Trick or treating Android Emoji keyboard app makes millions of unauthorized purchases

$18 million of fraudulent charges from the app blocked by malware security platform Secure-D

London, October 31, 2019 – A popular Android keyboard app, ai.type, downloaded more than 40 million times and included in the Google Play app store, has been caught making millions of unauthorized purchases of premium digital content, researchers at mobile technology company Upstream report. The app has been delivering millions of invisible ads and fake clicks, while delivering genuine user data about real views, clicks and purchases to ad networks. ai.type carries out some of its activity hiding under other identities[1], including disguising itself to spoof popular apps such as Soundcloud. The app’s tricks have also included a spike in suspicious activity once removed from the Google Play store.

ai.type

The Upstream Secure-D mobile security platform has so far detected and blocked more than 14 million suspicious transaction requests from only 110,000 unique devices that downloaded the ai.type keyboard. If not blocked these transaction requests would have triggered the purchase of premium digital services, potentially costing users up to $18 million in unwanted charges. The suspicious activity has been recorded across 13 countries but was particularly high in Egypt and Brazil.

ai.type is disguised as a free treat for mobile users. It is a customizable on-screen keyboard app developed by Israeli firm ai.type LTD, which describes the app as a “Free Emoji Keyboard”. Despite the fact that the app was removed from Google Play in June 2019, the app remains on millions of Android devices and is still available from other Android marketplaces. Shortly after the removal from Google Play, in July 2019, suspicious activity spiked exponentially for a two-month period. It has since remained high, though in lower volumes than during the summer spike.

Upstream CEO, Guy Krief, commented: “Malware can be responsible for creating millions of dollars of fraudulent mobile advertising revenue. It seriously impacts consumers’ pockets and mobile service experience by eating up their data, incurring unwanted charges, and affecting the performance of their phones.

“The mobile advertising fraud market is worth some $40bn annually. In any given market one in ten devices are infected with malware. Dressing up to appear as legitimate and often popular applications, undetected malware damages the industry’s reputation, leaving mobile operators and their customers to pick up the tab.”

Head of Secure-D at Upstream, Dimitris Maniatis, explains more about how the app tricks users: “ai.type contains software development kits (SDKs) with hardcoded links to ads and subscribes users to premium services without their consent. These SDKs navigate to the ads via a series of redirections and automatically perform clicks to trigger the subscriptions. This is committed in the background so that normal users will not realize it is taking place. In addition, the SDKs obfuscate the relevant links and download additional code from external sources to complicate detection even from sophisticated analysis techniques. Bottom line: innocent users are paying for these hidden, unauthorized purchases and related data consumption whose source is buried in the app.”

Upstream is advising all consumers who have downloaded ai.type to check their phones for unusual behavior. Users should regularly check their phones and remove any reported malware. They should also check their bills for unwanted or unexpected charges for accessing premium data services and to look out for signs of increased data usage which could indicate a malicious app is consuming data in the background.

Upstream works directly with mobile operators to pro-actively safeguard their subscribers against fraud on their mobile devices – and currently protects tens of millions of mobile users worldwide. Its Secure-D anti-fraud platform uses machine learning algorithms to determine the transactions that are most likely to be fraudulent and uses behavioral patterns to detect anomalies and unwanted transaction patterns. In 2018 alone, Upstream processed more than 1.8 billion mobile transactions, identified more than 30 million infected devices, and blocked more than 63,000 malicious apps with Secure-D.

[1] As instructed by a Command & Control Server

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About Upstream
Upstream is a London based leading mobile technology company. Its pioneering product suite provides 1.2 billion people in developing countries with affordable and secure access to digital services on their mobile devices. Upstream’s Zero-D service provides free access to the internet essentials to 250 million mobile users in Latin America and Africa even when they have run out of data. Upstream works with over 60 mobile operators, across more than 45 high growth markets, leveraging their unique assets to boost and create new revenue streams in the data era.

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HYLA Mobile: Mobile trade-in programs return $637 million to US consumers in Q3 2019

Apple devices dominated trade-ins in Q3, with iPhones accounting for 8 of the top 10 devices traded-in

31 October 2019 – HYLA Mobile, the world’s leading provider of software technology and services for mobile device returns management and reuse solutions, today announces findings from its Q3 2019 trade-in trends report. The report reveals that over $637 million ($637,649,694) was returned to US consumers in Q3 via trade-in programs—an increase of nearly 40% from the previous quarter.

Each quarter, HYLA uses data from its own analytics solution and combines this with live market data to reveal the latest trends for the North American mobile devices market. Key findings from HYLA’s Q3 trade-in trends report includes:

• iPhones accounted for 8 of the top 10 devices traded-in in Q3 of this year. The top traded device was the iPhone 7, followed by the iPhone 6s, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 8, Galaxy S7, iPhone X and Galaxy S8.


• While the average age of an iPhone at trade-in was 3.14 years, the iPhone 8 Plus is quickly making its way up the ranks and was the fifth most popular device traded-in in Q3. The iPhone 8 Plus was released in September 2017—showing that some consumers are departing with their devices after two years.


• The average age of an Android smartphone at trade-in was under the three-year mark, at 2.79 years.


• The iPhone XS Max received the highest trade-in value at $523.18. The Galaxy Note10+ 5G followed with a trade-in value of $500.


• Device trade-in values were higher all round in Q3. The average trade-in value for a smartphone in Q3 was $99.07, up from $94.78 in Q2; the average trade-in value for an Android device was $68.01, up $6 from last quarter ($62.25 in Q2); and the average trade-in value for an iPhone was $164.08, up from $163.46 in Q2.

“Q3 is typically a big quarter for trade-ins. With major OEMs holding their annual launch events, we often see consumers turn to trade-in programs to upgrade to the brand-new devices that come to market,” said Biju Nair, President and CEO of HYLA Mobile. “But while each quarter we are seeing trade-ins grow, consumers aren’t always getting the maximum value for their devices. By trading in devices earlier—as we are starting to see with the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus—consumers can get more money for their old devices, which can be used to off-set the price of a new device, making it much more affordable. By trading in a 12-18 month-old device while upgrading to the iPhone 11, consumers cut their upgrade cost by 50% while getting a superior device. There’s also huge potential for an operator, OEM or retailer to take this relatively new device and give it a second life—and realize additional revenue.”

According to analyst firm CCS Insights, shipments of 5G devices have gotten off to a slower start than expected, but the company sees a growth trajectory from 2020 and beyond. History has shown that with each introduction of a new ‘G’, the smartphone market sees significant boosts in device sales.

“As consumers’ awareness and understanding of 5G grows, we are likely to see demand for 5G devices rise. But 5G devices will not come cheap, either. Trade-ins are becoming a critical component in the consumers decision making process and being able to use these programs to offset costs will be even more important over the next months as more 5G devices come to market.”

“Ultimately, operators, retailers and OEMs can benefit from educating consumers on the benefits of regular device trade-ins programs and make them aware of the value their devices hold. If customers truly understood the value of their devices, I believe we could break the three-year hold cycle sooner, rather than later,” added Nair.

HYLA’s Q3 2019 trade-in trends infographic is available for download here: https://contacts.hylamobile.com/mobile-trade-in-industry-trends-q3-2019

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About HYLA Mobile
HYLA, Inc. (“HYLA Mobile”) is one of the world's leading providers of mobile device returns management, diagnostics and reuse solutions, backed by Venture Capital firms Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Silver Lake, OpenAir Equity Partners, RRE Ventures, SJF and NGEN. Since its founding in 2009, HYLA has worked to develop technology and solutions that extend the lifecycle of mobile devices to build economic opportunity and enable information access for new users, while helping to protect our planet. HYLA’s leadership in promoting Circular Economy was recently recognized by the World Economic Forum by naming HYLA as a finalist for the prestigious Circulars Award and listing HYLA among the top 10 companies promoting circular economy globally.

