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• Modern community centre wraps around a century old lodge

  27-09-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A derelict corner of a public park has recently been turned into a new community centre, with a modern building wrapping around a century old former park keeper’s lodge.The new building, the Sands End Arts and Community Centre, designed by Mæ, is a replacement for a community centre building that was sold by the former council in 2010 to be turned into luxury flats. Ever since then, there’s been a call for a replacement to be provided, and it’s taken a combination of thri
  
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• Digital transformation reaches a fork in the road

  27-09-2022 18:58
  The concept of digital transformation for the telecoms industry has essentially degenerated into a question of how much to outsource.
  At Digital Transformation World last week we reported that collaboration with ‘hyperscalers’, which essentially means the three US public cloud giants, was the main theme of the event. That wasn’t always the case. While the TM Forum, which runs the event, has always been about harmonizing the various technologies involved in running telecoms netw
  
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• Ericsson and Hiya develop new system to combat spam and fraud

  27-09-2022 18:35
  Kit vendor Ericsson and has teamed up with ‘call performance management cloud’ firm Hiya to build Call Qualification, an AI based tool to help operators identify incoming spam and fraud calls.
  Call Qualification lets operators spot incoming dodgy calls attempting to connect to their subscriber base at the network level and block the it before it gets through, we are told, while ‘Intelligent learning capabilities’ mean the platform will constantly be kept up to date with s
  
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• National rail strikes on 1st, 5th, and 8th October

  27-09-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Rail unions are holding three national rail strikes, leading to substantial disruption on the forthcoming weekends, and also the middle of next week.All three main rail unions, ASLEF, RMT and TSSA are striking, but on different days, and also with different train companies, so the impact will vary, but this coming Saturday will be the worst when all three unions strike together.Saturday 1st October – ASLEF, RMT and TSSA
  Wednesday 5th October – ASLEF
  Thursday 6th October – TSSA
  
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• Nokia: ‘We are an intrinsic part of how the UK operates’

  27-09-2022 14:12
  We spoke with Phil Siveter, CEO of Nokia for the UK and Ireland, about consumer 5G, saving the environment with digital transformation, and how he sees his company’s purpose as using ‘partnerships and technology to help the world.’
  We still appear to be waiting for a killer app for 5G on the consumer side. We’ve also had lots of reports out saying there needs to be a lot more infrastructure spending in the UK to in order for 5G to ever reach its potential. Where are we wi
  
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• Google pushes back on the ‘sender pays principle’

  27-09-2022 13:49
  Following the renewed plea by European operators for video streamers to contribute to the cost of telecoms infrastructure, Google delivered a riposte.
  Matt Brittin, Google’s President for EMEA, took part in a panel discussion at the FT Tech and Politics Forum, titled ‘The Future of the EU Internet ecosystem – How should all digital actors contribute to a gigabit future?’ The other panellists were from Orange, the Italian government and BEREC, the telecoms industry group m
  
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• Sateliot to build 5G core on AWS

  27-09-2022 13:20
  Satellite IoT operator Sateliot has opted for a hyperscaler to host its cloud-native 5G core.
  The Spain-based company, which is on a mission to offer direct-to-satellite NB-IoT connectivity from low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, struck a deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) this week. Once up and running, its fully-virtualised core will support 5G release 17, which enables non-terrestrial network (NTN) connectivity. It means that compatible devices will be able to connect directly to Sateliot&rsq
  
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• Vodafone launches apprentice pilot scheme as part of software engineer drive

  27-09-2022 13:12
  UK operator Vodafone has drafted training firm Multiverse to skill up apprentices within 15 months, as part of its drive to add 7000 software engineers to its workforce.
  Apparently the 15 month training time represents a 68% reduction compared to how long it would normally take apprentices to be trained up to the junior software engineer level. The pilot programme is being pitched as an alternative to going to university for young people, and starts off with a three-month bootcamp followed by a
  
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• Globe adds another US$340 million to towers stash

  27-09-2022 13:12
  Globe Telecom has agreed to sell 1,350 towers to Phil-Tower Consortium for 20 billion pesos (almost US$340 million), its third towers deal in the past few months.
  In all, the Philippines telco is set to bring in PHP91 billion ($1.5 billion) from the three tranches of the deal, giving it a fair sum of cash both to service debt and for spending on its networks.
  This latest portion of the deal will see Phil-Tower pick up sites – 90% of which are ground-based towers, with some rooftop sites th
  
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• Apollo moon landing photos on display at the Royal Albert Hall

  27-09-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A number of recently restored photos from the Apollo moon landings have gone on display in the Royal Albert Hall to coincide with the release of a book about the photos and their restoration.
  (c) NASA / Andy Saunders
  The original NASA photographic film from the Apollo missions is stored in a frozen vault at Johnson Space Center, Houston. It never leaves the building – in fact, the film rarely leaves the freezer. For half a century, almost every image of the Moon landings publicly available
  
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• Elizabeth line reveals optimistic passenger numbers, but also software issues

  27-09-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  One of the last few Elizabeth Line Committee meetings is due to take place this Thursday and it outlines the performance since the core tunnels opened, and what’s needed to complete the railway.
  The report reveals that since the core tunnels through central London opened, passenger numbers on the Elizabeth line have been consistently higher than budgeted for, and excepting the impact of strike action elsewhere, now regularly exceed two million per week.
  Tottenham Court Road station in the
  
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