Berlin, Germany, 24th March 2014 – Since its beginnings in 1993, PDF technology has become a gigantic ecosystem with thousands of different providers. Originally a proprietary file format, today PDF is a critical part of global IT infrastructure used in almost every sector and industry imaginable. On the 16th and 17th of June 2014, the PDF Association is dedicating another event entirely to the format: PDF Days Europe. The premiere event will be held in Cologne. At this star-studded conference, users and developers will find answers to their questions and ideas for optimal usage of the PDF format. Each different PDF standard will be considered and its potential applications discussed. The agenda for the first day, Educational Day, will include developer- and product-independent presentations on PDF-related themes, such as PDF/A, PDF/UA, PDF/X, PDF/VT, PDF/E and PDF itself. Day two, Solution Day, is dedicated to practical applications for PDF solutions. Cutting-edge questions will be answered, such as “Where is PDF going?” “How can organizations best leverage PDF’s subset standards for archival, accessibility, engineering and print?” “How reliable is PDF?” and “What will PDF 2.0 look like?”

“PDF today is an open ISO standard with a wide range of potential applications. This, along with the wide range of PDF standards, can sometimes make it difficult to maintain an overview of the situation. In PDF Days Europe, we are offering a roadmap”, said Olaf Drümmer, chairman of the PDF Association, explaining the Association’s concerns.

The conference programme includes a wide range of subjects, meaning that IT managers, decision makers, ECM strategists, developers and PDF experts will be sure to get their money’s worth. At the beginning of the event, Frank Easton, system developer at HUK Coburg, will present his keynote speech, titled “PDF or not PDF”, describing his experiences integrating the PDF format into business processes. In the presentation that follows, participants will get a compact overview of all current PDF standards in just 45 minutes. After this, three parallel tracks will be available: Basics, Advanced, and a slot with German-speaking presentations. An evening event together, including the opportunity to watch the football world cup match between Germany and Portugal, will close out the first day of the programme.

Solution Day will start with a compact series of presentations describing new and innovative tools from a range of providers. Participants will be able to choose between a presentation slot containing customer project reports and best practices for users and developers, a slot containing instructions and workshops on the subject of PDF/UA and PDF/A, or they can visit the iText Summit taking place on the same day.

For further information and to register, visit: www.pdfa.org/pdf-days-europe-2014.

About the PDF Association:
First established as the PDF/A Competence Center in 2006, today, the PDF Association is an international organization promoting awareness and adoption of open standards in digital document applications using PDF technology.
The association facilitates education, networking and communication, and the sharing of expertise and experience with interested parties worldwide. The current membership includes over 100 enterprises and numerous individual subject-matter experts from more than 20 countries.

The management board includes industry leaders from Actino Software GmbH, Adobe Systems Inc., callas software GmbH, intarsys consulting GmbH and LuraTech Europe GmbH. The association’s chairman is Olaf Drümmer, CEO of callas software GmbH. Duff Johnson, ISO Project Leader for ISO 32000, the PDF Standard, is the association’s vice-chairman.


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England, UK, 21st March 2014 – Simon Bond has been appointed as the new head of the UK’s top university business incubator, SETsquared.

He takes on the role of Innovation Director within the partnership, which incubates high tech start-ups from its centres at the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey.

Simon takes the reins from Graham Harrison who is expanding his role at the National Composites Centre and working with the University of Bristol.

Sean Fielding, Chairman of the SETsquared Management Board, said: “Graham has led SETsquared for the last two and a half years and we are very grateful for all his commitment and energy to build up our profile and reputation and which has put us in a very strong position as a leading player in the field.”

Simon is currently Director of SETsquared’s innovation centre at the University of Bath and has been with the partnership for 10 of the 11 years it has been in existence.

During that time he has developed key projects for the partnership including Entrepreneurship courses, sector networks and the Open Innovation programme as well as leading incubation and research commercialisation within the University of Bath. The board members say this makes him the perfect candidate for the role.

Sean Fielding added: “Simon Bond is a highly respected figure in the SETsquared family and we are delighted that he has accepted the challenge of taking SETsquared on to its next phase.

“He has unrivalled experience in every element of our work, which will be of huge benefit as he leads us forward.”

Simon added: “I’m passionate about SETsquared and in my experience the partnership has made a very real impact on the UK economy, fostering some of the most exciting high tech start-ups in the country. Businesses within the SETsquared incubator have a higher than average 90% survival rate and often go on to create hundreds of jobs.

“My key areas of focus going forward will be business acceleration, student enterprise, research commercialisation and ensuring that SETsquared builds on its reputation as the best university business incubator in Europe.”

SETsquared has been listed by the UBI Index as the joint best university business incubator in Europe and the fourth best globally. Since its inception it has developed over 1,000 high tech start-ups and helped them secure some £1billion in investment.

Among its alumni are:
• Primer Design – the company that invented the first swine flu detection kit
• Crowdcube – the well-known equity based crowdfunding platform
• Ubiquisys – which sold to US giant Cisco for $310m last year

As well as incubating high growth potential start-ups SETsquared aims to educate a new generation of entrepreneurs and runs a regular programme of entrepreneur events across the five universities and incubators.

To find out more visit www.setsquared.co.uk.

