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service on mobile, meeting needs of and spend money. It is designed to services to over 110 million consumers
consumers across segments.” Comviva’s seamlessly integrate consumer touch globally and processes more than 6.5
mobiquity® Money is the world’s leading points with a wide ecosystem of banks, billion transactions amounting to over
mobile money platform that delivers a host billers, merchants and third-party payment $130 billion annually. mobiquity® Money
of digital financial services that transform systems, creating a convergence powered has clocked over 60 deployments in more
the way consumers save, borrow, transfer by interoperability. It provides financial than 45 countries.

Dialogic Announces Successful Interoperability
Testing Between the Dialogic BorderNet SBC and
the OrecX Oreka Audio Capture Platform

Dialogic, a cloud-optimized applications and infrastructure
solutions provider for service providers, enterprises, and
developers, announced that interoperability testing has been
completed between the Dialogic® BorderNet™ SBC and the
Oreka Audio Capture platform from OrecX, a world-leading open
source call recording solution provider. The BorderNet SBC, a
software-only, cloud-native SBC, secures connectivity to OrecX
deployments, while simultaneously enabling high-quality call
delivery and real-time call recording. The BorderNet SBC and
OrecX solutions can be deployed both on-premises and in the
cloud, including private, public, and hybrid cloud environments,
without compromising performance, availability, and scalability.
“OrecX’s interoperability with the Dialogic BorderNet SBC enables
our enterprise customers, platform partners, and AI-fueled flexible licensing and deployment options to help them achieve
ecosystem to securely scale the Oreka audio capture platform their unique business objectives,” added Bill Crank, President and
and leverage it to meet their evolving real-time and post-call CEO of Dialogic. “This successful interoperability testing gives
digital transformation initiatives,” said Steve Kaiser, OrecX CEO. OrecX platform users confidence when choosing the BorderNet
“OrecX customers using the BorderNet SBC are leveraging its SBC for their security and session control needs.”

Eutelsat 117 West A Selected by Orby TV for New
United States DTH Satellite Service

Eutelsat Americas, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications is available for purchase in all US Best Buy and select Target U.S.
(Euronext Paris: ETL), has been selected by Orby TV for capacity retail locations, with select independent dealers, or online with free
on the EUTELSAT 117 West A satellite. The multi-year, multi- shipping at www.OrbyTV.com. Michael Thornton, CEO of Orby TV,
transponder agreement between the companies was announced said: “Orby TV is very pleased to enter into a multi-year agreement
at the International Broadcast Convention (IBC 2019) following with Eutelsat to help us reliably deliver a quality, best in-class
Orby TV’s recent launch of its new and affordable satellite service pay-TV experience that is affordable with no Internet streaming
across the lower 48 continental United States. Orby TV is leveraging required. With Orby TV prices starting at just $40 per month and
EUTELSAT 117 West A’s exceptional Ku-band coverage of the US the flexibility of the prepaid model to turn the service on/off, while
to distribute its satellite television service, featuring pay-as-you- always enjoying free local programming and use of the interactive
go flexibility, dozens of popular networks, free local channels, with guide, Orby TV is filling a void in the US marketplace.” Mike
no credit checks or contractual commitments. Orby TV has two Antonovich, CEO of Eutelsat Americas, added: “We are delighted
base programming packages priced at $40 (Essentials) or $50 that Orby TV selected EUTELSAT 117 West A for the first major
(Extras) per month for up to four rooms, with optional premium mainstream English language DTH bouquet to launch in the US
network programming packages and DVR service available. All market in over 20 years. This groundbreaking deal showcases the
fees and taxes are included in the monthly prices. Local channels important role satellite continues to play in TV distribution, even
and unlimited use of the Orby TV interactive program guide is in well-established markets. We look forward to supporting Orby
provided at no additional charge, even if the subscriber decides TV as their innovative business and offerings continue to grow.”
to turn off the monthly paid Orby TV service. Orby TV hardware
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