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SOS Ltd. Announces Pricing of $110.0 Million Registered Direct Offering

QINGDAO, China, Feb. 12, 2021 — SOS Limited (NYSE: SOS) (the "Company" or "SOS"), a high-tech company providing a wide range of data mining and marketing analysis services to its corporate and individual members in China, announced today that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain accredited investors to purchase $110,000,000 worth of its American Depositary Shares ("ADS") and warrants in a registered direct offering.

Under the terms of the securities purchase agreement, the Company has agreed to sell 22,000,000 million ADSs and warrants to purchase 16,500,000 million ADS. The warrants will be exercisable immediately upon the date of issuance and have an exercise price of $5.00. The warrants will expire five years from the date of issuance. The purchase price for one ADS and one corresponding warrant will be $5.00. The determination of the purchase price was based on the average of the Company’s closing stock price over the past five trading days. The gross proceeds to the Company from the registered direct offering are estimated to be $110,000,000 before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other estimated offering expenses. The registered direct offering is expected to close on or about February 17, 2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The Company intends to use the proceeds from the offering to develop its planned blockchain-based security and insurance technology business as well as for working capital and general corporate use.

Maxim Group LLC is acting as sole placement agent in connection with this offering.

The securities described above are being offered by the Company pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (File No.: 333-250145) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") dated November 17, 2020, and declared effective on November 30, 2020. A prospectus supplement related to the offering will be, filed with the SEC and available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the prospectus supplement relating to the offering may be obtained, when available, by contacting: Maxim Group LLC, 405 Lexington Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10174, by telephone: at (212) 895-3500.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.

About SOS Limited

SOS Limited, through its operating subsidiary, SOS Information Technology Co., Ltd. ("SOS") is a high-technology company providing a wide range of services to its corporate and individual members, including marketing data, technology and solutions for emergency rescue services. SOS is focused on the research and development of big data, cloud computing, Internet of Things, blockchain and artificial intelligence. We have created a SOS cloud emergency rescue service software as a service (SaaS) platform with three major product categories, including basic cloud (medical rescue card, car rescue card, financial rescue card, mutual assistance rescue card), cooperative cloud (information rescue center, intelligent big data, intelligent software and hardware), and information cloud (News Today, E-Commerce Today). This system provide marketing-related data, technology solutions, and technology-driven big data to clients such as insurance companies, financial institutions, medical institutions, healthcare providers, auto manufacturers, security providers, senior living assistance providers and other service providers in the emergency rescue services industry. SOS has obtained a national high-tech enterprise certification, the title of "big data star enterprise" awarded by Gui’an New District Government, and has registered 96 software copyrights and 2 patents. For more information, please visit: http://www.sosyun.com/ 

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Additional information concerning these and other factors that may impact our expectations and projections can be found in our periodic filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. SOS’s SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. SOS disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Bright Pattern Launches the Most Advanced Integration for Microsoft Teams and Dynamics

Bright Pattern launches most robust Microsoft integration in the industry to help connect remote teams and knowledge workers to improve employee productivity and bring the entire company together to improve the customer experience

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 12, 2021 — Bright Pattern, a leading provider of cloud-based omnichannel communication software for innovative companies, today announces the most comprehensive integration in the industry for Microsoft-powered contact centers. Bright Pattern’s integration allows you to bring the full power of Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Azure to your contact center with the most robust and advanced integration.

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Microsoft Teams

Bright Pattern’s Microsoft Teams integration enables an organization’s Microsoft Teams implementation to be integrated directly into the Bright Pattern agent desktop. Agents have the ability to communicate with colleagues in the same desktop window as the customer, meaning agents don’t need to stop the customer conversation to communicate with their colleagues. This allows agents to communicate with and seek help from other employees and subject matter experts outside of the contact center while resolving customer issues, leading to a better agent and customer experience as well as improving employee productivity. Bright Pattern’s Microsoft Teams integration has many features for both agents and MS teams users that improve internal communication within Bright Pattern’s platform. These capabilities are key to bring every employee in the company together to better help and serve customers, including remote employees.