HYLA partners with leading wireless operators, retailers, OEMs, insurers, and online brands to provide lifecycle management for used mobile devices. HYLA extends the life of these devices to consumers around the world, providing access to affordable, high-quality wireless technology in developed and emerging markets and also help in lowering cost of insurance programs.

The secondary mobile device market is estimated to grow to $52.7 billion in 2022, up from $19.7 billion in 2017, making it one of the fastest-growing segments in the mobile space. HYLA has completed more than 56 million mobile device transactions since its founding in 2009. To learn more about how HYLA Mobile is changing the way people think about used mobile devices, visit www.HYLAMobile.com.

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HUBER+SUHNER enters mining market with innovative solutions for critical communication infrastructure

The company’s established knowledge and expertise in fiber optic technology has proven to be key in the mining market and will be showcased at China Coal & Mining Expo 2019

Drawing on its extensive experience in providing solutions for optical connectivity in harsh environmental conditions, HUBER+SUHNER is now leading the way in supplying the mining industry with innovative bespoke solutions that address the market challenges.

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Working with Ampcontrol, a key player in the industry for power solutions, HUBER+SUHNER has created a simple yet robust toolbox enabling rapid deployment of fiber optic networks in mines. With a modular, flexible design, the toolbox enables networks to be modified by miners dynamically and with ease. This is critical as the network topology changes continuously as the mine develops.

“As the fourth industrial revolution progresses, data connectivity is taking a more pivotal role – information from sensors, data-heavy automation solutions and data analytics must be conveyed across large distances and through challenging environments. Against this backdrop, fiber optic networks are critical enablers,” said Dr. Thomas Paul, HUBER+SUHNER’s Market Unit Manager Industry. “HUBER+SUHNER is highly-regarded for its knowledge and experience in the telecommunications industry, and across a breadth of challenging industrial applications. It is this extensive expertise that brings us into the mining market.”

In mining, the communications infrastructure is paramount as underground communication networks are the critical link between operations underground and those working above the surface. With harsh environmental conditions and ever-increasing convergence of data, high-performance, quality, reliable and long-life solutions are essential for underground communication networks.

“The mining industry is automating rapidly, so demand for flexible and high-bandwidth communication is soaring,” added Paul. “With our established experience in telecommunications we can provide solutions for the mining market based on recognised technology, while also offering specially designed, robust products that are fit for purpose, with ease of installation and the customer’s individual needs in mind.”

As part of its continuously growing industrial portfolio, HUBER+SUHNER supplies the mining market with cables, connectors and system solutions. The portfolio of products includes proven solutions developed from its expertise in the telecommunications markets, combined with products that are tailored specifically for the functions and requirements of the mining industry.

HUBER+SUHNER is continuing to develop key solutions as it moves forward in cementing itself as a leading supplier for mining solutions. Its fiber optic industry offering is complemented by radio frequency (RF) products that enable wireless data links.

At China Coal & Mining Expo 2019, HUBER+SUHNER will highlight its extensive expertise in critical communication infrastructure with key applications for video surveillance, clever fiber distribution hubs and multi-fiber connectors with quick-connect mechanisms that enable deployment of networks even by unskilled personnel.

“As the biggest mining event in China, the China Coal and Mining Expo is the perfect platform to showcase our expertise in the industry,” concluded Paul. “With a major production location in Changzhou we are able to provide cables and cable assemblies for the domestic market as well as on a global scale.”

HUBER+SUHNER will be showcasing its capabilities in the mining industry at the China Coal and Mining Expo 30 October - 2 November in Beijing, China.

For more information, please visit: https://www.hubersuhner.com/en

HUBER+SUHNER Group
HUBER+SUHNER is a global company with headquarters in Switzerland which develops and manufactures components and system solutions for electrical and optical connectivity. With cables, connectors and systems – developed from the three core technologies of radio frequency, fiber optics and low frequency – the company serves customers in the communication, transportation and industrial sectors. The products deliver high performance, quality, reliability and long life – even under harsh environment conditions. Our global production network, combined with group companies and agencies in over 80 countries, puts HUBER+SUHNER close to its customers. Further information on the company can be found at hubersuhner.com.

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Wiltshire County Council Expands Telensa Deployment to 42,000 Smart Streetlights

Central Management System has paid for itself in reduced energy and maintenance costs and will provide a low-cost platform for future smart city applications

Cambridge, UK - 29 October 2019 Telensa, the market leader in connected street lighting and Smart City applications, today announced that it has been selected by Wiltshire County Council to expand its PLANet intelligent street lighting system by an additional 7,000 lights across the county.

The established deployment already controls 35,000 lights, and paid for itself in just six years through reduced energy and maintenance costs. These controls are also being upgraded as part of a broader LED replacement program for which Ringway is the contractor and Atkins is the consultant. The combination of Telensa smart controls and advanced LED lights from Urbis Schréder has enabled the Council to implement sophisticated lighting profiles that save energy and create a more pleasant urban environment. The project will begin in October and is due for completion in October 2021.

Telensa Telecell

Telensa PLANet is an end-to-end intelligent street lighting system, consisting of wireless nodes connecting individual lights, a dedicated wireless network and a central management system. PLANet maximises the benefits of LEDs, pays for itself in reduced energy and maintenance costs, improves quality of service through automatic fault reporting, and turns streetlight poles into hubs for smart city sensors. With more than 1.7 million lights connected, Telensa PLANet is the world’s most popular connected streetlight system.

“The addition of Telensa controls has helped the Council to significantly reduce our energy costs, whilst at the same time improving our street lighting service,” said Peter Binley, Head of Service – Highway Asset Management and Commissioning at Wiltshire Council. “Extending our partnership to a total of 42,000 smart streetlights county-wide is an example of Wiltshire Council’s leadership in intelligent infrastructure to deliver a safer, smarter, and more efficient environment for its citizens.”

“Rising energy prices and tightening budgets mean that it is more important than ever to be able to offer local authorities deployment-proven solutions,” said Will Gibson, Chief Commercial Officer, Telensa. “We’re delighted to expand our partnership with Wiltshire to deliver a more efficient street lighting system that will serve citizens’ needs for decades to come.”

About Telensa
Telensa makes wireless smart city applications, helping cities around the world save energy, work smarter and deliver more joined-up services for their citizens. Telensa PLANet is the world’s most deployed smart streetlight solution, with a footprint of 1.7 million lights. Building on the compelling business case for its smart street lighting, the company provides cities and utilities with an open, low-cost platform to add multiple sensor applications. Working with Microsoft, Samsung and Qualcomm technologies in the Urban Data Project, Telensa is helping cities to build future-proof operations driven by data intelligence, trust and transparency. Telensa is based in Cambridge in the UK, with regional operations in the USA and Australia.

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FarmSmart and tech partner Amido launch new mobile app that helps African farmers to thrive

News Facts:

• FarmSmart is an application launching into Kenya in October 2019.


• Its aim is to build the farming capacity of people across Africa.


• The new app will target young people in Kenya (and eventually globally) who are seeking to get more from their land.


• The app is free for users and works through a unique recommendations’ engine, where, via a chatbot, the user will give their plot size, location season and soil type.


• Based on the data provided during sign up – the app recommends a list of crops and crop rotations the user could follow – providing step-by-step guides through each stage.


