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• Sound and colour dazzle the senses as the V&A explores the Korean Wave

  23-09-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A joyful explosion of sound and colour marks the arrival of K-everything at the V&A Museum as it takes a look at modern Korean culture.
  The exhibition looking at the Korean wave that erupted in the past few decades opens with the man who for many marked the moment that K-Pop arrived, with PSY’s Gangnam style, which was almost as famous for forcing YouTube to rebuild its view counter to stop it breaking when the video passed 1 billion views. Less well known is that the song and video ar
  
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• Starlink’s download speeds declined over the last year

  23-09-2022 13:56
  According to Ookla, the firm behind SpeedTest, median download speeds for Space X’s satellite internet operation Starlink fell across Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the UK, and the US in Q2.
  The decline in download speeds ranged between 9% and 54% between Q2 2021 and Q2 2022, and occurred as more customers joined Starlink, claims Ookla. Upload speeds also slowed on Starlink’s service, with speeds decreasing across all of the countries it tracks.
  The report does however point o
  
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• French investors first in the queue at the UK’s rummage sale

  23-09-2022 13:06
  A flurry of buyers from across the Channel will be joined by dollar-rich US rivals
  
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• Offer on tickets to see Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre

  23-09-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The multi-award-winning Mary Poppins the Musical has returned to its original home, London’s Prince Edward Theatre, and there’s an offer on tickets for the month ahead.The tickets offer is valid for Monday – Saturday evening performances until the 21st October 2022 if booked from here before the 3rd October 2022.
  Mary Poppins is practically perfect! Everyone’s original favourite nanny arrives at the Banks household just in time to set things straight with wisdom, a b
  
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• Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison reflects on its transformation journey to accelerate Indonesia’s Digital Transformation

  23-09-2022 12:51
  At Digital Transformation World 2022 the CEO of Indosat Ooredoo Huchison (IOH) stressed the importance of digital transformation in his company’s evolution.
  IOH was created when Indosat Ooredoo and H3i completed their merger at the start of this year. It immediately became Indonesia’s second largest mobile operator with almost 100 million subscribers. For such a huge market, Indonesia sometimes doesn’t get the attention it should in other parts of the world, so it was good to h
  
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• Operators Embrace Virtualised, Open Networks with Agile Automation to Meet Future Demands

  23-09-2022 11:43
  GSMA’s Mobile World Live Operator survey report, commissioned by Mavenir, confirms 98 percent of MNOs on a path to open network architecture.
  Virtualised, automated mobile networks that leverage open architectures and cloud technologies are clearly the path forward for forward-thinking operators. In this recent survey, Mobile World Live asked executives from global network operators about virtualization, public and private. Please fill in the short form below to receive a copy of this whit
  
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• Open RAN in 2022: Enabling a Continuous Flow of Innovation

  23-09-2022 11:43
  What is the state of the Open RAN ecosystem? Download the report from RCR Wireless to learn the top 5 Open RAN considerations for operators today and why it’s time to leverage the capabilities of virtualized, open, multi-vendor solutions to deliver network innovation. Please fill in the short form below to receive a copy of this whitepaper.Name*First LastCompany name:*Job title*Organisation Type*---Please select---Fixed or Cable Operator/Internet Service ProviderMobile Network Operator/MVN
  
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• Evolving 5G Security for the Cloud

  23-09-2022 11:43
  As 5G networks and cloud computing become increasingly intertwined, 5G security continues to progress with new technical features to face the expanded attack surfaces from both internal and external threats. Download this 5G Americas white paper, “Evolving 5G Security for the Cloud,” that covers security threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations for deployments of 5G cloud infrastructures as new services and use cases are developed.
  Mavenir is a member of the 5G Americas Board of Gov
  
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• Over 5 million trips on the Northern Line Extension in its first year

  23-09-2022 11:17 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The Northern line extension in south London has seen over 5 million journeys on the line to Battersea in its first year, Transport for London (TfL) has announced. Passenger numbers growth is also accelerating. It took six months to reach the 2 millionth journey, and the subsequent six months clocked up 3 million passenger journeys.
  According to TfL figures, of the two stations, Battersea Power Station is busier, with approximately 80,000 trips per week and almost 15,000 trips routinely recorded
  
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• 5G uptake doubles but mobile usage gap is still a problem

  23-09-2022 10:33
  Separate figures from two different industry groups this week paint a mixed picture of the current state of mobile connectivity and usage.
  Using data gathered by Omdia, 5G Americas on Wednesday said that global 5G connections reached 813 million in Q2, up 112 percent year-on-year. The lobby group said connections are on course to top 1 billion by the end of 2022, and are expected to almost double again to nearly 2 billion in 2023. By the end of 2027, 5G Americas predicts global 5G connections wi
  
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• Comcast uses Samsung RAN kit to boost 5G service

  23-09-2022 10:32
  Comcast has gone public with plans to use Samsung 5G radio access network (RAN) equipment to boost its mobile service, but insists it is not transforming itself into an MNO.
  The US cable operator made it quite clear that it will deploy its own kit in key areas only, using the CBRS and 600 MHz spectrum it picked up over the past five or so years, to give its Xfinity Mobile MVNO service a boost.
  “We have no plans to build out a full national wireless network, rather, where it makes sense, we
  
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