Social TV and the Rise of Companion ScreensSteve Weaver
Social media is playing an increasingly important role in television viewing and engagement. As more content is consumed across multiple devices, social TV allows viewers to share their viewing experiences and have conversations about shows in real-time. Various genres are well-suited for social engagement, particularly reality, comedy, and drama programming. Broadcasters are enhancing viewer participation through social TV applications and sites that complement their traditional television content.
1. The document provides mobile subscriber data for Russia and Moscow as of July 2009, including the top 10 mobile operators by subscribers. MTS had the most subscribers with over 100 million, followed by Vimpelcom with over 64 million.
2. In Moscow, MTS had the largest market share of subscribers at 45.3%, followed by Vimpelcom at 32.3%. MTS recorded a loss of subscribers in Moscow for July 2009.
3. Across Russia as a whole, MTS also had the largest market share of subscribers at 31.8%, followed by MegaFon at 23.0% and Vimpelcom at 24.3%. Russia saw an increase in total mobile subscribers
Vivo Participações S/A reported financial results for the first quarter of 2008. Revenue grew 16.9% to R$3.3 billion driven by a 27% increase in EBITDA to R$961 million and margins expanding to 28.8%. Operating costs grew slower than revenue at 13.2% with strict cost controls. The company gained market share and had a net income of R$89.6 million compared to a net loss in the prior year. Capex increased to fund network expansion and quality improvements to support continued growth.
Vivo's net service revenue increased 5.8% in 1Q10 compared to 1Q09. EBITDA grew 3.8% but margins declined slightly. Net income increased 44.3% due to lower financial expenses. Vivo expanded its 3G network coverage and saw growth in data usage and value-added services, though ARPU and MOU declined. Cash flow was negative due to higher taxes paid and capex increased to expand the network. Gross and net debt declined with debt refinancing and amortization.
This document summarizes mobile subscriber data for Russia and its largest cities. It lists the top 10 mobile operators in Russia by subscribers as of January 2011, led by MTS with over 108 million subscribers. Charts provide breakdowns of market share in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and overall Russia, with MTS having the largest share in each region. Mobile penetration rates in Russia, Moscow and St. Petersburg are also given, all exceeding 150% as of January 2011.
This document summarizes mobile operator market shares and subscriber additions in Russia for August 2011. It shows that MTS had the largest share of the Moscow market at 37.3%, followed by Vimpelcom at 35.9% and MegaFon at 24.7%. MTS recorded negative subscriber additions in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and across Russia in August. Vimpelcom had the largest share of the St. Petersburg market at 41.4% and the regions market at 44%. Overall, Russia saw an increase of 840,000 total mobile subscribers during August 2011.
Net income excluding special items was $61 million for 2Q08, down from $509 million in 2Q07. Refining & Supply contributed $32 million due to weak gasoline margins and rising crude oil prices. Non-Refining contributed $47 million, with Retail Marketing at breakeven and Chemicals earnings of $3 million on higher feedstock costs. 3Q08 outlook expects continued weak refining margins and high utilization rates reflecting challenging market conditions.
This document summarizes the Russian VAS (value-added services) market in the 4th quarter of 2009. It shows that total VAS revenues grew 13% quarter-over-quarter to $1.08 billion. Messaging revenues made up the largest segment at $423.7 million, followed by data and content revenues. By operator, MTS and MegaFon led the different VAS categories such as messaging, content, and data. The document provides a breakdown of the VAS market and revenue segments by operator.
Social TV and the Rise of Companion ScreensSteve Weaver
Social media is playing an increasingly important role in television viewing and engagement. As more content is consumed across multiple devices, social TV allows viewers to share their viewing experiences and have conversations about shows in real-time. Various genres are well-suited for social engagement, particularly reality, comedy, and drama programming. Broadcasters are enhancing viewer participation through social TV applications and sites that complement their traditional television content.
1. The document provides mobile subscriber data for Russia and Moscow as of July 2009, including the top 10 mobile operators by subscribers. MTS had the most subscribers with over 100 million, followed by Vimpelcom with over 64 million.
2. In Moscow, MTS had the largest market share of subscribers at 45.3%, followed by Vimpelcom at 32.3%. MTS recorded a loss of subscribers in Moscow for July 2009.
3. Across Russia as a whole, MTS also had the largest market share of subscribers at 31.8%, followed by MegaFon at 23.0% and Vimpelcom at 24.3%. Russia saw an increase in total mobile subscribers
Vivo Participações S/A reported financial results for the first quarter of 2008. Revenue grew 16.9% to R$3.3 billion driven by a 27% increase in EBITDA to R$961 million and margins expanding to 28.8%. Operating costs grew slower than revenue at 13.2% with strict cost controls. The company gained market share and had a net income of R$89.6 million compared to a net loss in the prior year. Capex increased to fund network expansion and quality improvements to support continued growth.