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Laura Downton at Carswell Gould
T: 023 80 238001
E: laura[at]carswellgould[dot]co.uk

About SETsquared:
SETsquared is a collaboration between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey which partners in enterprise activities and collectively supports the growth and success of new business opportunities through spin-outs, licensing, incubation and education. The partnership also works with industry through research collaboration and consultancy.

The University Business Incubator (UBI) Index has listed the SETsquared incubator as the best in Europe, alongside jointly-placed NDRC LaunchPad in the Republic of Ireland. The ranking puts SETsquared fourth in the world, with the only other higher ranking counterparts hailing from the US.

In 2013 SETsquared was hailed as a ‘best practice’ model for business incubation in a paper presented at the first International Entrepreneurship Research Exemplars Conference. The document, Management, Strategy and Policy suggestions for European academic incubators: the Creation of a Start-ups’ Ecosystem in the South West England, was authored by Angelo Miglietta and Dario Peirone and copies are available via Carswell Gould on the details below.

Find out more at www.setsquared.co.uk

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York, UK, 21st March 2014 – Cellhire, the international communications specialist, is now able to offer a range of new solutions to business customers, including Office broadband, line rental and next generation voice services. Cellhire’s Fixed Line portfolio is made up of market leading products from some of the UK’s biggest providers, allowing the company to offer truly independent solutions to best fit customer’s requirements. The business is able to provide calls and line packages and connectivity that are tailored to meet the specific communications requirements of businesses. From single analogue business lines to complex multi-site solutions, the range of products and services are highly scalable, meaning they can evolve with a business as it grows.

Working with partners including Vodafone, BT and Gamma, Cellhire has created a portfolio of converged solutions ideal for business customers. Cellhire’s existing mobile relationship with Vodafone has enabled the company to adapt quickly and ready the business to deliver solutions across the UK.

Initial products on offer will include standard lines, DSL, ISDN and SIP trunking as well as dedicated internet access channels. As part of a fully converged solution, Cellhire also offers its business mobile service, Cellhire Connect, delivering many cost saving benefits such as free inter-business calls.

Matt Bennett, Cellhire’s UK Managing Director said, “Cellhire’s distinguished history in the telecoms sector provides us with an ideal platform to launch these new services. We already have excellent relationships with our partners having worked with them for so many years and we’re looking forward to delivering first class solutions and service to our customers and growing our portfolio in 2014.”

The company had a record year in 2012 delivering mobile communications to key Olympic sponsors, Olympic Organisations and the world’s media as they travelled to London for the Games. This was followed by similar success at the recent Winter Olympics in Russia. This has given the business the opportunity and momentum to expand in to new markets.

“The time is right for us to move in to converged telecoms and our success at the London Olympics has given us the investment power crucial to succeeding in the market place. We expect Fixed Line to be very lucrative for the UK business and we want to do it right, with the right people and the appropriate investment to make it successful.” said Mr Bennett.

More information on Cellhire’s new converged solutions is available on its UK website at www.cellhire.co.uk/fixedline.

About Cellhire:
Formed in 1987, Cellhire is a specialist global service provider. Cellhire’s success is built on providing the very best wireless solutions available anywhere and they pride themselves on being easy to do business with. Cellhire is a leading supplier to organisers and businesses during events such as the Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro finals and The Cannes Film Festival. Cellhire’s next major event commences in June 2014 with the Kick-off of the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup where the company is supplying voice and data solution across Brazil.

In 2005 Cellhire won the Queens Award for International Enterprise as a result of its success as a specialist in the delivery of communications solutions for events around the world. Cellhire’s commitment to delivering the highest standards of customer service is underlined by the Company's continued attainment of ISO 9001:2008, the internationally recognised quality standard. Cellhire has service agreements with more than 100 network partners in over 40 countries, ensuring coverage is truly global.

For further information please contact:
Cellhire plc (UK), Park House, Clifton Park, York, YO30 5PB, UK
James Hepton, Marketing Manager
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)1904 616784
www.cellhire.co.uk
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Hong Kong, 19th March 2014 - Cortus, a technology leader in low power 32-bit processor IP, and Secure-IC, the Trusted Computing Company, today announced that they are collaborating in providing low power secure solutions for smartcard developers.

Securing smartcards below the OS is necessary to provide cards with a high degree of tamper-resistance. By offering security solutions tailored to a particular customer’s requirements, a good trade-off can be made between the degree of protection and the cost in silicon. Digital hardware counter-measures deliver a high degree of protection against non-invasive attacks and cyber-threats and, unlike analog threat protection methods, are easily targeted to different silicon technologies.

“Secure-IC is extremely happy to work with Cortus on securing smart cards”, says Hassan Triqui, President and CEO of Secure-IC. He adds, “We plan to put our skills and intellectual property in security and cyber-proof components together with Cortus' low power processor technology in order to better serve our customers within a broad range of smartcard applications”.

“We are delighted to work with Secure-IC combining our complementary IP offerings”, says Michael Chapman, CEO and President of Cortus, “We have both worked with smart card companies through a partnership approach”. He adds, “Our collaboration should make it simpler to create differentiated secure products in the smart card field”.

Cortus is a technology leader in 32-bit processor IP delivering cores with small silicon footprints and low power consumption. Cortus IP has been foundational to a range of security applications including SIM cards, M2M controllers, PayTV cards, secure communication devices and secure execution environments. To date over 500 million devices have been manufactured containing Cortus processor cores.

