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Table of Contents
1. Financial, M & A Updates...................................................................................................................................1
2. Solution Updates................................................................................................................................................14
3. Rewards and Recognition Updates..................................................................................................................31
4. Customer Success Updates................................................................................................................................40
5. Partnership Ecosystem Updates.......................................................................................................................44
6. Miscellaneous Updates.......................................................................................................................................80
7. Event Updates.....................................................................................................................................................81

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Airtel (India) bolsters Airtel X labs portfolio with acquihire of Quikmile
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications company,
announced the acquihire of Gurgaon based startupQuikmile, which focuses on building
tech-enabled logistics platforms for India. Quikmile’s team will now be a part of Airtel
X Labs – Airtel’s digital innovation factory, which focuses on IoT, Digital Engineering,
Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning. The Airtel X Labs team comprises of
top-notch professionals from India and abroad. Airtel X Labs is building cutting-edge
digital capabilities to serve the emerging needs of Digital India and is rapidly scaling up
its teams and scope of work. Started in 2018, Quikmile aims to leverage the power of
digital technology to transform India’s highly disorganized logistics sector and bring
efficiency, quality, and safety to fleet owners. This includes easy monitoring of fleet
minutiae such as engine behavior, tire conditions, mileage, etc. to remove transportation
puzzles such as route planning, demand forecasting, analysing vehicular performance,
organised achievement of targets. It also resolves manpower issues through monitoring
of driver behavior by tracking complex data to basic information such as distance
travelled per day, maximum and average speed, harsh braking, etc.
Executive Commentary
Global CIO and Director – Engineering, Bharti Airtel said: “At Airtel X Labs, we are
on an extremely exciting journey to build digital solutions for India’s unique
requirements. As we scale up our team with world-class talent, we are thrilled to
welcome the Quikmile team as part of Airtel X Labs. India is now amongst the
largest economies in the world but has a highly disorganized and inefficient logistics
sector. We see a massive opportunity to solve problems for this segment through
scalable technology solutions and workforce management platforms that will make
organisations much more efficient.”
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Axiata Records (Malaysia) Another Strong Quarter to Deliver on
Profit and Cash
• For the third quarter ended 30 September 2019 (3Q19), the Group posted Year-on-Year (YoY) improvement with revenue up 3.5% to RM6.2 billion from better performance by most
of its operating companies (OpCos). Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) increased 29% to RM2.8 billion driven by revenue growth as well as the
Group’s cost excellence initiatives which resulted in RM816 million savings. Excluding MFRS 16 impact and at constant currency of 3Q18, Group EBITDA grew 9.8% mainly
attributable to revenue growth and cost excellence initiatives.
• Profit After Tax (PAT) increased by 33.5% to RM247.6 million for the quarter as a result of better topline. Profit After Tax and Minority Interest (PATAMI), however, decreased 9.4%
to RM119.7 million due to the absence of M1’s4 contribution following its disposal, as well as higher taxes in Bangladesh.
• Year-to-Date (YTD), the Group maintained momentum, as Free Cash Flow (FCF)5 jumped 1.9x to RM3.5 billion boosted by higher revenue and savings from cost excellence
initiatives across the Group. PATAMI rose by over 100% to RM1 billion lifted by one-off gains from disposal of M1, divestment of non-core digital businesses and disposal of Idea6
rights as compared to Idea-related losses in YTD18. EBITDA grew 26.3% to RM7.9 billion YTD19 on the back of double-digit growth recorded at Celcom7, XL8, Robi9, Smart10 and
edotco11. At constant currency of YTD18 and excluding MFRS 16 impact, Group EBITDA registered strong growth of 10.3% due to improved performance by all OpCos except
Ncell12.
• Armed with cash balance of RM5 billion, Axiata strengthened its balance sheet with gross debt/EBITDA at 1.9x2 compared to 2.3x in the same quarter last year to remain financially
resilient in the face of anticipated macroeconomic uncertainties. The Group successfully pared down RM 2.2 billion debt for the quarter.
• Group revenue YTD19 grew 4% to RM18.3 billion as a result of strong data revenue growth, thus expanding EBITDA by 26.3% to RM7.9 billion. PAT increased to RM1.3 billion
while PATAMI rose to RM1 billion. This can be attributed to better underlying performance across most Opcos, foreign exchange gain, discontinuation of losses related to its investment
in India, gain on disposal of non-strategic investments and disposal of investment rights in India. All reflective of its portfolio rebalance strategy.
• Amidst a flattish and highly competitive market in Malaysia, Celcom’s FCF expanded 15.3% to RM674 million YTD supported by EBITDA growth of 3.9%. PATAMI grew 7.9% to
RM562 million YTD backed up by operational excellence initiatives. Its combined postpaid and prepaid revenue rose 0.6% YTD whilst mobile service revenue dropped 4.1% YTD
impacted by the decline in wholesale revenue. Blended Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) improved by RM1 to RM52 in 3Q19 as compared to the preceding quarter. Celcom’s network
leadership was retained against peers as 4G population coverage rose to 93% whilst 4G LTE-A coverage to 81% compared to 90% and 78% respectively a year ago.
• XL’s stellar turnaround YTD19 was led by its data-focused strategy continuing to deliver results as market share rose 0.6 ppt to 18.3%, returning to profit with PATAMI at IDR498
billion. Revenue grew 10.6% YTD driven by strong data growth of 30.4%. XL’s FCF surged 50.9% to IDR1.8 trillion YTD on the back of cost efficiencies fueling 19.4% jump in
EBITDA. YoY, data subscribers grew to capture 88% of 55.5 million total subscribers from 53.9 million in 3Q18. In support of its data strategy, XL’s 4G service is now available in 410
cities across the nation.
• Dialog14 delivered stronger revenue expansion to the tune of 8.1% YTD compared to industry’s 7.3% revenue growth due to continued growth momentum across its TV (+16.6%),
fixed (+8.7%) and mobile (+0.4%) businesses. FCF grew 39.5% to SLR19.2 billion buoyed by higher EBITDA and calibrated network rollout. Its PATAMI rose by 12.5% to SLR8.3
billion YTD. However, quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) performance was moderated by intense competition and gradual recovery post Easter Sunday incident.
• Smart delivered double digit growth across all metrics with revenue, EBITDA and PATAMI up by 11.4%, 14.5% and 14.3% respectively, and FCF by over 200%.
• Despite new Bangladesh taxes, Robi returned to profit with PATAMI at BDT1.6 billion YTD. ROIC strengthened 7 ppt YoY to 6.4%, recording its highest revenue of BDT19 billion
in 3Q19 as ARPU rose to BDT125.
• With international long-distance revenue dipping 10.5% YTD, Ncell’s core mobile revenue declined 3.5% as a result of intense competition by Internet Service Providers and Business
Support System migration. Although PATAMI slipped 3.6%, PATAMI margin remained stable at 31%. FCF declined 42.8% due to calibrated network rollout.
Chairman, Axiata Group Berhad said: “The strong set of financial results recorded by Axiata this quarter is a testimony to the Group’s disciplined and rigorous execution of
operational and cost excellence initiatives aimed at steadying the Group and mitigating our geography’s complex, uncertain and competitive business and regulatory
environment. As Axiata transforms to realise its digital vision, staying focused on profit and cash in the short-term to strengthen our financial footing will be a key enabler for
sustainable growth. In this regard, the Board is encouraged by the achievements in this third quarter.”
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Dentsu(Japan) Announces the Status of Acquisition of Own
Shares
Dentsu Inc. announced the status of acquisition of the Company's own shares carried out in accordance with
Article 156 of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 165,
Paragraph 3 of the Act.
The details are as follows:
Class of shares acquired: Common stock of the Company
Number of shares acquired: 1,250,700 shares
Acquisition cost: 5,042,475,501 yen (excluding brokerage commissions)
Acquisition period:From November 1, 2019 to November 29, 2019 (contract date basis)
Method of acquisition: Market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange through a discretionary trading
authorization agreement
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Dentsu(Japan) Launches Isobar in Colombia with the Acquisition
of Digital Marketing Agency Chef
Dentsu Inc. announced that its global business headquarters Dentsu Aegis Network Ltd.*, has reached an agreement to acquire a 100% stake in
Chef Smart Marketing Mix, a full-service digital agency in Colombia. Chef was founded in 2010 as a marketing consultant company by four
industry experts who set out to establish an agency in Colombia to facilitate a transformation of its clients' business by further understanding
consumers, focusing on the quality of interactions rather than frequency of impressions. The agency today houses 136 employees at its
headquarters in Medellín and an additional 15 at its office in Bogotá. Together, this dedicated team of experts offers solutions in content
marketing, digital transformation, e-commerce, branding, and customer and interactive experience. Recognizing the importance of technology in
their operations, Chef maintains commercial partnerships with Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, and IBM. In 2018, Colombia's P&M Magazine
ranked Chef the 3rd largest digital agency in the Colombian market based on operating revenue. Post acquisition Chef will join Isobar and be
rebranded "Chef, an Isobar Company." This addition will solidify the Dentsu Group's positioning within the creative, technology, and digital
domains in the Colombian market and will add scale as well as enhanced capabilities to the Group's Latin American operations. The impact of
this transaction on Dentsu's consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 is expected to be minimal.
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Discovery, Inc. (USA) Reports Third Quarter 2019 Results
• Revenues increased 3% to $2,678 million or increased 5% excluding the impact of foreign currency
fluctuations (“ex-FX”), compared with the prior year’s quarter.
• Net income increased to $262 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, primarily due to higher operating
results, lower restructuring and other charges and to a lesser extent, lower interest expense, partially
offset by the impact from a non-cash goodwill impairment charge in our Asia-Pacific region.
• Adjusted Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization (“Adjusted OIBDA”) increased
6% to $1,126 million, as a 12% increase in U.S. Networks Adjusted OIBDA was partially offset by a
7% decrease in International Networks Adjusted OIBDA. Ex-FX, total Adjusted AOIBDA increased
9% and International Networks Adjusted OIBDA increased 5%.
• Adjusted Earnings Per Diluted Share (“Adjusted EPS”) was $0.87. Adjusted EPS excludes the per
share impact from amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, net of tax of $0.29, an
after-tax, non-cash impairment on goodwill of $0.21, and restructuring and other charges, net of tax,
of $0.02.
• Free cash flow decreased 3% to $884 million due to an increase in digital investments and capital
expenditures, partially offset by lower restructuring and other charges. Cash provided by operating
activities increased 2% to $951 million reflecting an increase in net income due to higher operating
results and lower restructuring and other charges. Capital expenditures increased $43 million to $67
million due to transformation projects related to technology infrastructure and software development,
as well as expenses related to real estate consolidation.
President and Chief Executive Officer of Discovery said, “Discovery once again delivered strong
financial results across our portfolio, generating healthy revenue growth in the U.S. and
internationally, and significant operational efficiencies from our ongoing transformation efforts.
We also made progress in the buildout of our digital ecosystems that leverage our owned
programming and brand strength. With a solid financial profile and strong balance sheet, we are
able to invest meaningfully in our business and create additional value for shareholders.”
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DISH Network (USA) Reports Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results
• Revenue totaling $3.17 billion for the quarter ending September 30, 2019, compared to $3.40 billion for the corresponding period in 2018.
• Net income attributable to DISH Network totaled $353 million for the third quarter 2019, compared to net income of $432 million from the year-ago
quarter. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter ending September 30, 2019 were $0.66, compared with $0.82 during the same period in 2018.
• The company closed the third quarter with 12.18 million total Pay-TV subscribers, including 9.49 million DISH TV subscribers and 2.69 million Sling
TV subscribers.
• Net pay-TV subscribers increased approximately 148,000 subscribers in the third quarter, compared to a decline of approximately 341,000 in the third
quarter 2018.
Year-to-Date Review
• DISH Network's 2019 year-to-date revenue totaled $9.57 billion, compared to $10.31 billion in revenue from the same period last year. In the first nine
months of 2019, net income attributable to DISH Network totaled $1.01 billion, compared with $1.24 billion during the same period last year.
• Diluted earnings per share were $1.91 for the first nine months of 2019, compared with $2.35 during the same period in 2018.
• Detailed financial data and other information are available in DISH Network's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 filed today with the
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News Corp (USA) Reports First Quarter Results for Fiscal 2020
• Revenues were $2.34 billion, a 7% decline compared to $2.52 billion in the prior year, which
reflects the negative impact from currency headwinds and the absence of a one-time benefit in
the prior year relating to the exit from Sun Bets
• Net loss was ($211) million compared to net income of $128 million in the prior year. The loss
includes non-cash impairment charges of $273 million
• Total Segment EBITDA was $221 million compared to $358 million in the prior year
• Reported EPS were ($0.39) compared to $0.17 in the prior year – Adjusted EPS were $0.04
compared to $0.17 in the prior year
• Announced in October a multi-year content partnership with Facebook for The Wall Street
Journal, Barron’s Media Group and the New York Post – expected to drive incremental revenue
and Segment EBITDA
• Expanded relationship with Apple to include News Corp publications in the U.K. and Australia
for the launch of Apple News Plus in the respective regions
• Subscribers to Dow Jones’ consumer products grew 9% to approximately 3.3 million reflecting
17% growth in digital-only subscribers at The Wall Street Journal to nearly 1.9 million
