Partnership combines Tech Mahindra’s proven system integration capabilities with the ThingWorx M2M Enablement Platform, driving innovation and improving time-to-market for customers deploying Machine-to-Machine and Internet of Things applications
Exton, Pa. – May 14, 2013 – ThingWorx™ today announced a global partnership with Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of solutions and services to the telecommunications industry. This partnership will enable Tech Mahindra to deliver innovative Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions at minimized cost, risk, and time to market for its customers worldwide by utilizing the ThingWorx Platform – the industry’s first application development platform designed to reduce the effort required to build M2M applications for the emerging connected world.

The combination of Tech Mahindra’s proven system integration and solution delivery capabilities along with ThingWorx’s M2M platform allows customers to take advantage of a 10X improvement in solution development and delivery for connected applications. With industry leading companies estimating that the number of Internet-connected devices will reach 50 billion by 2020, business enterprises and telecommunications providers are seeing M2M as a new avenue for business growth and sustained revenue. While this partnership encompasses a wide range of industries and geographies, the initial focus will be around a Tier1 Telco’s hosting solutions.

According to Manish Vyas, Global Head, Business Development of Tech Mahindra, “After an extensive evaluation, we concluded that ThingWorx provides an innovative application enablement platform for delivering M2M and IoT solutions. The development advantage offered by ThingWorx will enable us to deliver innovative applications that are much richer in functionality, in a fraction of the time required with alternate approaches.”

“We are pleased to enter into a strategic partnership with Tech Mahindra”, stated Russ Fadel, CEO of ThingWorx. “Their global reach and M2M expertise, combined with the ThingWorx platform, will speed the adoption of innovative applications which we believe will be a catalyst for rapid growth in the emerging connected world. Our customers planning global rollouts of the ThingWorx platform will benefit from Tech Mahindra’s global reach and scale. We also envision broad consumption of the ThingWorx platform, enabled by Tech Mahindra, across many of the business sectors that make up The Mahindra Group. This partnership represents yet another step in ThingWorx’ global expansion plans.”

About Tech Mahindra

Tech Mahindra is a leading provider of solutions and services to the telecommunications industry with a majority stake owned by Mahindra & Mahindra Limited. Tech Mahindra serves telecom service providers, equipment manufacturers, software vendors and systems integrators worldwide and their proven delivery models, distinctive IT skills and decades of domain expertise enable clients to maximize returns on their IT investment. A SEI-CMMI Level 5 organization, Tech Mahindra’s development centers are ISO 9001:2008, ISO 27001:2005, ISO 20000-1:2011 and ISO 22301:2012 certified. Tech Mahindra has principal offices in the UK, United States, Germany, UAE, Egypt, Singapore, India, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia, Philippines, Canada and Australia. Tech Mahindra is part of the USD 15.9 billion Mahindra Group. The Mahindra Group employs more than 155,000 people in over 100 countries and operates in key industries that drive economic growth, enjoying a leadership position in tractors, utility vehicles, information technology and vacation ownership.

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About ThingWorx

ThingWorx™ provides the first platform designed to efficiently build and run the applications of today’s connected world. ThingWorx’s model-based design and search-based intelligence reduces application development efforts by 10X, minimizing cost, risk and time to market. The ThingWorx platform combines the key functionality of Web 2.0, search, and social collaboration, and applies it to the world of “things,” including connected products, machines, sensors, and industrial equipment. Businesses use the ThingWorx platform to rapidly deliver innovative applications and connected solutions across markets ranging from manufacturing, energy, and food, to Machine-to-Machine (M2M) remote monitoring and service, as well as in emerging Internet of Things applications, including smart cities, smart grid, agriculture, and transportation. For more information, please visit our website at www.thingworx.com and our blog at www.thingworx.com/blog or follow us on Twitter at @ThingWorx.

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In recent years, companies around the world have faced a number of difficulties in their operations, such as the rising price of petroleum, the shortage of energy, the Eurozone debt crisis, increasing labour costs, environmental pollution, etc. Apart from having a well-planned business strategy, a crucial factor in successfully tackling these problems is the quality of a company’s work team.

Last year, Adsale organized an in-house staff training programme entitled“Managing and Leading Changes”, which was aimed at encouraging staff to respond to these changes with a positive mind and to regard each change as an opportunity for further development, to cultivate border less support as a corporate culture, to strengthen team spirit among staff members, to share experience with others and to enrich their market knowledge. In an effort to express the importance of staff training, Adsale submitted this training programme to the 2013 UFI Education Award competition organized by the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI) and finally won the award. (Details…)

Stanley Chu, Chairman of the Adsale Group, says, “We attach great importance to staff development. Since 2005, we have been organizing a two full-day conference each year with the objective of enhancing the leadership of our middle level managerial staff. Past topics covered include bench marking  blue ocean strategy, vision and mission, corporate values, innovation, motivation, etc. Last year, our theme was “Managing and Leading the Change”. Fifty-four department heads from offices located in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Singapore gathered at the conference to contribute strategies for dealing with challenges in the future.

The objectives of the UFI Education Award are to appreciate novel results-oriented educational and vocational activities that have been developed and implemented, and to share innovative ideas on concepts of in-house education. As Stanley Chu explains, “That we stand out from several participants is largely due to the fact that our conference had a clearly defined objective and it addressed a defined target group. The programme design was innovative and creative. It was successful in having increased participants’ knowledge of the industry and market, strengthened their confidence in overcoming challenges and cultivated team spirit through a series of diversified activities, such as reading, group discussions, interactive games, sharing of China and the industry’s updates, etc. The most important outcome is that with the active participation of managerial staff from different departments, some major changes in the exhibition industry in the upcoming three years have been identified; these include changes in Chinese government industry policies, the China and international market environment, exhibitors’ high expectations on return on investment, visitors’ interest in new technology, innovation and brand development, a higher proportion of Generation Y in the company, increasing popularity of online and mobile devices, and more and severe competition. To cope with these changes, participants at the conference laid out their corresponding action plans and devised short-term and long-term strategies so as to maintain the sustainability of our competitive edge.”