Bright Pattern’s Microsoft Teams integration allows companies to bring everyone in every department together to improve the customer experience:

  • See user presence on Bright Pattern’s platform. Agents can see if a colleague is online, away, busy, or offline, and bring them into a contact center conversation immediately
  • Invite subject matter experts to join phone calls for transfers and conference calls
  • See Microsoft Teams directories and group membership
  • Allow users outside the call center to call agent extensions
  • Allow users outside the call center to start chats with agents as if it was a regular Microsoft Teams conversation

Bright Pattern’s Microsoft Teams integration enables omnichannel communication throughout the enterprise:

  • Move the conversation from Microsoft Teams to any channel, like voice, chat, text, SMS, messengers, etc.
  • Invite Microsoft Teams users outside of the call center to join conversations over SMS, web chat, Facebook Messenger, Twitter direct messaging, Viber, LINE, and other messengers
  • Use their Microsoft Teams extension as a phone device option or softphone

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Integration

Bright Pattern integrates with Microsoft Dynamics 365 to make the customer service experience better for both agents and customers. Bright Pattern’s Dynamics 365 integration uses customer data to make the customer journey seamless while giving agents the information they need to provide the best possible customer experience.

Bright Pattern’s Dynamics 365 integration empowers the agent with information, provides customers with a more personalized experience, and reduces effort for both agents and customers:

  • Communicate on new digital channels – Bright Pattern allows agents to handle interactions on any channel, like voice, email, chat, IVRs, SMS, messaging apps, text, video chat, and chat bots.
  • Dynamics data is readily available to agents – Bright Pattern’s Dynamics integration allows interactions to be handled directly from the Dynamics desktop or from Bright Pattern’s omnichannel desktop. Dynamics data is at the fingertips of agents.
  • Contact recognition and identification – Bright Pattern uses Dynamics data to personalize customer interactions by dividing calls based on segment, prioritizing certain calls, and routing customers to the right agent. Allow customers to immediately connect to specific agents based on set privileges and statuses.
  • Create customized survey forms to send to customers after interactions through the Dynamics integration. Setup workflows that will automate the sending of surveys after any interaction to measure the Voice of the Customer.
  • Activity and interaction history that happen over Bright Pattern’s platform is automatically uploaded to Microsoft Dynamics with transcripts and recordings

Microsoft Azure

Bright Pattern integrates with Microsoft Azure to bring voice biometrics and a powerful AI and bots framework to your contact center. Being a pioneer in Azure integrations, Bright Pattern has further developed it’s integration with Azure to give contact centers access to powerful voice biometrics and best-of-breed AI.

Bright Pattern’s Azure integration uses AI and bots to help agents and customers:

  • Voice biometrics to authenticate callers – Bright Pattern uses Azure speaker recognition to identify callers by voice for authentication and advanced routing, providing a more effortless experience to customers.
  • AI-Powered Conversational IVR – Bright Pattern leverages Microsoft AI so customers can speak naturally with IVRs using Natural Language Processing rather than being confined to an inflexible tree structure.
  • AI-Powered Suggested Responses to Help Agents – Bright Pattern utilizes Microsoft AI to provide agents with suggested responses to customers interacting over channels such as chat, SMS, voice, email, or messengers.
  • Virtual Assistants and Bots – Bright Pattern integrates to Microsoft Azure bots, so customers can interact with bots and be seamlessly transferred to an agent when needed.

"Bright Pattern has been committed to delivering the most advanced integration for Microsoft-powered contact centers. Our most recent product update brings the power of Microsoft Dynamics, Azure, AI and bots, and Microsoft Teams to improve the customer and agent experience", noted Konstantin Kishinsky, CTO of Bright Pattern. "Our latest integrations make us pioneers in fully leveraging the power of all innovative Microsoft solutions for contact centers."

