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(WIAT) — Ladies and gentlemen, the future is here. Uber and Hyundai Motor are teaming up to create air taxis to be used for the ridesharing company.
The announcement was made during this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Hyundai is the first automotive company to partner up with the Uber Elevate initiative, Uber’s vision to offer air transport to users. Other partners of the initiative include Aurora Flight Sciences, Joby Aviation, Bell, Pipistrel, Embraer, Jaunt Air Mobility, and Karen Aircraft.
Hyundai says the concept, which is labeled as the S-A1 model, will be designed to seat four passengers, reach a cruising speed of up to 180 mph, and take passengers on trips up to 60 miles. The Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) will have a pilot when it launches, but the automotive giant hopes to eventually make them autonomous. You can find the concepts of the PAV below.
Uber says their goals are to have flight demonstrations of the air taxis in 2020 and for Uber Elevate to be available to riders in 2023.
What are your thoughts on the S-A1 air taxi? Will you give the PAVs a shot, or stick to the ground for your ridesharing needs? Let me know on Twitter: @NickErebia.
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While we’re in various stages of lockdown or social distancing to avoid spreading coronavirus, phones and social media are often our only connection to the outside world (no, I do not want to see my screen time report this month, thank you very much). However, there is some bad news for Instagram users, and specifically fans of the platform’s augmented reality filters.
Facebook – owner of both Instagram and Spark AR, the software that allows creators to develop the filters – has announced that no new filters will be featured for an unspecified length of time.
The change is due to the reviewers and moderators who assess new submissions being asked to leave the office, in the name of social distancing (though they will still be paid, according to Facebook policy shared with TechCrunch).
“Creators can continue to use Spark AR Hub and submit their effects and updates to be reviewed at a later date,” reads a statement on the Facebook page for Spark AR creators. “Some of our automated validation processes will still be active so creators can continue to get feedback on some aspects of their submissions.”
Of course while this is bad news for people sat at home, yearning for some new, virtual elf ears or alien eyes to get them through quarantine, it’s even worse for creators that have lost a creative outlet (and, potentially, paid work with brands asking for custom filters).
“We’re actively exploring ways to offset this disruption and let creators get back to publishing,” the statement continues. “We can’t yet provide exact timing on when this will happen, but we’ll share updates in Spark AR Hub when we’re able to.”

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The recent government decision to relax cabotage for transhipment of ex-im containers at Indian ports seems to be having the desired effect.
According to analysts, transhipment of Indian cargo at ports in neighbouring countries has come down and the said volumes at Indian ports have increased. In fact, as per an estimate, there has been a more than 40 per cent increase in transhipment at Indian ports in July 2018 over the previous month.
The analysts point out that a definitive positive impact of cabotage relaxation at Indian ports will be visible by the end of the fiscal, with substantial transhipment volumes expected in the next fiscal.
The decision has even led to some neighbouring ports reducing their rates, it was emphasised.
It was in May that the Ministry of Shipping relaxed the cabotage norms to allow foreign flagged vessels, vessels chartered by Indian citizens or companies to ply between Indian ports for transhipment of ex-im boxes and empties, as well as for the domestic movement of certain commodities.
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What happened: From October 24, 2022, WhatsApp announced that they had dropped the support for two versions of iOS, specifically iOS 10 and iOS 11.
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What happened: Sindh’s Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah launched the e-stamping system in the province in collaboration with the PITB, the Board of Revenue
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Al Meera opens new store in Umm Salal Ali
DOHA, February 9, 2017
Qatar's Al Meera Consumer Goods Company recently opened its newest branch in Umm Salal Ali, which marks the launch of the third shopping centre in its previously announced 14-store expansion plan.
The branch brings Al Meera’s distinctive shopping experience to one more of the country’s underserved regions as part of the company’s mission to provide consumers in every area of the country a great shopping experience that provides true value for money, a statement said.
The company has already opened two branches in Bu Sidra and North Sailiya (Al Miarad) as part of its expansion and two more are due to open in the near future in Al Wakra (West) and Leaibab 2.
In addition to the aforementioned, there are six stores that are currently under construction, including in Rawdat Aba El Heran, Azghawa, Leabaib and Umm Qarn, Al Khor and Sailiya. These state-of-the-art stores will bring the expansion plan to a total of 11 out of 14 branches.
The 4014 sq m new shopping centre located in Umm Salal Ali – next to the Saad Bin Moaz School – features a 1750 sq m supermarket that has been equipped to serve residents in the area with fresh sections that Al Meera clients grew used to shopping from at all of its newly opened and renovated stores. The Supermarket’s Fresh Sections include a Butchery, Fishery, Bakery and a Delicatessen.
The store exhibits Al Meera’s trademark modern interior designs and shelving installations, as well as advanced technologies and facilities that have become equivalent to the Retailer’s community shopping centers around the country, the statement said.
To serve the community’s diverse shopping needs under one roof, the Umm Salal Ali branch also includes nine shops, a restaurant area and small food court. A dedicated parking space and other facilities further augment customers’ experience at the shopping centre.
Sheikh Thani Bin Thamer Al Thani, Al Meera’s chairman, said: "We are truly pleased to introduce Umm Salal Ali’s residents with the answer to their shopping needs and to play a significant role in the real-estate development of the area, which has been highlighted in the State’s country-wide urbanisation plan. As with every new branch that Al Meera opens, the Umm Salal Ali branch is designed to exceed consumers’ expectations with a distinctive, integrated shopping experience that sets a benchmark for retail chains across the country.” - TradeArabia News Service


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Intel is planning to release a system with 16 processing cores by the end of the summer.
The new platform, codenamed 'Caneland', will feature four processor sockets, each able to support the company's latest quad-core chips. The systems were first demonstrated in October last year.
Kirk Skaugen, vice president and general manager of server products at Intel, revealed in a company video that the Clarkson chipset and Tigerton processors it will use have been shipping to OEMs since June, and that the first products are expected in September.
The Caneland architecture will initially be used only in server systems, although Skaugen said that the company eventually hopes to extend it in some form to consumer offerings.
The Tigerton processors, which top out at 2.93GHz, are the first of Intel's quad-core chips to be designed to run in multiprocessor systems. A 50-watt version for use in blade servers will also be available.
The chipset will offer a direct connection between each of the four chips, allowing the processors to swap data more quickly.
Intel hopes that the new platform will appeal to customers not only for its performance, but for the value of its next-generation design.
"We are going to be able to double the performance of the previous generation of Xeon multiprocessor systems," said Skaugen.
"But we will also have some nice headroom with future processors that will plug into these sockets, so there will be investment protection as well."
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Microprocessor maker Intel predicts that 50 percent of the amount ultrabook which will be launched in 2012 is more of a large, namely 14 and 15 inches. This contrasts with some ultrabook screen size that has been circulating, which is 13.3 inches. This was disclosed Shmuel Mooly Eden, Vice President and General Manager of Intel's PC Client Group, the exhibition electronics Consumer Electronics Show ( CES ) in Las Vegas, 10 to January 13, 2012.
Eden also predicts there will be 75 different designs ultrabook and will be sold under 1,000 U.S. dollars or under $ 9 million. The price will be the most decisive factor in the success or failure ultrabook, given that strong competition among vendors ultrabook producers. Even so, sales will undoubtedly get ultrabook high enthusiasm, at least at the end of 2012 thanks to the launch of Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 8.
In the future, said Eden, ultrabook models will be equipped with a multitouch touch screen keyboard to complement and encourage ultrabook functions to a more multifunctional.
Intel has also announced its partnership with Nuance software company to bring the voice recognition in ultrabook. Such features will begin work on the end of 2012. Nuance is a company that makes Siri, an application that can transform human speech into text messages, create reminders, find information, and so on.
Currently, ultrabook thickness of less than 15 mm, thinner than notebooks and netbooks. Also weighs less than 2 kg. Ultrabook that there is now an amalgamation of the functions of the tablet comfortable to carry anywhere and a laptop that has a high hardware specification.


