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• Disused railway arches in Camberwell to be restored

  13-02-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A cluster of disused railway arches close to Camberwell town centre is to be restored and rented out, the Arch Company has announced.
  The current state of the arches (c) The Arch Company
  The £1.1 million clean-up is part of The Arch Company’s plan to bring 1,000 spaces such as this into use by 2030. The development works will be supported by Southwark Council, who will similarly be investing £1.5m into improving the public realm from later this year. This includes £1m fro
  
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• Liberty Global buys 5% of Vodafone for some reason

  13-02-2023 18:47
  US telco group Liberty Global has joined e& in buying a chunk of Vodafone and insisting it’s just indulging in a spot of casual financial speculation
  In a short announcement, Liberty Global said it has acquired 1,335 million shares in Vodafone Group, which at time of purchase represented 4.92% of the outstanding share capital. Apparently it was funded by something called ‘attractive non-recourse financing’ which sounds like corporate speak for taking a date out to dinner.
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• Orange Spain switches on 5G SA network dubbed 5G+

  13-02-2023 18:38
  The Spanish arm of telco group Orange has deployed a commercial 5G SA network in several cities, with more to follow this year.
  The network will be available in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville, and Orange claims it is the first operator to deploy a commercial 5G SA network in Spain. 90% coverage is promised in these cities, and more locations are going to be plugged in over the course of 2023.
  There will be no extra charge for Orange users to use 5G+, but initially at least they’ll
  
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• Liberty Global buys 5% stake in Vodafone worth £1.2bn

  13-02-2023 17:33
  Acquisitive US group bets forthcoming deals and restructuring will revive UK telecoms company
  
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• Liberty Global buys 5% stake in Vodafone

  13-02-2023 17:33
  Acquisitive US group bets forthcoming deals and restructuring will revive the UK telecoms company
  
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• Imberbus day confirmed for this August

  13-02-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you fancy spending an exceptionally surreal day taking trips through a military firing range in some old buses, then get ready to reserve a date in August.ImberBus is a standard London bus route that happens to run on just one day a year and through the middle of the normally sealed-off Salisbury Plain, past burnt-out tanks and military bases to an abandoned medieval church in the middle of a military training village.
  Which is pretty interesting when you think about it.The buses also ride al
  
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• The 5G space race: will it be the traditional or ‘alternative’ vendors that will dominate?

  13-02-2023 14:44
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Peter Kibutu, Advanced Technology Lead – NTNs at TTP, argues that smaller, Open RAN-based, telecoms vendors have an advantage in the LEO satellite market.
  The high value of filling coverage blackspots, and eventually providing universal coverage, has started the battle for 5G satellite communications market share. Over recent months, we’ve seen Apple
  
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• Only couples can apply for the Coronation Concert

  13-02-2023 14:18 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The ballot has opened to be among the thousands watching the Coronation Concert in Windsor Castle, but only for people who are applying for two tickets.The ballot FAQs say that there are 5,000 pairs of free Coronation concert tickets available through an online ballot, and that each successful applicant in the ballot will be able to nominate a guest, giving a total of 10,000 tickets.
  However, you cannot apply unless you have a guest already – so it’s not quite correct to say you &ldq
  
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• Hyperoptic goes on the offensive over mid-contract price rises

  13-02-2023 14:17
  UK fibre altnet Hyperoptic has launched a TV ad campaign designed to shame the big telcos for their impending price rises.
  CSPs such as BT/EE intend to raise their prices for everyone by 14.4% in April. They detail various justifications for the move, and we’re all acutely aware of the current inflationary environment, but then what’s the point of a contract if the terms can be unilaterally altered by one party? Can customers decide to pay 20% less whenever they fancy it?
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• Three UK launches £12 social tariff for unlimited data, calls and texts

  13-02-2023 13:50
  UK operator Three has launched a new 5G social tariff for those on income support and other benefits.
  The new social tariff provides unlimited data, calls and texts for £12 a month for those that qualify and is being offered though the operators sub-brand Smarty. It’s being provided on a rolling basis, which can be changed or cancelled at any time.
  Three estimates more than 4.2 million households across the UK could be eligible, which in order to be so you need to be in the receipt o
  
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• Google expands European information ‘prebunking’ initiative

  13-02-2023 13:14
  US internet giant Google is worried about people getting the wrong information online and has decided some interventions are required.
  Accordingly, the initiative is called Info Interventions (URL: interventions.withgoogle.com). As you can see from the tweet below, it has been up and running for a few months now, but the AP reports it is being expanded across Europe. There doesn’t currently seem to be any public information beyond that report, at this stage, but the language is of a type w
  
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• Watch hot air balloons drifting over central London

  13-02-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  All being well, a Sunday morning in late May or early July may see up to 50 hot air balloons drifting over central London.
  (c) Lord Mayor’s Balloon Regatta
  This is the Lord Mayor’s Hot Air Balloon Regatta, a now annual event that raises money for the Lord Mayor’s charity, and gives early risers on a Sunday morning a lovely sight of all the balloons silently drifting over sleepy London.
  The lift-off is weather dependent and the takeoff point is to be confirmed, and will be aroun
  
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• Orange, DT, Telefónica and Vodafone advertising JV cleared by EC

  13-02-2023 12:21
  The European Commission has given the green light to a JV by some of the biggest European telcos, which has been formed to develop a new type of digital advertising platform.
  The operators describe the venture as a ‘privacy-by-design digital marketing technology platform’ aimed at consumers, advertisers and publishers. Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone will each take a 25% stake in the holding company, which will be based in Belgium and run by ‘independen
  
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• Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone advertising JV cleared by EC

  13-02-2023 12:21
  The European Commission has given the green light to a JV by some of the biggest European telcos, which has been formed to develop a new type of digital advertising platform.
  The operators describe the venture as a ‘privacy-by-design digital marketing technology platform’ aimed at consumers, advertisers and publishers. Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone will each take a 25% stake in the holding company, which will be based in Belgium and run by ‘independen
  
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• London’s Alleys: Jacob’s Well Mews, W1

  13-02-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a mixed mews near Oxford Street and hidden behind a 1970s office block that boasts some very odd architecture, and some Wombles.Jacob’s Well Mews is named after a local resident, Jacob Hinde, who named many of the local streets after members of his family. It was developed in the early 1790s and originally plan Jacob’s Mews. It was renamed soon after it was completed though, possibly from the name of the pub on the corner, the Jacob’s Well pub.
  More by coincidence than
  
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