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• TIM jumps aboard the European Green Digital Coalition

  22-09-2022 18:24
  Italian operator TIM has thrown its hat into the ring with the European Green Digital Coalition, which purports to have the aim of ‘harnessing the potential of digital solutions to enable the green transformation.’
  TIM, which is usually in the news for its unending fluctuations in upper management, or rumours of potential mergers and buyouts fuelled by secret sources whispering to Bloomberg and Reuters, has announced it has been given its membership card to the European Green Digital
  
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• Fiber Development Index Analysis: 2022

  22-09-2022 16:14
  The Fiber Development Index (FDI) tracks and benchmarks fiber development across 88 countries. Fiber investment is vital to the quality delivery of all data services and, therefore, merits thorough contextual analysis.
  
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• Yinka Ilori’s bold patterned colours celebrated at Design Museum

  22-09-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A new exhibition has opened at the Design Museum showing off a body of work that you will probably recognise, but probably didn’t know that they were all the work of one man. London born and based Yinka Ilori comes from a Nigerian family, and that cultural heritage has informed his bold and bright colour schemes that range from small prints to huge outdoor commissions.His outdoor work is dominated by the use of large patterned blocks aiming to bring a blast of colour to otherwise often neg
  
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• BT hits out at ‘reckless’ 999 strike

  22-09-2022 15:08
  BT has reacted angrily to news that emergency services call handlers will be included in strike action planned for next month.
  The UK telecoms incumbent responded to the latest salvo from the Communication Workers Union in the pair’s ongoing battle over pay. The CWU shared that 999 workers will strike alongside 40,000 BT and Openreach staff on four separate days in October.
  “We know that our colleagues are dealing with the impacts of high inflation and, whilst we respect the right of
  
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• Major data breach at Optus exposes customer passport numbers

  22-09-2022 14:35
  Optus customers have had their personal information accessed after the telco fell victim to what has been described as one of the biggest hacks in Australian history.
  Names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses and in some cases, postal addresses, and driver’s licence and passport numbers have been compromised. Sources cited by the Sydney Morning Herald (paywall) said that as many as 9 million current and former customers have been affected. According to Optus parent Singtel&rsqu
  
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• Ofcom launces probe into Amazon, Microsoft and Google’s cloud dominance

  22-09-2022 14:17
  UK comms regulator Ofcom will investigate whether the dominance of Amazon, Microsoft and Google in the cloud services space is good for competition, and will also look at messaging apps and smart speakers.
  Ofcom, working in tandem with its regulatory cousin the Competitions and Markets Authority, will investigate whether there are any competition concerns created by the fact the cloud services market is dominated by just three US companies; namely Amazon, Microsoft and Google. If upon completion
  
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• Old sign on the Bank of England declaring “special limits”

  22-09-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  If you look up on the wall on the side of the Bank of England building, you might see a very old sign declaring that this street is within special limits.What the sign says is: “By virtue of the Metropolitan Streets Act 1867 I, the commissioner of police for the City of London and the Liberties Thereof, do by this my order direct that this street be deemed to be within the special limits of the said act”
  What does it mean, and is it still valid?
  TheMetropolitan Streets Act 1867 came
  
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• Transport for London’s boss, Andy Byford resigns

  22-09-2022 11:08 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Transport for London (TfL) has announced that its top man, Andy Byford is resigning from the organisation.
  TfL says he wants to resume life in the United States, having “delivered against the priorities he set at the start of his tenure – to get the Elizabeth line opened without any further delay, and to lead TfL out of the financial crisis caused by the pandemic.”British born, Byford started his railway career at London Underground, and after working in numerous countries, his
  
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• Day trips from London: Standen House and Garden

  22-09-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A modest trip from South Grinstead can be found a large manor house that is particularly notable for its arts and crafts interiorThe house was built in 1891-94 for the London solicitor, James Beale and family, and judging by the size of the house, he was a very successful solicitor. And the building is notable today in part thanks to the choice of architect – Philip Webb, who is sometimes called the Father of Arts and Crafts Architecture.
  What was built is a large cottage-like manor house
  
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