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• Take a sneak peek inside the DLR’s new trains

  08-02-2023 16:20 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The first of a new fleet of DLR trains has arrived in the UK, and there’s been a chance to see inside the train before it goes into passenger service.
  (c) TfL
  Transport for London (TfL) placed an order for a fleet of new DLR trains to replace over half of its older trains and expand the size of the fleet back in 2019. In total 43 new trains are being ordered — of which 33 will replace older DLR trains, while 10 will increase the capacity on the network, particularly in the Royal Dock
  
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• T-Mobile US leads the pack on 5G, despite C-band rollouts

  08-02-2023 13:42
  T-Mobile US is still providing the best 5G experience in the country, but C-band investments are helping Verizon and AT&T to boost their own offerings.
  T-Mobile picks up RootMetrics’ best 5G experience award for the second half of 2022, its third such accolade in a row, thanks to “an unmatched combination of 5G availability and speed,” the mobile network testing company announced this week, when it presented its latest US State of the Mobile Union report.
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• Germany gives ZTE’s 5G kit the all-clear

  08-02-2023 13:32
  Germany appears to be staying true to its word when it comes to judging Chinese telecoms equipment on a case-by-case basis.
  ZTE on Tuesday said its 5G new radio (NR) gNodeB product has been approved under the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)’s NESAS (network equipment security assurance scheme) certification programme.
  ZTE said it is the first 5G NR product to obtain this particular rubber stamp, and demonstrates the company has complied fully with all process requirements and
  
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• Tickets Alert: Tours of the British Museum’s round reading room

  08-02-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Sitting in the centre of the British Museum is a huge Round Reading Room, with a massive dome, and although long closed to the public, the museum has started offering tours.
  (c) British Museum
  The Reading Room was built for the British Library when it occupied the space, but when the library decamped to St Pancras and the courtyard cleared of books to create the indoor space it is today – the library reading room was also opened to the general public for only the second time in its history
  
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• Nokia doubles down on ESG

  08-02-2023 12:46
  Finnish kit vendor Nokia has announced a new initiative designed to demonstrate how virtuous it is.
  Hot on the heels of the latest WEF elite-fest at Davos, Nokia’s announcement is littered with stakeholder capitalism buzzwords. The new bright idea is called the Sustainable Finance Framework which, according to the press release, “reinforces Nokia’s commitment to sustainable growth by ensuring its financing strategy supports the company’s recently enhanced ESG strategy.&rd
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: St Pancras Church Garden, EC4

  08-02-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a very well hidden garden that’s not in St Pancras but close to Bank in the City of London, and has some remarkable carved wooden benches. But not for much longer, as the garden is about to get a makeover that’ll see the carved benches removed.The pocket park is, as you probably guessed from the name, the site of the former Church of St Pancras, which is known to have existed since at least the early 1100s, but was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, and never rebu
  
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• London Overground turns unused rooms in stations into community centres

  08-02-2023 07:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Two London Overground stations have had disused rooms inside the station buildings refurbished and handed over to local communities to be used as public spaces.
  The old station buffet at Chingford Station (c) Love North Chingford
  The community spaces within the railway stations at Chingford and neighbouring Highams Park have both been transferred to local groups as part of a project in which Arriva Rail London, which operates the London Overground concession, contributed just under £60,000
  
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