About Bright Pattern
Bright Pattern provides the simplest and most powerful AI-powered omnichannel contact center software for innovative midsize and enterprise companies. With the purpose of making customer service brighter, easier, and faster than ever before, Bright Pattern offers the only true omnichannel cloud platform with embedded AI that can be deployed quickly and nimbly by business users—without costly professional services. Bright Pattern allows companies to offer an effortless and personal customer experience across channels like voice, text, chat, email, video, messengers, and bots. Bright Pattern also allows companies to measure and act on every interaction on every channel with embedded AI omnichannel quality management. The company was founded by a team of industry veterans who pioneered the leading contact center solutions and are now delivering an architecture for the future with an advanced cloud-first approach. Bright Pattern’s cloud contact center solution is used globally in over 26 countries and 12 languages.

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AuraQuantic is Recognized in the Gartner Market Guide for Intelligent Business Process Management Suites

AuraQuantic, the leading low-code application platform and iBPMS provider, has been recognized by Gartner in the November 2020 Market Guide for Intelligent Business Process Management Suites. (1)

MIAMI, Feb. 11, 2021 — According to Gartner, "By 2024, organizations will lower operational costs by 30% by combining hyperautomation technologies with redesigned operational processes."

"Gartner defines the intelligent business process management suite (iBPMS) market as the group of vendors offering licensed software that supports the full cycle of business process and decision discovery, analysis, design, implementation, execution, monitoring and optimization. An iBPMS offering consolidates process discovery, modelling, integration services, decision management, process orchestration and choreography, and advanced analytics."

AuraQuantic enables enterprises to drive revenue, reduce costs and boost efficiency by automating their entire business ecosystem and digitally transforming operations.

AuraQuantic CEO Pablo Trilles said, "We are delighted to be recognized in the Gartner Market Guide for iBPMS. We have a strong background in Business Process Management, and this experience, combined with our complementary capabilities and ease of integration, helps our customers drive hyperautomation of their business operations."

Download the Gartner iBPMS Market Guide here

(1) Gartner, Market Guide for Intelligent Business Process Management Suites, Tushar Srivastava, Akash Jain, Naved Rashid, 17 November 2020.

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Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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Trip.com Group to Hold Extraordinary General Meeting on March 18, 2021

SHANGHAI, Feb. 11, 2021 — Trip.com Group Limited (Nasdaq: TCOM) ("Trip.com Group" or the "Company"), a leading one-stop travel service provider of accommodation reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged tours and corporate travel management, today announced that it will hold an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the "EGM") at 9:00 a.m. on March 18, 2021 (Beijing time) at the address of Building 16, Sky SOHO, 968 Jin Zhong Road, Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.

A proposal of changing the Company’s authorized share capital by one-to-eight subdivision of shares ("Share Subdivision") will be submitted to Trip.com Group’s shareholders to be considered and voted upon at the EGM. Subject to the approval of the Share Subdivision at the EGM, Trip.com Group’s board of directors (the "Board") has approved a change in the American depositary share ("ADS") ratio proportionate to the Share Subdivision from eight (8) ADSs representing one (1) ordinary share to one (1) ADS representing one (1) ordinary share (the "ADS Ratio Change"), to take effect on March 18, 2021. For Trip.com Group’s ADS holders, the percentage interest in the Company represented by each ADS will not be altered, and the impact on the Company’s per-ADS trading price on Nasdaq is neutral. Holders of ADSs need not take any action in regard to the ADS Ratio Change.

The Board has fixed the close of business on February 16, 2021 (Eastern Standard Time) as the record date (the "Record Date") for determining the shareholders entitled to receive notice of, and to attend, the EGM or any adjourned or postponed meeting thereof. Holders of record of the Company’s ordinary shares, par value US$0.01 per share, at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the EGM or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Holders of the Company’s ADSs who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying ordinary shares must act through the depositary of the Company’s ADS program, The Bank of New York Mellon (the "Depositary"). The notice of the EGM, which sets forth the resolutions to be submitted to shareholder approval at the meeting, is available on the Company’s website at http://investors.trip.com.

