Global Ambition of Yiwu – the World Capital of Small Commodities

 In October, Yiwu will invite global buyers to witness Made-in-China opportunities



YIWU, China-Wednesday, August 30th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With just a few decades, Yiwu has grown from a nameless Eastern China county to a rich e-commerce city that is dubbed as the world capital of small commodities. With solid infrastructure investment and advanced business operation, Yiwu is becoming a warehouse for world small commodities consumers.

Cargo trains along the New Silk Road

Since November 2014, China has launched 9 railway routes, one after another, connecting Yiwu and those cities along the New Silk Road, including Madrid, Tehran, Chelyabinsk, Mazar-e Sharif, Riga, Minsk, London and Prague. As a result, Yiwu’s export to the Belt and Road countries last year increased by 4.86% to 17.95 billion dollars, accounting for 51.78% of the city’s total export.

The warehouse for “One Belt, One Road” countries

With a 1.5-billion-dollar “One Belt, One Road” infrastructure investment fund, Yiwu aims to accelerate a series of construction projects, including Railway Logistics Center, Road Transport Center, Domestic Logistics Center, Road Harbor Logistics Center, Cross-Border Logistics Monitoring Center, and Railway Traffic Hub. Besides, Yiwu will also build a free trade zone for small commodities to boost export.

E-commerce scale continues to expand

As China’s most active e-commerce city, Yiwu’s e-commerce trade reached 26.49 billion dollars in 2016 and became China’s only approved city to build an e-commerce model city. Now, the city has 255,000 online shops and the package delivery volume accounts for one third of the nation’s total. In Yiwu’s various markets that total 6.4 million square meters, over 2.1 million different small commodities are being sold. It has remained the top trader among all Chinese cities for 26 years straight.

China Yiwu International Commodities Fair (Yiwu Fair), as China’s leading export fair, has been held for 22 years. On October 21-25, 2017 at Yiwu International Expo Center, the 23rd edition will kick off a new round of small commodities feast for global buyers, wholesalers, retailers, distributors, import-export agencies, and e-businessmen, with 14 exhibition categories, namely Hardware, Electromechanical Facilities, Electronic & Electrical Appliances, Intelligent Life Style, Daily Necessities, Crafts, Stationery, Sporting Goods and Outdoor Leisure Products, Clothing and Shoes, Knitwear, Ornament and Accessories, Toys, Pet Products, and Auto Accessories.

Visit http://en.yiwufair.com/ to know more.

Contacts

Yiwu China Commodities City Exhibition Co., Ltd.
Joshua Zhong, +86 579-85415525
zy@yiwufair.com

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NTT DATA and DigitalGlobe Extend Strategic Partnership to Use the DigitalGlobe GBDX Platform to Create AW3D Vector Building Models

TOKYO & WESTMINSTER, Colo.-Thursday, August 31st 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NTT DATA Corporation (TOKYO:9613), a global IT services provider, and DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE:DGI), the global leader in Earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced an agreement to extend their strategic partnership to produce large-scale 3D vector building model datasets, called AW3D Metro. This will combine NTT DATA’s elevation expertise with DigitalGlobe’s high-resolution imagery and platform capabilities to one of the highest resolution 3D datasets that offers significant coverage and rapid delivery timelines.

NTT DATA, as one of the leading providers in global elevation data with its AW3D® series, will create off-the-shelf 3D vector building, vegetation and bridge models using DigitalGlobe’s Geospatial Big Data platform (GBDX) and imagery. GBDX, a powerful, cloud-based tool with access to DigitalGlobe’s 100 petabyte imagery archive, can harness machine learning algorithms to revolutionize traditional 3D production models. By using NTT DATA’s cutting-edge algorithm on GBDX, the two companies will be able to develop AW3D Metro in a more cost-effective and timely manner.

These vectorized datasets will appeal to a variety of industry players who are implementing the fabric of our increasingly connected world, such as automotive, insurance and government. It will enable them to make decisions with confidence on projects such as connected device management, navigation visualization, insurance risk mitigation and smart city planning. The partnership will initially produce 3D texturized vector building models with better than 1 meter accuracy within Japan and other areas of commercial interest.

