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• Starlink prices in Ukraine nearly double as mobile networks falter

  29-11-2022 23:31
  Cost of communications devices made by Elon Musk-owned SpaceX set to rise due to Russian assault on electricity grid
  
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• There’s a field of glowing roses in Central London

  29-11-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Grosvenor Square in central London is home to a field of glowing roses, as a charity fundraiser for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. Over the next few weeks, Grosvenor Square will fill with illuminated roses, which are intended to be planted in memory of a loved one.
  (c) Royal Marsden
  Visitors are invited to help raise funds for The Royal Marsden by purchasing a white rose from one of their chalets in Grosvenor Square for a suggested donation of £10 each. Purchased roses can then be plant
  
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• Mobile Core Network market declines in Q3

  29-11-2022 16:40
  Though there have been nine new 5G SA networks launched since the last quarter, revenue for the Mobile Core Networks and Multi-access Edge Computing markets declined again in Q3, according to Dell’Oro.
  According to a new report from analyst Dell’Oro, the Mobile Core Networks (MCN) and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) market revenue declined year-on-year in Q3 2022, which means it’s the second quarter in a row to clock decline. Nine new operators launched 5G Standalone (5G SA)
  
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• Mobile core network market declined again in Q3

  29-11-2022 16:40
  Though there have been nine new 5G SA networks launched since the last quarter, revenue for the Mobile Core Networks and Multi-access Edge Computing markets declined again in Q3, according to Dell’Oro.
  According to a new report from analyst firm Dell’Oro, the Mobile Core Networks (MCN) and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) market revenue declined year-on-year in Q3 2022, which means it’s the second quarter in a row to clock decline. Nine new operators launched 5G Standalone (5G
  
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• Unusual use of London Overground track over Christmas

  29-11-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Due to engineering works on the London Overground over the Christmas period, there’s a rare chance to travel over a bit of railway that the trains don’t usually use.
  Over the Christmas break, Network Rail will be refurbishing points near Gospel Oak station and replacing old rails near Hampstead Heath station, as well as putting in new ballast and sleepers which support the rails.
  Because of those works, the London Overground trains that usually run between Willesden Junction and Stra
  
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• Another day, another new lab, as Vodafone seeks an edge

  29-11-2022 13:46
  Vodafone UK wants to show the people of Manchester what can be done with multi-access edge computing (MEC).
  The operator on Monday opened what it calls an Edge Innovation Lab in MediaCity, Salford. It will  give enterprises in the region an opportunity to trial new use cases that rely on real-time connectivity. In addition to equipping the lab with dedicated MEC servers, Vodafone has also partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deploy a distributed MEC zone in Manchester, which will pre
  
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• Tweaked Online Safety Bill may please nobody

  29-11-2022 13:22
  The UK government has once more tweaked its controversial Online Safety Bill in a bid to strike the right balance between safety and free speech.
  As the name implies, the stated aim of this piece of legislation is to protect people from harmful online content. The problem, of course, is that the definition of ‘harmful’ is very subjective and ill-defined law is bad law. The most contentious bit of the bill obliged internet platforms to take down ‘legal but harmful’ content
  
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• CityFibre cuts wayleave red tape to speed fibre uptake

  29-11-2022 13:21
  CityFibre is seeing early success with a new process designed to make it easier to hook up customers with fibre, something that bodes well for the UK fibre market as a whole.
  The UK altnet is using a system it has dubbed Permission to Work (PtW) to help it reduce the need for wayleaves when connecting homes and buildings to its network. A wayleave, or legal agreement between network operator and land or property owner, adds a layer of legal complexity, and therefore also extra time, to a network
  
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• Bullitt Group and MediaTek to launch two-way satellite messaging smartphone

  29-11-2022 13:13
  Rugged Smartphone manufacturer Bullit and chip firm MediaTek have collaborated on what they say will be the world’s first smartphone capable of two-way satellite messaging.
  Bullitt will be the first to use MediaTek’s 3GPP NTN (Non-Terrestrial Network) chipset which allows satellite communication, and will include a free of charge satellite SOS feature. The as yet unnamed device will launch in Q1 next year, and the firms boast that it is on the ‘edge of technical innovation, sur
  
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• Bullitt and MediaTek to launch two-way satellite smartphone

  29-11-2022 13:13
  Rugged Smartphone manufacturer Bullit and chip firm MediaTek have collaborated on what they say will be the world’s first smartphone capable of two-way satellite messaging.
  Bullitt will be the first to use MediaTek’s 3GPP NTN (Non-Terrestrial Network) chipset which allows satellite communication, and will include a free of charge satellite SOS feature. The as yet unnamed device will launch in Q1 next year, and the firms boast that it is on the ‘edge of technical innovation, sur
  
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• Tickets Alert: The Magic Circle’s Christmas magic shows

  29-11-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  It’s not that well known, but the magician’s headquarters at the Magic Circle has a small private theatre, and they will put on a series of shows just before Christmas.
  It’s a magical season, so why not a magical show?
  The season runs for two weeks, just before and after Christmas.
  The tickets cost between £13.75 to £38.50 during the week of performances just before Christmas, and between £16.50 to £52.00 for the week just between Christmas and New Year.
  
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• HS2 showing off new plans for London Euston station

  29-11-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  HS2 has shown off revised plans for Euston station, with a public consultation opening this week. The events are part of the year-long engagement programme, as the final touches are made to the proposals for the station design, and the surrounding urban realm.
  (c) HS2
  Initial events were held in May and June this year when the new design for the station was revealed, updated from a previous iteration, in response to feedback from nearly 500 members of the public. The proposals are based on a les
  
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