Nokia is showcasing the UBT-T XP Dual Band radio, the latest addition to its award-winning Wavence product family, at Mobile World Congress 2022. Designed to support mobile operators and enterprises, the extreme high-power outdoor unit delivers high-capacity and dual-carrier functionality with the best system gain available in an outdoor package. The UBT-T XP supports the low-frequency spectrum bands 6GHz to 11 GHz andis ideal for full outdoor or split-mount configurations. Its exclusive 6/11 dual-band feature provides maximum flexibility for interference mitigation and spectrum efficiency and delivers the highest path performance and capacity in its class. The UBT-T XP is available from Q3 2022.
Nokia’s UBT-T XP unique dual-band solution provides a channel at 6Ghz and a channel at 11Ghz in a single outdoor unit. The UBT-T XP supports multi-frequency carrier aggregation with mixed channel sizes and high modulation schemes that can carry 2.5 Gbps over the air. As part of the UBT-T XP solution, Nokia offers 4+0, 6+0, and 8+0 configurations using the Outdoor Combining Module with Nokia’s high-performance adjacent channels filters, providing the maximum flexibility for frequency selection and spectrum efficiency. The UBT-T XP is also integrated into the Nokia Network Services Platform for common management for full end-to-end management of the network.
Nokia’s comprehensive Wavence portfolio provides a complete microwave solution for all uses cases covering short-haul, long-haul, E-Band, and SDN-based management both for Service Providers and Enterprises. Its zero-footprint implementation for full-outdoor architectures can be integrated directly with RAN and IP devices with common management.
Giuseppe Targia, Vice President, Microwave Radio Links at Nokia said:“This new dual-carrier solution enhances our industry-leading Wavence portfolio offering our customers an alternative 5G backhaul solution with scalable coverage and capacity. Microwave technology ensures we can deliver high-capacity services over long distances which is critical when fiber can’t be deployed.”
56% of people in Ireland don’t understand the benefits of 5G, compared to 64% the year previous, according to Deloitte Ireland’s Digital Consumer Trends Report, which looked at consumers’ attitudes towards 5G. With just one in 10 using 5G at the time of the survey – the majority aged 18-24 (17%) – more than half (54%) of consumers said that they can’t tell the difference between 4G and 5G.
Although 61% of people think they will have better network connectivity (faster, more reliable) on 5G than on 4G, consumer adoption is slow and there is complacency towards switching with 15% of respondents saying they would switch as soon as it’s available in their region, 13% would switch if they hear good things about it, 18% say they would switch if was the standard offering and there was no alternative and 30% noted they would probably switch eventually. When it comes to network offerings, over a third (36%) said they would change network operator based on 5G coverage.
There has also been ongoing debate around health concerns with 5G and while people are less concerned about the health risks associated with 5G than they were in 2020 (16% vs 20%), 38% still feel that they “don’t know” if there are health risks associated.
The Deloitte Digital Consumer Trends report is an annual survey of 1,000 consumers in Ireland, aged between 18 and 75, which explores their digital usage and attitudes towards technology.
Commenting on the report, John Kehoe, Audit Partner at Deloitte Ireland said: “While the concept of 5G has been talked about for some time, the benefits are still not clear to consumers. Education on these benefits and dispelling the myths around health concerns will be essential as the rollout picks up, particularly as work moves to a hybrid model, because the current wired broadband network is not built for a sustainable work from home scenario. The opportunity here is for 5G to complement the wired broadband network.
“The government’s Digital Ireland Framework published earlier this month set out a target to have 5G coverage in all populated areas by 2030. Collaboration of key stakeholders will be a critical factor in enabling successful deployment across the country. There needs to be a significant investment and capital injection to support the rollout, from cell towers to power consumption tracking. Until this investment is clear, it may be some time until consumers can fully reap the benefits of 5G including improved health and wellbeing, enhanced entertainment and smarter, connected cities.”
Practicalities driving purchasing decisions
Aside from price, battery life is the top feature that influences consumers’ purchasing decision on phones, followed by storage capacity and camera functionality and quality. Ease of use features as the second most important factor for the 55-64 and 65-75 age cohorts (39% and 43% respectively). 5G only ranks number 10 on the list of priorities and is of similar importance, or lack thereof, for all age brackets with the 45-54 cohort caring the most about it (13%) and 55-64 caring the least (6%).
