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• Medieval law requires a bundle of straw to be hung from the Barking flood barrier

  02-03-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Later this month, in line with ancient law, a bundle of straw will hang from the top of the huge Barking Creek flood barrier. The Barking Creek barrier in east London is a huge concrete structure built in the early 1980s with a large barrier gate that can be lowered to protect Barking from flooding coming up the Thames.
  But it still needs a bundle of straw to be hung from it later this month, because ancient laws say so.This ancient law applies as the barrier part of the Port of London Authority
  
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• Huawei Urges Industry Collaboration to Boost 5G Prosperity

  02-03-2023 18:17
  5G has achieved in three years what took 4G another two to accomplish, but providers still have much ground to cover in extending coverage and providing high-quality services, according to Li Peng, president of Huawei Carrier BG. Speaking at MWC Barcelona 2023, Li urged industry players to work together to accelerate prosperity in the 5G market.Providers have an opportunity to turn 5G from “good” to “great” through innovation, high-quality user experiences and the expansi
  
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• Netflix CEO calls on telcos to contribute to content cost

  02-03-2023 16:12
  Greg Peters, co-CEO Of Netflix, used his keynote address at Mobile World Congress to ask telecoms operators to contribute to the costs associated with producing entertainment content.
  He was joking, of course. But his underlying message was a serious one. He believes the European Commission’s proposal to make big Internet companies pay for the traffic they create over telecoms networks would hurt not only the content providers, but also consumers and the telcos themselves.
  “Broadband
  
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• Third of Londoners avoid public transport due to cost – survey

  02-03-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A third of Londoners say that the cost of public transport puts them off, and over half would support higher road taxes to improve the service, according to a survey by Hitachi Rail.
  Although high ticket prices deter one in three Londoners from travelling by public transport, commuters here are still more likely to travel to work by bus or train than counterparts around the world, the survey of commuters across the world reports.
  Residents in eight cities including London, Paris and Washington D
  
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• Swisscom Ericson and AWS collaborate on hybrid cloud PoC on 5G core

  02-03-2023 15:59
  Swedish kit vendor Ericsson and Swiss operator Swisscom have announced a proof-of-concept (PoC) collaboration to explore hybrid cloud use cases with hyperscaler AWS, beginning with 5G core applications.
  While the trial starts with the Swiss operator initiating a PoC with Ericsson on 5G core applications which are to run on AWS, the plan is for more applications to then gradually be added as the trial continues. With each cloud strategy (private, public, hybrid, multi) bringing its own drivers an
  
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• Nokia ponders the killer apps of 6G

  02-03-2023 15:55
  The marketing drum of 6G has begun and Nokia is among those speculating on what it might do – such as chipping humans with NFC devices and scanners that can measure the bodily information of crowds.
  While there’s still plenty to say and do with regards to 5G, Nokia perhaps more than most firms at MWC is making a big show of what sci-fi type things 6G might usher in. We popped by the firm’s stand and asked Head of Europe Rolf Werner about what he sees as the potential applicatio
  
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• Ericsson admits 5G revenue generation will take time

  02-03-2023 15:53
  One of the biggest current themes in the telecoms industry is attempting to establish what it is 5G actually brings to the party – in other words what is the ‘killer app’ is.
  Catching up with Ericsson at MWC this week, we were told by Freddie Södergren, Head of Technology and Strategy at Business Area Networks, that despite this consumer use case remaining noticeable by its absence and the fact operators have struggled to charge a premium for 5G subscriptions, revenues are
  
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• London exhibitions to visit in March 2023

  02-03-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A selection of ten excellent exhibitions to visit in March, while you’re abstaining from all the nice things for Lent — or not as the case is more likely to be.Photographs from the James Bond Archive
  Leica Gallery, Mayfair
  (Note: exhibition closes on 21st March)
  Free
  From Sean Connery and Timothy Dalton to Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig: Leica Gallery London is set to host an exhibition of photographs, spanning six decades of iconic James Bond films.
  Details here
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  Museum o
  
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• Serverius and Huawei Sign a Memorandum on Joint Innovation of Anti-DDoS Technologies

  02-03-2023 11:49
  Serverius IT Infrastructure (Serverius) and Huawei signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on joint innovation of Anti-DDoS technologies during MWC 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. The two parties will develop and verify new Anti-DDoS technologies and work together to promote the development of network security. The MoU was signed by Gijs van Gemert, CEO of Serverius, and Ma Ye, President of Security Product Domain of Huawei Datacom Product Line. Alfred van den Berg(Head of Technical Infrastructure
  
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• Saatchi Gallery fills its entire building with Street Art

  02-03-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The large Saatchi Gallery in posh Chelsea has filled its galleries with the sort of artwork usually seen on the sides of walls in derelict and regenerating areas. This is a look at how street art has transformed from something that despoils commuter trains into something that fills art galleries and sells for small fortunes.As street art is incredibly varied, the Saatchi has roughly themed each room with a genre or handful of artists, which helps a bit in keeping your head from spinning at how m
  
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• Indosat, Huawei Scale up Joint IP Network Innovation to Drive Indonesia’s Digital Transformation

  02-03-2023 07:00
  Indonesia’s leading telecommunication provider Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with global ICT solution provider Huawei on Joint IP network Innovation during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023. Under the agreement, the two parties will jointly carry out SRv6 verification, while also promoting large-scale SRv6 commercialization, in order to accelerate the transformation to automated and intelligent network architectures. The MoU was signed by Des
  
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