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The mandate of the chief marketing officer has evolved beyond its traditional remit. Today’s CMO is not only the architect of the brand narrative but also a key player in the business decisions that drive overall growth and profitability.
Since expanding my role at Xandr to include revenue and growth responsibilities, I’ve been fielding questions about what exactly a chief business officer is.
I tried typing in “what is a CBO?” to everyone’s favorite search engine to no avail. It turns out there are a lot of different views on the role. Some people believe that CBO stands for chief brand officer, but let’s be clear, that’s a very different role. The answer lies in the marriage of marketing and sales, two disciplines that have evolved significantly over the last decade and resulted in the emergence of a new role.
A new kind of CMO
With its heavy dependence on data and technology, the last decade of digital has equally transformed business and the role and responsibilities of the CMO. According to Forrester, the CMO role has evolved from “brand-building growth captain” to “a quarter-disciplined and data-focused operator.” It also found that 88% of organizations agree that the role of the CMO has changed and will continue to evolve.
Marketers have always been tasked with building brands through high-impact campaigns and increasing a company’s share of voice through strategic communications and product marketing. But now, enabled by technology and data, marketers are also critical drivers of commercial growth, cross-functional sales, product, finance and HR accountabilities.
CMOs now own the brand, employee and customer experiences along with how these priorities ladder up to drive business impact.
The rise of the CRO
The decade also saw the rise of the chief revenue officer as the role of the sales leader evolved. You can probably credit Silicon Valley startups for the birth of the title that has made its way into media companies and tech startups around the world.
Sales leaders have always been relationship-driven and focused on meeting net new revenue goals. Much like the evolution of their marketing counterparts, they’ve added tools and technology platforms to improve their outcomes and the efficiencies of their teams.
For example, making decisions on Salesforce automation software and CRM systems and using data and analytics to inform pricing and product bundles. And that’s just a random Monday for today’s CRO. But on Tuesday, they have to get involved in defining product requirements and competitive product positioning with their engineering and product counterparts and work with marketing to create customer advisory councils and events to evangelize new product offerings.
No longer just the liaison to clients and cheerleader to the sales team, today’s revenue leaders hold a seat at the table in product, engineering and C-suite discussions. With increasingly sophisticated customer needs, technology and data have become critical components of driving success.
Defining the CBO role
So, what’s in a title anyway? Leadership is probably best defined by the people and teams that are willing to align behind a purpose to accomplish a unified goal.
The Xandr team has aligned behind our purpose statement to make advertising matter. We’re taking on this lofty goal at a time when the relationship between consumers and content is being transformed. There could not be a better time to make sure that we have aligned our business strategy to customer success and commit to customer-based outcomes.
The CBO owns the business narrative that drives the customer and brand experience, while also being responsible for the revenue and operational infrastructure to ensure scalable and repeatable growth. It’s the marriage of sales and marketing with a keen eye on customer needs and business profitability.


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OTTAWA – Canada’s cross-border shoppers are getting a boost in this federal budget.
Starting June 1, 2012, shoppers hopping south of the border for quick trips will be able to bring back more duty-free and tax-free goods.
Traveller exemption limits will be raised from $50 to $200 for trips over 24 hours, from $400 to $800 for trips longer than 48 hours, and finally, there’ll be a more modest jump from $750 to $800 for week-long jaunts.
The new figures line up with U.S. standards and are expected to cost the federal purse up to $17 million a year in lost revenue.
Still, the federal government expects the changes will help cut wait times at the border for shoppers.
The new rules don’t just apply to Canadians hunting for cheaper U.S. goods but to all international travellers who pick up souvenirs overseas.
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Motorola India officially launched the Edge 30 Ultra and Edge 30 Fusion smartphones this week. Now, the company is rumoured to introduce the Moto E22 Series soon. The Moto E22 Series is tipped to come with Moto E22 and Moto E22i models. According to tipster Paras Guglani, Motorola will launch the E22 on September 16, as a budget handset. It is said to be priced between Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 in India. Motorola Edge 30 Ultra, Motorola Edge 30 Fusion Debut in India; Check Price & Other Details Here.
In addition to this, the tipster has also shared renders of the Moto E22 smartphone. The handset will come with a gloss back panel, a dual rear camera setup, Motorola branding on the bottom of the rear panel and a flat-edge design. At the front, the smartphone will sport a waterdrop notch screen.
Moto E22 is said to feature a 6.5-inch IPS LCD display with a refresh rate of 90Hz. It is rumoured to be powered by a MediaTek Helio SoC and could pack a 5,000mAh battery. Moreover, the device is likely to run on Android 12 OS and may come with a 3.5mm headphone jack.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Sep 14, 2022 02:11 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).


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Digital TV News: Anthony Wood
Pandemic has accelerated move to TV streaming in the U.S.
Sep 9, 2021 – Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has published the results of its annual survey that provides insights into consumer TV viewing behaviors and preferences and how the pandemic accelerated the ongoing shift to TV streaming.
News categories: Roku, Anthony Wood, COVID-19, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, USA
Roku exceeds 50 million active accounts
Jan 6, 2021 – Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has announced preliminary estimated data for the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, 2020, of 51.2 million active accounts — up by approximately 14 million accounts in 2020.
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Fox Corporation to acquire Tubi
Mar 17, 2020 – Fox Corporation (Nasdaq: FOXA, FOX) has agreed to acquire Tubi for approximately $440 million. Tubi brings to FOX an expanded consumer offering with a sizable, younger-skewing and directly connected user base.
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Roku TV launches in Brazil in partnership with AOC
Jan 21, 2020 – Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has announced that it is partnering with AOC to bring the AOC Roku TV to consumers in Brazil. The TV will offer consumers a smart TV experience that is easy to use, with great streaming entertainment at an affordable price.
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Roku to acquire dataxu
Oct 22, 2019 – Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase dataxu. dataxu provides marketers with an automated bidding and self-serve software solution to manage ad campaigns programmatically across digital platforms.
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Roku expands Roku TV licensing program into Europe
Sep 7, 2019 – Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has announced that it is further expanding the Roku TV licensing program into Europe. Hisense is the first European Roku TV partner and is expected to launch Roku TV models in the UK in Q4.
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Roku estimates Q4 active accounts top 27 million
Jan 7, 2019 – Roku (Nasdaq: ROKU) has disclosed preliminary Q4 2018 data for two key operating metrics, active accounts and streaming hours, demonstrating continued momentum for the Roku platform as consumers shift toward streaming.
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Roku adds audio and voice assistance to the TV user expereince
Jan 3, 2018 – Roku has unveiled plans to make it easy for Roku TV customers to add audio to their TV experience. The company has also announced plans to develop and launch a voice assistant, the Roku Entertainment Assistant, optimized for home entertainment.
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Roku hits 15 million monthly active accounts
Jul 12, 2017 – Roku has announced that it reached 15 million monthly active accounts as of June 30, 2017 growing 43 percent over the same period of the prior year. Users streamed nearly 7 billion hours on the Roku platform in the first half of 2017.
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Being your own boss in your business may seem appealing because of the freedom to make your own hours, but in reality business owners are notorious for working long hours.
Business owners work an estimated 60 hours a week, according to Inc.
However, a UK study revealed that entrepreneurs worked about 52 hours a week on average, or 63 percent longer than other workers, Real Business reported
Not all entrepreneurs work their long hours at once, however. Many choose to split their work into shifts.
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“During the week, I’ll work 6:30 am-5 pm and 6-10 pm (travel time in between). On the weekends, I’ll check my email here and there, and work during my daughter’s three-hour naps,” Len Gauger, CEO of Message Blocks, an online even management system, told Tech.co
Blaine Vess, CEO of online learning tool system StudyMode, has a similar shift methodology. “I usually work from home from 9 am-10 am, and then at the office from 10 am-7 pm. I’ll go out to dinner and then work from 10 pm-2 am, depending on workload,” Vess told Tech.co.
Still, other entrepreneurs admit to working around-the-clock.
“The life of an entrepreneur is never ending. Initially it felt like 24/7, now I’m down to 7 am-7 pm for the most part,” Laura Meck, Small Business Secret Weapon Company managing partner said.
However, many doubt the actual merits of a workweek over 40 hours. Studies during the past 75 years have shown that beyond hour eight of work, people are much less likely to be productive, reported Salon
. While overtime and working extended hours can be temporarily productive, regularly working too many hours may not be as effective as business owners think.
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Rather than overexerting themselves by working too many hours, entrepreneurs could be better off working fewer hours and managing their time better. Sleep patterns are essential to productivity so it is important to determine whether an individual is a morning person, night owl, or neither, Inc. reported. By figuring out which work hours are best, entrepreneurs may be able to cut back on hours without cutting back on productivity.
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Intel is pinning high hopes on its SMB server product launched today, hoping the product will help it double channel sales and expand its presence further into emerging markets.
The Intel Modular Server building blocks integrate networking and storage capabilities in a low-cost product with a simple, Web-based management console, making the product a good fit for cash-strapped SMBs said Steve Dallman, general manager of the Intel worldwide reseller channel organization.
IMS building blocks include a blade server motherboard, storage and a networking switch built on Intel’s Multi-Flex server management and storage technology, which provides comparable features, heating and cooling advantages, and performance to Intel’s blade server offerings but at a much lower cost, said David Brown, general manager of Intel channel server products group.
Intel said it expects server growth in the SMB space to increase as much as 13 percent in 2008, and that continued growth in emerging markets such as Asia will require low-cost, high performance such as that offered by the IMS building blocks. Dallman said Intel’s 190,000 worldwide channel partners currently active in 165 countries will drive that growth, and that the opportunities for integrators, system builders and VARs is incredible.
“This year we estimate that 700,000 new SMBs will adopt server technology for the first time,” Dallman said. He added that this new business would be a boon for partners. “We hope this product will double our channel business,” Dallman said.
Joe Toste, vice president of sales and marketing at system builder Equus Technologies, said that the IMS would replace more complex entry-level server offerings from Intel.
“This product will absolutely grow the market for white box servers,” said Toste. IMS allows system builders to compete against more complex, more expensive, less flexible server options from Dell and HP, for example. “With other servers, you have to get a complete blade system to experience any kind of ROI,” Toste said, but IMS offers comparable performance without the cost of a blade, he added.
IMS building blocks can support up to six server nodes and 14 serial SCSI drives, two Ethernet switch modules and also includes integrated SAN and a visual, Web-based GUI, Brown said. IMS building blocks also offer a remote management capability, which can ease the management and troubleshooting burden for SMBs, since management can be performed anytime, anywhere without having an on-site server administrator, Dallman said.