“Currently, most devices in Ireland are not 5G compatible which is naturally a key barrier to adoption. However, as 5G isn’t high on the agenda for consumers, it further highlights the need for education on the benefits,” concluded Kehoe.
Genesys, a global cloud leader in customer experience orchestration, has announced its sponsorship with Connacht Rugby is extended for two years, linking the organisations through 2025.
The prime sponsorship includes Genesys branding featured on all Connacht Rugby apparel, as well as matchday shirts and the club’s full retail range.
Genesys will also remain the Principal Partner of the Connacht Women’s team for this extended period. Genesys became the first Title Partner of the Connacht Women in 2020, providing significant support for the growth of the women’s game in Connacht at all levels.
“The values Connacht Rugby display of inclusion and community reflect Genesys’ own deep passion for a healthy lifestyle and sense of community,” said Joe Smyth, senior vice president of Research & Development, Digital and AI at Genesys. “Our roots are firmly established in the West of Ireland thanks to the blossoming tech talent in the region and investments in organisations such as Connacht Rugby who possess the expertise to build strong communities.”
“Genesys is an organisation with huge ambition. They have made a real impact in our community over the years, through their investment in the West of Ireland and the resultant jobs they have created”, said Willie Ruane, CEO of Connacht Rugby. “We’re thrilled to continue our thriving partnership, which continues to present a fantastic opportunity to connect the local community and the wider global rugby audience.”
Following the acquisition of Galway-based AI startup Altocloud in 2018, Genesys has grown its team from 22 staff in Ireland to over 300 as of January 2022. Genesys intends to continue this momentum by hiring more than 100 employees this year, which is a positive reflection of the growing pool of talent available in the West of Ireland. The partnership with Connacht Rugby has been instrumental in helping Genesys establish its brand across Ireland. It also demonstrates Genesys’ ongoing commitment to making investments and creating new jobs in the province
Smartbulbs are around pretty much years now at this stage with all kinds of everything on offer and the Tapo range is no stranger to this market the Tapo L530B is what we had in for review and it is an ideal piece of tech to change the mood in any room in the house, now it is just a bulb that changes color some might say but there is more smarts to it than you think it is not expensive and also has voice commands built in like Alexa and Hey Google, I am not one to speak to my tech at home that often to be honest but it is there and I know many who do.
The Bulb of course has an app which lets you control the bulb from anywhere, change the colour, turn it on and off and more, you can set up smart actions if you like such as schedules , if your away and a timer you can set the bulb to sunrise and sunset too if you wish which is pretty cool and some more..
With all this home tech and IoT it makes us lazy one might argue today but this is a nice extra to have in your home in any room in the house to change to mood of the boring standard lights many of us have and it is not complicated either to get on board with such tech,check out the video below and see how it works and decide for yourself.
Features
Multicolor– Easily design scenarios for your daily routine or activities by customizing brightness, light temperature, and colors–with 16,000,000 hues to choose from.
60-watt equivalent– LED bulb produces up to 806 lumens white brightness and has a dimming range from 1% to 100%.
Preset for Convenience – Found your favorite lighting for watching movies? Save it as a setting you can simply select for future movie nights.
Schedule & Timer –Create schedules and count plans to turn on/off with the brightness/color you set.
Sunrise and Sunset Modes – Automatically activate your light according to your time zone.
No Hub Required – Connect the L530B light to your home wifi, then you are all set.
Voice Control – Manage the lights with your voice commands as Tapo works with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
Remote Control – Take your phone out for the pocket and open the Tapo app to control your light remotely.
Away Mode – Automatically simulate someone being at home to frighten away, unwanted visitors.
Restore Last Light State– the bulb automatically returns to its previous power-off state.
Significant investment is being made in corporate expansion of Intact business in the UK and Ireland in the coming year, increasing headcount by over 180 over the next three years. The company currently employs 184 people. New recruitment will facilitate enhanced client service on the ground, locally, as well as European and global growth planning.
Intact this week officially opened its new UK headquarters in Hemel Hempstead, in the Greater London area. In December 2021, the company also opened a satellite office in Cork, with up to 20 Intact staff to be based there, supporting clients in the south west.
In 2016 the software company acquired Ramtac, one of its UK VAR partners, (value added resellers), which has facilitated expansion in the neighbouring market, alongside significant project growth on the island of Ireland.