• The app enables farmers to track their finances and support them to sell their produce on the open market.

London – FarmSmart, in partnership with London-based technical consultancy Amido, has launched an innovative mobile application that shares essential, sustainable and climate-smart farming knowledge to smallholder farmers. Providing tailored recommendations for farmers based on location, soil-type, season and irrigation access, the app provides a powerful source of knowledge to smallholder farmers online and offline.

The mobile application has a range of features that will enable farmers to track their finances, connect with other farmers, and eventually support them to sell their produce on the open market. With an easy to use UX, the app provides an immersive learning experience, taking the user through all stages of the growing process, including identifying pests and diseases, making organic pesticides, right through to post harvest tips.

FarmSmart Mobile App

In addition, the app includes links to chat groups, allowing the farmers to communicate, share information and eventually sell their produce on the market; and all this is presented through an accessible, simple, intuitive and progressive interface.

‘At Amido we believe that technology, and particularly its ability to empower people with greater knowledge and understanding of the world around them, has a massive role to play in helping us live more sustainable, and have a low impact and environmentally responsible life.’ Amido CEO – Alan Walsh. ‘The FarmSmart project has been a very significant CSR investment and is an example of the way in which our technology has a positive impact, by helping embed sustainability into communities all around the world.’

‘FarmSmart is a powerful tool that revolutionises how organisations working with farmers disseminate sustainable farming content. For farmers, it recommends what to grow and takes them step by step through how to grow the recommended plot or crop. Through its easy to use platform and immersive content, FarmSmart is about empowering anyone to be an agri-entrepreneur.’ – FarmSmart’s founder – Alia Malik.

You can download the FarmSmart app from Google Play Store by searching ‘FarmSmart’ or by visiting the FarmSmart website.

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Amido is an independent technical consultancy that delivers intelligent solutions to drive innovation, growth and operational efficiency. Our cloud-native approach enables and accelerates digital transformation, helping organisations to continuously deliver at scale. With proven experience across multiple sectors, Amido is trusted by some of the world’s most powerful brands to future proof their technology investments. With our tenth anniversary coming up in 2020 we now have over 140 consultants, engineers, analysts and project managers based in our offices in London and Manchester.

FarmSmart (UK limited Company No. 11292931) aims to develop the capacity of smallholder farmers to thrive off any plot of land.

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Rajant and MultiWireless to Highlight Industrial Wireless Network for Port-Wide Mobility and Autonomy at TOC Americas 2019

Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh® is an essential asset for mission-critical, mobile port operations

Malvern, PA – October 29, 2019: Future automation of seaport operations will be a key highlight at TOC Americas, where Rajant Corporation and its distributor, MultiWireless, will showcase the latest industrial wireless network advances supporting seaport operators to automate operations. Their co-exhibition will take place at Stand B18, at TOC Americas, in Cartagena, Columbia from Tuesday, October 29th to Thursday, October 31st, 2019. Together, they will share how Rajant’s secure and resilient Kinetic Mesh is providing ubiquitous, port-wide mobility and unmatched network resiliency – both of which are needed to enable reliable, efficient autonomous processes.

Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh BreadCrumb® nodes can hold multiple connections simultaneously over multiple frequencies while working peer-to-peer to form connections with other nodes as they move in range. No controller node is needed, so there is no single point of failure. This is key to mobile operations and unmatched by other network providers.

Rajant Kinetic Mesh is powered by the InstaMesh® protocol. Its networking protocol works in real-time to analyze and select the fastest path for delivery at any given time. If a connection becomes unavailable or blocked, for example, by a metal container, InstaMesh will dynamically route communications via the next-best available path to maintain the ultra-reliable, low-latency performance autonomous systems demand.

According to Juan Carlos Calle Aleman, Executive Director at MultiWireless, “It has been proven by various success stories that Rajant is the perfect and ideal solution for the industrial market of moving assets. One of these markets is the port industry, where rubber tired gantry (RTG) cranes, ship-to-ship (STS), reach stackers and other equipment are always in motion. As these are pivotal to port operations, it is required that elements are interconnected intelligently through a reliable network that is auto-adaptable to changes and supports mobility above all. Our presence at TOC Americas will allow Rajant, along with MultiWireless as an Authorized Kinetic Mesh Distributor, to showcase to participants a wireless telecommunications platform that will allow optimized transportation of all the critical applications for the operation of ports. This includes, but is not limited to, the terminal operating system (TOS), crane remote monitoring, reefer management, access control, and push-to-talk (PTT) over IP.”

In closing, Rajant’s VP of Business Development in Latin America, Sagar Chandra, added: “Often in port operations, one path can become blocked. Rajant’s wireless mesh technology has machine learning capabilities that can identify and route port communications via the best available option by overcoming any obstruction instantaneously and autonomously. On-the-go connectivity is a fundamental necessity for port operators who are reliant on wireless systems and is why a solution that can overcome interference from rival port operators and ships coming into the port is key.”

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Contact: Alice DiSanto, AVP of Marketing for Rajant Corporation
Telephone: 914-582-8464
Email: ADiSanto@rajant.com

MultiWireless
With more than 40 years of combined experience, MultiWireless is a leading provider of broadband and mobile solutions. We are dedicated to offering cost-effective and vanguard solutions to service providers and system integrators, aiming to help them generate new revenue streams. From business development to customization, installation, service and support, MultiWireless is there to help you to grow your business, every step of the way.

About Rajant Corporation
Rajant Corporation is the exclusive provider of private wireless networks powered by the patented Kinetic Mesh® network, BreadCrumb® wireless nodes, and InstaMesh® networking software. With Rajant, customers can rapidly deploy a highly adaptable and scalable network that leverages the power of real-time data to deliver on-demand, mission-critical business intelligence. A low-latency, high-throughput and secure solution for a variety of data, voice, video, and autonomous applications, Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh networks provide industrial customers with full mobility, allowing them to take their private network applications and data anywhere. With successful deployments in more than 55 countries for customers in military, mining, ports, rail, oil & gas, petrochemical plants, municipalities, and agriculture, Rajant is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with additional facilities and offices in Arizona, Kentucky, and Alabama. For more information, visit www.rajant.com or follow Rajant on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Zylpha Introduces Greenwoods GRM to Document Bundling Environment

Top 200 Law firm Greenwoods GRM LLP has chosen Electronic Document Bundling from Zylpha (www.zylpha.com) for use with its existing Visualfiles case management software. By automating the bundling process with Zylpha, the practice can save considerable time and resources, allowing its staff to spend more time with clients handling their cases.

Greenwoods GRM

Greenwoods GRM has a strong reputation for delivering high quality legal services, combined with a personal and pragmatic approach to complex legal problems. The practice’s highly respected team strives to deliver efficient top quality services to all its clients. Electronic document bundling is one area where the practice saw an opportunity to enhance existing processes. The creation of manual bundles takes a great deal of preparation time, time that could be better used on supporting their clients’ best interests. Automating this process would free up much of that time.

Used in conjunction with LexisNexis Visualfiles, Zylpha’s Electronic Bundling software contains everything that Greenwoods GRM needs to create the highest quality document bundles. It can be accessed from a single-view dashboard-like screen, which makes it clear, concise and easy to use when creating even the largest most detailed bundles. This is because the system’s unique single-view digital approach streamlines and simplifies the arrangement and pagination of documents, saving a considerable amount of time and removing any complexity involved. The system is also widely acclaimed for its advanced security.