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Dai Nippon Printing probably isn’t a company you’re terribly familiar with, but you might feel inclined to keep closer tabs on the Japanese outfit. With help from the University of Tokyo, Dai Nippon has created a book scanner that can plow through texts at up to 250 pages each minute. A mechanism flips through pages at lightning speeds while a pair of cameras overhead snap detailed images of each sheet as it flies by. Special software then flattens out the photos and turns the picture into a machine readable, 400 pixel-per-inch scan that can easily be converted to PDF, EPUB or other format. Read the full story at Engadget.
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Some Samsung smartphones seem to have limited performance when using many popular apps. Several users reported this on social media and the Samsung forum.
Twitter user GaryeonHan and my users south korean tech forum Published a list of ‘10,000 apps’ that will be limited in performance, including brands Android salad And the the edge On. This will be done by Samsung’s Game Enhancement Service, or CIS. Some users are also complaining about this on File South Korea social forums from Samsung†
This issue will affect the performance of many popular apps, including apps from Samsung itself, Google, Instagram, Netflix, TikTok, and Microsoft Office. However, performance of benchmark applications such as 3DMark, Antutu, GeekBench, and PCMark appears to be unaffected by CIS.
south korean youtuber Show it recently By renaming the 3DMark benchmark app to the Genshin Impact smartphone app. The YouTuber then ran a Wild Life Extreme test on the Galaxy S22, after which the frame rate dropped in the benchmark. The score also fell sharply, from 2,618 to 1,411.
Various media reports that CIS software can be found on modern Samsung smartphones. 9to5Google found the service On the Galaxy S22 and on the Galaxy S20 FE. Found software hardware information Also on Galaxy S21 FE. Android Authority initially did not find GOS copies of their Galaxy S22, but later stated that the service was on their device. Samsung wrote in its Galaxy Store that the service aims to tweak gaming performance if necessary. No other apps mentioned.
Samsung won’t be the first company to throttle the performance of popular apps. Last year, it turned out that OnePlus does this using popular apps, but not standard software. any Discover Powered by Anandtech Technical Medium. OnePlus later said In a statement, the company did so for the sake of battery life.
Samsung has not yet commented on the results, but According to Naver . message The tech giant has launched an internal investigation and says Samsung takes the messages very seriously. The company is expected to provide an official response soon. Tweakers have questions pending at Samsung.
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NBN Co announces new pricing options to boost broadband speeds
14 December 2017
NBN Co has unveiled dramatic discounts on its top-tier internet access plans in a move that is designed to deliver significant savings for its wholesale customers and allow them to improve broadband speeds and service for end users.
New research by leading KPMG Demographer, Bernard Salt reveals Newcastle is set to become an entrepreneurial hotspot as a result of greater connectivity and projected shift towards the growing service economy.
NBN Co today announced the launch of a pilot program to provide training and accreditation for technology solution providers and consultants which support businesses connecting to the nbn™ broadband access network.
NBN Co takes customer experience improvement program to new levels
27 November 2017
NBN Co today announced it is introducing new initiatives aimed at raising the standard of service quality when declaring the Hybrid Coaxial-Fibre (HFC) network is “ready to connect” (RTC). The move is part of a broader program to improve customer experience.
New agreement with telcos to help lift consumer experience
NBN Co has signed a new contract with phone and internet providers that is designed to improve the quality and timeliness of the wholesale services it offers.
The contract, known as the Wholesale Broadband Agreement (WBA), requires NBN Co to meet enhanced service performance commitments for activations and fault restoration that will help further improve the experience of consumers on the nbn™ access network.
Connectivity and population growth projected to grow local economy
New research by leading KPMG Demographer, Bernard Salt reveals Busselton is set to become an entrepreneurial hotspot as a result of greater connectivity and projected population growth driven by the “e-change” movement.
NBN Co today released strong results across all key targets, demonstrating the company is on track to complete the rollout of Australia’s new broadband access network by 2020.
For the quarter ended 30 September 2017:
- Additional 708,000 premises ready for service, to reach 6.4 million in total;
- Additional 520,000 premises activated, to reach 2.9 million in total;
- $405 million revenue.
NBN Co Chief Executive Officer, Bill Morrow, will today address the Global Broadband Futures conference in Sydney – which brings together an acclaimed line up of international telecom executives.
Speakers at the event include: Mike McTighe, Chairman of UK network operator Openreach; Bruno Jacobfeuerborn, Chief Technology Officer of Deutsche Telekom; Byungki Oh, Vice President of Global Development at Korea Telecom; and Jeff Finkelstein, Executive Director of Advanced Technology of US cable operator Cox Communications.
NBN Co launches enterprise-grade enhancements for Australian businesses
06 November 2017
NBN Co today announced the launch of a number of product and service updates designed to help phone and internet providers meet market demand for medium, enterprise and government businesses migrating to the nbn™ broadband access network.
NBN Co invests in improving customer experience for Australian businesses
06 November 2017
New initiatives set to improve the connection and issues resolution process for business on the nbn™ broadband access network
NBN Co today announced the launch of a number of initiatives designed to improve the connection, migration and service experience for Australian businesses moving across to services on the nbn™ access network.
Aussie businesses set to tackle the lucrative Chinese consumer market
02 November 2017
Three Australian businesses have been announced as winners of the nbn Glocals Academy, which will see them upskill on everything from learning how to process overseas payments to finding a purchasing agent before launching their products internationally.
Soldiers closer to home thanks to nbn access network
27 October 2017
NBN Co – the company building Australia’s new broadband network – is partnering with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to provide access to a world-class broadband network at around 400 Air Force, Navy and Army sites nationwide.
Ready, set, connect: how to get up to speed on the nbn™ network
28 July 2017
New research released today has revealed the majority of Australians (76 per cent) don’t know what internet speed they are receiving, with more than a third (35 per cent) of the nation unaware they have a choice in picking a speed tier when making the switch to a retail plan on the nbn™ network.
Going ‘Glocal’: Connectivity creating new business opportunities
19 June 2017
Increased connectivity as well as strong international demand for Aussie products and services is leading to growing global ambitions from small business owners with almost half (46 per cent) planning to operate overseas in the next twelve months according to new research.
nbn rolls out new world-leading broadband technology
16 June 2017
nbn has commenced the first stages of building its world-leading Fibre to the Curb (FTTC) access technology, which is set to benefit more than one million homes and businesses across the nation by 2020.
Gigabit speeds are around the corner for eligible homes and businesses in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and the Gold Coast. The news comes as a result of nbn's trials of technology called DOCSIS 3.1 on its Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) network - previously Telstra's pay TV cable.
nbn – the company building and operating Australia’s broadband network – will today officially launch its new discount model for its Connectivity Virtual Circuit (CVC) charge to help improve consumer experience on the nbn™ network.
Ovum report - nbn is world leader in regional broadband investment
18 May 2017
nbn’s world leading Fixed Wireless network has passed a key milestone with the service now available to 500,000 premises in regional and rural Australia. The milestone coincides with new research from UK analyst firm Ovum which reveals that nbn is investing twice as much on regional broadband than our nearest international rival.
nbn 101: what you need to know about broadband speeds
15 May 2017
Are your broadband speeds not what you expected? nbn, the company building Australia’s new broadband access network is working with service providers to better inform Australians about how to get the most out of their internet connection.
TIO Report shows downward trend in nbn complaints figures
11 May 2017
The latest half-yearly Report from the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO), released today, shows progress being made by nbn and industry in reducing the number of complaints to the TIO about services delivered over the nbn™ network, but that there is opportunity to further improve the consumer experience.
Smarter Aussies by 2021: Connected devices set to rise by 124 per cent
09 May 2017
• Telsyte’s Australian IoT@Home Market Study 2017 report, released today shows Aussies are set to become even more connected with the use of smart devices expected to rise by 124 per cent as the average household amount grows from 13.7 in 2017 to 30.7 in 2021.
Time working at home worth more than money to Aussie workers
30 April 2017
Aussies in search of a better work-life balance are turning to the internet to juggle their nine-to-five, with more than half the nation (51 per cent) willing to forgo a percentage of their pay in exchange for flexible working arrangements.
nbn has been granted membership of global cable research and development body CableLabs – becoming the first cable network operator in the Oceania region to be admitted to the prestigious not-for-profit organisation.
nbn has partnered with Nokia to trial new fibre technology NG-PON2 which could help nbn deliver symmetrical speeds of 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps) to its Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) end user premises – ten times faster than the current top FTTP speeds of 1Gbps.
nbn Tropical Cyclone Debbie response and recovery update
07 April 2017
nbn’s Emergency Management and Field teams have been working around the clock to manage the impacts of Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie to ensure the least disruption possible to the operation of our network.
Cyclone Debbie and aftermath – how to report impacts to your service
05 April 2017
In response to Tropical Cyclone Debbie and flooding across Queensland and Northern NSW, nbn has deployed field teams across impacted areas to ensure our network continues operating wherever possible. This includes positioning generators at priority sites where power outages continue and repairing damaged infrastructure as quickly as possible. The field teams consists of nbn employees, nbn delivery partners and nbn activations technicians. We ask for patience as nbn activation technicians are diverted from their normal duties to assist with the recovery.
Retailers are signing Australians up for fast internet over the nbn™ network at the quickest rate ever, with two million homes and businesses now connected and more than 4.5 million premises able to order a retail service over the nbn™ network.
nbn™ connected Aussies gobble up 23 per cent more data per year than the average home
05 April 2017
Homes connected to services over the nbn™ network are downloading around 144GB of data each month which is a 32 per cent year-on-year increase and around 1.2 times the national fixed-line average and 76 times the mobile average.
New forecasts from UK analyst firm Ovum predict that nearly 7 million Aussies will be subscribing to Over-the-Top (OTT) video services like Netflix and Stan by 2022 – a 170% increase from end-users in 2016.
In a quest to squeeze more valuable hours back in the day, new research released today shows Australian business owners are embracing access to fast broadband and cloud applications to help them save time and achieve a better work-life balance.
The latest report from Akamai again demonstrates the need to complete the rollout of the nbn™ network as soon as possible. nbn reiterates the importance of understanding what the report is detailing, which is average speeds delivered at a point in time across 10 million services most of which are old ADSL services, not the actual speeds the nbn™ network can deliver.
nbn – the company building Australia’s broadband network – today revealed details of the first areas set to receive its cutting edge Fibre-to-the-Curb (FTTC) technology.
Following a major update to the company’s address checker function on its website, the company has released details for around 700,000 homes and businesses which are expected to have the FTTC rolled out to their area.
A survey of people living in areas covered by fixed wireless services over the nbn – independently assessed as the equal best service of its type in the world - reveals 52 per cent don’t even know it’s available to them.
New CVC pricing model to drive enhanced broadband service
17 February 2017
nbn – the company building Australia’s broadband network – has announced it will be moving to a new discount model for its Connectivity Virtual Circuit (CVC) charge, to further encourage high quality broadband services on the nbn™ network.
nbn today released its financial results for the six months to 31 December 2016. With strong performance across all key metrics, the company is on track to reach the half-way complete milestone this year, further progressing towards its 2020 goal.
nbn reaches four million homes; network one third built
08 February 2017
nbn has reached a significant rollout milestone, with four million premises now Ready for Service (RFS) on the nbn™ network. This landmark means that the nbn™ network is now available to more than one third of all Australian premises.
nbn™ network to connect first wholesale mobile site
03 February 2017
nbn’s first Cell Site Access Service (CSAS) customer, Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA), will shortly switch on new coverage in Molong, NSW by using tower sharing and fibre services supplied by the nbn™ network.
Parents face ‘techno-guilt’ as digital becomes new standard in education
23 January 2017
The time Aussie students spend collaborating with classmates, accessing global experts and researching projects online at home is expected to sky rocket in the 2017 school year, according to new research released today.
Aussies turn to the internet for a little bit on the side (hustle)
15 January 2017
Aussies in search of greater life fulfilment and financial reward are predicted to take-up a ‘side hustle’ in the New Year by turning to the internet to sell their home-grown small business ideas, according to new research commissioned by nbn™.


