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• Vodafone launches dedicated healthcare division

  24-05-2023 18:19
  Operator Vodafone has announced Vodafone in Health – a new division designed to ‘accelerate the use of technology in healthcare.’
  Vodafone in Health is intended to be a ‘trusted advisor to the health sector’ and will work in partnership with it to develop technology products and ‘support the delivery of better patient outcomes.’ Which is a rather robotic turn of phrase which presumably means patients getting better quicker and more often.
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• Design Museum takes an offbeat look at a revitalised sari

  24-05-2023 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  An exhibition has opened taking a look at a garment worn by hundreds of millions of people, but one whose heritage might be less familiar to most of us — the sari.The sari is conventionally a single piece of unstitched cloth, but what turns it into a garment is the way that it’s draped around the body. What the exhibition shows though is how from such a simple form, multitudes of designs have emerged and the sari has become a rich canvas for experimentation by Indian designers.
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• South Korean operators fined for 5G falsehoods

  24-05-2023 16:40
  The South Korean government has imposed fines on the country’s three mobile network operators for publishing inflated claims about the capabilities of their 5G services.
  The Korean Fair Trade Commission on Wednesday announced that in its view SK Telecom, KT Corp and LG U+ have “falsely exaggerated or deceptively advertised” the speed of 5G services, including their own offerings, and as such it is slapping them with a financial penalty.
  The size of the fines is not huge, totall
  
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• Brent Cross West station gears up for Autumn opening with new station signs

  24-05-2023 15:45 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The construction of the new Brent Cross West station on the Thameslink line in north London reached a new milestone this week when the external signs were installed, signalling the future opening of the station, which is expected in autumn this year.
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  The new is being built about halfway between Cricklewood and Hendon stations and is tied in with a large housing development taking place in the area. When it opens, it will connect passengers from
  
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• Altnets lament Ofcom’s approval of Openreach price cuts

  24-05-2023 14:22
  UK telco watchdog Ofcom has agreed to let BT’s network arm Openreach proceed with its wholesale price changes.
  Under its Equinox 2 pricing regime, retail ISPs will get cheaper access to Openreach’s FTTP products in return for committing to longer-term contracts. Ofcom’s approval of the new tariff structure comes as something of a surprise, because after initially appearing to be in favour of it, the regulator then delayed its decision, saying it wanted more time to carry out a
  
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• Iliad Italia attracts 10 million customers in five years

  24-05-2023 13:26
  Iliad’s mobile customer base in Italy has passed the 10 million mark, almost five years after the telco first launched operations.
  The operator this week announced it had reached doubled figures just days shy of its fifth anniversary on 29 May. While that figure is in itself worth noting, it also reflects a big shift in the Italian mobile market over that same period, triggered by the arrival of the French disruptor.
  Iliad has racked up a 12.2% share of the Italian mobile market in its fiv
  
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• Twitter’s evolution into a major streaming platform continues

  24-05-2023 13:18
  Social media service Twitter is rapidly becoming a major video and audio streaming platform, following a string of significant announcements.
  The most high-profile of them was the news that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis intends to officially launch his bid to run for US President in a discussion with Twitter owner Elon Musk, broadcast on Twitter’s ‘Spaces’ audio steaming service later today. The underlying significance of this is the apparent calculation by DeSantis, who is con
  
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• The Wicker Man returns to the cinemas for the Summer Solstice

  24-05-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The summer solstice will be a special one this year, as a restored version of the Wicker Man will be returning to the cinemas.
  Widely regarded as one of the best British horror films, The Wicker Man very nearly sank into obscurity shortly after being made. The story concerns a devout Christian police officer’s journey to a remote Scottish island to investigate the case of a missing child. He instead finds a community that has renounced Christianity in favour of pagan fertility rites.
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• WBA proposes simplifying wifi architecture

  24-05-2023 12:44
  Wifi industry body the Wireless Broadband Alliance has put forward proposals for a single operator-managed wifi architecture, instead of the multiple versions currently in play.
  Operator managed wifi appears to be a term which does what it says on the tin – wifi which is managed by an operator. What’s being proposed is a framework that will combine multiple standards to streamline wifi data collection, wifi management, configuration, and optimization of home networks.
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• Ofcom allows BT’s Openreach to lower prices despite fierce pushback

  24-05-2023 10:11
  New model for clients including Sky, TalkTalk and Vodafone not a threat to competition, regulator says
  
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• Discover Chiswick House and Gardens

  24-05-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A high wall punched with occasional doors leads to a large public garden and park with a remarkable house.This is Chiswick House and Gardens, a large estate that’s not just an interesting place to visit today, but also the place where grand English gardens changed direction from formal to informal layouts.
  Although managed by a trust, the site is split in ownership between Hounslow Council and English Heritage, and most of the landscaped gardens are free to visit.
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