HENLEY & PARTNERS: SECURE RESIDENCE RIGHTS VIA NAMIBIAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) --  Henley & Partners, the global leaders in residence and citizenship planning, has launched Namibia Residence by Investment Program, the world’s latest investment migration option and Africa’s second.

The programme provides numerous opportunities for international investors seeking a foothold and growth on the African continent, including tax incentives, financing, and a one-stop bureau service for international companies.

Henley & Partners Group Head of Private Clients, Dominic Volek, in a statement said: “We are delighted to announce this innovative new residence by investment offering in Africa.

“Namibia’s stunning landscape, attractive tax system, and business-friendly environment make it an ideal option for international entrepreneurs, high-net-worth individuals or retirees.”

Currently, the new luxury golf and eco-friendly President’s Links Estate in Walvis Bay is the only investment route for the Namibia Residence by Investment Program.

Volek pointed out that there has been significant and ongoing growth in the demand for residence and citizenship by investment options over the past few years.

“The appeal of investment migration for affluent families is truly universal due to its many benefits, ranging from domicile diversification to global mobility enhancement, to accessing world-class education and healthcare, to having a plan B in times of turmoil,” he added.

The total private wealth currently held on the African continent is US$2.1 trillion and is expected to rise by 38 per cent over the next 10 years, according to the Africa Wealth Report, published by Henley & Partners in partnership with New World Wealth. (US$1 = RM4.49)

Namibia is expected to be one of Africa’s fastest growing markets going forward, with high-net-worth individuals (those with wealth of US$1 million or more) growth of over 60 per cent forecast for the next decade (until 2032).

According to New World Wealth’s December 2022 statistics, Namibia holds US$26 billion in total investable wealth. The average wealth of a resident of Namibia (wealth per capita) is US$10,050, ranking as the third highest in Africa after Mauritius and South Africa.

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FARM TO PLATE ELEVATES FOOD SAFETY, MINIMISES RECALLS, DRIVES SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) -- Farm to Plate has announced the immediate availability of Farm To Plate (F2P), a pioneering blockchain-based provenance and tracking product for the food supply chain that will expand the scope of data transparency to the grassroots of the food industry end-to-end, from the producers to the consumers.

The F2P platform addresses increased regulatory demands for digitisation and transparency through GS1 and FDA FSMA Rule #204 compliance and heightens brand trust, financial stability, and reputation by enabling a focus on sustainability, responsible farming, consumer transparency, and significantly reduced recall risk and size.

Key features and benefits of F2P are microtipping; immutable, end-to-end tracking and trace; secure access control for information on the blockchain; and built on GS1 standards and compliant with FDA FSMA Rule #204.

Its Strategic Advisor, Mika Liss said the company will be revolutionary for food brands looking to develop a strong identity with the sustainability-focused modern consumer.

“By enabling transparency and the ability to directly connect to their suppliers, brands can project a strong image as a modern, conscious corporation to their customers,” he said in a statement.

F2P uses permissioned blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven tools, and automation through Internet of Things (IoT) devices to provide access-controlled, immutable, real-time data to the right stakeholders.

Meanwhile, Farm to Plate LLC & Paramount Software Solutions Inc President and Chief Executive Officer, Pramod Sajja said F2P is the first food supply chain solution that will connect every stakeholder to the other, and make them part of the system.

“Uniquely, we connect consumers and farmers directly, enabling consumer food trust through transparency and financial sustainability for producers through a single QR code.

“Our value proposition is enshrined in the 5 Ts: Trace, Track, Trade, Tip, Trust and Tip is our favourite because it acknowledges the farmer,” he added.

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Indosat, the most successful merger empowering Indonesia

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) -- Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat), the new world-class digital telecoms and internet company resulting from the merger of IndosatOoredoo and Hutchison 3 Indonesia is the most successful merger that empowers Indonesia.

During a roundtable discussion, its President Director and Chief Executive Officer, Vikram Sinha discussed how the merger of Indosat Ooredoo and Hutchison 3 Indonesia had exceeded all expectations for 2022, giving a positive outlook for Indonesia's market and the opportunity to grow in the telecommunications (telco) industry.

