi
  
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