• Revenues at Move, home of realtor.com®, grew 4% driven by 11% growth in real estate
revenues compared to the prior year, with significantly larger audience, which rose 18% in the
quarter, and improved lead volume
Commenting on the results, Chief Executive said:“In the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2020,
News Corp showed strong growth at Dow Jones and higher revenues at Move, the operator
of realtor.com®, but the results were affected by pronounced currency headwinds, a
particularly sluggish Australian economy and property market, and comparisons with a prior
year in which there was a significant one-time revenue item.We are pleased to note tangible
progress in our efforts to secure payment for our high-quality content from digital platforms,
a global cause which News Corp has led for more than a decade. With the dominant
platforms under intense regulatory scrutiny, there has been a fundamental shift in the content
landscape, highlighted by Facebook’s decision to pay a significant premium for our
premium journalism. This development establishes a precedent that changes the terms of
trade and we expect a positive financial impact at our News and Information Services
segment, beginning this fiscal year.Our efforts to simplify the company continue apace. We
are in active discussions about a sale of News America Marketing and also are reviewing the
potential sale of Unruly. We are taking steps to reduce our sum of the parts discount, while
investing in our digital businesses, to the benefit of all shareholders.”
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NTT DATA (Japan) Services to Acquire Flux7, an AWS Premier
Consulting Partner
NTT DATA Services, a recognized leader in global technology services, announced
a definitive agreement to acquire Flux7, an IT services firm that improves business
agility through IT delivery optimization and cloud-native application migration and
modernization.Flux7, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Consulting Partner,
provides cloud implementation and migration, automation, and DevOps consulting
services for enterprises with significant experience in the financial services,
pharmaceuticals, software, manufacturing and retail industries. As a result of the
acquisition, NTT DATA will add a team of highly specialized experts, as well as
scalable, proprietary DevOps intellectual property from Flux7, which was recently
included on the Inc. 5000 list for the third consecutive year.Flux7 brings an
application-centric approach to cloud implementation projects with a focus on
DevOps, Agile application development and migration. Coupled with NTT DATA's
established cloud lifecycle expertise, Flux7's consulting and implementation
capabilities will extend NTT DATA's strength in public cloud to deliver clients the
benefits of the AWS platform.
"The acquisition of Flux7 will enhance the value we can deliver in AWS,
DevOps, and Agile development capabilities, while aligning with our focus to
drive digital services for our clients," said CEO, NTT DATA Services. "With an
excellent brand, industry recognition and impressive client base, as well as a
strong record of growth, Flux7 is a strategic fit for our business and part of our
ongoing strategy of growth through acquisition."
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S&P Global (USA) to Acquire the ESG Ratings Business from RobecoSAM
S&P Global and RobecoSAM, an affiliate of Robeco, announced that S&P Global will acquire the
ESG Ratings Business from RobecoSAM which includes the widely followed SAM* Corporate
Sustainability Assessment (CSA) – an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices. The
CSA is recognized as one of the most advanced ESG scoring methodologies, as it draws upon 20 years
of experience analyzing sustainability's impact on a company's long-term value creation. The ESG
Ratings Business is comprised of two units: one administering the SAM CSA for the purpose of
issuing ESG Ratings and a second that provides in-depth reports to companies seeking to understand
their performance relative to their peers. The acquisition will bolster S&P Global's position as the
premier resource for essential environmental, social, and governance (ESG) insights and product
solutions for its customers. Through this acquisition, S&P Global will be able to offer its clients even
more transparent, robust and comprehensive ESG solutions. The Company's clients will now have
access to one of the most proprietary and unique datasets based on information analyzing over 4,700
companies at present. The company coverage is expanding rapidly and will accelerate under S&P
Global's wider ESG efforts. The transaction builds on the successful existing relationship between
RobecoSAM and S&P Global and will allow RobecoSAM and Robeco, in line with their strategy, to
focus on the interpretation and application of ESG data and sustainable investing research for its core
asset management activities. As they have historically, Robeco and RobecoSAM will continue to have
access to the CSA data for use in investment strategies and will provide advice on the CSA
Methodology.
"Through this acquisition, S&P Global is bringing an additional layer of critical insight to our
leading suite of ESG product offerings, which will further enable our customers to create resilient
strategies, build a sustainable future, and meet the expectations of an evolving market," says S&P
Global President and CEO.Beginning with the launch of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index over
twenty years ago, RobecoSAM has been an exceptional partner in our shared commitment to
bringing essential ESG intelligence, data and insight to the financial markets. The announcement
is an exciting next step in the evolution of our partnership that will allow S&P Global to create
market differentiating ESG products and deliver new content and capabilities to our customers."
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S&P Global (USA) Acquires 451 Research, LLC
S&P Global, the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, and analytics in the
global capital and commodity markets, announced that it has acquired 451 Research, LLC, a
privately-held research and advisory firm that provides intelligence, expertise and data
covering high-growth emerging technology segments. 451 Research will be operated within
S&P Global Market Intelligence, the division that provides data, essential insights, and
powerful analytics to help navigate the financial markets. This acquisition will expand and
strengthen S&P Global Market Intelligence's research coverage, adding differentiated
expertise and intelligence with comprehensive offerings in technologies such as Artificial
Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Information Security, Data Centers, Cloud and
DevOps.Prior to this transaction, 451 Research had been a part of The 451 Group. Led by
McCarthy, with support from financial partners, MLR Holdings, 451 Research publishes
more than 3,000 reports and data sets annually and serves leading technology vendors and
service providers, innovative start-ups, technology investment bankers, VCs, and other
technology market consulting and professional service firms, as well as "early adopter"
enterprise companies for the past 18 years. 451 Research's staff are seasoned industry
analysts and cover a variety of technology and industry segments including cloud computing,
data center technologies, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
"As emerging technologies continue to remodel today's business landscape and impact
our decision-making, it's important that we invest in and deepen our expertise in these
growing sectors," said President of S&P Global Market Intelligence. "451 Research's
comprehensive expertise in critical disruptive technologies will enable S&P Global
Market Intelligence to further expand our sector relevant and differentiated data
offerings while strengthening our ability to help our customers understand the digital
transformation that's impacting the market."
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Telenor Group (Norway) merges online classifieds assets with Carousell
Telenor Group announced a merger between its online classifieds
business, 701Search, and Carousell, one of Asia’s largest and
fastest-growing classifieds marketplaces, in an equity and cash
agreement.The merger creates a regional leader in online classifieds.
Telenor Group receives a 32 percent stake in the company, making it the
largest minority shareholder. 701Search will cease to be a subsidiary
company of Telenor Group and will merge its operations with Carousell
with immediate effect.Carousell is one of the most prominent start-ups in
Southeast Asia, with dominant positions in Singapore and Hong Kong.
The majority of its employees are based in Singapore. Following the
merger, 701Search’s Singapore-based regional team will be fully
integrated into Carousell. Mudah, Chotot and OneKyat will retain their
individual brands and platforms, continuing operations in Malaysia,
701Search owns leading general classifieds sites Mudah in Malaysia,
Chotot in Vietnam and OneKyat in Myanmar. Head of Online
Classifieds at Telenor Group, said “We have built a profitable and
high-growth marketplace business serving millions of users every
single day. This transaction presents an attractive opportunity for us
to take the next step in our marketplace journey, and it also simplifies
Telenor’s portfolio. We believe that Carousell is the best partner for
our online classifieds business in Southeast Asia.”
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Telia Company (Sweden) Completes Acquisition Of Bonnier Broadcasting
Telia Company has completed the acquisition of Bonnier Broadcasting from
Bonnier AB. The combination of the best networks and content in the Nordics
enables new customer offerings and business opportunities.On July 20, 2018,
Telia Company announced the acquisition of Bonnier Broadcasting, including
brands TV4 in Sweden, MTV in Finland and C More which is present in both
markets, from Bonnier AB for SEK 9.2 billion on a cash and debt free basis
which was equivalent to an EV/EBIT multiple of 15.3x excluding synergies.
Based on rolling twelve months as per August 31, 2019, the EV/EBITA
multiple was 8.4x. The acquisition is expected to generate EBITDA synergies
as per 2020 with a full run-rate of SEK 600 million in 2022.The transaction
also includes an earn-out based on certain financial and operational metrics.
The size of the earn-out of a maximum of SEK 1 billion is yet to be determined
according to agreed procedures.
“It’s a great feeling to close this transaction and finally be able to start
working together with our new colleagues at TV4, C More and MTV. By
combining top quality news, entertainment, drama and sport with Telia
Company’s core operations, we will be able to serve customers and
viewers in new ways and at the same time create value for our
shareholders” says Acting President and CEO of Telia Company.
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ViacomCBS(USA) Announces Completion of the Merger of CBS and
Viacom
ViacomCBS Inc. announced the completion of the merger between CBS Corporation and
Viacom Inc. The combined company, which is renamed ViacomCBS, creates a premium
content powerhouse with global scale, including leadership positions in markets across the
U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia.Building on an extraordinary collection of
culture-defining franchises and partnerships with creative talent around the world,
ViacomCBS will be home to more than 140,000 premium TV episodes and 3,600 film titles,
with global production capabilities and more than $13 billion in annual content investment.
The company will account for 22% of TV viewership in the U.S. and hold the highest share
of broadcast and cable viewing across key audience demographics, with strength in all
categories, including News, Sports, General Entertainment, Pop Culture, Comedy, Music
and Kids.Through the strength and scale of these assets, ViacomCBS will be well-equipped
to maximize the value of its content for its own platforms and for others, as it meets the
growing global demand for third-party premium content. The company’s content scale will
support a robust streaming strategy, including ViacomCBS’s own suite of advertising and
subscription-based offerings. In addition, the company’s broad reach, extensive intellectual
property portfolio and expertise in advanced marketing solutions will enable it to strengthen
its partnerships with distributors and advertisers globally.
“This is a historic moment that brings together two iconic companies to form one of the
world’s most important content producers and providers,” saidPresident and Chief
Executive Officer of ViacomCBS. “Through the combination of CBS’s and Viacom’s
complementary assets, capabilities and talented teams, ViacomCBS will create and
deliver premium content for its own platforms and for others, while providing innovative
solutions for advertisers and distributors globally. I am excited about the opportunity we
have to serve our audiences, creative and commercial partners, and employees, while
generating significant long-term value for our shareholders.”
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Bell (Canada) launches broadband Wireless Home Internet in Montérégie
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Bell announced the expansion of its innovative Wireless Home Internet service to the Regional County Municipalities of Beauharnois-Salaberry,
Haut-Richelieu, Haut-Saint-Laurent, Haute-Yamaska, Jardins-de-Napierville and Rouville in Québec’s southwestern Montérégie region.Bell Wireless
Home Internet is now available to eligible homes in the communities of Ange-Gardien, Dundee, Godmanchester, Havelock, Hemmingford,
Hinchinbrooke, Ormstown, Saint-Anicet, Saint-Chrysostome, Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville, Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague,
Saint-Paul-d’Abbotsford, Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Sainte-Clotilde, Shefford and Très-Saint-Sacrement.Service will soon
be available in Henryville, Noyan, Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Saint-Paul-de-l’Ile-aux-Noix and
Saint-Valentin.Specifically designed to bring broadband Internet access to rural and other underserved locations, Bell Wireless Home Internet is
5G-capable technology operating in the 3500 MHz spectrum band on Bell’s advanced LTE wireless network. WHI customers also receive the advanced
Bell Home Hub modem to provide fast Wi-Fi throughout the home, and service can also be bundled with Bell Satellite TV.Bell is Canada’s largest
communications company, providing advanced broadband wireless, TV, Internet and business communication services throughout the country. Bell
Media is Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, out of home and digital media. Founded in Montréal in 1880,
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Airtel (India) launches Enterprise Hub, a one-stop digital self-care portal
for enterprise customers
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Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, announced the launch of Enterprise Hub - a
one stop digital platform offering self-care services to its enterprise and SMB (small and medium business) customers.
Bringing the best of services together under one unified platform, the portal will offer customers a host of convenient
self-care features on a single interface - view, download and pay bills online, view payment history, complete account
management, TDS certificate uploads, access customized summary reports and much more. Offering convenience like
never before, Enterprise Hub will make processing simpler for customers, enabling them to manage their time better as
they get a host of their unique connectivity needs addressed real-time. As enterprise customers increasingly access
self-care services, Airtel will also be able to optimize its service teams to increase their productivity and time management
to improvise the delivery of customer support.Enterprise Hub services will be available to enterprise and SMB customers
of Airtel Postpaid to begin with and will soon be rolled out for other products and services.