According to a statement, Indosat's successful merger has transformed the telco industry and Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth, with digital adoption enabling the country to reduce the time to realise its long-term goal of achieving high-income status.

"We have defied expectations and become the successful merger in the world. Indosat is not just good for the industry; it's good for Indonesia, and will continue to drive the digital revolution and create value for all our stakeholders," said Sinha.

Indosat has an ongoing 9-quarter integration plan, and the realisation of their synergies is running smoothly and has been completed ahead of the plan. Using Multi-Operator CoreNetworks technology, their network integration is targeted to be completed this quarter.

The company also launched a research report titled Empowering Indonesia 2023, which reviews the pillars of Indonesia's digital economy and the role of technology in accelerating its future growth.

The report shows that Indosat is the primary driver of the telecommunications industry and Indonesia's GDP growth, fuelled by its solid growth in 2022.

Indosat's result for full-year 2022 shows a solid performance both financially and operationally with total revenue increased by 48.9 per cent year-on-year (yoy), and Earnings BeforeInterest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) was recorded at 19,468.7 billion rupiah. (1,000 rupiah = RM0.294)

Net profit for the year attributable to parent company owners was 4,723.4 billion rupiah, normalised net profit increased by 76.2 per cent yoy while cellular customers rose by 62.5 per cent to 102.2 million for fiscal year ending 2022.

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GALLIUM SEMI RELEASES LIBRARY OF NON-LINEAR MODELS FOR GAN PRODUCT PORTFOLIO

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) -- Gallium Semiconductor, an innovative supplier of RF semiconductor solutions has announced the release of its library of nonlinear models for its portfolio of Gallium Nitride (GaN) products.

The library consists of 22 models covering all of Gallium Semi’s broadband Dual Flat No-Leads plastic and Air Cavity Ceramic packaged products.

According to a statement, all models are designed and validated with broadband S-parameters and load pull measurements to cover a broad range of applications.

“It's critical for our customers to accurately simulate performance of our components in their system designs to achieve first pass success.

"The release of our comprehensive library of nonlinear models underscores our commitment to delivering exceptional and seamless customer service from design-in to production," said Gallium Semi Vice President of Networks, Michael Guyonnet.

The library is available for both Cadence AWR Design Environment and Keysight PathWave Advanced Design System software and is free of charge for qualified customers.

Gallium Semiconductor’s mission is to enable mass commercialisation of GaN based semiconductor solutions for 5G mobile communications, aerospace and defence and industrial, scientific and medical applications.

For more product information and to request access to the models, visit www.galliumsemi.com/downloads.

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Rock on: Stern, Foo Fighters unveil rock and roll pinball machines

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) -- Stern Pinball Inc has unleashed a new line of pinball machines celebrating and created in cooperation with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2021 inductees Foo Fighters.

According to Stern in a statement, the Foo Fighters pinball machines are available in Pro, Premium and Limited Edition (LE) models.

Stern’s Foo Fighters machines bring the Foo Fighters concert experience home as players are immersed in an epic pinball adventure featuring 15 iconic songs spanning the band’s expansive catalogue, including All My Life, Best of You, Breakout, Everlong, Holding Poison, I’ll Stick Around and Learn to Fly.

“Partnering with Foo Fighters, we created an entirely new pinball universe under the backdrop of incredible music.

“The energy from this unique, fast and flowing game design, choreographed with spectacular light shows and stunning hand-drawn artwork has created the ultimate gaming experience,” said its President & Chief Executive Officer, Seth Davis.

More than two years in the making and with creative input from the band’s own Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Rami Jaffee and the late, great Taylor Hawkins, Stern’s Foo Fighters is a top-shelf pinball machine.

An entire new universe has been developed with jaw-dropping hand-drawn artwork and custom animations including “Foo Fighters Saturday Morning Action Time!”, a fictional television series chronicling the band’s quest to save rock and roll… AND THE WORLD!

In addition, Foo Fighters pinball machines include Stern’s award-winning Insider Connected system, enabling players to interact with the game and a global network of players in a variety of ways.

