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[james dean] 11/10/2017 22:22

Try this - re 14547:




Regards.


DYOR

[reeltime] 11/10/2017 21:02

There's also a video worth looking at on the proactiveinvestors site.....

BATM Advanced Communications 'the celebs' of the tech space
19:28 11 Oct 2017

Zvi Marom, chief executive of BATM Advanced Communications Limited (LON:BVC) discusses with Proactive the launch of the electronics industry's first ARM-based universal Customer Premises Equipment (uCPE) platform.

ARM-based chips are particularly popular in mobile devices, and the Cambridge-based chip designer worked closely with BATM's wholly-owned subsidiary, Telco Systems, and Telco partner NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) on the solution.

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[james dean] 11/10/2017 20:07

BATM hails fruits of becoming an ARM ecosystem partner


BATM expects to receive initial sales from the new platform in 2017.

Networking

A UCPE platform is a networking solution that converts network functions from hardware to software


BATM Advanced Communications Limited (LON:BVC) has hailed the launch of the electronics industry's first ARM-based universal Customer Premises Equipment (uCPE) platform.

ARM-based chips are particularly popular in mobile devices, and the Cambridge-based chip designer worked closely with BATM's wholly-owned subsidiary, Telco Systems, and Telco partner NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI) on the solution.


BATM’s NGSoft subsidiary inks US$35mln framework agreement with national defence agency

The uCPE platform uses Telco's NFVTime plug-and-play solution that enables network function virtualisation (NFV).

As a result, the group's NFV and software-defined network (SDN) solutions, which are already integrated with Intel-based platforms, are now available on all major architectures.

“We are honoured to have launched this solution in partnership with such established organisations as NXP Semiconductors and ARM, which demonstrates the strength of our offer,” declared Dr Zvi Marom, chief executive officer of BATM.

BATM Advanced Communications seeing the rewards from investment and new product launches

“We believe that it will accelerate the adoption of NFV/SDN in the telecoms market. It is also another milestone in the deployment of our strategy to focus on NFV and SDN solutions and further validates that transition. We are now the only provider of NFV solutions available on all major architectures, which enables the users to be truly hardware-free, and we look forward to expanding our sales in this area, which represents a key target growth-market for BATM," he added.

“BATM recorded a small loss in H1, but we note the traction evident in revenue development from the investments made in core technologies across the group. Investment continues and we note that the NAV [net asset value] per share of c16p likely significantly underplays the value to come from this investment activity,” said house broker, Shore Capital.

“The balance sheet remains robust with net cash and investments forecast at cUS$19m as at December 2017,” it added.

Shares in BATM rose 1% to 17.68p on the news.

--- adds broker comment and updates share price ---

http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/185398/batm-hails-fruits-of-becoming-an-arm-ecosystem-partner-185398.html
08:24 11 Oct 2017

[nasdaqpat] 11/10/2017 07:42

BVC is a vanity exercise for Marom and his cronies, it should really be a private company as it is not run for the benefit of public shareholders.

[zipstuck] 11/10/2017 07:27

Nice to see a relationship building with ARM and NXT. Hopefully more to come.

[nasdaqpat] 11/10/2017 07:08

The latest announcement represents more kudos for Marom but almost certainly precious little payback for loyal & long-term shareholders.

[james dean] 10/10/2017 18:41

Any value placed on the initial agreements?

Batm it seems heading in a new direction which is pleasing.

All IMHO


Regards.

[fse] 10/10/2017 14:49

Telco Systems, NXP and Arm Introduce New uCPE Offering

Oct 10, 2017


Companies collaborate to address market requirement for multi-technology and multi-vendor uCPE white box options

MANSFIELD, MA and AUSTIN, TX October 10, 2017 — Telco Systems, the leading provider of innovative SDN/NFV, CE 2.0, MPLS and IP solutions, together with NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI), a worldwide leader in advanced secure connectivity solutions, today announced the industry’s first Arm-based uCPE solution available in the market. In close collaboration with Arm, the solution combines a rich uCPE feature set on a multicore communications platform in the LS2088A that enables a performance, power and cost point not available in the market with existing architectures.

