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• How network connectivity and the metaverse will shape the future

  15-05-2023 19:05
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Niall Norton, Amdocs General Manager & Amdocs Networks Division President, explores how the metaverse is likely to evolve.
  We’ve already seen bumps in the economy this year, and many expect these to continue throughout the second half of the year and beyond. So where will network technologies fit in the big picture?
  In the macroeconomy environment, com
  
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• EQT deal values Wind Tre networks biz at €3.4 billion

  15-05-2023 17:10
  Wind Tre has formally announced that it is partnering with EQT Infrastructure to create a new networks company with an enterprise value of €3.4 billion.
  The Italian operator’s plan to spin off its network operations and sell a chunk to private equity firm EQT has been in the works for some time and has already made headlines due to the depth of opposition expressed by the country’s major trade unions. But the telco has now made a formal announcement on the matter – includi
  
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• London Underground criticised after track worker hit by train

  15-05-2023 16:40 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  London Underground has been criticised after a trackside worker was hit by a Metropolitan line train while she was working on the railway between Chalfont & Latimer and Chesham stations last April.
  Site of the accident – source RAIB report
  A post-accident report published today by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) found that the track worker, who was a lookout for approaching trains had not been given sufficient training about the site hazards.
  The accident took place at 9:
  
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• A visit to Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare

  15-05-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Not far from Hampton Court Palace can be found a small temple, created by the actor David Garrick to honour William Shakespeare, and is said to be the world’s only dedicated shrine to Shakespeare. It’s pretty small, there’s not a lot to see, it’s only open occasionally, and is a bit of a pain to get to — so naturally I had to visit it.David Garrick was a hugely successful actor and theatre manager who pioneered modern acting, getting away from melodramatic and bomba
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Threedafone, chips and digital media

  15-05-2023 14:12
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Threedafone, chips and digital media
  
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• Consultation opens to create cycle lanes on Kensington High Street

  15-05-2023 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Kensington and Chelsea council has opened a consultation to create cycle lanes on Fulham Road and Kensington High Street, but they will be advisory only — not the partially segregated cycle lanes that were removed in 2021.
  The painted lanes being proposed by the council would be marked out with a broken painted line and would measure 1.5m in width, and the proposals cover Addison Road to Earl’s Court Road and Kensington Palace Gardens to Queen’s Gate in Kensington High Street.
  
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• South Korea cancels SKT’s 28 GHz 5G licence

  15-05-2023 13:38
  South Korea has withdrawn SK Telecom’s licence to operate 5G services in the 28 GHz band, the telco having failed to meet its rollout requirements.
  The Ministry of Science and ICT announced its decision to pull the licence on Friday, but the move has been a fair while coming. The operator’s major rivals KT Corp and LG U+ had their 28 GHz licences cancelled last year for the same reason, but SKT held on to its concession by the skin of its teeth and escaped with a warning.
  Now, six mo
  
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• Zain and Omantel form international wholesale JV

  15-05-2023 13:19
  Kuwait-based Zain and Omantel want to compete with the UAE as a regional telecoms and IT powerhouse.
  The two operators on Sunday announced they will form a new joint venture called Zain Omantel International (ZOI), which will offer a range of wholesale services aimed at both regional and international telcos, as well as cloud and content providers.
  The venture will manage Zain and Omantel’s respective wholesale businesses, making them more efficient as well as competitive. It will be led b
  
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• Further digital media chaos as Vice files for bankruptcy

  15-05-2023 13:16
  As another digital content pioneer fights for its life, the future of the sector seems more uncertain than ever.
  Vice Media, a cutting-edge digital media group once valued at $5.7 billion, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ahead of a presumed sale to some of its lenders. This marks just the latest reverse for the digital publishing, following the closure of Buzzfeed News last month, indicating severe challenges for any business that relies on major digital distribution platforms such as Google
  
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• Three large scale models of London to enjoy

  15-05-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Three large scale models of London that have usually been in three different buildings can currently be seen together in one room.
  The largest of the three is the huge scale model of central London, covering roughly zones 1-3 on the travelcard, and is the one that many people will have seen at the Building Centre over the years, or more recently at temporary sites in King’s Cross and Stratford.There’s also a model that’s always been open to the public, but not many people knew
  
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• VMO2 has eliminated 50 ‘not spots’ in rural UK

  15-05-2023 11:52
  A village in the Scottish Highlands called Helmsdale became the 50th rural site to be plugged into the VMO2 4G network following a campaign of mast upgrades.
  The upgrades are part of ‘The Shared Rural Network’, a scheme being carried out by all the UK operators (VMO2, EE, Three and Vodafone) backed with Government cash, with the mission of improving rural connectivity – in other words getting rid of countryside not spots.
  For its part VMO2 has brought 50 rural sites into t
  
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• London’s Alleys: Bucklersbury Passage, EC2

  15-05-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a modern alley that passes through a controversial building and is named after a family that owned land in the area some 900 years agoBucklersbury Passage passes through the middle of No 1 Poultry, the postmodernist cluster of a building next to the Bank of England that replaced the much loved neo-gothic Mappin and Webb building on the corner.
  The Mappin and Web building actually occupied only about two-thirds of the site that’s now filled by No 1 Poultry, as there was a side road
  
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