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[fse] 08/9/2014 15:02

Heres a link to the product/technology
www.opticuldiagnostics.com
Markets seem to like the news at least ;-)
probably have to cut and paste the link

edit: also of note
"BATM will own 20% of the issued share capital of Opticul Diagnostics. "
and this
hxxp://www.adaltis.net/content/product/instruments/optidet/default.aspx
as usual just change the hxxp to http
heres a pdf file on the new product on Adaltis website, looks to me as if they are ready to roll this out very soon
hxxp://www.adaltis.net/content/brochures/products/instruments/optidet/optidet.pdf

[fse] 08/9/2014 14:17

Seems to me that its disruptive technology to their own balance line. Not sure how this is going to make money for them ?
I imagine the details will out.

[picsous] 08/9/2014 11:12

An announcement is made and the share price goes up? That's not happened in a long time!

[james dean] 08/9/2014 09:06

8 September 2014

BATM Advanced Communications Limited

("BATM" or "the Group")

BATM invests in In Vitro Diagnostics Device Company, Opticul Diagnostics

Opticul Diagnostics technology offers specific, sensitive, "within minutes" identification of bacteria

BATM Advanced Communications Limited (LSE: BVC; TASE: BATM), a leading provider of real-time technologies for the networked telecoms and medical laboratory equipment markets, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to invest up to $450,000 in in vitro diagnostics device company, Opticul Diagnostics.

Highlights of the Agreement

-- Opticul has developed a revolutionary process for rapid diagnosis, using photonic laser technologies, of micro-organisms based on their outer morphology.

-- The process - applied through the Optidet(R) device - enables faster, lower cost and more reliable diagnostics compared with all known current technologies.

-- BATM and Opticul will conduct joint R&D, in the U.S. and Israel, to develop and launch the next prototype of Optidet(R) .

-- Of the agreed investment, $200,000 is being paid upfront in cash and the remainder as milestones are achieved.
-- BATM will own 20% of the issued share capital of Opticul Diagnostics.

BATM and Opticul have cooperated over the last two years, with the Group having built an early prototype of the device. Under the terms of the investment agreement, BATM will continue to conduct joint R&D with Opticul, and will participate in developing and launching the next prototype, which will be presented at the Medica show in Dusseldorf, Germany in November 2014. In addition, BATM has been given exclusive rights to distribute the device in China and Russia. The semi-commercial prototypes are expected to be launched in late 2015, with full commercialisation scheduled for 2016 beginning with the U.S.

Benefits of Optidet(R)

-- Optidet(R) is a diagnostics machine able to identify microbes, bacteria and yeast in the clinical laboratory - without the use of reagents.

-- Currently, samples are collected from patients and sent to the clinical laboratory where the laboratory technician plates the sample on a primary, non-specific petri dish for 18-24 hours before identification can be made.

-- With Opticul Diagnostics, the technician picks up one colony from the dish and smears it on a disposable unit. The unit is then inserted into Optidet(R) and the result of specific bacteria appears on the screen within three minutes and at total a cost of under $5.

-- As such, Optidet(R) provides the clinical lab with an easy-to-use, rapid and low cost bacterial identification solution. This has the potential to save a mid-size hospital in the U.S. approximately $22 million a year as well as generating much less waste. In addition, patients benefit from better care with quicker results.

Regulatory approval

Opticul has already obtained regulatory approval with 510K clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration ("FDA") for an early prototype as well as European ISO 13485 clearance. The company is currently seeking FDA approval for prototype 2.1 - for which it has submitted 2,450 samples in the U.S. Opticul has also filed 10 patents in the U.S. and worldwide with one having already been granted.

Dr. Zvi Marom, CEO of BATM, said: "We're delighted to have invested in Opticul Diagnostics. Opticul has invented a truly disruptive technology that is able to identify a type of bacteria in minutes instead of days. This investment is complementary to our diagnostics business and adds another technology offering to our portfolio. The cooperation with Prof. Israel and Dr. Gallya Gannot, who lead the Opticul team, has been excellent and we look forward to a very fruitful collaborative venture."

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[reeltime] 03/9/2014 11:51

More information on SDN & NFV.....

Leveraging SDN and NFV Technologies for Transitioning to IT-Aware Networks
A Knowledge Network Article: Telco Systems
Thursday 28 August 2014

Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) are among the hottest buzzwords in the networking and telecom industries. However, most communications service providers do not yet clearly understand the benefits of these important technologies.

If implemented correctly, SDN and NFV technologies can successfully transition network connectivity infrastructure into IT-aware networks and reshape network operations with simplified network management and lower service delivery costs. More importantly, these technologies can be leveraged to create new services and important revenue streams.

SDN and NFV, through standardization, offer similar benefits, although in terms of implementation, are entirely different from one another. SDN allows centralized control over the programming of a range of network components, while NFV leverages virtualization to consolidate various kinds of network equipment and offers the ability to convert single purpose appliances into multifunctional devices.