Vivo's net service revenue increased 5.8% in 1Q10 compared to 1Q09. EBITDA grew 3.8% but margins declined slightly. Net income increased 44.3% due to lower financial expenses. Vivo expanded its 3G network coverage and saw growth in data usage and value-added services, though ARPU and MOU declined. Cash flow was negative due to higher taxes paid and capex increased to expand the network. Gross and net debt declined with debt refinancing and amortization.
This document summarizes mobile subscriber data for Russia and its largest cities. It lists the top 10 mobile operators in Russia by subscribers as of January 2011, led by MTS with over 108 million subscribers. Charts provide breakdowns of market share in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and overall Russia, with MTS having the largest share in each region. Mobile penetration rates in Russia, Moscow and St. Petersburg are also given, all exceeding 150% as of January 2011.
This document summarizes mobile operator market shares and subscriber additions in Russia for August 2011. It shows that MTS had the largest share of the Moscow market at 37.3%, followed by Vimpelcom at 35.9% and MegaFon at 24.7%. MTS recorded negative subscriber additions in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and across Russia in August. Vimpelcom had the largest share of the St. Petersburg market at 41.4% and the regions market at 44%. Overall, Russia saw an increase of 840,000 total mobile subscribers during August 2011.
Net income excluding special items was $61 million for 2Q08, down from $509 million in 2Q07. Refining & Supply contributed $32 million due to weak gasoline margins and rising crude oil prices. Non-Refining contributed $47 million, with Retail Marketing at breakeven and Chemicals earnings of $3 million on higher feedstock costs. 3Q08 outlook expects continued weak refining margins and high utilization rates reflecting challenging market conditions.
This document summarizes the Russian VAS (value-added services) market in the 4th quarter of 2009. It shows that total VAS revenues grew 13% quarter-over-quarter to $1.08 billion. Messaging revenues made up the largest segment at $423.7 million, followed by data and content revenues. By operator, MTS and MegaFon led the different VAS categories such as messaging, content, and data. The document provides a breakdown of the VAS market and revenue segments by operator.
This document summarizes the results of a survey on the use of mobile data services in the Czech Republic. It finds that 31% of respondents use mobile data services provided by their mobile operator, while 56% do not use or plan to use these services. Younger people and those with higher education are more likely to use mobile data services. The most common reasons for not using the services are that prices are too high and that mobile phones are not convenient for using data services. Among those who use or plan to use services, the most popular would be email, maps, news, and weather information.
- The document summarizes Snyder's-Lance's financial results for the first quarter of 2009.
- Net revenue increased 9.0% compared to Q1 2008, though growth was impacted by a peanut butter recall.
- Gross margin improved to 39.1% from 37.6% in Q1 2008. Operating profit margin increased to 5.0% from 0.8% previously.
- Earnings per share were $0.20 compared to $0.02 in Q1 2008. Management provided full-year 2009 estimates.
2010.gada IGAUNIJAS mediju reklāmas tirgus un 2011.gada prognozesStarcom
ESTONIA: Y2010 media advertising market overview
Igaunijas mediju reklāmas tirgus apjomi, sākot no 2005.gada līdz 2010.gadam. Apkopoti TNS Igaunija, publiskotie tirgus dati un mediju aģentūras Starcom 2011.gada prognozes.
This document summarizes mobile operator and market data for Russia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ukraine, and regions of Russia for April 2010. It shows that MTS had the most subscribers in Russia, Moscow, and regions of Russia, while Vimpelcom had the most in St. Petersburg. In Ukraine, Kyivstar had the most subscribers followed by MTS and Astelit. The document also provides subscriber numbers, market shares, and net additions for the top operators in each location.
This document contains information about the mobile subscriber market shares and additions for several major Russian telecom operators in July 2011. It shows that MTS had the largest number of total mobile subscribers in Russia with over 108 million, followed by Vimpelcom with around 99 million, and MegaFon with around 59 million. It also provides breakdowns of the market shares of each operator in different regions of Russia, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other regions. The market share percentages indicate that the mobile market is largely consolidated among a few major operators.
Igtm pre event golf survey by sports marketing survey - part IMS-Co
The survey found:
1) Spain was the most popular recent international golf destination at 17%, followed by Portugal at 13% and the United States at 7%.
2) 37% of respondents had not taken an international golf trip in the past 5 years.
3) When considering future destinations, recommendations from friends were most important to respondents, followed by golf magazines and online reviews/golf networks. Price, variety of courses, and golf being included in packages were also very important factors.
4) Economic factors like currency exchange rates and fuel costs have at least a little impact on most respondents' decisions to take an international golf trip.