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The spate of high-profile security breaches at large companies and government agencies here and overseas has had a silver lining for local cyber security outfit Accel Systems and Technologies.
The firm has recorded a 300 per cent jump in revenue over the past year, said chief executive Tammie Tham.
The three-year-old company is seen as one of the 50 fastest-growing firms in Singapore, according to credit and business information service provider DP Information Group (DP Info).
Its FG50 list, released last month, identifies companies that have achieved a minimum of 10 per cent growth in turnover every year for the past three years while still remaining profitable.
While Ms Tham attributes her firm's fourth placing to the low base in the initial period of the survey from 2011 to 2013 - she notes that revenue has grown by a third and profits by three-fold in the 12 months to March 31 this year.
"Cyber security is the hottest topic now in the IT industry," she says.
Many companies are prepared to spend up to 8 to 10 per cent of their IT budget on cyber security, a far cry from the paltry 1 per cent when Ms Tham first started selling IT security products and services more than 10 years ago.
"We used to have to use fear tactics to 'scare' clients because no one really considers about protecting the business," she says.
"(Cyber) security was only an afterthought. But today, we have shareholders asking at boardrooms if the companies are spending enough to defend the data and information they possess."
Her biggest challenge now is finding enough skilled workers to sustain the exponential growth in her business. "The local talent pool is not growing fast enough to meet the demands," she says.
Another fast-growing local firm in the technology sector is DeClout, which has recently moved into the gaming merchandising and e-commerce space. The Catalist-listed company, founded in 2009, lifted revenue from $28.4 million in 2013 to $76.9 million last year.
Turnover for the first half of this year was at $121 million.
"We plan to list Procurri, one of our portfolio companies, by 2016 and eventually grow to be a $1 billion company in the next five years," said DeClout chief executive Vesmond Wong.
Mr Wong attributes the fast growth to the company's agility and its ability to spot disruptive trends ahead of the competition.
"Once we spot a trend, we create or invest in companies that have the potential to be market disruptors, and then incubate and scale them to become global or regional champions," he says.
Firms in the information and communications sector have the second largest representation on the FG50 list, with seven making the cut.
The still-thriving commerce and wholesale sector has the largest number, with 18.
Textile and garments trader Tantex, one of the 18, was ranked 29th.
General manager Janice Tan, who is a second-generation manager of the family business, attributes its success to the good partnership and alliances that it forms with manufacturing plants in South-east Asia.
"We provide technical support to some small and medium-sized plants to become approved sites to supply to large brands and retailers in Europe and the United States," says Ms Tan. She plans to continue growing the company by investing in technology as well as research and development.
Commodities trader Citus, which is on the FG50 list for the second time in a row, is also another thriving company in the commerce and wholesale category.
Director Joanna Cheng-Ajlani said that being a small firm of seven staff, including four company directors, has its advantages as it is able to "switch directions without having to manoeuvre through bureaucracy". She also thinks that the second-generation management who joined the firm seven years ago have brought about "fresh perspectives" that "created a big momentum for growth".
"Good reputation, in-depth knowledge of the business and solid relationships play a crucial role in the success of our company," she added.


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Good News new budget phones of Oppo to have great features, leaked report reveals
Digital Desk, New Delhi. Chinese smartphone maker Oppo (Oppo) launched The A15 (A15) in India last year. The affordable smartphone was equipped with features like triple rear camera and powerful battery. It is now reported that the company is all set to launch the phone’s successor Oppo A16. It will also be a budget phone that will also have a better processor.
Oppo A16 smartphone has been spotted on certification sites in Other Countries including BIS, FCC of USA, ECC of Europe, and IMDA of Singapore. A number of leaked information on this phone has also been found here. Let’s know about the leaked specifications of this phone…
Oppo A16 Leaked Specifications
According to the leaked report, Oppo A16 will have a 6.5-inch LCD display, which will be better than ever. It will see the camera module of the rectanguler shape. However, not much information has been given here. There is also no information in the Leaks report about the sensor.
However, it says that the smartphone will have a 5,000mAh battery with 10 Watt fast charging support. This latest Android is based on 11.1 ColorOS 11 OS. This phone can be offered in 4GB RAM and 64GB storage option.
Oppo A15 Specifications
Tell you that the company launched Oppo A15 in India last year. The smartphone has a 6.52-inch IPS LCD display. It has a triple rear camera setup for photography. It comes with a 13-megapixel primary camera with a 2-megapixel macro and 2-megapixel dapath sensor. While it has a 5 megapixel front camera for selfies and video calling.
The company used an octa-core MediaTek Helio P35 processor. It has 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage, which can be expanded up to 256 GB through microSD card. It also has 4230mAh battery for power backup which comes with 10 watt charging support. The phone was launched in India for Rs 9,490.


