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Vodafone using drones to plug holes in damaged networks

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News Using Taaras wireless optical networking tech, two drones can establish a birectional connection over multiple kilometres, allowing the operator to bypass damaged sections of its network This week, Vodafone has announced it is piloting a new drone solution aimed at helping networks stay operational in the event of cable damage.

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Startup Stories: Leasemycharger.com on expanding electric mobility access

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Through our two concepts, Buymycharger.com and Leasemycharger.com, we offer our private, professional, and public authority customers a complete solution for financing (purchase and lease with purchase option), services, and installation of charging stations for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. What inspired you to start this company?

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Openreach to plug in Nokia's Altiplano platform across network

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Openreach will deploy the Altiplano Access Controller cloud (SDN) platform from Nokia across its full fibre broadband and ethernet network.

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Openreach secures £289m in Project Gigabit contracts 

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As part of this governments Plan for Change, we will plug digital divides, helping to make the UK a more equal society where everyone is given a fair shot in life. As part of this governments Plan for Change, we will plug digital divides, helping to make the UK a more equal society where everyone is given a fair shot in life.

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VMO2 plugs in ‘UK’s first’ 5G standalone small cells

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Virgin Media O2 has deployed what it says are the UK’s first 5G standalone small cells in Birmingham city centre.

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O2 plugs in AI tool to flag up scam calls

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UK operator O2 has launched an AI powered scam call detection service which is supposed to flag up dodgy calls before they are picked up.

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Brits urged to go ‘urban mining’ for copper in ‘drawers of doom’

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Anything with a plug, battery or cable can be reused and recycled and there’s somewhere near you to do it.” According to the study, these “drawers of doom” across the UK could contain up to 38,449 tonnes of copper in the form of unused devices and related cables. Is the telecoms industry doing enough to recycle its legacy networks?

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