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[tjbird] 06/10/2016 14:45

In talks with bankers still

[aishah] 27/9/2016 08:47

Ubisense and Outboard deliver vocal localisation solutions for Tokyo’s new National Theatre and Finland’s National Opera:

Technology from Ubisense Group plc (AIM:UBI), a global leader in enterprise location intelligence, is now precisely tracking performers at Tokyo National Theatre and the Finnish National Opera (FNO), thanks to recent installations by long-standing partner Outboard.

Outboard’s TiMax Tracker system combines Ubisense’s SmartSpace software with its own spatial zone mapping application, managing precise ultra-wideband location-tracking hardware to control automated vocal localisation in the live performance and presentation sectors. Ubisense’s battery-powered miniature tags (TT tags) are worn by performers and the signals they emit are picked up by Ubisense readers (TT sensors) mounted around the performance area. The SmartSpace platform analyses the xyz data from the readers in real-time, following the performers as they move around the stage within 15cm accuracy. The TiMax Tracker spatialisation app then sends audio localisation control instructions to the TiMax2 SoundHub audio matrix.

With five Ubisense readers installed at the FNO, the major audio renovation was completed in time for the sell-out show of Phantom of the Opera. The production’s large number of soloists, chorus and dancers meant TiMax spatialisation automation was a significant factor in achieving a level of authenticity and impact to match the high production standards of the FNO.

Tokyo’s New National Theatre (NNTT) installed a 32-channel TiMax2 SoundHub-S32 and TiMax Tracker system with six Ubisense readers and 32 of its tags. This delivered adaptable provision of automated vocal localisation and audio show control in both the main ‘PlayhouseR17; auditorium and also the smaller ‘Pit’ theatre.

Outboard has been incorporating Ubisense’s technology into its solution portfolio for more than eight years, during which time more than a hundred permanent or temporary installations have taken place across the globe.

Dave Haydon at Outboard said: “It’s been great working with FNO and the New National Theatre in Tokyo, two establishments that demand high-quality solutions to deliver their audiences the very best in sound quality. We’ve been using Ubisense’s technology for a number of years now and it gives our systems unparalleled precision when tracking performers around the stage.”

CTO at Ubisense, Andy Ward, said: “Dave and Robin at Outboard have created an amazing range of products for use in entertainment and event productions around the world and we’re delighted that they’re using Ubisense products to such great effect. We may be best known in the manufacturing world, where our systems are often used to track assets, but our technology is being used more than ever before to track a range of people in real-time, from doctors and their patients to sports stars and performers.”

[purple11] 26/9/2016 21:13

nice to see it firming gl

[aishah] 18/9/2016 22:05

No probs nurdin. Glad to see more like minded investors are taking interest. UBI have a great opportunity now that they've stabilised business on a much lower cost base. It's all about execution and although early days, I think they'll pull this off. Just look at the prestigious client base and the HUGE opportunity ahead. I'm accumualating now as and when. Nice quiet board at the moment as we're well under the radar. Please dyor.

[nurdin] 18/9/2016 21:48

Excellent stuff Aisha...thanks for posting.

[aishah] 18/9/2016 16:40

The market for real-time location system reached $720.5 million in 2014, reflecting a year-on-year (YOY) growth rate of about 30% over the previous year. Furthermore, the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 33.03% between 2015 and 2020, to reach $3,923.6 million by 2020. The real-time location system market is expected to be driven by the increasing opportunities in industrial manufacturing, process industries, transportation and logistics, and retail industries in addition to the healthcare sector through 2020.

[aishah] 16/9/2016 11:45

myWorld transforms operations at TELUS with web and mobile solution

9/14/16

TELUS is Canada’s fastest-growing national telecommunications company, with $12.6 billion of annual revenue and 12.5 million subscriber connections, including 8.4 million wireless subscribers, 1.4 million residential network access lines, 1.6 million internet subscribers and 1.0 million TELUS TV customers. TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services including wireless, data, Internet Protocol (IP), voice, television, entertainment and video, and is Canada's largest healthcare IT provider.

In early 2015 TELUS was about to complete the rollout of a new GIS for outside plant (OSP) planning, design and asset management. The team needed a web and mobile GIS platform to support critical operational processes with groups such as cable plant locates, field techs and construction. The key requirements for the new web and mobile solution were to:

Integrate with the GIS platform
Handle massive national network asset, address and lot parcel data sets
Scale up to thousands of users
Work both online and offline
Provide significant off-the-shelf features and functions
Support for all mobile device platforms
Built on a flexible architecture for configuration, development and integration
Support for standards based file formats

TELUS ultimately needed to select and deploy a new integrated web and mobile GIS solution quickly that provided teams with up-to-date, accurate information and enabled the operations teams to meet business, deployment and regulatory requirements. In addition, its strategic fiber network deployment initiative required web and mobile GIS tools to meet critical progress timelines and milestone commitments.