Secure-IC is quickly becoming a thought leader in the creation of sustainable embedded technologies that strike the best balance between threat protection and product life-cycle pressures. Secure-IC delivers an advanced analysis platform and a broad range of IP cores to help its customers achieve the highest levels of security on any embedded system. Its technologies prevent hacking of any secure element, reverse engineering of any embedded system and theft of intellectual property. Secure-IC is a partner for maximizing digital trust.

About Cortus:
Cortus S.A.S. is a technology enabler for rapidly growing applications including Internet of Things (IoT), wearable electronic devices and smart sensors. It has specialised in 32-bit processor cores which can significantly reduce manufacturing costs while achieving computational performance and power constraints. Integrated circuits containing Cortus cores have been manufactured in high volumes for a wide range of applications including automotive, CMOS imaging, M2M controllers, secure microcontrollers, sensors, SIM cards, PayTV cards, smart metering and wireless. Cortus addresses the global market through offices in Europe, California and South Korea.

http://www.cortus.com

Cortus Contact:
Roddy Urquhart, tel.: +44 753 158 7023,
email: roddy.urquhart[at]cortus[dot]com

About Secure-IC:
Secure-IC, the Trusted Computing Company, develops trusted computing security technologies for embedded systems to protect them from malevolent attacks and cyber threats. Working with top scientists in the field, we are thought leaders in the cyber security domain with best-of-breed technologies that assess the vulnerability of any embedded system and IP-cores that protect hardware products from state-of-the-art attacks. The company serves the market from three different locations; France for Europe, Singapore for Asia Pacific and the Silicon Valley for North America.

http://www.secure-ic.com

Secure-IC Contact:
Charles Thooris, tel.: +65 8427 6835,
email: charles.thooris[at]secure-ic[dot]com

 
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Cambridge, UK, 13th March 2014 – CCS (Cambridge Communication Systems Limited), developer of the world’s first self-organising small cell microwave backhaul system for mobile networks, today announces the publication of a new whitepaper exploring the backhaul solutions that can support organic small cell network growth. Written by Senza Fili Consulting, the research offers an in-depth examination of the potential total cost of ownership to mobile network operators – due to the inevitable densification of mobile infrastructure – and a detailed overview of some of the backhaul solutions currently existing.

The whitepaper is freely available for download here: A backhaul solution for organic small-cell growth.

The whitepaper demonstrates the potential savings available to operators using the model of a small cell network that grows organically over a 5-year period to meet the increased capacity needed for the operators' overall network. It addresses an expansion in backhaul to support an initial deployment of 100 small cells that grows to 5110 small cells in year 5, and the likely costs incurred as the result of continuous network planning and implementation.

In the report, the cost savings achieved by deploying a self-organising, multipoint-to-multipoint (MP2MP) backhaul system – 42 per cent lower CAPEX and 34 per cent lower OPEX – are due to reduced manual labour costs associated with planning, installation and topology optimisation of small cell networks. Unlike point-to-point (P2P) systems, which would require repeated re-planning as the small cell network grows, a fully self-organizing MP2MP system such as that from CCS, enables simple organic growth and a rapid response for network operators to expand capacity when and where demand is highest.

“Small cells are going to be essential assets for operators needing to increase the capacity density of their mobile networks. However if this growth is to be part of a well-paced evolution, the costs of reshaping and optimising ever-expanding networks will be substantial,” says report author, Monica Paolini, President and Founder of Senza Fili Consulting. “This TCO analysis shows the advantages of self-organized systems in keeping the cost and complexity down in expanding small-cell networks.”

CEO of CCS Ltd, Steve Greaves, commented: “We are delighted by the results of this important research conducted by Senza Fili Consulting. The outcome is a great vote of confidence for CCS and vindicates our proposition for a self-organising, self-optimising backhaul network.”

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About CCS Ltd. (www.ccsl.com):
Cambridge, UK-based CCS (Cambridge Communication Systems Ltd) is the pioneer of the world’s first self-organising small cell microwave backhaul system for mobile networks.
CCS offers mobile network operators the only system that meets all key requirements for high capacity, reliability and low latency, with rapid deployment and simple, low-cost operation in a small, low-impact design. Self-organising, self-healing links automatically reconfigure themselves to optimise performance across a resilient, multipoint-to-multipoint topology. Easy to scale, with no radio planning or re-alignment required as nodes are added, CCS’s self-organising microwave-based system delivers the lowest TCO for any small cell backhaul technology.
CCS’s system enables mobile operators to deploy small cells in a flexible, organic way as additional capacity is required, maintaining a quality of service that meets customer expectations.

About Senza Fili Consulting (www.senzafiliconsulting.com):
Senza Fili Consulting is an analyst and consulting firm that provides advisory services on wireless data technologies and services since 2003. Senza Fili have in-depth expertise in financial modeling, market forecasts and research, white paper preparation, business plan support, RFP preparation and management, due diligence, and training. The international client base spans the entire value chain: clients include wireline, fixed wireless, and mobile operators, other service providers, enterprises and other vertical players, vendors, system integrators, investors, regulators, and industry associations. They provide a bridge between technologies and services, helping their clients assess established and emerging technologies, leverage these technologies to support new or existing services, and build solid, profitable business models. Independent advice, a strong quantitative backing, and an international perspective are the hallmarks of their work.