CHINAPLAS 2013, which is going to stage its 27th edition from May 20-23, 2013 at the China Import and Export Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou, PR China, will demonstrate how the Adsale team has managed the change with a positive attitude and created another record high for the show in such a difficult economic situation.

Occupying an exhibition area of 220,000sqm, CHINAPLAS 2013 is now Asia’s No. 1 and the world’s No.2 in the plastics and rubber industries. Stanley Chu points out that currently the increasing labour cost is the issue of most concern in China and the international market. The sluggish international economic situation has led to a decrease in exports from China and the shifting of her manufacturers to the inland provinces and Southeast Asia. At the same time, China’s development model has changed from being exported-oriented to one that promotes domestic consumption and high-end manufacturing technology. CHINAPLAS 2013 is alert to this trend and will exhibit many high-end manufacturing machines and a range of automated equipment. The team has also increased its effort to promote the exhibition to visitors from Asia and China and in doing so captured new business opportunities brought by urbanization. CHINAPLAS 2013 will gather more than 2,900 exhibitors from 38 countries and regions as well as having 14 country and regional pavilions displaying over 3,200 different energy-saving plastics and rubber machines, plus a wide range of green chemicals and raw materials. It is expected that the show will welcome 115,000 visitors from around the world.

With the business environment becoming more and more challenging, exhibitors attach greater importance to the effectiveness of their participation. To meet exhibitors’ expectations on their return on investment in participating, the organizing team held a series of buyers’ activities to reinforce networking and interaction between exhibitors and buyers. For example, plastics industry forums were held in Bangkok, Thailand, and Jakarta, Indonesia, in March, while a plastics seminar tailor-made for home appliance manufacturers was held in Shunde, Guangdong, China. All these pre-show activities were effective in mobilizing both overseas and local buyers, and helped expand exhibitors’ business networks.

Stanley Chu says, “The record-breaking scale of CHINAPLAS 2013 hinges on the positive and proactive attitudes of our staff. This further proves the importance of staff training. The participation of Adsale in the UFI Education Award competition demonstrates our great attention to training and that we regard our staff as valuable assets and partners. This year, the Adsale Group celebrates its 35th anniversary and this award marks a new milestone in the Group’s history and stands testament to the fruitful contribution made jointly by our staff.”

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About The Adsale Group
Stanley Chu is the founder and Chairman of the Adsale Group. Established in 1978 in Hong Kong, the Adsale Group is an international trade media group in the Asia-Pacific region. Members of the Group include Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd – the pioneer and leading international trade fair organizer in China, Adsale Publishing Limited – publisher of international trade journals and Adsale Online – a multimedia providing virtual exhibitions, e-publications and e-marketing services. Adsale’s branch offices are located at Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Singapore with a total staffing over 200. Moreover, Adsale has an agency network covering near 30 countries and regions.

Adsale’s business covers a wide range of industries, including textile and garment, plastics and rubber, energy and power, telecommunications, printing and label, packaging, woodworking and furniture, automobile, lighting, boiler technology, shoes and shoe technology, etc.

To further establish Adsale’s commitment to quality management in her delivery of services to customers, Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd joined the ISO program for over 10 years (2000-2011) and has become a member of UFI from 2006, with some of her exhibitions being certified as “UFI Approved Events”, such as CHINAPLAS, EP China, EP Shanghai, etc., demonstrating Adsale’s professional project management and her dedication to the provision of quality exhibiting and visiting services. (www.adsale.com.hk)

About UFI
UFI is the association of the world’s leading tradeshow organizers and fairground owners, as well as the major national and international exhibition associations, and selected partners of the exhibition industry. UFI represents 629 member organizations, including exhibition organizers, hall owner managers, associations and partners of the exhibition industry, present in 226 cities in 85 countries on the 6 continents. (www.ufi.org)

About CHINAPLAS 2013
First introduced in 1983, CHINAPLAS is China’s only plastics and rubber trade show approved by UFI (The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry). CHINAPLAS has been exclusively sponsored by the Europe’s Association for Plastics and Rubber Machinery Manufacturers (EUROMAP) in China for the 24th time. CHINAPLAS is currently Asia’s No.1 and world’s No.2 plastics and rubber trade fair. (www.ChinaplasOnline.com)

Cloud-based WaterWorX software, powered by ThingWorx, provides remote monitoring and control system for water assets

EXTON, Pa.—April 24, 2013—Software company Aquamatix has helped deliver a comprehensive solution for the monitoring and optimization of Veolia Water’s water and sewerage services in Tidworth, Wiltshire, UK. Utilizing its cloud-based WaterWorX™ software, a real-time solution that integrates operational and fixed asset data has been developed. It has also delivered an SMS and voice alarm facility for out-of-hours alerts, creating a virtual control center.

Veolia Water has provided water and sewerage services to domestic and commercial customers in the Tidworth and Perham Down areas since 2007. Until recently the assets were monitored and controlled at a centralized facility that also served Veolia Water’s previously owned regulated water businesses. Tidworth comprises self-contained water and wastewater systems and provides an ideal opportunity to develop and test smart water networks and performance-based water management systems.

Veolia Water’s Dave Nicholl, said: “We had a pressing need to implement a monitoring and control system. Aquamatix interpreted our needs and worked with us to deliver a cost-effective and tailored solution that has not only replaced the control center, it has improved our visibility of on the ground operations, allowing us to make more informed decisions about our asset operations.”