And by using Zylpha’s digital document bundling in conjunction with Visualfiles case management software, Greenwoods GRM can now produce bundles at a fraction of the cost, time and effort that it previously took using manual processes. What previously took hours now takes just minutes. Typically, Zylpha bundling delivers time savings of over 80% when compared to traditional manual alternatives. Additionally, Zylpha’s bundling system eliminates costs such as stationery, photocopying, paper file-storage, maintenance and courier charges.

According to Jackie Wood, Head of IT at Greenwoods GRM, Zylpha makes a real difference. “By automating document bundling, in conjunction with our Visualfiles case management system, we have reduced bundling preparation processes from hours to minutes. The time we have saved can then be spent with our clients. In addition, we have also reduced the physical amount of paper used and storage required. These are significant benefits.”

For his part Tim Long CEO of Zylpha welcomed Jackie’s comments adding, “Greenwoods GRM prides itself on the relationship it has with its clients. These are lawyers that clients enjoy working with. By dramatically reducing the amount of time spent on creating complex legal document bundles, Greenwoods GRM are able to devote even more time to client cases. We are delighted to hear that Zylpha has made such a clear difference and this is great news both for the practice’s staff and for its clients too.”

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About Zylpha www.zylpha.com
Headquartered in Southampton, Zylpha is an innovative specialist offering tools for the legal profession including:

• Secure electronic document production and delivery.


• Court Bundling.


• Integration with the MOJ Portal and Land Registry Business Gateway.


• Links to agencies for AML and Identity Verification.

The company, which was founded by Tim Long its CEO, has won widespread acclaim in both the legal and local government sectors for its systems, which transform secure communications for court and case management bundles.

For more information, please contact:

Tim Long
Zylpha Ltd.
T: 01962 658881
t.long@zylpha.com
www.zylpha.com

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Leigh Richards
The Right Image
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leigh.richards@therightimage.co.uk
www.therightimage.co.uk

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Small Cell Forum Announces New Board and Member Intake for 2019/20

New members, including Colt, Dense Air and Radysis join to strengthen Forum’s new work programs and continue their critical work in 5G-era

London, UK 28th October 2019 – Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization making mobile infrastructure solutions available to all, has announced a new board for the coming year and new members from across the wireless and internet ecosystems, further expanding the organisation’s breadth of expertise in developing 5G Open Small Cell RAN architectures and 5G-era small cell products.

New members include; Analog Device, Askey Computers, Colt, Dense Air, Eurecom, JMA Wireless, New H3C, Radisys, and Senko Advanced Components.

Small Cell Forum also announced its newly elected board, chaired by AT&T’s Dr. Prabhakar Chitrapu. The new board comprises:

• Amit Shah, American Tower


• Prabhakar Chitrapu, AT&T (Chair)


• Piercarlo Giannattasio, Cellnex (New to Exec Board for 2019-20)


• Mark Reudink, Crown Castle


• Paul Coffey, DenseAir (New to Exec Board for 2019-20)


• Randy Cox, Nokia


• Caleb Banke, Qualcomm


• Ravi Sinha, Reliance Jio (New to Exec Board for 2019-20)


• Mark Lipford, Sprint

Small Cell Forum’s new members add expertise and valuable knowledge from across the industry to continue the rollout of small cells, building the foundation for 5G networks. Under new chair Dr. Prabhakar Chitrapu the Forum will continue to focus on enabling the development of multi-operator and neutral host deployments, monetising and developing edge computing opportunities, and the application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to all aspects of small cell network planning, deployment and operations.

“The addition of new members sends a fantastic message, as developers, operators and innovators from across the industry join forces to help 5G networks thrive,” said Prabhakar Chitrapu, Chair Elect of Small Cell Forum. “To successfully deploy 5G networks, the Forum unites members from across the mobile and internet ecosystems to revolutionize the small cell rollout.”

About Small Cell Forum (SCF)
Small Cell Forum develops the technical and commercial enablers to accelerate small cell adoption and drive wide-scale densification.

Broad roll-out of small cells will make high-grade mobile connectivity accessible and affordable for industries, enterprises and for rural and urban communities. That, in turn, will drive new business opportunities for a widening ecosystem of service providers.

Those service providers are central to our work program. Our operator members establish the requirements that drive the activities and outputs of our technical groups.

We have driven the standardization of key elements of small cell technology including Iuh, FAPI, nFAPI, SON, services APIs, TR-069 evolution and the enhancement of the X2 interface. These specifications enable an open, multivendor platform and lower barriers to densification for all stakeholders.

The Small Cell Forum Release Program has now established business cases and market drivers for all the main use cases, clarifying market needs and addressing barriers to deployment for residential, enterprise, rural & remote, and urban small cells. The Small Cell Forum Release Program website can be found here: www.scf.io.

Media Contact:
Small Cell Forum
Richard Howson
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Gaist set to revolutionise utilities sector with mapping technology

Using Gaist’s unique technology, utility providers can maintain existing infrastructure with the opportunity for further innovation

Skipton, UK, 28 October 2019: Providing the ever-increasing services demanded by a growing population cannot be achieved using existing UK infrastructure, warned Gaist Head of Business Development Ian Job today.

“There are over 800,000km of sewer and water supply pipes in the UK that have an estimated average age of 70 years. One of the biggest challenges facing the utilities sector right now is that this ageing infrastructure needs to be upgraded and replaced to provide Britain’s population with the services they will need,” said Job.

Job highlighted that significant innovation in key areas will be vital for supporting the sector as it moves towards future technologies such as smart cities and smart grids and to meet cost and commercial challenges.

“A key focus for Gaist is supporting providers as they move through this process. Making projects more efficient – from the office or onsite – is really important to us and we think it is crucial to get work right first time, to minimise disruption,” continued Job.

Job added, “With an increasing focus on green technologies and initiatives, we want to reduce the effects that this work has on the surrounding environment so that as little time as possible is spent disturbing the highway and causing disruption to the public, while helping to ensure works are completed to the required standards. Having the tools that Gaist provides is absolutely necessary to be able to achieve this.”

Gaist’s unique digital twin of the UK’s road and pathways infrastructure creates a complete and precise view of the highway network, allowing utility providers to plan and execute projects with an extensive knowledge of their working environment, without the need for costly on-site surveys.

Delivering surveys and professional services to over 30 Local Authorities, Gaist has been referenced for its innovative technologies several times in the House of Commons Transport Committee report: Local roads funding and maintenance: filling the gap. In the past, utilities providers relied on visual inspection but now, with the tools provided by Gaist, providers are able to have an in-depth knowledge and analysis of the state of the road from their computer before any projects commence.

Job noted that whilst Gaist’s technologies have been widely utilised by Local Authorities and highway companies over the past decade, Gaist is now focused on breaking into the utilities and telecoms sectors and providing this industry with the same benefits that others have seen.

“We are well established in the highways and government sector now and we will look to continue this into the future. With ever-increasing demands being placed on utility providers, now is the opportune time for Gaist to expand into other areas and the utilities industry is at a perfect stage where our technology can do a lot to support their work and reduce costs” concluded Job.

A growing population, coupled with next-generation technologies enabling the future of smart cities, means that demands placed on utility providers are not likely to subside. With Gaist’s technologies, utility providers are able to utilise the solutions that have paved the way in the highways sector to provide their customers with the services that they require, both now and in the future.

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About Gaist
Gaist is a multi-award-winning highways surveying and mobile mapping company that uses digital processes and advanced data-science techniques to provide deep insights about the condition of roads and roadscape to international organisations across the public sector, government and utilities.

Gaist provides innovative and accurate highways condition surveys and inspections that allows its customers to make cost-effective and informed decisions. Its unique infrastructure databank already covers over 341,500 kilometres of the UK’s roads and pathways, using over a billion high definition images to map every classified road in the country.