Telecentre Europe recently released an infografic on Digital Inclusion. The document is based on Eurostat data and provides useful data about the usage of internet around Europe. http://www.telecentre-europe.org/
Procontent.Ru: Number of cellular subscribers in Russia and Urkaine (FEB11, A...Procontent.Ru Magazine
This document summarizes mobile operator market data for Russia in February 2011. It shows the top 10 mobile operators by total subscribers in Russia, including MTS as the largest with over 108 million subscribers. It also provides breakdowns of market share for the major operators in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other regions of Russia, with MTS and MegaFon generally dominating the largest cities and MTS having the largest overall share nationally. Subscriber additions and total subscriber numbers are given for each operator.
The document discusses opportunities for growth in the pervasive computing market in Italy. It provides an overview of forecasts for GDP growth in Italy and other countries in 2009. It then analyzes trends in the Italian ICT market, including a projected decline in the IT market but stability in the telecommunications market. The document identifies several specific vertical markets within pervasive computing that are projected to experience strong growth between 2008-2010, such as infomobility, digital home/domotics, eHealth, mobile payments, and tracking and tracing. It provides examples of applications and market drivers within these verticals.
TIM Participações S.A. reported strong third quarter 2006 results, with continued growth in key metrics. Service revenue grew 38% year-over-year through commercial strategies focusing on high-value customers. ARPU remained stable at R$30.2 despite regulatory changes, while acquisition costs declined. EBITDA margin expanded to 24.6% due to revenue growth and cost efficiencies. Net income increased substantially year-over-year, demonstrating profitable growth through leadership in innovation and customer-centric strategies.
Grupo Antena 3 reported financial results for the first nine months of 2012. Total revenues declined 11% to €512.9 million due to an 18% drop in the TV advertising market in Spain. Operating expenses fell 2% despite higher programming costs for F1 rights. EBITDA was €23.7 million. Antena 3 TV outperformed the market, with gross ad revenues down 10% versus an 18% market decline. Antena 3 gained audience share and was the only major network to increase its "power ratio". Integration of recently acquired La Sexta is proceeding as planned.
The document summarizes mobile operator market data in Russia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Ukraine for July 2010. It shows that MTS remains the largest mobile operator in Russia with over 103 million subscribers as of July 31, 2010. In Moscow, MTS and Vimpelcom together hold over 70% of the market. The data also indicates that MegaFon has the largest market share in St. Petersburg and regions outside of Moscow, while Kyivstar leads the Ukrainian mobile market.
The document discusses Arezzo&Co's financial results for the third quarter of 2011, highlighting an 18.9% increase in net revenue, 47.5% growth in EBITDA, and a 63.3% rise in net income. It also outlines the company's expansion plans, including opening new owned stores and franchises to strengthen its multi-channel distribution strategy and national presence.
1) The WIOF Global Listed Utilities Fund had a total return of 2.4% over the past quarter, outperforming its benchmark index which rose 1.2%.
2) The fund's outperformance was driven by having no holdings in Tokyo Electric Power, the owner of the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, as well as underweight positions in Japanese equities and European utilities with nuclear generation.
3) Top performing stocks in the fund were Verbund AG (+12.4%), American Water Works (+11.8%), and Portland General Electric (+10.7%). Worst performers were Flughafen Wien (-12.6%), Inmarsat (-10.3%), and Central Japan Railway
The document summarizes Ideiasnet's 3Q08 financial results. Key highlights include:
- Net revenue grew 17.7% to R$231.4 million in 3Q08 compared to 3Q07.
- EBITDA grew 64% to R$7.4 million in 3Q08 compared to 3Q07.
- The company invested R$10.1 million in its portfolio companies in 3Q08, including Bolsa de Mulher, Spring Wireless, and Automatos.
- At the end of 3Q08, Ideiasnet had a net credit position of R$2.6 million after being in a net debt position previously.
AC&M Consulting mobile subscribers data for September 2008 in RussiaProcontent.Ru Magazine
This document provides mobile subscriber data for Russia, Moscow, and St. Petersburg as of September 2008. It lists the top 10 mobile operators in Russia by number of subscribers. MTS had the most subscribers in Russia, Moscow, and St. Petersburg, followed by Vimpelcom and MegaFon. The document also includes charts showing the market share breakdown for mobile operators in various regions of Russia.
MTS, Vimpelcom, and MegaFon are the top three mobile operators in Russia, with market shares of 32.1%, 24.2%, and 25.6% respectively. Total mobile subscribers in Russia reached 222 million in May 2011, a penetration rate of 153%. Moscow had the highest penetration rate of 207.4%. MTS recorded negative net additions in April 2011.
This document summarizes mobile operator market shares in Russia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other regions as of December 2010. MTS had the largest share of the overall Russian market at 38.6%, followed by Vimpelcom at 35.5% and MegaFon at 23.9%. In Moscow, MTS had an even higher share of 66.7%, with Vimpelcom at 20.3% and MegaFon at 13%. The top mobile operators added over 1 million subscribers each in Russia during December 2010.