Project Management, installation and commissioning was provided by Z-Tech Systems Ltd. Systems Director, Patrick Heaton said: “WaterWorX offered a standard solution which will potentially reduce development time and cost for new installations. The idea of an opex license for SCADA will be an attractive option for some of our customers seeking to reduce cost and improve efficiency of their water assets.”

Powered by ThingWorx™, the world’s first software application platform that combines key functionality of Web 2.0, search, and social collaboration, WaterWorX™ connects water industry assets without the need for investment in expensive bespoke hardware and software.

Laurie Reynolds, Managing Director of Aquamatix, said: “it’s a real-time monitoring solution that extends beyond the capability of conventional SCADA systems by integrating data with other operational systems, such as asset management and GIS. Whilst the current Tidworth project has simply replaced the existing telemetry alarm reporting system and is a step change towards real-time operations.”

Aquamatix is a software and services company providing specialist integration of real-time systems and data for water and wastewater operations and asset management. We are adapting technologies and standards from smart grid and Internet of things and applying them to the water industry. Our WaterWorX™ platform enables real-time measurements and performance data to be combined with asset and GIS data to gain new knowledge and understanding of asset condition and system performance. The insight gained can be used to optimize new investment to balance capacity, obsolescence, demand and risk.

Veolia Water provides water and wastewater management services throughout the UK and Ireland and is part of the world’s leading water company. Veolia Water specializes in delivering integrated sustainable solutions that range from drinking water supply management and wastewater treatment to bespoke design solutions for business and industry. Veolia Water is part of Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE and NYSE: VE), the worldwide reference in environmental solutions. With more than 315,000 employees, the company has operations all around the world and provides tailored solutions to meet the needs of municipal and industrial customers in four complementary segments: water management, waste management, energy management and passenger transportation. Veolia Environnement recorded revenue of $46.5 billion in 2010.

ThingWorx provides the first software application platform designed for today’s connected world. The ThingWorx platform combines the key functionality of Web 2.0, search, and social collaboration, and applies it to the world of “things,” including connected products, machines, sensors, and industrial equipment. Businesses use the ThingWorx platform to rapidly deliver innovative applications and connected solutions across markets ranging from manufacturing, energy, and food, to M2M remote monitoring and service, as well as in emerging “Internet of Things” applications, including smart cities, smart grid, agriculture, and transportation.

Z-Tech Systems based in Cambridge, UK provide engineering solutions in Power, Control and Information systems. Employing over 160 quality trained staff, their services include a complete package of electrical mechanical, instrumentation and software design, installation and maintenance.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Aquamatix: For further information, please contact Laurie Reynolds on +44 (0)5603 670 537 or visit our website www.aquamatix.co.uk.

Veolia Water: For further information, please contact the communications team on +44 (0)207 843 8506 or visit our website www.veoliawater.co.uk.

ThingWorx: For more information, please contact Dave Westrom on +1 (610) 594-6200 or visit our website www.thingworx.com.

Z-Tech Systems: For further information, please contact Patrick Heaton on +44(0)1954 232 097or visit website www.z-tech.co.uk.

Munich, April 10, 2013 – The trend towards greater mobility places ever tougher demands on security in the digital world. To meet this need, Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is continuously developing new solutions to safeguard data against wrongful use and ensure reliable identification of people and devices. Examples of such applications include innovative payment solutions and interconnection of machines. Security requirements around traditional cash-based transactions and ID systems also continue to grow.

At today’s presentation of its annual results, Giesecke & Devrient highlighted strategic solution areas in which the company aims to further extend its market-leading position. In addition to banknote-related innovations, the company’s portfolio is being increasingly aligned to meet the requirements of users in the digital world. It is not enough here to focus solely on maximum security. To achieve the huge gains in convenience and flexibility that are a feature of many of these digital solutions, it is also important to ensure simple data management and intuitive use.

A current example of this can be found in the area of NFC payment (near field communication). Using multi-application NFC SIM cards, this technology allows regular cell phones and smartphones to be upgraded to enable easy, contactless payments. SmartTrust Portigo from Giesecke & Devrient, an electronic wallet that received the Sesames Award in the e-Transactions category at the 2012 CARTES payments show, is a complete solution that users can deploy as an app. In the NFC arena, G&D is currently involved in more than 20 major commercial projects worldwide, with partners including the Royal Bank of Scotland and Telefónica.

Another example is M2M communication (machine-to-machine). The SIMs installed in machines for this purpose can be activated, personalized, and managed over the cell phone network using the SmartTrust AirON subscription management platform from Giesecke & Devrient. This avoids the need to switch cards or have wired access to the device. Accordingly, a SIM can be installed in a vehicle, for example, and the network operator changed via remote access when the vehicle is sold. G&D is cooperating with leading car manufacturers and network operators in this field and its technologies support the M2M World Alliance’s work on the rollout of global M2M solutions. In addition, the company is working with Vodafone Deutschland on mobile security solutions for the corporate sector and has started a project with Symantec to develop secure one-time passwords for smartphones.

Alongside these developments, technologies from Giesecke & Devrient deliver ongoing security innovation in the banknote segment. In addition to holograms, watermarks, foils, and threads, this increasingly involves the introduction of completely new features, such as MAGnite. The underlying principle here is that special color pigments become aligned in a magnetic field, e.g. when placed near the speaker of a cell phone, rendering them visible. With NotaScan Mag, G&D has also developed a sensor that sets new standards for the measurement of magnetic properties in banknotes. G&D offers high-performance banknote processing systems as well, such as the BPS M5, which can handle up to 33 banknotes a second and significantly boost throughput in cash centers.

