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• Faroese Telecom and Ericsson claim 5G mmWave downlink speed record in Europe

  28-03-2023 17:26
  Faroe Islands incumbent Faroese Telecom and kit vendor Ericsson clocked download peak speeds of 5.9Gbps using 5G mmWave spectrum, which they say is the fastest measured speed in a live network in Europe to date.
  The firms claim the 5G mmWave speed test represented ‘the fastest measured speed in a live network in Europe to date’. It was carried out ahead of a planned mmWave deployment across all of the 18 Faroe Islands.
  In terms of the nitty gritty tech, the test was carried out over
  
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• Faroese Telecom and Ericsson claim 5G mmWave downlink speed record

  28-03-2023 17:26
  Faroe Islands incumbent Faroese Telecom and kit vendor Ericsson clocked download peak speeds of 5.9Gbps using 5G mmWave spectrum, which they say is the fastest measured speed in a live network in Europe to date.
  The firms claim the 5G mmWave speed test represented ‘the fastest measured speed in a live network in Europe to date’. It was carried out ahead of a planned mmWave deployment across all of the 18 Faroe Islands.
  In terms of the nitty gritty tech, the test was carried out over
  
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• TalkTalk reportedly mulling £200 million sale of B2B unit

  28-03-2023 15:46
  Rumours regarding TalkTalk’s future have a become a semi-regular occurrence, and a fresh batch of them was served up this week.
  Late on Monday, Sky News reported that the B2B arm, TalkTalk Business Direct, is on the block and could bring in up to £200 million. The division serves 80,000 business customers. Last year it turned over £85 million and generated earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of £17 million. US-based investment bank Houlih
  
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• Simpsons Tavern secures reprieve in fight to reopen

  28-03-2023 15:44 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The ancient Simpsons Tavern in the City of London, which was suddenly evicted from its restaurant has won a battle in a war with its landlord in its fight to reopen.Simpsons Tavern has been a fixture in its narrow alley location since 1757 and is famous for its unfussy food and much more, its determined retention of 19th-century dining, with communal tables shared by diners. Forced to close during the pandemic, they were in negotiations with the landlord over the rent arrears, but then, without
  
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• A superloop bus service for Outer London

  28-03-2023 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A new fast bus route, called the Superloop, has been announced by the Mayor of London today, that may improve bus routes around the periphery of London, if it’s built.In essence, a number of existing express bus routes, which stop at just a handful of stops will be rebranded, and then subject to consultation, more sections will be added to create a near-loop around London.
  The bus route aims to fix one of the issues with much of the public transport network, in that it’s oriented tow
  
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• Cellnex names Bouverot as new chair

  28-03-2023 13:26
  Cellnex has caved to investor pressure and replaced its chairperson, appointing former GSMA leader Anne Bouverot (pictured) to the post.
  The news comes just days after the passive infrastructure specialist’s new biggest shareholder TCI Fund Management published a letter to the board calling for the heads of three of its directors, including former chair Bertrand Kan, due to their lack of progress in appointing a new chief executive. The letter is dated 23 March, the same day that TCI Fund
  
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• BT expands AWS deal in hunt for $500 million of new revenues

  28-03-2023 13:10
  IoT, managed security and software-as-a-service (SaaS) are the focus of BT’s extended partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  The UK incumbent’s Digital division has been working with AWS since last May, when the hyperscaler was brought in to overhaul BT’s internal IT infrastructure and applications, adopting what it calls ‘cloud-first architecture’. This modernisation programme aims to generate £2 billion in annual savings by 2024.
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• 6G could do with moving away from industry jargon

  28-03-2023 13:03
  InterDigital and Omdia have teamed up for a joint study arguing that in order to measure the success of future 6G services, new ‘quality of personal experience’ metrics will be needed.
  The white paper, titled ‘Experience the Future of 6G: A New Direction for Telecom’ says that 6G will be capable of ‘engaging a diversity of human senses, including touch and spatial awareness’, that will enable ‘fully immersive cyber-physical experiences.’
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• Book review: Nick Higham’s The Mercenary River

  28-03-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Imagine London where you can turn on a tap for a glass of water, but only for a few hours a day and never on Sundays. That was London’s modern water supply for several centuries until comparatively recently.
  When we think of the huge achievements in water supply and sewage removal over the centuries and congratulate ourselves on how great London was at delivering these things, we may not be aware of just how bloody awful the new “modern world” was for those living through it.
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• Channel 4 building given heritage protection as it’s listed as Grade II

  28-03-2023 09:46 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Channel 4’s London headquarters in Victoria has been listed at Grade II, giving it greater protection and recognition.Built in 1992-1994 and designed specifically for Channel 4 by the Richard Rogers Partnership, the award-winning building is also one of the youngest buildings in England to receive listed protection.
  The Channel 4 building on Horseferry Road is among the finest examples of a building in the High Tech style for which Lord Rogers and his British partnership became renowned.
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• A visit to the refurbished RAF Biggin Hill Museum & Chapel

  28-03-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Sitting next to Biggin Hill Aiport in southeast London is a newish museum that’s recently been refurbished to tell the story of how it was one of London’s lines of defence during WWII.The airfield was originally opened during WWI, but massively expanded during WWII and with its location sitting between London and mainland Europe was a critical location for the defence of London.
  After the war, it took over civilian duties from Croydon Airport when that closed, and is now still an ope
  
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