This advanced solution fulfills a market demand for multi-technology and multi-vendor uCPE white box solutions that enable telecom and managed service providers with more options to choose the best technology to address their operational environment and business targets.

By using NFVTime as the common uCPE NFVi OS software for Arm-based and other popular white box devices, service providers are now able to introduce this Arm uCPE without complicating the operation processes or compromising functionality and service capabilities at the MANO integration layer.

“Our new uCPE offering provides additional options for our customer to deploy NFV services and to address their specific operational requirements and business goals,” explained Raanan Tzemach, Vice President of Product Management and Marketing at Telco Systems. “We are proud to lead market innovations by working with strong market players like NXP and Arm.”

Telco Systems’ NFVTime is an open uCPE that includes a hardware agnostic NFVi-OS and uCPE MANO software solutions. NFVTime is service-ready with out-of-the-box support for SD-WAN, managed router, managed security, and other VNFs, which can be added remotely at any time.

The advanced uCPE white box offering is based on the Layerscape® LS2088A processor with eight 64-bit Arm Cortex®-A72 Cores. The processor cores in combination with integrated hardware acceleration for cryptographic processing, virtual forwarding and traffic management provide performance to support multi-gigabit routing and network services. Like all NXP Layerscape processors, the LS2088A includes Trust Architecture technology, which provides a secure hardware root of trust to ensure the integrity of operating software and network communications.

“NXP is pleased to enable the market and Telco Systems was the right partner to help expand the variety of uCPEs available and to highlight the functional advantages of our Layerscape platform,” said Noy Kucuk, vice president of product marketing for NXP. “This advanced uCPE will enable service providers to deploy securely multiple VNFs with high performance in multi-vendor environment.”

"A commercially deployable Arm-based uCPE solution from Telco Systems and NXP highlights the scalability and performance advantages of the Arm architecture and will accelerate our growing NFV ecosystem," said Drew Henry, senior vice president, Infrastructure Business Unit, Arm. "Collaborating with these two networking leaders further expands the breadth of efficient and flexible Arm-based uCPE platforms for operators and service providers."

At the SDN World Congress in The Hague, Netherlands on October 9-13, Arm will be demonstrating this joint uCPE offering at booth, number B27. At this event, Telco Systems will also be demonstrating this joint offering at Booth C9 as well as NXP at Booth B37.

[fse] 06/10/2017 15:20

This is yet another partnership pairing service options. Its another indicator that rather than see Telco win specific large contracts they are building a sales pipeline with joint solutions offerings

[james dean] 06/10/2017 08:15

reeltime -

Thanks.


Regards.


DYOR

[reeltime] 06/10/2017 03:28

Telco Systems Partners with NEC/Netcracker to Deliver NFV Service Chains Across Data Centers and at Customer Premises
Joint Solution Gives Telcos and Managed Service Providers Unique Customer Self-Service Capabilities to Manage Deployed VNFs

MANSFIELD, MA — October 5, 2017 —

Telco Systems, the leading provider of innovative CE 2.0, MPLS, IP, SDN/NFV solutions, and NEC/Netcracker, providers of software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) solutions as well as business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS), today announced that the two companies are partnering to offer a joint solution that will support the rapid deployment of NFV service chains across data centers and at customer premises.

This new joint offering combines NEC/Netcracker's NaaS solution and Telco Systems' NFVTime solution. NEC/Netcracker NaaS is a full-stack solution comprising VNF onboarding, service design, hybrid operations and a complete business environment including a digital marketplace. With the integration of Telco Systems' NFVTime along with VNFs as part of NEC/Netcracker's Ecosystem 2.0 program, the combined solution using universal customer premises equipment (uCPE) enables service providers to seamlessly deploy NFV service chains that combine VNFs located in the NFV data center and at customer premises.