The TELUS team had evaluated other web/mobile GIS solutions but they did not meet the essential requirements. Several of the key TELUS stakeholders were aware of Ubisense myWorld and impressed with the innovative approach, solution capabilities and leading-edge architecture, so the two teams began discussing the business and technical requirements along with the project timeline.

Following just four weeks of focused discussions, TELUS and Ubisense embarked on a four-week live system trial to prove out the key requirements in a realistic environment. The trial was a complete success and led to the selection of myWorld as the strategic web and mobile GIS platform for TELUS nationally. The phase one production rollout was completed in just five weeks.

Ubisense’s myWorld platform enables TELUS staff to see the network asset details integrated with Google Maps on their PCs, laptops, smart phones and tablets, placing critical and time relevant information in the hands of field teams such as cable locators, installation and repair plus construction. The combined Ubisense and TELUS team has continued to release a host of myWorld features with a focus on providing all the information and functions that users need to be productive. These include complex network tracing, schematic diagrams, two-factor authentication for contractors, offline regional datasets, annotation management, additional data layers, fiber drop editing and planning tools.

myWorld has significantly reduced the average time it takes to locate cables from 5 – 7 minutes to just seconds. Today approximately 1,400 users access the information provided through myWorld and the number is growing. There has been a lot of positive feedback, with users praising the solution’s performance, usability and integration with Google.

Nelson Gillette, Director IS at TELUS said: “We’ve been very impressed with Ubisense, the team has worked very quickly and been able to cater for our specific business and technical requirements. myWorld is intuitive to use and provides a detailed view of our above and below ground network, layered on top of optional base maps including Google Maps, Googler Satellite and Google Street View.

The open functionality of the myWorld application makes it possible to overlay many other types of data including forest fire perimeter details and power outage details. For example, in May 2016, it was used to assist with managing our operations in and around Fort McMurray Alberta. As a result, response teams were aware of the current location of the fire in relation to our network infrastructure. We have plans to overlay additional customer and business insight details to better manage outage events, ultimately providing an improved customer experience.”

myWorld has been so successful and well received that TELUS and Ubisense are now working to roll out additional business-focused applications including:

Integration with CRM, Trouble Ticketing, Service Delivery and Network Management
Fibre service area analysis and strategic planning
“Enterprise Crowd Sourcing” apps, enabling a growing number of TELUS employees to become participants in data correction, quality and ultimately integrity
Field redlines and edits with round trip updates
A focused portal for residential and commercial serviceability

Scott Casey, VP of Geospatial Solutions for Ubisense, said: “I’m really impressed with the TELUS leadership and solution delivery team. This has not been a traditional client and vendor engagement, it’s a true partnership based on aligned goals and shared responsibilities. The TELUS say/do ratio is unmatched and we look forward to expanding the myWorld platform and delivering continuous improvements in operational effectiveness, customer responsiveness and proactive network management.”

[purple11] 12/9/2016 09:03

we have traction.atb

[aishah] 05/9/2016 15:48

Ubisense Releases New Version of AngleID Reader

Ubisense has released an updated version of its zone-tracking product, AngleID, with new features, including the ability to network multiple readers. With AngleID v1.1, the company reports, a Ubisense customer can cover an entire building and create more sophisticated zones.

First launched in May 2016, AngleID is a product that sits between passive RFID proximity tracking and real-time location system (RTLS) exact location tracking, and is designed to offer real-time precision zone tracking (see Ubisense Introduces AngleID to Provide Low-Cost, Real-Time Zone Location). The AngleID works with Ubisense's Dimension4 active ultra-wideband (UWB) RFID tags, which operate in the 6 to 8 GHz frequency band can be read from as far away as 150 feet.

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[aishah] 26/8/2016 09:05

Bringing simplicity to complex challenges - Ubisense presents at the exclusive Innovation Showcase, CableLabs Summer Conference

25 August 2016

Scott Casey, VP of Geospatial Solutions at Ubisense, talks about presenting at the Innovation Showcase at CableLabs Summer Conference. He said: “We were thrilled to be one of the eight companies selected by CableLabs to present at its Innovation Showcase, part of the CableLabs Summer Conference - one of the most important events in the cable industry’s calendar. Exclusively for CableLabs members, the Innovation Showcase provides the opportunity for solution providers to demonstrate their latest innovations in front of 500 plus senior technology leaders from the cable industry. For us, that meant demonstrating how myWorld is delivering ROI for our customers in the cable industry and significantly reducing complexity in virtually all of their operational areas.