Anti-counterfeit protection for ID documents is also of key importance. As the technology leader in this field, Giesecke & Devrient repeatedly demonstrates its capabilities with new solutions that are in many cases unique worldwide. In 2012, for example, G&D became the first manufacturer to be certified by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in relation to tough new requirements for electronic passports and residence permits. Giesecke & Devrient products already support the PACE (Password Authenticated Connection Establishment) protocol, which creates a highly secure connection between a contactless chip in the ID document and the electronic reader. The PACE protocol becomes mandatory in EU countries from 2014.

About Giesecke & Devrient

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a leading international technology provider headquartered in Munich, Germany. Founded in 1852, the Group has a workforce of around 10,500 employees and generated sales exceeding EUR 1.64 billion in fiscal 2011. 58 subsidiaries and joint ventures in 32 countries ensure customer proximity worldwide.

Over 150 countries place their trust in G&D solutions when producing and processing their banknotes. The company primarily supplies central and commercial banks, cash-in-transit companies, and security printers with innovative technologies that render the cash cycle efficient and secure. G&D bank and SIM cards are used all over the world to make payments and telephone calls. As an end-to-end provider of smartcard and mobile security solutions, the Group develops and distributes hardware, software, and services to a client base that includes banks, mobile network operators, transportation companies, business enterprises, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Governments and public authorities turn to G&D for passport, ID card, and border control systems, ensuring reliable identity verification right around the globe. For more information, please visit: www.gi-de.com

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Heiko Witzke | Head of Media Relations

Mobile Payments market leaders, Gemalto, KPMG, SAP & VeriFone will be sharing their vital views
in implementing Mobile Wallets, Banking the Unbanked, Point of Sales Mobile Payments & Mobile
Remittance at Mobile Payments & NFC World Summit 2013 which will be held from 18 to 19 April
2013 in Hong Kong.

The theme of this summit is ‘Profiting from Mobile Payments Services through Strategic
Partnership & Alliances’.

Singapore (April 3, 2013) / — Mobile Payments market leaders, Gemalto, KPMG, SAP & VeriFone will
be sharing their vital views in implementing Mobile Wallets, Banking the Unbanked, Point of Sales
Mobile Payments & Mobile Remittance at Mobile Payments & NFC World Summit 2013 which will be
held from 18 to 19 April 2013 in Hong Kong.

The following key issues will be addressed in depth with necessary Real World Case Studies:

• Regulatory Issues for Mobile Payments and the Applicable Rules and Regulations
• Current State and Future Trends of Mobile Payments
• New Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Banks in Delivering M-Payments
• For Banks – How to Successfully Align Financial Services with NFC and Mobile Payments Systems?
• Opportunities for Increasing Sales Volume for Merchants/Retailers in Deploying M-Payments
• Retailer Case Study – Mobile Payments in Australia – Are We Advanced or Behind the World?
• Transit Provider Case Study – Evolution of NFC Applications for Mobile Commerce in Singapore
• Operator Case Study – Business Model in A Bank-Led Environment
• Operator Case Study – NFC – More Than Payment
• Innovative Mobile Payments Strategies to Capture New Market
• Additional Revenue Generating Channels through Deployment of M-Payments
• Critical Success Factors in Deploying Mobile Payment Services? – From Each Stakeholder’s Point of View
• Benefits and Business Case Drivers for Each Stakeholder
• Comparisons – Operator-Centric, Bank-Centric, 3rd Party Centric or Collaboration
• Critical Success Factors in Implementing Mobile Payments Services – Partnerships, Alliances, and Joint-Ventures
• Profitable and Sustainable Business Models
• How to Handle New Players that Have Emerged Strongly Positioned in Mobile Payments?
• Benchmarking Remittances-The Future of Money Transfer
• International Mobile Money Transfer and Remittance Market
• Enhancing the Lives of the Consumers through Mobile Money and Improve Stickiness
• Addressing Issues of Standardization and Interoperability
• Banking the ‘Unbanked’ – How to Capture the Mass Market?
• Effective & Sustainable Strategies to Encourage Active Consumer’s Usage of Mobile Payments
• Accessing Mobile Users Cost Effectively & Securely
• How to Drive the Consumer Usage of Mobile Payments?
• New Innovative Delivery Platforms for Mobile Payment Services
• Innovation & Sustainability in Offering Mobile Payments Services
• Building A Robust and Sustainable NFC Infrastructure
• Handset Technology Development Updates
• Management and Cost Issues in Implementation
• Security Issues – How to Succeed in Mobile Financial Services by Building A Trusted Brand?
• Fraud Mitigation in Mobile Payments

Companies/organisations representing the Mobile Payments Ecosystem will be speaking at this conference :

• Russell Zimmerman, Executive Director, Australian Retailers Association, Australia
• Nitin Chittal, Vice President & Head, Direct Banking Group, Axis Bank, India
• Solaiman Alam, Head of PR & Communication and Mobile Commerce, Banglalink, Bangladesh
• Frederick M. Faustino, Head, Mobile Banking Channel, Bank of Philippines Islands, Philippines
• Salil Bhuvanadasan, Mobile Financial Services, BICS Asia, Singapore
• Zhao Rong, Senior Business Development Director, China Mobile Labs, China
• Fariq Cader, Senior General Manager Mcomm, Dialog Axiata, Sri Lanka
• Karl Weaver, OEM/ODM Mobile Device Business Development Manager, Gemalto, China
• Mir Rashedul Hossain, Head & General Manager-Business Development, Financial Services, Grameenphone, Bangladesh
• Sandeep Indurkar, Head-Mobile Payments, ICICI Bank, India
• James Mckeogh, Director, Management Consulting, KPMG, Hong Kong
• Silvester Prakasam, Director (Fare Systems), Land Transport Authority, Singapore
• Philip Yen, Group Head, Emerging Payments Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa, MasterCard Worldwide
• Ichwansyah Putra, Head Product Development-Mobile Commerce Group, PT Indosat, Indonesia
• Tom Wills, Director, Ontrack Advisory Group, Singapore
• Tarik Husain, Senior Director, mCommerce, SAP, Singapore
• Basker Rangachari, Regional Chief Marketing Officer, Hong Kong & North East Asia, Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong
• Thierry Crespo, ST Secure Microcontroller NFC Marketing Manager, STMicroelectronics, France
• Dan Armstrong, Partner, Takashi Mobile, The Netherlands
• Sebastien Taveau, Chief Technical Officer, Validity, USA (formerly Astronomer/Principal, Mobile Ecosystems Integration, Paypal)
• Matthew Teo, Director, Marketing and Business Development, ASPAC, VeriFone, Singapore
• Gregg Marshall, VP of Business Development, Western Union, Singapore