NFVTime provides a service environment to rapidly launch and manage NFV services at the network edge. NFVTime runs on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) white box hardware and includes a carrier-class NFVi-OS and a broad portfolio of certified VNFs that are centrally managed and orchestrated. NFVTime gives telcos and managed service providers the service agility to smoothly deploy any VNF service chain, including SD-WAN, vRouter, vFirewall, vProbe, vSecurity and much more, remotely and at any time with zero-touch, plug-and-play provisioning.

As part of this joint solution, NFVTime is fully integrated with NEC/Netcracker's NaaS, including Network and Service Orchestration, to quickly bring NFV services to market and reduce the integration cost.

"Together, NEC/Netcracker and Telco Systems are collaborating in the NaaS market and developing solutions that enable service providers to quickly launch new multivendor value-added services at the network edge, capitalizing on the incredible opportunity to better serve the enterprise market," said Aidan Dunleavy, Director of Partner Alliances, Netcracker.

"Enabling telcos with NFV-based customer self-service capabilities to manage their deployed VNFs is an important new differentiator that we offer the market," explained Raanan Tzemach, Vice President of Product Management and Market, Telco Systems. "We are excited to join forces with NEC/Netcracker and are confident that these unique capabilities for which we are already experiencing a strong demand will lead to significant new business."

Telco Systems and NEC/Netcracker will be presenting this new joint solution at the upcoming SDN NFV World Congress in The Hague, Netherlands on October 9-13. Telco Systems will be exhibiting at Booth C9 and NEC/Netcracker will be exhibiting at Booth 16.

About Netcracker Technology

Netcracker Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, is a forward-looking software company, offering mission-critical solutions to service providers around the globe. Our comprehensive portfolio of software solutions and professional services enables large-scale digital transformations, unlocking the opportunities of the cloud, virtualization and the changing mobile ecosystem. With an unbroken service delivery track record of more than 20 years, our unique combination of technology, people and expertise helps companies transform their networks and enable better experiences for their customers. For more information, visit www.netcracker.com.

About Telco Systems

Established in 1972, Telco Systems is a market leader in designing and delivering advanced, high-performance, network and NFV solutions for service providers, enterprises and utility companies. The company is leading the telecom market virtualization revolution, providing NFV, uCPE, uCPE manager and SDN solutions. Telco Systems' NFVTime suite is an open, service-ready, plug-and-play uCPE solution that delivers a complete service environment to smoothly and rapidly launch NFV services. NFVTime integrates x86 white box hardware, a carrier-class NFVi-OS and a broad portfolio of certified VNFs that are centrally managed and orchestrated by NFVTime-Central uCPE manager solution. NFVTime is part of a broad solution portfolio that includes field-proven Carrier Ethernet (CE), MPLS, Layer2 and Layer 3 solutions that are managed by advanced orchestration.

[barrieb] 02/10/2017 19:13

FSE - Fully agree with your sentiments and it just reads to me as though Zvi has written that spiel of heart sobbing reasons himself!! If not I bet he had a real big hand in it!

Well its not as though he is going to leave is it, so they could have made him wait another year like many other millions of people have had to do.

Poor Zvi, I am almost feeling sorry for him as it must be really tough looking after all those millions of pounds of cash and assets he already has and he still has to do a job that he ONLY gets paid for. Tough old life eh! Poor Oll Boy eh! I know, lets have a whip round to see if we can help him out.

AIMHO

[fse] 02/10/2017 18:16

>spekky.... thats about the size of it. Agree with your comments.
In itself the granting of options is not such a bad thing as they are at current price so no benefit unless the share price gets cracking and the game unfolds as management hope.
I suppose you could see it as expectation that we are heading for much more solid figures but then we have been living that dream for quite a few years now ...

[spekky] 02/10/2017 17:35

At least the options are (approx) the current share price .........I would really be miffed if they were at a discount.Obviously we all hope 18.261p will look like a steal in 2 years time.It would have been more impressive if the option price was ,say,25p......
There is no risk to Zvi.....it would be nice if we could all invest that way,perhaps we should get warrants on a 1 for 1 basis for our long suffering.

