Author: Marie Jones

TOKYO, June 28, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; TSE:4004) has developed “WelQuick(TM),” a film-type binding material to bond dissimilar materials together, such as bonding between resins and metals, with excellent quickness and strength. SDK has already started to provide potential customers with samples of WelQuick. In recent years, manufacturing industry’s requirements for materials such as lightness, heat-resistance and strength have been advanced so much that almost no single material can meet such sophisticated needs. Therefore, there has been a progress in introduction of composite structure into components, in which dissimilar materials such as resins and metals are bound together. This…

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Xiaomi-backed online brokerage Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Tiger Brokers Singapore) today announced that it has received approval-in-principle to be admitted as a Clearing Member of The Central Depository (Pte) Limited (CDP). Tiger Brokers has also received approval-in-principle from Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST) as well as Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT”) for admission as a Trading Member. Tiger Brokers expects to use these approvals-in-principle to improve the user experience and services it offers to clients. Tiger Brokers looks forward to developing its partnerships with CDP, SGX-ST and SGX-DT and strengthening its presence in the Singapore market. Eng…

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– New Honda Prologue EV to go on sale in North America in MY2024 as highly competitive SUV with functionality expected by Honda customers – “Prologue” model name symbolizes 1st in a new series of volume Honda BEV models – Honda targets 100% of auto sales in North America to be full electric by 2040 – Honda initiates communication strategy to engage prospective EV customers Honda today announced that its first new volume battery-electric vehicle will be named “Prologue,” signaling a new electrified era that will lead to the company’s vision for 100% zero emission vehicle sales in North America…

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The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team is celebrating victory in the first Safari Rally Kenya to be held as part of the FIA World Rally Championship for nearly 20 years. Sebastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia pulled off a superb fightback to take their fourth win from six events and extend their championship lead, while Takamoto Katsuta scored his first ever WRC podium to complete a one-two finish for the Toyota Yaris WRC. The event lived up to its reputation as an extremely demanding rally, with many of the crews experiencing difficulties over the weekend. Ogier was seventh overall…

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NTT Corporation (NTT), its subsidiary NTT DATA Corporation (NTT DATA) and NEC Corporation (NEC) announced today the acceleration of activities to promote the global adoption of 5G solutions tailored for enterprises. The three companies aim to develop these solutions to accommodate market demand that helps to drive the creation of successful business models and business. These activities will be conducted in “Enso – The Space for Creators” (Enso Lab), which has been established at NTT DATA Deutschland’s Munich laboratories. 1. Background Current wireless network base stations are mainly equipped with integrated hardware and software based on the specifications of certain…

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NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it has released a white paper on the 5G Open RAN Ecosystem that will support the construction of flexible networks capable of leveraging 5G wireless communication to meet the diverse needs of operators and related companies. DOCOMO, which aims to commercialize highly flexible and scalable virtualized RAN (vRAN) in 2022, is collaborating with 12 partners toward verifying vRAN performance and providing Open RAN to telecommunications carriers worldwide. The white paper explains the aims and benefits of the Open RAN Ecosystem and introduces examples of envisioned applications based on DOCOMO’s unique perspective as the world’s…

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Rakuten Mobile, Inc., NEC Corporation and Intel Corporation announced today that they have achieved a performance of 640 Gbps per server for the containerized User Plane Function (UPF) on the containerized 5G SA core network jointly developed by Rakuten Mobile and NEC running on the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP). Containerized UPF performance is crucial to maximize the value of 5G deployment. This is because the control plane (C-plane) and user plane (U-plane), which were historically collocated, are completely decoupled in the disaggregated 5G architecture. This enables an independently scalable UPF which is key to private networks, edge computing, hybrid cloud…

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Every crisis has some positive takeaway. Every challenge can lead to an innovative solution that can be a benchmark. Entrepreneurs and especially the MSME entrepreneurs hold great importance because of the great spark they possess. The spark to exceed and the spark to change their own levels, and influence their respective ecosystems. In 2017, a United Nations resolution was passed acknowledging the importance of encouraging formalisation of the MSME segment that accounts for over 90% of all firms globally, around 70% of total employment. The UN also announced June 27th as the International or World MSME Day. A program titled…

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BitDeer, the leading cryptocurrency mining and cloud services provider, is launching presales of its flagship product, Antbox, a mobile crypto mining farm. Antbox, also known as Deerbox, is the first of its kind, a plug-and-play mobile mining farm with low energy consumption, and at the same time practical. The Antbox enables customers to set up a fully equipped mining business in half the time of a traditional mining farm and at approximately 50% of the cost. With the growing popularity of cryptocurrency, we’ve seen increased interest in becoming a miner. However, the days of running Bitcoin mining software on a…

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Infina, Vietnam’s leading digital investment platform, has secured seed funding, raising an oversubscribed 7-digit seed round with 1982 Ventures, Saison Capital, Venturra Capital, 500 Startups, Nextrans and prominent angel investors. Infina, on a mission to democratize investments for Vietnam’s population of 97 million, will use the funds to fuel growth and expand its product offerings. Launched in January 2021, Infina is the latest to join the boom of investment apps across the region. Amid the pandemic, the startup currently serves tens of thousands of users and has seen its assets under management (AUM) rise more than fourfold. Infina’s financial partners…

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