This is a presentation of Aida Anthouli, Communication & Environmental Manager of D-Waste. It was first presented during the Workshop of HSWMA - SeSWA - ISWA: “Opportunities and barriers of Recycling in Balkan-Countries” which was held at the Technical University of Athens, Greece on November 30, 2012. The presentation focuses on the accomplishments, opportunities and barriers of waste recycling in Greece.
This document summarizes mobile operator market data for Russia in May 2010. It shows that MTS had the most subscribers in Russia with over 103 million, followed by Vimpelcom, MegaFon, and Tele2. MTS and MegaFon had the largest shares of the Moscow and St. Petersburg markets, while MegaFon and Tele2 led in the regions. Overall, Russian mobile penetration reached 146.5% and the country saw over 1 million net additions for the month.
TIM Fiber provides TIM Brasil with opportunities to accelerate growth in several areas: 1) mobile data business acceleration by providing higher speeds and capacity; 2) launching a residential broadband business in an underserved market; and 3) accelerating the corporate segment by providing fiber connectivity. TIM Fiber leverages TIM's existing fiber network of over 40,000 km to provide broadband connectivity in a capital efficient manner with marginal incremental capex required. This fiber network strengthens TIM's network and allows opportunities to increase revenue and shareholder value.
- The document discusses Latin Energy, Brazil's largest electricity distribution company. It summarizes Latin Energy's shareholding structure, concession area, market and operational performance, tariff adjustments, and financial results.
- Latin Energy has a large concession area in Brazil with over 16 million people and distributes over 35,000 GWh per year. It has seen increased energy consumption and revenue.
- Tariffs are adjusted annually with periodic reviews to reposition rates every 5 years to balance required and actual revenue.
This document summarizes the results of a survey on the use of mobile data services in the Czech Republic. It finds that 31% of respondents use mobile data services provided by their mobile operator, while 56% do not use or plan to use these services. Younger people and those with higher education are more likely to use mobile data services. The most common reasons for not using the services are that prices are too high and that mobile phones are not convenient for using data services. Among those who use or plan to use services, the most popular would be email, maps, news, and weather information.
- The document summarizes Snyder's-Lance's financial results for the first quarter of 2009.
- Net revenue increased 9.0% compared to Q1 2008, though growth was impacted by a peanut butter recall.
- Gross margin improved to 39.1% from 37.6% in Q1 2008. Operating profit margin increased to 5.0% from 0.8% previously.
- Earnings per share were $0.20 compared to $0.02 in Q1 2008. Management provided full-year 2009 estimates.
2010.gada IGAUNIJAS mediju reklāmas tirgus un 2011.gada prognozesStarcom
ESTONIA: Y2010 media advertising market overview
Igaunijas mediju reklāmas tirgus apjomi, sākot no 2005.gada līdz 2010.gadam. Apkopoti TNS Igaunija, publiskotie tirgus dati un mediju aģentūras Starcom 2011.gada prognozes.
This document summarizes mobile operator and market data for Russia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ukraine, and regions of Russia for April 2010. It shows that MTS had the most subscribers in Russia, Moscow, and regions of Russia, while Vimpelcom had the most in St. Petersburg. In Ukraine, Kyivstar had the most subscribers followed by MTS and Astelit. The document also provides subscriber numbers, market shares, and net additions for the top operators in each location.
This document contains information about the mobile subscriber market shares and additions for several major Russian telecom operators in July 2011. It shows that MTS had the largest number of total mobile subscribers in Russia with over 108 million, followed by Vimpelcom with around 99 million, and MegaFon with around 59 million. It also provides breakdowns of the market shares of each operator in different regions of Russia, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other regions. The market share percentages indicate that the mobile market is largely consolidated among a few major operators.
Igtm pre event golf survey by sports marketing survey - part IMS-Co
The survey found:
1) Spain was the most popular recent international golf destination at 17%, followed by Portugal at 13% and the United States at 7%.
2) 37% of respondents had not taken an international golf trip in the past 5 years.
3) When considering future destinations, recommendations from friends were most important to respondents, followed by golf magazines and online reviews/golf networks. Price, variety of courses, and golf being included in packages were also very important factors.
4) Economic factors like currency exchange rates and fuel costs have at least a little impact on most respondents' decisions to take an international golf trip.
Telecentre Europe recently released an infografic on Digital Inclusion. The document is based on Eurostat data and provides useful data about the usage of internet around Europe. http://www.telecentre-europe.org/
Procontent.Ru: Number of cellular subscribers in Russia and Urkaine (FEB11, A...Procontent.Ru Magazine
This document summarizes mobile operator market data for Russia in February 2011. It shows the top 10 mobile operators by total subscribers in Russia, including MTS as the largest with over 108 million subscribers. It also provides breakdowns of market share for the major operators in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other regions of Russia, with MTS and MegaFon generally dominating the largest cities and MTS having the largest overall share nationally. Subscriber additions and total subscriber numbers are given for each operator.