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Now purchase FASTag at Airtel Payments Bank and enjoy exciting benefits
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Airtel Payments Bank, in partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and the Indian Highways Management Company Limited
(IHMCL), has made FASTag available across its digital and retail touch points. FASTag enables automatic cashless payments at toll plazas across India,
making road travel frictionless and time efficient. FASTag can be purchased in a matter of few clicks on the Bank section of Airtel Thanks App. Airtel
Payments Bank is offering a special benefit of Rs 50 cashback on FASTag purchase made via the app. Airtel Thanks customers will soon be able to enjoy an
additional benefit of Rs 50 cashback on the online purchase. FASTag can also be purchased from select banking points of Airtel Payments Bank. To buy a
FASTag customers need to share a copy of the vehicle’s Registration Certificate (RC) and registration number. FASTag is linked to a registered Airtel
Payments Bank account or wallet to enable instant automatic deduction of toll charges. There is no need to recharge FASTag separately and bank/Wallet
balance is good enough. FASTag users also get 2.5% cashback from NHAI on all Toll payments done using FASTag.Airtel Payments Bank, launched in
January 2017, now boasts of a physical presence in all 29 states of the country through its 500,000+ banking points. Out of these, over 60,000 focus on
insurance and pension products in an attempt to reach the underserved. India’s first payments bank, it currently facilitates transactions worth 500 billion
annually with a user base of over 40 million customers. In addition to its physical banking points, Airtel payments Bank also offers its banking services
through its Android and iOS apps. In line with the Government’s vision of Digital India and Financial Inclusion, Airtel Payments Bank is striving to take
digital banking services to the doorstep of every Indian, even in the remotest of rural areas.