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For years, most soapstone carvers in Tabaka in South Mugirango constituency, Kisii County, have lived in abject poverty, despite the abundance of a natural resource which people the world over consider a gem.
Exploited by middlemen and hit hard by failing international markets for their products, the stone carvers of Kisii are a frustrated lot.
The carvers endure hardship to mine, carve, and clean to the final detail before seeking a dwindling market for their sculptures.
Frustrated stone carvers narrated tales of exploitation as they struggle to eke out a living.
They struggle in the quarries mining the white stone before a backbreaking process of preparing the carvings that sell at throw-away prices. The carvers say they have had it all.
The worldwide outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent closure of international markets has compounded an already bad situation.
Despite the industry being hard hit by the pandemic, the soapstone carvers have had little financial relief either from the national or county governments.
Last year, Mining Cabinet Secretary John Munyes promised to help the soapstone carvers by installing a processing industry and enhance the international market for the products, but that was just that – a promise.
Middlemen, some of them politicians, have monopolised the market, making it difficult for new entrants without strong connections and financial muscle to survive in the market.
The rich divert tourists to their shops which are strategically located on the main road in Tabaka town, which connects to the international road that leads to Tanzania and Southern Africa.
Residents told the Nation in Tabaka -- a robust small town with booming businesses -- that political forces on the strategic Kisii-Tanzania highway convince the tourists that Tabaka is insecure so they should not go where the miners are.
"We spend considerable time and resources but we have no market here," said a local carver.
The government, he said, can create a strategic market for the carvers to improve their economic base.
Since the carvers have had to face all manner of exploitation, the government plans to intervene and streamline marketing of the products.
The recently-released Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report calls for policies that impact on the environment, natural resources and biological diversity, particularly those that guide economic development.
The report discusses, in great detail, initiatives that promote sustainable utilisation and management of these resources.
After receiving the report at the Kisii State Lodge, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his ''handshake'' partner Raila Odinga spoke extensively about how those in the soapstone industry will benefit from the implementation of the report.
They said the national and county governments will team up to ensure that proper marketing, pricing and general business conduct in the industry favour the locals.
This, they said, will apply to all other resources in the country.
The BBI report states that there is a need to have a productive economy and shared prosperity where every facet of policy must further the creation and sustenance of an eco-social market economy.
“Policymakers should design and deploy policies that incentivise value addition, involve stakeholder consultation and consideration, lead to the creation of decent jobs, protect labour rights and conserve nature,” the BBI report says.
At Smolart (Small, Medium, Or, Large Art) self-help group in Tabaka, carvers believe the future is promising and hope for better returns after implementation of the report.
Mr Moses Ong’esa, who is the group’s chairman, believes that the new policies from BBI will lock out middlemen, who have been the biggest stumbling block in the trade.
Mr Ong’esa says brokers have ruined prices and dictate how much they want to pay for finished products.
“Value-addition of the natural stone is expensive. But some people just want to buy at throw-away prices. They dictate the prices,” said Mr Ong’esa.
Mr Cosmas Onchoba, a quarry owner, says Ugandans have taken over the market, given that they come with lorries to buy the stones, go process them in their country, add value and then sell back to Kenyans.
“They add value to our stones, make chalk and ceramics, then return to sell their finished products to us,” Mr Onchoba complained.
Fast-track their promise
The miners are now calling on the county and national governments to fast-track their promise of starting a soapstone factory.
“This will help bring sanity here. It will help us get value for our products and middlemen will have no room to exploit us,” said Mr Onchoba.
Mr Charles Oronyi says the county must come up with a plan to help residents.
“Kisii is the only place in Africa where soapstone is found. Unfortunately, locals are not benefitting,” said Mr Oronyi, a miner and resident at Tabaka.
Mr Reuben Nyamao, a soapstone miner and carver, says they buy the stones from farm owners and fork out about Sh1,000 for a 400kg weight.
“We then pay about Sh400 to transport to our working site,” said Mr Nyamao.
He says the soapstone business was once lucrative, but middlemen and politicians have spoilt everything.
He says he has tried marketing his products through the internet but still there is no breakthrough as cartels in the industry have taken over.
Mr Munyes, in his visit to the region last year, said he was aware that small miners have not been gaining from their sweat.
“The way they do their mining is also risky besides them having no proper tools to do this. With the factory in place, there will be order,” said Mr Munyes at Nyabigena site.
The CS said that through the factory, locals will have an organised way to export and sell value-added products.
Kisii county government recently sponsored a Bill to protect soapstone miners and carvers.
The Bill is aimed at helping in standardising prices so that brokers do not buy carvings at throw-away prices.
Governor Ongwae lamented that soapstone carvings have put Kisii on the world map yet people working in the industry had not benefited much.
The Bill, he said, would lock out middlemen by ensuring carvers and miners benefit directly from their work.
“We will not allow outsiders to buy our carvings at throw-away prices, export them and earn millions when locals continue to languish in poverty,” he said.
The county intends to use co-operative societies to market soapstone products in and outside the country.


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DETROIT (AP) — A new contract between Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers union will raise the automaker's labor costs by less than 1 percent a year, reaching a company goal of holding costs fairly steady, executives said Thursday. The four-year deal will raise costs by $280 million this year and around $80 million per year after that, but the increases will be offset by higher factory efficiency, other wage and benefit changes, and by hiring more workers at lower wages, the executives told reporters and industry analysts.
MAUMELLE, Ark. (AP) — A factory that produces artificial fingernails and related products in central Arkansas caught fire Thursday morning, prompting employees to evacuate the plant and several nearby small businesses. The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management said 40,000 gallons of acetone was burning at the Onyx Laboratories plant in Maumelle, just north of Little Rock.
BEIJING (AP) — China's biggest producer of rare earths is suspending production for one month in hopes of boosting slumping prices of the exotic minerals used in mobile phones and other high-tech products. This week's move by Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth (Group) Hi-Tech might fuel tensions with the United States and Europe.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pools of water on the floor and old, hard-to-clean equipment at a Colorado farm's cantaloupe-packing facility were probably to blame for the deadliest outbreak of foodborne illness in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. Government investigators found positive samples of listeria bacteria on equipment in the Jensen Farms packing facility and on fruit that had been held there.
WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc., which faced sharp criticism from hedge fund manager David Einhorn earlier this week, said Tuesday that it may add about 400 workers in Vermont over the next year to 18 months. The maker of the Keurig single-cup coffee machines says it could add 30 percent more employees in Vermont as it looks to lease more office space and expand new plants.
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — General Electric Co.'s GE Transportation unit said Tuesday that it will hire about 160 new employees in Erie, Pa. by the end of the year and invest $136 million in manufacturing improvements and site upgrades at the unit's headquarters. The company said it plans to hire the production workers by the end of the year to meet rising demand for mining equipment in the United States and worldwide.
DETROIT (AP) — Workers at Chrysler's largest United Auto Workers local have voted in favor of a new four-year contract. Committeeman Bobby Jackson says United Auto Workers Local 685 in Kokomo, Ind., voted for the deal on Tuesday. Vote totals were not available. The vote is a sign that the contract is likely to be approved in voting that ends next week.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Home builders started projects in September at the fastest pace in 17 months, a hopeful sign for the economy. Most of the gain was driven by a surge in volatile apartment construction. That could help create jobs and boost economic growth, but it doesn't signal a comeback for the depressed housing market.
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple Inc. said Tuesday that C Spire Wireless, the country's eighth-largest phone company, will start selling the iPhone 4S in a few weeks. That's a major coup for the small company, which provides service in Mississippi and surrounding states. So far, only the three biggest carriers sell the iPhone in the U.
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's trade minister said Tuesday he's concerned about comments by the U.S. ambassador to Canada defending the "Buy American" provisions in President Barack Obama's jobs bill. Similar provisions in a bill two years ago became a major irritant in trade relations between the United States and Canada, its largest trading partner In a speech Tuesday, Ambassador David Jacobson said the "Buy American" provisions are necessary if parts of the bill have any chance of passage through a fractious U.
Sealevel Systems, Inc. has announced that it will provide advanced custom carrier board designs for GE’s family of COM Express embedded processor modules. Sealevel, known for its expertise in I/O and connectivity, will design and manufacture high performance custom carrier boards and industrial computers based on the GE Intelligent Platforms COM Express modules for GE Intelligent Platforms’ OEM customers.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A body shop will be added to Chrysler's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant as part of a $165 million investment. Chrysler Group LLC says Tuesday in a release that the new body shop will add more than a million square feet to the plant and will build future products starting in 2013.
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts energy officials are pointing to what they say is significant job growth in the state's renewable energy sector. A report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center estimates there are now more than 64,000 people in the state working in the so-called "clean energy" economy — or about 1.
CLEGHORN, Iowa (AP) — A fire has caused significant damage to a farm equipment plant in the northwest Iowa town of Cleghorn. According to KTIV-TV (http://bit.ly/rpzddP ), the fire broke out early Tuesday morning at Wetherell Manufacturing, which makes hydraulic cylinders and sprayers for farm equipment.
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple Inc. failed to set a new sales record in the last three months of founder and CEO Steve Jobs' life. Its financial results came in below expectations on Tuesday — a rare miss for the company. After several record quarters, the July-to-September period saw Apple biding its time, with no new iPhone or iPad releases.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The former chief financial officer for a door lock manufacturer in Sparks faces up to 67 years in prison after pleading guilty to embezzling $2.5 million. U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden says Juan Ramon Cabezas pleaded guilty on Tuesday to mail fraud, tax evasion, aggravated identity theft, money laundering and bank fraud.
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. factory workers approved a new four-year labor contract Tuesday that promises profit-sharing checks and billions in U.S. plant investments but keeps the company's labor costs under control. The United Auto Worker talks are closely watched because they set the pay for 112,000 workers at the Detroit Three large automakers as well as workers at auto parts suppliers and at U.
GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) — A recreational vehicle parts supplier plans to expand its operations in northern Indiana and potentially add more than 300 workers in the coming months. Drew Industries Inc. announced Tuesday that two of its subsidiaries would increase manufacturing in Goshen and Middlebury.
SAN FRANCISCO — Just days after the worst service outage in its history, Research In Motion was expected to unveil a new generation of BlackBerrys Tuesday at a software developer's conference in San Francisco. RIM (TSX:RIM) has struggled through several major setbacks in recent months and the conference gives the Waterloo, Ont.
MILAN (AP) — The Fitch ratings agency has downgraded the credit rating of Italian automaker Fiat SpA because of risks linked to its combination with U.S. automaker Chrysler Group LLC. Fitch said Tuesday that Fiat's own operations may be disrupted by financial difficulties at Chrysler at a time when Fiat is under pressure at its standalone business.