NTT DATA has a rich background in building elevation products, which began with AW3D Standard in 2014. AW3D Metro joins the NTT DATA Elevation portfolio, which includes the high-resolution AW3D Enhanced products based on DigitalGlobe imagery. NTT DATA and DigitalGlobe’s relationship began with the Information Partner Program (IPP) partnership in 2014. The companies expanded their partnership in February 2017 when DigitalGlobe became an official distributor of AW3D Standard products.

“We are delighted this expansion of our strategic partnership allows us to add the game-changing AW3D Metro to our portfolio,” said Mr. Shinichi Usui, NTT DATA Senior Vice President. “By leveraging GBDX’s ecosystem, we will be able to deliver these high-resolution 3D datasets to our customers more quickly, which will help our customers transform their operations into more future-capable and sustainable businesses.”

“3D building models are vital to the design and implementation of the infrastructure that will fuel smart cities, IoT and autonomous vehicles. Therefore, we are excited that NTT DATA selected GBDX and our imagery to further extend our IPP partnership,” said Amy Minnick, DigitalGlobe Senior Vice President and General Manager of Commercial Imagery. “This new agreement demonstrates the power of bringing our industry-leading high-resolution satellite imagery together with the computational capabilities of GBDX to create innovative, cost-effective and scalable solutions for our partners. We look forward to NTT DATA using our products to enhance their expertise in creating vector datasets, especially in metro areas.”

About NTT DATA Corporation

NTT DATA is a leading IT services provider and global innovation partner headquartered in Tokyo, with business operations in over 50 countries. Our emphasis is on long-term commitment, combining global reach with local intimacy to provide premier professional services varying from consulting and systems development to outsourcing. For more information, visit www.nttdata.com.

About DigitalGlobe

DigitalGlobe is a leading provider of commercial high-resolution Earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions that help decision makers better understand our changing planet in order to save lives, resources and time. Sourced from the world's leading constellation, our imagery solutions deliver unmatched coverage and capacity to meet our customers' most demanding mission requirements. Each day customers in defense and intelligence, public safety, civil agencies, map making and analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration, infrastructure management, telecommunications, navigation technology, and providers of location-based services depend on DigitalGlobe data, information, technology and expertise to gain actionable insight.

About AW3D

AW3D is the world’s most precise, pre-produced global digital elevation model covering all land spaces with 5-meter resolution, developed and sold jointly with the Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (“RESTEC”). AW3D has been used in 300 projects, over 70 countries across the globe mainly in emerging countries in Asia and Africa, to contribute to infrastructure, disaster prevention and much more. In May 2015, NTT DATA launched enhanced and building-focused services utilizing satellite images from DigitalGlobe. This service offers a high-definition and high-resolution 3D map at 0.5 meter to 2 meter resolution. The building-focused service offers highly detailed pictures of structures and their heights in a vector-map format.
For more information, visit http://www.aw3d.jp/en/.

“AW3D” is a registered trademark of NTT DATA and RESTEC in Japan, and a registered trademark of NTT DATA in Europe (EUTM) and the United States.

Contacts

Inquiries
For Press
Weber Shandwick for NTT DATA Corporation
(Ms.) Ayumi Matsubara, +81-90-9006-5841
nttdata@webershandwick.com
or
For Products and Services
NTT DATA Corporation
3rd Sales and Marketing Group
e-Community Division
Public Sector 1
(Mr.) Otake, (Mr.) Shiraishi or (Mr.) Ervi, +81-50-5546-2507


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Grecian Couple Hack the Traditional Method of Selling Property by Raffling off Their Island Villa

SYDNEY-Saturday, September 2nd 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With home ownership rates declining worldwide as house prices soar, more and more people are turning to competitions to give them a chance at owning their own home. One Grecian couple decided to jump in on this opportunity and are raffling off their luxury villa in an exciting global event. The Greek islands are one of the most desired locations in the world and now one lucky winner could win a stunning Greek property worth 1.75 million Euros. The property, which includes its very own vineyard, is located on one of the Greek islands in the Mediterranean Sea.

Alice and Christos Douvras built the villa themselves in 2009 as a holiday home using Alice’s architectural expertise. The villa, located on the island of Aegina - only 30 minutes from Athens - is the perfect getaway. It is only a two minute walk to the beach and a 10 minute walk to popular beach bars and restaurants. The villa features two living rooms, four bedrooms (two with ocean views), two bathrooms, two kitchens, balconies with sea and mountain views and a large outdoor swimming pool overlooking the Mediterranean sea. The property, which sits on 5,000 square metres, also features its very own vineyard.