The document discusses opportunities for growth in the pervasive computing market in Italy. It provides an overview of forecasts for GDP growth in Italy and other countries in 2009. It then analyzes trends in the Italian ICT market, including a projected decline in the IT market but stability in the telecommunications market. The document identifies several specific vertical markets within pervasive computing that are projected to experience strong growth between 2008-2010, such as infomobility, digital home/domotics, eHealth, mobile payments, and tracking and tracing. It provides examples of applications and market drivers within these verticals.
TIM Participações S.A. reported strong third quarter 2006 results, with continued growth in key metrics. Service revenue grew 38% year-over-year through commercial strategies focusing on high-value customers. ARPU remained stable at R$30.2 despite regulatory changes, while acquisition costs declined. EBITDA margin expanded to 24.6% due to revenue growth and cost efficiencies. Net income increased substantially year-over-year, demonstrating profitable growth through leadership in innovation and customer-centric strategies.
Grupo Antena 3 reported financial results for the first nine months of 2012. Total revenues declined 11% to €512.9 million due to an 18% drop in the TV advertising market in Spain. Operating expenses fell 2% despite higher programming costs for F1 rights. EBITDA was €23.7 million. Antena 3 TV outperformed the market, with gross ad revenues down 10% versus an 18% market decline. Antena 3 gained audience share and was the only major network to increase its "power ratio". Integration of recently acquired La Sexta is proceeding as planned.
The document summarizes mobile operator market data in Russia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Ukraine for July 2010. It shows that MTS remains the largest mobile operator in Russia with over 103 million subscribers as of July 31, 2010. In Moscow, MTS and Vimpelcom together hold over 70% of the market. The data also indicates that MegaFon has the largest market share in St. Petersburg and regions outside of Moscow, while Kyivstar leads the Ukrainian mobile market.
The document discusses Arezzo&Co's financial results for the third quarter of 2011, highlighting an 18.9% increase in net revenue, 47.5% growth in EBITDA, and a 63.3% rise in net income. It also outlines the company's expansion plans, including opening new owned stores and franchises to strengthen its multi-channel distribution strategy and national presence.
1) The WIOF Global Listed Utilities Fund had a total return of 2.4% over the past quarter, outperforming its benchmark index which rose 1.2%.
2) The fund's outperformance was driven by having no holdings in Tokyo Electric Power, the owner of the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, as well as underweight positions in Japanese equities and European utilities with nuclear generation.
3) Top performing stocks in the fund were Verbund AG (+12.4%), American Water Works (+11.8%), and Portland General Electric (+10.7%). Worst performers were Flughafen Wien (-12.6%), Inmarsat (-10.3%), and Central Japan Railway
The document summarizes Ideiasnet's 3Q08 financial results. Key highlights include:
- Net revenue grew 17.7% to R$231.4 million in 3Q08 compared to 3Q07.
- EBITDA grew 64% to R$7.4 million in 3Q08 compared to 3Q07.
- The company invested R$10.1 million in its portfolio companies in 3Q08, including Bolsa de Mulher, Spring Wireless, and Automatos.
- At the end of 3Q08, Ideiasnet had a net credit position of R$2.6 million after being in a net debt position previously.
AC&M Consulting mobile subscribers data for September 2008 in RussiaProcontent.Ru Magazine
This document provides mobile subscriber data for Russia, Moscow, and St. Petersburg as of September 2008. It lists the top 10 mobile operators in Russia by number of subscribers. MTS had the most subscribers in Russia, Moscow, and St. Petersburg, followed by Vimpelcom and MegaFon. The document also includes charts showing the market share breakdown for mobile operators in various regions of Russia.
MTS, Vimpelcom, and MegaFon are the top three mobile operators in Russia, with market shares of 32.1%, 24.2%, and 25.6% respectively. Total mobile subscribers in Russia reached 222 million in May 2011, a penetration rate of 153%. Moscow had the highest penetration rate of 207.4%. MTS recorded negative net additions in April 2011.
This document summarizes mobile operator market shares in Russia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other regions as of December 2010. MTS had the largest share of the overall Russian market at 38.6%, followed by Vimpelcom at 35.5% and MegaFon at 23.9%. In Moscow, MTS had an even higher share of 66.7%, with Vimpelcom at 20.3% and MegaFon at 13%. The top mobile operators added over 1 million subscribers each in Russia during December 2010.
This is a presentation of Aida Anthouli, Communication & Environmental Manager of D-Waste. It was first presented during the Workshop of HSWMA - SeSWA - ISWA: “Opportunities and barriers of Recycling in Balkan-Countries” which was held at the Technical University of Athens, Greece on November 30, 2012. The presentation focuses on the accomplishments, opportunities and barriers of waste recycling in Greece.
This document summarizes mobile operator market data for Russia in May 2010. It shows that MTS had the most subscribers in Russia with over 103 million, followed by Vimpelcom, MegaFon, and Tele2. MTS and MegaFon had the largest shares of the Moscow and St. Petersburg markets, while MegaFon and Tele2 led in the regions. Overall, Russian mobile penetration reached 146.5% and the country saw over 1 million net additions for the month.