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Charter (USA) Adopts OpenSync™ – The Fastest Growing Open-Sourced
Framework – For Spectrum’s Advanced In-Home WiFi
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Charter Communications, Inc. announced that it has adopted OpenSync, the world’s fastest-growing open-source initiative enabling the curation, delivery
and support of services, and management of devices throughout the smart home. Enhanced by Charter, OpenSync powers Spectrum’s Advanced In-Home
WiFi service. OpenSync is a highly versatile cloud technology that is portable across various leading router operating systems. OpenSync enables third-party
smart home services to be rapidly and broadly deployed across consumer premise equipment from multiple vendors through a common software framework.
Charter is porting OpenSync to its latest WiFi router platforms and is committed to continuous enhancement of the software to rapidly deploy and support
leading third party applications – including whole home WiFi, intelligent AI driven security and advanced parental, guest controls and more – to provide a
state-of-the-art service and enhanced customer experience.Spectrum recently launched Advanced In-Home WiFi in Austin, TX providing new Spectrum
Internet with WiFi customers’ greater control and visibility into their home WiFi networks, including the ability to see all connected devices and to pause
internet access to any single device. Customers also benefit from a single SSID for both the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, seamless steering between those bands to
ensure optimal connectivity, and remote telemetry providing Charter service representatives heightened ability to identify and resolve issues to provide
superior customer support. Additional features are expected to launch in the coming months including parental controls and additional functionality to
provide greater security of in-home networks.Advanced In-Home WiFi features are accessible through the My Spectrum App, the top-rated wireline support
app in the country. Spectrum will launch Advanced In-Home WiFi in a number of additional markets this year, with broader roll-out planned in 2020.

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Charter Communications (USA): Spectrum Enterprise Demonstrates
Intelligent, Intent-Based Network Scaling
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In a proof of concept (PoC) at the MEF19 global networking conference, Spectrum Enterprise, a part of Charter Communications, Inc., demonstrated an intent-based network scaling solution
driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) that uses data from Internet of Things (IoT) devices to predict network demand. The Spectrum Enterprise PoC shows how an
intelligent and dynamic network service can adapt in real-time to changing conditions through the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning and automated orchestration. Monitoring the
environment in and around an enterprise location using IoT devices and network elements, the network is able to flex across multiple dimensions including capacity, performance and software
resources to meet the enterprise’s needs.The Spectrum Enterprise PoC depicts a smart sporting venue with an intelligent and autonomous, software defined, wide area network (SD-WAN) that
dynamically flexes, using an AI/ML-based network analytics engine that is continuously ingesting data from IoT devices and other network sources to predict the network needs of various
services across the venue. This flexing of the SD-WAN network ensures that the right network user experience including WiFi speeds, security and application performance, is provided to
fans at the venue, guests in the hospitality boxes and employees supporting events throughout the venue. The solution is also capable of predicting needs for additional, non-network services
and resources across the venue and can orchestrate and enable its turn up from hyperscale public clouds or on virtual infrastructure at the venue.
The Spectrum Enterprise PoC has been developed by integrating software, networks and platforms from several technology partners including:
• Equinix – Interconnection platform to establish on-demand private connectivity to AWS;
• Nefeli Networks – a Lean NFV-based platform for uCPE service and resource management;
• Nokia – Integrated Operations Center (IOC) platform to aggregate and process IOT data; and
• Vitria Technology – a wide-scope AIOps platform providing cross-domain analytics and automation driven by AI/ML.

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Comcast (USA) Launches WiFi Scheduling Tool To Help Parents Manage
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Comcast announced a new Xfinity xFi scheduling tool that gives parents more control over their kids’screen time this holiday season.
This scheduling feature builds upon xFi’s popular “bedtime mode” and was created as a result of customer demand to better manage
screen time. Parents can now set up 30 different screen time schedules per profile, so all the devices a child uses – including tablets,
smartphones or gaming consoles – can be paused during family holiday activities, or daily routines like homework, instrument
practice, family game night, and more. The children’s advocacy organization Common Sense found that 69 percent of kids have a
smartphone by age 12 and the number of tweens and teens watching videos online every day has more than doubled since 2015 –
creating more digital distractions this holiday season. With this feature, parents will have the flexibility to schedule specific time for
screen time to empower parents with more tools during the holidays. Using the Xfinity xFi app, parents can also instantly pause WiFi
access for all or just a few connected devices, set up a specific time allowance for WiFi usage, easily onboard new devices gifted
during the holidays, and set up parental controls on the content their kids are viewing online.

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Comcast (USA), T-Mobile and Inteliquent Deliver Industry First in War
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T-Mobile, Comcast, and Inteliquent, Inc. announced they’ve achieved an industry first in the war against spoofers and scammers, completing
the first end-to-end STIR/SHAKEN call across three networks. T-Mobile and Comcast announced STIR/SHAKEN interoperability earlier
this year, giving consumers with a growing number of capable smartphones peace of mind that calls from Comcast’s Xfinity Voice phones to
T-Mobile phones (and vice versa) are not generated by a scammer spoofing a number. Now, calls can be routed through Inteliquent as well as
directly between T-Mobile and Xfinity Voice and still ensure that the number displayed has been verified. With this technical first, our
companies are expanding what is possible with STIR/SHAKEN, not only enabling peer-to-peer call verification but also connections via
tandem networks. Neighbor spoofing — where scammers hijack a phone number to match the area code and 3-digit prefix of the person
they’re targeting — is a common scam. People are more prone to answer calls from numbers that look familiar, putting them at risk of falling
victim to fraudsters.STIR (Secure Telephony Identity Revisited) and SHAKEN (Secure Handling of Asserted information using toKENs)
standards are recommended by the FCC to identify authentic calls on networks. T-Mobile and Comcast’s Xfinity Voice were the first to deliver
network interoperability in April 2019. Comcast has implemented STIR/SHAKEN for all Xfinity Voice home phone subscribers,
authenticating outgoing residential calls and validating incoming authenticated calls.

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Comcast (USA) Launches Customer Service Program For the Deaf
Community in American Sign Language
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Comcast and Connect Direct, a subsidiary of Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD), launched customer service support via American Sign Language (ASL) for Internet
Essentials, Xfinity Internet, and general Xfinity billing questions, called ASL Now. With the combined expertise of both companies, Internet Essentials and Xfinity customers can now
connect with customer service agents in their native language, ASL – the fourth most-used language in the United States. This is a first for the cable industry and it helps to further
address the digital divide for Americans with disabilities by ensuring that members of the deaf community can get connected to the Internet at home without barriers. The
announcement was made at a digital inclusion rally at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (PSD) to celebrate Comcast’s Internet Essentials program, which is the nation’s largest,
most comprehensive, and most successful Internet adoption program for low-income households. The launch of ASL Comcast customer support is a continuation of Comcast’s
commitment to the disability community. It follows on the heels of the largest eligibility expansion in the history of the Internet Essentials program, announced earlier this year, to
include all qualified low-income households, including people with disabilities.In line with Comcast’s commitment to make products, services, and experiences accessible to the widest
possible audience including people with disabilities, Comcast also announced today that it created an internetessentials.com/accessibility landing page, with direct links to the new
ASL Now chat function, the ability to order collateral materials in Braille and large print, and an accessibility-specific FAQ. Additionally, the Learning Center on the Internet Essentials
website now includes nearly 50 Internet safety and digital literacy videos with closed captions for the deaf. Topics include: online safety and security, basic uses of the Internet, and
how to get various things done online. The website is also operable with assistive technologies, such as screen reader software, for the blind or visually impaired. Earlier this year,
Comcast announced a partnership with the American Association of People with Disabilities and, working together, the two organizations will continue to add even more digital literacy
training content to the Learning Portal that will be specifically designed for people with disabilities.