The popular tourist island is only 18km long and boasts idyllic beaches and great. There are many things to do on the island including hiring boats to explore surrounding islands and beaches, horse riding, hiking, cycling, as well as underwater fishing and trying local cuisine. The villa is generally booked out from May to September, so the winner can potentially earn between 285 - 430€ per day. The odds of winning are much higher and more likely than the lotto.

The Win Your Luxurious Villa tickets are 49.90€ each and the draw takes place on the 15th of December. Winners will be notified by phone. The villa will only be given away when 50,000 tickets have been sold otherwise the winner will walk away with half of the earnings from ticket sales.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.winyourluxuriousvilla.com

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Contacts

WordStorm PR
Rochelle Blanch, 02 8272 3208
M: 0421 253 595
rochelle@wordstormpr.com.au

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Sierra Leone Awarded 5 Million Free Condoms from AHF Condom Bank

 AHF Condom Bank, an innovative global project to provide free condoms to countries and local health ministries in need and seeking to step up their HIV and STD prevention efforts, supplied the Sierra Leone National HIV/AIDS Secretariat and AHF Sierra Leone with five million free condoms for the country’s public/private partnership in the fight against HIV/AIDS.



LAKKA, Sierra Leone -Sunday, September 3rd 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- During an official ceremony Thursday at the beach town resort of Lakka, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) handed over five million free LOVE Condoms to the Sierra Leone National HIV/AIDS Secretariat (NAS) as part of AHF’s innovative Global Condom Bank initiative.

The purpose of the AHF Global Condom Bank is to support and promote HIV prevention by donating AHF branded condoms to government and international agencies that have been unable to procure condoms or are experiencing emergency stock-outs.

“Condoms are still the most cost-effective method of HIV and STD prevention, but we currently have a desperate need for continued supplies in Sierra Leone. I am proud to say our government embraced AHF’s Love Condoms early on and they are very popular,” said Miata Jambawai, AHF Sierra Leone Country Program Manager. “We are happy to assist NAS in this difficult time for Sierra Leone, to ensure that there is an uninterrupted supply of condoms. We will continue to work with NAS in this mutual collaboration in an effort to strengthen and expand condom access in the country, and reduce the number of new infections.”

Now that NAS has received the condoms, it will begin to distribute them as soon as practical. The joint agreement between NAS and AHF indicates the condoms will be distributed free of charge and to those most in need.

“We are proud to work together with AHF to end HIV/AIDS in our country,” said NAS Director General Alhaji Dr. Momodu Sesay. “With our new Cities Initiative and its theme of ‘Ending Epidemics – Delivering Differently,’ our goal is to focus on areas with the highest HIV burden. Five million condoms will help all our endeavors immensely.”

Recognizing that condoms are critical in preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, AHF has donated and distributed over 142 million condoms to individuals, organizations and government agencies worldwide since 2014.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, currently provides medical care and/or services to over 805,000 individuals in 39 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region and Eastern Europe. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare.





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Contacts

AHF Sierra Leone
Bartholomew Kamara, Operations Officer
Cell: (SL) +232 76 100355
Bartholomew.Kamara@aidshealth.org
or
AHF Africa Bureau:
Kemi Gbadamosi (MA, BL, LLB)
Senior Manager PR & Communication
Tel: +234-816-896-7217
Work: +1-323-337-4621
Oluwakemi.Gbadamosi@aidshealth.org
or
AHF U.S.
Ged Kenslea, Senior Director, Communications
Work: +1.323.308.1833
Cell: +1.323.791.5526
gedk@aidshealth.org



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GSMA Announces Additional Updates for 2017 “GSMA Mobile World Congress Americas, in Partnership with CTIA”

Executives from Ericsson, Essential, Ford Motor Company, Mozilla Foundation, Qualcomm Technologies and San Francisco 49ers Confirmed as Speakers; PayPal, Sprint Sponsoring San Francisco Event



ATLANTA-Thursday, August 31st 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The GSMA released new details for the quickly approaching inaugural Mobile World Congress Americas, including recently confirmed speakers, sponsors, exhibitors and partners. Mobile World Congress Americas will take place September 12-14, 2017 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

“In just two weeks, San Francisco will host the most comprehensive mobile technology event the Americas region has ever seen,” said Michael O’Hara, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA. “Mobile World Congress Americas will illustrate how mobile technology impacts the everyday lives of more than five billion people worldwide, transforming industries and contributing to the global economy. Moreover, it will reinforce the Americas region as the epicenter of mobile technology innovation.”