About Monica Paolini:
Monica Paolini is the Founder and President of Senza Fili Consulting. She is an expert in wireless technologies and has helped clients worldwide to understand technology and customer requirements, evaluate business plan opportunities, market their services and products, and estimate the market size and revenue opportunity of new and established wireless technologies. She has frequently been invited to give presentations at conferences and has written several reports on wireless broadband technologies. She has a PhD in cognitive science from the University of California, San Diego (US), an MBA from the University of Oxford (UK), and a BA/MA in philosophy from the University of Bologna (Italy).

Press Contact:
Nicky Denovan
EvokedSet PR for CCS Ltd.
Email: nicky[at]evokedset [dot]com
Mobile: +44 (0)7747 017654

 
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Yorkshire, UK, 13th March 2014 – Environmental pollution control company Aquasentry has made a significant acquisition to create a new division.

As part of its strategy for growth and development of services, the business based in Birstall, West Yorkshire, has bought the Huddersfield branch of Total Environmental Services (TES) for an undisclosed sum. Now called Aquasentry Environmental Solutions, the new division will provide below ground civil infrastructure work to enable a more comprehensive service to customers.

Aquasentry manufactures, supplies and installs leading pollution prevention and spill control technologies as well as providing ongoing product servicing and training to help businesses and the public sector meet environmental guidelines and responsibilities.

Managing director Rob Staines, who bought Aquasentry three years ago, said the latest acquisition demonstrated the company’s commitment to becoming the UK leader in its field.

“We see our growth being with large businesses and organisations, and we identified that our ability to provide in-house civil work would be key to us gaining a greater market share throughout the UK,” he said.

“We were already subcontracting to TES and saw the potential of bringing it under the Aquasentry brand and utilising the expertise of the highly-knowledgeable engineers who have the ability to help us achieve our ambitions. We can now provide all the civil infrastructure work in addition to manufacturing the monitoring products and providing training and support.

“The acquisition will no doubt help us to widen and strengthen our customer base as well as providing even better levels of customer care.”

The deal, which was carried out by Gordons Solicitors in Leeds, transferred all 10 jobs to Aquasentry, nearly doubling the size of the company, which now employs a total of 24. The 28-year-old business has seen steady growth under the ownership of Rob Staines, which he attributes to focusing on quality of products and service, and helping customers to navigate a myriad legislation while remaining commercially effective.

He said: “We are operating in a rapidly developing market due to transformations in technology and the sophisticated environmental legislation landscape.

“The acquisition of TES puts us in a stronger position to assist our customers to implement systems that make environmental and commercial sense while providing a seamless service.”

Aquasentry, based at Gelderd Road, Birstall, works for customers throughout the UK in sectors that include construction, fuel manufacture and distribution, chemicals, utilities, and brewing.
Links: www.aquasentry.co.uk

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Editors’ notes:
Aquasentry supplies and installs pollution prevention, conservation and spill control technologies.
Its clients range from small businesses to large enterprises and the public sector.
Its products and services assist compliance with the Environment Agency’s Pollution Prevention Guidelines
All products are manufactured on site.

Products include:
Interceptor monitors and separator alarms
Check valves
Bund water control units
Early flood warning alarms

Services include:
Full site assessments
Hazardous waste removal
Staff training
Ground water sampling
Spill remediation

Picture caption:Rob Staines, managing director, holding an Aquasentry check valve. He is pictured with staff from left to right: John Bright; Will Nash; Darren Todd and Ian Badby.

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Catherine Ackroyd at Mapa PR on 01482 589900, 07739 1389056, Catherine[at]mapapr[dot]co.uk
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BEIJING/SANTA CLARA, Calif; Cambridge, UK; 25th February 2014:  AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc., Asia’s leading supplier of BSS systems, has won the ‘Mobile Pricing Innovation’ category in The 2014 Telecoms.com Industry Awards, which recognize innovation and excellence in the global communications industry. The award, for AsiaInfo’s Real-time Self Service (RTSS) solution, was presented in Barcelona to Dr Andy Tiller, vice president of product marketing for AsiaInfo, by Mike Hibberd, Editorial Director at Telecoms.com.

Operators with AsiaInfo’s RTSS solution are empowered to give their customers a high degree of control over their mobile voice and data experience, greatly improving customer experience. For example, RTSS enables customers to set their own budget controls and spend thresholds, to transfer minutes/data between users, to convert resources from one type to another (e.g. minutes into megabytes), and to upgrade the bandwidth of a particular app temporarily. Shared Plans are enabled while putting real time control into the hands of consumers.

“We are delighted to receive this recognition of a solution developed to enable operators to deliver a greatly enhanced user experience, while maximizing revenue,” said Dr Tiller. “The need is clear - independent research conducted by consultants at Northstream shows that mobile operators in Western Europe could increase annual data revenues by about €4 billion by giving customers greater control of their use and spend, and could also save more than €540 million annually in customer care costs.”

