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• HS2 starts digging 26 miles of tunnel under London

  06-10-2022 18:07 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The first of four tunnel boring machines have started digging HS2’s railway tunnels that will run under London from Euston to Ruislip. The first of two giant tunnel boring machines (TBM) has set off from a large launch site next to West Ruislip mainline station, and will head towards London arriving at Greenford in just under 2 years time.
  The first TBM has been called Sushila, after a local teacher, and a second TBM, named after 18th-century astronomer Caroline Herschel will launch later
  
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• Huawei reportedly looking to work around US sanctions with redesigned 5G phones

  06-10-2022 17:47
  The Chinese vendor is looking to build new phones that use different chips to those prohibited by US sanctions and could be ready to launch as soon as next year, claims a report.
  According to a report in the Financial Times, Huawei has been busy coming up with ways to bypass sanctions from the US government that prohibit it acquiring US technology for 5G smartphones, involving redesigned phones that use non-restricted chips.
  ‘People familiar with the matter’ said the firm is looking
  
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• Telcos need an unprecedented level of automation to stay relevant

  06-10-2022 17:00
  In part two of our interview with HPE, VP and General Manager, Communications Technology Group Tom Craig tells us the number one reason telcos are motivated to adopt AI, ML and automation is to gracefully manage an ageing workforce, and that to stay relevant they’ll need more of it.
  What are the practical applications of AI making a difference in the telco space right now?
  Without question two areas that spring immediately to mind are network operations automation –  AI and ML w
  
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• Japan’s woodworking skills shown off in Kensington

  06-10-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  For over 1,300 years, the carpenters of Japan’s densely forested Hida region have been crafting from wood, and now there’s an exhibition about their work in London.A large room, filled with the sounds of the woodlands and decorated with forested drapes shows off samples of the woodworker’s craft, from the clever joints, to early woodworking equipment and many examples of their finished products.
  Some of the joints on show are puzzles for you to play with and see if you can solv
  
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• Viasat’s Inmarsat deal risks making in-flight WiFi more expensive, says CMA

  06-10-2022 15:35
  UK competition regulator warns $7.3bn tie-up risks quality of onboard connectivity
  
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• Verizon wins deal to upgrade US ambassadors’ reception

  06-10-2022 13:57
  The US State Department has awarded a contract to Verizon worth $1.58 billion.
  Under the 10-year deal, the telco will modernise the comms infrastructure and provide IT services for the Department’s embassies, consulars and other important sites in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America. In all, this is nearly 260 locations, a big chunk of the agency’s global footprint.
  Verizon hasn’t detailed exactly what it will deploy at these sites, probably because their geographic
  
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• Competition comes to Ethiopia at last

  06-10-2022 13:39
  Safaricom has launched commercial mobile services in Ethiopia almost a year and a half after it won a licence to become the country’s first privately-owned telco.
  Safaricom Ethiopia on Thursday revealed that it has brought 4G services to market in 11 cities, including the capital Addis Ababa, having carried out a series of customer trials. It pledged to extend its network to a further 14 cities by April, a move that will enable it to meet the 25% population coverage target specified by its
  
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• Science Museum offers a space trip to a science fiction spacecraft

  06-10-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  An artificial intelligence has been collecting species from Planet Earth in its spacecraft, and you’re now about to take a walk through the warehouse — is how a new science-fiction inspired exhibition at the Science Museum is presented.
  Guests catch a shuttle flight from Earth up to the spacecraft and there, the female AI agent, Alann (Algorithmically Autonomous Neural Network) will explore with you how humans have created fiction from science, and how science has in turn been inspir
  
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• BT and Cisco team up to recycle 99.9% of old network kit

  06-10-2022 12:49
  UK telco group BT will ship replaced or decommissioned kit from customer’s networks to Cisco, where it will be to be re-used or recycled.
  Up to 99.9% of old network kit ripped out during upgrades will be re-used or recycled as part of the new programme designed to reduce BT’s business customers’ e-waste, by drafting in Cisco to process the end-of-life equipment through its existing ‘takeback and reuse’ programme.
  BT has recruited Cisco-certified environmental specia
  
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• TfL launches e-bikes for hire

  06-10-2022 12:07 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Transport for London’s (TfL) existing cycle hire scheme has been joined by 500 electric bikes today. The new e-bikes have been distributed across key central London locations and can be docked at any of the scheme’s 800 docking stations.
  As they use the existing docking stations, they will be recharged by the cycle hire staff swapping out the batteries.
  New Santander ebike – image TfL
  Initially, e-bikes will be available to registered users only, for a fare of £3.30 per 3
  
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• Huawei to relaunch 5G phone despite US sanctions

  06-10-2022 02:15
  Chinese group works on strategies to bypass sanctions including one plan to redesign phone without using restricted advanced chips
  
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