About Trip.com Group Limited

Trip.com Group Limited (Nasdaq: TCOM) is a leading one-stop travel service provider consisting of Trip.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner, and Qunar. Across its platforms, Trip.com Group enables local partners and travelers around the world to make informed and cost-effective bookings for travel products and services, through aggregation of comprehensive travel-related information and resources, and an advanced transaction platform consisting of mobile apps, Internet websites, and 24/7 customer service centers. Founded in 1999 and listed on Nasdaq in 2003, Trip.com Group has become one of the largest travel companies in the world in terms of gross merchandise value.

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Care Journey Orchestration Tackles Healthcare’s Biggest Operational Challenges

This innovative approach, already used in other industries, helps health systems refactor their costs, shift to be consumer-centric, and make reimbursement predictable, finds Frost & Sullivan

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 11, 2021 — The economics of healthcare have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtualized care is promising to enhance patient convenience, but productivity is at an all-time low urging a fresh approach to address the sustainability of healthcare. Care Journey Orchestration is revolutionizing how health systems can build on their foundational electronic health record (EHR) to personalize care delivery for every patient, increasing productivity and ensuring appropriate, reimbursable activity. Significantly, it enables continuity in the hybrid virtual care experience, so care can be efficiently coordinated beyond the four walls of the physical care setting, choreographing care plans, decisions, visits, and activity meeting the consumer where they are.

Frost & Sullivan’s latest thought leadership paper, 2021 Guide to Care Journey Orchestration, analyzes why leading health systems are adopting care journey orchestration platforms. It details how caregivers can leverage these solutions to stay ahead, boost margins, and enhance patient loyalty.

To download the complimentary white paper, please visit: http://frost.ly/565

"Orchestration eliminates gaps between silos and allows health systems to raise quality, reduce cost, and personalize the care journey to the specific needs of the individual," explained Daniel Ruppar, Healthcare & Life Sciences | Consulting Director at Frost & Sullivan. "A care journey orchestration platform enables health systems to enhance patient loyalty and outcomes while improving financial and operational performance."

"Lumeon’s cloud-based orchestration platform acts as an agility layer to supplement limited orchestration capabilities in the EHR," added Robbie Hughes, chief executive officer at Lumeon. "It moves beyond the point solutions that exist today to eliminate fragmentation and extend care beyond the four walls of the hospital to drive significant cost savings. Overall, it helps care teams work at the top of their license by automating repetitive tasks, reducing care delivery costs, increasing productivity, and delighting patients with care delivered on their own terms."

Care journey orchestration brings a timely opportunity to:

  • Offer personalized, consumer-centric experiences.
  • Blend virtual and physical care into a single, coordinated journey.
  • Proactively coordinate tasks and decisions at the right time for every patient.
  • Guide patients proactively through a personalized pathway, increasing loyalty and quality.
  • Drive organizational behavior through a central command center that unifies and simplifies complex care infrastructure.

About Frost & Sullivan

For six decades, Frost & Sullivan has been world-renowned for its role in helping investors, corporate leaders and governments navigate economic changes and identify disruptive technologies, Mega Trends, new business models and companies to action, resulting in a continuous flow of growth opportunities to drive future success. Contact us: Start the discussion.

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Corporate Communications
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About Lumeon

Lumeon’s care journey orchestration platform helps health systems scale efficient, effective care delivery both within and beyond their hospitals’ four walls.

Lumeon’s industry-leading solutions address the needs of patient access, surgery, population health, amongst many others. They transform the EHR into an agile care delivery platform that navigates the patient along a personalized, adaptive care plan, coordinating the care team to deliver the right care, at the right time, every time. At every step along the journey, they harmonize care, communication, tasks, and decisions to increase compliance and productivity, free up capacity, and deliver superior outcomes at a reduced cost. 