AsiaInfo’s Cloud-based Operation Platform Container (COPC), developed with China Mobile, was a finalist in the ‘Best Use of Cloud Services by a Telco’ category. The COPC is a centralized BSS system with a distributed multi-tenancy architecture that streamlines business operations across operator subsidiaries. Estimated to reduce the overall time to market for new services and offers by 40%, and reduce average processing time of service orders by 30%, implementation of the COPC significantly increases customer satisfaction. For China Mobile, Capex and Opex savings were $120 million within the first year of use. The revenue increase derived from shortened order processing time, and the new products enabled by the COPC, is estimated to be $40 million every year.

The 2014 Telecoms.com Industry Awards is a new initiative that celebrates the wide-ranging achievements of the key players within the global communications industry.

About AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc.:
AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. is a leading provider of high-quality software solutions and IT services to the telecommunications industry. Headquartered in Beijing, we employ more than 11,500 professionals worldwide.

AsiaInfo-Linkage provides a full suite of business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS) and associated professional services. Our core Veris™ product suite includes billing and customer care systems that serve nearly a billion subscribers globally, plus business intelligence, network management, network security, and OTT and cross-vertical collaboration solutions.

Our customers work with us to converge large scale pre-and post-paid mobile operations; improve time to market for new products and services; and develop cost-effective new business models. In China we have more than 50% market share in Billing, CRM and Business Intelligence through our longstanding partnerships with China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom. We have deployed our BSS solutions with leading operators throughout Asia, and our recent expansion into Europe has already resulted in a major contract with Telenor ASA (Telenor Group).

Our aim is to be the leading IT solutions provider to the global telecommunications industry, enabling the Connected Digital Lifestyle, and helping our customers build, maintain, operate and constantly improve their network infrastructure and IT environment. For more information about AsiaInfo-Linkage, please visit www.asiainfo-linkage.com

For further information please contact:
AsiaInfo PR (EMEA)
Nicky Denovan/Kevin Taylor
Standing Tall Communications
Email: nicky[at]standingtallcomms[dot]com / kevin[at]standingtallcomms[dot]com
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Istanbul, Turkey, 21st February 2014:  Etiya, a leading supplier of enterprise software to telecoms operators, media companies, utilities and information service providers with headquarters in Istanbul today announced an extension of its global reach with the launch of a new office in Singapore.

The expansion reflects the growing traction of Etiya’s product solutions with tier one telecoms carriers and operators, including Turkey’s largest telecommunications service provider Turk Telekom. Etiya’s solution portfolio includes Telaura CRM Suite, Questus Customer Complaint Management system, and Somemto, the Social Media Management Tool.

Etiya also announced that Pramod Zachariah, who has extensive experience of working with Asian telecoms operators, has been appointed Vice President, APAC, and will head the company’s Singapore office. Mr. Zachariah joins the Etiya team with a remit to design high quality, optimized and value-added solutions for the specific needs of Asia Pacific carriers. He will be aligning Etiya’s strategies and solutions with market demand in the region.

"This is such an exciting time to be launching Etiya in Singapore,” said Aslan Dogan, Etiya’s Chief Business Development Officer. “We already have a large number of contacts in the region requesting more value-added solutions. As a company with a history of growth and ambition, establishing a base in Singapore is a natural next step that will help bring our technology and transformational solutions to Asia."

About Etiya:
Founded in 2004, Etiya is a leading next generation order, product and catalog management solution provider. Etiya designs, develops, and implements Business and Operation Support Systems (BSS/OSS) and conducts large-scale systems integration. Since its foundation, Etiya has also become a leading supplier of CRM systems. Etiya’s transformational products are certified with the TM Forum Frameworx, which means they are industry tested, open, and future proof. The TM Forum has twice nominated Etiya’s implementations for the prestigious “Solutions Excellence” awards - in 2012 and in 2013.

For further information please contact:
Julia Simonova-Lopez
Director PR Marketing and Digital Media Solutions
Juliet Media
+44 7432 144 804
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London, UK, 21st February 2014 - Leading small cells innovator and system builder, ip.access, today announced a new breed of small cells designed around the concept of ‘Presence’. The first of its new P-series of Presence Cells will unlock a range of new solutions and revenue opportunities. Presence Cells are based on FSM® small cells solutions, products of Qualcomm Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm.

Announcing the development, CEO Simon Brown said: “Presence Cells are about capturing data and providing supporting services and value. It’s a completely new breed of small cells with unique capabilities to support an exciting but specific vertical segment’s need.”

The company said the new small cells unlock the capture of presence data and support mobile phone location authentication to enable a range of new solutions including retail analytics, mobile finance and mobile promotions. Beyond the small cells themselves, ip.access also provides the back-end processing to deliver the presence data in a secure and anonymised form, direct to the vertical application provider.

The new Presence Cells are compatible today with more than two billion 3G handsets with no modifications, no specific applications or user configuration required. Variants of Presence Cells are under development to operate within LTE networks.

Dan Rabinovitsj, senior vice president at Qualcomm Atheros, states, “Qualcomm is delighted to collaborate with ip.access in a new area of innovation in the mobile infrastructure segment. By leveraging small cells networks for analytics, big data opportunities are now unfolding for carriers and innovative companies who can deliver a new range of added value services to businesses and consumers."

“The Presence Cells product line allows operators to leverage their existing network assets and infrastructure around SIM identity and subscriber knowledge,” added Brown. “It instantly enables operators to get added return from their network investment and improve its overall value.”