The conference website is : http://www.symphonyglobal.com/index.php/event/page/
mobile_payments_nfc_world_summit_2013/overview

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Munich, March 25, 2013 – Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is to provide PayPal and Brazilian network operator Vivo with a mobile payment solution that allows their customers with prepaid accounts to top up their credit directly on their cellphone using PayPal. G&D will also deliver the necessary payment solution, the SmartTrust Mobile Transaction Gateway, to ensure that the transactions are executed securely.

The easy-to-use service gives customers direct access to phone credit, without having to buy a recharge card from a point of sale during normal opening hours. Based on USSD technology and compatible with all types of cellphone, the solution does not require users to download any other applications. For PayPal it is an opportunity to leverage on the mobile channel. Users can set up a PayPal account for the services directly on their mobile phone, and modify the account details to add or remove linked credit-card information whenever necessary.

The backend servers for this mobile payment solution are hosted and managed by Giesecke & Devrient in a secure data-processing center. The Mobile Transaction Gateway (MTG) via which all top-up and other mobile transactions are processed is based on the SmartTrust DP framework.

About Giesecke & Devrient
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a leading international technology provider headquartered in Munich, Germany. Founded in 1852, the Group has a workforce of around 10,500 employees and generated sales exceeding EUR 1.64 billion in fiscal 2011. 58 subsidiaries and joint ventures in 32 countries ensure customer proximity worldwide.

Over 150 countries place their trust in G&D solutions when producing and processing their banknotes. The company primarily supplies central and commercial banks, cash-in-transit companies, and security printers with innovative technologies that render the cash cycle efficient and secure. G&D bank and SIM cards are used all over the world to make payments and telephone calls. As an end-to-end provider of smartcard and mobile security solutions, the Group develops and distributes hardware, software, and services to a client base that includes banks, mobile network operators, transportation companies, business enterprises, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Governments and public authorities turn to G&D for passport, ID card, and border control systems, ensuring reliable identity verification right around the globe. For more information, please visit: www.gi-de.com

Contact:stefan.waldenmaier@gi-de.com
Stefan Waldenmaier | Press Officer

stefan.waldenmaier@gi-de.com
Phone +49 89 4119-2985
Fax +49 89 4119-1208

TORONTO and BARCELONA – February 25, 2013 Redknee (TSX:RKN), a leading provider of business-critical billing and charging software and solutions for communications service providers, is pleased to highlight at Mobile World Congress 2013 the successful growth strategy of the leading Kyrgyz operator Nur Telecom, the latest to achieve significant benefits from Redknee’s end-to-end converged billing and customer care solution. Nur Telecom, operating under the O! brand, selected Redknee to replace its legacy billing solution in order to increase its subscriber base and deliver advanced services. Since Redknee was implemented, Nur Telecom has achieved an exceptional average 10% month-on-month growth and expanded its market share to over 20 percent.

Redknee’s real-time converged billing, rating, charging and customer care solution has enabled Nur Telecom to launch pre-paid data, voice and messaging services as well as provide an enhanced customer experience by offering its customers personalized promotions and campaigns. Nur Telecom has access to hundreds of promotions and pricing plans that are provided with Redknee’s out-of-the-box solution, which includes self-care and VAS, as well as partner and content settlement solutions, enabling Nur Telecom to achieve faster time to market, launch innovative services, and reduce operating costs and revenue leakage. The end-to-end converged billing and customer care solution is capable of managing any type of payment, including transactions made through pre-paid, post-paid and hybrid accounts, which supports all of Nur Telecom’s present and future needs.

Sergey Egorov, Nur Telecom’s COO, commented:

“Nur Telecom operates in a highly competitive, price sensitive market and required an agile, flexible, billing and customer care solution to support our aggressive growth strategy. With Redknee’s solution we are able to achieve our goals to increase our share in the market, by offering innovative new services, tiered pricing plans and personalized promotions. As a recognized leader in the converged real-time billing, rating and charging market, Redknee is providing us with the tools and support to help us to accomplish our growth objectives.”

Lucas Skoczkowski, Redknee’s CEO commented:

“We are pleased to be supporting Nur Telecom’s growth strategy and enable it to rapidly launch innovative services to the market, increase profitability and extend its market presence. In today’s environment service providers are increasingly looking to deliver new services to market faster and provide the optimal customer experience at a lower cost. Through our ongoing investment in real-time monetization solutions, Redknee remains committed to supporting the growth of our customers and maintaining our position as the provider of choice for billing and charging solutions for communication service providers across the world.”