More than 70 health systems across 12 countries have deployed Lumeon’s multi-award-winning platform. www.lumeon.com 

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Chargebee ranked #1 among all Finance Products in 2021 by G2 Crowd

Chargebee recognized among the top software products in 2021.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10, 2021 — G2’s audience of software users has ranked Chargebee among the ’50 Best Finance Products’ list for 2021. Chargebee was also recognized on four additional G2 Best of lists including being ranked #6 in ‘Best Small Business Products’ and #19 in the ‘Best Software Products of 2021′ list. This award is significant because it’s based on real Chargebee users’ verified reviews against thousands of other verified reviews on G2. These reviews were written and published between January 1, 2020December 31, 2020. A year that has changed the way people look at software.

"Being ranked for Finance Products, validates our value proposition to our Customers. We are committed to simplify the revenue processes within organisations, to bring about agility and sophistication in their revenue workflows. Our Customers continue to drive our product roadmap to build the best subscription management and billing platform," says Krish Subramanian, CEO & Co-founder of Chargebee.

Many companies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, needed to accelerate their digital transformation efforts and quickly adapt to newer revenue models. This meant companies in different stages of growth came to Chargebee to quickly adapt to a subscription model that promises recurring revenue & experiment with various discounts, packaging and promotional strategies. They chose Chargebee because of the platform’s ease of use, robust library of pre-built integrations, powerful developer tools, and scalability across stages of growth. They were able to take quicker pivots, make informed decisions and be resilient through a world crisis. "We are proud to see our customers emerge as champions during testing times, and we feel humbled to partner with them, as enablers of change"; adds Krish.

With nearly 100,000 companies and over 1 million reviews listed on G2, only a small subset of these companies are placed by G2’s audience on the top software list. Being recognized in categories such as Highest Satisfaction Products & Fastest Growing Products, adds a feather to the cap and validates why the company focuses on customer centricity as an important part of its culture and processes. 

Criteria: Winners were determined based on reviews left at G2.com between Jan. 1, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2020. All scores are calculated using G2’s algorithms, including for Satisfaction and Market Presence, explained in detail here. Further information on methodology is available upon request.

About Chargebee

Chargebee automates revenue operations of high-growth, subscription-based business. Its SaaS platform helps SaaS, ecommerce and subscription-based businesses manage and grow their revenue by automating subscriptions, billing, invoicing, payments and revenue recognition processes and it provides key reports, metrics and insights into their subscription business. Founded in 2011, Chargebee is used by over 2,500 companies globally including businesses like Freshworks, Calendly, Okta and Study.com.

For more information, visit www.chargebee.com or follow us on Twitter @chargebee.

 

Kicking off the next-gen supply chain: HARTING runs at full speed with Körber


HARTING takes leaps towards the future with software and automation solutions from Körber to improve delivery performance significantly

HAMBURG, Germany, Feb. 10, 2021 — Körber, the global supply chain technology leader from software to materials handling automation, is taking big steps towards the future with the HARTING Technology Group; a leading global supplier of industrial connectivity technology. The new European Distribution Centre (EDC) opened in 2019 in Espelkamp, Germany, is running smoothly and setting new standards: up to 10,000 parcels and 200 pallets are dispatched by 110 trucks and transporters each day.

HARTING invested more than 40 million Euros in the EDC, representing the biggest single investment in its history to increase capacities in light of the company’s growth. Construction on the 7.6 hectare (18.78 acres) site started in 2017, with the first operation following the next year. HARTING now relies on a highly integrated logistics system of modern automation solutions and SAP EWM (Extended Warehouse Management) including SAP EWM MFS (Material Flow System). Automated guided vehicle systems are taking over most goods movements. The highly modern plant counts 19 programmable logic controllers – an integrative masterpiece.