The company said the solutions unlock unique insight into subscriber activity, location, behaviour and profiles to enable new partner-led services and define powerful new value and revenue lines for the mobile operators seeking to enhance their brand and connectivity with subscriber focused transaction services.

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About ip.access:
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, ip.access has been deploying small cell solutions for more than 10 years providing some 100+ customers around the world with the capability to accelerate the introduction of small cell solutions into their networks irrespective of use case, technology or deployment model.

The company’s success is built upon its ability to provide its Service Provider customers with a range of small cell solutions across all technologies (2G, 3G, and 4G), alongside an end-to-end deployment philosophy that integrates the small cell access points with converged access gateways and comprehensive network management and performance tools.

The methodology and solution capability provided by ip.access enables its customers to better manage the economic challenges of delivering against ever more demanding coverage and capacity requirements. This, along with the ease of integration to higher order management solutions and the robust and elegant macro network interaction reduces the ‘cycle time’ from installation to commercial service.

In addition, ip.access has focussed diligently on providing the intelligence and application layer to enable its customers to deliver rapid monetisation of their small cell deployments, driving new and complimentary revenue streams to further enhance the small cells business case.

ip.access counts Amadeus Capital Partners, Cisco, Frog Capital, Intel Capital, QUALCOMM, Rothschild, Scottish Equity Partners and TE Connectivity among its shareholders.

www.ipaccess.com

Qualcomm is a trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries. Qualcomm Atheros is a trademark of Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. FSM small cells solutions are products of Qualcomm Technologies Inc. All QUALCOMM Incorporated trademarks are used with permission. Other product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

For further information please contact:
Press contacts:
Europe: Kevin Taylor
Robertson Taylor PR
Tel: +44 7850 858 291
skype: +44 203 239 5005
kevin.taylor[at]robertsontaylorpr[dot]com
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Unterhaching, Germany, 20th February 2014 – The race to achieve highest efficiency had engineers turning to innovative topologies and new components such as SiC to take the lead.
In parallel, after years of dormancy, old but very innovative ideas such as the mixed-voltage NPC topology have been rediscovered and put to good use in many solar inverter applications.
Surprisingly, all these efforts have focused on the power range up to 100kW, while standard two-level topologies with low switching frequencies continue to dominate in the range beyond 100kW.
The problem is that the extended geometry of high-power applications makes it difficult to avoid parasitic inductance. On top of that, the effect of parasitic components increases linearly with current. Most designs reduce switching speed to limit the influence of parasitic effects. And true enough, dynamic losses are indeed minimized when the switching frequency is reduced by up to 4kHz.
The new power module design presented here transcends the limitations associated with >100kW power inverters to accommodate high switching frequencies and innovative topologies. Based on standard Si components, this new solution uses parasitic inductance and applies the fundamentals of power electronics to boost the performance of conventional designs.

For more information please see Vincotech’s Article on power modules for the next generation of solar inverter designs:
http://www.vincotech.com/en/support/technical-papers/solar-inverter/design-for-an-ultra-efficient-three-level-utility-grid-solar-inverter.html?campaign_id=3LUGI


About Vincotech:
Vincotech, an independent operating unit within Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, is a market leader in power modules in development and manufacturing of high-quality electronic power components for Motion Control, and Renewable Energy applications.
With some 500 employees worldwide, backed by vast experience and a long history in electronics integration, Vincotech leverages these assets to help customers attain maximum market success.
For more information please see: www.vincotech.com

For further information please contact:
Michael Frisch,
Product Marketing Manager, Vincotech GmbH,
michael.frisch[at]vincotech[dot]com,
+49 89 878067-142
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Meyreuil, FRANCE, 20th February 2014 –  StarChip®, experts in designing, qualifying and industrializing Smart Card ICs, today announced that as part of CC EAL5+ certification of its banking and ID products, the company has been audited with a PASS verdict according to Common Criteria (CC) 3.1 rev 4 site visit requirements.

The company recently moved its headquarters and development center to a new location equipped with the latest security systems and fully compliant with the highly demanding Common Criteria certification processes.
The audit performed by Thales Communications & Security (ANSSI Licensed Laboratory) covers CC requirements in terms of Development Security (ALC_DVS.2) and Configuration Management Capabilities (ALC_CMC.4).

The positive audit result is in line with the company objective of becoming a worldwide leader providing high reliable embedded security solutions. StarChip is currently developing a broad portfolio of products aimed at addressing the ID and banking markets. Achieving CC certification will help position the company as a key player security expert of the smart card industry.

“This successful audit, resulting from the hard work of our dedicated technical team, is in line with our global strategy of providing the highest security level to our products. It attests to StarChip’s commitment to becoming a long-term leading supplier of secure solutions to address the Smart Secure Device markets for Telecom, Banking, Government ID, NFC” said Yves Fusella, CTO of StarChip.

Chip card security and certification have become strong requirements in all the Smart Card market segments which are all converging to top-range products. With this certification, StarChip will not only capitalize on the success of its current SIM family, but it will also be able to introduce its solutions for the banking and ID markets smoothly following this international recognition.

