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• UK to deploy Musk’s Starlink in first test of satellite for rural connectivity

  30-11-2022 23:30
  Government aims to provide ultrafast internet to all homes across country
  
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• Tours of the 230 year old Trinity House

  30-11-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Next to the Tower of London is 230(ish) year old building that is the headquarters of the people who look after the lighthouses.Originally founded by King Henry VIII in 1514 to manage shipping safety along the Thames, what is today Trinity House was officially called (deep breath!)… “The Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Guild, Fraternity, or Brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity, and of St. Clement in the Parish of Deptford-Strond in the County of Kent.
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• Qualcomm signs private 5G research pacts

  30-11-2022 18:22
  Chip firm Qualcomm has announced a couple of private 5G collaborative projects with Siemens and Baicells.
  Qualcomm and Siemens are putting their respective thinking hats on to ‘reimagine building automation’ with 5G private networks using Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System via some tests Siemens Chicagoland office in the US.
  More specifically, they are playing around with 5G use cases around heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in an effort to improve energy efficiency, r
  
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• Huawei: F5.5G innovation can turbo-boost fiber

  30-11-2022 17:50
  If carriers are to generate new revenue streams, they’ll need technology innovation. In fixed-line networks that means pushing the boundaries of fiber performance, all the way from the data center to the optical network terminal/optical network unit (ONT/ONU).
  The fixed network industry has already laid the foundations for fiber innovation, setting out guidance for unified standards to avoid fragmentation
  In 2020, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) released the Fift
  
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• To drive profitability, telcos need a firmer grip on their value levers

  30-11-2022 17:33
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Harry Dougall, Co-founder of Sagacity, explores best practice when it comes to operator decision-making.
  Telecoms operators have problems to deal with left, right and centre as the UK’s cost-of-living crisis continues to unfold. Alongside being directly faced with problems, such as spiking energy prices driving up the cost of key operations like running st
  
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• The 6G showdown with China is coming

  30-11-2022 17:10
  Huawei is gearing up its new-generation telecoms technology. Will Ericsson and others be able to compete?
  
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• Rail disruptions over the Christmas break

  30-11-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Network Rail and TfL have outlined the planned disruptions that will take place over Christmas, with quite a few changes in the London area.
  Liverpool Street station engineering works (c) Network Rail
  Although there are engineering works, most of the railway will stay open for business as usual, barring the usual Christmas Day closure, and many train companies also run a limited service on Boxing Day.
  For Londoners, most of the national rail disruptions take place at Liverpool Street and Victori
  
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• 5G FWA growing faster than expected – Ericsson

  30-11-2022 14:45
  Ericsson is sticking to a recent prediction that 5G customer numbers will top the 1 billion mark by the end of the year, but has increased its forecast for fixed wireless access (FWA) subscriptions.
  5G FWA customer numbers will remain fairly low this year; we’re looking at around 30 million or so (see chart) out of a total FWA base of just over 100 million, according to the Swedish kit vendor. However, total global FWA subscriptions will grow at 19 percent year-on-year during the 2022 to 2
  
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• UK government appeals to the social conscience of operators

  30-11-2022 13:58
  If it wasn’t already obvious that UK consumers are in for a bleak winter, the government this week called on CSPs to spread the word about their social tariffs.
  The department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) summoned BT, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2), Sky, Vodafone, TalkTalk, Three, Hyperoptic and regulator Ofcom to a meeting. DCMS used the opportunity to remind telcos of their obligation to help people struggling with the cost of living crisis, noting that eligible customers could s
  
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• India becomes the world’s largest smartwatch market

  30-11-2022 13:05
  The smartwatch market in India grew 171% YoY in Q3, while global shipments jumped 30% according to analyst firm Counterpoint.
  The jump was driven by growth of local brands, says the Counterpoint report. Shipments globally also jumped 30%, and all markets grew except China and Europe. North America was the largest market from Q4 2020 to Q2 2022, and though shipments increased 21% YoY in Q3, India’s massive growth means it is now the second biggest market. Meanwhile China’s market drop
  
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• India becomes the largest smartwatch market

  30-11-2022 13:05
  The smartwatch market in India grew 171% YoY in Q3, while global shipments jumped 30% according to Counterpoint.
  The 171% YoY jump in smartphone shipments in India during Q3 2021 was driven by growth of local brands, says the Counterpoint report. Shipments globally also jumped 30%, and all markets grew except China and Europe.
  North America was the largest market from Q4 2020 to Q2 2022, and though shipments increased 21% YoY in Q3, India’s massive growth means it is now the second biggest
  
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• Not much for telecoms in the latest AWS launch-fest

  30-11-2022 13:00
  US public cloud giant Amazon Web Services is having its annual jamboree this week, which has produced the inevitable flood of announcements.
  While some of them may well be of interest to telcos, as far as we can see none of them are specifically targeted at this sector. Considering the reckless abandon with which many operators are handing much of their tech concerns as possible over to public cloud giants, they might have expected to be thrown a bone or two at AWS re:Invent 2022, but apparently
  
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• Supermodels – a delightful exhibition of architect’s models in Kings Cross

  30-11-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Dotted around the dark interior of a gutted office building are small moments of delight as architectural models come alive when you approach them.These are architectural supermodels, born from the idea that while buildings are usually static structures, how they react to the environment or people using them is anything but, and the architectural practice, Piercy&Company has added movement to the models.
  The exhibition takes place in an office building that’s been stripped back to its
  
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