Consumers today are demanding more bandwidth at lower costs, while the growth of the cloud has further increased the demand for higher speed networks that allow applications to run efficiently. However, for the service provider to deliver higher bandwidths through an investment in expanding infrastructure is clearly expensive.

To meet this constantly growing demand for delivering more bandwidth without the need to invest in new infrastructure, service providers can following one of two different strategies. The first approach is for the service provider to offer value added services, such as firewalls, encryption, caching, VPNs, service monitoring, VoIP and similar services directly from the network by using Virtual Machines (VMs) running on the switching device. The second approach is to make network operations more efficient with SDN, which promises to do this by simplifying the network operations and providing faster implementation of new services with more agility and higher automation.

This transformation of existing infrastructure into IT-aware networks with the help of SDN and NFV will help service providers to move up in the value chain by offering a greater number of special services from the network itself. These new services enabled by SDN and NFV will represent elusive new revenue streams for communications service providers.

NFV solutions can be installed on both the access as well as aggregation devices in the network. Service providers can then leverage this virtualization to host network-resident applications on these devices, making them more versatile and capable of fulfilling more than just one function in the network. NFV applications include virtual CPE, virtual CDN, virtual tunnelling, virtual firewall, VoIP and more. Virtualization will also open up this space to a new ecosystem of network applications, which will be installed on the network devices and holds the potential to be as easy to install and use as smartphone mobile apps.

In addition to creating new services and revenue streams for service providers, virtualization through NFV also has the benefit of automating network maintenance. For example, by using NFV, software can be installed and upgraded virtually from a central location, instead of the common practice of sending IT staff to physically install new and upgraded software at specific locations throughout the organization.

Communications service providers of all tiers, vertical markets and geographical locations stand to benefit from SDN and NFV technologies. These communications service providers adopting SDN and NFV will need to make some fundamental changes to their approach to networking and their overall infrastructure. However, the alternatives are expensive investments in expanding existing infrastructure or to risk losing dissatisfied customers that find better connectivity elsewhere. The communications service providers that are successful in deploying SDN and NFV will benefit from IT-aware networks that simplify network management, lower service delivery costs and, more importantly, create new services with essential new revenue streams.

[reeltime] 25/8/2014 00:39

FSE

Just back from holiday, thanks for your posts and your comments on the current
state of affairs.

News

August 14, 2014
Cambridge gets an Upgrade

Cambridge Council has upgraded it's town centre CCTV recording system using the latest generation of Vigilant Technology Elite Hybrid Intelligent Video Servers.

The 144 camera system was implemented using only five 32 channel recorders, making a big saving both in rack space needed and power consumption.

The adoption of Hybrid recorders means that the recording system is now IP camera ready. The complete recording system can now also be monitored from the Borough council CCTV control room in Huntingdon.

hxxp://www.vglnt.com/index.php?page=latest_news&article=86

[fse] 23/8/2014 22:09

I should add to these comments that business I am currently dealing with and CEO's that I know are all delayed by endless regulatory approval glitches. Delays are setting many companies back 12mths to 18mths
This seems to be the case across the board with so many facets of business today.
I am a director of our city's business association and its the same situation here a sea of delays which is very tiresome.
A developer associate of mine also cites the same problems and says they are 18 mths behind in getting simple approvals.
BATM appear to be poking their heads through the other end of the tunnel but oh what a wait.

[fse] 23/8/2014 22:01

Peter Sheldon is retiring. This was his 2013 year end comment
If you take it at face value then it does reinforce what we believe is the situation here.
Its not all roses but the direction of the company is on a sounder growth prospects footing. IMO.

Annual Report 2013 7
OVERVIEW GOVERNANCE FINANCIALS
Strategic Report
2013 was a year in which many of the changes we have been implementing in terms of management; business structure;
operating efficiencies and margin improvement have increasingly become evident.
The continued improvements we have made in our business model and operations in 2013, resulted in a small adjusted
operating profit yet failed to reach our expectations for the year. This disappointment however has not dimmed
our confidence that BATM has a business model that is sound and will generate significantly better results for our
shareholders as our various initiatives mature fully during 2014 and beyond.
A full and detailed analysis of our 2013 results is provided in our Directors' Report overleaf.
In 2013 our profitability suffered from a number of external factors beyond our control arising from the continuing
international financial turmoil and not least, the impact of a strong Israeli currency, especially against the US dollar. We
were also adversely affected by the continuing slow pace at which the various authorities are providing us with the
regulatory approvals on which we rely to enter into new markets with products that are increasingly being recognised
as market leaders.
BATM is a very different business than it was 5 years ago. We have developed two streams of business activity, with
two market sectors – telecom and medical – into which we are selling very high quality technological products
meeting the needs of the various international markets we serve. Both divisions offer significant growth potential with
proven products that are increasingly enabling us to benefit from recurring revenues and consequently further margin
improvement. It has been a hard road to travel on at a difficult time in world economic activity but the signs that we
are seeing are positive and encouraging.
Our employees, at all levels, have made a considerable contribution to our progress often in difficult and challenging
circumstances. I would like to thank them and all of my Board colleagues for their efforts, skill and professionalism
which I am confident will be reflected in the level of growth and profitability that we will achieve in 2014 and beyond.
The year has started well and I have every reason to expect that our shareholders will be gratified with our future results.
Peter Sheldon, OBE
Chairman
Peter Sheldon
Chairman
30 April 2014