New Additions to Keynote Program

The GSMA announced several additional keynote speakers for the Mobile World Congress Americas conference program, with executives representing a wide range of organizations across the mobile ecosystem:

    Amanda Kahlow, Founder and CSO, 6Sense
    Niccolo De Masi, President and COO, Essential
    Mitchell Baker, Executive Chairwoman, Mozilla Foundation
    Cristiano R. Amon, EVP, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and President, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies
    Al Guido, President, San Francisco 49ers

Beyond the keynote program, the three-day Mobile World Congress Americas conference will offer focused track sessions on range of subjects, such as consumer IoT, content and media, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, next-generation networks, policy and sustainable development. Newly confirmed conference speakers include:

    Ashwin Karuhatty, Business Development, Smart Home, Amazon Alexa
    Chris Berend, SVP of Digital Video and Co-founder of Great Big Story, CNN
    Erik Ekudden, CTO, Ericsson
    Eric King, Director of Technology, Sacramento Kings
    Vish Shastry, VP, Merchant Solution Delivery and Commercialization, Digital Products, Visa
    Imran Ansani, Principal Manager, Innovation, Walmart Labs

For more information on the conference, including the agenda and complete speaker list, visit www.mwcamericas.com/conference/.

New Summit Speakers Confirmed

Mobile World Congress Americas will also include a series of GSMA Summits that explore a wide range of perspectives across the mobile industry. New speakers scheduled to present in the Summits include:

The Latin America Investment Summit, September 12

    John Farrell, Founder, Acelera
    Juan José Roesel, CEO and Founder, COMBI
    Andrés Tahta, EVP, Argentina Investment and Trade Promotion Agency

The Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Enterprise Summit, September 13

    Allan Cook, Global Sector Lead for Technology, Media and Entertainment, and Telecommunications, Deloitte
    Mark Greget, CEO and Co-Founder, NuEyes
    Katrina Strafford, VP Marketing, Unity

Women4Tech Summit, September 13

    Melissa Arnoldi, Senior Executive Vice President, Technology and Operations, AT&T
    Frederique Dame, Product Leader, Angel Investor and Board Member, Ubisoft
    Mary Clark, Chief Corporate Relations Officer and Chief of Staff, Syniverse

The Connected Vehicles Summit, September 14

    Liz Kerton, Executive Director, Autotech Council
    Chris Pendleton, Principal PM Manager, Azure IoT, Microsoft
    Don Butler, Executive Director for Connected Vehicles and Services, Ford Motor Company
    Hakan Kostepen, Executive Director, Product Planning Strategy & Innovation, Panasonic Automotive Systems America
    Matt Marshall, Founder and CEO, VentureBeat
    Andres Irlando, CEO, Verizon Telematics

For full information on the GSMA Summits, visit www.mwcamericas.com/events/gsma-summits/.

GSMA Innovation City at Mobile World Congress Americas

In the GSMA Innovation City, visitors will experience how mobile-connected products and services are improving the daily lives of citizens and businesses around the world, in diverse areas such as home, automotive, health, utilities, industrial and more. The City will feature leading-edge demonstrations from companies including AT&T, Google, KT Corporation, MasterCard and TIM Brasil, as well as from GSMA programs including Future Networks, Identity, Internet of Things and the GSMA’s work supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Demonstrations and experiences include:

AT&T

AT&T will display its latest innovations across IoT, entertainment, security and more, including:

    Vehicles: Enjoy an interactive experience that demonstrates the features of in-vehicle connectivity, plus learn how AT&T is connecting long-haul trucks.
    Healthcare: See how AT&T technology is helping to improve healthcare, from Aira’s connected smart glasses for the blind and visually impaired to the Philips DreamStation sleep apnea therapy solution.
    Consumer Electronics: Explore how AT&T is making everyday things like pet collars and luggage smarter and more efficient.
    Smart Cities: Discover how AT&T is helping cities integrate Smart City solutions, like Digital Infrastructure, to accelerate economic growth and create safer and more sustainable cities.
    Enterprise: Check out the newest innovations in IoT networks, platforms, security, and turnkey solutions for business customers from AT&T.
    Entertainment: Experience the latest in content, movies, live-action sports in 4K and much more. See how customers can take their TV with them data-free with the DIRECTV App and DIRECTV NOW.

