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• 5G connectivity in cars expected to be a $3.6 billion market by 2027

  10-01-2023 18:56
  There will be 367 million connected cars driving around by 2027, each one representing a potential revenue stream for telcos, according to a report.
  This compares to 192 million connected cars on the road today, according to forecasts published this week by Juniper Research. The increase is being fuelled primarily by the development of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and the growing uptake of in-vehicle infotainment in the private vehicle market, the research firm said. Commercial vehi
  
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• Lynk: ‘We are years ahead of everybody else’

  10-01-2023 18:43
  Satellite base-station company Lynk has sent two more of its ‘cell-towers-in-space’ into orbit, boasting it is the OG of the satellite-direct-to-phone game.
  Following its debut launch in April last year, Lynk has sent a couple more satellites into orbit as it builds what it calls its ‘cell-towers-in-space’ constellation, and has taken the opportunity to say that while many firms are now moving into the space, it was there first.
  Lynk says its satellites are covered by &ls
  
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• Twickenham’s Strawberry Hill House to be filled with Old Master paintings

  10-01-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A “little gothic castle” in southwest London is a bit more gothic now after a long term loan of artworks that helps to restore it closer to how it looked when it was built.
  (c) Strawberry Hill House
  Strawberry Hill House was built in a fanciful style between 1739-76 as the home of the writer, antiquarian and politician, Horace Walpole. His was one of the first of the gothic revivial buildings, long pre-dating the more famous Victorian buildings.
  Apart from the architecture, the whole
  
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• European telcos prep advertising JV

  10-01-2023 13:58
  Some of the biggest operators in Europe are getting together to offer ad-targeting tools to marketers.
  Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, and Vodafone late last week submitted a filing (PDF) to the European Commission which outlines a proposal to create a new joint venture that “will offer a privacy-led, digital identification solution to support the digital marketing and advertising activities of brands and publishers.”
  The telcos want to assign a tag to every subscriber o
  
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• Cellnex picks up its first telco passenger on London-to-Brighton line

  10-01-2023 13:45
  Cellnex has signed up Three UK as the first retail customer on its network on the London-to-Brighton railway line, and it is clearly keen to add the UK’s other mobile network operators to its passenger list.
  The neutral host specialist signed a 25-year contract with Network Rail to provide connectivity on the high-usage Brighton Mainline route almost two years ago. At the time it talked up plans to use the neutral host model to provide targeted coverage and capacity for the the country&rsq
  
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• Virgin Orbit’s mission to launch first satellites from the UK ends in failure

  10-01-2023 13:20
  The first attempt to launch satellites from British soil last night ultimately failed after the rocket experienced an ‘anomaly.’
  After taking off from the runway at Spaceport Cornwall, Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl – a customized 747 that serves as the LauncherOne system’s carrier aircraft – did successfully release a rocket into space, however at some point during the firing of the its second stage engine the system experienced an anomaly, ‘ending the miss
  
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• See the British Museum’s own Crystal Skull

  10-01-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Prompted by the annual Indiana Jones movie repeats on Channel 4 the other day, I was reminded that the British Museum owns a Crystal Skull, and it’s on display.The skulls, and there are a fair number of them, are generally crafted from Brazilian rock crystal and often attributed to long lost South American cultures imbued with mystical powers — but in truth, most of them are likely to be mid 19th-century and made in Germany.
  The reason that they were made was likely a surge of intere
  
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• US 5G rollout faces yet another delay thanks to the aviation issue

  10-01-2023 12:47
  The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given airlines until February 2024 to fix altimeters that may clash with C-band 5G spectrum.
  This is the latest chapter in the saga concerning feared interference by 5G using the 3.7-4.2 GHz band with some airplane altimeters, which has been running since late 2021. The last time we checked in on the matter AT&T and Verizon had agreed to delay rolling out their C-band 5G anywhere near airports until July this year but it looks like they’
  
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• Eurostar’s January sale offers 29,000 discounted trips to Europe

  10-01-2023 11:58 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Eurostar has started a one-week flash sale, offering 29,000 discounted seats to destinations on the European mainland.The prices are from £39 per person each way in Standard class, when you purchase a return trip from London St Pancras International station – so from £78 per person return.
  The sale runs for a week, until 16th January and covers travel from London to Paris, Lille, Brussels and Rotterdam between 23rd January to 24th March.
  As you might expect, 17,500 return ticke
  
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• New footbridge at Southall over the Great Western Main Line railway

  10-01-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A new footbridge has opened at Southall that also offers excellent views across the Great Western Main Line railway.There had been a bridge at this location before – an old red bridge, but this was removed in March 2017. This structure had fallen into disrepair and was not considered safe to be left in situ. In addition, support trestles of the old footbridge structure obstructed the platform extensions at Southall station for the Elizabeth line.
  The old bridge had been pedestrian only, wh
  
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• How the telecommunication industry is reinventing their business model

  10-01-2023 01:01
  Telecommunication has proven itself essential time and again. From the days of soldiers lighting warning beacons to the technology of telegraphy, then telephones, then radio, then television, and now the internet, it is an industry that has seen constant reinvention. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, it showed it was indispensable. A few years ago, people saw transactions online as a sweet nice-to-have. Now, after a period when everyone was grounded, it kept the world running. It’s b
  
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