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• There’s a free maps giveaway on Monday

  15-02-2023 18:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you like maps, and like free maps even more, then Monday is the day to be in Hackney Downs, as a map printer is having a clearout and giving away a lot of stock.
  (c) Urban Good
  Urban Good, an urban planning company that also produces a range of excellent maps is moving home and lacks the space in their new place for all their unsold stock.
  So, on Monday – you can go to their office and grab as many free maps as you can carry. Their maps celebrate the urban landscape and nature within th
  
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• Qualcomm drops ‘world’s first’ modem for 5G Advanced

  15-02-2023 18:06
  Chip firm Qualcomm has launched the Snapdragon X75, which it says is the world’s first 5G Advanced-ready modem-RF system.
  The Snapdragon X75 5G modem-RF system has new architecture, a new software suite and includes features to provide better coverage, latency, power efficiency and mobility compared to previous versions, we are told.
  It comes with a dedicated hardware tensor accelerator, Qualcomm 5G AI Processor Gen 2 (which apparently enabled over 2.5 times better AI performance compared
  
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• See LEGO dinosaurs at the Horniman Museum

  15-02-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Dinosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous have arrived at the Horniman Museum in south London – as LEGO models.Running through the summer, the Brick Dinos exhibition is a mixed display, with some big dinos, lots of little dinos, and lots of bricks in boxes to turn into future dinos.
  Dotted around the room are glass cases with a range of dinosaurs in each one, a helpful strip of information, and for some, scannable QR codes to learn more. A nice touch is a wall showing how to pronounce the
  
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• Zhoushan Mobile Teams up with Huawei to Build an Innovative AirPON Commercial Site, Facilitating Network Construction and O&M

  15-02-2023 14:17
  Recently, Zhoushan Branch of China Mobile Zhejiang Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Zhoushan Mobile) and Huawei successfully built an innovative AirPON commercial site in Zhoushan Islands, Zhejiang, China. Using the latest Huawei AirPON solution featuring the CO+X network architecture, the site deploys one optical line terminal (OLT) in the central office (CO) on Shengsi island, and deploys remote slave OLTs on nearby islands. The remote OLTs are centrally managed as virtual extended subrac
  
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• Deutsche Telekom lands Euro quantum communications gig

  15-02-2023 14:03
  German operator group DT has been picked by the European Commission to coordinate the building of a new EU high-security communications network.
  It’s called Euro QCI, which stands for European Quantum Communication Infrastructure. It will be composed of a terrestrial segment relying on fibre communications networks linking strategic sites at national and cross-border level, and a space segment based on satellites. Other private sector partners include Airbus DS, Thales SIX and AIT, while t
  
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• Nokia, DoCoMo and NTT hype 6G ahead of MWC

  15-02-2023 13:51
  Finnish kit vendor Nokia has teamed up with Japanese firms DoCoMo and NTT to showcase what the claim are key technological milestones on the path to 6G.
  The first of these milestones involves sticking AI into the radio air interface, ‘effectively giving 6G radios the ability to learn’, and the second is about using new sub-terahertz (sub-THz) spectrum which apparently boosts network capacity.
  The technologies have been developed as proofs of concept at Nokia Bell Labs in Stuttgart, G
  
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• Ericsson and Telia collaborate over industrial 5G

  15-02-2023 13:13
  Swedish telecoms players Ericsson and Telia have launched a new initiative designed to encourage industrial companies to do clever things with 5G technology.
  They’re calling it NorthStar, describing it as “a 5G innovation program for industrial enterprises, for the development and implementation of new digital solutions.” The self-interest is clear – if industrial enterprises do more with 5G then they’ll need to buy more products and services from Ericsson and Telia
  
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• Neos Networks in talks to sort out Network Rail’s ‘ageing telecoms infrastructure’

  15-02-2023 12:07
  Altnet and business services provider Neos Networks is set to upgrade Network Rail’s internet connectivity with 16,000Km of high-capacity fibre, which will ‘transform UK rail for the passengers and neighbouring communities it serves.’
  Having announced plans to upgrade its telecoms infrastructure earlier this year, Network Rail is in ‘exclusive talks’ with Neos to build out the new fibre network along train tracks that will deliver ‘ubiquitous connectivity nati
  
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