Annual turnover, currently in the region of €17 million, has grown over 500% in the last ten years, with more than 60% growth anticipated in the coming year.
Intact is targeting around 5,000 new users annually in its target verticals of product-focused distribution and wholesale businesses.
Significant investment is being made in corporate expansion of the Irish business in the UK and Ireland in the coming year, increasing headcount by over 180 over the next three years. The company currently employs 184 people. New recruitment will facilitate enhanced client service on the ground, locally, as well as European and global growth planning.
A number of these roles each year will be via a new graduate recruitment programme, Intact Ignite, launched recently and operating in both territories.
CEO, Justin Lawless, says that dramatic consistent growth in the past ten years has established a firm base from which to roll-out the unique Intact ERP offering further, leveraging the company’s intellectual property in both domestic and global markets.
“Organic and acquisition growth is planned, and will be expedited with partnerships too, leveraging our IP globally. Complementary recruitment right across our locations will span roles from consultancy and software development to sales and marketing”.
Intact work largely with merchant, wholesale and distribution businesses, providing perfect-fit business software and technology solutions, known as ERP systems (enterprise resource planning), that enable businesses to optimally manage, automate and scale their operations.
Intact software is used across Ireland, the UK and parts of Europe, Australia and New Zealand by both large and small companies. While the business largely works directly with its customers, Intact also has a network of channel partners implementing software solutions, the largest of which is Micronet Systems, based in ANZ.
Investment specialist and growth strategist, Stephen McGivern of EIIS Management Limited recently joined the Board of Intact as a Non-Executive Director.
There are plenty of things involved in making a business efficient and successful in today’s day and age. Whether you’re a big or small company, you need to provide the best tools and resources for your business. One way to set your business up with the best of the best is to learn how to make beautiful online presentations.
After the pandemic, online presentations have become the new industry standard, and for good reason. If you’re a new or established brand, looking to take your company to the next level, then look no further! Here’s everything you need to know about well-designed online presentations, and how they can benefit your brand!
Easier to engage
As a business, you need to engage your audience, whether it be your peers, higher-ups, or customers. When communicating ideas you need to learn how to keep things short, sweet, and interesting. A well-designed online presentation can help you get there, especially during or post-pandemic. During these online meetings with your co-workers from home, it’s important to find a way to engage your listeners.
Well-designed presentations can work wonders to keep your audience engaged and listening. Whether it’s a marketing pitch or a short video on your website, tasteful presentations keep your audience interested. Whether you do in-house or outsource web design services, it’s important to make your presentation engaging, to reap the most rewards. Keep your audience engaged with tasteful colors, easy-to-follow graphics, and bite-sized information.
Easy to communicate information
When it comes to communicating important numbers and figures, it can be hard to do it in a regular meeting. Without the aid of visual help, your listeners will have a tough time understanding everything. It can be hard to communicate large amounts of statistics, progress updates, or even new products.
Make things easier for your listeners, by communicating these ideas through presentations. Online presentations are a great way to get your message across in bite-sized chunks of information. With a well-designed presentation, you can help your audience understand both easy and difficult topics in no time.
Saves time
When it comes to getting the message across in your business, you need to think about how much time it’s going to take. Time is money, so when communicating ideas, you need to find a way to be short and sweet. Online presentations are a great way to get your message across in the shortest amount of time while making sure everyone stays on the same page.
Instead of sitting through long hours of meetings, you can present your ideas or solutions within the hour. Presentations are easy to create and craft and you can get as creative as you like with style and design. Whether you’re pitching an idea or giving a progress update, make the most of everyone’s time with well-designed online presentations.
More interaction front the audience
Communicating an idea with your audience is a two-way street. Whether you’re presenting to your boss, peers, or target audience, interaction is key. Online presentations are a great way to interact with your audience and get more feedback. Get notes on your message and idea in real-time.
Presenting online opens up direct channels of communication and you can receive live feedback as you go. Whether positive or negative, this feedback is essential to your growth both as an individual and a brand. If you want more interaction from your audience, make the most of your online presentations.
Encourages consistency
As a business, your top priority should be to encourage consistent hard work throughout your company. One way to achieve this is through well-executed online presentations. Presentations make communication within the company easier and help keep standards high. Presentations provide an easy communication framework to follow for both employees and higher-ups.