Established in 2009, Gaist set out with the mission of revolutionising highways condition surveying. Subsequently, Gaist has amassed the largest data bank of highly detailed roadscape and highway network imagery to provide unrivalled intelligence and bespoke analysis of the whole roadscape to their clients.

For more information about Gaist, please visit: https://www.gaist.co.uk/.

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Cellwize RAN Automation and Orchestration Platform in Cooperation with VMware, to Enable 5G Automated End-to-End Assurance

Singapore and Los Angeles– October 25, 2019- Cellwize Wireless Technologies Ltd. (Cellwize), a global leader in mobile network automation and orchestration, today announced that it is working in cooperation with VMware to provide a network-wide 5G automated assurance solution from the core, through the RAN and to the edge. Communication service providers (CSPs) can benefit from a holistic view of the network, enabling them to leverage network intelligence to predict outcomes, and rapidly optimize configurations to provide service resilience and a superior customer experience.

The 5G experience of the future is being created right now, and the existing assurance systems of today are not adequate for the network-element complexity and the large data volumes associated with robust 5G services. Cellwize’s RAN intelligence technology, in cooperation with VMware’s Smart Assurance, an automated service assurance solution, provides operational intelligence and collective management of optical, virtual and physical networks. Cellwize RAN automation and orchestration platform delivers an orchestrated ‘zero-touch’ deployment, configuration, optimization and healing of mobile networks across the landscape of vendor and wireless technologies.

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“At Cellwize, 5G is not the future, it is now. Cellwize RAN automation and orchestration technology with VMware Smart Assurance can give CSPs end-to-end control of mobile services. We are excited to bring our leading-edge technology to the table and be a key enabler of 5G deployments worldwide. We are honored to do it alongside an esteemed technology provider like VMware,” said Ofir Zemer, CEO of Cellwize.

“As CSPs are now adapting for the 5G rollout, the ability to have end to end visibility and control across the entire network – from RAN to the core and edge networks – alongside with ongoing intelligence and automation is a must in this new reality,” said Gabriele Di Piazza, vice president, solutions, Telco & Edge Cloud business unit, VMware. “Network intelligence and management have been focus areas for VMware, and Cellwize’s RAN automation and orchestration platform with VMware Smart Assurance may help further extend these capabilities for our customers.”

About Cellwize
Cellwize is a leading provider of Mobile Network Automation solutions. Beginning life as a cloud-based Centralized Self-Organizing Networks (C-SON) provider, Cellwize has evolved its technology into a wider automation architecture that orchestrates ‘zero-touch’ closed-loop functionalities across a multitude of vendor and wireless technologies. Cellwize solutions are enabling the 5G journey for customers across North America, Latin America, Europe and APAC.

For more information, visit http://cellwize.com/ or contact info@cellwize.com, read the latest posts at https://cellwize.com/category/news/ and follow the company on Twitter: @cellwize.

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Blancco Announces Mobile Diagnostics Innovation to Radically Speed Used Device Processing and Secure Data Erasure

New app-free deep diagnostics and AI-powered screen crack detection create industry’s most advanced, fastest and secure device processing solution

Los Angeles – October 23, 2019 – Blancco Technology Group (LON: BLTG), the industry standard in data erasure and mobile device diagnostics, announced a major update to its Blancco Mobile Diagnostics and Erasure (BMDE) solution at Mobile World Congress Los Angeles 2019 today, making it the fastest and most efficient used device processing method available for mobile carriers, mobile processors, 3PLs, and device repair and recycling operators. The powerful new features in BMDE 4.1 will deliver never-before-seen levels of speed for diagnosing the condition of the used device and securely erasing data – key benefits in advance of the surge of used mobile devices expected to hit the marketplace as consumers upgrade to 5G-enabled devices.

BMDE 4.1 incorporates multiple performance innovations and end-to-end lean processing capabilities that will fundamentally change the mobile diagnostics and erasure function, increasing the speed and efficiency of the entire diagnostics and erasure process. Processors and 3PLs will now be able to access, evaluate and securely erase personal data from used devices without the need to install a separate app. This will drastically reduce the time required to securely process each device from the current 12 to 15 minutes per device by up to 50%.

Blancco is also introducing new AI capabilities that determine the condition of the device screen more quickly and assesses damage using a cracked glass detection process that utilizes a device’s own camera to look for screen deficiencies. The images are then sent to the cloud where AI technology quickly evaluates the device for cracks and other damage. This new capability will give carriers and mobile device insurance providers the ability to assess the condition of a used device more quickly, as well as improve fraud detection. Not only does the cracked glass detection feature provide a new customer touchpoint for carriers and operators, it also enhances the customer trade-in experience and increases consumer confidence when purchasing second-hand mobile devices.

“We anticipate that subscriber demand for 5G devices will be a major turning point for the new and second-hand smartphone market as consumers who are currently holding out for the new devices take the plunge,” said Russ Ernst, EVP, Products & Technology, Blancco, “In recent device releases, consumers haven’t seen a tremendous amount of innovation in mobile device features that would entice them to upgrade. With the expectations around 5G growing and an increasing number of 5G devices hitting the marketplace, the speed and accuracy of device processing and secure data erasure will be critical to address the upcoming deluge of used devices and an increased risk of data mismanagement.”

According to a recent Counterpoint Research study, 85% of consumers are waiting for 5G to buy a new device. Moreover, the study states that consumers increasingly consider the ability to trade in their old devices at the point of upgrade as they make new device decisions. Over the last 12-18 months, the secondary device market has played a pivotal role in driving affordability for high-end smartphones.

Secure device erasure is a critical part of processing old devices before being resold. With the added speed provided by BMDE 4.1, 3PLs and operators will be able to not only diagnose the health of hundreds of device trade-ins in minimal time, they also can more quickly erase consumer data that remains whether the owner “wipes” the device or not.

Ernst added, “With the diagnostics process becoming increasingly complex and with the tremendous growth of the secondary device ecosystem, it’s more important than ever for 3PLs and processors to maintain consumer trust in the process. Trust is critical for the success of the used smartphone market, and BMDE will speed the diagnostic and erasure process without cutting corners.”

Blancco will be demonstrating the most innovative BMDE 4.1 features at Mobile World Congress Los Angeles 2019 at the JW Marriott in Hall Marriott Stand Studio II.

About Blancco Technology Group
Blancco is the industry standard in data erasure and mobile device diagnostics. Blancco data erasure solutions provide thousands of organizations with the tools they need to add an additional layer of security to their endpoint security policies through secure erasure of IT assets. All erasures are verified and certified through a tamper-proof audit trail.

Blancco data erasure solutions have been tested, certified, approved and recommended by 18 governing bodies and leading organizations around the world. No other data erasure software can boast this level of compliance with the rigorous requirements set by government agencies, legal authorities and independent testing laboratories.

Blancco Mobile Diagnostics solutions enable mobile network operators, retailers and call centers to easily, quickly and accurately identify and resolve performance issues on their customers’ mobile devices. As a result, mobile retailers can spend less time dealing with technical issues and, in turn, reduce the quantity of NTF returns, save on operational costs and increase customer satisfaction.

Additionally, Blancco Mobile Diagnostics solutions empower mobile processors, 3PLs, Recyclers and Repair & Refurbishment Operations to easily, quickly and accurately process used mobile devices to identify any issues and determine overall value. By incorporating Blancco Mobile Diagnostics, mobile processors automate processes, deliver intelligent routing based on device attributes and increase overall efficiency, while driving incremental revenue and profitability.

