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Sky Technologies to Ring Nasdaq Opening Bell on Friday, March 4, 2022

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MIAMI, FL, Mar 2, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - SQL Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SKYX) ("Sky Technologies" or "the Company"), a Company with highly disruptive smart platform technologies, with over 60 U.S. and global patents and patent pending applications, enhancing safety and smart home lifestyle in homes and buildings, today announced that management will lead the opening bell ceremony at the NASDAQ Stock Market on Friday, March 4, 2022 in celebration of its February 2022 initial public offering.Attending from Sky Technologies will be Executive Chairman Rani R. Kohen (Founder and Inventor), President Steve Schmidt (former CEO of AC-Nielsen and International President of Office Depot), and CEO John Campi (former CPO Chrysler and Dupont).The ceremony will begin at approximately 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time and can be viewed live or via replay at https://skyplug.com/media/ and will be broadcast live on major financial television networks globally."I am truly honored to ring the Nasdaq opening bell on behalf of our valued employees and shareholders - a global symbol of success, marking an iconic moment as we begin our journey as a public company," said Rani Kohen, Executive Chai...

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Winklevoss twins and global decacorn invest in US$29M Series A of Singapore-based fintech Volopay as it prepares APAC and MENA expansion

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– The enterprise FinOps platform has taken on a strategic investment from global blue-chip investors to drive continued expansion and technology innovation– The Series A funding round comprised participation from JAM Fund, Winklevoss Capital Management, Accial Capital, Rapyd Ventures, Jeffrey Cruttenden – CEO of Acorns along with Access Ventures, Antler Global, and VentureSouq– Volopay plans to strengthen its footprint in APAC and MENA with a multi-market expansion alongside further investment in product development SINGAPORE, Mar 1, 2022 – (ACN Newswire) – Volopay, a Y Combinator-backed Singapore-based corporate cards, and payable management startup has successfully raised US$29 million in its Series A round through a mix of equity and debt. The investment round included participation from JAM Fund, Winklevoss Capital Management, Rapyd Ventures, Accial Capital, fintech veteran and angel investor Jeffrey Cruttenden – CEO of Acorns along with Access Ventures, Antler Global, and VentureSouq. The strategic investment from leading blue-chip investors will fuel Volopay’s foray into the APAC and MENA markets to tackle two of the most pressing problems that SMEs and startups face – high F...

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NEC and SS8 Conduct Interoperability Verification of 5GC and Lawful Interception Solution

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Tokyo, Japan and Milpitas, California, Mar 1, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and new windowSS8 Networks (SS8), a leader in Lawful Intercept and Monitoring Center Platforms, today announced they are conducting interoperability testing between NEC's 5G core and SS8's lawful interception (LI) solution. The verification is expected to be completed in March this year. The certification supports NEC's mission to deliver open, secure, and efficient 5G networks globally. Lawful interception solutions allow law enforcement agencies with the proper government authorization to legally intercept and monitor the telecommunications of subjects of interest. NEC is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies, driving the adoption of 5G networks with end-to-end carrier-grade quality ranging from the core and transport to RAN and the edge. A pioneer in cloud-native 5G core, NEC enables operators to benefit from shorter time to market and immediate monetization. To continue advancing its solutions, NEC sought a partner with deep, international technical expertise to integrate an LI solution that meets various standards. With SS8's Xcipio platform,...

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Society Pass (SoPa) Adds Vietnam’s Handycart To Its Next-Generation Digital Ecosystem and Loyalty Platform

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SINGAPORE, Feb 28, 2022 – (ACN Newswire) – Society Pass Incorporated (SoPa) (Nasdaq: “SOPA”), a leading Southeast Asian data-driven loyalty platform today, announced that it has acquired Dream Space Trading Company Limited (“Dream Space”), the operator of Handycart, a leading online grocery delivery service based in Hanoi, Vietnam. The newly acquired company will be integrated into SoPa’s F&B delivery vertical with SoPa’s existing merchant software platform #HOTTAB. Handycart founder and CEO, Seo Jun Ho, has been named Head of the new Business Unit managing both Handycart and #HOTTAB in Vietnam. Founded in 2019, Handycart is an online grocery delivery app with its own fleet of delivery vehicles that focuses on servicing the Korean restaurant market and F&B sector in Hanoi. Korean food and pop-culture have taken Vietnam by storm, driven by the growing “Korean Wave”, a recent survey by market research firm Q&Me found that 58 percent of Vietnamese favor Korean cuisine. Commenting on this strategic step, Ngo Thi Cham, SoPa Vietnam Country General Manager, said, “We are excited to welcome Handycart to our larger SoPa ecosystem which will enable it to harness our integrated m...