Limited to 1,000 machines globally, the highly collectible LE includes the Expression Lighting System equipped with 96 intelligent RGB LEDs that enables full colour spectrum control.

The LE version also includes an exclusive Rock-Battle inspired full-colour mirrored backglass, exclusive full colour high definition reflective foil decal cabinet artwork, custom high gloss Overlord green powder-coated pinball armour, a custom designer-autographed bottom arch, and a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Stern Chairman, Gary Stern and Davis.

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TELEDYNE E2V UNVEILS OPTIMOM 1.5M FOR QUICK, EASY DEVELOPMENT OF VISION SYSTEMS

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 (Bernama) -- Teledyne e2v has released Optimom 1.5M, the latest member of the Optimom family, a new range of turnkey optical modules that can be instantly integrated into vision systems.

Optimom 1.5M is a complete board-level vision extension made to accelerate development time, reduce research and development (R&D) investment, as well as scale down manufacturing costs for embedded vision and artificial intelligence (AI) vision solutions.

According to a statement, it comprises a proprietary image sensor, a tiny 25mm square board with lens mount and optional lens in various options.

Featuring a 1.5 Megapixel CMOS image sensor, Optimom 1.5M provides a wide 1,920 x 800 format ideal for scanning applications such as handheld scanners, auto ID systems, laboratory equipment or drones.

The module comes with an adapted price point for 1.5MP solutions, while ensuring full compatibility with the higher resolution Optimom 2M module, in which both modules can be supplied with a lens already installed and focused, eliminating the tedious task of lens selection and assembly.

The additional Auto Focus lens option also enables customers to benefit from an extended depth of focus even at close distances and can be combined with various Multi Focus or Auto Focus algorithms.

The Optimom modules will be showcased in a live demonstration at Embedded World, Nürnberg, Germany from March 14-16.

A part of Teledyne Technologies, Teledyne e2v innovations lead developments in healthcare, life sciences, space, transportation, defense and security and industrial markets.

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Intelsat extends Deutsche Telekom IoT worldwide enabling solutions for more locations

Intelsat expands global reach for Deutsche Telekom IoT into its cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) offering to extend powerful, easy-to-use IoT solutions to locations regardless of fiber or cellular connectivity options availability. Credit: Getty Images.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 (Bernama) -- Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks, and provider of inflight connectivity announced that Deutsche Telekom IoT (DT IoT) intends to integrate Intelsat FlexEnterprise into its cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) offering to extend powerful, easy-to-use IoT solutions to locations regardless of the availability of fibre or cellular connectivity options.

IoT services are increasingly used across a diverse array of businesses, collecting data from thousands of devices to analyse that data in a way that helps organisations increase system efficiency, reduce waste, monitor delicate environments, and provide new insights into processes and operations.

According to Intelsat in a statement, by using FlexEnterprise to complement cellular connectivity, DT IoT can extend the reach and effectiveness of its solution and drive better results for its customers.

Intelsat Networks general manager, Brian Jakins said satellite connectivity allowed IoT to connect physical objects and devices from anywhere on the globe to the virtual world to enhance real-time data collection, analysis and decision making.

“With FlexEnterprise, DT IoT expands the usefulness of its IoT offering, especially for widely distributed applications like renewable energy infrastructure and green IoT environmental monitoring,” he said.

Meanwhile, DT IoT chief executive officer, Dennis Nikles said: “By integrating satellite connectivity into our DT IoT offering, we connect everything everywhere and reshape the future of global IoT networking.

“Our customers now have a single point of contact, as well as a ‘network of networks’ with simple and ubiquitous connectivity that enables completely new possibilities.”

FlexEnterprise is a ready-to-deploy, enterprise-grade connectivity service integrating satellite and terrestrial networks to extend internet, cloud, and private networks.

The global FlexEnterprise infrastructure is managed by Intelsat, eliminating the need for customers to maintain their own satellite infrastructure and expertise. Intelsat will deliver FlexEnterprise to DT IoT as a satellite-as-a-service offering, further reducing the time and cost of operating new services.

The Intelsat FlexEnterprise satellite platform allows mobile network operators to offer services similar to terrestrial networks regardless of geographic location.

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