[purple11] 21/8/2016 08:04

wish id taken more lower down too.

[p1nkfish] 19/8/2016 19:57

A bit of a premature run-up perhaps and could stall and fall back but the turn around has started and there isn't a vast amount of stock free at the moment. If they get this right it's heading much higher and I do not think Kestrel will fail in getting a good return with their average price around 50p currently.

The market is substantial in automated warehouse, logistics, manufacture, utilities and possibly medical.

[nurdin] 19/8/2016 15:27

I must admit to taking a small position here.I wouldnt have touched it a year ago but seems to me the business is starting to gain traction and, as has been mentioned here,the potential is huge across different industry sectors.Lets see.

[she-ra] 19/8/2016 15:04

Is this getting tipped at the weekend?

[aishah] 19/8/2016 13:22

Analysts are predicting that the smart factory market will be worth $74.80 billion by 2022, at a compound annual growth of 10.4 per cent between 2016 and 2022.

[runwaypaul] 19/8/2016 12:35

asking 38 ,hoping this will trade back into 50s before long.

[runwaypaul] 19/8/2016 11:12

Ubisense appoints European distributor to help grow demand for AngleID
19/08/2016

Ubisense Group plc (AIM:UBI), a global leader in enterprise location intelligence solutions, has appointed Cisper as distribution partner to help create a network of resellers across Europe following high levels of interest in its new product AngleID.

Taking just minutes to install, simple to set up and integrate into an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) environment, AngleID offers precise detection of tagged assets in defined zones, even in highly metallic environments. This makes it perfect for companies who want to improve processes and quality in manufacturing and logistics, but there has also been significant interest across healthcare, sports and transportation.

Paul Garner-Evans, VP of sales for Ubisense said: “The beauty of AngleID is in its simplicity but also that it has such a wide range of uses. We’re finding that many companies have been looking for a simple solution to precisely track assets and or people within a defined zone or zones, and that is exactly what AngleID offers. Cispers’ team has an in-depth knowledge and experience of working in this market and we’re very pleased to have them on board to help deliver AngleID across Europe.”

Leon de Ridder, Managing Director at Cisper said: “Angle ID is a very impressive product with huge potential and we’ve already lined up some applications that it is perfectly suited to. Ubisense develops world-leading technology that delivers proven results for some of the leading businesses across the globe and we’re excited to be working with the team to help distribute AngleID to resellers across Europe.”

[purple11] 18/8/2016 12:51

asking 37.4 for 5000 atm with Beaufort.Dont seem to want to give them away.

[purple11] 18/8/2016 09:48

like the look of this gla

[aishah] 17/8/2016 15:51

UBI also awarded two projects by SBRI Healthcare to improve processes in NHS Accident and Emergency services (A&E) back at the end of May. Gives a potential new revenue stream:

[hastings] 16/8/2016 15:31

Simon drop me a line if you fancy catching up. I lost your email when my old PC passed away![e-mail]

[she-ra] 16/8/2016 14:34

But just net funds of £1 million. That wont be enough. Another placing may be necessary.

[simon gordon] 16/8/2016 11:58

p1nk,

It does look that way with a fresher top layer of management, stable balance sheet and healthy looking order book. Could be a slow burner as they build out the sales channels.

[p1nkfish] 16/8/2016 11:46

Will read results more thoroughly later but at first look it is stabilising.

[p1nkfish] 16/8/2016 11:44

Simon, it is turning, slowly. Gingel was probably offered the job as he was seen to be what was needed, doing it well, and accepted it as he can see the potential. The disruption of a cfo change would be unwelcome too.

Next 6 months possibly higher revenue as H2 loaded and mention of customer ROI is important. That needs to be the sales mantra. Buy this stuff/system/software because you can get 'x' ROI.

A while longer before results we can be more secure in but every chance it will happen. My target here is > £1 in 3-5 years but think any run-up from sub 35p to 50p could be rapid once it starts. Kestrel average is around 50p.

Dare to even say £1.50-£2.00.

They need to steer this carefully with all expenditures related to revenue level. Doesn't look like it was that way under Green. He looks more like an ideas CEO than a profit orientated CEO. Ideas CEO is great in a tech bull market looking to sell on at high multiple of non-existent profit. Not so useful in the current environment.