Redknee’s converged billing and customer care solution delivers service providers with the agility to launch new services faster to the market and increase profitability and revenues across its data, voice and VAS service offerings. Available on-premise, via the cloud or as a Software-as-a-Service offering, Redknee’s market-leading converged billing and customer care solution enables communication service providers to achieve the benefits of an end-to-end fully converged billing and customer care platform, including real-time converged billing, rating and charging for the operator’s data, voice and messaging services, advanced customer care capabilities leveraging Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and innovative self-care solutions. Redknee enables service providers to deliver advanced charging transparency and flexible self-care options to its customers as well as real-time promotions, enhanced customer care and loyalty campaigns. From activation and provisioning, to real-time billing, rating, invoicing, partner management, and full customer care capabilities, Redknee’s converged billing solution expertly addresses the needs of communications service providers throughout the world’s most competitive markets.

Visit Redknee at Mobile World Congress in Hall 5, booth 5E40.

For more information about Redknee and their solutions, please go to www.redknee.com.

About Redknee
Redknee is a leading global provider of innovative communication software products, solutions and services. Redknee’s award-winning solutions enable operators to monetize the value of each subscriber transaction while personalizing the subscriber experience to meet mainstream, niche and individual market segment requirements. Redknee’s revenue generating solutions provide advanced converged billing, rating, charging and policy for voice, messaging and new generation data services to over 90 network operators in over 50 countries. Established in 1999, Redknee Solutions Inc. (TSX: RKN.TO) is the parent of the wholly-owned operating subsidiary Redknee Inc. and its various subsidiaries. References to Redknee refer to the combined operations of those entities. For more information about Redknee and its solutions, please go to www.redknee.com.

DIDX.net, another service created by Super Technologies, Inc. along with Techistan magazine, serves mobile and telecommunications operators and service providers such as Nur Telecom to buy and sell wholesale SIP (VoIP) direct inward dialing phone numbers of 60 countries.

BARCELONA, Spain — Mobile World Congress Hall 6, Stand 6E21 — February 25, 2013 — Tekelec is expanding its “Policy Everywhere” partner ecosystem to help mobile operators deliver a superior subscriber experience. Tekelec is testing interoperability between its Mobile Policy Gateway (MPG) and solutions from Roke Manor Research Ltd. (SmartSwitch™), Greenpacket (Intouch Mobile Data Offload platform) and Smith Micro (NetWise Director™). This testing includes standards-compliant Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) capabilities, as well as advanced use cases that extend the reach of policy directly to mobile devices.

Tekelec now has three partners to deliver on its “Policy Everywhere” vision. Last year, Tekelec announced interoperability with Roke and was able to demonstrate advanced used cases addressing application based offload and network quality assessment. With the addition of Greenpacket and Smith Micro, Tekelec is building an industry-leading ecosystem of partners to enable standards-compliant solutions, which extend policy control to the mobile device and enable a range of new revenue opportunities for service providers.

At the company’s Mobile World Congress stand, Tekelec is demonstrating Policy-on-the-Mobile capabilities directed by its Mobile Policy Gateway. This type of end-to-end policy management allows service providers to:

· Improve network performance with smart Wi-Fi offload. Mobile subscribers are able to access an unlimited number of applications, web content and multimedia content from their smart devices. This drives high bandwidth and bursty, unpredictable traffic patterns, which can lead to network congestion. Policy-enabled device management using ANDSF standards allows operators to dynamically adjust network usage patterns via Wi-Fi offload to ensure network quality and resilience.

· Create relevant, opt-in mobile marketing campaigns. Service providers can combine dynamic location and Wi-Fi access point information with stored subscriber preferences to provide new discounts and loyalty-related offers with partner organizations.

· Improve the subscriber quality of experience (QoE). Chatty applications can degrade the quality of data sessions by using too much processing capacity and battery life. Device policies can manage signaling messages, improving device and network performance.

· Deliver quality-based service tiers. Operators can improve profitability with new pricing plans and service bundles by controlling the selection of access networks and maintaining optimal QoE for users who have subscribed to higher levels of service or for higher priority applications.

· Protect devices and subscriber data. Subscribers who download dozens or even hundreds of apps to their devices risk security vulnerabilities that could compromise device performance or subscriber data. Policy rules enforced directly on the device can limit third-party access to confidential data and thwart malware from propagating.

Tekelec’s Mobile Policy Gateway integrates with its own market-leading Policy Server (PCRF) or other vendors’ PCRFs to reduce the need for costly deep packet inspection (DPI) and policy enforcement (PCEF) functions in the network core. The MPG combines standards-compliant ANDSF with dynamic network- and subscriber-aware policy management, turning smartphones, tablets and other smart devices into policy enforcement points.

“Leveraging the network and subscriber intelligence available from Tekelec’s Mobile Policy Gateway, Greenpacket is able to supply seamless and efficient control over offload decisions. And by connecting our client solution with Tekelec’s network-centric policy control, we can help operators offer new and compelling personalized service offerings to subscribers’ mobile devices,” said Kelvin Lee, senior general manager of Greenpacket. “By joining with Tekelec in this “Policy on the Mobile” ecosystem, Greenpacket is giving operators the tools to more effectively manage subscribers’ experiences and open new revenue opportunities.”

“We’re excited to see key players in the wireless ecosystem embracing the power of an intelligent client in their traffic management strategies since this is the only way to truly understand and optimize the subscribers’ experience over any connection,” said Rick Carpenter, senior vice president of Engineering at Smith Micro. “Operators that use Tekelec’s Mobile Policy Gateway with our NetWise Intelligent Traffic Management solution will not only gain smart Wi-Fi offload, but will also be able to implement increasingly advanced use cases, such as secure tunneling, preferred roaming, and application entitlement, all with a single client.”

