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• Umbrellas on the move: TfL’s Lost Property Office finds a permanent home in West Ham

  13-10-2023 19:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Thousands of umbrellas are on the move, as Transport for London’s (TfL) Lost Property Office has moved for the second time in recent years to a permanent home next to West Ham bus garage.
  TfL’s Lost Property Office, which recovers more than 200,000 items each year, opened in 1933 and had been based next to Baker Street station until 2019, when it outgrew the space and moved to a temporary location in South Kensington. Four years later, it’s moving again, this time to West Ham,
  
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• An ancient law requires a bundle of straw to hang from the Millennium Bridge

  13-10-2023 17:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Upholding an ancient law, a bundle of straw is to be hung from the Millennium Footbridge at times over the next few weeks as a warning to boats on the Thames.
  Millenium Footbridge by Alberto Zanetti / Unsplash
  It’s an ancient bylaw of uncertain heritage that if a bridge arch is open to river traffic, but with restricted headroom, then a bundle of straw should be hung from the bridge as a warning.
  As it happens, as part of the three-week closure of the wobbly bridge for maintenance, there w
  
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• Starlink indicates its satellite-to-phone service will drop next year

  13-10-2023 17:09
  Space X owned Starlink has quietly started advertising its Direct to Cell service on its website, promising connectivity to existing LTE phones ‘wherever you can see the sky.’
  Direct to Cell works with existing LTE phones with no changes to hardware, firmware, or special apps required, claims the site. Starlink will offer text services in 2024, followed by voice, data and IoT connectivity in 2025.
  Basically anywhere you are outside you will be able to use your existing LTE phone to t
  
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• Newham Council approves extra funds for Stratford station upgrade

  13-10-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Newham Council has approved £1 million in match-funding as part of a £4.25m joint investment project that could lead to improvements at Stratford station.
  Stratford Station CGI view of Station Square towards Carpenters Estate (c) QEOP
  Following the submission of an initial Strategic Outline Business Case to the central government in August, the £4.25m joint investment will support the next phase of the design and analysis work needed to plan for the upgrade.
  The full upgrade is
  
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• Huawei Launches the Next-Generation OTN — DC-Centric Kepler Platform

  13-10-2023 15:13
  [Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 12, 2023] During UBBF 2023, Huawei launched the industry’s first next-generation OTN — Kepler platform oriented to Data Center scenarios.Huawei’s next-generation OTN — DC-centric Kepler platform
  As we transition from the Internet era to the digital era, cloud and computing services are becoming more and more popular, and individuals, homes, and enterprises are raising higher experience requirements. Against this backdrop, new applicat
  
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• Huawei Launches Six F5.5G Technical Upgrades to Improve Network Capabilities and Create a Positive Business Cycle

  13-10-2023 13:14
  [Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 12, 2023] During UBBF 2023, Kim Jin, Vice President of Huawei’s Optical Business Product Line, delivered a keynote speech at the Green All-Optical Network Summit on “F5.5G Innovation, Accelerating New Growth”. Based on the analysis of the connectivity upgrade requirements brought by thriving gigabit networks and deterministic 10Gbps experiences in the future, Huawei has released six technical upgrades for striding to F5.5G. These upgrades w
  
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• Threads of History: Exhibition uncovers the Jewish contribution to London’s fashion scene

  13-10-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The glamorous of the West End fashion boutiques has long been fed by people working in the East End, and now an exhibition pulls back the curtain to tell the stories of these often overlooked people.
  More than that though, it looks at the very specific contribution made to London, and the UK’s fashion industry by one group of people – Jews – at a time when a staggering 60% of Jewish migrants arriving in London worked in the clothing trade.
  Opening with the arrival of people see
  
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• CMA clears Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard purchase

  13-10-2023 12:43
  The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has given the green light to Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, following a modification of the original deal in relation to cloud gaming rights.
  The UK regulator initially blocked the $69 billion purchase, the largest in gaming history, in April having concluded that the combined entity could dominate the cloud gaming market. This was based on Microsoft’s already strong position in PC gaming and ownership of the Xbox plat
  
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• Nokia highlights Cloud RAN ideological schism with ‘In-Line’ trial

  13-10-2023 12:32
  Opinion is divided on the best approach to layer 1 acceleration in the Cloud RAN, with Nokia and Ericsson picking different teams.
  Today Nokia announced what they claim is the industry’s first trial, in partnership with Finnish operator Elisa, of Cloud RAN powered by In-Line acceleration. Nokia is positioning this trial as a proof-point of its ‘anyRAN’ Cloud RAN strategy. The over-the-air trial used the 3.5 GHz band, a Nokia reference design, container-as-a-service software fro
  
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• Phoenix Tower moves into Germany

  13-10-2023 11:00
  Phoenix Tower International has inked a deal to acquire NOVEC’s German unit, giving it access to major European market with significant growth potential.
  The passive infrastructure specialist, which has been on a fairly aggressive expansion push in recent years, did not disclose the value of the deal. However, it’s unlikely to be massive, given that NOVEC currently has just 220 sites in Germany, although Phoenix Tower notes that it has developed “a significant pipeline” o
  
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• BT continues drone mission with SIM launch

  13-10-2023 10:00
  BT has launched a SIM card for drones, a move that effectively launches its drones service to business customers.
  The UK incumbent seems to be on a mission when it comes to drones, having carried out a number of trials this year and commissioned research into the subject. It even has a director of drones. And now it is ready to hit the market.
  BT notes that it is the first in the UK to launch a commercial drone SIM. While that may seem like a pretty thin claim, it’s important to note that
  
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