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• Where to watch Wimbledon 2023 on outdoor screens

  23-06-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  During the Wimbledon fortnight, a number of screens are set up across London so people can watch the balls bouncing between bats on a larger screen. Be aware that seats tend to get grabbed fast for the big matches, as you might expect, but you’ll often be able to sit on the floor/grass, so bring a rug.
  And don’t forget that outside of the Wimbledon fortnight, the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club offers regular guided tours of the Wimbledon tennis grounds and museum.Canary W
  
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• Vodafone almost ready to decide on Spain sale

  23-06-2023 17:01
  Vodafone has hired advisors to help it make a decision on whether or not to sell its operations in Spain, and we should know the outcome within a few months.
  So says Spanish newspaper Expansion, which quotes unnamed sources as saying that the telco is working with various external advisors, including Morgan Stanley and Garrigues, to examine the various strategic alternatives for Vodafone Spain.
  The paper’s sources said that Vodafone will make a decision after the summer, so we’re pro
  
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• EE bolsters network with temporary masts for summer events

  23-06-2023 17:01
  UK operator EE is performing 125 network upgrades on temporary 4G and 5G masts to give venues some extra connectivity juice during busy events this summer.
  Network congestion can happen when mobile sites are hit with a surge of people trying to connect at once – so the idea is throwing up some temporary extra masts should allow for better download speeds and more reliable coverage during big sporting and music events.
  Seven additional masts have been installed around the 900-acre site at G
  
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• EE bolsters network with temporary masts for Glastonbury and other summer events

  23-06-2023 17:01
  UK operator EE is performing 125 network upgrades on temporary 4G and 5G masts to give venues some extra connectivity juice during busy events this summer.
  Network congestion can happen when mobile sites are hit with a surge of people trying to connect at once – so the idea is throwing up some temporary extra masts should allow for better download speeds and more reliable coverage during big sporting and music events.
  Seven additional masts have been installed around the 900-acre site at G
  
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• Tickets Alert: Visit the UK’s largest particle accelerator – the Diamond Light Source

  23-06-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  In the countryside not far from Didcot can be found a stunning flying saucer of a building, which also happens to house a large particle accelerator, and they open it a few times a year to the public for free tours.
  (c) Diamond Light Source
  Known as a synchrotron, it’s a large particle accelerator, but rather than smashing atoms together to study them, as is done at CERN, here they are used to generate powerful light beams that can be used to study the inside of materials.
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• British Army opts for wifi with five-year BT deal

  23-06-2023 13:24
  UK incumbent BT has bagged a wifi deal with the British Army that paves the way for what it calls ‘smart bases’.
  The multi-million-pound contract will see BT Business deploy managed wifi networks – which it refers to in this case as MOD Wi-Fi – at 162 sites. Access points will be installed in every building, including offices, hangars, training facilities, and workshops. Accommodation, recreation and mess halls, dining areas and sports facilities will also all get MOD Wi-
  
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• Vodafone UK heralds the arrival of ‘5G Ultra’

  23-06-2023 13:14
  The switch-on of standalone 5G in some parts of the country is being branded as 5G Ultra by Vodafone UK.
  Explaining something as technical as 5G SA to the average punter is no small task. But what’s the point of going to all the trouble and expense of rolling out ‘proper’ 5G if your customers don’t understand or appreciate how much you’re doing for them? Of course, few normies know or care about standalone vs non-standalone, so more simplified nomenclature is called
  
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• Sale on Heathers The Musical tickets

  23-06-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Heathers The Musical, based on the 1988 cult hit, has returned to London to The Other Palace for a limited season, and there’s a flash sale on ticket prices at the moment.Greetings, salutations. Welcome to Westerberg High, where Veronica Sawyer is just another of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true. Until JD turns up, the myste
  
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• TIM picks KKR for networks deal, but it’s not over yet

  23-06-2023 10:37
  TIM is to enter into exclusive negotiations with KKR over the sale of its network assets, the private equity company having submitted a higher offer than rival bidders CDP Equity and Macquarie.
  The Italian incumbent announced on Thursday evening that its board of directors had examined the final offers from both parties and given CEO Pietro Labriola the nod to broker a final deal with KKR. The board wants the deal hammered out as soon as possible; it wants a “conclusive and binding offer&r
  
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• Science Museum encouraging people into engineering with new exhibition

  23-06-2023 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A new gallery has opened at the Science Museum that seeks to dispel some of the myths about engineers and encourage people to consider being an inventor as a career.There is a recognised problem with engineering today in that it’s very hard for a young person to see it in action around them. In the past, machines were big and their actions were visible. They were functional and you could be fascinated by how they function.
  Thankfully, machines and tools are now much smaller and more powerf
  
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• KKR’s €22.5bn Telecom Italia offer gets tested

  23-06-2023 06:01 via ft.com
  Plus, a German tech entrepreneur cashes in and Singapore’s GIC bolsters its bets on US private assets
  
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