KT Corporation

South Korea’s KT Corporation will highlight its work in advanced 5G technologies and 5G-related services. KT is the official telecommunications service partner for the upcoming Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 2018 and will exhibit relevant and innovative 5G and ICT technologies.

MasterCard

MasterCard will showcase Masterpass, which will demonstrate how a consumer gets a faster checkout experience in store with tap and pay. Masterpass is the digital payment service that enables MasterCard’s customers (banks and other partners) to provide digital wallets to their customers. It’s also MasterCard’s digital acceptance for roughly 340,000 merchants to enable online and in-app purchases, and at more than 6 million merchant locations in approximately 96 countries that accept contactless payments. With Masterpass, MasterCard became the first and only network to deliver an omni-channel all-digital payment service for issuers, merchants and consumers.

Additional demonstrations in the Innovation City will enable attendees to:

    Experience how the San Diego Ambulance service uses the GSMA’s Mobile Connect authentication service to access patient records at the scene of an accident.
    See how Dell and TIM Brasil are helping Rio de Janeiro track the movement of people across the city using its Crowd Thermal Map.
    Fly through the “internet of the skies” and experience how commercial drones are set to change the world via mobile networks providing flexible delivery services, building inspection, aerial photography and more.
    See how Smart City solutions and IoT Big Data are helping to keep cities cleaner and improve air quality.
    Understand the impact of low power wide area Mobile IoT networks and how they are helping to connect billions of new IoT applications

For more information on the Innovation City, visit www.mwcamericas.com/exhibition/gsma-innovation-city/.

Additional Exhibitors, Sponsors at Mobile World Congress Americas

Located in Moscone West, NEXTech will highlight next-generation technology including augmented and virtual reality, robotics, connected and autonomous cars, and artificial intelligence. Within NEXTech, the VR/AR Zone will offer attendees the opportunity to experience the latest in wearables, displays, object recognition and 3D holographic image visualizations, while the Graphene Pavilion will showcase applications of graphene that are impacting the industry, from batteries and screens to chips, wearables and more. Companies exhibiting in NEXTech include Bottle Rocket, Cassia Networks, IBM, Meta, Samsung Electronics, TomTom Maps and many others.

The Mobile World Congress Americas exhibition will put the spotlight on the mobile industry’s contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in the GSMA’s Better Future Lounge. This space will display how mobile technology initiatives are positively impacting lives and communities across the world, accelerating the SDGs. In addition to interactive exhibits, attendees can learn more about operator and ecosystem initiatives addressing all 17 SDGs in areas such as health, education, climate change, digital inclusion, agriculture and finance, among others. For more information on the Mobile World Congress Americas exhibition, visit: www.mwcamericas.com/exhibition.

Sprint signed on as the Platinum Event Sponsor for Mobile World Congress Americas, while PayPal has joined as a Supporting Sponsor and a Headline Sponsor of the Women4Tech Summit. The GSMA also announced TomTom Maps as the Headline Sponsor and ARM as Supporting Sponsor of the Connected Vehicles Summit, while Arrow Electronics was confirmed as the 4YFN Silver Partner and Stonecrop as Supporting Sponsor of Women4Tech – 4YFN. For more information on Mobile World Congress Americas sponsors, visit www.mwcamericas.com/about/sponsors-partners/.

Updates for 4YFN Startup Event

Several new speakers have been confirmed for the 4 Years from Now (4YFN) Startup Event, including Jay Parikh, VP, Engineering, Facebook; Amanda West, Social Ventures, Mercy Corps; Robert Scoble, Partner, Transformation Group; and Jor Law, Co-Founder, VerifyInvestor.com. Of the nearly 130 startups registered for the event, 15 will be selected to participate in three pitch events for a chance to be become the overall winner of the 4YFN Americas Awards 2017 and attend Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in 2018. For more information on 4YFN, visit https://www.mwcamericas.com/events/4yfn/.