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KT (South Korea) SAT Conducts World’s First Satellite 5G Connection
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KT Corp. said its satellite-operating subsidiary, KT SAT, has successfully conducted the world’s first 5G data transmission with a satellite connection. The test was aimed to expand
the fifth-generation technology __link__ed to KT’s 5G network and KT SAT’s KOREASAT 6, located some 36,000 kilometers above the equator, said the leading Korean telecom
provider. KT SAT and the KT Institute of Convergence Technology executed the project together. They implemented “hybrid terrestrial-satellite 5G transmission,” which combines
different networks to deliver data better than typical 5G service, and “5G edge cloud media transmission using satellite communications backhaul __link__s.” That meshes satellite
communications with the content delivery network (CDN) for video transmissions from the 5G edge cloud. The 5G edge cloud can be seen as a virtual data center. It handles data
generated from user terminals at the nearest possible spot in order to maximize the 5G capacity for ultra-low latency. The key to hybrid satellite-terrestrial 5G transmission is a router
jointly developed by the KT institute and KT SAT. 5G terminals connected to this device can simultaneously transmit and receive various data, or use separate routes, to and from a
5G network and a satellite. KT SAT, by using this technology, successfully maintained normal service operations with KOREASAT 6 alone, after the 5G network was intentionally
disconnected. The test showed how the hybrid 5G transmission technology can enable 5G-__base__d automated machinery or moving vehicle to maintain its network connection when
5G coverage becomes unavailable, or a natural disaster has occurred. Currently, KT SAT operates five communication satellites – KOREASAT 5, 5A, 6, 7 and 8. They can have
coverage to some 60 percent of the total surface area of Earth. By using satellite communications backhaul __link__s, KT SAT transmitted real-time streaming data and live video
camera footage from its Kumsan Satellite Service Center to the 5G edge cloud at the KT Research and Development Center in Umyeon-dong, Seoul. The transmission was through
KOREASAT 6, resulting in seamless data transmission to multiple 5G terminals. This latest technology enables simultaneous content transmission to all smartphones accessible in the
same bandwidth, whereas conventional satellite communications can only provide the transmission of high-definition (HD) video footage to a single smartphone within a given
bandwidth.

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Ayoba messaging platform, powered by MTN (South Africa), reaches
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MTN Group announced that its instant messaging platform, Ayoba has reached 1 million monthly active users. Ayoba is an advanced communications application localised for
African and Middle East consumer needs, under an independent Over the Top (OTT) brand with unique features for MTN customers. The app supports many local languages
spoken across the MTN markets including isiZulu, isiXhosa, Pidgin, Yoruba, Swahili, Hausa, French and English. MTN, together with its partners, is driven to improve access
to affordable communications to ensure that people in its markets can reap the social, economic and developmental dividends of being online. Ayoba underscores this goal to
bring more people into the digital world by providing them with affordable and simplified digital communication services.The platform which was launched earlier this year is
now operational in 8 MTN markets, namely: Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Congo Brazzaville, Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Afghanistan and South Africa. Ayoba is also
available across multiple markets on the Google Play Store and via the Ayoba website www.ayoba.me as an OTT offering.
Some of Ayoba’s key features and offerings are:
• Local languages: Ayoba is available in the top local languages in the markets where the offering has launched.
• Chat now: Users can instantly send and receive text and voice messages with any of their contacts regardless of device type or network.
• Security: End-to-end encryption means that messages in a conversation cannot be read by anyone else.
• Chat with everyone: Users can send SMS text messages with anyone in their contact list, regardless of whether they’ve installed Ayoba or not.
• Channels: Users can subscribe to Channels for locally relevant content across various categories.
• Money transfers: Users will be able to make and receive payments via Mobile Money (coming soon).

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MTN Group (South Africa) drives innovative rural coverage using
OpenRAN technology
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In the continued drive for innovation in cost-effective rural coverage MTN is pleased to announce that it has deployed over 200
commercial rural sites across its footprint, using OpenRAN technology. MTN is amongst the pioneers of OpenRAN – the technology
which enables operators to achieve cost-effective deployments allowing for greater connectivity to previously unconnected areas. MTN
is projecting to deploy more than 5,000 sites in rural areas across its 21 operations, bringing 2G, 3G and 4G connectivity to areas that
were previously unconnected. In order to realise this goal, MTN will rely on an ecosystem of partners who will bring their expertise to
build and maintain the sites, utilising a full turnkey approach.MTN operations in Uganda and Guinea Conakry are already benefiting from
this technology, as MTN has also partnered with the likes of VANU, Parallel Wireless and NuRAN Wireless to deliver the technology.As
one of the foremost members of the Telecom Infrastructure Project (TIP), MTN carries out solution testing on all hardware and software
elements at its state-of-the-art head office in Johannesburg, South Africa. The TIP initiative aims to define 2G, 3G and 4G RAN solutions
based on general-purpose, vendor-neutral hardware and software-defined technology.By continuing to accelerate innovation through
initiatives such as OpenRAN, MTN continues to lead the delivery of a bold new digital world, solidifying its position as a leading mobile
operator in the market.

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NTT Com (Japan) to Launch Japan's first rate-guaranteed FX information
and transaction data service.
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NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT
Group, announced that it will launch Home Currency Anywhere (HCA), Japan's first1 rate-guaranteed FX information and
transaction data service. HCA will be launched in late November in collaboration with Singapore fintech startup M-DAQ Pte.
Ltd. The service will lock in guaranteed foreign exchange rates for fixed periods of time2, normally 24 hours, to enable
restaurants, retailers, electric commerce sites, travel agencies and other cross-border businesses, including electronic-money and
cashless-payment operators (B2B2X, or "middle B" operators), to display fixed retail-purchase prices in different currencies for
the convenience of inbound visitors to Japan. HCA will help to expand inbound business by informing foreign visitors of the
exact prices they will pay in their home currencies before making purchases, allowing them to shop and eat with confidence by
having price certainty while traveling in Japan. In collaboration with middle B operators, NTT Com's HCA service will also allow
foreign travelers to change their foreign currency e-money into Japanese yen e-money for cashless payments in the future, an
all-new seamless customer experience.

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DOCOMO (Japan) and NEXSYS-ONE Develop Disaster-recovery Solution
for Overseas Telecoms
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NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced that it has developed a disaster-recovery solution for global telecommunications companies in collaboration with
NEXSYS-ONE, a leading global telecom software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm headquartered in Dubai. The solution is now being put to test by mobile operator
DOCOMO PACIFIC, a wholly owned DOCOMO subsidiary in Guam, between November 26 and the end of next March. In Japan, DOCOMO has implemented
a wide range of measures to help ensure the continuity of its mobile network, both during and after natural disasters such as typhoons, heavy rains, earthquakes,
tsunamis and volcanic eruptions, especially at a time when climate change is contributing to increasingly severe weather-related disasters. Overseas
telecommunications carriers are expected to use the new solution to make their communications networks more disaster-resilient. The operational management
platform developed by NEXSYS-ONE incorporates DOCOMO's expertise in preparing for disasters, confirming employee safety, grasping disaster situations and
responding to disasters in real time.The trial is aimed at confirming the solution's performance in three key areas:
• Digitization of project and workforce management for fast, accurate and systematic repair work:
• View real-time information on PCs and smartphones
• View multiple information simultaneously on split-screen monitors
• Display network disconnections (status) and prioritization of response measures on a real-time map
• Confirmation of status (safety) of all company employees

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Orange (France) and itel launch the 4G version of Sanza to generalise
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At the AfricaCom international congress, Orange is partnering with itel, the leading mobile brand in Africa and, once again, with KaiOS Technologies, maker
of the leading operating system for smart feature phone KaiOS, to launch a new 4G version of the Sanza Phone, “Sanza XL”. From December 2019, this
mobile phone with voice recognition functionalities will be on offer for around 28 US dollars in seven countries in Africa and the Middle-East: Botswana,
Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Jordan, Mali and Senegal. Other Orange Group countries will follow in 2020. The simplicity of a feature phone combined
with the advanced functionality of a smartphone, at an affordable price. The Sanza XL has a bigger screen than the Sanza at 2.8’, an improved 2 Megapixel
camera, 4 GB of internal memory for more storage and high-speed 4G access, while retaining excellent battery life of up to 7 days depending on usage. The
device enables access to over two hundred essential applications, including: WhatsApp to send voice messages in any language, Boomplay, YouTube,
Facebook and the Google Assistant to control certain device functions with your voice.Orange applications will also be available on the phone: My Orange,
Orange Money and Livescreen to enable users to keep up-to-date on their favourite topics.In Africa, price is often an obstacle to purchasing a mobile phone
and, by extension, accessing the internet. This is why the Sanza XL will be on sale for around 28 USD and will be progressively launched in 7 countries,
followed by the other Orange Group countries in 2020. By extending the Sanza range with the Sanza XL, Orange, a champion of digital inclusion in Africa
and the Middle East, is reasserting its commitment to supporting its customers and offering internet access for all.

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Orange (France) launches the voice assistant Djingo to make its customers’
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Orange launches the Djingo Speaker1 and a voice-controlled TV remote for customers with an ultra HD set up box, already used by 1.5 million
customers. Orange’s Djingo voice assistant offers a smooth, natural and secure experience when using its services and those provided by its
partners. Services are simplified with the Djingo Speaker, Orange’s multiservice assistant. The Djingo Speaker, developed with Deutsche Telekom,
is a vocal speaker which includes the virtual assistant Djingo. Intuitive and user friendly, it is the privileged interface for all Orange services.
Available for €99.992, theDjingo Speaker allows you to make hands-free phone calls, navigate Orange TV using voice commands, listen to music
on Deezer and Orange Radio and control light bulbs and smart plugs with “Maison Connectée”. You can also use it to update your shopping list,
consult the Météo-France weather forecast, and receive news updates from franceinfo. The Djingo Speaker also allows Orange customers to use
Amazon’s virtual assistant, Alexa, to access additional services such as searching for general and cultural information, games, road traffic, and the
Skills3 available on Alexa.The Djingo voice assistant is also available4 to nearly 1.5 million Orange customers with the ultra HD TV set-top box.
The remote allows you to navigate Orange TV services using voice commands and by simply touching the microphone button to change channels,
search for an Orange VOD film, or ask what is on TV tonight.

