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• De Morgan’s gold drawings glisten at Leighton House

  02-08-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you head to a side street in Kensington, you’ll find a small room filled with golden drawings that haven’t been seen for over 130 years, all by the pre-raphaelite artist, Evelyn De Morgan.
  And they’re a visual feast glowing in this small dark room.If the name of the artist sounds familiar, she’s the wife of the ceramist William De Morgan, whose work pops up occasionally on Antiques Roadshow, but his wife was as important an artist as he was a ceramicist.
  Evelyn De Morg
  
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• 5G standalone growth stagnates

  02-08-2023 19:00
  The number of operators investing in standalone 5G networks globally is growing at a snail’s pace, newly published market statistics show.
  This is perhaps something of a concern for an industry searching for the right formula for the monetisation of hefty 5G investments; without 5G SA, operators’ opportunities are limited to faster mobile data speeds.
  That’s not to say there is no 5G SA out there, of course. The latest numbers from the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA)
  
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• T-Mobile launches network slicing beta for video

  02-08-2023 18:25
  US operator T-Mobile has launched a 5G SA network slicing beta for developers initially focused on giving video calling apps a shot in the arm.
  The pitch is that developers can create better versions of their video applications through the network slicing beta, and T-Mobile plans to expand it to additional application types and use cases in the future.
  This is useful, argues the operator, since data traffic on video calling apps has increased dramatically over the last few years as remote workin
  
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• David Hockney has painted Harry Styles for the National Portrait Gallery

  02-08-2023 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  An exhibition of recent portraits by David Hockney will be going on display later this year at the recently reopened National Portrait Gallery, including the headline portrait of Harry Styles.
  David Hockney Painting Harry Styles, (With Portrait of Clive Davis), Normandy Studio, 1st June 2022. Photo: Jean-Pierre Gonçalves de Lima.
  The exhibition will explore the artist’s work over the last six decades, with the addition of new portraits – depicting friends and visitors to Hockn
  
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• See Doctor Who: The Five Doctors on the big screen

  02-08-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The 20th anniversary special Doctor Who: The Five Doctors will be shown on the big screen at the BFI Southbank in September, and tickets go on sale next week.
  (c) BBC Studios
  The special feature-length episode was the first of the multi-doctor stories since the Three Doctors in 1972, with Peter Davidson as the lead Doctor.
  Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee reprised their roles as the Second and Third Doctors, respectively. Richard Hurndall portrayed the First Doctor, as the character’s ori
  
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• Customer support 2.0: Elevate your service to new heights

  02-08-2023 15:46
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  This white paper details how broadband and telecom providers can drastically improve their customer support, from arming contact center teams with the tools necessary to succeed to driving digital adoption and satisfaction among customers. This article highlights the current cha
  
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• E& in €2.5 billion Eastern Europe entry

  02-08-2023 13:54
  E& has brokered a deal worth up to €2.5 billion that will see it take control of PPF Group’s telecoms operations in four markets in Eastern Europe.
  The United Arab Emirates-based company revealed a month ago that it was in talks with PPF Group regarding a possible strategic collaboration. Now it has confirmed that talks were fruitful and that the partnership will involve it buying into the investment group’s services and infrastructure businesses.
  Specifically, e& will t
  
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• Paula Rego’s enchanting mural finds a temporary home in the National Gallery

  02-08-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A large mural commissioned by the National Gallery for a specific location is currently on display in the wrong location, but for the right reason.In 1990, the National Gallery appointed the Portugese born but London resident artist, Paula Rego as their first Associate Artist, with her own studio within the gallery with a fairly broad remit to “do something”. Inspired by religious painting by the fifteenth-century artist, Carlo Crivelli, she created her own vastly larger reinterpreta
  
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• Veon eyes Open RAN for Ukraine rebuild

  02-08-2023 12:52
  Kyivstar parent Veon has brought in Rakuten Symphony to assist with the reconstruction of its infrastructure in Ukraine.
  To support the Ukrainian State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure’s ‘We Build Ukraine’ initiative, the two firms have signed an MoU under which they have agreed to work on rolling out Open RAN-based 5G networks that Veon says will underpin a new generation of digital services.
  Veon, which operates in six markets in total, announced in
  
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• VMO2 launches ‘plug-and-play’ 5G SA private network

  02-08-2023 12:23
  UK operator VMO2 has launched what it claims is the first portable commercial 5G Standalone private network.
  The pitch is that companies can set up a 5G SA private network ‘at the flick of a switch’ without the time and expense of getting engineers in to build one out in the traditional way.
  As well as the convenience of an easier installations, the operator says the product’s compact nature can pipe in 5G connectivity in rural locations or places where public network access to
  
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• The Strongest Link WWII sculpture

  02-08-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A large statue of a WWII pilot watching the skies has appeared outside Biggin Hill airport in southeast London.The sculpture was constructed from 223 layers of stainless steel that have been stacked on top of each other to form the image of the nameless WWII pilot, who would have been based at Biggin Hill when it was an RAF base.
  The garden around it and the statue and designed by John Everiss to honour the former RAF base’s role as ‘The Strongest Link’ in the Battle of Britain
  
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• UK in danger of falling behind on 5G network rollout, analysts warn

  02-08-2023 05:00
  Expansion of high-speed mobile networks hit by factors including limited investment and disruption from ban on Huawei kit
  
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• UK in danger of falling behind on 5G, analysts warn

  02-08-2023 05:00
  Rollout of high-speed mobile networks has been hit by several factors including limited investment by companies
  
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