[fse] 23/8/2014 21:49

hxxp://www.batm.com/index.php?page=download&file=S124&ref=99
You will have to cut and paste this and change hxxp to http ...

Link to AGM resolutions. Mainly approving salary increases which if you remember were turned down the last time due to sluggish performance.
Hard to read between the lines but they obviously feel they have done enough to warrant them this time around. Maybe they have but its not reflected in the share price

[fse] 15/8/2014 15:57

There has been no major selling just shares walked down from lack of interest.
The company is on the turn and once again if you look at the Telco division stabilizing and the medical division retaining growth then the situation here will look very different on what ought to be an achievable target.
Trading conditions though remain very challenging and its not as if others are doing any better and most a lot worse.
Does not help the share price and it won't IMO until we start seeing a better bottom line.
Having said that the current valuation is most undemanding....

[rob1ng] 14/8/2014 13:03

Could be or someone just fed up with the shares ,Cisco results not good I wish they would just buy each other and give us all a break

[picsous] 14/8/2014 12:45

Price manipulation anyone?

[silver surfer] 14/8/2014 10:20

Share price is not great, but at least the last set of results is showing the company is back on track (at last!).

Looks like the needed upgrades in the internet's backbone is starting to make itself known!!

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2724495/Top-websites-crash-web-starts-run-space-Fears-major-technical-problems-regular-occurrence.html

Can only be good news for the like of batm.

[david_99] 13/8/2014 11:13

Back to 6 month lows and falling :-((

[fse] 07/8/2014 14:46

Meant to add that the results do at least support current share price and we really ought to start moving up here. But how many times have we been here !

[fse] 07/8/2014 14:44

OK this is hardly going to impress many but there are decent indicators. The Telco arm was never going to snap back to profit but the restructured division does now look better focussed and stable. As the Israeli contract starts to underpin the division its not going to be difficult for them to show a profit.
I would not be at all surprised if the Telco division is sold off at some point.

The medical division has seen strong growth with problems in scaling up operations.
Overall the picture here looks encouraging.

I don't like the drop in capital which has not been properly explained.
Like picsous I was unimpressed by the news that the diagnostics unit can not fulfill all its orders. This is not good news but we do not know how quickly they will sort this out.

I don't know what the consensus of market expectations are for year end. My understanding was though that the group would regain a profit position across the board. They ought to be able to do this.

[reeltime] 07/8/2014 09:21

"the Group expects to report full year 2014 revenues and profits in line with market expectations".

Does anybody know what the market expectations are?

[picsous] 07/8/2014 09:07

Well, with that kind of statement it's not surprising that investors lose faith in the management:
"However, due to constraints in production capacity, the Diagnostics unit will be unable to fulfil all the orders in 2014."

[rob1ng] 07/8/2014 08:59

Share price and buying interest says it all

[trojan] 07/8/2014 08:53

Interesting results methinks!

[fse] 05/8/2014 15:24

I don't know about that really its more a matter of there being no urgency to invest here until the earnings support the share price to higher levels.
It would not hurt to have peace in the area also so everyone can get on with their lives...
still I agree its very quiet.

[rob1ng] 05/8/2014 09:33

No trades,no share movement before results ,never owned a share like this before ,nobody is interested in this share

[fse] 31/7/2014 16:42

Thanks for the post reeltime. I had not seen it before and it is a great insight to where the company is heading. The technology has changed so fast that its hard for companies to recoup their investment on the last new product introduced against a backdrop of it already being obsolete to some degree
The attempt to integrate by support to a newer system is the key to success here IMO. Fascinating stuff.

OT but I had to take note of Tesla and Panasonic partnership to make electric cars an honest usable reality on a major scale. Maybe Telco systems will be able to pair with clients to get over their own hurdles. A lot to play for.

[amt] 31/7/2014 08:11

Wow that's a great RNS. I didn't see it yesterday.

[reeltime] 30/7/2014 22:17

An interesting article worth reading.....

Moshe Shimon, our VP of Product Line Management, interviews with Black Swan Telecom Journal to discuss SDN and NFV as it relates to Telco Systems' new OME solutions!

Read it here: