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• Musk offers Iranians uncensored internet access

  26-09-2022 16:03 via ft.com
  Special terminals will still need to be sent to country for users to benefit from Starlink service
  
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• Elon Musk offers Iranians uncensored internet access

  26-09-2022 16:03 via ft.com
  Special terminals will still need to be sent to country for users to benefit from Starlink service
  
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• National Gallery offering £1 tickets for the Lucian Freud exhibition

  26-09-2022 16:01 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The National Gallery will be offering a chance to visit the Lucian Freud exhibition on Friday evenings with tickets from just £1 each, thanks to its first ever “Pay What You Wish” pricing scheme. Tickets that usually start from £24 per person will be offered for a minimum payment of £1, with an option for visitors to pay more if they want to.
  (c) National Gallery
  The Lucian Freud retrospective is being staged by the National Gallery to mark the centenary of the birt
  
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• Making 5G FWA a reality: five key planning considerations

  26-09-2022 15:12
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Nishita Hathi, Product Director at TEOCO, explores some of the things operators need to consider when deploying Fixed Wireless Access.
  The most significant entrant to the connectivity landscape in recent years has been 5G for home service, otherwise known as Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). The rise of this latest rival to traditional broadband internet comes w
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Digital Transformation World and Africa

  26-09-2022 14:58
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Digital Transformation World and Africa
  
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• Operators again beg for Europe for Big Tech cash

  26-09-2022 14:45
  The CEOs of all the major European operators have signed a letter that once more calls upon the EU to get the biggest data traffic generators pay extra.
  Characterised as the ‘fair contribution’ issue by operators, the argument they make is that much of the traffic they carry over their networks is generated by the big US video streaming providers. Since a disproportionate amount of their capex and opex is spent on ensuring they have sufficient network capacity carry all this data, th
  
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• Operators again beg Europe for Big Tech cash

  26-09-2022 14:45
  The CEOs of all the major European operators have signed a letter that once more calls upon the EU to get the biggest data traffic generators pay extra.
  Characterised as the ‘fair contribution’ issue by operators, the argument they make is that much of the traffic they carry over their networks is generated by the big US video streaming providers. Since a disproportionate amount of their capex and opex is spent on ensuring they have sufficient network capacity carry all this data, th
  
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• BT deploys Geoff Hurst to teach the elderly tech skills

  26-09-2022 14:43
  A new study says 41% of over 70s don’t feel fully confident using their mobile for anything other than calls – so BT has recruited World Cup winner Geoff Hurst to help teach them.
  As well as the stat that 41% of over 70s don’t feel fully confident using their mobile beyond phone calls, the study carried out by BT also says 71% of older think people say sharing videos and pictures with family helps tackle isolation, but only 17% do it regularly.
  Meanwhile 80% of over-65s want to
  
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• Australian PM weighs in on Optus breach as hacker demands $1 million

  26-09-2022 14:37
  Australia’s privacy rules look set to be overhauled, as the fallout from the massive data breach at Optus continues.
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had his say on Monday, telling Brisbane radio station 4BC that the Optus hack represents “a huge wake-up call for the corporate sector” when it comes to data protection.
  Last week it emerged that around 9 million current and former Optus customers had their personal information – including names, dates of birth, phone numbers
  
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• Talk of Vodafone towers deal comes quickly after Niel news

  26-09-2022 14:26
  Vodafone is reportedly looking to sell a multi-billion-pound stake in its Vantage Towers business, a move that would help it reduce debt and keep shareholders off its back.
  The report, published by This is Money at the weekend, comes hot on the heels of the arrival of Xavier Niel amongst the telco’s investors and related talk on the speeding up of its streamlining process and movement on in-market consolidation.
  In recent months Vodafone has been fairly open about its intention to pursue i
  
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• Telefónica and Qualcomm are developing a metaverse ecosystem

  26-09-2022 13:04
  Operator Telefónica and chip firm Qualcomm are putting their heads together to ‘establish the groundwork that will drive the metaverse forward’… but it’s all still a bit vague.
  The two firms intend to build XR (extended reality) and metaverse things using Snapdragon Spaces – which is described as an XR Developer Platform – and Telefónica will upskill its staff in XR/metaverse hardware and application development. The agreement covers an ‘e
  
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