Telecom news

• BT opens a fancy new cyber security hub in Belfast

  26-10-2022 17:35
  Telco group BT has opened what it calls a ‘state-of-the art cyber Security Operations Centre’ in Belfast as it continues its pivot towards security.
  The Security Operations Centre (SOC) is based in BT’s flagship Riverside Tower building in Belfast, and has been set up to ‘leverage BT’s global security expertise and leading cyber technologies’ in order to defend the public and private sector against various forms cyber attacks, which it says are constantly incr
  
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• Pantograph charged electric buses being tested in Southeast London

  26-10-2022 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A bus route in southeast London is testing an electric doubledecker bus that is thought to be the world’s first to use a reverse pantograph to top up the batteries.Battery powered buses that are recharged overnight is not a new thing in London, and their use is spreading, but the experiment at Bexleyheath garage is testing a method of topping up the battery during the day. Topping up the battery during the day reduces the amount of charging needed overnight, and hence the number of buses n
  
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• A gallery of cute robots fills Pitzhanger Manor

  26-10-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  An array of cute robots have filled an Ealing gallery as Matt Dixon’s unique style of illustration comes to Pitzhanger Manor. The robots manage to look both cute and yet clearly weatherworn and at times somewhat mournful, and if they look familiar, a less weatherworn version is part of a national phone network’s branding.The robots are in essence though, just people in human poses and reflect people’s concerns and desires, and at times sadness. Just in robot form.
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• EE dips a toe into domestic security

  26-10-2022 13:54
  UK operator EE is launching a smart home security product alongside Verisure, and a cyber security offering in partnership with Norton.
  EE has recruited home security firm Verisure and cyber security firm Norton to sell some consumer packages in both sectors, which we are told is part of its “journey to become the most personal customer-focussed technology brand in the UK, highlighting its commitment to introduce new products and services beyond connectivity.”
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• Big tech stocks hit as Microsoft warns of cloud slowdown

  26-10-2022 13:24
  Microsoft and Alphabet (Google) both took a share price hit as the former warned it expects growth from its Azure cloud division to decline next quarter.
  Of course we shouldn’t feel too sorry for them as they still make the kind of money telecoms firms can only dream about. Microsoft brought in $50 billion, up 11% year-on-year, but net income was down 14% to a paltry $17.6 billion. Google managed $69 billion in revenues, which was up 6% YoY, but its net income fell by over a quarter to $13
  
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• Upgrades planned for Clapham Junction station

  26-10-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  One of the entrances to Clapham Junction station is about to get an upgrade to add more space for ticket barriers and better toilets for passengers. The Brighton Yard entrance, at the bridge level off St John’s Hill, is being remodelled to allow for wider gatelines to be installed to improve accessibility and reduce overall congestion.
  Revamped entrance (c) Network Rail
  Works have already started, with repainting of the overbridge and safety improvements, but Network Rail is about to start
  
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• Starlink launches internet service for vehicles on the go

  26-10-2022 12:32
  Space X’s satellite internet service Starlink is now taking orders for a new product which provides ‘high-speed, low latency’ connectivity to moving vehicles in remote locations.
  Hot on the heels of its new service for connecting aircraft to high-speed web access announced last week, Starlink is now offering the same treatment to moving land vehicles, utilising its constellation of internet disseminating satellites.
  It seems to be an upgrade from a previously launched ‘St
  
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• Orange switches to disaggregated switches

  26-10-2022 11:28
  French operator group Orange has teamed up with Edgecore Networks to start using switches running on open-source software.
  The announcement was made at the Fyuz event, run by the Telecom Infra Project, at which fellow European operator group Vodafone made a bunch of Open RAN announcements yesterday. This one concerns the switches involved in access points of presence for enterprise customers. Orange is using its own network operating system based on SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Clo
  
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• National rail and London tube strike dates changed

  26-10-2022 08:25 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The dates of a series of national rail and tube strikes have been changed after the RMT union agreed to move one of them to avoid clashing with the annual Royal British Legion (RBL) Poppy day.The Poppy Day, which is due to take place on Thursday 3rd November, is when the RBL has volunteers in railway stations across London collecting for the annual appeal. It was however one of the days chosen by the RMT union for strike action, which would have had a considerable effect on the Poppy Day’s
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Savoy Chapel Gardens, WC2

  26-10-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Hidden around the back of the shops on Strand can be found a rather fine looking small pocket park that has royal connections.Like many pocket parks in central London, this one is a former graveyard as it sits next to a religious building, the recently renamed King’s Chapel of St John the Baptist in the Precinct of the Savoy. The King’s Chapel — until recently the Queen’s Chapel — is a shade over 500 years old, and is owned by the Duchy of Lancaster, aka, The King.
  
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