BT data centres will give London Underground 4G a welcome boost:
BT [*] has secured a multi-million-pound contract with BAI Communications [**] to deliver data centre services that will help power 4G and Wi-Fi services across the entire London Underground [***].
BAI has a 20-year concession from Transport for London (TfL) to build and operate a neutral host network available to all four major mobile operators, with the first stations coming online as soon as 2022.
BT's data centres will play a critical role in delivering the neutral host network and operators will be able to collocate their equipment in these facilities. BT itself has already signed up through EE, while BAI has also signed up Three and Vodafone as customers.
[..] The London Underground has long been the UK's most high profile 'mobile not spot' with previous attempts to bring mobile connectivity to the capital's subterranean railway network all ending in failure.
Under the terms of its 20-year concession, BAI has joined as a long-term investor, and there are no upfront costs for TfL. All revenues generated by the authority reinvested back into London's transport system.
[*] BT was formerly known as British Telecom.
[**] BAI Communications on Wikipedia.
[***] Colloquially known as The Tube.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 31 2022, @07:41PM
Forcing unnoticable "upgrades" pushing users to throw away their perfectly good 3G phones for "climate change." Such is The International Jew.
(Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 31 2022, @07:55PM
We have long prayed that mobile coverage of the Tube would improve in order to provide more flexibility to our operations. Allah Akhbar!
Mohammed al-Jihadi
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 31 2022, @08:23PM (2 children)
You could use hyperlinks [*] directly in the text.
[*] hyperlinks [wikipedia.org] are a method of referring to one document from within another.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 31 2022, @08:35PM (1 child)
"You could use hyperlinks"
Thank you to whoever had the sense that a short definition as a footnote avoids pointless clickbait
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 31 2022, @09:05PM
Use of [*] and [**] is weird also when [1] and [2] is more common.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 31 2022, @08:51PM (3 children)
More British news? Is there some kind of regional bias on SN?
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday January 31 2022, @08:55PM (1 child)
In the event that you have interesting news from other parts of the world and can get it in English, feel free to submit. Otherwise, yes, this is generally, an English speaking news site.
https://soylentnews.org/faq.pl?op=editorial [soylentnews.org]
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday January 31 2022, @08:58PM
In the event you're implying bias towards British news vs American news vs other English speaking nations. I don't think there's much of an issue with that regard. As opposed to quality of submissions, etc.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 31 2022, @09:00PM
I just forwarded this question to our British Editors and here is their reply.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pLamjoyLeyU [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by Username on Tuesday February 01 2022, @08:11AM
Come on, you guys invented english, why are you using french centres and not english centers. Whenever I see that I put on a beret, grab a baguette and shout, "SUUUNTRAE!!!"