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One-time security installations are not enough to protect mobile devices against growing threats, says TCG

Los Angeles, California, October 22, 2019 – Mobile device designers and operating system manufacturers need to provide a strong foundation for secure software and firmware updates throughout the lifetime of products – not just at the start, Ira McDonald, Co-Chair of Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Trusted Mobility Solutions Work Group said today.

Speaking as Mobile World Congress Americas takes place, McDonald stressed that embedded systems designers cannot assume that their firmware and software will remain pristine and must plan for ways to detect and recover firmware and software compromise.

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“The growing trend for greater connectivity, driven by functionality and convenience is putting mobile devices at risk of exploitation and making them more vulnerable to attacks,” said McDonald. “As security threats become more sophisticated, mobile device designers and operating system manufacturers will need to ensure they have proactive protection plans in place that can evolve throughout the product’s lifecycle and quickly respond to new threats as they emerge.”

The TCG Mobile Platform Work Group is building momentum for lifetime security in mobile devices with its TCG Runtime Integrity Protections in Mobile Devices Family “2.0” Reference Document, which has been submitted for public review.

In the reference document TCG outlines best practices for runtime monitoring and integrity preservation, encouraging device manufacturers and operating system manufacturers to consider TCG technologies to provide the necessary foundation for the security of the mobile devices long after they have been shipped.

According to McDonald, Runtime Integrity Preservation addresses things like mobile devices that don’t get rebooted for months at a time and ensures that the code remains unmodified – particularly those code regions identified by policies to be protected.

“Increasingly sophisticated network connectivity in mobile devices enables advanced feature sets, increased awareness and response, and faster patching and updating of system firmware and software,” said McDonald. “It also introduces new attack surfaces and potential issues that never previously existed in these mobile platforms.”

As with many cybersecurity problems, McDonald continued, no one solution can address the many attack techniques that attackers can employ. Instead, a ‘defense in depth’ approach is needed – mobile devices must be capable of being updated, even after they have been compromised.

As a result, McDonald emphasized that multiple cybersecurity countermeasures must be deployed to ensure that attacks are prevented. Attackers try to find and exploit the weakest link, so all the steps in the product update development and deployment process must be properly protected.

The core message of the TCG Runtime Integrity Protections in Mobile Devices Family “2.0” Reference Document is to ensure that the local device itself uses hardware assistance from the CPU to check that key regions of the operating system kernel and the drivers have not been modified and to provide recommendations about how to do that.

“In order to keep mobile devices secure, the designers of these systems must assess all of the attacks that they must resist and the consequences of a successful attack,” McDonald added. “The risk assessment can help designers to weigh the costs and benefits of the various firmware and software update approaches and choose an approach that provides adequate protection for their system.”

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Openet Implements Full Digital Service in Telkomsel in 18 weeks

Openet supports Telkomsel’s transformative B2C Digital Brand to provide Digital Mobile Service targeting enhanced new market segments in Indonesia

Dublin, Ireland – 23rd October 2019: Openet, a leader in the supply of Digital and 5G BSS, announced that its end to end Digital BSS suite has gone live to support Telkomsel’s new digital prepaid cellular service in Indonesia, called by.U.

Openet is supporting Telkomsel with its Digital BSS suite to power by.U, which has an end-to-end digital service utilizing a smartphone app at its core. This delivers new levels of customer choice with a wide range of digital services and a self-service approach that puts the customer in control.

Edward Ying, Telkomsel’s Director of Planning & Transformation said, “by.U as the first digital prepaid cellular service in Indonesia is a real evidence of Telkomsel’s Transformation as the leading digital telco company, which prioritizes customer centricity in developing quality digital products and services for customers.”

“We need to collaborate with a partner who shares the same ambition so we can provide a full end-to-end digital experience in customer journey. We wanted a support system that could easily be configured to allow us to quickly roll out a range of new attractive offers for our digital native customers and enable us to stand out in one of the most competitive mobile markets in the world. With this collaboration, we certainly hope that Openet's Digital BSS has the agility that we need, and also that Openet as a company has the partnership-focused attitude to ensure success.”

Telkomsel’s by.U service was developed specifically for the Gen Z (millennial) segment (15-24 years) which is around 44 million people in Indonesia. In serving these Gen Z customers who live digital lifestyle, Telkomsel needed to set new standards in speed to service, cost to serve and agility to serve this digital native generation. To deliver this innovative digital mobile service, it is critical for Telkomsel to have a Digital BSS suite and a partner which has high level of agility and performance.

The model that Telkomsel utilize in delivering an end-to-end digital experience in this product is to eliminate system complexity, and offer a simpler process both for customers and in internal business process.

Niall Norton, CEO, Openet, “I am looking forward to further developing our strong partnership with Telkomsel. Being able to launch a new digital platform so quickly is due in no small part to the vision, leadership and passion of the Telkomsel executives, who took their vision of a new digital service offer for the market and make it reality in record time. Openet worked with partners in this project including NTT, McKinsey and 6d Technologies to implement this digital vision, built on Openet’s charging and policy platforms alongside a suite of other digital enabling tools, in 18 weeks. I am very proud of the dedication of the team at Openet and our ability to work with our partners and the team at Telkomsel to deliver game changing results. Our partners in this success were able to leverage the Openet partner integration environment that pre-integrates a range of partner technologies to quickly, flexibly and reliably enable digital service offerings”.

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About Openet
Openet provides Digital and 5G BSS to enable service providers to create new revenues from digital services, improve customer engagement and be ready for the opportunities from 5G. Our solutions enable service providers to be more agile, innovative and enjoy a faster time to value.

From monetising content and data services over 4G to enabling innovative enterprise IoT offers over 5G, Openet’s Digital and 5G BSS offers a fast and agile alternative to the large legacy companies whose track record of over-charging and under delivering has resulted in high failure rates of large scale transformation projects.

Since its foundation in 1999, Openet has been at the forefront of telecoms software development and innovation. Our success is personified by the many long-term relationships it has fostered with the largest, most progressive, and demanding operators across the globe. For more information visit www.openet.com.

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Emtelle partners with CTTS to offer high-quality FTTx solution training

The new collaboration provides Emtelle’s customers with customised Fibre-to-the-x (FTTx) training programmes offering expert support from concept to installation, and beyond.

Hawick, Scotland, 23 October, 2019 – Emtelle, the leading global manufacturer of pre-connectorised, blown fibre cable and ducted network solutions, has partnered with Europe’s largest independent training provider in communications cabling and telecommunications technology Cable Telecommunications Training Services Ltd (CTTS) to launch bespoke fibre training for its customers.

Covering the entire chain, from concept through to installation, the collaboration will help customers optimise the performance of their networks with the expertise from Emtelle in developing innovative solutions and CTTS’ experience in delivering all aspects of cabling and telecoms technology training.

The training packages cover the latest blown fibre, ducted and cabling solutions that have been developed and are being deployed around the world. Training on Emtelle’s power protect solution is also available, addressing the shift of power and telecommunications moving closer together to fulfil the requirements of HV and LV duct installation practices, 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT).

“From health and safety, to knowing how to document, install and maintain networks, training is a strong requirement in telecommunications,” said Dave Rames, Field Support Team Leader at Emtelle. “Our partnership with CTTS is a new chapter for us as we further build on our mission to provide our customers with the most reliable and effective fibre and cabling solutions in the market. The range of training we can now offer will make sure our customers’ staff have the skills necessary to ensure that the solutions they are deploying are utilised to the highest possible standard.”