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Orange (France) launches industry’s first ‘own-branded’ 5G smartphone
in Europe – the Orange Neva jet
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Orange announces the launch of the industry’s first operator-branded 5G smartphone in Europe, delivering a high-quality device, tested on its 5G networks for
early adopters. The smartphone will initially be available on existing networks (3G, 4G, 4G+) in select markets in 2019, starting with Poland. It will then be
available on Orange’s commercial 5G networks across Europe as they go live, starting with Romania¹ in 2019 and followed by its other European markets in 2020.
At the same time, Orange announces a new range of Orange branded smartphones across six European markets including France, Spain, Romania, Poland,
Slovakia and Moldova that Orange is present in. The fully re-designed range of ‘Neva’smartphones aims to deliver a rich experience, meeting a variety of customer
usages, with special benefits tailored for each member of the family. Design, performance, safety and reliability are the key pillars of the Neva range. The range
includes the Neva start, Neva play, Neva zen and Neva link, available on existing networks. Further own-branded 5G smartphones will be added to the range in
2020. The smartphone has been an integral part of the recent 5G trials² in Poland, allowing consumers to experience the future of what 5G will deliver in 2020.
Customers in Poland will be able to purchase the Neva jet on existing networks by the end of the year. The Neva jet will also be available on Orange Romania’s
5G network by the end of 2019.Underpinning this, is the Neva jet’s high-level of specification - 6.47 inch borderless screen with full HD+ definition;
device-integrated AI which utilises artificial intelligence to manage files, photos and much more; facial recognition and in-display fingerprint; as well as a triple
camera (48MP wide-angle, 20MP ultrawide-angle and 8MP telephoto lens). The smartphone will use Android Pie OS software.

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Telstra (Australia) Broadcast Services launches transformation capability
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Telstra Broadcast Services launched Broadcast Plus, a new technology services capability for the media and entertainment industry to help customers address digital
disruption and transform broadcast and online video operations.A partnership between Telstra Broadcast Services and the newly formed Telstra Purple, Broadcast Plus
will provide specialist knowledge in media networks, cloud, security, collaboration, mobility, software, data and analytics, and design.Broadcast Plus will deliver
technology solutions and services such as cloud consulting, media archive and cloud storage, app design and development, end-to-end OTT and media hosting as well
as draw on strong alliances with leading technology providers and industry leaders such as Brightcove, AWS Elemental, Akamai and Dalet.Telstra Broadcast Services
brings to its customers globally recognised high performance media networks, teleport and satellite services, online video and cloud platforms, and 24/7 bookings,
operations and engineering support.The Telstra Broadcast Operations Centre manages over 400 video, satellite and data services for leading Australian and international
media and sports companies, facilitating over three million permanent channel hours and over 20,000 event bookings every year.Committed to ongoing investment in its
networks, platforms and people, Broadcast Plus is a key milestone for Telstra Broadcast Services to confidently deliver media solutions that transform the media
industry.Telstra Purple, the largest Australian owned technology services business, brings together Telstra’s technology services teams under a single banner to help
customers get the most from their technology investments. Launched in September, Telstra Purple works with customers to bring purpose to their technology
investments. Telstra Purple is based on the notion that it’s people who give purpose to technology, who can make sense of what solutions and products a customer needs
and then implement that technology and manage it going forward.