About StarChip:
StarChip is a dynamic semiconductor company that enables customers to directly benefit from its unique, optimized value-chain system. We design and qualify products for mass production, then license our solutions for purchase directly by our customers, through qualified foundries and test houses.

For further information please contact:
Mounira BOUBA
Tel: +33 1 34 52 20 75
Mobile : +33 7 89 67 76 98
Email: mounira.bouba[at]starchip-ic[dot]com
Website : www.starchip-ic.com
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London and Taiwan, 19th February 2014 – Leading independent small cell innovator and system builder, ip.access, and Wistron NeWeb Corp (WNC) today announced a major new agreement to jointly deliver the next generation of compact residential and SoHo/SME small cells in high volume to major operator customers around the world.

The agreement particularly covers the next generation of compact, high performance small cells that ip.access announced in November. The company added that the deal with WNC will provide flexible, high volume manufacturing with unrivalled product customisation ability.

Announcing the agreement, CEO Simon Brown said: "We have an increasing number of small cell deployments where operators require rapid and flexible volume delivery with the option to customise products with add-ons such as Wi-Fi, DSL, cable modem and router functions.

“We selected WNC as our partner on the basis of their world class experience in building high performance, compact radio systems, coupled with their proven track record in high-quality, volume product manufacturing. They perfectly match our requirements to build the best price-performance, market-leading products that meet the needs of our rapidly growing, global service provider customer base,” he added.

WNC’s President Jeffrey Gau commented: "WNC had identified the small cell market as a high-growth world market and this agreement is an opportunity to work with a market-leading company to expand both our businesses and jointly accelerate small cell deployments in the growing customer base that ip.access is winning around the world.”

As a result of this agreement, ip.access can now offer its customers a wider range of product configuration, via a ‘build-to-order’ service, and therefore fully meet individual operator requirements for small cells in different form factors, configurations and high volume delivery schedules.

The first products from the partnership are already in manufacturing and will ship later this Quarter.

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About WNC:
Wistron NeWeb Corporation (WNC) is an industry leader in the design and manufacturing of advanced wireless communication products. With strong R&D and high-volume production capabilities, WNC consistently introduces innovative technologies covering a range of products including: DBS outdoor units, satellite/digital radio, networking devices (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, PLC), 3G/4G mobile devices, set-top boxes, digital home devices, automotive electronics, RFID and NFC solutions, and various types of TV/GPS/mobile phone/LDS antennas.

WNC's mission is to provide its worldwide customers and partners with superior products through premium ODM/JDM/OEM design and manufacturing, logistics, and after-sales services.

www.wnc.com.tw

About ip.access:
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, ip.access has been deploying small cell solutions for more than 10 years providing some 100+ customers around the world with the capability to accelerate the introduction of small cell solutions into their networks irrespective of use case, technology or deployment model.
The company’s success is built upon its ability to provide its Service Provider customers with a range of small cell solutions across all technologies (2G, 3G, and 4G), alongside an end-to-end deployment philosophy that integrates the small cell access points with converged access gateways and comprehensive network management and performance tools.
The methodology and solution capability provided by ip.access enables its customers to better manage the economic challenges of delivering against ever more demanding coverage and capacity requirements. This, along with the ease of integration to higher order management solutions and the robust and elegant macro network interaction reduces the ‘cycle time’ from installation to commercial service.
In addition, ip.access has focussed diligently on providing the intelligence and application layer to enable its customers to deliver rapid monetisation of their small cell deployments, driving new and complimentary revenue streams to further enhance the small cells business case.
ip.access counts Amadeus Capital Partners, Cisco, Frog Capital, Intel Capital, Qualcomm, Rothschild, Scottish Equity Partners and TE Connectivity among its shareholders.
www.ipaccess.com

For further information please contact:
Press contacts:
Europe: Kevin Taylor
Robertson Taylor PR
Tel: +44 7850 858 291
skype: +44 203 239 5005
kevin.taylor[at]robertsontaylorpr[dot]com
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Cambridge, UK, 18th February 2014 – With a new generation of connected citizens bringing fresh thinking to the technology industry, the 6th Future of Wireless International Conference will focus on how emerging wireless innovation can deliver significant benefits to societies and economies. Some 400 delegates from around the world will be converging on The Møller Centre and Churchill College in Cambridge on 30 June and 1 July to explore how the wireless industry can be a major force for positive change.

As well as input from leading humanitarian and international development specialists, the 6th annual Future of Wireless International Conference will look at what the next generation of technology experts are doing to improve the sustainability of the earth’s resources, public safety and the improvement of literacy and health across the globe.

The conference also hosts the Innovation Hothouse pitching session, which will showcase the best in next generation technology, from the five winners of the Cambridge Wireless (CW) annual competition - Discovering Start-Ups. The companies presenting in this session will also be exhibiting in the Start-Up Zone of the networking area.

Networking is a key element of the conference, giving delegates the chance to engage with speakers and industry specialists. Dr Finbarr Moynihan, General Manager of Sales and Marketing for MediaTek will be speaking at the conference on the opportunities for businesses to create products that will have a lasting global effect. He commented, “As sponsors of the Future of Wireless International Conference we have always been impressed with the line-up of speakers and the range and level of delegates. This year, Cambridge Wireless and the Conference board have exceeded expectation.”

