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• US telcos blame lack of funding for failure to rip out Huawei kit

  12-01-2023 18:44
  US telecoms operators have apparently not made a great deal of progress in their efforts to replace Chinese-made equipment in their networks, citing a lack of cash as their number one challenge.
  We already knew that the US was struggling with its Rip and Replace scheme, or the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program, to give it its full title. It emerged back in July that the funding shortfall for the programme was around the $3 billion mark, the state having received mo
  
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• Ericsson sets aside $220m for potential US fine

  12-01-2023 18:26
  Swedish kit maker Ericsson is preparing for another slap on the wrist from the US Department Justice (DoJ).
  The company said this week it has made a provision totalling SEK2.3 billion ($220 million) in relation to a potential resolution of allegations that it breached the terms of a $1 billion settlement reached with US authorities in 2019.
  That settlement was called the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA), and related to corruption charges concerning Ericsson’s conduct in China, Djibouti
  
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• Customer Experience Driven Digital Operations by MTN-South Africa

  12-01-2023 17:07
  South Africans as being tech-savvy people and adapting ‘always-on’ culture – this is igniting data boost for Home, Mobile and enterprise sectors. South African customers demanding MORE speed and Quality of Experience (QoE) for their applications and operators are facing challenges in keeping up subscriber’s high expectations.
  Delivering ‘best customer experience’ is now must for survival for operators.
  This requires transforming service operations using digita
  
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• Part of the Bakerloo line and London Overground to close for 9-days next month

  12-01-2023 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  People who use the Bakerloo line or the London Overground in northwest London will need to find alternative routes in February as both lines will be closed for nine days worth of engineering works.
  The closure is the second after the lines were closed over Christmas.
  Section of Tube Map showing lines that will be closed (c) TfL
  During the Christmas closure, Network Rail, which owns the track says that it was able to overhaul track and equipment on a 20-mile stretch of railway and upgrade five st
  
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• More housing developments approved to sit next to railway stations

  12-01-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  In recent weeks, three large housing developments have been approved to be built on TfL sites next to its stations adding 973 new homes to London over the next few years.
  Barkingside
  The latest development to be approved will see just under 100 flats built on a builders yard that’s next to Barkingside tube station.
  The builder’s yard itself was created when Barkingside station was built back in 1903, as it was the coal store for the steam trains that used the line. When steam was dis
  
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• Ryan Reynolds could hand T-Mobile a Mint

  12-01-2023 15:56
  T-Mobile US could be looking to buy Mint Mobile, the MVNO part-owned by Ryan Reynolds, according to reports.
  The US mobile operator has been holding talks with Mint Mobile, Bloomberg reported, citing the usual unnamed sources close to the situation. As always, the discussions may come to nothing, they said, noting that Mint Mobile could opt to remain independent or broker a deal with another buyer.
  The story comes as no surprise, given that the idea of Mint Mobile being up for sale has been floa
  
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• Ericsson board shake-up set to give Cevian a bigger say

  12-01-2023 13:56
  Ronnie Leten, chairman of Swedish kit maker Ericsson, won’t seek re-election at this year’s AGM.
  The decision to step down after five years is part of a broader board shake-up that, if approved by shareholders, will give activist investor Cevian Capital more influence over Ericsson’s governance.
  “It has been an honour to serve on the Ericsson board since 2018 and I am very proud of what has been achieved. Today Ericsson is a very strong company both strategically and fina
  
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• Italian government not wedded to single network

  12-01-2023 13:47
  The Italian government this week made it clear that having a publicly-owned high-speed network covering the whole country is its end-goal, not necessarily bringing together the existing infrastructure into one single network.
  The Ministry of Enterprises (MISE) published comments made by Minister Adolfo Urso to the lower house’s transport commission, in which he confirmed that the government is still seeking to create a single nationwide network. However, subsequent reports in the Italian p
  
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• More changes at Vodafone as Italy CEO becomes Group Chief Commercial Officer

  12-01-2023 13:35
  In addition to his current job as CEO of Vodafone Italy, Aldo Bisio will also take on the role of Group Chief Commercial Officer at the operator.
  Aldo has been CEO of Vodafone Italy since January 2014 and is a member of the Group Executive Committee. His new Group Chief Commercial Officer role will kick in on January 12th 2023.
  This is part of a wider bit of reshuffling within the operator’s high command – Vodafone Spain will join what it terms as the ‘Europe Cluster’ &nd
  
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• More changes at Vodafone as Italy CEO becomes Group CCO

  12-01-2023 13:35
  In addition to his current job as CEO of Vodafone Italy, Aldo Bisio will also take on the role of Group Chief Commercial Officer at the operator.
  Aldo has been CEO of Vodafone Italy since January 2014 and is a member of the Group Executive Committee. His new Group Chief Commercial Officer role will kick in on January 12th 2023.
  This is part of a wider bit of reshuffling within the operator’s high command – Vodafone Spain will join what it terms as the ‘Europe Cluster’ &nd
  
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• UK’s largest Sari exhibition coming to the Design Museum

  12-01-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The UK’s first ever large-scale exhibition to show off contemporary Indian sari design will be opening at the Design Museum in May
  The exhibition, The Offbeat Sari, will bring together over 90 examples of saris made over the past decade, nearly all of which will be on loan from designers and studios across India and have never been seen in Britain before.
  The sari – which is ubiquitous across India and South Asia – has experienced a radical 21st century overhaul, and the Design
  
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• US President once more calls for Section 230 reform

  12-01-2023 12:33
  Joe Biden, the US President, has written an opinion piece calling for broad political support for a crusade against Big Tech.
  Published in the WSJ, and presumably ghost-written, the piece is headlined ‘Republicans and Democrats, Unite Against Big Tech Abuses’. “I’m concerned about how some in the industry collect, share and exploit our most personal data, deepen extremism and polarization in our country, tilt our economy’s playing field, violate the civil rights of
  
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• TfL will require a phone to log into their website accounts

  12-01-2023 11:47 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The Transport for London (TfL) website will soon require people to have a phone as well as their usual username and password if they want to log in to their online account.TfL is introducing what’s known as Multifactor authentication (MFA/2FA), which means that after you’ve entered your username and password, you’ll also need to enter a 6-digit code that’s sent to your phone.
  This additional layer of protection is increasingly common with websites, and TfL will be adding
  
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• Mexico faces uphill battle in upcoming 5G auction

  12-01-2023 10:19
  Mexico’s telecoms regulator has started preparations for an upcoming 5G spectrum auction with the express purpose of attracting new players to the market. It could struggle.
  The Federal Telecommunications Institute, or IFT as it is known locally, this week opened a public consultation into its planned multi-band spectrum auction. It is seeking feedback on the allocation of a total of 330 MHz of frequencies nationwide, with a particular eye on the usual 5G use cases, such as smart cities, l
  
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• The modernist St Saviour’s Church, Warwick Avenue

  12-01-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Opposite Warwick Avenue tube station is a striking 50-year old modernist church that replaced an older Victorian gothic church on the site in the 1970s.Unlike most Victorian churches that were replaced with modern buildings, this wasn’t a result of the old one being damaged by war, but simply that the old church was far too large for a shrinking congregation.
  The old church has been built in the 1850s, and consecrated in April 1856 was a classic Victorian church, built from Kentish ragston
  
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