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• Vodafone UK describes 5G SA switchover delicate balancing act

  07-02-2023 19:22
  At a briefing with journalists and analysts Vodafone UK’s head of networks Andrea Dona (pictured) revealed the many considerations involved in upgrading the mobile network.
  In a nutshell, it’s a delicate balancing act. Of course there’s the simple matter of not letting go with one hand (shutting down older technologies) before holding on with the other (getting standalone 5G properly set up). But there’s also the matter of trying to identify demand in order to ensure inve
  
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• Vodafone UK describes 5G SA switchover as delicate balancing act

  07-02-2023 19:22
  At a briefing with journalists and analysts Vodafone UK’s head of networks Andrea Dona (pictured) revealed the many considerations involved in upgrading the mobile network.
  In a nutshell, it’s a delicate balancing act. Of course there’s the simple matter of not letting go with one hand (shutting down older technologies) before holding on with the other (getting standalone 5G properly set up). But there’s also the matter of trying to identify demand in order to ensure inve
  
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• The Architecture the Railways Built returns for its 4th series

  07-02-2023 17:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A date for your diaries as the fourth series of The Architecture The Railways Built starts in three weeks time. Rail historian Tim Dunn will continue as in the previous three series, uncovering the stories behind viaducts, signal boxes, underpasses, tunnels, and railway hotels.
  Tim Dunn at the Forth Bridge (c) UKTV
  In the fourth series, Tim also explores the history of railway design with special access to the Network Rail archives – the first time this repository of railway history has be
  
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• There’s an important reason to visit the Post Building’s roof terrace

  07-02-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A new public roof terrace opened last year in central London, but if people don’t use it often enough, it could close. This is the 9th-floor roof terrace on top of the Post Building in Holborn, and it offers wonderful views across central London, and on clear days, much further beyond.As part of the planning approval for the conversion of the former post office sorting building into offices, the free roof terrace has to be free for the public to visit for the next 20 years every day (excep
  
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• Telekom Austria gets closer to towers spin-off

  07-02-2023 14:10
  Telekom Austria’s two largest shareholders have agreed to a plan to separate out and float the telco’s mobile towers.
  The Austrian incumbent, which operates as A1, on Tuesday disclosed that America Movil and ÖBAG – or Österreichische Beteiligungs AG, a state-owned investment fund – have given the green light to a plan that will see its mobile towers spun off, and listed in Vienna and distributed proportionally to its existing shareholders. The two parties hold 5
  
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• Google Bard elbows its way into the AI spotlight

  07-02-2023 14:02
  It looks as if Google has had enough of Microsoft-backed ChatGPT hogging the limelight.
  In a blog post on Monday, the search giant’s CEO Sundar Pichai talked up Google’s recent progress with AI, and announced a limited release of its own AI-powered chatbot.
  Google’s version is called ‘Bard’, conjuring forth images of Shakespeare who, incidentally, is credited with inventing hundreds of new words during his career. For the sake of Google’s credibility, let&rsqu
  
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• EU actively encourages cross-border telecoms M&A

  07-02-2023 13:18
  The European Union is pushing cross-border consolidation in the telecoms space, something that could have big implications for the bloc’s major players.
  Talk of a single European telecoms market has intensified in recent days, and late last week telecoms.com learned from a spokesperson for the European Commission that it is indeed moving in that direction. Now there has been a more formal announcement from Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, who made it clear that – amongst
  
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• BT deploys 4G and smart sensors to upgrade water systems in Yorkshire

  07-02-2023 13:06
  UK telecoms group BT and Yorkshire water have installed smart sensors and a 4G mast to provide remote water quality monitoring in the Yorkshire Dales.
  The project saw the installation of a new 4G mobile mast which will connect up some monitors that have been installed on water courses feeding Scar House reservoir. The purpose of this is to help Yorkshire Water monitor and improve water quality.
  We’re told weather, temperature, and the condition of the moorland can affect the quality of wat
  
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• HS2 could be delayed by another four years

  07-02-2023 12:48 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The completion of the High Speed 2 railway could be delayed again as the government carries out a cost-cutting exercise.
  Early visualisation of an HS2 train
  Citing Department for Transport (DfT) officials, the Financial Times reported that the government has started work on “Project Silverlight”, which is looking at how it can cut costs through delays and cuts to the scope of Phase 1 of the railway, which runs between London and Birmingham.
  “This is a function of inflation, we
  
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• Plans for 20,000 new homes on London’s railway land

  07-02-2023 11:38 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Network Rail and Transport for London (TfL) have announced plans to work together to enable the construction of at least 20,000 new homes over the next decade.
  Network Rail and TfL are among the largest landowners in Greater London with more than 600 stations between them in addition to extensive retail, office and operational portfolios. Collectively, Network Rail and TfL own almost 14,000 acres of land across the capital. While a significant proportion of this is operational, there are also br
  
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• Find Richmond Avenues’s Egyptian sphinxes

  07-02-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There’s a street in Islington with a most unusual set of decorations for the houses – long rows of Egyptian Sphinxes outside their front doors.
  Quite why they are there is however a bit of a mystery.This is Richmond Avenue, part of the Thornhill Estate which was laid out between 1810-52 by Joseph Kay on land owned by the Thornhill family, who had acquired what was at the time mostly fields for dairy farms.
  A few houses were built in what was originally called Richmond Terrace in the
  
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• How can telecommunications companies stay committed to the Paris Agreement?

  07-02-2023 01:00
  The internet isn’t going away any time soon. If anything, people have only grown increasingly dependent on telecommunications. During the pandemic, the industry became a lifeline – not only for those looking for social support amidst the isolation but also for the millions whose jobs shifted to remote setups.
  But as the demand for connectivity and data surges so do the responsibilities of telecom companies. The industry has been constantly under pressure to keep up with consumer need
  
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