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‘Tech4Good - Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets’ accreditation for ad-funded mobile internet service keeping over 250m people in developing world connected 

LONDON-Friday 31 January 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Leading mobile technology company, Upstream, has been shortlisted for a prestigious Global Mobile Award (GLOMO) from the GSMA at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February. Upstream’s Zero-D has been selected for making mobile internet access available to 250 million consumers without data in emerging markets.

“In many countries in the developing world,” said Upstream Chief Product & Strategy Officer, Kostas Kastanis, “a mobile phone is the only way for people to connect to the internet. In countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, reading the news online can cost around one third of an entire family’s income. Essential online services are out of reach much of the time.&rdq ... Read more »

98,000 malicious Android apps and 43 million infected devices in 20 countries

32% of most malicious apps still available on Google Play 

LONDON.-Friday 31 January 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 93 percent of total mobile transactions in 20 countries were blocked as fraudulent in 2019 according to a report on the state of malware and mobile ad fraud released today by mobile technology company, Upstream. The “Invisible Digital Threat” data is based on deployments of Upstream’s Secure-D full-stack anti-fraud platform that detects and blocks fraudulent mobile transactions mostly originated from ad fraud malware. The platform at the end of 2019 covered 31 mobile operators in 20 countries.

In the markets examined, Upstream’s security platform processed 1.71 billion mobile transactions and blocked 1.6 billion of them as fraudulent, a staggering 93 percent of total transactions. It is estimated that left unchecked these tra ... Read more »

New web services APIs and container technology streamline integration of nShield® HSMs with cloud environments, bringing high assurance security to enterprise cloud migration

- Implementation of Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ FY 2019 Project "Research on Smart City Model for Solving Social Problems in Malaysia" in Cyberjaya, Malaysia -

TOKYO.-Friday 31 January 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As part of the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ FY 2019 project "Research on Smart City Model for Solving Social Problems in Malaysia", based on the smart city initiatives which has been started with the City of Las Vegas, United States, NTT Group (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (Hereinafter, NTT), NTT Communications Corporation, NTT Ltd., InfoCom Research, Inc., NTT DATA Corporation, NTT COMWARE Corporation) will conduct Asia's one of the first Smart City Proof of Concept (PoC) in the Cyberjaya area of Malaysia from February 2020, in cooperation with local stakeholders. Through this PoC, NTT Group aims to establish a sustainable business model wh ... Read more »

ISTANBUL-Friday 31 January 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ucell, one of the leading operators in Central Asia, and P.I. Works teamed up for implementing an integrated network and business performance management platform as part of digital transformation. The solution will provide visibility across radio, transport and core networks for 2G, 3G and 4G as well as information from various other data sources such as marketing, finance and sales. As a key part of the project, P.I. Works will implement executive dashboards to provide real time network and business performance insights for c-level executives of Ucell.

The solution provides powerful data processing and visualization capabilities powered by AI-based recommendations to ensure that both technical and business users can quickly receive actionable insights. This empowers Ucell team to understand the factors with the greatest impact on the customers’ quality of experience and their relation to the busi ... Read more »