New Partner Programs, Sponsors Confirmed

The GSMA announced a number of new partner programs taking place during the three-day Mobile World Congress Americas, including:

Monday, September 11

    Masterclass at 4YFN: Intellectual Property Powering Innovation Through IP

Tuesday, September 12

    Network Function Virtualization: The Foundation for 5G & IOT Success
    The SDL Developer Conference Presented by FordDev
    The Telecom Infra Project
    The 5G Innovation Summit

Wednesday, September 13

    Appnext, TUNE and Fetch present App Valley by Appnext

Thursday, September 14

    Developer and Partner Ecosystem – Path to Success
    IoT Enterprise Implementations

The GSMA also announced that Worlds Global Telecom has signed up as the Headline Sponsor of the M-Enabling Forum taking place on Thursday, September 14. For a full schedule of Partner Programs at Mobile World Congress Americas, visit www.mwcamericas.com/events/partner-programs/.

Get Involved at Mobile World Congress Americas 2017

Mobile World Congress Americas will offer attendees various networking and entertainment experiences. The Official Mobile World Congress Americas Opening Party will feature live entertainment from premier Bay Area DJ DJ Quantum along with the Venusians. The Opening Party will take place Tuesday, September 12 at 5:00 pm in the Yerba Buena Gardens of the Moscone Center.

Amdocs, Globetouch and Lleida.net have signed up as sponsors of the Mobile World Congress Americas Sunrise 5K Run, which will be held on Wednesday, September 12 at 6:30 am and will take runners on a scenic and historic course throughout San Francisco. For registration details and further information on the Sunrise 5K Run, visit: www.mwcamericas.com/events/5k-run/.

More information on Mobile World Congress Americas 2017, including how to attend, exhibit or sponsor, is available at www.mwcamericas.com. Follow developments and updates on Mobile World Congress Americas on Twitter @GSMAEvents using #MWCA17, on our LinkedIn Mobile World Congress Americas page https://www.linkedin.com/company/gsma-mobile-world-congress-americas or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MWCAmericas/.

About the GSMA

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting nearly 800 operators with more than 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as Mobile World Congress, Mobile World Congress Shanghai, Mobile World Congress Americas and the Mobile 360 Series of conferences.

For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at www.gsma.com. Follow the GSMA on Twitter: @GSMA.

About CTIA

CTIA® (www.ctia.org) represents the U.S. wireless communications industry and the companies throughout the mobile ecosystem that enable Americans to lead a 21st century connected life. The association’s members include wireless carriers, device manufacturers, suppliers as well as apps and content companies. CTIA vigorously advocates at all levels of government for policies that foster continued wireless innovation and investment. The association also coordinates the industry’s voluntary best practices, hosts educational events that promote the wireless industry and co-produces the industry’s leading wireless tradeshow. CTIA was founded in 1984 and is based in Washington, D.C.

Contacts

Media:
For the GSMA
Andrea Courtney, +1 206 576-5549
ACourtney@webershandwick.com
or
GSMA Press Office
pressoffice@gsma.com

Lenovo™ Connects Consumers with Powerful Reality of Today’s New Smart Devices

Computing gets more personal with smartphones, laptops, smart assistants and reality-defying headsets


● Experience augmented and virtual reality like never before with Star Wars content from Disney and gaming from Microsoft on the Lenovo Mirage™ AR and Lenovo Explorer headsets

● Meet the new moto x4 and experience Amazon Alexa without even having to unlock it first

● Combine the portability and convenience of a tablet PC with the benefits of a personal assistant in one useful device, the Tab 4 Home Assistant

● Watch the laptop transform with Yoga™ 920’s intelligent technologies, including active pen support, Cortana® voice recognition enhanced with far field mics and biometric authentication



BERLIN-Friday, September 1st 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lenovo announced five new smart devices that unlock the power and potential of intelligent technology today – using artificial intelligence (AI), unleashing smart features and deploying augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR). With their affordable prices, these devices make transformative technology accessible to mainstream consumers and challenge the conventions of traditional category boundaries. The Lenovo Mirage AR headset, Explorer Mixed Reality headset, Moto X smartphone, Tab 4 Home Assistant and Yoga 920 convertible with special edition models bring you an unmatched number of ways to enjoy a more personalized computing experience. Additionally, the new 12-inch Yoga 720 convertible, Miix 520 detachable, both running Windows 10® and ThinkVision P27u monitor extend the Lenovo line of PC-related devices for even more choice.