Through well-organized, easy-to-understand information, and bullet points. Through prompts, pointers, and tasteful design, you can set the standard for your company. With this framework in place, you can allow your company to push forward, achieve more, and strive for better in the future. Foster consistency with well-designed online presentations and your business will thank you.
So there you have it! Now that you’re all caught up on how online presentations benefit your business, you’re ready to take on the world! For starters, online presentations make it easier to engage your audience. From your peers to higher-ups, to correct and future consumers. Presentations make it easier to connect with people and communicate information.
Online presentations save you time and stress. Their simple medium and ease of use allow you to focus on other important things. Get the necessary feedback for your ideas and interact with your audience through presentations. Last but not least, presenting your work keeps your brand and employees consistent. Set a good example with your new online presentation and your brand will thank you!
A business loan is a very useful thing to have on hand, especially if you have a small business. If you plan to take one out, it’s important to understand exactly how much you’re really paying for it. These easy tips will help you consider which one is right for your specific circumstances.
Certain Data
To calculate the costs of your business loan accurately, you’re going to need a few numbers first. As those at Lantern by SoFi point out, “It can help to do some prep work to strengthen your pitch.” That way, you know what you need to get things in gear and off the ground. It also helps to know if you want to go for a fixed-rate loan or a variable loan. Many applicants are delighted to realize bad credit loans for small businesses are possible.
Interest Rates
One of the numbers that any business owner must know about their loan is the interest rate being charged. Interest rates vary to a certain degree. Having good credit means that you are likely to be offered a loan with a lower overall interest rate. A lender will also look at other factors when coming up with a loan interest rate. This will include the type of business loan you are applying for as well as how much cash you have on hand to run your business right now. It will also include a close look at how much profit you’ve earned since the business has been operating.
Possible Fees
Taking out a business loan means paying fees. There are many types of fees that you might have to pay in order to get the loan into closing. This might include what is known as a loan origination fee. This fee is the amount of money the bank is charging you to complete the loan. It can take many forms. In some cases, flat fee payment is required upfront. A fee of this kind can also take the form of part of the entire loan. This typically ranges from three to as much as five percent. That’s why it is crucial to make sure you know about all fees you’re going to have to pay on your loan before you sign the paperwork.
Calculating Overall Costs
Many factors will go into calculating the total costs. You should know exactly how much you’ve borrowed. You should also know the interest rate you’re going to pay as well as all the fees your lender asks from you as part of the loan process. It’s also best to know the repayment rates that extend over the life of the loan. This is the kind of data that you should have on hand when you are applying for a business loan. It will get you an idea of what the entire loan will cost you.
Knowing how much the loan actually costs can help you find the right business loan.
If you are dealing with organization, management, leadership, or maybe stagnation in the work, progress, and achievement of an organization, then it is high time you turned to SWOT analysis templates to make significant improvements.
To that end, here are the main benefits of using SWOT analysis templates!
What is SWOT analysis?
SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. In that sense, by means of measuring Strengths (S) and Weaknesses (W), you can get certain relevant information that may help you analyze business ideas, progress, and so on. The very name SWOT comes from its basic idea to enable developmental skills.
Furthermore, it allows you to identify positive and negative factors and give you an opportunity to control them in a timely manner. Specifically, the SWOT analysis enables you to determine where the organization is in the current situation, what its main strengths and weaknesses are, and what are its chances and the obstacles to achieving the planned goals in the future. Here are some of the main benefits of using SWOT analysis templates:
Understanding your competitive advantages & disadvantages
The SWOT analysis can offer you a deep insight into yourself and the world around you. That is, it will show your achievement and level of functioning within a certain framework. For instance, if you’re running a business, the SWOT analysis can show it clearly to you where you are when it comes to progress, that is, what your strengths and weaknesses are.
Not only that, but it will also help you understand what your competitive advantages and disadvantages are. This may give you a clearer image of your business as opposed to the competitive ones, but also help you make room for improvement, and suggest to you what part of your business idea you could reinforce and strengthen. Perfect for this can be a SWOT template whichis an Excel template by nature. Finally, the knowledge of these important details can serve you as a cursor for what to do next and, in general, lead your business in a better, and more intelligent way.