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An adoring public can be a fickle thing, as golden boys from Tony Blair to David Beckham have discovered. Marc Jacobs, the fashion industry's favourite designer, learned this lesson at New York fashion week this week.
Call it the zeitgeist, call it coincidence, call it industrial espionage. But each season, despite every designer's best efforts to jealously guard their ideas, fashion agrees on one era to shine the spotlight.
There was a girl in the latte queue this morning wearing a polka-dot pussycat bow blouse. Technically, she was the second most fashionable person in Clerkenwell Starbucks, typing pool chic being, as everyone knows, the catwalk look for summer 2000. In strict catwalk terms, she was pipped to the post only by a two-year-old in a fetching broderie anglaise romper suit (the preview gossip from New York as we approach fashion week is that romper suits are set to be big news for summer 2001, I'm sure you'll be thrilled to hear). This blouse, moreover, was not an air hostess uniform or some such excusable garment, but plainly part of a strictly fashionable persona - hell, she even asked for soya milk, status symbol of a modish dairy-free diet.
File this under Buy Now, Feel Smug Later. Your friends might not be overly impressed by a BV monogram, or by the Vicenza-based company's signature woven leather, just yet. But after the Bottega Veneta show was the surprise hit of fashion week in New York, the smart money is on the label to be the Next Big Thing. Harvey Nichols, the only British stockist, is currently revamping the Bottega Veneta concession (it reopens next Wednesday), but you will still have to make do with the accessories until autumn, when the harlequin leather-and-tweed skirts and ribbon leather blouson jackets, currently available only in Italy and the US, might make it to these shores.


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New York, NY, May 08, 2015 --(PR.com
)-- Adatrix an early-growth-stage start-up that offers an innovative, RTB enabled white labeled SSP Solution and Audience Data Monetization Platform for Telecom Operators, eCommerce Companies, Large Media Publishers and Mobile Ad Networks.
Samson Masih joins the Adatrix team as the Chief Marketing Officer and will be additionally spearheading their Sales Division within Japan and Asia Pacific Countries, Adatrix announced today. Prior to Adatrix, Samson had headed Finam Global’s initiatives within the TMT sector. His Marketing & Sales experience of over two decades, working within Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East with Damina S.A.R.L., Planet Herbs, Cadila Labs, and Yengo(Direct/ADVERT) will enrich Adatrix with a rich blend of International exposure and multicultural working environment.
Adatrix has consistently been recognized as an innovation for the future of Telco industry having been nominated in the Economic Times Telecom Awards 2014 under the category of “Best Innovation in Cloud for Telcos - Mobile Advertising.” Adatrix is now nominated in Aegis Graham Bell Awards 2015 under “Innovation in Mobile Advertising” category.
"We are thrilled at Telco’s response to the Adatrix platform," says Amit Khemchandani, Founder & CEO, Adatrix. "Telecom Operators are looking for new revenue streams due to drop in their core message and voice revenues share being taken up by OTT players. That’s were Adatrix comes in to steer the telcos from dumb pipes into Telco 2.0 transformation and help them monetize their data by capturing a share of the mobile advertising market thus strengthening their foothold in this evolving ecosystem. Having since launched the platform with a few Telco’s in Africa we are now seeing traction building up within Middle East and JPAC where we are fostering new partnerships. Adatrix has also opened up new avenues for the eCommerce and gaming industry and still newer possibilities are being identified as we speak. Hence the decision to launch Adatrix within JPAC and explore the market potential."
“We are excited with our expansion in JPAC as it will provide lot more exposure to our innovative patented technology built with extensive research. We are already seeing lot of Telcos interested in our mobile advertising platform, focused on advanced audience segmentation and analytics,” says Akhil Agrawal, Founder & CTO.
ADATRIX is an innovative mobile ad platform and audience data monetization solution with its Head Quarters in Singapore and R&D center in Bangalore, India. Adatrix is the flagship product brand of BIZENSE PTE. LTD.
Singapore: +65 9157 9544 (SMS)
India: +91 80 4125 5507
Thailand: +66 82 444 3162


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Smartphone brand Nokia challenges Samsung, Apple again
The smartphones of Nokia are ready for a comeback after previous manager at Finnish company licensed the smartphone brand Microsoft and hit the business with Google and Foxconn.
Once Nokia was the world's dominant cellphone maker of the world but missed the shift to smartphones and then chose Microsoft's unpopular Windows operating system for its "Lumia" range.
In year 2014 Nokia quit smartphones industry by selling its handset activities to Microsoft, and moved into mobile network equipment.
Microsoft continued selling Lumia smartphones under its own name but this year largely abandoned that business, too.
HMD Global, under the leadership of Nokia Expert Arto Nummela, wants to launch Nokia’s first smartphone in the start of next year using Google's (GOOGL.O) Android operating system.
HMD is manufacturing its smartphone operating system with the partnership of Google and all of its Nokia devices will be manufactured by Foxconn of Tiwan, globally biggest contract manufacturer.
However to achieve success and to steal business from Apple, Samsung and other leading smartphone makers a lot of home work is required.
"Consumers may be carrying different smartphones now, but are they really in love and loyal to those brands?" said Nummela in an interview.
The Nokia consumer brand lives on as the badge on cheaper, entry-level "feature phones" sold mainly in Asia, India and Eastern Europe, though Microsoft invested little to market the name in recent years.
According to Nummela his team members are continuing relationships with retailers and phone service providers could help the company speedily convince owners of Nokia feature phones to progress in markets like Indonesia, Russia and India, according to a news agency report.


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We’re extremely excited to announce that SPHAZE joined the Google Play Pass catalog. Starting from today, the game is available for all the subscribers! What’s more, together with that launch, we introduced cloud save support on both platforms.
We are happy to announce that after a successful testing period in Beta, we’re releasing SPHAZE globally on Google Play. But that is not everything! After the first gameplay update with the slow-motion feature, we spent last month creating a new set of puzzles available both on iOS and Android. All that available for a […]
After a successful pre-registration period, we are happy to let you know that SPHAZE is live on the App Store and Google Play. During two weeks we got extremely positive feedback from the press and our playtesters, so we hope you’ll enjoy the game!


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Dixons Carphone: Up to 10 million customers feared affected by data breach
The personal details of 10 million Dixons Carphone customers is now believed to have been accessed following a huge data breach in 2017.
Dixons Carphone, which owns Carphone Warehouse and Currys PC World, has been investigating the hack since it was discovered in June. It was originally thought that 1.2 million customers had been affected.
According to the BBC, personal information, names, addresses and email addresses may have been accessed last year, but no bank details were taken, and the investigation had found no evidence that fraud had resulted from the breach.
The hackers also got access to records of 5.9 million payments cards, but nearly all of those were protected by the chip and pin system.
Alex Neill, from consumer lobby group Which? told the BBC: “It is now critical that the company moves quickly to ensure those affected get clear information about what has happened and what steps they should take to protect themselves.
"Anyone concerned they could be at risk of fraud should consider changing their online passwords, monitor bank and other online accounts and be wary of emails regarding the breach as scammers may try and take advantage of it."


