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• From meat market to museum – the London Museum’s new Foundation Stone unveiled

  16-10-2023 20:20 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Progress on converting Smithfield’s old Victorian meat market into the new London Museum has taken a step forward with the unveiling of the building’s Foundation Stone.
  (c) London Museum
  Principal construction works are now underway on the project, following work to restore the historic façades and roof, including excavating the site’s former Vaults and Salt Stores, and cleaning the basement’s Victorian brickwork.
  On Saturday, a 3-metre wide glass oculus was craned
  
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• Midweek commuter surge sees Elizabeth line have its busiest day yet

  16-10-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The Elizabeth line recorded its busiest day yet last month, when it saw 738,000 journeys made in a single day. The busiest day was Thursday 28th September 2023, which also took that week to the busiest yet, with 4.5 million passenger journeys made.
  Tottenham Court Road station (c) ianVisits
  Although the average number of journeys per day is around 600,000 that’s based on a weekly average spread out over 7 days, whereas there’s a bulge in the middle of the week with more people workin
  
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• From elephant dung to avian splats: An unusual exhibition spotlights the world of animal poo

  16-10-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  It’s likely that the only time you think about animal shit is when you curse loudly after accidentally stepping in some — and yet, you’ll soon be thinking you should visit an exhibition full of the stuff.
  What started out as a curiosity some 22 years ago by a zookeeper who on a whim, collected the last poo dropped by an elephant leaving London Zoo for Whipsnade — has turned into a large collection of faecal specimens from a wide variety of animals.
  From tiny creatures wit
  
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• TIM network sale chaos may carry on until Christmas

  16-10-2023 14:17
  KKR has finally submitted a binding offer for TIM’s network assets and it might be bigger than expected, but it could be the end of the year before we have any clarity on how it’s going to pan out.
  Indeed, the short statement issued by the Italian incumbent confirming that KKR had stuck to its latest deadline actually created more confusion, not less. KKR appears to be making a separate bid for international network business Sparkle and that too could easily drag on until Christmas.
  
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• TIM network sale chaos could carry on until Christmas

  16-10-2023 14:17
  KKR has finally submitted a binding offer for TIM’s network assets and it might be bigger than expected, but it could be the end of the year before we have any clarity on how it’s going to pan out.
  Indeed, the short statement issued by the Italian incumbent confirming that KKR had stuck to its latest deadline actually created more confusion, not less. KKR appears to be making a separate bid for international network business Sparkle and that too could easily drag on until Christmas.
  
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• BT brings in Nokia, MediaTek for 5G RedCap trial

  16-10-2023 13:27
  UK incumbent BT is trying out 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) in an effort to unlock new IoT use cases.
  The telco, in partnership with Nokia and MediaTek, has carried out some trials of the new technology at its Adastral Park research centre.
  More specifically, it used mobile division EE’s 5G Standalone (SA) network, Nokia’s AirScale RAN solutions, and MediaTek’s RedCap testing platform. BT said the trial will inform its thinking when it comes to designing and launching RedCap s
  
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• BT brings in Nokia and MediaTek for 5G RedCap trial

  16-10-2023 13:27
  UK operator group BT is trying out 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) in an effort to unlock new IoT use cases.
  The telco, in partnership with Nokia and MediaTek, has carried out some trials of the new technology at its Adastral Park research centre.
  More specifically, it used mobile division EE’s 5G Standalone (SA) network, Nokia’s AirScale RAN solutions, and MediaTek’s RedCap testing platform. BT said the trial will inform its thinking when it comes to designing and launching Red
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Spotify, digital economy and regulation

  16-10-2023 13:16
  The Telecoms.com Podcast · Spotify, digital economy and regulation
  
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• TfL left to pick up costs after government rejects inflation linked funding support

  16-10-2023 13:15 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Another hole has appeared in TfL’s finances, as the government has decided not to provide the expected financial support to cope with the effect of high inflation on TfL’s costs.Back inAugust 2022, when a funding deal was agreed to keep Transport for London (TfL) operating as it recovers from the pandemic, it was also accepted that high inflation could be a problem if it persists. Therefore, the agreement included a mechanism for further funding if the level of inflation forecast by
  
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• Telia gambles on ex-Telenor exec as new CEO

  16-10-2023 13:10
  Telia Company has named Patrik Hofbauer as its new president and chief executive, starting next year.
  Hofbauer has extensive telecoms experience, having spent 11 years in top jobs at Telenor, including serving as CEO of Telenor Sweden. He is currently chief exec of Swedish state-owned gambling company Svenska Spel.
  When he takes office on 1 February, Hofbauer will replace Allison Kirkby, who takes office as the new BT Group CEO in the new year. To date, Kirkby has spent over three and a half yea
  
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• NEC and Freshwave chosen for UK Open RAN neutral host project

  16-10-2023 12:57
  Project NAVIGATE – part of the UK’s Open Networks Ecosystem (ONE) competition – has selected NEC and Freshwave to rustle up a multi-operator neutral host small cell solution for high traffic areas.
  Project NAVIGATE stands for Neutral host Architecture Validation Innovates Globally Applicable Telecoms Enablers. In terms of the wider ecosystem of acronyms that represent the UK government’s various efforts to seed the Open RAN space, the ONE competition to which NAVIGATE bel
  
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• London’s Alleys: Buckingham Arcade, WC2

  16-10-2023 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This covered passage runs through a block of buildings on Strand, giving access to the grander buildings behind.It passes through the ground floor of Villiers House, an office block constructed in 1957-59 in a modernist style by Trehearne & Norman, Preston & Partners. The modern building replaced a row of smaller shops and houses, and used to have a sloping road running through the middle — which was retained as the pedestrianised Buckingham Arcade.
  The old road used to be on a ste
  
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