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• What to do in London on Christmas Day 2022

  16-12-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  It’s 10 days until the dread day, when most of London shuts down — for Christmas Day, but a few hardy venues will open for the visitors stuck in the centre of town and with nothing else to do.
  All public transport is closed, save for the Cycle Hire bikes which are in use on the day, and private taxis.
  Experience the empty city
  The only day of the year where there’s no public transport, and hardly anyone goes into the centre of town — so what better than to take a trip in
  
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• Study finds London Underground air contains ultrafine metallic pollution

  16-12-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A study into pollution levels on the London Underground has found ultrafine metallic particles small enough to end up in the human bloodstream, although the study also notes that it’s not clear whether these particles pose a health risk.Researchers from the University of Cambridge carried out a new type of pollution analysis, using magnetism to study dust samples from Underground ticket halls, platforms and operator cabins.
  Pollution levels are normally monitored using standard air filters
  
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• Ericsson expects RAN market growth to be flat for years

  16-12-2022 13:11
  At its capital markets day, Swedish kit vendor Ericsson said it’s aiming for the lower end of its margin target amid a networking market that is unlikely to grow for the foreseeable future.
  Amid continued awkwardness around its relationship with US authorities, Ericsson sought to focus on the positives during its annual strategy update. Much of the focus was on the rationale behind the acquisition of Vonage, which is Ericsson’s biggest. The point of it is to transform Ericsson into a
  
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• BT streamlines b2b operations into one division

  16-12-2022 12:48
  UK telco group BT is set to combine its Global and Enterprise units into a single B2B unit called BT Business.
  The new combined unit is called BT Business and will create a ‘simpler BT Group’, we’re told. BT’s combined business operations brought in pro-forma revenues of around £8.5 billion and EBITDA of over £2 billion this year, and the consolidation of this business into the single unit is expected to deliver at least £100 million of gross annualised
  
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• BT merges B2B operations to cut costs by £100 million per year

  16-12-2022 12:48
  UK operator group BT is set to combine its Global and Enterprise units into a single B2B unit called BT Business.
  The new combined unit will create a ‘simpler BT Group’, we’re told. BT’s combined business operations brought in pro-forma revenues of around £8.5 billion and EBITDA of over £2 billion this year, and the consolidation of this business into the single unit is expected to deliver at least £100 million of gross annualised savings by the end of 2
  
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• 2degrees sells towers to rival for NZ$1 billion

  16-12-2022 11:02
  2degrees has agreed to offload a portfolio of towers assets to Connexa, an entity part-owned by rival Spark, for just over NZ$1 billion.
  The firm is the third of the country’s three mobile network operators to broker a towers deal, Spark and Vodafone having separately sold off majority stakes in their own passive infrastructure assets in July.
  Spark sold a 70% stake in its towers business to the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and the pair subsequently renamed the unit Connexa.
  
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• SecurityGen aims to get telcos up to speed on 5G security

  16-12-2022 10:52
  Labs are all the rage at the moment, and this week saw the launch of one designed to help telcos shore up their cyber defences.
  Based in Rome, it is called the 5G Cyber-security Lab, and is operated by cybersecurity start-up SecurityGen. It offers a 5G network environment, giving telcos the ability to simulate attacks and test security solutions before implementing them on their commercial networks.
  “While there are plenty of simulation platforms for IT available, the 5G Cyber-security Lab
  
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• BT to merge poorer performing units in £100mn cost-cutting drive

  16-12-2022 09:58 via ft.com
  Creation of BT Business will allow UK telecoms group to trim headcount and simplify operations
  
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