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Gemie Raises $3.8M for Building Asia’s First Entertainment Metaverse

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The project aims to build an Asia-focused Metaverse platform for A-list celebrities, including K-pop stars, to create virtual planets, digital collectibles, and utility-focused NFTs. Through Gemie metaverse, fans will be able to interact with their favorite celebrities in a meaningful way and open up new commercial opportunities for artists and IPs. The fundraising round is led by Shima Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, and NGC Ventures. London, UK, February 28, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – Gemie is delighted to announce the completion of the latest $3.8 million fundraising round led by Shima Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, and NGC Ventures. The funding will accelerate the development of the Gemie Marketplace and the entertainment-themed metaverse. Newman Capital, Soul Capital, Kenetic, Sparks Digital Capital, ICO Pantera, SL2, Oddiyana Ventures, Beyond NEXT, QUDAX LLC, and AVStar Capital also participated in the round. Gemie’s goal is to connect top-tier celebrities in Asia with their fans without geographical limitations through an immersive metaverse experience. Fans will be able to interact with their favorite stars and IPs by traveling through different virtual planets and enjoy e...

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NEC Awarded “Requirements Compliant Ribbon” for 5G massive MIMO Open RAN Radio Units for Latest Published TIP Requirements 2.0

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TOKYO, Feb 28, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) has been awarded its second ribbon from the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), this time for complying with the requirements for TIP's OpenRAN RU Technical Requirements Document 2.0. This updated, comprehensive list of technical requirements for Open RAN is built on the valuable work from the operator signatories of the Open RAN MoU Group (European telecom operators Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, TIM and Vodafone), and others. NEC is an active participant in several consortia looking to drive technology requirements and standards for Open RAN and is the first global 5G supplier to have live, deployed 5G massive MIMO radio units that are OpenRAN compliant. TIP is comprised of hundreds of companies - service providers, technology suppliers, systems integrators and more - who collaborate to ensure the proliferation of open, disaggregated and standards-based solutions to deliver global connectivity and fully realize the potential of a connected world. As was the case with TIP's previous recognition of NEC product compliance against the Requirements Document 1.0, the company's 5G massive MIMO radio uni...

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First and Third for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s Flying Finns on Snow

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Toyota City, Japan, Feb 28, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team is celebrating the first win for its new GR YARIS Rally1 car after Kalle Rovanpera secured victory on Rally Sweden, round two of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship. Rovanpera's fellow Finnish driver Esapekka Lappi finished third to complete a double podium finish for the team on his first start for TGR since 2018.Car 69 (Kalle Rovanpera, Jonne Halttunen)For most of the rally, all three of the team's drivers were part of a close fight for victory on the unfamiliar, high-speed, snow-covered roads around the event's new base in Umea. Rovanpera was disadvantaged on Friday by having to run first on the road as the highest-placed driver in the championship, but concluded Satuday leading team-mate Elfyn Evans by 8.3 seconds.Evans was penalised 10s overnight after an incident at the end of Saturday's final stage, but his hopes of victory were ended in Sunday's opener. Having started with the centrally-supplied hybrid system deactivated due to an issue, Evans then had a spin in the stage and damaged the front of the car. After stopping to make repairs he reached the end of the s...

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Explore with Xplr Me

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SINGAPORE, Feb 28, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Xplr Me (Explore Me) is a digital platform that connects students to tutors, life coaches, and mentors from anywhere in the world, while they are sitting in the comfort of their living room! Pick up a new hobby, learn a new skill, or just plain understand themselves better with the assortment of classes and courses on offer!Xplr Me goes beyond academics, and is for all age groups and life stages, putting students in touch with educators and coaches from all around the world, who will guide them to success. With life coaches teaching students how to set goals and meet them, to career coaches who will help nail the perfect resume, Xplr Me is not an average enrichment site! Be constantly enriched with continuous guidance and mentorship that will set students up for success!THE BIRTH OF XPLR MEFounded by founder Nirali Mehta in 2021, Xplr Me was born from the frustration of having to find teachers and mentors for herself and her two kids. Traditional classes and teachers were bound by distance and location, and by logistics, especially with the limitations brought by the global pandemic. There was always that feeling of compr...