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Delta recently announced new seasonal service between Minneapolis and Honolulu, something David Uchiyama, vice president of brand management for the Hawaii Tourism Authority, expects to boost travel during the slower fall and winter shoulder periods between 2015 and 2016.
"It will provide visitors from our core U.S. East market with greater accessibility to the Hawaiian Islands during the cold winter months," said Uchiyama in a written statement.
Uchiyama says it will generate $52.2 million in visitor spending and $5.5 million in state tax revenue. The seasonal flight will also provide Delta the opportunity to assess the potential demand from the market with the possibility of maintaining the route in the longer-term.
"Airlift to the state is anticipated to reach a record 11.1 million seats in 2014," he says, "and the HTA will work with our airline and industry partners to maintain and grow this inventory by promoting and sustaining travel demand for the Hawaiian Islands."


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As always, new security issues affecting mobile devices are on the rise and now Android users have to worry about the newly discovered BlueBorne hack. Windows and iOS phones are protected against it but only if you have installed the September 12th security patch on Windows or run iOS 9.3.5 or later. A security patch is already rolling out to Android devices but we all know that updates aren’t exactly instant in the Android universe, especially compared to Apple’s or Microsoft’s updates.
The BlueBorne attack can also work on other Bluetooth devices, including computers and IoT gadgets. The BlueBorne attack was discovered by a security company, Armis, and the BlueBorne threat is a collection of eight exploits that can be used immediately against no less than 5.3 billion devices.
The hacker can connect to a smartphone via Bluetooth without the user knowing. Considering that many users leave Bluetooth turned on by default, it’s probably easy to find a target.
But once the hackers get into a device and start controlling the screen and apps it’ll be obvious to anyone looking at the phone that something has gone terribly wrong.You can have a look at the video below to understand exactly how BlueBorne attacks your Android device's data!
Be safe out there, everyone!


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ComputerWorld writes that Mircrosoft is working harder to ensure that when Windows 7 actually ships that there will be solid drivers for it. Makes complete sense.
Along these lines, I think there’s a very succint “dependability” program that Microsoft ought to commit to this time around.
It’s very simple:
For all notebooks released in the last X number of years (with a complete list of notebook models listed online), Microsoft will commit to ensuring that there will be 100% driver support. People just don’t and can’t swap components in and out of a notebook like they can a desktop, so notebooks should just work. It’s not the components that the consumer worries about. It’s the notebook as a whole.
With more and more people purchasing and using notebooks today this tweak to the logo program is extremely important–and something that should be succinctly communicated.
I realize it’s a pain and a huge potential liability, but this is the state of where things are at. If Microsoft wants to compete effectively against Apple, it has to do it.
The logo program was supposed to signal a level of quality, however, after Vista, the logo brand is too tainted. It’s little more than a sticker now. Microsoft needs to revitalize their commitment to quality and particularly for the ever growing number of notebooks needs to stand up and succinctly make it clear that notebooks and Windows 7 will go together. Swimingly.


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Arne Leetz, head of body-in-white and trim at Škoda, discusses challenges facing the automotive industry during PolyOne’s Automotive Insight Forum.
More than 40 customers from the region’s automotive industry joined experts from PolyOne on November 25, 2015 during the Company’s Automotive Innovation Forum at the Škoda Museum in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic.
Attendees discussed with PolyOne how advanced polymer solutions could help them reach their goals for lightweighting, improving aesthetics and comfort, and managing car electrification.
Arne Leetz, head of body-in-white and trim at carmaker, Škoda, opened the Forum with a presentation on the challenges facing the automotive industry.
Commenting, Christoph Palm, General Manager of PolyOne’s Colour and Additives Business in Europe, who chaired the event said: “The Automotive Insight Forum was an excellent opportunity for PolyOne to engage with our guests from the transportation industry.
“With its displays of 125 years of local car manufacturing, the Škoda Museum proved an inspiring venue to discuss the state of the transportation industry today, the changes likely in the next years, and the ways that technologies developed by PolyOne can help manufacturers successfully manage those changes.”


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The cable-upfront sales pace picked up steam again late this past week,
although ad-agency buyers and networks continued to lock horns over rate
Universal Television Group claimed to be the first cable operation to
conclude its 2003-04 upfront business. President of ad sales Jeff Lucas said
Thursday, "We're done -- locked up since [June 5]."
Universal's volume rose by "almost 30%" and its average cost-per-thousand
(CPM) increases "averaged 11.1%," he said, adding that 37 accounts made deals
across USA Network and Sci Fi Channel.
Moreover, he added, Universal "booked a few million dollars on Trio" via
packaging with its top two networks. Trio thus played its first upfront role, he
At Lifetime Television, executive vice president of ad sales Lynn Picard
said, "We're down to the last few deals."
Procter & Gamble Co. was said to have done a number of cable deals,
including a hefty Discovery Networks U.S. cross-platform renewal, dominated by
significant ties to The Learning Channel's Trading Spaces for such brands
as Swiffer. Discovery executives were unreachable at press time.
Jack Myers Reports Thursday estimated cable's upfront volume at $5.55
billion, up 20% from the year-ago $4.6 billion.
But JMR editor Jack Myers is projecting that, "When all is done in two
to three weeks, it will be $5.8 billion to $6 billion."


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Diageo, the food and drinks giant, has told its joint auditors that shareholders will be asked to dump one of the firms at an extraordinary general meeting next month.
PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG will find out in the next couple of weeks which firm is to be put forward by the Diageo board at the shareholders meeting.
The company, which was formed earlier this year from a merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan, will publish documents on 20 October setting out the boards views.
A spokesman for the company said the board would be taking advice from the audit committee and the finance department before making a decision.
Finance director Phil Yea told Accountancy Age in the spring that only one firm would survive the merger.
Sources close to the company said PwC stood a better chance of snatching the audit from its Big Five rival. Yea came from Guinness, which was audited by Price Waterhouse and audit committee chairman Keith Oates is also the deputy chairman of Marks & Spencer – a PwC client.
The contract is likely to be worth less than the combined fees paid by Guinness and GrandMet, #2.3m and #4.7m respectively. But the spin-off fees could be worth another #5m.
Both firms refused to comment.
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Deloitte's north-west Europe foray; BDO, Smith & Williamson investment paths; Shelley Stock Hutter; and Wilkins Kennedy discussed by editor Kevin Reed on our Friday Afternoon Live broadcast
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Kevin Reed discusses whether new accountancy group Cogital can rival the Big Four...and its likely direction of travel


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A 30-year study by the Rodale Institute (disclaimer: It’s an organic research institute) found that the return per acre of organic farms was almost three times that of conventional farms, and yields were higher for organic crops in drought years.
Part of the gain comes from the premium prices paid for organic goods, but there’s still very meaningful advantages to farming organic:
- Organic farms used 45% less energy than conventional
- Production efficiency was 28% higher for organics
- Soil health increased over time in organic farming systems, as opposed to worsening or remaining constant for conventional
- Organic farms had less water run-off and recharged groundwater reservoirs
- Organic farms were shown to create more rural jobs than conventional
If these organic methods can be expanded to developing nations, the UN thinks that food production worldwide could double in 10 years.


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By Alyson Fixter
IPC has launched a bid for a bigger share of the TV listings sector with its new, handbag-sized magazine, TV Easy.
The title, aimed squarely at Bauer rival TV Choice, is the first “compact”
TV listings magazine and will be backed by a £10m marketing campaign.
IPC’s What’s On TV is the undisputed leader of a packed sector, TV
Choice is the only one to gain readers in the past year.
the launch is aimed at “reinvigorating and growing” the TV sector, but
the market, which has been static at about five million readers for
years, may not be able to sustain a new title unless it steals readers
The cover price has not been revealed, but it is expected to be aimed at the cheaper end of the market.
common with stablemate Pick Me Up, launched in January, the first
issue, due on 26 April, will be given away free with other IPC titles.
The first newsstand issue will go out on 3 May.
executive Sylvia Auton said: “I made a promise that IPC Media would
launch category defining and innovative magazines, and with TV Easy
we’ve done it again. This is the third launch from IPC in 16 months,
and reflects [parent company] Time Warner’s ongoing commitment to
growing its magazine business in the UK.
“TV Easy is the most
comprehensively tested launch IPC has ever undertaken, and the
responses have also been the highest we’ve ever recorded.”
Tough will take the role of editor- in-chief for both TV Easy and
What’s on TV, while Richard Clark, currently editor of IPC title Web
User, will become editor.
Julie Lavington, publishing director of
Bauer’s TV Choice, TVQuick and Total TV Guide, said: “Launching into
the TV listings sector is not an easy task. Even though TV viewing has
changed a lot, circulation has remained the same and there is a lot of


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A report on Investor's Business Daily has quoted an Intel representative as confirming the existence of an X86-64 chip. Such a processor would be similar to AMD's Athlon 64 family. The report quotes Intel representative Robert Manetta as saying it has "a working prototype of a 64-bit X86 design that it could bring to market when customers request it". To the best of our knowledge, if this remark is reported accurately, it is the first time Intel has publicly acknowledged the existence of an X86-64 alternative.
News source: The Inquirer