The new warehouse capacities are impressive: its highlights are storage systems in form of a 20 m tall high-bay warehouse with 6.900 pallet spaces, a ten-aisle automatic small parts storage with 120.000 bin spaces as well as a downstream two-aisle shuttle small parts storage serving as a sequencing buffer. Thanks to many years of experience in system integration, Körber was able to contribute consultation, software and automation solutions to increase flexibility significantly in critical areas. Optimizations were taken up in the 6,500 square meter picking area in particular to improve the order picking of up to 20,000 customer order items daily being picked and packed according to individual customer requirements. In total, HARTING improved its delivery performance significantly.

"The new EDC went live at just the right time", underlines Achim Meyer, managing director at HARTING Logistics. "The growing challenges of the industry demand maximum efficiency. The expert team at Körber has not only introduced a high-performance software and automation solution but also the necessary process experience for the integration of the entire solution."

"The supply chain is increasingly complex, with more products, from more suppliers, fulfilled through more channels," explains Dirk Hejnal, CEO of Körber Supply Chain. "Technology meant to solve these problems can often add to this complexity. Körber sealed the deal with Harting thanks to our comprehensive range of solutions and service offerings, combined with our holistic consulting and implementation expertise. The result is impressive and reduces complexity considerably, especially in the light of today’s volatile markets."

About HARTING
The HARTING Stiftung & Co. KG with headquarters in Espelkamp, Germany, was founded in 1945. The company is a provider of industrial connection technology for the three areas "Power", "Signal", and "Data". Around 5,300 employees generated a revenue of 750 million Euros in business year 2018/19.

About the Körber Business Area Supply Chain
Supply chains are growing more complex by the day. Körber uniquely provides a broad range of proven, end-to-end supply chain solutions fitting any business size, strategy or appetite for growth. Capable of delivering not just software, but automation, voice, robotics, and materials handling – plus the expertise to tie it all together. We are a global partner not just for today, but also as the needs of supply chains continue to evolve. Conquer supply chain complexity – with Körber. The Business Area Supply Chain is part of the global technology group Körber. Find out more on www.koerber-supplychain.com  

Contact:
Heather Smith
Director Corporate Communications
Körber Supply Chain
Heather.smith@koerber-supplychain.com
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Pactera Leverages Blue Prism’s New Technology, Decipher IDP, in Intelligent Automation Project With FreightSafe

SYDNEY, Feb. 9, 2021 — Pactera Technologies Australia is delighted to announce a significant Intelligent Automation signing with FreightSafe.

FreightSafe is a professional claims manager with a specialised focus on the freight industry. As the leading Third Party Administrator (TPA) for the transport industry, FreightSafe manages tens of thousands of claims each year professionally and quickly, streamlining and supporting the customer experience. With technology at the core of their organisation, claims are lodged online and customers are supported through a cloud-based claims and reporting platform. With the onset of COVID-19, FreightSafe has seen their business spike substantially. 

Pactera will partner with Blue Prism to automate a vital Invoicing process resulting in substantial operational benefits. This deal is particularly important as it represents the first Southern Hemisphere sale of Blue Prism’s latest iteration of their industry leading technology, Decipher IDP, which is an intelligent document processing solution that identifies and extracts data from structured and semi-structured business documents, such as invoices, purchase orders, and other typed forms.

"This partnership has brought close alignment between the Pactera, Blue Prism and FreightSafe executive teams to coordinate a robust blueprint for what will be an exciting transformative journey." Anthony Giannoccaro – Pactera’s Country Head of Sales & Channel in ANZ

"The Automation project will allow us to deliver even better customer outcomes for our clients and we look forward to working closely with Pactera and Blue Prism on this exciting initiative." Jonathan Bass – Commercial Director, FreightSafe

The implementation project kicked off on January 2021 and will see a partnership horizon spanning at least the next 3 years.

About Pactera

Pactera is a Global Technology company with 29,000 employees worldwide committed to delivering Digital-themed consulting, UX interaction, IT implementation and Operations services to customers. Pactera creates business value for Fortune 2000 companies by accelerating business innovation, enabling new growth, improving operational efficiency and transforming the user experience.

