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• Nokia launches app store for broadband networks

  11-10-2022 18:26
  Kit vendor Nokia’s new Altiplano Application Marketplace will host its own apps as well as third party and operator built apps.
  The Altiplano Application Marketplace – named after Nokia’s broadband network controller suite – will launch with seven apps designed around the functions of network support, network insights and network automation.
  Network support apps are intended to be used by operators to maintain and protect fixed networks through proactive monitoring, perfo
  
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• Vintage Routemaster bus to return to regular service in London

  11-10-2022 18:12 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A vintage Routemaster bus will be plying the streets of central London from this weekend as a new regular service is launched. Operated by Londoner Buses, the service is very much aimed at tourists, not regulars, as it’s not part of the TfL payment system, but is likely to appeal to anyone looking for a bit of heritage to ride in.
  (c) Londoner Bus
  The buses will run every day departing every 15/20 minutes between 9am and 5pm along a route between Waterloo and Piccadilly Circus, via Parliam
  
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• Winslow Homer: The sea and the war at the National Gallery

  11-10-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  An illustrator who recorded the USA’s civil war and later turned from drawings to painting to become one of America’s preeminent artists is the subject of a large exhibition at the National Gallery. Winslow Homer’s work is little known outside the USA, so this exhibition is a rare opportunity for Brits to see his work up close, with the entire exhibition based on loans many of which have never been seen in the UK before.A larger version of the exhibition was previously shown at
  
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• Cheap train fares from Greater Anglia

  11-10-2022 14:04 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Time to plan some away day trips out of London, as Greater Anglia is offering return train fares from £10 for the next few weeks.
  The new ‘Hare Fares’ offer passengers off-peak returns across the Greater Anglia network with three zones and three simple return prices: £10, £15 and £20, with children travelling for just £2 return each. There is no limit on the number of tickets, but they must be booked before 30th October for travel between 12th October an
  
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• Community Fibre gets almost £1 billion to fund network build

  11-10-2022 13:46
  Community Fibre has secured the best part of £1 billion in financing to help it fund its ambitious fibre network rollout plans in London.
  The UK operator said it has signed a new finance facility of £985 million with a group of unnamed lenders. The financing, made up of £685 million in committed facilities plus a £300 million uncommitted accordion – the ability to extend the line of credit by that amount, that is – will enable the fibre builder to make good on
  
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• Telenor sets lofty targets for reorganised Asian ops

  11-10-2022 13:39
  Norwegian telco group Telenor has reorganised its presence in Asia as part of an ambitious growth strategy for the region.
  During last month’s capital markets day, Telenor said its operations in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan and Thailand will be managed by a newly-formed Telenor Asia unit, tasking it with building scale and increasing profits in an effort to become a leading player in these countries.
  All very ambitious-sounding, but light on detail. On Tuesday, Telenor fleshed out these
  
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• Ofcom study highlights threats to child online safety

  11-10-2022 13:37
  A third of kids aged between 8 and 17 with a social media profile signed up with a false date of birth, according to new report by UK comms regulator Ofcom, seemingly offered up as a framing to the Online Safety Bill.
  Ofcom has put out a report which collates three pieces of research – the first was carried out by Yonder Consulting and asserts that 47% of children aged 8 to 15 with a social media profile have a user age of 16+, while 32% of children aged 8 to 17 have a user age of 18+. In
  
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• London’s 2022 bonfire night firework displays

  11-10-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  One month to go, so it’s time to start plotting how we shall remember the downfall of a papist plot, and watch the skies over London explode with fireworks. And in a few locations, the display still includes the traditional bonfire as well.This year, Bonfire Night takes place on Saturday, which means the vast majority of fireworks will take place on the same night — so limited options this year to visit several fireworks display over a number of days. That said, if you know somewhere
  
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• Testing TfL’s new e-bike hire scheme

  11-10-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Last week, 500 new e-bikes joined TfL’s existing Santander cycle hire scheme, but what are they like to ride?Design wise, the e-bikes look pretty much the same as the standard bike, but with a more solid bike frame to house the battery and electrics, and a noticeably different handlebar and luggage rack.
  The saddle is a new design, and they’ve finally included a hole in the depression to let the rain drain away. Apart from a few modest aesthetic changes, such as the matt black wheel
  
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