Supporting Resources

Mobile World Congress Press Kit

Policy Everywhere: A Strategic Imperative for Digital Lifestyle Providers white paper

Mobile Policy Gateway product brief

Why Tekelec for Policy: Key Considerations in Selecting a Next-Generation Policy Server

Policy Server product brief
The ThinkingNetworks™ Revolution: A Call to Action for Digital Lifestyle Providers
“Mobile Broadband Pricing and Bundling – the Voice of the Consumer” preview white paper

About Tekelec

Tekelec’s intelligent mobile broadband solutions enable service providers to manage and monetize mobile data in LTE, IMS and 3G networks. We are the architects of the New Diameter Network, a portfolio of session, policy and subscriber data management products that lays the foundation to evolve to software-defined ThinkingNetworks™. More than 300 service providers use our market-leading solutions to deliver cloud, machine-to-machine and personalized services to consumers and enterprises. For more information visit www.tekelec.com.

About Roke
Roke, based in Romsey, Hampshire, is the principal electronics research and development centre of Chemring Group Plc. Founded in 1956, Roke is a leading provider of intelligent mobile and network data solutions to operators, device manufacturers and government clients worldwide. Building on over 50 years of wireless communications innovation, its solutions address the current and predicted needs of data management, security and user experience in the mobile data domain. It employs 450 staff and has over 430 patents to its name. For more information visit www.roke.co.uk.

About Greenpacket
Greenpacket prides itself as a leading developer of Next Generation mobile broadband and networking solutions. Its carrier-grade solutions and award-winning consumer devices help Telecommunications Operators open new avenues, meet new demands, and enrich lifestyles while forging new relationships. Greenpacket believes in a future of limitless freedom in wireless communications and commits to meeting the needs of customers through innovative solutions.

Greenpacket is the solutions pillar of Green PacketBerhad, which is founded in 2000 in the Silicon Valley. Green Packet Berhad is now headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and listed on the Main Board of the Malaysian bourse. It has over 1000 employees with nine operations across the globe. For more information visit: www.greenpacket.com.

About Smith Micro Software
Smith Micro Software provides solutions that simplify, secure and enhance the mobile experience. Our portfolio includes a wide range of applications that manage broadband connectivity, data traffic, devices, voice and video communications over wireless networks. With 30 years of experience developing world-class client and server software, Smith Micro helps the leading mobile network operators, device manufacturers and enterprises increase efficiency and capitalize on the growth of mobile-connected consumers and workforces. For more information, visit smithmicro.com.

Contact:
Adam Parken | Senior Manager, Marketing Communications
(m) +1.919.413.2598 | adam.parken@tekelec.com

PR Contact:
Anu Ramani | Babel PR for Tekelec
(t) +44 (0)20 7434 5550 | tekelec@babelpr.com

Automatic loaders whether for distribution or printing, offline or online, are a lifesaver for businesses. They are important, in the cases mentioned in this writing, for those who need to ship or print product regularly with special care and needs. Automatic loading systems work well to improve order processing and operating efficiencies within what is typically called parts distribution or printing processes. Some of the many benefits of automatic loading systems include the minimization of contamination through human intervention in offline and online situations. Product is processed and distributed faster and equipment availability is increased compared to manual loading. At the same time, operating costs are decreased.

Some offline distribution auto loaders for distribution can even navigate where and in ways that manual loading could not occur. These are called intelligent free-roaming navigation systems. Examples of both offline distribution auto loaders are in use for printing by PriscoDigital and for online (software) to augment ordering and distribution by 1-800 Courier.

For example, PriscoDigital is the exclusive distributor in the United States and Canada for Hostert Automatic Loader. The HAL is designed just for the HP Scitex FB7600/7500 industrial printers. Each printer is 10.5 x 5.6 x 1.6 meters or 34.5 x 18.4 x 5.2 feet (W x D x H) and in weight, 5000 kg (11,024 pounds) with the vacuum unit. On the other hand, 1-800 Courier, a same-day delivery, messenger and transportation services company, offers BMW parts distribution auto loader via an application online for daily pick-ups.

The auto loading system designed by 1-800 Courier is actually accessible online via their website. It is more of a special ordering application or software. Atlanta, Georgia area BMW automobile dealerships and other automobile repair partner locations are indexed in the system. These are updated on a daily basis in the 1-800 Courier auto loading system. Courier experts can manipulate the parts distribution auto loader tool. Daily multiple-stop route “pick up drivers” can report via telephone to all BMW locations that require a pick up service. The geo points are chosen. The system automatically loads each individual pick up into the integrated electronic courier delivery software. Orders are created automatically and available to all parties involved.

On the other hand, the Hostert Automatic Loader, is a physical auto loader and not an online auto loader. 1-800Courier’s auto loader and the Hostert Auto Loader are quite different in description and use and target. The HAL was developed by Hostert Pro for the HP Scitex FB7500 and FB 7600. It enables businesses to reduce production costs, decrease output time schedules, and generate an automatic work environment with batch-to-batch operation. The Automatic Loader assists massive print production process to be much more flexible so that actual time on the task of work is used where and when it is needed, cutting labor cost and wear and tear. The Automatic Loader can handle a variety of media in size 25mm thick and 20 Kg in weight, type, and weight: compressed cardboard, corrugated carton, foam PVC, and very thick paper can be loaded automatically. The HAL can even double-side print.

Companies such as 1-800 Courier report operating efficiency improvement as a result of their new pick up auto loader for their BMW parts distribution program. Normally multiple “pick ups” are required with daily data-entry. With the auto loader, 1-800 Courier inputs all parts distribution pick ups with one click of a specific pick up location. Again, like the HAL for the HP industrial printers, 1-800 Courier auto loader saves time for their personnel such as drivers, accounting representatives and other company specialists. For more information about automatic and auto loaders, check Wikipedia, 1-800 Courier and Hostert Automatic Loader sites.