Website: https://www.pactera.com.au
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FTC Solar Launches Voyager+ Tracker Supporting 500+ Watt Module Transition


FTC Solar is taking orders for Voyager+ with support for large-format modules   

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 8, 2021 – FTC Solar today announced the release of Voyager+, the next generation of its single-axis Voyager tracker, engineered to provide compatibility with new large-format solar modules now entering the marketplace.  

The large modules entering the market are built to incorporate larger solar cells, which are the energy-producing heart of each solar panel.  With these larger 182mm and 210mm cells, the modules can achieve power output exceeding 500 watts. Voyager+ supports these larger format modules and will be able to accommodate multiple module sizes from a variety of solar manufacturers.   

"We are seeing an increasing level of interest around large-format modules and are pleased to introduce this new Voyager line to support our customers," said Tony Etnyre, FTC Solar’s CEO. "As the industry transitions to larger modules, FTC Solar is ready to deliver tracking systems that are compatible with a variety of module sizes and configurations while maintaining our two-in-portrait format and industry-leading installation speeds," he added.    

FTC Solar is currently conducting tests at its research facility near Denver, Colorado, and will be evaluating the performance and structural requirements of a wide variety of large-format modules. 

Large-format modules are expected to lower solar project development costs. According to a Wood Mackenzie industry analysis, labor savings alone could be up to 6%, and energy production per acre will increase, with production gains depending on the module size and technology.

The transition to large-format modules is the next step forward in an industry that has been aligned around smaller standard module sizes for over a decade. The industry’s ecosystem of electrical and structural components has been developed around these modules and standardization has simplified construction, driving overall system costs down.

The new large format modules will continue to drive system-level efficiency improvements. FTC Solar has been collaborating with module manufacturers to identify and implement engineering changes to support larger modules such as strengthened torque tubes and modified damping technology.   

Module manufacturers are ramping up production of 500W modules with 600W modules expected to be deployed in the second half of 2021.     

About FTC Solar    
 FTC Solar is a fast-growing, global provider of solar tracker systems, technology, software, and engineering services.  FTC Solar’s innovative tracker designs provide compelling performance and reliability, with an industry-leading installation cost-per-watt advantage.   

Founded in 2017 by a group of renewable energy industry veterans, FTC Solar is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and maintains sales and support offices in Australia, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.  For more information, please visit https://www.ftcsolar.com/

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Amber Gallagher-Schranz  
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Phone: 866-FTC-SOLAR  

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Tanla’s continued investment in communication platforms pays off in stellar Q3 results


HYDERABAD, India, Feb. 7, 2021 — Tanla Platforms Limited today announced its results for the quarter ended 31 December 2020 in comparison with the same period the previous financial year.

Key Metrics

Revenues were Rs 654.1 crore, up by 21% EBITDA was Rs 126.9 crore, up by 99%

Net profit was Rs 93.5 crore, up from Rs 0.7 crore

Cash and cash equivalents were Rs 449.3 crore, up from Rs 204.8 crore Earnings Per Share was Rs 6.87, up from Rs 0.05

Uday Reddy, Chairman & CEO of Tanla Platforms Limited said, "The quarterly results demonstrate the depth of Tanla’s capabilities in the platforms and commercial communications domain. Our unwavering focus, and investment in platforms and products, people, customer success and brand have all led to us posting the best quarterly performance till date. With our market position stronger than ever before, we are committed in our decision to expand our global footprint in the CPaaS business."

"Trubloq, the DLT platform built to enforce the TRAI regulation has seen massive adoption across enterprises, telemarketers and telcos. To date, we have onboarded more than 34,000 enterprises. Trubloq was only launched commercially in September, and now processes over 70% of A2P traffic in India, topping 1 Billion interactions in a single day last month. Trubloq significantly bolstered Tanla’s revenues in the third quarter.

"Data security, data privacy and traceability of digital footprint are no longer just compliance requirements, rather fast emerging as a potential source of competitive advantage and so are becoming a strategic priority for organisations. The Wisely platform, our latest offering launched in January ensures that end users data security and data privacy is never compromised when sending and receiving commercial communications. Wisely is on its way to "Uberize" the CPaaS ecosystem."