[fse] 02/10/2017 15:27

On flat sales figures last reporting period (albeit with encouraging comment) the share price has languished. The AGM is either on Oct 13th or 18th they quote both dates ! The info is on their website under investors/AGM
Here is what they are voting on, listed below.
I feel they should have waited to have granted these "incentives" until the company went back into profit. Its not so much that I am against them but the timing is IMO inappropriate to say the least.

Resolution 6 – approval of grant of long-term incentives to the CEO, Dr. Zvi Marom: Since January
2014 the CEO's base salary has remained the same and the CEO has not been rewarded for his
special efforts in developing and making inroads into new very important business niches and new
potential markets (such as China for the Company's Bio-Med Division). The Company believes that
these efforts by the CEO will hopefully come to fruition over the next year or two, subject to the
Company being successful in bringing the new products and technologies to market on time and
subject to the global markets not entering into recession. The Board therefore believes that it is vital
to reward the CEO at an appropriate level for his contribution over the next three years and to
adequately incentivise him for continuing to grow these new opportunities, which the Board believes
could bring significant value to the shareholders. Accordingly, the Remuneration Committee has
recommended to the Board to grant the CEO five million options to purchase BATM ordinary shares.
The exercise price per share shall be a fixed price and not be under the average market price in the
month preceding the date of the Board Approval (being 18.261 pence per share) and the options
granted will vest as follows: at the end of twelve months – 0%; at the end of 24 months – 50%; and
at the end of 36 months – 50%. After reviewing the above proposed long-term grant and verifying
that its terms comply with the revised Remuneration Policy, the Board approved the above proposed
grant (subject to its approval by shareholders at the AGM) at its meeting on 13th September 2017.

[fse] 15/9/2017 14:17

>spekky..... hardly foolish IMO to be holding these at the moment.
The sum of the parts does not equal the SP, it falls far short.
The issue is that they have not had the revenue (so far) to support the case for investors to pile in so to speak.
When you take out institutional and Marom's holding there are actually not that many shares left for private investors.

[reeltime] 15/9/2017 14:06

Press Releases
Telco Systems and AAEON Partner on uCPE Offerings
Sep 14, 2017

Joint offering introduces plug-and-play, service ready uCPE running SD-WAN, Firewall and additional managed network services

MANSFIELD, MA and TAPEI, TAIWAN, September 14, 2017 — Telco Systems, the leading provider of innovative CE 2.0, MPLS, IP, SDN/NFV solutions, and AAEON, the leading designer and manufacturer of network appliances, today announced that the two companies will partner to offer joint uCPE solutions for telcos and managed service providers.

AAEON is a prominent global manufacturer of computer hardware systems and a subsidiary of ASUS. As part of this partnership between the two companies, Telco Systems will make its optimized NFVTime solution available on white box appliances from AAEON’s FWS series. AAEON’s FWS series are SDN/NFV-ready network appliances built on Intel® x86 architecture in desktop and rackmount form factors. The platforms are designed to enable network function virtualization and deliver flexibility and cost advantages for the creation of agile and profitable service management.

NFVTime provides a complete service environment to rapidly launch and manage NFV services. NFVTime runs on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) white box hardware and includes a carrier-class NFVi-OS and a broad portfolio of certified VNFs that are centrally managed and orchestrated. NFVTime gives telcos and managed service providers the service agility to smoothly deploy any VNF service chain, including SD-WAN, vRouter, vFirewall, vProbe, vSecurity and much more, remotely and at any time with zero touch, plug-and-play provisioning.

“The market for uCPE devices is growing rapidly and strategically important to us,” said Howard Lin, CEO at AAEON. “We have been impressed with Telco Systems’ innovations and technology leadership in this space and this new partnership will enable us to rapidly expand into this space.”