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Age Scotland is heading up the campaign to help 130,000 pensioners struggling to pay their heating bills and its calls are being backed by other well known charities. If it gets the green light it could signal a cash boost for pensioners
The state pension hinges on National Insurance contributions made throughout a person’s lifetime. For the new state pension, a person will usually need at least 10 qualifying years on their record to get any sum at all. A person will, in most cases, need
Simon Dawson, the Chief Commercial Officer for inheritance loan provider Legacy Release has issued a warning that Britons should “start planning now” when it comes to IHT gifting. Any Inheritance Tax which is due on gifts is usually paid by the estate.
On the Christmas Special of his ITV show the Money Saving Expert said with only one month left until the big day, Britons could switch bank accounts with many paying the sweetener in time. Eighty one percent of people who have switched
Although the change was announced in the autumn Budget, it wasn’t supposed to take effect until April 2022. However, the date was brought forward to help families who are struggling this winter keep more of their hard earned cash. Work and Pensions
Heralding the 2020’s as “a decade of future investment” the coalition is seeking to pump more funding into areas such as climate change, infrastructure and digitalisation. However, as the coalition agreement itself acknowledges, the budgetary position is going to prove very demanding.
One in 10 households – around 3.2 million – are struggling to pay their basic bills, a report warns. One in five have already cut back on their food budget or turned off the heating to save money. And a further 380,000
The charity compared average income data with the growing cost of household essentials such as rent, energy bills and food to see how easily families could meet their outgoings. The results found even living on a minimal budget would see one in
“An entrepreneurial Britain? Not anymore!” Contractors, self-employed workers and businesses have all been impacted by IR35 changes as new rules were introduced in April 2021. Since April, medium to large sized businesses have been required to assess and manage the tax status
If people decide to use another credit card for their online purchases, they should always make sure they can afford to pay back what they are borrowing. Amazon Prime customers are being offered up to £20 when choosing another card, while non-Prime
“In the event of a new lockdown, it could even cause a contraction of GDP.” Consumer confidence has taken a battering due to a combination of rising prices and the spread of Covid. The GfK Consumer Climate Study found expectations of income


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This is part of the 2010 Distribution Landscape Report, looking at current trends and issues faced by distributors in
diverse sectors. Non-subscribers can purchase the full report for $195 by clicking here.
Former Industrial Distribution magazine editor gives his take on this years MDM Market Leaders list. Keough oversaw the
creation of the Big 50 at Industrial Distribution.
To no one's surprise, last year turned out to be a terrible one for distributors. One distributor we talked to called 2009
a "survival" year, noting he was just happy that sales at his distributorship were off only 10 percent due to the deep recession.
Other distributors have not …


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Microsoft has announced the preview of Office for Android phones. The preview apps include Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps that will run on Android smartphones.
Microsoft has released the Office 365 software development kit for Android. With this, Microsoft is now opening up its SharePoint lists and files, Exchange contacts, mails and calendars to developers. Microsoft has made the preview available for download straight from GitHub.


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A 40-hour hackathon took place over two weekends in ten cities back in October and was said to be a huge success. The event gave developers a chance to design and create apps over a 40-hour period, complete with food, coffee and plenty of Red Bull. It also gave them a chance for developers to learn from experts as well as from others at the event.
There were over 1000 developers in attendance and you can check out the video above to see highlights of BlackBerry JamHack. It certainly seemed like a great atmosphere and it was good to see that there were also first timers in attendance.
For more city specific videos you can check those out below for Manila and Jakarta.
Don't forget BlackBerry Jam Asia 2012 is coming up soon, there is still time to register for the event. Our very own CrackBerry Kevin will be in attendance, so if you are looking to go, get registering now.


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Crypto Startups To Gain Banking Services-The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore’s defacto central bank and regulator, has backed domestic cryptocurrency startups and exchanges to receive banking services as part of the country’s efforts to boost fintech development.
the Managing Director of MAS, Rajiv Menon, said that even though Singapore will not be an extremely Tax regulatory environment. In order to attract cryptocurrency businesses. That their central bank is working to bring together banks and digital-currency fintech startups together to see if there is any collaboration that can be reached.
This approach of Singapore’s central bank is quite the contrast to countries such as India, where the central bank has forced all regulated financial institutions – including banks – to cease offering services to cryptocurrency firms. The Indian central bank’s move has detrimentally impacted the industry. Recently leading to the closure of Zebpay, which was one of India’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges.
Singapore has been pushing to develop its fintech sector in order to create more jobs and diversify its economy. Even though the country’s regulators have taken a rather cautious approach to exchanges and other companies of the booming crypto industry.
Menon added that a major issue currently facing Singapore-based crypto startups is that traditional banks are reluctant to open bank accounts for them. Because some aspects of the industry appear “obscure and dangerous” to both regulators and financial institutions. The nature of crypto-business is indeed a bit different, so banks will need to employ other ways in which they can establish bona fide.
Currently, Singapore won’t be following the Japanese Model
Crypto Startups To Gain Banking Services-Menon further said the central bank currently has no intention to employ a licensing scheme for crypto exchanges as its Japanese counterpart has done – assigning licenses to 16 Japanese exchanges so far, in part to help them obtain banking support. What it has done is to divide cryptocurrency activities into three separate categories. In order to supervise each sector more efficiently.
According to Menon:
1) the first category comprises of utility tokens, and it needs almost no regulation.
2) the second category involves digital coins that share some characteristics with securities. Those are governed by the Securities and Futures Act. Bloomberg reported that very few ICOs have crossed that boundary and operate successfully within the category.
3) the third group involves payment tokens such as Bitcoin. However, as it turns out, the MAS doesn’t have a problem with the category, despite marking the tokens as “highly risky.”
“If they are not security, then we don’t have a problem with it. We’ve seen quite a lot of ICO activity that is not security related,” Menon told the publication. “And there’s a lot of interesting business models out there trying to raise capital in interesting ways. Which as far as the consumers are aware of what these are, we have no issues.”
The positive ecosystem for cryptocurrency firms has drawn the attention of firms like Upbit. South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, which established a new cryptocurrency exchange in Singapore last month. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, also announced plans to launch a fiat cryptocurrency exchange in Singapore.


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|•||CM Shri Raghubar Das launches LED Tube lights and Energy Efficient Fans
|•||UJALA Scheme to benefit 5.5 lakh consumers|
|•||More than 85 lakh LED bulbs distributed in the state|
|•||9W LED bulb for Rs.65/; LED tube light Rs. 230/; Fan for Rs. 1150/-|
Chief Minister RaghubarDas today launched the energy efficient fans and LED tube lights for the consumers of Jharkhand under the UJALA (Unnat Jeevan by Affordable LEDs and Appliances for All)programme here.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief a Minister Das said that Government of Jharkhand has distributed more than 85 lakh LED bulbs in the state.
The UJALA scheme is being implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a JV under the administration of Ministry of Power, Government of India. In Jharkhand, EESL plans to distribute more than 25 lakh energy efficient LED tube lights and one lakh energy efficient fans to people on upfront payment. It is estimated that over 5.5 lakh consumers will benefit from the scheme.
Under UJALA scheme consumers will be able to buy five high quality 20 W LED tube lights at ₹230 each and two energy efficient fans at ₹1,150 each respectively on an upfront basis. The consumers can also purchase 9W LED
bulbs at ₹65 each.Each consumer can save over ₹2,500/- annually by adopting domestic energy efficient appliances.
The consumers have already realized how drastically their electricity bills have gone down and I am confident that with the launch of these two appliances, the result will be enormous. The schemes will help the government manage peak demand and reduce power outage. We should all be proud that we are helping the environment by mitigating climate change through the adoption of energy efficient appliances. I am very confident that people of Jharkhand will play a significant role in this change. They will come forward and adopt this scheme to make their state and in turn
country energy efficient.,” CM Das said
EESL provides free of cost replacement of LED bulbs and tube lights for all technical faults for three years, as well as free of cost replacement of energy efficient fans for all technical faults for 2.5 years. During the distribution, eplacements can be done through any of the distribution counters that would be operating within the city.
The UJALA scheme was launched by the Prime Minister of India on January 5th, 2015 with a target of replacing 77 crore inefficient bulbs with Energy Efficient LED Bulbs by March, 2019. Currently, over 20.50 crore LED bulbs, over 3lakh
LED tube lights and over 2.30 lakh energy efficient fanshave been distributed and 16.3 lakh LED street lights have already been replaced in the country. This is leading to a daily energy savings of more than 66 crore kWh and resulting in avoidance of over 5,416 MW of peak demand. Through the scheme the estimated cumulative cost reduction in bills of consumers, per day is INR 29.3 crores and 59.9 thousand tonnesof CO2 reduction per day.
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