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Wynk Music is now India’s #1 music app by Daily Active Users
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Wynk Music, the OTT music streaming app from Airtel, continues to see a surge in its popularity amongst smartphone users in India.
Airtel today said that, based on Oct 2019 data from App Annie, Wynk Music is now the #1 music streaming app in India in terms of
Daily Active Users. The performance metric underlines the massive user preference for Wynk Music when it comes to consuming
music on smartphone.While Bollywood and International music continue to be the biggest categories on Wynk Music, it is Indian
regional music that is witnessing the fastest growth. Overall, there has been 75% surge in number of users streaming regional
music.With increasing smartphone adoption in Tier 2 and 3 towns and rural areas, the demand for regional language songs and local
artists is seeing massive surge. More and more users in these markets are getting online for entertainment and discovering music on
apps vs pirated music loaded on their devices.Wynk offers music in 14 Indian languages and regional songs now account for 26% of
the overall 3 billion plus monthly streams on the app. Songs in Oriya, Gujarati, Assamese, Marathi, Telugu and Bhojpuri have seen
150% + growth and are also popular outside the home states as well. Interestingly, Bhojpuri music is also seeing strong uptake
amongst urban youth in metros like Delhi.
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Eye Control Named to Time Magazine’s List of the 100 Best Inventions of
2019
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Xfinity X1 Eye Control is recognized by TIME as one of the Best Inventions of 2019. With eye control, Xfinity X1 customers with physical disabilities can
use their eyes to change the channel, set a recording or search for a show.Xfinity X1 Eye Control is a web based version of the X1 voice remote that makes
it easy for people with disabilities to control the X1 TV experience right from their web browser with the assistive devices they already use, including:
• Eye tracking
• Dragon Naturally Speaking
• Keyboard-only
• Sip and Puff
• Switch control
Eye Control also enables people with speech disabilities to type text commands instead of voice commands.To assemble the 2019 TIME Best Inventions list,
TIME solicited nominations across a variety of categories from editors and correspondents around the world, as well as through an online application process.
Each contender was then evaluated on key factors, including originality, effectiveness, ambition and influence. The result: 100 groundbreaking inventions
that are changing the way we live, work, play and think about what’s possible.
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Comcast (USA) Business Wins Two Enterprise Application of the Year
Awards at MEF 2019
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Comcast Business was recognized for driving digital transformation for the Philadelphia Federal Credit Union and the Kraft Group. Comcast
Business announced it was honored with two Enterprise Application of the Year awards across the Finance and Sports & Entertainment categories
from the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF). The recognition highlights the company’s technology innovation and first-class service with the
Philadelphia Federal Credit Union and the Kraft Group. The 2019 MEF Awards program recognizes service, application, technology, and
professional excellence in delivering innovative solutions that are optimized for the digital economy. Now in its 14th year, the prestigious Awards
program is focused on emerging dynamic network services powered by Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO), Software-Defined Networking
(SDN), Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN), and Ethernet technologies.Comcast
Business was recognized with the Enterprise Application of the Year award in the Finance category for its work with the Philadelphia Federal
Credit Union (PFCU). PFCU partnered with Comcast Business to transform its network infrastructure. They provisioned SD-WAN across all of
their sites, replacing their legacy MPLS network completely to allow for greater network visibility and control. With immediate bandwidth relief
and new management capabilities, PFCU now has the ability to address critical functions at faster speeds, positioning themselves to focus on
strategic priorities and better meet the needs of future customers.
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NTT Com (Japan) Wins Two MEF 3.0 Proof of Concept Awards
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NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group announced it received MEF
3.0 Proof of Concept Awards in two categories, "MEF3.0 SD-WAN Implementation 2019" and "Network Slicing Implementation 2019," during the MEF 3.0 Proof
of Concept Showcase event held in the U.S. city of Los Angeles from November 18 to 22. The showcase was organized by the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), a
global telecom industry alliance with more than 220 members. NTT Com attended the showcase to introduce an SD-WAN1 service and a 5G-related proof of
concept (PoC)2, joining other telecom carriers and manufacturers that presented their own initiatives for judging.NTT Com's orchestrated virtualized multivendor
SD-WAN services received the award presented for the best SD-WAN service in compliance with MEF specifications. The NTT Com service was recognized for
enabling lifecycle3 management and operation of multiple SD-WAN products with a unified portal and white box CPEs4.SD-WAN is not a standardized
technology, so many unique network devices exist, requiring operation methods to be designed to each manufacturer's technologies. To solve this problem, NTT
Com conducted a PoC to implement unified control of multiple SD-WAN products based on MEF-standardized SD-WAN specifications, data models, interfaces
and test methods. NTT Com collaborated with partner companies to co-develop the orchestrated virtualized multivendor SD-WAN services in conformance with
the MEF70 and MEF SD-WAN Presto API standard5. The service uses a universal CPE platform, enabling multiple SD-WAN products to be installed on the white
box CPE, and a unified configuration portal, enabling unified control of multiple SD-WAN products.The partner companies involved in co-development are
ADVA, Netcracker Technology, Silver Peak, Spirent Communications, Versa Networks and NEC Corporation.
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NTT Communications (Japan) Named 2019 Japan IoT Service Provider
of the Year at Frost & Sullivan 2019 Asia Pacific ICT Awards
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NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the information and communications technology (ICT) solutions business within the NTT Group,
announced that it was recognized as 2019 Japan IoT Service Provider of the Year at Frost & Sullivan 2019 Asia Pacific ICT Awards, during a
ceremony in Singapore on November 14.Founded in 2004, Frost & Sullivan 2019 Asia Pacific ICT Awards recognize companies in a variety of
regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological
innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through
in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices in the industry.NTT Com was named 2019 Japan
IoT Service Provider of the Year for the first time. NTT Com has been contributing to customers' digital transformation by providing the IoT
Platform, Things Cloud®, which enables customers to easily and quickly implement IoT services, and a partner program, Things Partner™
Program. According to Nishchal Khorana, Director, ICT, Frost & Sullivan, “NTT Com successfully developed a solution-centric approach to
address customer pain points on their IoT journey. Apart from offering a broad spectrum of services, its IoT platform, Things Cloud®, enables fast
deployment, enhancing value for customers. NTT Com's vertical-centric strategy and wide range of use cases create significant strategic
differentiation from competitors in the IoT market in Japan."
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Ooredoo (Qatar) Wins 14 Awards At 2019 Stevie International Business
Awards
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Ooredoo, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators, announced it has been recognised with a raft of awards at the 2019 Stevie
International Business Awards (IBAs). The Stevie Awards are held annually to recognise and honour the achievements and positive contributions
of organisations worldwide. Ooredoo won a total of 14 awards, including the prestigious Company of the Year award in the Telecommunications
- Large category. Ooredoo was also awarded a Grand Stevie award for being among the top 10 winners across all other organisations honoured in
the 2019 IBAs. As well as the Company of the Year award, Ooredoo won another five gold awards. Ooredoo Qatar’s 5G was recognised as
Technical Innovation of the Year in the Telecommunications – Large category, as well as winning gold in the Telecommunications – Service
category. Ooredoo Qatar won Most Innovative Company of the Year in the More Than 2,500 Employees category, while Ooredoo Group won
Marketing Campaign of the Year – Internet/Telecom for the Messi campaign, and Ooredoo Maldives Digital Resorts Solution won gold in the
Travel category. Three silver awards were received; Ooredoo Group at Mobile World Congress 2019 won the award in the Brand & Experiences
– Exhibition Experience category, and in the Corporate Social Responsibility Programme of the Year in Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Ooredoo
Myanmar won for its “The more you speak, the more Ooredoo will donate” project, and Ooredoo Maldives won for its Smart City Project and
NIRU Accelerator Programme.
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Singtel’s (Singapore) marketing transformation efforts win gold at
Marketing Excellence Awards 2019
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Singtel took the top spot for ‘Excellence in Marketing Transformation’ at the Marketing Excellence Awards 2019. Organised by
Marketing Magazine, the annual awards event recognises Singapore’s most outstanding marketing campaigns and teams. Singtel was
awarded gold for transforming the Group’s approach to brand marketing which has resulted in stronger overall brand strategy and
positioning and a positive impact on campaign results. The transformation is driven by the Group brand team serving the Group’s
expanding businesses and consolidated under Group Strategic Communications and Brand.Singtel’s marketing transformation strategy
has brought a renewed focus on marketing the brand instead of just products and services. This is served through a story-telling approach
that allows the Group to articulate its brand values of family, community, diversity and inclusivity through a series of festive films that
consumers and stakeholders have come to anticipate. Besides producing branded content that reinforce its beliefs, Singtel has also been
able to better serve as a vested member of community, by donating to and sponsoring causes that are dear to its stakeholders. Last
December for example, Singtel made a S$10 million donation to help fund the building of Esplanade’s new medium-sized theatre. This
comes on the back of a S$20 million donation made to the National Gallery.
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Thomson Reuters (Canada) ONESOURCE Achieves Certification for
SAP S/4HANA® Cloud
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Thomson Reuters announced that its ONESOURCE determination engine has been certified for SAP S/4HANA® Cloud. This integration
enables real-time, end-to-end tax integrations for determination, calculation and validation of U.S. Sales and Use taxes.ONESOURCE
Determination helps customers automatically calculate tax without the headache of managing and maintaining an in-house tax engine or
reporting system. The engine contains extensive tax content that Thomson Reuters updates as tax rules change, helping ensure businesses
get their tax right the first time, every time.Across different industries, markets and regions, the rapid pace of change around Sales and
Use Tax is making it increasingly difficult to maintain in-house tax engines. The availability and certification of this integration means
that users of SAP S/4HANA Cloud can now leverage the benefits offered by ONESOURCE Determination in near real time, regardless
of whether they have their tax engine in the public cloud or on-premise.Thomson Reuters was one of the first technology providers to
co-develop an integration between SAP Ariba® and a tax engine, bringing the global, automated and near real-time indirect tax
determination of ONESOURCE Determination to SAPAriba Solutions.In addition, earlier this year, Thomson Reuters received the 2019
SAP® Pinnacle Award for Global Partner of the Year in the Integration category.
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VEON (Netherlands) ranked in top 10% of companies in Dutch
Transparency Benchmark
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VEON Ltd., a leading global provider of connectivity and internet services, has been recognised as among the most transparent
companies in the Netherlands by the Dutch Transparency Benchmark (Transparantiebenchmark).More than 480 of the largest
companies in the Netherlands were assessed for the Dutch Transparency Benchmark by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs
and Climate Policy. VEON has improved its ranking from 449 in 2011 to 32 in 2019. Among technology-focused companies in
the Netherlands, VEON ranked 4th this year.Now in its 15th year, the Dutch Transparency Benchmark is compiled by a panel of
experts who rely on international guidelines and standards to assess corporate social reporting and how well key indicators such
as sustainability, governance and ethical practices are integrated into a company’s core business.VEON’s Sustainability
Programme focuses on encouraging digital entrepreneurship, fostering digital skills and literacy and maintaining sustainable
operations in the ten countries where we operate. Last year, VEON assisted approximately 125,000 people to improve their digital
literacy skills while more than 20,000 people joined the company’s digital entrepreneurship competitions.
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Altice(Netherlands): AT&T Announces Agreement to Deliver i24NEWS to
U-Verse and DIRECTV Customers
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AT&T announces that it has reached a multi-year distribution agreement to deliver i24NEWS, the international news and current affairs network owned by
Altice USA, to U-Verse and DIRECTV customers across the United States. i24NEWS launched today on U-Verse and will launch on DIRECTV in the near
future. i24NEWS delivers comprehensive news coverage of global and domestic events, including in-depth international and Middle Eastern news coverage
as well as a wide array of fast-paced, non-partisan national breaking and headline news.Since making its U.S. debut in 2017, i24NEWS has brought a fresh,