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GWI Drives APAC Expansion with Hire of Aditi Kohli

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Aditi will be responsible for GWI's growth strategy throughout the region, including hiring new talent and building regional presenceGWI aims to disrupt traditional market research throughout APACSingapore, Feb 28, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Following its successful US$180 million in Series B funding in February 2022, valuing the company at US$850M, GWI, the leading audience insights company, is well on its way to ambitious growth plans in the APAC region, spearheaded by the hiring of Aditi Kohli as APAC Senior Vice President. Aditi will be based in Singapore.Aditi Kohli, APAC Senior Vice President, GWIAditi will drive the company’s growth, working with enterprise partners to help them gain a deeper understanding of local consumers. The investments are being utilized to further advance GWI’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, as well as hiring new talent to support global expansion.GWI has already seen strong growth in APAC, with over 20% of its clients based in the region. As the company continues to expand, it will offer much-needed alternatives to traditional market research, which is often not fit-for-purpose, too slow, expensive, and difficult to scale. Thro...

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Leon Fuat Berhad’s Q4 Profit After Tax Jumps 61.8% to RM29 Million

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Group’s financial performance supported by higher gross profit margin resulting from higher average selling prices SHAH ALAM, Malaysia, Feb 25, 2022 – (ACN Newswire) – Leon Fuat Berhad (“Leon Fuat” or the “Group”), a manufacturer and trader of steel products, specialising in rolled long and flat products today released the Group’s financial results for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2021 (“Q4FY2021”) recording 61.8% growth in profit after tax (“PAT”) to RM29.09 million compared with RM17.98 million in the corresponding quarter of the preceding year (“Q4FY2020”). Calvin Ooi Shang How, Executive Director of Leon Fuat The Group is pleased to note that for the quarter under review, revenue increased by 27.8% to RM254.21 million compared with RM198.96 million in Q4FY2020 while profit before tax (“PBT”) recorded a 106.5% increase to RM38.61 million compared with RM18.70 million. On a segmental basis, revenue from trading of steel products registered a 26.5% increase to RM81.95 million while revenue from processing of steel products recorded a 28.4% rise to RM172.18 million. The trading segment’s contribution to revenue stood at 32.2% in Q4FY2021 compared with 32.6% in the correspon...

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Etermon Raises $2 Million in Private Round

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Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, February 25, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – The BSC-based GameFi project has successfully raised $2 million in a recently-concluded private round to cap off its good run in early 2022. Etermon, a strategy-centered NFT game developed by Vietnam-based Moli Studio, has hit the million-dollar mark in Private round. This round of funding began in End-December and had attracted investment worldwide. There are notable names such as Bluewheel Capital, Automatic Venture Group, Croc Capital, CoinCu Ventures, CoinLab Ventures, OGRTZ Ventures, Metaver Ventures and many others. In addition to receiving support from international investors, Etermon works with a high-profile advisory board. Those include experts in blockchain and finance from Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Poland and USA. The coordinates of a group of advisors who have a rich experience in the industry have made a stable foundation for Etermon to run sustainably as well as capable of achieving great success. One of Etermon’s strategic partners is Ulti Arena – a Poland-based proof of gaming and NFT marketplace for gaming artists and developers. With the gaming community at the heart of Etermon’s long-term plan, a partners...

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Eisai: LENVIMA (lenvatinib) Plus KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) Approved in Japan for Radically Unresectable or Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

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TOKYO and KENILWORTH, N.J., Feb 25, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Eisai and Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A. (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) today announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved the combination of LENVIMA, the orally available multiple receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor discovered by Eisai, plus KEYTRUDA, the anti-PD-1 therapy from Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A., for radically unresectable or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). LENVIMA plus KEYTRUDA is also approved in the U.S. and Europe for the first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced RCC. This marks the second approval of this combination in Japan; in December 2021, LENVIMA plus KEYTRUDA was approved for unresectable, advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma that progressed after chemotherapy. The approval is based on results from the pivotal Phase 3 CLEAR (Study 307)/KEYNOTE-581 trial, in which LENVIMA plus KEYTRUDA demonstrated statistically significant improvements versus sunitinib in the primary efficacy outcome measure of progression-free survival (PFS). Results showed LENVIMA plus KEYTRU...

