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• BT Chief Architect is leaving the building

  13-10-2022 20:05
  The most notable aspect of a reshuffle of UK operator group BT’s top technical team is the departure of Chief Architect Neil McRae.
  There was no sign of this seismic shift among the BT boffinry when we hung out with McRae (pictured) and CTO Howard Watson just a month ago. At the root of the reshuffle is a desire by BT to make security a more prominent component of its overall technology strategy. Hence Watson has now become Chief Security and Networks Officer and his revamped Networks orga
  
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• Samsung and Google make their smart home gizmos even more interoperable

  13-10-2022 18:36
  Consumer electronic giant Samsung and big tech leviathan Google are nailing down some of the promises made through Matter, the IoT connectivity standard backed by tech’s heavy hitters.
  Samsung and Google have entered into an ‘extended partnership’ on smart home interoperability, which generally means their various gadgets should work together better, and more specifically means Samsung Galaxy phone and tablet users will be able to onboard Matter-compatible devices to both the S
  
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• Bank station’s new escalators between DLR and Northern lines has opened

  13-10-2022 15:18 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A bank of new escalators opened this morning at Bank tube station, creating a direct stairs-free link between the DLR and Northern lines for the first time.Before today, most people arriving at Bank on the DLR during rush hour would use one of two narrow escalators up to a landing area, then a corridor around the corner to some narrow stairs down to the Northern line. From this morning, the bank of new standard-sized escalators links the DLR directly to the Northern line platforms, without any s
  
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• Telecoms revenue per user is falling despite 5G and fibre rollouts

  13-10-2022 14:08
  A report by analyst firm Omdia claims revenues from mobile and fixed broadband services will grow 14% between 2022 and 2027, however monthly Average Revenue Per User will fall by 4.2%.
  Revenue for total global telecoms services is expected to be around €1.2 trillion by 2027 according to the report, but monthly Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) combined across both mobile and fixed broadband will fall by 4.2% from €7.48 in 2022 to €7.16 in 2027.
  The report asserts that the hugely hyp
  
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• Ericsson reveals 5G users have a looser grip on reality

  13-10-2022 13:06
  It appears that when it comes to 5G, nothing matters more than perception.
  A survey by Ericsson’s ConsumerLab has uncovered some intriguing attitudes regarding 5G service quality; revealed some of the increasingly-popular activities among 5G punters; and drawn one or two questionable conclusions.
  The Swedish vendor interviewed 49,100 consumers in 37 countries – its largest ever survey – in order to garner opinions that are representative of about 1.7 billion people, including 4
  
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• Ride a zip wire between two London skyscrapers

  13-10-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Next September there will be a zipwire linking the Gherkin and Cheesegrater skyscrapers in the City, and people will be able to ride between the two buildings.
  It’s for charity, and you need to be very fit to participate.
  The fitness is because the challenge starts with a run up the 42 floors to get to the top of the Cheesegrater building (aka, Leadenhall Building), and then participants can either abseil back down the outside of the building, or ride a zip-wire over to the Gherkin (aka, 3
  
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• Chip sector further damaged by latest US restrictions

  13-10-2022 13:00
  A new raft of US export restrictions aimed at hobbling the Chinese tech sector seem likely to make things more difficult for everyone.
  When the measures were announced, it was revealed they are primarily targeted at the semiconductor manufacturing equipment sector, which is dominated by US companies. While a number of seemingly similar restrictions have been imposed by the US in recent years, this latest raft has been widely viewed as a significant further escalation of the US assault on China&r
  
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• UK national telecoms research lab opens in Solihull

  13-10-2022 12:40
  The new UK Telecommunications Lab is a research facility intended to bring together operators, suppliers and academics to brainstorm and testbed ideas related to mobile networks.
  UK Tech Minister Damian Collins attended Birmingham Tech Festival to announce the new lab based in Solihull near Birmingham, which is supposed to be the first of its kind in the UK. The idea is it will provide a secure research hub where operators, suppliers and academics can pitch up and test out telecoms inventions, w
  
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• DT to cut energy usage in Germany by 10% in two years

  13-10-2022 12:34
  Deutsche Telekom has unveiled its latest sustainability targets, which include a pledge to reduce energy usage in its home market by at least 10 percent by 2024.
  The German incumbent, like its peers across the world, has been talking up plans to reduce energy usage and carbon emissions, and work on sustainability, for a number of years. As such, there’s not a huge amount of new information resulting from the ‘Sustainability Day’ it held on Wednesday. However, the fact that the
  
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• British Museum reveals the Rosetta rivalry at the heart of Egyptian Hieroglyphs

  13-10-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Two hundred years ago a long standing mystery was solved, and a lump of rock became the most famous lump of rock in the world.
  The British Museum is now telling the story of how the language of the ancient Egyptians was cracked, and how the Rosetta Stone was to become such a famous lump of rock. It’s also a story of rivalry between scholars and great powers, of plunder and global cooperation.
  At its heart is the Rosetta Stone, the globally famous stella that had, by chance, the same messag
  
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