TIM Fiber provides TIM Brasil with opportunities to accelerate growth in several areas: 1) mobile data business acceleration by providing higher speeds and capacity; 2) launching a residential broadband business in an underserved market; and 3) accelerating the corporate segment by providing fiber connectivity. TIM Fiber leverages TIM's existing fiber network of over 40,000 km to provide broadband connectivity in a capital efficient manner with marginal incremental capex required. This fiber network strengthens TIM's network and allows opportunities to increase revenue and shareholder value.
- The document discusses Latin Energy, Brazil's largest electricity distribution company. It summarizes Latin Energy's shareholding structure, concession area, market and operational performance, tariff adjustments, and financial results.
- Latin Energy has a large concession area in Brazil with over 16 million people and distributes over 35,000 GWh per year. It has seen increased energy consumption and revenue.
- Tariffs are adjusted annually with periodic reviews to reposition rates every 5 years to balance required and actual revenue.
This document discusses machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and the Internet of Things (IoT). M2M allows machines and devices to communicate without human intervention. The M2M market is expected to grow rapidly and enable many applications like fleet management and smart metering. Standards organizations are working to develop frameworks to facilitate M2M. The document will cover common M2M uses cases and technologies, focusing on how devices interconnect using wireless, wired, IP and security standards. It will also review the state of M2M standards from groups like 3GPP, ETSI and IETF.
This document provides an update on Direct Mail (DM) campaigns for Electrabel in Belgium. It summarizes DM investments and media mix from 2008-2010, showing Electrabel had the largest market share but this decreased in 2010. Competitor mailings from Luminus, Nuon, and others are displayed. Results of a DM "Carbon Meter" tool are presented, showing reductions in carbon emissions from using lighter-weight recycled paper and less ink. Surveys indicate green mailings had mixed effects on recall and response rates depending on language and target group (prospects vs. clients).
Mobile messaging down, mobile content sales revenue down, but mobile Internet showed a slight increase, while other mobile VAS demonstrated strong growth - more than 28%.
1) The document analyzes the financial and operating performance of Eletropaulo in 2003 and 2004.
2) Key results include a 15% increase in net revenue from 2003 to 2004 but a 13.4% rise in operating expenses, leading to a 20% growth in EBITDA.
3) However, financial expenses rose significantly from 2003 to 2004 due to foreign exchange losses, resulting in a large decrease in net profit over the period.
Vivo Participações S/A reported financial results for the second quarter of 2008, with consolidated service revenue growing 14% year-over-year to R$3.4 billion. Consolidated EBITDA increased 16% to R$961 million, with an EBITDA margin of 23.2%. Vivo maintained its nationwide market leadership position in Brazil with a market share of 30.4%. Key operational metrics like ARPU and MOU showed increases compared to the prior year. Capex increased to support investments in network capacity and quality as well as 3G licenses.
Presentation to ISOC INET Qatar Conference, 27 November 2012, focusing on the Middle East and North African in a Global Perspective. Based on the Global Values Project at the OII, University of Oxford.
The document summarizes findings from Mercer's 2010 worldwide survey on international assignment policies and practices. Some key findings include:
- Over 1,000 multinational companies participated in the survey from the Americas, Asia Pacific and EMEA regions.
- On average, companies sent 860 expatriates on assignment in 2010, with a median of 257. The Americas had the highest average use of expatriates.
- Common changes to assignment policies in the last two years included decreasing use of expatriates, heavier reliance on local employees, and increased use of cost-of-living allowances.
- Areas of global mobility policy under review included global policy development, short-term assignments,
Mobile phones!
Praekelt Foundation:
- Developed an SMS system to remind patients of appointments
- Collect medical history via SMS
- Send SMS to clinics with patient data
- Clinics can send SMS back with appointment details
Runs on Amazon EC2 and S3
Over 1 million patients enrolled
Appointment adherence increased from 50% to 85%
Lessons: Mobile is key to healthcare in developing world
#1: Discovr Apps
#2: L&T Infotech
#3: V-serv.mobi
#4: Praekelt
#5: Kuliza
This document contains survey results from IT services companies. Some key findings include:
- Application development, infrastructure services, and testing/QA were the most common types of projects completed in 2012 and anticipated for 2013.
- Most companies won between 20-40% of the projects they were awarded in 2012.
- Over 75% of companies indicated that experience/expertise was their strongest competitive advantage while cost/benefit was their weakest.
- Online career boards and LinkedIn were the most commonly used resources for hiring, followed by referrals and job fairs.
Electrolux Capital Markets Day 2012 - Presentation Alberto ZanataElectrolux Group
Electrolux Capital Markets Day. November 14, 2012, Stockholm, Sweden. Together with senior management, the President and CEO of Electrolux, Keith McLoughlin will present the Group’s strategy to create further sustainable economic value at today’s capital markets day.