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NEC Expands Open Networks Portfolio with 18 New O-RAN Radios

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TOKYO, Feb 25, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has dramatically expanded its open RAN Radio Units (O-RUs) portfolio with the introduction of several new products and configurations. These 18 new Radio Units help NEC maintain its leadership position in the O-RU segment as ORAN deployments gain momentum globally. The new RU products complement NEC?s existing portfolio to help meet the demands of private and public mobile networks that will drive Open RAN initiatives forward this year.These launches add new configurations (4T4R, 8T8R, 32T32R, 64T64R) to NEC?s industry-leading portfolio of massive MIMO radios. All the new configurations are built on modular platforms, allowing fast time to market and adaptation to customer-specific needs. For instance, the majority of the new RUs are available in 5G NR and 4G LTE with dual-band versions for the most popular band combinations. Network operators will benefit from several technological advancements, including natural convection cooling, high performance digital beamforming, small volume and weight and aggressive cost-efficiency.Patrick Lopez, NEC's global VP for product management 5G, commented, ...

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Robin.io to Accelerate 5G and Edge deployment and management at MWC#2022

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SAN JOSE, CA, Feb 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Robin.io, the world's leading provider of Cloud Native Platform for Service Providers is participating at the world's most influential event, Mobile World Congress - Barcelona, 2022. At MWC #2022, Robin.io and industry-leading partners aim to demonstrate to customers live use cases and future-ready stack on the new capabilities of 5G and Edge.Communication Service Providers (CSPs) and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are facing huge 5G investment decisions over the next few years. Robin Cloud-native, flexible Kubernetes platform offers greater choice and agility to accelerate new connectivity and service options. Robin.io is already helping operators provide the 5G/MEC service promise with unmatched lifecycle simplicity, performance, scale, and advanced workload placement.Mobile network operators (MNOs) are building their 5G network infrastructure with a new emphasis on cost effective performance. Robin.io is able to quickly bring their platform to deployment and also support 5G vRAN by using Intel Smart Edge – a cloud native based software platform that incorporates advanced Kubernetes networking for Telco deployment, ...

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SOEs Minister Erick Thohir paves the way for Good Corporate Governance

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– Good Corporate Governance (GCG) mandated for SOEs (State-Owned Enterprises) under the Minister’s lead JAKARTA, Feb 24, 2022 – (ACN Newswire) – Good corporate governance (GCG) can help Indonesia’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) increase their value, investor confidence, develop their businesses, and manage risks. Therefore, Indonesian SOEs must implement GCG to fulfill their responsibility to the country, their shareholders, and the public, according to analysts. SOEs Minister Erick Thohir (ANTARA/HO) GCG involves regulating, managing, and supervising a sustainable business control process to increase share value, as a form of accountability to shareholders without ignoring the interests of stakeholders, including employees, creditors, and the community. In Indonesia, the implementation of GCG has been mandated for all SOEs under Erick Thohir’s leadership as the Minister of SOEs. According to Thohir, all SOEs must apply the five GCG principles outlined in the SOE Minister’s Regulation Number PER-09/MBU/2012, Amendments to Regulation Number PER-01/MBU/2011 on the Implementation of Good Corporate Governance in SOEs. – The first GCG principle involves transparency in decision-making ...

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PIL’s Revenue Hit All-Time High for FYE 2021

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HONG KONG, Feb 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Pentamaster International Limited ("PIL" or "the Group") which is listed under the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited announced its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2021 today. The Group hit a new record in its 2021 revenue, registering at MYR508.1 million, whilst its net profit stood at MYR116.7 million for financial year ended 2021; marking an improvement of approximately 21.4% and 2.5% respectively from the corresponding period last year.the performance of the respective operating segments, which includes elements of the inter-segment transactions during the yearThe overall performance of the Group recovered commendably in 2021, with growth driven by improved contributions from both the ATE and FAS business segments with each segment accounted for approximately 70.1% and 29.9% of the total Group's revenue, as compared to 2020 of 67.6% and 32.4%, respectively.ATE segmentWith a revenue contribution rate of 70.1%, the ATE segment continued to contribute the larger portion of the Group's overall revenue and profit. After witnessing a decline in revenue last year, total revenue from this s...