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• Northbound trains unable to call at Harringay station due to urgent repair work

  24-01-2023 20:59 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Network Rail has had to close the northbound platform at Harringay station in north London after they found faults in the footbridge that runs above it.
  (c) Network Rail
  The 300-foot long footbridge links either side of the station as a public path, and has stairs down to the station. It’s currently being revamped as the footbridge, built in 1885 was already known to need maintenance work.
  During inspection works, Network Rail found problems with the state of the bridge, and the section th
  
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• Handel & Hendrix museum confirms its reopening date

  24-01-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Handel & Hendrix museum in central London, which has been closed since September 2021 for refurbishment, has confirmed that it will reopen on Thursday 18th May 2023.
  (c) Handel & Hendrix in London
  In addition, the museum says that it has been awarded a grant of £100,000 by the Wolfson Foundation towards its £3 million project. The restoration project will open all of Handel’s house to the public for the first time by restoring the basement and ground floor and refur
  
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• OTT marketing traffic expected to surge

  24-01-2023 17:06
  Over-the-top business messaging is set for exponential growth and could threaten operators’ SMS revenues, according to Juniper Research.
  The firm predicts global OTT business messaging traffic will grow to 254 billion messages by 2027, up 172 percent from 93 billion in 2023. That growth will be driven by the proliferation of open OTT messaging APIs and competitive pricing models, which will attract greater interest from communications platform as a service (CPaaS) providers.
  “The vol
  
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• Telecoms company backed by Abramovich sold for £1

  24-01-2023 16:08
  Truphone bought by two European businessmen following months of uncertainty after sanctions on billionaire
  
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• The Queen and her Corgis coming to the Wallace Collection

  24-01-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A photography exhibition featuring the late Queen and her long association with Pembroke Welsh corgis will be opening in March at the Wallace Collection in central London. Each decade of the Queen’s life will be marked by a single image that captures Her Majesty and her love of the breed.
  Queen Elizabeth II of England at Balmoral Castle with one of her Corgis, 28 September 1952. (c) Bettmann / Contributor via Getty Images
  The display will coincide with the Collection’s major exhibiti
  
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• American Tower reportedly eyes $50 billion mega-deal for Cellnex

  24-01-2023 13:38
  American Tower and Brookfield Asset Management have come together to table a bid for Cellnex, according to reports emanating from the Spanish press in recent days.
  But while some seem convinced that such a mega-deal – we’re talking in the ball park of €50 billion – could go ahead, others insist that there’s nothing to see here. That massive price tag could get in the way, of course, or to put it another way, the companies would have their work cut out in reaching agr
  
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• BT taps Hiya to tackle spam calls

  24-01-2023 13:33
  UK incumbent BT is ramping up its war on scammers, as Ofcom preps new rules that will hold telcos to a higher standard.
  The telco on Tuesday announced it will implement Hiya Protect, a network-level monitoring solution that can flag and block suspicious-looking calls. It will be rolled out to fixed-line customers as well as EE mobile customers.
  According to Hiya’s own research, 29 percent of all phone calls in the UK are spam, and 50 percent of those are fraudulent, the highest fraud rate
  
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• Greater Anglia sale on train fares from £10 return

  24-01-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Train operator, Greater Anglia, is launching special Winter ‘Hare Fares’ from just £10 return for a limited time.The new ‘Hare Fares’ offer passengers off-peak returns across the Greater Anglia network with three zones and three simple return prices: £10, £15 and £20, with children travelling for just £2 return each.
  There is no limit on the number of tickets, but they must be booked before 12th February for travel before 26 March.
  Customers
  
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• The Twitter Files – clandestine state censorship on an epic scale

  24-01-2023 12:17
  The decision by Twitter owner Elon Musk to make its internal records available to independent journalists exposed a scandalous level of state meddling in the platform’s content moderation.
  While a minority of people in even its biggest countries use Twitter, and only a tiny fraction of those regularly post on it, the social media platform has a disproportionate influence on business, culture and politics. Companies, celebrities and politicians live in such fear of Twitter pile-ons that the
  
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• Colindale and Leyton tube stations getting step-free access upgrades

  24-01-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Plans to upgrade two tube stations can proceed after funding for the projects to add capacity and step-free access was secured last week as part of the Levelling Up package. Plans to upgrade the two stations are already in development, so the funding agreement should see both progress swiftly to the construction phase.
  In north London, Colindale tube station on the Northern line is the closest to completion of planning work, having been underway since 2018. The plans will see the current rather
  
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• How telecommunication companies can strengthen their cybersecurity

  24-01-2023 01:01
  The impact of the telecommunications industry has only gotten greater in today’s digital and location-independent economy. While the telco industry is undoubtedly vital, it continues to be plagued by numerous problems. Firstly, infrastructure constraints limit it to specific, more urban areas. There’s also a supply concern. As more people demand data and connectivity, telecom companies are struggling to keep up in terms of speed and personalisation services. Unfortunately, not all te
  
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