Profitability of Optical Component Suppliers - CIOE 2012LightCounting
At the China International Optoelectronic Exhibition 2012, our LightCounting analyst team presented this market research data. It highlighted the profitability (or lack thereof) of optical component suppliers.
This document provides an overview of key market data and regulatory statuses for telecommunications markets across Latin America. It summarizes broadband, mobile, pay TV, and telephony subscriber statistics for 2009 in countries like Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. It also outlines major M&A activity and key drivers for growth in voice, data and connectivity in the region, noting the need for further network upgrades and investments to meet rising exponential demand.
The document summarizes Russian VAS market data from Q3 and Q4 2008. It shows that total VAS revenues declined slightly quarter-over-quarter to $994.7 million in Q4 2008. Content revenues grew 11.7% while messaging revenues declined 7.7% over the same period. Charts break down the VAS market by segment, operator, and operator market share in content, data, messaging, and other VAS services.
Collaboration to ensure the next generation of networks_sept2011Sylwia Boguszewska
Global fiber broadband adoption is led by Asia Pacific which accounts for almost half of all broadband lines. While DSL remains the dominant technology globally, FTTH accounts for 11% of lines and is growing rapidly. Regulators, operators, and service providers should focus on increased FTTH deployment in emerging markets and on offering value-added multiplay services to increase revenue through higher ARPU.
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Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
Fueling AI with Great Data with Airbyte WebinarZilliz
This talk will focus on how to collect data from a variety of sources, leveraging this data for RAG and other GenAI use cases, and finally charting your course to productionalization.
HCL Notes und Domino Lizenzkostenreduzierung in der Welt von DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-und-domino-lizenzkostenreduzierung-in-der-welt-von-dlau/
DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
Diese Themen werden behandelt
- Reduzierung der Lizenzkosten durch Auffinden und Beheben von Fehlkonfigurationen und überflüssigen Konten
- Wie funktionieren CCB- und CCX-Lizenzen wirklich?
- Verstehen des DLAU-Tools und wie man es am besten nutzt
- Tipps für häufige Problembereiche, wie z. B. Team-Postfächer, Funktions-/Testbenutzer usw.
- Praxisbeispiele und Best Practices zum sofortigen Umsetzen
What is an RPA CoE? Session 1 – CoE VisionDianaGray10
In the first session, we will review the organization's vision and how this has an impact on the COE Structure.
Topics covered:
• The role of a steering committee
• How do the organization’s priorities determine CoE Structure?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
"Frontline Battles with DDoS: Best practices and Lessons Learned", Igor IvaniukFwdays
At this talk we will discuss DDoS protection tools and best practices, discuss network architectures and what AWS has to offer. Also, we will look into one of the largest DDoS attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure that happened in February 2022. We'll see, what techniques helped to keep the web resources available for Ukrainians and how AWS improved DDoS protection for all customers based on Ukraine experience
Essentials of Automations: Exploring Attributes & Automation ParametersSafe Software
Building automations in FME Flow can save time, money, and help businesses scale by eliminating data silos and providing data to stakeholders in real-time. One essential component to orchestrating complex automations is the use of attributes & automation parameters (both formerly known as “keys”). In fact, it’s unlikely you’ll ever build an Automation without using these components, but what exactly are they?
Attributes & automation parameters enable the automation author to pass data values from one automation component to the next. During this webinar, our FME Flow Specialists will cover leveraging the three types of these output attributes & parameters in FME Flow: Event, Custom, and Automation. As a bonus, they’ll also be making use of the Split-Merge Block functionality.
You’ll leave this webinar with a better understanding of how to maximize the potential of automations by making use of attributes & automation parameters, with the ultimate goal of setting your enterprise integration workflows up on autopilot.
Skybuffer SAM4U tool for SAP license adoptionTatiana Kojar
Manage and optimize your license adoption and consumption with SAM4U, an SAP free customer software asset management tool.
SAM4U, an SAP complimentary software asset management tool for customers, delivers a detailed and well-structured overview of license inventory and usage with a user-friendly interface. We offer a hosted, cost-effective, and performance-optimized SAM4U setup in the Skybuffer Cloud environment. You retain ownership of the system and data, while we manage the ABAP 7.58 infrastructure, ensuring fixed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and exceptional services through the SAP Fiori interface.
AppSec PNW: Android and iOS Application Security with MobSFAjin Abraham
Mobile Security Framework - MobSF is a free and open source automated mobile application security testing environment designed to help security engineers, researchers, developers, and penetration testers to identify security vulnerabilities, malicious behaviours and privacy concerns in mobile applications using static and dynamic analysis. It supports all the popular mobile application binaries and source code formats built for Android and iOS devices. In addition to automated security assessment, it also offers an interactive testing environment to build and execute scenario based test/fuzz cases against the application.