Easy, functional, and effective
SWOT analysis patterns will provide you with an easy, functional, and effective use and application. This is because these patterns are already precoded to fulfill most of your intentions making the analysis experience better.
On the other hand, SWOT analysis is based on the presumption that the desired results can be best achieved by maximizing the functionality, and utility of the organized system which is being analyzed while minimizing risks and weaknesses. What is more, it also takes into account the implications of the strengths and weaknesses that it finds and gives you an opportunity to develop better organizational strategies, and these are developed based on the internal factors and results.
Recognize why some areas of your company are underperforming
Over the course of using SWOT analysis, you will also gain a better understanding of why some aspects of your business or any kind of organization are struggling. This is because once you have a better view of the relevant components of your organization, you will be able to spot some imperfections and/or weak points and react in order to make improvements.
Creative and customizable patterns
Besides being useful and accurate, SWOT analysis patterns are also creative and customizable. These two points also bear great importance to the overall SWOT experience. The creativity of the patterns can help you think “out of the box” and potentially come to some new ideas and ways to better analyze an organization.
Likewise, easily customizable patterns can maximize the clarity of the information you get and minimize the time spent in filling out the data. All this enhances the whole experience and leads you to the best results.
Prioritizing actions
The next advantage that SWOT templates provide is that after having a thorough insight into some main components of your organization, you can easily prioritize further actions. This is possible because you will have data in front of you and will see what aspects of your organization need most of your attention and which ones can be dealt with later. Knowing how, and when you shouldprioritize your actions can play a crucial role in making the best choices, preventing loss, and encouraging success.
The disadvantages of reduced attendance, lack of ideas, and work stagnation can cost you a lot. However, be sure that SWOT will tell you where you are wrong and help you take the best steps to make significant improvements that will be visible shortly after. Always remember, work smarter, not harder!
Every employer wants in his team to have strong and reliable employees who can solve any problem. But finding such employees or training them is not so difficult. Therefore, today we will figure out how to do it.
In order to increase professionalism in your team, it is not necessary to make a lot of effort, because you can always turn to specialists such as https://uvik.net/ for help.
If you want to do everything yourself, then here you need to try and use your knowledge.
Strengthening, expanding the rights and powers of employees means providing them with a certain degree of sovereignty, responsibility in making decisions regarding their type of activity in the company. This empowerment of employees will allow more rational decisions to be made at a lower hierarchical level of the company, where employees face these problems on a daily basis and have their own unique perspective on how to solve them.
Thanks to this, your company will immediately increase the level of trust in the authorities, and will also bring many benefits, which we will talk about a little later.
The leader of the company differs from the manager in the amount of time he spends on micromanaging. If employees are able to work independently, the manager can focus on other important facets of the business. But still, the ability to work autonomously is a little different from empowerment.
Strengthening the rights and opportunities of hired personnel means giving them the right to make independent decisions, and not blindly, uncontrollably carry out standard actions. Empowerment brings tangible benefits to the company, the workforce, and specifically, the employee.
Thus, you make your employees true professionals, trust them to make important decisions, simplify your life and allow you to automate all business processes.
Key Types of Employee Engagement Strategies
There are three main types of strategies:
1. Internal cooperation.
Increasing the connection of employees with each other and managers. Through initiatives of this kind, employees can communicate and collaborate not only with each other, but also with leaders, resulting in greater alignment with the strategic initiatives of the organization.
2. Digital/social empowerment.
Employees get the opportunity to use digital and social channels as part of their work. This type of interaction with workers considers expanding and changing existing ways of working and responsibilities.
3. Employee brand advocates.
Employees publish information about the company’s activities and news about it in their personal social media profiles. The wide reach and influence of employees on social media can be powerful – but only if it is done sincerely.
The benefits of employee empowerment
Personnel empowered, as a rule, work better, their attitude towards the company as a whole is more loyal.
When employees are empowered with the tools and tools to manage projects, resolve issues, and complete tasks to achieve their goals, not only the staff, but the entire company benefits. To name just a few: * much greater efforts are made to better fulfill the tasks; *best practices are applied; * productivity increases; * communication within the team occurs at a more effective level; *increased adaptability to change; *turns on the mood: “I can do it”; *customers are served at a higher level.
Therefore, if you want your business to bring great income, and employees are motivated and want to work and bring cool results, then it is important to try to regularly strengthen your staff.