VR/AR Bring Silver Screen Content to A Headset Near You – Premiers Star Wars: Jedi Challenges

Star Wars: Jedi Challenges is a new augmented reality Star Wars product that allows fans to experience Star Wars in ways never before possible. Jedi Challenges features a smartphone-powered Lenovo Mirage AR headset, Tracking Beacon, Lightsaber controller, and hours of Star Wars gameplay1. The product is compatible with both Android phones and iPhones. Users start by downloading the Star Wars: Jedi Challenges app2 onto their compatible phone and sliding the phone into the tray of the Lenovo Mirage AR headset. Sleek, portable and lightweight, the Lenovo Mirage AR headset will provide full gaming immersion with an optimal level of comfort during gameplay. The headset also comes with a Tracking Beacon, which is placed on the floor and acts as a stable base for the headset’s sensors to detect the user’s movement during gameplay. The headset pairs with a collectible-quality Lightsaber controller modeled after the one wielded by Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker and Rey. Designed to be a key part of the experience, the Lightsaber acts as a controller and pointer, allowing players to navigate the user interface, with all controls, actions and commands activated with a simple two-button configuration.

Our open approach to partnerships and building new experiences blending devices and trailblazing content makes us different from other vendors, and we think this approach leads to better, game-changing experience. Together with Microsoft, we’re building a different type of VR world with the Lenovo Explorer Mixed Reality headset with more than 100 VR-ready titles. We designed Lenovo Explorer as a natural, affordable extension of your PC: You can access Microsoft Office suite, browse online or watch shows in a virtual home office environment, play virtual reality (VR) games, explore and discover through holo-tours, and enhance the video-watching experience via 3D, 360-degree and 4K videos. Set it up in just minutes by connecting a cable to your PC.

The Voice Service Goes Expressly Mobile – the New moto x4

Time to say ‘hello moto X’ once again. The fourth generation moto X has a smarter camera that goes beyond capturing photos. The Landmark Detection feature makes the moto X4 camera your eye to the world – just point the lens at an object, and it will ask if you want to learn about what you’re seeing. Or, spice up your selfies with the Augmented Reality (AR) feature, which lets you add a layer of animations to your photos or videos. The newest moto X4 is also the first of Motorola’s smartphones to feature Amazon Alexa, giving you more options when choosing a mobile digital assistant3. Experience Amazon Alexa integrated right into moto x4 - without even having to unlock it first. Now, whether you’re in a hotel, a friend’s house or simply out and about, the features and benefits of Alexa are always with you. The new moto x4: transforming smartphone intelligence.

Transform Your Tablet – Lenovo Home Assistant Pack

Alexa makes other devices smarter too, and we’re bringing it first to our tablets. The family-focused Tab 4 Series just got even more versatile thanks to the Alexa-powered Home Assistant Pack. Use your voice to get news, the weather or your calendar, and see it all on the Tab 4’s display. Do even more with just your voice, using it to shop online, listen to a song or control your smart home. You can find what you’re searching for using the tablet’s on-screen display cards on its 10-inch or 8-inch screen. All you need to do is ask. The Home Assistant Pack equips the Tab 4 with the “Home Assistant” app, a powerful three-watt speaker and far-field voice detection with two mics so you can talk to search and hear your results from up to three meters from any direction. To experience this level of personalization, insert your Tab 4 into the Home Assistant Pack, watch your screen switch to the Home Assistant Interface, and you’re ready to go. And at just 320 grams, this lightweight tablet goes anywhere you do. And with the optional Kid’s Pack and Productivity Pack, the Tab 4 now lets you do a lot more, with one device. Besides offering the option to transform into a smart assistant, the Tab 4 also offers a Kid’s Pack for a 2-in-1 and a kid’s tablet and Productivity Pack to do more.

Personalizing the PC with Pen, Voice & Biometrics on Yoga 920

No longer does the PC stand for personal computing, characterized by interaction happening in one-way exchange from person to device. Now PC means personalized computing, and AI learning makes it contextually aware of where you are. With this ability, your device can anticipate your needs and interact with you in a variety of ways. The Yoga 920 convertible furthers the journey to a smarter laptop with new smart pen functionality, voice recognition from a distance,4 mixed reality options,5 biometric security with Windows Hello, and other tools.

