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• Vodafone UK rolls out private 5G SA service

  26-04-2023 19:59
  UK enterprises could soon have access to a broader choice of new and exciting private networking solutions.
  Vodafone on Wednesday launched what it claims is the UK’s first 5G standalone (SA) mobile private networking (MPN) service, opening the door to more specialised services that require end-to-end 5G infrastructure.
  Chief among these is slicing, which will enable customers to optimise network performance and access for different types of traffic, or particular members of staff. A collab
  
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• Cost of Luton Airport’s DART shuttle cut for train passengers

  26-04-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  When it opened in March, it was widely noted that per mile, it’s the most expensive railway in the UK, but no longer as they’ve already slashed the cost.
  The Luton DART typically costs £4.90 per single trip to link the local railway station to the airport, nearly double the cost of the bus shuttle it replaced. Added on top of the cost of the train trip to get to Luton Aiport Parkway station — which from London averages £12.40, it’s quite an expensive service.
  
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• UK blocks Microsoft acquisition of Activision due to cloud gaming concerns

  26-04-2023 17:28
  The acquisition of gaming titan Activision Blizzard King by US tech giant Microsoft has been blocked by the UK Competition and Markets Authority.
  Expanding on its preliminary ruling a few weeks ago, the CMA focused on the cloud gaming market, which it concluded the combined entity would be able to dominate and thus restrict competition. Through its already strong position in PC gaming, as well as ownership of the Xbox platform, Microsoft would have a strong incentive to restrict competitors&rsqu
  
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• Threats to undersea cables should worry business as well as government

  26-04-2023 16:04 via ft.com
  Companies that rely on these networks have little understanding of the system’s resilience to attack
  
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• The 300th anniversary of the Constitutions of the Freemasons

  26-04-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  In 1723, the newly formed Grand Lodge of England decided to write a set of rules to govern Freemasonry, and 300 years later, there’s an exhibition to celebrate their impact.The exhibition has two parts. In the library, you can see how the Constitutions of 1723 spread from London across the world through rare examples published as they arrived in different countries. In the South Gallery, the story continues as you find out the context, content and consequences of this important book.
  There
  
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• The telecoms industry needs to break out of the rut set by 3G hype

  26-04-2023 13:42
  At a recent 6G conference, the need to even have another specified generation of mobile technology was called into question.
  The event was run by telecoms news site 6G World and hosted by the University of Surrey, at its 6G Innovation Centre, with the theme being ‘beyond the hype’. While it’s a tad premature to talk of 6G hype at this early stage in the cycle, when 5G is still struggling to find its feet, it was a laudable aim, especially for an organisation that has hitched it
  
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• Telia to offload Danish operation for £742 million

  26-04-2023 13:35
  After nearly three decades in Denmark, Telia is heading for the exit.
  The Sweden-based telco group on Tuesday agreed to sell 100% of Telia Denmark’s operations and network assets to local electricity, broadband and TV provider Norlys for DKK6.25 billion (£742.7 million). It’s an all-cash deal with a valuation equivalent to 8.9 times Telia Denmark’s 2022 reported EBITDA. As market exits go, this looks like a quick and clean one.
  “Telia’s strategy is to focus on
  
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• AST SpaceMobile and major telcos make smartphone call via space

  26-04-2023 13:26
  AST SpaceMobile has successfully carried out a direct voice call between the US and Japan, via its LEO satellite constellation, using standard smartphones.
  It’s the standard smartphones bit that makes this story noteworthy. AST SpaceMobile says it’s a world first; that is, it’s the first time anyone has made a direct voice connection from space to unmodified cellular devices.
  The company worked with some of its big name mobile operator partners to achieve the feat. The first ca
  
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• VMO2 buddies up with Telefónica Tech for UK cloud and security push

  26-04-2023 13:02
  UK operator VMO2 is now flogging B2B cloud and security products in the UK courtesy of a partnership with Telefónica Tech.
  On the acronym heavy new cloud and security menu are: Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Private Cloud Hosting and Managed Detection and Response (MDR) security services. This is in addition to some existing cloud networking Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) and cloud security Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) products it
  
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• LNER launches the Carolean Express train service

  26-04-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Next Saturday will see London North Eastern Railway (LNER) launching a newly named service to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III.
  (c) LNER
  From 6th May, the daily 11am service between London King’s Cross and Edinburgh Waverley will be called the ‘Carolean Express’, with the inaugural service departing on the day of the Coronation.
  The Carolean Express will join formal service names such as ‘Highland Chieftain’ and ‘Northern Lights’ which are da
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Princes Circus, WC1

  26-04-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A rather shabby pavement space in central London has been turned into a pocket park, with loads more planting and softer wooden seating replacing an ugly brick slab that used to dominate the area.This is Princes Circus, a name that few people know applies to this patch of land which was once an isolated triangle-shaped roundabout, but later had one side pedestrianised, and now has had the other side pedestrianised as well.
  What dominated the area though was a low concrete and brick slab of a str
  
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• Ongoing telco supply chain issues boost circular economy

  26-04-2023 01:01
  Equipment shortages are still plaguing operators, reportedly prompting them to turn to refurbished kit.
  This is according to a survey published on Tuesday by TXO. It’s important to point out straight away that one of the areas this company specialises in is refurbished network equipment. Ergo, drawing attention to supply chain issues and positing refurbished kit as a solution is well and truly in its interest.
  Nevertheless, disruption to the supply chain continues to be a very real concern
  
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