Conference to reveal insights into current issues and challenges on this ‘evolution’

SINGAPORE, 27 MARCH 2013 – The ICT industry has recently been abuzz with news and articles on Software Defined Networking (SDN), which, according to analyst reports, is a new market estimated to grow into a US$2.1 billion business in 2017[i].

This, coupled with advances in virtualisation and cloud computing, has brought on the case for telcos to move towards a software-based networking environment. However, much of telecoms equipment remains hardware-based applications. Issues and challenges remain to move and optimise telecoms functions for software and hardware.

CommunicAsia2013 asked Mr. Rhys Arkins, Vice President – Sales Engineering, Asia Pacific of Acme Packet to share with us his thoughts on SDN. Below are some inspirational pointers singled out from the conversation.

1. Move to SDN architectures if you are significantly familiar with virtualised, cloud architectures
Mr. Arkins advises that “Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a lot easier if the provider has already set up a virtualised cloud infrastructure. The largest portion of NFV’s cost savings come in the form of operational savings – these savings can quickly be diminished if there is a long learning curve to familiarise teams with virtualisation technologies and operational processes.”

2. Transitioning to SDN does not happen overnight or eliminate hardware-based systems
Explaining that “SDN will be an evolution”, Mr. Arkins says, “It will not apply to all network elements overnight – this transition will take many years. More products and vendors will embrace SDN over time. For some elements, it may never make economic sense, so hardware-based systems will not completely go away.”

3. Assess your company’s suitability for SDN to deploy it successfully
Asked about how a company should assess its suitability for SDN, Mr. Arkins recommends, “A company should start with cost data on existing capital and operating expenses, and then assess their expertise with virtualisation and ability to train staff to understand these new technologies. They should also consider their existing operational models. For example, are they centralised in headquarters or highly distributed with local staff spread across many sites. Finally, they should assess if it is even practical to realign staff to suit a SDN model.”

4. Prudence may not be the best strategy for Asian companies
Mr. Arkins thinks that some Asian companies considering SDN “have a tendency to prudently wait for technology and solutions to be well-proven in other markets before adopting them; however, the risk of this approach can be that they might overinvest in legacy architectures while waiting.”

Mr. Arkins will be moderating a panel discussion – “Build or Borrow? The Future of Purpose-Built Versus Off- The-Shelf Hardware in Telecoms Networks” in CommunicAsia2013 Summit’s Broadband Evolution Track on 18 June 2013.

Deeper Discussion into Broadband Issues and Challenges
The Broadband Evolution track at the CommunicAsia2013 Summit has been rejuvenated and will focus on the ‘Evolving Customer, the Data Explosion & Key Broadband Strategies’. Covering issues ranging from the delivery of broadband over next generation networks to future broadband infrastructure, business models for mobile broadband to capacity issues in mobile broadband, delegates will be listening to, and discussing the various challenges and experiences with international experts and business leaders.

Spread over three days, the Broadband Evolution track will open with a discussion on network and infrastructure issues on the first day, move into business and technological issues in mobile broadband for the second day, and conclude with capacity issues and future implications for mobile broadband on the third day. Panel discussions have been arranged throughout the sessions everyday, and will include an “Asian Perspective” and “Key Executives’ Interview” on the first and second days.

Some of the key confirmed speakers in the Broadband Evolution track include Suresh Sidhu, Group Chief Operating Officer, Celcom Axiata, Christian Daigneault, CTO, CSL, Lo Sui Lun, CTO, HKBN, Ted Matsumoto, Chief Strategy Adviser, Softbank Mobile, Martijn Blanken, Executive Director of Telstra Global, Liu Yali, Executive Director of International Network Planning from Verizon and many more.

Refreshed Conference Format to Feature Joint Visionary Address and C-level Panel
For the first time, delegates from both the CommunicAsia2013 Summit and BroadcastAsia2013 International Conference will be participating in a two-part visionary address on 19 June 2013. The first is the Governmental Visionary Address by the Minister for Technology, State Government of Victoria, Australia, The Hon. Gordon Rich-Phillips. This is followed by the Industry Visionary Address by Mr. Karim Temsamani, Head of Asia Pacific, Google. A joint panel discussion has also been conceptualised. The ‘Thought-Leaders Panel’ of C-level executives will bring together telco and broadcast companies to identify opportunities for collaboration between the telecom and broadcast industries.

CommunicAsia2013 Summit: The Next Wave: The Future is the Empowered Customer
The refreshed CommunicAsia2013 Summit will have eight key tracks – each track kicks off with a panel discussion – and two interactive workshops. Consumers have rapidly become the game-changers in the industry, with their accelerated demand for mobile data and services. The four-day programme will highlight the importance of understanding the customer so that businesses can be prepared to deliver a superior experience. More than 110 speakers will share their views and discuss critical issues affecting the ICT industry.

Delegates can also expect new tracks dedicated to CDN Evolution and Enterprise Mobility. Other tracks that have been rejuvenated include Mobile Marketing, Services & Commerce, and Telecom CEM, which will feature discussions on the latest business and technological issues.

Bringing Content to Life on Exhibition Showfloors
Content for both conferences has been carefully designed to complement the various technologies that will be showcased on the exhibition floors of CommunicAsia2013, EnterpriseIT and BroadcastAsia2013. Attendees will get to witness the latest services and solutions in broadband, cable, cloud, Interactive TV, mobile apps, OTT, satellite communications, multi-platform broadcasting, future TV, DVB-T2, professional audio technology, and more, Since the shows’ inception, CommunicAsia, EnterpriseIT and BroadcastAsia have been running together and are widely acknowledged as one of the world’s leading technology showcases.