Because many of us still want a keyboard or pen for creating, Yoga 920 offers an optional Lenovo Active Pen 2 great for Windows Ink™ that has 4,096 levels of pen sensitivity for drawing and making notes with no discernible lag. Additionally, voice recognition, a hallmark technology of smartphones and smart speakers, comes to the Yoga 920 with Cortana. Now it recognizes voice commands in standby mode and from up to 4 meters away3 so you can add items to a shopping list, play music, check the traffic, send a short email, track packages and much more. Cortana even uses AI to learn from its owners, so the Yoga 920 grows smarter over time. It fuses power, such as up to an 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor, Windows® 10 OS and dazzling visuals with a nearly bezel-less 4K IPS touchscreen in a 13.9-inch frame.

Weighing in at just 1.37 kg (3.02 lbs), the four-mode convertible flexes 360° from a laptop into a tablet. Additionally, Yoga 920 comes in limited edition Gorilla® Glass cover designs: Yoga 920 Vibes featuring a “visual vibration” design, Star Wars Special Edition Yoga 920 Rebel Alliance and Star Wars Special Edition Yoga 920 Galactic Empire.6

For those who want to see their laptop’s content on a larger screen, they can pair it with the new ThinkVision P27u monitor. It has a 4K borderless display, professional-grade color accuracy and fast response times, with the convenience of USB Type-C connections and the flexibility of a full function stand supporting an optional sound bar.

Additionally, we’re launching the 12-inch Yoga 720, our most portable and compact Yoga 720 model yet at 0.62 inches thin and 2.53 pounds. It comes equipped with optional Active Pen, fingerprint reader and Cortana digital assistant. And the detachable Miix 520 with Windows 10 gives mobile users intuitive ways to create content or immerse in entertainment with Lenovo digital pen, optional WorldView camera for 3D imaging.

Pricing and Availability

Pricing and availability varies based on country. Check http://news.lenovo.com/IFA2017 for details.

1 For list of compatible smartphones, please visit jedichallenges.com/compatibility.
2Available at jedichallenges.com/app.
3Amazon Alexa integration is available in markets where Amazon has Alexa, including the U.S., Germany and UK.
4 Cortana with far-field voice-recognition technology supports up to 4 meters away and in standby mode, requires Windows 10 Fall Creators Update which will automatically update automatically when it is available.
5 Mixed reality requires Windows 10 Fall Creators Update which will automatically update when it is available. Also requires purchase of a Lenovo Explorer immersive headset for Windows Mixed Reality and Type-C to HDMI adapter.
6 Cover designs and color options may vary by geography and may only be available in selected markets.

About Lenovo

Lenovo (SEHK:0992) (Pink Sheets:LNVGY) is a US$43 billion global Fortune 500 company and a leader in providing innovative consumer, commercial, and enterprise technology. Our portfolio of high-quality, secure products and services covers PCs (including the legendary Think and multimode Yoga brands), workstations, servers, storage, smart TVs and a family of mobile products like smartphones (including the Motorola brand), tablets and apps. Join us on LinkedIn, follow us on Facebook or Twitter (@Lenovo) or visit us at www.lenovo.com.

Contacts

Lenovo
Kristy Fair, 919-257-6329
krisfair@lenovo.com

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With a market cap of AED 26 billion

 NMC Health the First Middle East Company to be Listed on the FTSE 100



Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates-Sunday, September 3rd 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

NMC Health, the largest private healthcare provider in the United Arab Emirates, has just been promoted to the UK's leading FTSE 100 index.

The company has emerged as the first Middle Eastern company to be listed on such index, which lists the top 100 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange with the highest market capitalisation, indicating strong results and a solid performance as backed by the confidence of investors.

NMC Health was promoted to the FTSE 100 yesterday while during the last quarter its shares have risen 22% from 2,187p to yesterday's close of 2,670p, giving it a market cap of £5.5bn (26 billion UAE Dirham)

Commenting on the development, HE Saeed M Bin Butti Al Qubaisi, the largest shareholder in NMC Health, said: “Being among the FTSE 100 index solidifies NMC’s standards, demonstrating the overall performance and strengthening the firm’s reputation as an esteemed blue-chip company in the region. I am particularly pleased to see NMC Health, a prestigious and recognised brand, perform at that level, standing among other leading international companies.”

“We take great pride in this positioning as it signifies NMC Health is rightfully recognised as a leader in the healthcare industry, and of added value to customers, businesses, communities, and most importantly, investors,” he added.

Contacts

SAHARA Communications

Farah Al Obaidi, Head of Media Relations, +971503323158

farah@saharagcc.com      www.saharagcc.com


















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