The conference is organised by CW, the leading premier cluster in the wireless industry, CEO, Soraya Jones, said, “The conference has a particularly strong international theme with case studies from around the world to inspire and challenge. We are looking forward to listening to some very thought provoking talks from great industrialists from both wireless and non-wireless sectors.”

With several types of sponsorship opportunities available, there are different ways for companies to get involved and make an impact. For more information on the conference and sponsorship please contact Cambridge Wireless: lily.cheng[at]cambridgewireless[dot]co.uk

About Cambridge Wireless (CW):
CW is the leading international community for companies involved in the research, development and application of wireless & mobile, internet, semiconductor and software technologies. With 400 members from major network operators and device manufacturers to innovative start-ups and universities, CW stimulates debate and collaboration, harnesses and shares knowledge, and helps to build connections between academia and industry.

CW's 20 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) provide its members with a dynamic forum where they can network with their peers, track the latest technology trends and business developments and position their organisations in key market sectors. CW also organises the annual Future of Wireless International Conference and Discovering Start-ups competition along with other high-quality industry networking events and dinners. With headquarters at the heart of Cambridge, UK, CW partners with other international industry clusters and organisations to extend its reach and remain at the forefront of global developments and business opportunities. For more information, please visit: www.cambridgewireless.co.uk.

For further information please contact:
Lily Cheng
Cambridge Wireless – 01223 967101
lily.cheng[at]cambridgewireless[dot]co.uk
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Cambridge, UK, 17th February 2014 – CCS (Cambridge Communication Systems Limited), the developer of the world’s first self-organising small cell microwave backhaul system for mobile networks, today announces that its solution is in live deployment with China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator. The small cell network is operational now, delivering enhanced coverage and capacity in a busy urban hotspot environment and marking one of China Mobile’s first outdoor deployments of 4G LTE-TDD small cells.

China is the world’s largest mobile market with an estimated 1.2 billion users, and was recently selected by CCS as its manufacturing base, providing the company with key access to what is expected to be the world’s biggest small cell market. According to recently released research by Dell’Oro, the global mobile backhaul equipment market is predicted to be worth $8 billion by 2018 (January 2014).

In the landmark implementation, CCS’s CE-marked, self-organising backhaul nodes were deployed by local lighting contractors in only 15 minutes per site, without training or the need to perform complicated frequency planning or alignment, delivering immediate and optimal 4G coverage to China Mobile subscribers. A single compact unit connects to other units to create a multipoint-to-multipoint network that self-organises into the most optimal topology, without the requirement to post-optimise. The locations consist of a single CCS node together with a single or dual small cell, forming a 4G/LTE Macro and small cell HetNet (heterogeneous network).

The network demonstrates the advanced self-organisation capabilities of CCS's solution together with its self-healing capabilities in the event of a node or link failure. The network easily provides the high capacity, low latency, carrier-class availability and high QoS required when backhauling next generation LTE small-cells. The network is now carrying live 4G traffic and the flexible architecture dynamically reconfigures and adapts, allowing the network to organically scale to connect further small cells in surrounding areas. With simple, low-cost and fast deployment, the CCS solution significantly reduces the OPEX of the last mile backhaul, with CAPEX also reduced as only one unit is required per location.

China Mobile currently has around 763M subscribers and launched its TD-LTE network in December 2013. China Mobile expects to construct its 4G networks in over 340 cities to reach a total of more than 500,000 TD-LTE base stations by the end of 2014.

Commenting on today’s announcement, CCS CEO Steve Greaves said: “This is a highly significant deployment for CCS, which demonstrates the unrivalled technical and business benefits that our solution is delivering to the world’s largest mobile network operator.” He added: “Our self-organising, self-healing nodes are able to be very swiftly and flexibly deployed by relatively untrained contractors – without any upfront frequency planning or optimisation – saving both time and money while delivering the high levels of capacity, latency and redundancy demanded by China Mobile. With this flagship implementation and our new manufacturing base in China, CCS is now strategically very well-placed to create a strong leadership position in backhaul as the small cell market growth accelerates.”

CCS will be showcasing its solution at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona (24 to 27 February, Fira Gran Via). For more information about CCS’s presence at Mobile World Congress 2014, to book a meeting, or to schedule a media briefing with CCS executives at the show, please visit: http://www.ccsl.com/mobile-world-congress-2014/.

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About CCS Ltd. (www.ccsl.com):
Cambridge, UK-based CCS (Cambridge Communication Systems Ltd.) is the pioneer of the world’s first self-organising small cell microwave backhaul system for mobile networks.
CCS offers mobile network operators the only system that meets all key requirements for high capacity, reliability and low latency, with rapid deployment and simple, low-cost operation in a small, low-impact design. Self-organising, self-healing links automatically reconfigure themselves to optimise performance across a resilient, multipoint-to-multipoint topology. Easy to scale, with no radio planning or re-alignment required as nodes are added, CCS’s self-organising microwave-based system delivers the lowest TCO for any small cell backhaul technology.
CCS’s system enables mobile operators to deploy small cells in a flexible, organic way as additional capacity is required, maintaining a quality of service that meets customer expectations.
 
Press Contact:
Nicky Denovan
EvokedSet PR for CCS Ltd.
Email: nicky[at]evokedset [dot]com
Mobile: +44 (0)7747 017654


 
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