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• New housing development to sit next to Pudding Mill Lane DLR station

  31-10-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The large swathe of empty land next to Pudding Mill Lane DLR will soon fill with towers, as a large housing development has been approved for the area.
  Planned development (c) Gort Scott
  Just under 1,000 homes will be delivered with a minimum of 45% affordable homes by habitable room, of which a minimum of 30% will be low-cost rent housing by dwelling. Just over half of homes will come with two or more bedrooms including apartments, townhouses and maisonettes, and provision for 40 dedicated late
  
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• Germany launches yet another 6G initiative, this time led by DT

  31-10-2022 17:26
  If research initiatives are anything to go by, Germany is set to lead the world when 6G comes around.
  Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has chucked an unspecified amount of euros at a new project called 6G NeXt. As you may already suspect, this is one of those somewhat forced acronyms, in this case denoting ‘Native Extensions for XR Technologies’. The press release doesn’t even bother to explain what XR stands for, presumably assuming everyone al
  
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• There’s a WWII bombshell next to Bexleyheath police station

  31-10-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Next to Bexleyheath police station is a WWII bomb, that in a literal interpretation of swords into ploughshares is now a potplant holder for a small garden. The bombshell was discovered in April 2000 during construction works in Bexleyheath town centre, with its nose down in the ground, and after the army was able to make it safe, it was handed to the police to look after.Attempts to defuse the bomb were however held up when an order to evacuate the area was ignored by some of the residents who
  
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• How multi-cloud and the edge are enabling telcos to deliver 5G services

  31-10-2022 14:50
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Kalyan Kumar, Global Chief Technology Officer and Head of Ecosystems at HCL Tech, explores the increasing overlap between the telecoms industry and cloud providers.
  The telecommunications industry is in the middle of a dramatic transformation. This is driven by several factors, including the adoption of the emerging 5G mobile network, the radical change in enter
  
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• Public cloud growth forecast to accelerate despite everything

  31-10-2022 14:32
  Analyst firm Gartner reckons end-user spending on public cloud services will grow by over 20% in what is set to be a turbulent 2023.
  Nobody thinks next year is going to be easy. The combination of high inflation, geopolitical drama and a continued hangover from the Covid lockdowns is exerting exceptional negative stress on the global economy. But life must go on and there are opportunities for those who choose to be bold when everyone else is on the defensive. Judging from its latest forecast, G
  
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• Malaysia 5G services ready for take-off as telcos sign up to national network

  31-10-2022 13:57
  After months of wrangling, Malaysia is finally on the cusp of widespread 5G deployment.
  Four telcos on Monday announced access agreements with Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), the state-controlled wholesaler that is currently building out a single nationwide 5G network.
  Celcom Axiata, Telenor-owned Digi, incumbent Telekom Malaysia (TM), and U Mobile have separately agreed 10-year deals with DNB, enabling them to begin offering services via the network later this week.
  Celcom said from 1 November,
  
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• Openreach set for another price cut

  31-10-2022 13:52
  UK fixed-line wholesaler Openreach is reportedly in discussions with customers to further tweak its Equinox long term package.
  The first media to report on this was the FT, which reckons Openreach is seeking to offer more competitive rates to major customers, in a bid to lock them in to long-term, fixed price packages. The FT got the gossip from a couple of Openreach customers who had been involved in the discussions with them, who indicated the wholesaler is striving to be more competitive as t
  
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• New TIM, CDP deal lets others into Italy single network plan

  31-10-2022 13:21
  TIM, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) and the various other stakeholders in the Italian single network project have signed an addendum to their five-month-old MoU which both amends it and removes the exclusivity clause.
  In a nutshell, that means the way is open for others to get in on the single network act. Realistically though, there are unlikely to be many takers.
  TIM issued a pretty terse statement on the matter over the weekend, with nothing in the way of comment. It noted that itself, CDP&r
  
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• Rail firms warn about train strike disruption this weekend

  31-10-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  With several days of strikes on the railways starting this Saturday, the rail industry is warning of serious disruption and that passengers should only travel by rail if absolutely necessary.The main dates for the strikes on National Rail are:Saturday 5th November
  Monday 7th November
  Tuesday 8th November (smaller strike by TSSA)
  Wednesday 9th NovemberThere is also a London Underground/Overground strike on Thursday 10th November.
  The impact will be felt from throughout the week of the strike, wit
  
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• London’s Alleys: Marion’s Way, SE1

  31-10-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This is a pedestrianised street close to Southwark tube station that was renamed a year ago as Marion’s Way after the local resident and campaigner, Marion Marples, who died in 2019. This length of the street was pedestrianised 20 years ago when it was closed to local traffic, but still retained its original name of Gambia Street, and over time was improved by the local community, when a local garden group was set up.This part of Southwark was mainly orchards and tenter grounds (open field
  
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