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• Westminster Council approves Oxford Street revamp, paving the way for wider pavements and less clutter

  12-09-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Plans to improve Oxford Street have been approved by Westminster Council, with work likely to start late next year.
  (c) Westminster Council
  However, the plans are only partially funded and subject to funding coming from local businesses. The council has approved an initial £7.7 million of the estimated £50 million cost and will be looking for up to £25 million from the businesses in the area.
  The plans will not see the street pedestrianised, as that long talked about intention
  
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• How can telcos overcome the barriers to MDU fibre installations?

  12-09-2023 18:59
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Andy Wells, Founder and COO of Complete Fibre, explores best practice when it comes to installing fibre in multi dwelling units.
  Project Gigabit, the government’s ambitious £5 billion plan to extend fibre optic broadband to hard-to-reach properties, underscores the value placed on digital inclusion. Rightly so. Having reliable, high-speed internet is
  
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• Proximus tests out drone-based stock checking

  12-09-2023 17:26
  Belgian incumbent Proximus thinks 5G connected drones offer numerous benefits to warehouse managers when it comes to keeping tabs on inventory.
  It has developed a test version of a solution that enables a drone to fly around inside a warehouse and use AI-based machine vision technology to identify various different products. The information it gathers is then sent via 5G to the warehouse manager, enabling them to keep track of stock levels in real time.
  Proximus is working with India-based techn
  
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• Step back in time: Explore Crystal Palace’s Victorian Beasts with these new 3D scans

  12-09-2023 16:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  You can now see the Crystal Palace’s Victorian beasts in full 3D on your computer, after a project to scan them for restoration work also enabled a website to recreate the beasts online.
  Model by Rhys Griffin (c) Rhys Griffin/FCPD & Historic England
  The project to photo scan the Victorian sculptures was carried out so that conservators could manage the condition of the fragile creatures and direct where repairs are needed. The scanning and subsequent modelling were undertaken by Histor
  
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  12-09-2023 13:54
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• Book Review: Dock Life Renewed How London’s Docks are Thriving Again

  12-09-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The docklands area of London has, over the past 30-odd years, been transformed, and now London photographer Niki Gorick has given a photographer’s perspective on the area.
  This isn’t a look back at the so-called good old days of the docks as a centre of London’s cargo trade, nor that the desolation that followed, but more a celebration of the renewal that came later.
  It’s very much a photo essay book, with lots of large glossy photographs of the docks at work and leisure,
  
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• OneWeb on cusp of Japan launch with Softbank deal

  12-09-2023 12:59
  Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite operator OneWeb has bagged a distribution agreement with Japanese telco Softbank, one of its biggest shareholders.
  In keeping with the vast majority of these types of deals, OneWeb’s constellation will provide a valuable in-fill solution for Softbank’s network in hard-to-reach places. It will also offer a vital back-up comms link in disaster-affected areas.
  The agreement is in line with Sofbank’s Ubiquitous Network strategy, under which it is lev
  
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• Decline in North America kit revenue steeper than expected

  12-09-2023 12:45
  Spending on telecoms equipment in North America declined faster than expected in the first half of the year, according to new data published this week.
  Worldwide telecoms equipment revenues were flat year-on-year in the second quarter of 2023 and grew by 2% in the first half of the year, according to Dell’Oro. The analyst firm’s data shows growth in all regions – albeit at lower levels than last year in some cases – aside from North America, where equipment revenues took
  
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• Apple deal with Qualcomm reveals difficulty of designing 5G modems

  12-09-2023 12:34
  US gadget giant Apple wants nothing more than to be independent of chipmaker Qualcomm but that’s clearly easier said than done.
  In a short announcement said that “it has entered into an agreement with Apple Inc. to supply Snapdragon 5G Modem‑RF Systems for smartphone launches in 2024, 2025 and 2026.” It then allowed itself a spot of light triumphalism by following up with “This agreement reinforces Qualcomm’s track record of sustained leadership across 5G tech
  
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• WBA lays out its vision of how transformative Wi-Fi 7 will be

  12-09-2023 10:00
  The latest iteration of wifi technology – Wi-Fi 7 – will enable applications that are ‘impractical or impossible with other wired and wireless technologies’ claims The Wireless Broadband Alliance.
  The WBA says Wi-Fi 7 will provide twice the bandwidth and three times the speed of Wi-Fi 6, and as such will allow an array of new consumer, enterprise, Industry 4.0, medical, smart city applications, as part of a report called ‘Get Ready for Wi-Fi 7: Applying New Capabili
  
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• Free entry to the Chelsea Physic Garden to see the restored Glasshouses

  12-09-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Three hundred and fifty years ago, a new medicinal garden was created in Chelsea. One hundred years ago, the garden gained a number of glasshouses for their plants. Zero years ago, the glasshouses reopened following a lot of restoration work.This is the Chelsea Physic Garden, which opened in 1673, expanded massively in 1722, spent most of its time as a private medical and scientific research garden, and first opened to the public for the first time in 1987. Today, it’s still hidden away be
  
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