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• AWS joins other hyperscalers at TM Forum

  26-01-2023 17:44
  Amazon Web Services (AWS) appears to be ramping up its efforts to convince more telcos that public cloud is the future of telecoms networking.
  The US-based hyperscaler revealed this week it has joined the TM Forum, lending its expertise to help the industry organisation accelerate the adoption of cloud-native software for back office systems and infrastructure.
  AWS joins its fellow public cloud providers Microsoft, which has been a member since the 1990s, and Google Cloud, which signed up last J
  
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• Elizabeth line’s next upgrade set for 21st May 2023

  26-01-2023 17:09 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The final major customer upgrade for the Elizabeth line will take place on Sunday 21st May 2023, the latest board papers from Transport for London (TfL) have confirmed.It was expected to take place at the same time as the National Rail timetable change, which is due on 21st May, but there was still a risk that the deadline would be missed due to some ongoing reliability issues and problems with an autoreverse at Paddington.
  The autoreverse is used when a train heading west ends service at Paddin
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Asteys Row Rock Garden, N1

  26-01-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Just off Islington’s busy Essex Road is a long linear rock garden that’s the legacy of a company that brought fresh water to the City.The firm in question is the New River Company, which was set up in 1613 to manage a 42-mile artificial aqueduct that brought clean water from Hertford to London. Much of the New River still exists, and still brings water to London.
  However, the southern end of the New River, where this park lays was covered over in the 1890s, but then the land was left
  
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• Millicom confirms takeover talks with Apollo and Claure

  26-01-2023 14:09
  Millicom has confirmed that it is holding talks with Apollo Global Management and Marcel Claure’s investment outfit about a possible takeover.
  The Latin American-focused operator group issued a short statement to that effect following market speculation over its future.
  “The Board of Directors of Millicom International Cellular S.A. confirms that a potential acquisition of all outstanding shares in Millicom is being discussed with Apollo Global Management and Claure Group,” the
  
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• Nokia Q4 sales surge thanks to India and enterprise growth

  26-01-2023 13:53
  Finnish kit maker Nokia ended last year on a high, and it is optimistic about its prospects in 2023.
  “While we are mindful of the uncertain economic outlook, demand remains robust,” said CEO Pekka Lundmark, in a statement accompanying his company’s Q4 and full-year report on Thursday. “We expect another year of growth and we are targeting full year net sales of between €24.9bn and €26.5bn, which implies between 2% and 8% growth in constant currency.”
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• Shell Energy is the most complained about broadband firm again

  26-01-2023 13:35
  Shell Energy continued to attract the most broadband and landline complaints to Ofcom in Q3 2022, while BT Mobile, Virgin Mobile and iD Mobile were the most complained-about mobile operators.
  As it has for the last few quarters, Shell Energy has topped Ofcom’s rankings of complaints it received in the category of broadband and landline. Complaints were mainly around faults and service issues, while landline customers were chiefly unhappy with how complaints were handled.
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• Tickets Alert: Tours of Speaker’s House inside the Houses of Parliament

  26-01-2023 12:34 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Last year, the first-ever public tours of the richly decorated Speakers House inside Parliament took place, and they’re running them again for a few days in April.
  The State Dining Room in Speaker’s House (c) UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor
  Speaker’s House can almost be described as a Palace within a Palace, as it’s exceptionally richly decorated and is both the private home of the Speaker of the House of Commons and also a suite of state rooms used for events away from the
  
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• AT&T to maintain 5G spend and push FWA in 2023

  26-01-2023 11:11
  AT&T is starting 2023 on a positive note, having added more mobile phone customers than expected last year and with a new fixed wireless access offer in the pipeline.
  But the US telco still faces hefty bills for rolling out 5G infrastructure – unlike its major rivals it is not forecasting a capex cut just yet – and while its latest full-year results were fundamentally solid, its operating expenses took a hit as a result of a $24.8 billion write-down at its fixed-line and Mexican
  
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• DoCoMo wants 6G to be all touchy-feely

  26-01-2023 10:54
  Broadband makes it possible for people to share text, sounds, images and videos, but that’s not enough for DoCoMo.
  The Japanese incumbent this week introduced what it calls a Human Augmentation Platform, which facilitates the remote sharing of feelings and sensations using special wearables co-developed by Keio University and Nagoya Institute of Technology.
  Called Feel Tech, it consists of devices that use haptic sensors to detect the wearer’s movements and vibrations, converting the
  
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• See inside HS2’s new Old Oak Common railway station

  26-01-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  One of London’s largest construction sites can be found at Old Oak Common in west London, where a huge new railway station is being built.When it opens in 2029-33, it’ll offer direct interchanges between the HS2 railway, the Elizabeth line and the Great West Main Line, mainly GWR services, out to south Wales and the west of England. It’ll also include provision for a future London Overground station next door, and even Chiltern Railways could call here.
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