Financial Highlights

India’s largest CPaaS provider delivered its best third quarter revenues.

On a year-on-year basis, revenues grew 21% to Rs 654.1 crore accounting for more than a third of last year’s annual revenues. The EBITDA was up by 99% to Rs 126.9 crore for the same period, crossing the Rs 100 crore mark for the first time. The company reported a highest ever net profit of Rs 93.5 crore.

EBITDA to cash conversion was 78% and cash generated from operating activities was Rs

225.2 crore, for the quarter. Tanla & all of its subsidiaries continue to remain debt free.

Business Highlights

Tanla’s growth in business for the quarter was propelled by 81 new client opportunities. These

new deals could augment the annual revenue by Rs 90 crore.

Early January, Tanla also marked a significant milestone in the platforms business with the launch of Wisely, a blockchain-enabled CPaaS offering built & architected by Microsoft. As a unique marketplace for enterprises and suppliers, Wisely offers a global edge-to-edge network that delivers private, secure, and trusted communication experiences. It was the first time that an Indian technology company released a disruptive platform for global adoption.

New Enterprise Wins

  • Tanla’s new enterprise wins came from eight sectors for the quarter. Banking, fintech, retail and e-commerce accounted for more than 50% of new enterprise wins.
  • Consumer goods and automobile, communications and entertainment, and BFSI sectors top the list of 6,278 enterprises that registered on Trubloq in Q3 alone.

Responding to COVID-19

During these trying periods, we focused on keeping our employees safe, encouraging them to work from home by providing them with adequate technology and infrastructure. Even as we worked remotely, we made certain that the needs of our customers and partners were always met and everybody remained engaged, healthy, and productive in their new working environment.

About Tanla:

Tanla Platforms Limited (NSE:TANLA; BSE:532790) transforms the way the world collaborates and communicates through innovative CPaaS solutions. Founded in 1999, it was the first company to develop and deploy A2P SMSC in India. Today, as one of the world’s largest CPaaS players, Tanla processes more than 800 billion interactions annually and about 70% of India’s A2P SMS traffic is processed through its distributed ledger platform-Trubloq, making it the world’s largest Blockchain use case. Tanla touches over a billion lives carrying mission critical messages meeting the needs of the world’s largest enterprises. Tanla Platforms Limited is headquartered in Hyderabad, India and is expanding its presence globally.

 

Consolidated Profit and Loss (Un-audited):

Rs in Lakhs

    Particulars

Q3FY21

Q3FY21

Q2FY20

I. Revenue from operations

65,411.2

58,324.7

53,903.9

II. Other income

242.5

474.5

222.7

III. Total Income (I+II)

65,653.8

58,799.1

54,126.6

IV. Expenses

Cost of services

49,296.8

44,891.7

43,510.6

Employee benefits expense

2,003.5

2,283.3

1,826.4

Depreciation expense

892.1

992.3

7,083.9

Connectivity expenses

286.4

280.8

203.8

Finance cost

17.4

8.9

183.9

Other expenses

1,136.3

1,115.7

1,994.2

Total expenses (IV)

53,632.5

49,572.6

54,802.7

 

V. Profit before tax (III – IV)

 

12,021.3

 

9,226.5

 

(676.2)

VI. Tax expense:

 

Current tax

 

1,680.4

 

1,053.2

 

(464.7)

Prior period taxes/MAT credit

30.6

Deferred tax

988.9

26.0

(310.2)

VII. Profit for the year (V -VI)

9,351.9

8,147.3

68.2

VIII. Other comprehensive income

(173.0)

(330.5)

51.1

IX. Total Comprehensive income for the period (VII + VIII)

 

9,178.9

 

7,816.8

 

119.3

X. Earnings per equity share (in INR)

Basic & Diluted (not annualised)

6.87

5.85

0.05

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