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• The former Museum of London building may be saved from demolition

  03-04-2023 21:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Plans to demolish the former Museum of London building at London Wall after it moves to a new home in Smithfield may be changed, if someone can find a better use for the old building.The current plans are to clear the entire site by demolishing both the 1970s Museum of London building as well as the monolithic Bastion House office block that sits next to it, and then redevelop the site.
  The initial suggestions would see the whole site cleared, and the roundabout’s northern roads merged int
  
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• Telco BSS is key to enabling speed, agility, and partner monetization

  03-04-2023 16:01
  Stagnant revenue growth has put extensive pressure on telcos to transform their commercial models and undertake deep technology changes across their business. For telcos’ base connectivity product, this means revolutionizing network infrastructure through cloudification, embedding AI and automation across network operations, and exposing more value to customers and partners. This success cannot be realized without an overhaul of a telco’s business support systems (BSSs), which m
  
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• Uncovering a concealed 1930s art deco cinema

  03-04-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A cinema frontage close to Harrow on the Hill, which has been covered over with a ghastly metal facade since the 1960s is starting to be revealed as the facade is restored as part of a property development.
  The Safari Cinema, as it’s now known, opened in 1936 with a grand frontage of the type popular in that decade. However, when the cinema was renamed the ABC in 1962, the owners for some reason decided that art deco was offputting and covered the entire front in a facade of metal sheets.
  
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• Pressure mounts on OpenAI as more lobby groups pile on

  03-04-2023 15:19
  There have been more calls for governments to intervene in the development of AI amid growing fears it that it could spell certain doom for humanity.
  A week after an open letter signed by various tech heavyweights called for a six-month pause on training new AI systems, more lobbyists in both the US and Europe have decided to have their say as well.
  On this side of the pond, the European Union is currently working on the AI Act, which aims to protect consumers from potential harms and ensure the
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: media tech, Open RAN and Huawei

  03-04-2023 14:03
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Media tech, Open RAN and Huawei
  
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• Vodafone switches on Wi-Fi on the London Underground

  03-04-2023 13:41 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Good news for Vodafone customers, as they can once again access Wi-Fi coverage on the London Underground.
  Vodafone Wi-Fi started showing up on the list of available networks about a week ago, and is now confirmed as working if Vodafone customers connect to the service.
  It’s also working in Elizabeth line stations.
  The Wi-Fi service has been provided by Virgin Media since 2012, and then offered to mobile networks to offer to their customers. Although Vodafone was an early provider of Wi-Fi
  
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• Talk of ‘betrayal’ as Canada OKs Rogers-Shaw merger

  03-04-2023 13:20
  Rogers Communications has finally received government approval for its multi-billion-dollar takeover of rival Shaw, subject to a raft of remedies designed to protect competition.
  But while that’s good news for the telcos themselves, there are many in Canada who still remain vehemently opposed to the tie-up.
  Rogers and Shaw on Friday issued a joint statement noting they had received final regulatory approval for the deal and confirming that as a result the transaction will close by their 7
  
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• Talk of ‘betrayal’ as Canada OKs Rogers-Shaw deal

  03-04-2023 13:20
  Rogers Communications has finally received government approval for its multi-billion-dollar takeover of rival Shaw, subject to a raft of remedies designed to protect competition.
  But while that’s good news for the telcos themselves, there are many in Canada who still remain vehemently opposed to the tie-up.
  Rogers and Shaw on Friday issued a joint statement noting they had received final regulatory approval for the deal and confirming that as a result the transaction will close by their 7
  
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• BT, Skyfarer and Medical Logistics complete medical delivery drone trial

  03-04-2023 13:20
  The trial saw medical logistics drones connect University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust sites in Coventry and Rugby in the midlands.
  BT says it’s the UK’s first over-land Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) trial, and the intention seems to be about providing proof of concept for delivering medical supplies between locations using ariel drones instead of traditional logistics on roads.
  130 flights were carried out on the 32k m drone route, and the trial clocked more 1
  
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• Verizon bags $2 billion FAA deal

  03-04-2023 13:12
  US operator Verizon has secured a lucrative deal to overhaul the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s networks.
  The 15-year FAA Enterprise Network Services (FENS) contract is worth more than $2 billion, and will see the telco design, build and operate a new communications platform that can support all of the agency’s mission critical applications. That includes providing air traffic management (ATM) to the 45,000 flights carrying 2.9 million passengers across the 29 million square
  
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• London exhibitions to visit in April 2023

  03-04-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A selection of ten excellent exhibitions to visit in April, while munching on Easter eggs and avoiding the April showers.Executions
  Museum of London Docklands, Canary Wharf
  (Note: exhibition closes on 16th April)
  Adult: £15 | Children (12-17)/Concessions: £12 | Chilren (<12): Free
  From Smithfield to Southwark, from Banqueting House to Newgate Prison, executions became embedded in London’s landscape and people’s lives. This exhibition looks at the long history of capita
  
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• UK ISPs ignore Ofcom’s deadline to implement simpler contract switching

  03-04-2023 12:58
  Today was the deadline for UK broadband providers to make it easier for their customers to leave. But they haven’t.
  Heralded as ‘One Touch Switch’ when UK comms regulator Ofcom announced it in September 2021, the new rules are intended to make the broadband market more competitive by removing as many impediments to switching suppliers as possible. Primarily that means removing the need to contact your existing supplier, at which point they present you with bureaucratic obstacle
  
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• Quantum computing is starting to look very real

  03-04-2023 10:24
  We sat down with IBM and Vodafone to find out about the current state of quantum computing, what the superior number-crunching will be able to provide, and the potentially catastrophic risks it presents to networks.
  Quantum computing as a term has been banded around for years now as something between bleeding edge tech and theoretical academia. It’s often sprinkled in when futurologists vaguely sketch out what the future might look like, along with neural lace brain attachments and nano-ro
  
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• London’s Alleys: Underhill Passage, NW1

  03-04-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a busy alley off Camden’s main shops that has a long and at times confusing history.The alley runs east-west off Camden High Street and leads to Underhill Street behind. So you’d assume from the name, that the passage was built at the same time as the street, and it was — but it wasn’t called Underhill Passage, and neither as it happens, was Underhill Street.
  Underhill Street was originally called Clarendon Street, while Underhill Passage used to be called Pleasen
  
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• Future-proofing DPI with encrypted traffic intelligence

  03-04-2023 07:00
  Rising security and privacy concerns amid remotely accessible networks and complex multi-cloud and hybrid architectures have led to the widespread adoption of encryption. By using cipher suites and special keys to encode plaintext into ciphertext, encryption provides a simplified means to ensuring that data is transported securely and is accessible only by authorized parties. Applications and networks see encryption as a necessity due to the complex web of communication links and computing nodes
  
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