CTTS has been supplying bespoke telecommunications training packages for major network operators for the last 25 years, making it the ideal partner for Emtelle. It offers a variety of packages to Emtelle’s clients looking to develop their skills in fibre placement and provides training on the latest fibre and cable solutions from Emtelle.

“We offer personalised training packages to suit all ranges of experience, taking into account any previous training an individual may have had,” said Martyn Cook, Director at CTTS. “We are delighted to be working with Emtelle and our new partnership caters for the immediate and future needs of customers’ FTTx networks.”

Within the training packages, Emtelle’s customers can choose whether to arrange training at their own premises or at CTTS’ dedicated training centre with overhead, underground and Multi-dwelling units (MDU) / data cabling training areas. In addition, customers have the option to attend Training Needs Analysis (TNA) meetings or bring their own blowing equipment or Gas detector Unit (GDU) and become an expert in the equipment that they use day-to-day.

The available packages range from Emtelle solution-specific training - including the revolutionary pre-connectorised cabling system QWKconnect - to general fibre and cabling training and further industry-related requirements training.

For more information about Emtelle, please go to: http://www.emtelle.com/. To learn more about CTTS, please visit: http://www.cable-training.co.uk/.

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About Emtelle
Emtelle, the global manufacturer of pre-connectorised, blown fibre cable, and ducted network solutions is at the forefront of the fibre-to-the-X industry, having assisted all the key players with quality & reliable fibre & duct solutions for deployments worldwide.

With operations in UK, Germany and Denmark, as well as sales offices in The Netherlands, Sweden, Eastern Europe & Malaysia, Emtelle serves over 100 countries globally to multiple sectors including telecommunications and power. Emtelle’s experience is unrivalled, proven by the company’s continuous innovation and growth of the well-renowned solutions that continue to be deployed in networks globally.

Having dominated the blown fibre & ducted solution manufacturing space since its inception, Emtelle have pioneered some of the most innovative solutions within the industry as the company has advanced over the past three decades. These manufactured solutions focus on creating best value, reducing total project costs, and minimizing installation time and disruption.

Emtelle not only pride themselves on quality solution manufacture, Emtelle offer the full solution in terms of solution supply, customer service, support and training, from initial concept to installation and beyond. The highest standard of excellence is provided by Emtelle throughout all its activities by using the company’s production capacity and technical knowledge to develop, perfect & sustain the optimum solutions; the entire Emtelle offering adds value to FTTX networks around the world.

For more information about Emtelle, please go to: http://www.emtelle.com/.

About CTTS
Cable Telecommunications Training Services (CTTS) is Europe’s largest independent training provider in communications cabling and telecommunications technology. CTTS provide resettlement training, corporate training and individual career progression. With a twenty-five-year history of supplying award winning bespoke telecommunications training packages for major network operators. CTTS is a tier 1 supplier for Openreach L & D, our internationally renowned, award winning programme design team are fully equipped to provide a rapid response to your training needs.

CTTS run a regular schedule of courses including Fibre to the Home, Fibre Optics, Core, Metropolitan and Access Networks. The CTTS initiative Skills for a Digital Britain provides a range of cutting-edge courses for 21st century engineers and technicians. CTTS provides a number of career progression training courses for individuals looking for a career change, including men and women leaving the Armed Forces and those looking to improve their skillset. CTTS also design bespoke customised courses for clients who have specific training needs and companies frequently engage CTTS to support staff induction and up skilling of their workforce. CTTS is an Openreach Chief engineers Office Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) training and accreditation Centre.

CTTS is supported by the major equipment vendors and passive optical network component manufacturers. At the state-of-the-art National Training Centre, CTTS has a world class infrastructure of live systems and operational networks for realistic training and product evaluation. We can provide a complete end-to-end training solution from central office to subscribers’ premises.

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Global IoT innovators to demonstrate 5G use cases using oneM2M at ETSI IoT Week

Smart parking, cellular-enabled video surveillance, cellular IoT device triggering and device management will be amongst the demos

Sophia Antipolis, France, 21 October 2019: How oneM2M, the global Internet of Things (IoT) standard, can be used to support new and emerging use cases in the 5G era will be demonstrated at ETSI IoT Week 2019 this week, where the latest real-world IoT deployments across the industry will be showcased.

The event, which is taking place at the ETSI Headquarters, in Sophia Antipolis, France, from today until Friday, October 25, will see leaders from Chordant Inc, Definition Networks, Easy Global Market, Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems (LAAS-CNRS), Orange, Pilot Things, Sierra Wireless and SMARTDTV GLOBAL gather to present a range of IoT-based use cases which leverage the oneM2M standard, designed to provide next-generation services.

“As global adoption of the IoT continues to grow at exponential rate, more and more innovative use cases are emerging to market,” said Roland Hechwartner, Technical Plenary Chair at oneM2M. “This is only set to grow as 5G comes to fruition across the globe, which is why standardised IoT frameworks are critical as we approach the ultra-connected era which is looming upon us.

“At ETSI IoT Week, more than 250 IoT experts will come together to showcase and witness real-life implementations of standard based technologies of the oneM2M standard and SAREF communication networks (e.g. 3GPP cellular 5G) being applied to IoT services. The event is perfectly positioned to showcase these innovations, highlighting what is possible when innovation is matched with interoperability,” added Hechwartner.

The full list of IoT Showcases includes:

Cellular-Enabled Secure Video Surveillance: SMARTDTV GLOBAL will exhibit how an IoT Video Edge Platform can enable cellular connectivity for any legacy or new CCTV cameras, as well as how a dedicated edge gateway can provide all required features from connectivity, edge management and cyber security.

Cellular IoT Device Triggering using oneM2M and Rel 15 SCEF: The joint demonstration by Chordant and Definition Networks will showcase the integration of the oneM2M based-IoT platform with a SCEF solution that provides value-added services for IoT devices leveraging 3GPP networks and core services.

Device Management of Heterogeneous and Constrained IoT Devices Using oneM2M and SDT Abstraction Layer:

Demo one - Abstracting Device Management with oneM2M and Smart Device Template (SDT): Presented by Orange and Chordant, the demo will show a proposal for a Device Management (DM) abstraction layer based on oneM2M and SDT in action. This will highlight the benefit of introducing DM capabilities within SDT, which is essential to introducing new capabilities and use cases.

Demo two - oneM2M stack for IoT constrained devices: LAAS-NRS will present a new oneM2M stack which has been created in LAAS-CNRS labs for constrained devices and gateways and for future 5G connections called LOM2M. Several use cases will show resources and functionalities implemented.

Demo three - oneM2M and LTE-M Plug&Play: Pilot Things will highlight how its Plug&Play feature works with oneM2M on LTE-M networks to enable cities and industrial operators to leverage IoT data to create their centralised repository.

LTE-M Connectivity with a oneM2M-enabled Service Deployed on a Kubernetes Cluster: Easy Global Market will showcase the interconnection of sensor devices with LTE-M connectivity with oneM2M’s IN-CSE endpoint through a 5G-based deployment of a MN-CSE endpoint. The demo will also highlight how entries made by end-users can be viewed in real-time.

LTE as a Service: CTTC will demonstrate how the upcoming 5G network will support Network Functions Virtualization Management and Orchestration (NFV MANO) for instantiating network services, including Core Network components, IoT backend services, and wireless Software Defined Network (SDN) controllers as Virtual Network Functions (VNF).

Open-Source Testing Tools for AE Developers: Presented by Chordant, the demo will cover conformance testing of oneM2M devices. The goal of the use case is to provide device manufacturers with a blueprint for creating their own conformance oneM2M ready device.