This talk covers:
Using MobSF for static analysis of mobile applications.
Interactive dynamic security assessment of Android and iOS applications.
Solving Mobile app CTF challenges.
Reverse engineering and runtime analysis of Mobile malware.
How to shift left and integrate MobSF/mobsfscan SAST and DAST in your build pipeline.
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
Digital Banking in the Cloud: How Citizens Bank Unlocked Their MainframePrecisely
Inconsistent user experience and siloed data, high costs, and changing customer expectations – Citizens Bank was experiencing these challenges while it was attempting to deliver a superior digital banking experience for its clients. Its core banking applications run on the mainframe and Citizens was using legacy utilities to get the critical mainframe data to feed customer-facing channels, like call centers, web, and mobile. Ultimately, this led to higher operating costs (MIPS), delayed response times, and longer time to market.
Ever-changing customer expectations demand more modern digital experiences, and the bank needed to find a solution that could provide real-time data to its customer channels with low latency and operating costs. Join this session to learn how Citizens is leveraging Precisely to replicate mainframe data to its customer channels and deliver on their “modern digital bank” experiences.
zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing.pdfssuserfac0301
Read Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing to gain insights on AI adoption in the manufacturing industry, such as:
1. How quickly AI is being implemented in manufacturing.
2. Which barriers stand in the way of AI adoption.
3. How data quality and governance form the backbone of AI.
4. Organizational processes and structures that may inhibit effective AI adoption.
6. Ideas and approaches to help build your organization's AI strategy.
"Choosing proper type of scaling", Olena SyrotaFwdays
Imagine an IoT processing system that is already quite mature and production-ready and for which client coverage is growing and scaling and performance aspects are life and death questions. The system has Redis, MongoDB, and stream processing based on ksqldb. In this talk, firstly, we will analyze scaling approaches and then select the proper ones for our system.
Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
Conversational agents, or chatbots, are increasingly used to access all sorts of services using natural language. While open-domain chatbots - like ChatGPT - can converse on any topic, task-oriented chatbots - the focus of this paper - are designed for specific tasks, like booking a flight, obtaining customer support, or setting an appointment. Like any other software, task-oriented chatbots need to be properly tested, usually by defining and executing test scenarios (i.e., sequences of user-chatbot interactions). However, there is currently a lack of methods to quantify the completeness and strength of such test scenarios, which can lead to low-quality tests, and hence to buggy chatbots.
To fill this gap, we propose adapting mutation testing (MuT) for task-oriented chatbots. To this end, we introduce a set of mutation operators that emulate faults in chatbot designs, an architecture that enables MuT on chatbots built using heterogeneous technologies, and a practical realisation as an Eclipse plugin. Moreover, we evaluate the applicability, effectiveness and efficiency of our approach on open-source chatbots, with promising results.
Making the Right Connections in the New Mobile World Technology, Tablets and Tariffs
1. Making the Right Connections in the New Mobile World
Technology, Tablets and Tariffs
Shaun Collins
shaun.collins@ccsinsight.com
Twitter: @shauncollins
Apple success in multiple segmentsHuge volumes since 2007Over 365 million iOS devices shipped400mitunes accountsOver 180 million iPhones shippedMore than 25 billion apps downloaded + $4bn to developers~$100 billion in the bankMove beyond consumers to corporate usersCreation of new category with iPadNokia / RIM market share collapseDevastating loss in key segments for both companiesOperational misstepsCaught out by agile competitionThe ascendancy of AndroidUnprecedented successOver 900k activations per day (June 2011)Broad tier-one manufacturer supportBurgeoning brand recognition with consumersFree MobileLaunched in January 2012Flagship tariff of €19.90 per month, including unlimited domestic and international calls. Low-cost distribution model, selling SIM-only contracts mostly over the internet.No results published yet by the operatorOrange launched Sosh in autumn 2011, aimed at the youth market and users of social networking, to protect market shareBy mid-Feb Orange said that it had lost 201,000 customers, equivalent to 0.7% of its mobile base. This comprised 1.04 million customers who had switched to rival networks and 837,000 gross additions. The gross additions were boosted by Sosh, which reached a total of 90k subscribers. Requests for mobile number portability had returned to near normal levels of around 10,000 per day having peaked at around 150,000 in the first 48 hours following the launch of Free.Likely to see major impact on margins for incumbents this year and lower ARPU which at around €35 is one of the highest in Europe.
In the early stages of whole new marketUsers bring behaviour and expectations from the computing world to tabletsTablets not seen as a “mobile” deviceBut mobile market conditions complicate the purchase decisionUser behaviour is already adapting to the new categoryEnterprise software needs to improve before business customers engage with tablets
We have not reached the half-way point with smartphones yet~1bn mobile broadband SIMs so farA demand multiplier is operating with mobile data (also with fixed broadband)More people with devicesMore devices per personMore data per deviceForecasts show traffic trends continuin