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• Ericsson unveils new 5G software designed for low complexity devices

  19-06-2023 17:59
  Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has announced some new RAN software that it claims will make 5G SA networks better suited to a wider range of uses.
  It’s called RedCap, which is short for Reduced Capability. Why you could be forgiven for wondering why you would want to reduce the capability of a network, this software is designed to accommodate devices that require minimal bandwidth. It looks like RedCap will help those devices use as little energy as possible and thus extend their battery life
  
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• Tickets Alert: A military musical spectacular in Horseguards parade

  19-06-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Each year, a few weeks after the Trooping the Colour, the centre of London sees another mass grouping of military and music, with fireworks.
  (c) The Household Division
  Featuring the Massed Bands of the Household Division, Massed Pipes and Drums alongside The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery with their First World War- era 13-pounder guns, the horses and firework finale will deliver an evening of sound and colour.
  Celebrating The Coronation of King Charles III and commemorating the music
  
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• Comcast drafts Apple, Nvidia, Valve for low latency cable trial

  19-06-2023 15:59
  US cableco Comcast has brought in some heavy hitters to take part in its trial of low latency DOCSIS (LLD).
  LLD has existed since 2019. It was developed by non-profit R&D outfit CableLabs, and is based on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)’s Low Latency Low Loss Scalable Throughput (L4S) standards, which specify a particular method for how networks process data packets originating from latency-sensitive applications.
  App developers that support L4S can mark their data traffic a
  
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• Hyperoptic sheds 110 jobs in strategic rejig

  19-06-2023 13:53
  UK altnet Hyperoptic is laying off 5% of its workforce as it moves to refocus on regions that offer the best opportunities for customer acquisition.
  The news was first reported by the Telegraph late last week, then directly confirmed by Hyperoptic. “In support of our continued growth at Hyperoptic, we have refocused around 40 employees on customer-facing engineering roles, and are proposing to make around 110 redundancies in the UK as we increase our focus on areas that offer us the greate
  
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• Railway overtime ban announced by train drivers union

  19-06-2023 13:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  There is likely to be disruption to trains during the first week of July as train drivers will refuse to work overtime.Many of the train companies are dependent to some degree on train drivers offering to work overtime to fill gaps in the timetables. However, unlike say a national strike where you know there will or won’t be trains on a set day, an overtime ban could affect services at random times, causing confusion for passengers for the whole week.
  The overtime ban is being called by AS
  
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• KPN buys fibre network

  19-06-2023 13:24
  KPN has announced the acquisition of a fibre network covering some major urban centres, a move that will help accelerate growth of its already broad footprint.
  The Dutch incumbent said it will buy Primevest Capital Partners’ fibre infrastructure, but declined to share how much it will pay for the privilege. It’s probably not a massive deal, given that the network covers just 127,000 homes, but given that the seller is a Netherlands-based investment firm, there is doubtless some sort
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Threedafone, Huawei, and private networks

  19-06-2023 13:15
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Threedafone, Huawei, and private networks
  
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• VMO2 adds Nokia to its cloud RAN roster

  19-06-2023 13:03
  Virgin Media O2 has extended its RAN deal with Nokia as part of an ongoing overhaul of its mobile networks.
  Announced on Monday, the three-year contract covers southern parts of the UK, including London, and will see Nokia supply kit from its AirScale portfolio, including its Single RAN solution that enables one base station to simultaneously operate the telco’s 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G networks.
  Nokia will also supply its Habrok massive MIMO radios and AirScale Baseband and Interleaved Passive A
  
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• The Holborn Void is finally being filled in

  19-06-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A curious gap between buildings on High Holborn that’s been there since at least 2008 is about to be filled in at long last.Officially known as 294-295 High Holborn, to the east is Lincoln House, and to the west is Celcon House. There had been a small ground floor shop and three floors of offices above the front of the shop, leaving the back empty, but for well over a decade it’s been an empty gap between the two office blocks.
  The site was owned by the London County Council in the 1
  
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• Telstra signs deal with OneWeb to connect Australia’s remote areas

  19-06-2023 12:30
  Australian operator Telstra and satellite firm OneWeb have signed a deal that promises to deliver ‘one of the world’s largest rollouts’ of its LEO backhaul for a commercial mobile network.
  After a period of testing the firms are set to begin moving hundreds of existing remote mobile base stations currently using satellite backhaul to OneWeb’s LEO solution this year. Telstra will also make use of OneWeb LEO satellites for future sites where satellite backhaul is preferable
  
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• Tracey Emin’s bronze doors unveiled at National Portrait Gallery, celebrating women through portraits

  19-06-2023 10:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The doors to art galleries are portals to wonders within, but rarely are they a work of art in themselves. The reopening National Portrait Gallery has changed that by commissioning Tracey Emin to design three large bronze doors, and she has decorated them with portraits of women.
  The women on the doors are there to counterbalance the sculpted roundels of notable men that were carved into the building’s stone façade when the gallery was originally opened in 1856.
  The Doors (2023) by
  
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• London’s Alleys: All Souls’ Place, W1

  19-06-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a narrow alley that sits right next to the main entrance to the BBC’s Broadcasting House, and there’s some unexpected art and heritage down here.The alley is roughly 200 years old, as it owes its origins to the construction of Regent Street to the south. However, it nearly didn’t exist, as the area looked very different when the fields around here started being developed. A block of housing to the south of the church appears in John Roque’s map of 1746, which was
  
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