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• Nokia says legacy systems are holding operators back from deploying AI

  17-08-2023 18:02
  A report commissioned by kit vendor Nokia claims operators are unable to effectively deploy AI ‘because they are using legacy systems with proprietary interfaces.’
  The report – conducted by Analysys Mason and based on responses from 84 operators – claims that operators cannot access high-quality data sets due to legacy systems with proprietary interfaces, and that ‘this will restrict how quickly they can integrate AI into their networks.’
  Half of ‘Tier-1
  
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• Tower Bridge to “stay open” throughout the Bank Holiday Weekend

  17-08-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Tower Bridge will be closed, and open, at the same time over the Bank Holiday Weekend, as the bascules will be left in the upright position for several days. That means it’s closed to road and pedestrian traffic for the whole weekend, but does give people the chance to see the bridge in an unusual “open” position for longer than usual.Now, while that is obviously very annoying for people trying to cross the bridge — it’s an exceptional opportunity for photographers
  
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• T-Mobile US and Verizon look set to beat FWA target

  17-08-2023 16:00
  Fixed wireless access is by far the fastest growing broadband technology in the US and its main proponents, T-Mobile US and Verizon, look set to beat their medium-term subscriber targets, new analyst data suggests.
  Second quarter figures from Leichtman Research Group show that T-Mobile US and Verizon together recorded 893,000 customer net additions for their 5G-based fixed wireless access (FWA) services in the three months to the end of June. T-Mobile is the stronger of the two with more than ha
  
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• How telecom SaaS can play a meaningful role in supporting ESG goals

  17-08-2023 14:04
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Maria Azada, SaaS Portfolio Business Strategy and Management Director, Cloud and Network Services at Nokia looks at how SaaS can help with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals.
  Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations have gained significant traction in all business areas, including the telecom space.
  While a general focus has tended to b
  
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• BT offloading 1000 phone boxes to communities for a quid each

  17-08-2023 13:48
  As the UK’s famous red phone box turns 100 next year, UK telco group BT is encouraging communities to repurpose another 1000 of them for things such as defibrillator stations and micro-art galleries.
  BT began the Adopt a Kiosk programme in 2008, in which communities, parish councils and registered charities can repurpose redundant phone boxes for the modest fee of £1. Since then more than 7,200 phone boxes have been snapped up and turned into things ranging from the practical, such a
  
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• Evidence of AI bias mounts

  17-08-2023 13:15
  Another study has identified distinct political bias in one of the major large language models used to inform generative AI chatbots.
  Academics from the UK and Brazil collaborated to interrogate ChatGPT with several sets of questions: some of which instructed the chatbot to answer in a way that impersonates people from a certain part of the political spectrum and then a control, asking the same questions but with no bias requested. This methodology led them to conclude that Chat GPT is biased to
  
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• A swarm of golden swallows lands on the side of Mayfair building

  17-08-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  A decorative gold screen of birds in flight has appeared on the side of a grand Mayfair building in recent weeks.
  Called Swarm, it’s a new artwork by Alison Wilding RA OBE commissioned to go on the side of a building that has been both the USA Embassy and the Canadian High Commission and is now a block of flats.The artwork takes the form of a decorative metal screen mounted over a niche formed by a blank window in the central bay of the Grosvenor Street façade. Where the fencing use
  
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• Adtran and Nokia make more kit in America for BEAD

  17-08-2023 11:07
  Adtran and Nokia are both shouting about their plans to make more fibre-optic equipment in the US as they seek to capitalise on the country’s BEAD programme.
  Adtran announced that it will expand manufacturing at its plant in Huntsville, Alabama, to meet the growing demand for telecoms equipment produced in the domestic market. It said it will invest up to US$5 million and could create as many as 300 jobs in the process.
  While that might not seem like a huge sum in the context of the teleco
  
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• London Underground ticket barriers get Lionesses football makeover

  17-08-2023 11:04 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  London Underground has joined in the growing excitement over this weekend’s football World Cup final, with special messages on some of their ticket barriers.Added to the contactless tap pads on the ticket barriers, there are several different messages:Tap. Pay. Rooaar!
  Tap. Pay.  Bring it home
  Tap. Pay. Gooooal!They’re sponsored by Google, and Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that the production costs for the stickers were covered by Google Pay as part of their ongoing l
  
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• Intel cancels $5.4 billion Tower takeover

  17-08-2023 10:47
  US chip giant Intel has terminated its planned acquisition of Israeli chip manufacturer Tower Semiconductor, citing delays to obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals.
  The finger is being pointed firmly at China.
  According to Reuters, Chinese antitrust authorities were slow to clear the $5.4 billion deal, causing Intel and Tower to miss deadlines set out in the takeover agreement. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger reportedly met personally with Chinese officials, visiting them last month in an effort
  
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• The boat benches of Lambeth’s White Hart Dock

  17-08-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Not far from Lambeth Palace is an old relic of industrial times, and a load of boat-shaped benches dotted around it. This is an old riverside dock that was built to support local industry, and after falling into decay was restored and gained the boat benches.Called White Hart Dock, although it was often known as Doulton’s Dock thanks to being next to the Doulton pottery factory. However, the name does seem to have been formally White Hart Dock after river access in the area known in the 18
  
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