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• TfL orders more DLR trains to support more house building

  03-07-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Transport for London (TfL) has taken up an option to buy an extra 11 DLR trains, to go alongside the 43 trains that were ordered in 2019. This will mean a total of 54 new trains will be introduced to the DLR, with the first expected to start carrying passengers next year.
  (c) TfL
  Most train orders come with an option to increase the order for the same price per train if exercised within a set time limit. TfL has now done that.
  The additional eleven DLR trains have been funded by the Government&r
  
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• India’s richest man launches $12 internet-connected phone

  03-07-2023 17:58 via ft.com
  Mukesh Ambani unveils latest disruption by Facebook and Google-backed Reliance Jio
  
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• Orange and ASN start major new Mediterranean subsea cable system

  03-07-2023 17:22
  Communication links between Africa and Europe are set to improve one the construction of a major new subsea cable system is complete.
  The new network, which will connect multiple locations in North Africa and Southern Europe, is named Medusa, after independent submarine infrastructure operator that is partnering with Orange and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to build and run it. Medusa will cover a total distance of 8,700 kilometres, which will make it the longest cable in the Mediterranean Se
  
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• E&’s European push continues with PPF talks

  03-07-2023 16:58
  E& confirmed on Monday that it is holding talks over a possible strategic collaboration with PPF Group, a move that would further cement its plans to push into new European markets.
  The United Arab Emirates-based telecoms group did not give a lot away in its statement to the Abu Dhabi stock exchange, other than to say that talks are in the early stages and that it will update the market if and when there are any developments, but that will not stop a flurry of speculation as to its expansion
  
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• Wellcome Collection considering moving from Euston

  03-07-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The large Wellcome Collection in Euston may need to move to a new location, as it investigates the cost of upgrading their current buildings to become climate neutral.
  Wellcome Collection building lit up in green in support of Mental Health Awareness Week, Thomas SG Farnetti. Source: Wellcome Collection.
  The Wellcome Trust, the medical charity that runs the public venue and its own offices next door has set itself a target of reaching net zero for its UK scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030. Scope 1
  
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• Advancing 5G

  03-07-2023 14:46
  Whether it be 5G-SA deployments or initial NSA network rollouts, efforts and investments into 5G are poised to continue.This survey report provides first-hand insights from industry professionals into the current state of 5G standalone, the challenges to deploy it, and how to monetise services to drive better return on investment.
  It also shares insights on what the newly emerging vendor partnership models in 5G core are, what are the best ways to disseminate information and learnings, and what
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Orange, NokiaHat and politics

  03-07-2023 14:31
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Orange, NokiaHat and politics
  
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• Rarely seen Holbein sketches from the Tudor Court to go on display

  03-07-2023 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A series of portraits of the Tudor court by Hans Holbein the Younger that are rarely seen in public will go on display later this year.
  The drawings, which are rarely seen in order to preserve them, were created during personal sittings with the subject in preparation for portraits that Holbein was to go on to paint later on, sometimes very much later on. Quite how they ended up in the Royal Collection isn’t clear, but they were probably acquired by Henry VIII at the artist’s death.
  
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• NBN watches on as Telstra inks Starlink deal

  03-07-2023 13:50
  Australian incumbent Telstra has revealed plans to offer phone and broadband connectivity via SpaceX’s Starlink network.
  The telco said on Monday that it plans to launch bundled services later this year targeted at both the consumer and business segments – the latter will also have the option to purchase a higher-bandwidth package. Telstra currently relies on various access technologies to connect those hard to reach places, including mobile, copper, radio, and NBN’s wholesale
  
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• China accuses US of undermining international trade over Dutch ASML export controls

  03-07-2023 13:43
  The Dutch government has imposed new export controls on the advanced chip manufacturing tools uniquely made by ASML.
  While China isn’t specifically named in the ASML announcement regarding the restrictions, it seems fair to assume that is the country they will mainly apply to. Similarly, the US doesn’t get a mention, but since its strategy of starving China of the means to buy or produce its own advanced chips is well established, you don’t have to be the most extreme conspirac
  
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• CityFibre bags £318 million in Project Gigabit funding

  03-07-2023 13:08
  UK altnet CityFibre has secured £318 million worth of public funding to help it roll out fibre to 218,000 UK homes and businesses.
  The full fibre specialist bagged three funding awards under the government’s Project Gigabit, which will – eventually – spend £5 billion to hook up hard-to-reach areas to high-speed broadband. The three contracts cover Norfolk, Suffolk and Hampshire, and also require CityFibre to commit some of its own cash: £171 million in total,
  
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• Lengthy closures of the Bakerloo line and London Overground in July and August

  03-07-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Due to engineering works, there will be several weeks of closures on the Bakerloo line and the London Underground from late July through to late August. There will also be fewer services running on the rest of the Bakerloo line between Elephant & Castle and Queen’s Park during the closure as they won’t be able to use one of their depots, meaning the trains stored there are unavailable.
  Section of tube map showing affected areas (c) TfL
  Network Rail says that closing sections of t
  
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• London’s Alleys: Thavies Inn, EC1

  03-07-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a courtyard space hidden behind a fairly distinctive building at Holborn Circus, which will soon not be there.The area is likely named after John Thavie, a local armour maker who lived in the area in the middle of thre 14th century. In his will, he left a considerable sum of money and land to the nearby church of St Andrews, and the charity set up by that bequest still exists today, as the St Andrew Church Foundation.
  There is considerable confusion about the land, which may, or may not,
  
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