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• Tickets Alert: The Tweed Run is back!

  24-02-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  After a lengthy hiatus, the most civilised cycling event returns to London, as a few hundred exceptionally well-dressed cyclists decoratively perambulate around the city.It’s a chance to get dressed up properly – plus fours and the like, absolutely no lycra or other such god-awful clothing allowed. A decadent picnic break in the park for lunch, and a party to finish.
  If your idea of cycling involves Pimms instead of energy drinks, a hat instead of a cycling helmet, and smoking a pipe
  
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• Ericsson confirms a global total of 8,500 job cuts

  24-02-2023 17:29
  The full extent of Swedish kit vendor Ericsson’s cost-cutting haas been revealed, with a total of 8,500 roles to be made redundant globally.
  At the start of this week the company confirmed 1,400 jobs would be cut in Sweden. It seemed safe to assume the cost-cutting wouldn’t stop there but, for some reason, the full extent of it took several days to emerge. Once more Reuters was the first to report on it but Telecoms.com received the following emailed statement directly from Ericsson
  
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• China Unicom Chongqing Takes the Lead in the Trial Commercial Use of Huawei OptiX Alps-WDM Solution

  24-02-2023 17:05
  [Chongqing, China, February 24, 2023] China Unicom Chongqing recently has completed the trial commercial use of Huawei OptiX Alps-WDM solution. This is a milestone that records not only the first trial commercial use of Alps-WDM in China, but also the construction of E2E ROADM+OTN transmission spanning from metro core, aggregation, and integrated access, laying a solid foundation for the high-quality construction of new digital ICT infrastructure.China Unicom Chongqing actively fulfills its resp
  
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• TSSA rail union cancels strikes after accepting pay deal

  24-02-2023 16:33 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) have voted to accept a pay offer from the train companies and will be stopping their strike action.The TSSA has been in dispute since the summer of 2022 and says that it has now won an improved deal on salaries offering a 9% to 13% pay rise over two years, as well as commitments on job security and full consultation over any possible changes to terms and conditions.
  The union had previously accepted an offer from Network Rail for
  
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• How five of the world’s biggest operators deal with their greenhouse gas emissions

  24-02-2023 15:24
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece, telecoms engineer Natalia Molinero Mingorance takes a look at the different ways major global telcos seek to mitigate their carbon footprints.
  Of the world’s 8 billion people, 5 billion are regular users of the Internet. They have an average of 3.6 connected devices apiece, including smartphones and desktop computers. Each of them creates an average of 49
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: MWC 2023 preview

  24-02-2023 15:22
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · MWC 2023 preview
  
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• MWC 2023 – what’s the point of 5G?

  24-02-2023 14:52
  As the telecoms industry prepares to congregate in Barcelona once more, the pressure to deliver returns on 5G investments is greater than ever.
  At its Mobile World Congress pre-brief, Swedish kit vendor Ericsson anticipated the underlying theme of this year’s big get-together by focusing on how it expects 5G to eventually pay dividends. While you would expect no different from a company whose raison d’etre is flogging goods and services that enable mobile communications, Ericsson see
  
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• HPE bolsters private 5G chops with purchase of Athonet

  24-02-2023 12:34
  Tech giant HPE has snapped up Athonet –  an Italian private cellular network technology specialist  – as it leans further into the private 5G networking game.
  The firm says that combining Athonet’s assets with its existing HPE telco and Aruba networking portfolios will put it ‘at the forefront’ of the private 5G market, allowing it to deliver private networking capabilities directly to enterprises and provide an ‘enhanced offering for CSPs’ whi
  
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• Telcos and the public cloud: drivers and challenges

  24-02-2023 10:42
  Public cloud providers offer telecom operators a radical business transformation opportunity but many remain wary of relinquishing their assets and forsaking control.
  Today, public cloud providers have accelerated time-to-market for many enterprises. With 5G core networks considered inherently cloud-native, many 5G standalone networks are being deployed with a cloud-based architecture. Meanwhile, concerns remain over the suitability of public cloud for operator network infrastructure and workloa
  
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• TIM network buyout delay favours KKR

  24-02-2023 10:31
  TIM’s board meets as scheduled on Friday to discuss KKR’s offer to buy into the telco’s networks business, despite the fact that the firms have pushed back their deal deadline by a month to accommodate a request from the government.
  Unexpectedly, perhaps, that call from government increases KKR’s chances of success in its overtures to the Italian incumbent. Essentially, the investment group now looks like a more likely partner to the state than it did before.
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• Rugged phone brand Cat aims to be number one with a Bullitt

  24-02-2023 10:00
  The race to offer direct satellite-to-phone communication services is hotting up, and one player has a new product that could help it steal a march on its larger rivals.
  Cat – of giant bulldozer fame – also offers a range of rugged devices, including smartphones. Developed by UK white label OEM Bullitt Group, they are designed to withstand all kinds of punishment, including submersion in several metres of water, extremes of temperature and pressure, exposure to copious volumes of dir
  
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• London is getting a Kyiv Road in front of the Russian Embassy

  24-02-2023 09:25 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The road in front of the Russian Embassy in London is to be renamed Kyiv Road, the local council has announced to mark the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  Concept image of the street sign
  Westminster Cllr Adam Hug, Leader of Westminster City Council, said he believed the new road name was a fitting gesture for a nation whose bravery had inspired the international community.
  He said that the request for a new placename has come from the Ukrainian community itself.
  “Wes
  
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• Exceptional Roman London kiln to be restored and put on display

  24-02-2023 02:10 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  London’s most complete Roman pottery kiln is going on public display for the first time, following a grant to cover the restoration costs.
  The kiln was discovered in 1967 during excavation work in Highgate Wood during the 1960s and ‘70s. The kiln is one of the best-preserved Roman pottery kilns found in the UK, and is thought to be the last one built by Roman potters who worked in Highgate Wood between 50CE-160CE to supply Londinium, the capital of Roman Britain, and southeast Englan
  
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