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• The pedestrianisation of Strand has been completed

  12-12-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  After several years of work, the pedestrianisation of part of Strand has been completed, turning a once busy traffic choaked road into a quiet space for walking and resting.The church of St Mary-le-Strand, which has spent most of its life as a roundabout in the middle of the road is now surrounded by planting and seating, while the once narrow pavement outside Somerset House is now a wide pedestrian plaza.
  The road traffic that ran along Strand is now diverted around Aldwych, which has been conv
  
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• Almost 1000 private networks have already been deployed globally

  12-12-2022 17:18
  The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) reckons at least 955 organisations have now deployed LTE or 5G private mobile networks in 72 countries.
  A new report from the GSA says 66 new organisations deployed private networks during Q3, up from a total of 889 clocked in Q2. The USA, Germany, China, UK and Japan boast the most deployments, but there are now private networks set up in 72 countries.
  The report says there is a strong correlation between the number of private mobile network ‘
  
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• Ambulance staff to read safety messages on the London Underground

  12-12-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The voices of staff from London Ambulance Service (LAS) will be ringing out across the Transport for London (TfL) network this Christmas, in a series of specially-recorded messages reminding millions of customers to take care as they travel across the capital.
  To help prevent accidents across the travel network and reduce pressure on the ambulance service during this busy time, staff from LAS have teamed up with TfL to urge partygoers to take extra care after drinking alcohol.
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• Three reasons to be excited about quantum computers now

  12-12-2022 15:28
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Dr Andrew Shields, Head of the Quantum Technology Division at Toshiba Europe, makes the case for quantum computing.
  We are witnessing an innovation arms race in quantum computing. Last year, $1.7 billion was announced in start-up funding alone, more than double the amount raised just one year before in 2020. This is largely due to a huge acceleration in private
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Nokia, Vodafone and digital rights

  12-12-2022 15:27
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Nokia, Vodafone and digital rights
   
  
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• Openreach comes out swinging with FTTH expansion plan

  12-12-2022 13:35
  BT’s network arm Openreach has gone on the offensive to prove that its fibre rollout is on track.
  The UK incumbent on Monday added 12 new locations to its planned footprint, which will extend its reach to a further 184,000 premises. With the exception of the village of Healing in Lincolnshire, all the new areas are in and around London, and include Chiswick, Heathrow, Kensington, Stratford and Wembley among others (full list below).
  Going forward, Openreach will also share in more detail w
  
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• Nokia and Telefónica show off some 5G 2CC uplink carrier aggregation

  12-12-2022 13:22
  Nokia and O2 Telefónica Germany say they have aggregated sub-6 GHz spectrum frequencies in an ‘industry first’ two-component carrier uplink carrier aggregation (CA) trial on 5G standalone.
  The trial took place at the O2 Telefónica’s Innovation Cluster near Berlin and was carried out on its commercial network, as opposed to a controlled lab setting. We’re told while Nokia has already demonstrated four component carrier downlink 5G Carrier Aggregation and upli
  
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• Nokia and O2 show off some 5G 2CC uplink carrier aggregation

  12-12-2022 13:22
  Nokia and O2 Telefónica Germany say they have aggregated sub-6 GHz spectrum frequencies in an ‘industry first’ two-component carrier uplink carrier aggregation (CA) trial on 5G standalone.
  The trial took place at the O2 Telefónica’s Innovation Cluster near Berlin and was carried out on its commercial network, as opposed to a controlled lab setting. We’re told while Nokia has already demonstrated four component carrier downlink 5G Carrier Aggregation and upli
  
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• Vodafone builds a hybrid Porsche…network

  12-12-2022 13:16
  Vodafone Business has rolled out a 5G hybrid private mobile network for Porsche Engineering at its Italian tech centre as part of a push to further the development of the connected cars agenda.
  Vodafone’s killing two birds with one stone here. The hybrid nature of the network – and it’s a first of its kind in Europe, apparently – means that 5G connectivity is available to both the car maker and the local population.
  The mobile operator explains that its hybrid infrastruct
  
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• LEGO dinosaurs coming to the Horniman Museum

  12-12-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A 1.5 metre long model of a Polacanthus, an armoured 125-million-year-old dinosaur found in the UK, will be on show for the first time as part of the Brick Dinos exhibition, coming to the Horniman Museum.
  A herbivore from the early Cretaceous Period, the Polacanthus – meaning ‘many spines’ – is the newest highlight of this exhibition featuring more than 20 dinosaur species, recreated by artist Warren Elsmore and his team using hundreds of thousands of LEGO bricks.
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• Huawei pivots to IP licensing with new Oppo deal

  12-12-2022 12:48
  Barred from most smartphone markets, Chinese tech giant Huawei has decided to license some technologies to one of its direct competitors.
  Late last week Huawei announced the signing of a global patent cross-licensing agreement with Oppo, a Chinese smartphone-maker that is among the world’s biggest. It covers cellular standard-essential patents, which Huawei is presumably obliged to offer for license under FRAND principles, but Huawei saw fit to make an announcement about it nonetheless.
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• London’s Alleys: Bleeding Heart Yard, EC1

  12-12-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This is a cobbled yard in Holborn surrounded on most sides by old warehouse buildings and may have been named after an old pub, or a murder.The murder legend is that the yard’s name commemorates the murder of Lady Elizabeth Hatton, the wife of Sir William Hatton, or maybe Elizabeth Hatton, Sir William’s daughter. Whichever Elizabeth it was, the story goes that one of them spent the evening of 26th Jan 1626 at Hatton House with the Bishop of Ely, and may have disappeared into the nigh
  
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