intelligent perspective to the world’s current events coverage, from delivering hard-hitting interviews with high-profile guests to partnering on national and
local news with sister Altice News networks Cheddar and News 12 Networks. In addition to i24NEWS, AT&T also carries Cheddar on U-Verse, DIRECTV
and AT&T TV NOW. To find i24NEWS on local TV lineups, AT&T U-Verse customers can tune to Channel 223 or 1223; once launched, it will be available
on DIRECTV on Channel 343. Additionally, i24NEWS is available online at i24NEWS.tv and through the i24NEWS app.Altice USA (NYSE: ATUS) is one
of the largest broadband communications and video services providers in the United States, delivering broadband, pay television, mobile, proprietary content
and advertising services to approximately 4.9 million residential and business customers across 21 states through its Optimum and Suddenlink brands. Altice
owns and operates Altice News, which offers a full range of hyperlocal, national, business, and international news though its News 12, Cheddar, and
i24NEWS networks, broadcasting across linear, digital, and mobile platforms.
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IPG (USA) Team Selected as Global Marketing Agency for
LATAM Airlines
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Interpublic Group announced that Graphene, a customized team of talent and resources from a range of Interpublic Group agencies, led by
McCann Worldgroup and IPG Mediabrands, has been selected by LATAM Airlines Group to continue as its global marketing agency. Graphene
has served LATAM since 2015 in 13 markets like Australia, Mexico, the United States and countries in South America and Europe, and the new
multi-year assignment will cover all marketing needs from brand strategy and creativity, to digital marketing, performance, CRM and content
development across all the airline group’s markets. The dedicated IPG team retained and expanded the relationship after a competitive pitch, which
included multiple globally-integrated marketing firms.Interpublic is values-based, data-fueled, and creatively-driven. Major global brands include
Acxiom, Craft, FCB (Foote, Cone & Belding), FutureBrand, Golin, Huge, Initiative, Jack Morton, MAGNA, McCann, Momentum,
MRM//McCann, MullenLowe Group, Octagon, R/GA, UM and Weber Shandwick. Other leading brands include Avrett Free Ginsberg, Campbell
Ewald, Carmichael Lynch, Deutsch, Hill Holliday, ID Media and The Martin Agency.LATAM Airlines Group is Latin America’s leading airline
group with one of the largest route networks in the world, offering services to 142 destinations in 25 countries, including six domestic markets in
Latin America – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru – in addition to international operations in Latin America, Europe, the
United States, the Caribbean, Oceania, Africa and Asia.
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Orange (France) Business Services Selected by Mars for Intelligent
Automated Network Project
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Orange Business Services announced it was selected by Mars, Incorporated to build an Intelligent Automated Network (IAN). The IAN will connect
more than 125,000 Mars Associates across more than 80 countries. The network will provide a secure, scalable and swift platform to host business
applications, while supporting manufacturing operations, office locations and supplier interactions for the private, family-owned business. Mars chose
an IAN that pulls from a range of services managed by Orange Business Services. These include Flexible SD-WAN for quick and easy expansion,
strong security solutions and multi-sourcing services integration (MSI). Orange MSI streamlines global infrastructure management and delivers a
single, holistic point of easily coordinated control for all other service providers.As the B-to-B division of the Orange Group, Orange Business Services
focuses exclusively on serving enterprises around the world. Both a network operator and a digital services integrator, Orange Business Services
leverages expertise in the areas of IoT, Cloud, Data and AI, application development and cybersecurity. It supports and protects companies at every
stage of their data lifecycle, from collection, transport, storage and processing to analysis and sharing.With companies thriving on innovation, Orange
Business Services places its customers at the heart of an open collaborative ecosystem. This includes its 25,000 employees, the assets and expertise of
the Orange Group, its technology and business partners and a pool of finely selected start-ups. More than 3,000 multinational enterprises, as well as two
million professionals, companies and local communities in France, rely on Orange Business Services.
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Thomson Reuters (Canada) to Provide Westlaw Edge, Practical Law to
US Federal Courts
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Thomson Reuters announced a newly awarded multi-year contract with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) to provide Westlaw Edge and
other market-leading legal research tools to the Federal Judiciary, including the Supreme Court of the United States and all U.S. circuit, district and
bankruptcy courts, as well as federal public defenders. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.In all, more than 20,000 legal professionals at the AO
will have access to Westlaw Edge, Thomson Reuters next generation AI-driven legal search platform; Practical Law, its attorney-authored legal
know-how service; and Drafting Assistant, the business’s suite of integrated tools for drafting legal documents.At the heart of the contract is Westlaw
Edge, which will be rolled out to all federal judiciary users in the first quarter of 2020. Launched last year, Westlaw Edge is the most intelligent legal
research platform on the market and provides legal professionals with the fastest answers and most valuable insights via the next generation of legal
search, as well as integrated litigation analytics and the most powerful citator. In July of this year, the company launched Westlaw Edge Quick Check,
powered by state-of-the-art AI, which quickly and securely analyzes briefs to suggest highly relevant authority that traditional research may have
missed.In October, Thomson Reuters announced it had been awarded a long-term contract to provide its market-leading legal research and investigative
technology tools to the Department of Justice, including professionals at the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the
United States Marshals Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, among others.
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Airtel (India) partners with CuriosityStream to bring award-winning
factual entertainment to Indian customers
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Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications services provider, is announcing a groundbreaking content partnership with CuriosityStream, the award-winning global
media company that delivers the world of factual entertainment in one mind-expanding place. Launched by The visionary founder of Discovery Channel, CuriosityStream lets viewers explore
their passions and discover new ones with thousands of films and series covering space, art, volcanoes, history, travel, cars, architecture, dinosaurs and so much more.The complete content
catalogue of CuriosityStream, including exclusive originals that can’t be seen anywhere else, will now be available to Airtel customers on its converged digital entertainment platform - Airtel
Xstream. Airtel Thanks Gold and Platinum customers will get complimentary access to exciting CuriosityStream content on the Airtel Xstream app and airtelxstream.in. The content will also
be available on the Airtel Xstream Hybrid Box and Airtel Xstream Smart Stick. Airtel is the first partner to bring CuriosityStream to India, directly to viewers who are looking for the kind of
engaging factual shows that the traditional networks have abandoned. CuriosityStream covers the full breadth and depth of the non-fiction genre – from science and technology to history and
nature to society and lifestyle – with titles including:
• The Emmy Award-winning Stephen Hawking’s Favorite Places
• Butterfly Effect: Gandhi-The Force of Willpower
• The Emmy and BAFTA-nominated David Attenborough’s Light on Earth
• Asia’s Monarchies: Nepal
• Age of Big Cats
• And CuriosityStream’s newest ongoing original series, Bright Now, designed for on-the-go viewers in today’s fast-paced, modern age.
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BBC and Sky (UK) agree new content and technology partnership
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Sky and the BBC have agreed a new partnership that will see the two broadcasters collaborate across content and technology.As part of the wide-ranging
partnership, the BBC iPlayer app and connected red-button service will today launch on Sky Q, Sky’s next generation TV platform, offering Sky customers
the full BBC iPlayer and red-button experience.Sky viewers have long been able to enjoy BBC content on-demand via an integrated catch-up service across
Sky+ and Sky Q. This new collaboration will enable Sky customers to watch BBC programmes via the BBC iPlayer app, by pressing the red button when
watching a BBC channel, or through Sky’s integrated catch-up service.Sky customers will also have easier access to BBC children’s content with popular
shows from CBBC and CBeebies including The Dumping Ground, The Worst Witch and Topsy& Tim, set to be available as box-set series across the Kids
section of Sky Q, including within the Kids Safe Mode which was launched by Sky earlier this year.The broadcasters are also exploring a range of other
partnership opportunities, including the availability of BBC Sounds on Sky and NOW TV platforms, to offer even more to Sky customers and licence fee
payers, as well as committing to BBC content being available on Sky’s future TV platform.The BBC and Sky are also in early stage exploration to use
PromoSmart, powered by AdSmart Sky’s targeting technology, to serve up more personalised promotional content to BBC viewers. In practice, this will
mean that viewers in different households could be shown different trailers for BBC content that are more relevant to their interests during the breaks between
programmes when watching BBC channels live.
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Sky (UK) and Channel 5 to bring customers hundreds of hours of new
British box-sets
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Sky and Viacom-owned Channel 5 have announced a new content partnership to bring a range of entertainment and factual
box-sets to Sky Box Sets and the NOW TV Entertainment Pass. Customers will be able to binge on 300 hours of their
favourite Channel 5 shows. The box-sets include British Royal documentaries such as Meghan and Harry: In their Own
Words and Inside Kensington Palace, as well popular Channel 5 documentaries GPs Behind Closed Door and Paddington
Station 24/7. This additional content joins Viacom’s already large catalogue of UK originations available to Sky and Now
TV customers, including MTV’s Geordie Shore and Comedy Central’s Drunk History UK and Your Face or Mine. The
titles are available for Sky customers right now and will be available on NOW TV in the coming weeks. They will sit
alongside Sky’s extensive library of original productions including Emmy award-winning Chernobyl, Catherine the Great
and hit comedy Brassic. Earlier this year, Sky committed to more than double its investment in original drama and
comedy over the next five years through Sky Studios.
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DNP (Japan) in Business Alliance with Arm Ltd. of U.K.
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Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) is pleased to announce a business alliance with Cambridge, U.K., based Arm Limited (Arm) to create a Next
Generation Internet of Things (IoT) Business, forging links between high-security edge computing technology and IoT capable of handling large scale
data. The project is set to start from December 2019. In line with the spread of IoT, public attention has shifted focus to edge computing that can be
expected to feed into increasingly high-speed communications and more sophisticated data processing. This can be achieved not only through network
cloud environment and servers, but also by performing data processing on individual on-site edge devices. As a first step in our collaboration with Arm,
we will develop IoT services for device manufacturers that combine DNP’s embedded Secure Element (eSE) that is integrated into edge devices, with
Arm's IoT cloud service Pelion IoT Platform. A demo will be released on Friday, December 6th at Arm Tech Symposia 2019 Japan1 to be held at the
Tokyo Conference Center Shinagawa.DNP developed eSE for integrating into IoT devices in 2018, and now supplies this technology to device
manufacturers and financial institutions. DNP has acquired tamper- proof technology2 to protect confidential information from external attacks, based
on the expert knowledge accumulated during IC card software development. eSE securely stores encryption keys and certificates to encrypt and decrypt
critical information during communication, and has a proven track record in payment terminals and other fields that require high security. Pelion IoT
Platform can manage IoT devices, collected data and connection status. Arm has been operating the service on a global basis since 2018.
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Dentsu(Japan) and Trip.com Group Enter into Strategic Cooperative Business Agreement to Develop
High-Quality Regional Travel Materials Targeting Affluent Chinese Visitors to Japan
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Dentsu Inc., has entered into a strategic cooperative business agreement with Trip.com Group Limited. With 400 million
members worldwide, including 300 million Chinese users of Ctrip, Trip.com Group's website for the Chinese market, Trip.com
Group is one of the world's largest online travel agency, possessing logistics and sales know-how as well as insight into Chinese
consumers. Combining this with regional branding and promotion activities utilizing the networks of Dentsu Group companies
throughout Japan, we aim to develop Japanese travel resources focused on areas such as Japanese culture, history, cuisine and art
that the Chinese are not yet familiar with to increase the number of Chinese tourists throughout all regions of Japan. In the first
phase of this strategic cooperative business agreement, in the spring of 2020 we will jointly launch a service within Ctrip that
provides high-quality regional travel experiences for affluent Chinese visiting Japan. To establish a new definition of so-called
"Japanese travel" for the Chinese consumer, we will provide services leveraging the know-how of both Dentsu and Trip.com
Group centered on (1) rural rather than urban travel, (2) the discovery of Japan's uniqueness and individuality and (3) special
experiences for the discriminating connoisseur.
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