“We are pleased with the strong demand that we are experiencing for our NFVTime solution from both service providers and enterprises,” said Ariel Efrati, CEO at Telco Systems. “Partnering with AAEON will enable us extend our NFVTime offering using AAEON high quality white box appliances and contribute to fulfilling the promise of NFV technologies and virtualized services for service providers.”

[spekky] 15/9/2017 10:04

It is frustrating BUT.......I wonder why the institutional holders don't seem interested in selling (or buying)......if there is a positive I can't see anything that would skew the share price downwards (fundraising etcetera).....There's every chance that some parts of the company will be sold at considerable profit.No fool like an old fool but I am holding.

[barrieb] 14/9/2017 21:31

FSE you are right I don't think they or a big boardroom bully does!

[fse] 14/9/2017 20:33

>Barrie..... I agree with most of what you have said above. I held shares in BATM for a long time as they had the cash reserves to not be forced under in difficult times. They are a major component in my long term holdings.
I just did not plan in them taking that long a time to sort themselves out. The back drop for them is enticing but thus far their sales are truly disappointing.
They have been one of those investments that you don't like to dump just at the time they are finally turning the corner.
You don't reward yourself until you demonstrate real profits. BATM might all very well consider their shares undervalued "BUT" until they have the "REVENUE" to go with it then the shares remain in the doldrums. I don't get the feeling that management appreciate this.

[fse] 14/9/2017 18:29

OK this is what has been reported. This would effectively be a 1.24% dilution to existing shareholders holdings. It also as mentioned above takes Dr Marom's holdings above 25%. Not sure what the situation is for them to take this private.
I feel that shareholders have patiently hung in there whilst they have re-focussed the company. We have seen dismal performance as holders and any bonus should IMO be performance generated from profits generated. Granted it does not deplete their cash position but it does have an effect on shareholders. On the surface of it this appears to not be well thought out and will annoy shareholders.

"A grant of five million options to purchase BATM ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 each.
-- The exercise price per share will be 18.261 pence per share being the average price of the Company's shares on the London Stock Exchange in the month preceding the date of board approval (being 13 September 2017).

-- Half of the options will vest at the end of 24 months from the date of grant and the other half at the end of 36 months, provided that Dr Marom remains in his position at the Company as at the date of each vesting.

The total number of options over ordinary shares to be granted represents 1.24% of the current issued share capital of 403,150,820 ordinary shares. Dr Marom holds 23.98% of the current issued share capital"

[fse] 11/9/2017 17:51

Software defined networking to revolutionize legacy data centers
September 8, 2017 Sabrina Labanowski


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Software defined networking (SDN) has the potential to revolutionize legacy data centers by offering an efficient way to control network operations, according to a new report published by research and consulting company Acumen Research & Consulting (ARC).

According to Acumen’s predictions, the global SDN market is expected to grow at an astonishing CAGR of around 47 percent from 2016 to 2022 and reach more than $130 billion.

The report stated that the astounding amount of data generated (mobile devices, cloud computing and social media) push traditional networks to their limit.

Therefore, there is higher demand for advanced network infrastructures to manage huge amounts of data. The analysts added, that despite the fact that computing and storage have benefited from progress in automation and virtualization, these benefits are suppressed by the limitations in network capabilities.

The report noted that SDN helps administrators and network engineers to swiftly respond to changing business requirements through centralized control.

The report authors stated that SDN offers a centralized, programmable network that can dynamically match the changing business requirements and offers benefits such as reduced capital expenditure, reduced operating expenditure, directly programmable, offers centralized management and optimization, enables innovation and delivers agility and flexibility.

According to the analysts, North America was the largest market for SDN technology in 2015 and the region is expected to maintain its leading position.

Global SDN Market

They added that SDN is being extensively adopted in various industry verticals including healthcare, banking financial services and insurance, IT, energy, telecom and others.

One of the major reasons for the higher adoption of this technology is the high standardization offered by this technology. Cloud computing, mobility services, and network virtualization are adopted by numerous players in North America at early stage.