Parking Recommendation Service and Data Marketplace: KETI will demonstrate how the oneM2M platform can gather data to provide parking slot recommendations based on parking occupancy and congestion data.

For more information on ETSI IoT Week 2019 and oneM2M’s involvement, please visit: https://www.etsi.org/events/1602-iot-workshop-2019#pane-5/.

For more information on oneM2M, please visit: http://www.onem2m.org/.

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About oneM2M
oneM2M is the global standards initiative that covers requirements, architecture, API specifications, security solutions and interoperability for Machine-to-Machine and IoT technologies. oneM2M was formed in 2012 and consists of eight of the world's preeminent standards development organizations: ARIB (Japan), ATIS (U.S.), CCSA (China), ETSI (Europe), TIA (U.S.), TSDSI (India), TTA (Korea), and TTC (Japan), together with industry fora or consortia (GlobalPlatform) and over 200 member organizations. oneM2M specifications provide a framework to support applications and services such as the smart grid, connected car, home automation, public safety, and health. oneM2M actively encourages industry associations and forums with specific application requirements to participate in oneM2M, in order to ensure that the solutions developed support their specific needs. For more information, including how to join and participate in oneM2M, see: http://www.onem2m.org/.

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NGMN Alliance White Paper addresses Continuous Delivery in Telecommunication Network Environments

Using practical experience gained from Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom test and production environments, the NGMN White Paper presents a concept to tackle the so-called ‘air gap’ challenge

Frankfurt, Germany, 21 October 2019: The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance has today published its ‘Continuous Delivery in Telecommunication Network Environments’ White Paper, setting out concepts to tackle the ‘air gap’ challenge.

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The telecommunications industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation to become more software-centric and cloud-based, paving the way towards a more agile service environment and higher operational automation. On the journey to DevOps, through applying practices such as Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD), network operators at some point in time hit a challenge described in the White Paper as the ‘air gap’.

Caused by the fact that production networks are strictly segregated from test networks and development environment networks for security and operational reasons, this gap between CI automation in one network zone and deployment automations in other network zones hinders seamless CD automation. Solving the ‘air gap’ challenge is therefore an important step in the evolution towards true continuous deployment.

Using findings gained in recent projects, including DevOps practices from Deutsche Telekom (DT) and SK Telecom (SKT) including feedback from more than 25 NGMN Mobile Network Operators, the White Paper lays out the practical experience gained from automating the delivery chain for multiple applications, complemented by mapping the concept to a technology stack.

“This project has reinforced the importance of industry collaboration to expand and evolve telecommunications networks with a view to providing continuous deployment,” said Peter Meissner, CEO of NGMN. “Collaboration is key not just for NGMN but for the whole industry. To address the ‘air gap’ as well as other complex issues that operators face, stakeholders must combine skills, knowledge and resources to maintain advancements in the mobile ecosystem.”

“It is imperative that we move automation out of the advanced technology space and into production. As an industry, we must address the challenges that are hindering this progress,” said, Walter Goldenits, Chief Technology Officer, Telekom Deutschland, Deutsche Telekom. “The concepts explored in this White Paper are gained from practical experience and are intended now for alignment in industry activities around service orchestration and automation. I therefore encourage all interested parties to read and provide feedback to the White Paper.”

“Our ongoing work to identify new solutions that address the air gap challenge will prove critical as the industry undergoes a revolution towards DevOps practices,” said Kangwon Lee, VP & Head of Cloud Labs, ICT R&D Center, SK Telecom. “The industry is moving towards increased operational automation and a more agile service environment, but the change is not just about the technology – it is also about culture and methodologies. This NGMN White Paper is a key stage in the process.”

The White Paper presents the following key aspects:

• Outlines the target scenario for CD in telecommunication network environments


• Identifies key concepts for a model-based and reusable solution


• Examines various aspects of lifecycle management, putting CD into an even larger context

NGMN considers to initiate a project to further evolve the concept proposed in this White Paper jointly with industry stakeholders.

NGMN welcomes feedback from all interested parties on this White Paper and the evolution towards true continuous deployment.

To download the White Paper, click here: https://www.ngmn.org/technical-documents.html

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Upcoming Event
NGMN will be hosting its eighth Industry Conference & Exhibition, taking place 21st to 23rd April 2020 in Paris, France. Press and Media can register for this event focusing on “The Unique Journey to 5G Commercial Success” here: https://ice2020.ngmn.org/registration/. Please visit the website for more information: https://ice2020.ngmn.org/.

About NGMN Alliance
The NGMN Alliance (https://ngmn.org/) was founded by leading international network operators in 2006. Its objective is to ensure that the functionality and performance of next generation mobile network infrastructure, service platforms and devices will meet the requirements of operators and, ultimately, will satisfy end user demand and expectations.

The focus of the NGMN Alliance is on the development of 5G supported by the strong and well-established partnership of worldwide leading operators, vendors, universities, and successful co-operations with other industry organisations.

For more information about NGMN, or to find out how to become a member, visit: https://www.ngmn.org/.

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ZTE hosts Global Wireless User Congress and 5G Summit in Vienna

22 October 2019 - Vienna, Austria ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, today has hosted its Global Wireless User Congress and 5G Summit in Vienna, Austria.

During this event, the participants experienced internet surfing, high quality video and other services. The audiences also witnessed more than 1Gbps ultra-fast MBB using 80Mhz spectrum. Thanks to the long-term cooperation between ZTE Corporation and Hutchison Drei Austria, all were demonstrated in the live5G network.

At the event, ZTE and Drei Austria also jointly demonstrated the industry's first end-to-end network slicing operation. By means of customized slicing, the operator's transformation from single B2C traffic operation to B2B, B2B2C and B2B2B slicing operation made it possible to deeply integrate 5G with vertical industries and thoroughly explore 5G value.

One smart bionic mechanical dog equipped with 5G CPE for data connection showed different potential application scenarios, such as rescuing, security patrol, home guard and more. Together with 8k UHD video, drone and high-speed download services, a panoramic view of the future life with 5G was shaped.

“ZTE and Drei Austria have been long-term strategic partners for 10 years already. The 2/3/4G radio together with core network jointly built by ZTE and Drei Austria has ranked best in a third-party network evaluation for the fourth consecutive time and was worthy of being named the best network in Europe,” said Xiao Ming, Senior Vice President of ZTE. “Now, ZTE and Drei Austria have completed the first batch of large-scale commercial construction of 5G networks in Europe and put into operation.”

At the event, ZTE conducted in-depth discussions and dialogues with well-known global operators, industry partners, governmental agencies and consulting institutions on topics, such as 4G/5G integration and evolution, 5G rapid network rolling-out, automatic and intelligent O&M and slicing operation.

In addition to ZTE and operators, many other well-known industrial organizations, industry partners and consulting companies also contributed ideas, suggestions and plans to 5G future development.

Moreover, ZTE launched multiple innovative products and solutions to fully support the global commercial 5G construction. The NR product series can provide full-band and full-scenario coverage. For instance, the 5G NSA&SA dual-mode radio and baseband units fully support the flexible selection and smooth evolution of the operators’ network architecture. Common Core implements full access and integration of 2G/3G/4G/5G/fixed networks, supporting SA and NSA at the same time, saving operators up to 40% on investment.

“We hope that through this event, together with customers and friends across our industry, we can tap into the potential of the existing network, push forward the practice of 5G industrialization, continue to explore new services and business models and create new value systems for the industry,” concluded Xiao Ming.

To date, ZTE has signed 25 5G commercial contracts and worked with more than 60 operators around the world on 5G, covering China, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and other major 5G markets.

Media Contacts:
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