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• Westminster Abbey to close for the Coronation preparations

  06-03-2023 20:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Westminster Abbey has confirmed that it will have to close for a few weeks to prepare the Collegiate Church for the forthcoming Coronation of King Charles III.Compared to previous Corronations though, it’s a fairly short closure, signifying the rather more modern, and much smaller scale of the King’s Coronation this time.
  The Abbey will close to visitors from Tuesday 25th April and will re-open on Monday 8th May. So the Abbey will be closed for just two weeks in order to prepare for
  
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• Telecom Italia: shareholders deserve a competitive auction

  06-03-2023 19:37
  State-owned lender’s bid is similar to KKR’s, but it attributes less value to FiberCop
  
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• More dates announced to walk through the Mail Rail tunnels

  06-03-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Postal Museum has announced fresh dates for the chance to walk through the tunnels under Mount Pleasent where the Mail Rail used to carry the post.
  (c) The Postal Museum
  Visitors get access to the original tunnels, tracks and station platforms of London’s 100-year-old postal railway, letting you explore parts of the railway that aren’t accessible on the Mail Rail ride.
  The route involves walking on uneven ground in low-light conditions for around 1.2km (0.75 miles) including step
  
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• Huawei reportedly shelves plans for Cambridge R&D site

  06-03-2023 15:35
  Chinese kit maker Huawei is said to have quietly cancelled a £1 billion project to build a new research facility in the UK.
  Having bought 500 acres of land in the Cambridge tech cluster – sometimes referred to as ‘Silicon Fen’ – back in 2018, the plan was to build an R&D campus for new optoelectronics products that could potentially be used in fibre networks. The first phase of the project would have seen Huawei plough £1 billion into the construction of a
  
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• China is miles ahead in telecoms research

  06-03-2023 13:37
  A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute rings alarm bells about China’s clear R&D lead in all things telecoms.
  The report was released last week and covered by Light Reading. The headline finding is that “Western democracies are losing the global technological competition, including the race for scientific and research breakthroughs, and the ability to retain global talent.” In 37 out of 44 technology areas analysed, China is the R&D leader, often by
  
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• The race is on for TIM’s network as new bid lands

  06-03-2023 13:04
  Italian operator group TIM has received a second offer for its network assets, this time from a consortium of CdP Equity (CDPE) and Macquarie, and that means the race is on.
  The telco was already sitting on a non-binding bid from KKR, which tabled an offer of unspecified value for a stake of undefined size in the networks unit a month ago. It seemed then that other offers would emerge and a CDP/Macquarie grouping was the most likely candidate, but nothing came through by 24 February, the date TI
  
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• Peckham Rye station’s amazing “waiting room” to open to the public

  06-03-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A large atmospherically derelict room inside Peckham Rye station will open to the public in May, as it’s used for an art installation.Running through the summer, New York-based artist Sarah Sze will transform the disused Victorian waiting room at Peckham Rye station in south London with a new site-specific sculptural installation.
  Although referred to as a waiting room, it was for some time known as a billiard hall and used by station staff. Then for reasons that seem unclear, it was board
  
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• CMA gives provisional nod to Viasat-Inmarsat deal

  06-03-2023 12:52
  The UK’s competition watchdog thinks Viasat’s $7.3 billion acquisition of Inmarsat won’t harm competition in the satellite sector after all.
  This is the provisional conclusion of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)’s Phase 2 investigation. It was published last week, but the announcement flew under the radar somewhat because the global telecoms industry was at Mobile World Congress (MWC), collectively tying itself in knots about what it is and what it should be do
  
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• The 300th London alley article

  06-03-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  It’s hard to believe it, but last week was the 300th in a surprisingly long-running series on the history and description of London’s alleys and passages.
  Outer Temple
  So this week, I’m having a day off, so sorry, no alley, but time to a take a pause, reflect a little and look back at what’s been written and think about the next few hundred alleys.
  The series didn’t start as a series, just the occasional ad-hock article, but then in April 2017, a mad idea occurred,
  
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• Liberty Global plays down EU hopes of cross-border telecoms deals

  06-03-2023 05:00
  Mike Fries says being in fewer, more lucrative markets is better strategy in struggling sector
  
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• Huawei fights for role in Malaysia’s 5G rollout

  06-03-2023 01:01
  Consideration of telecom supplier blacklisted by Washington tests Kuala Lumpur’s relations with China and the US
  
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• Huawei fights for role as Malaysia reviews 5G tender

  06-03-2023 01:01
  Consideration of telecom supplier blacklisted by Washington tests Kuala Lumpur’s relations with China and the US
  
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