Gushcloud Invites Andi Manzano, Top Parenting Influencer Celebrity, to Launch its 9th Office

Wazzup Pilipinas!

Gushcloud International, an influencer marketing and entertainment company, invited Andi Manzano (@andimanzano) for the launch of its 9th office in Japan, with investment from D2C Inc., a Japanese digital advertising and marketing company established as joint enterprise between Docomo, Dentsu and NTT advertising.  

Headquartered in Singapore, Gushcloud has a strong presence in Southeast Asia, - with operating offices in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam - as well as a presence in Korea and the United States. The company represents more than 12,000 social media influencers and online content creators, reaching out to more than 600 million fans across these 8 countries. 

“I just started my Youtube channel this year focusing more on parenting and motherhood. I am also currently working with Gushcloud to create more parenting content and a parenting management agency in the Philippines,” said Andi during the official launch. She also thanked Gushcloud for inviting her and her family to Japan for this launch. “We love Japan and Olivia loves tempura! We hope to host you guys if you ever come to the Philippines.”

Andi started her career at an early age of 18 as a radio DJ for a local radio station, and was also a VJ for MTV Philippines. She tied the knot with entrepreneur GP Reyes in 2013 and the couple has an adorable two-year-old daughter named Olivia. Andi is currently one of the biggest mommy influencers in the Philippines. She documents her daily events and activities with Olivia and shares it through her YouTube vlogs. In addition, she shares her family adventures and travels, as well as useful parenting advice - especially for millennial moms - to her social media followers. Recently, she received The New PH Award for Top Parenting Influencer awarded by Mega Magazine as well as the Top Parenting Influencer during Influence Asia 2017.  

DOTr: Inspection at Southwest Intermodal Transport Exchange (SWITEx) Project in Coastal Road, Parañaque City

Wazzup Pilipinas!

DOTr Usec. Tim Orbos and LTFRB BM Corpuz inspect the Southwest Intermodal Transport Exchange Project in Coastal Road, Parañaque. The project is now 39% completed.

SWITEx, a big-ticket project of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) under the BUILD BUILD BUILD (BBB) Program of the Duterte Administration, is an intermodal terminal facility which aims to provide fixed departure and arrival schedules and centralized ticketing system for provincial buses. Once completed in April 2018, SWITEx will provide seamless passenger transfers to and from provinces southwest of Metro Manila, and will likewise reduce the number of buses plying across the NCR's major thoroughfares.

NEC Launches LoRaWAN Compliant Network Server

Wazzup Pilipinas!

NEC Corporation announced the global commercialization of a new network server that complies with LoRa　(Long Range) WAN, a new wireless communication technology, and LPWA (Low Power Wide Area), which creates wide area networks with low power consumption. NEC will begin providing the new products to communication carriers from this December.

The new server carries out ID control, data rate control and channel allocation for sensor devices complying with LoRaWAN through the LoRaWAN gateway. It also mediates data processing from each sensor device to the application server. Moreover, as the LoRa network server features a function for conducting flexible multi-tenant and multi-device control assuming a variety of service provision formats of communication carriers, it is capable of providing LoRaWAN network services to numerous companies and service providers. Furthermore, its WebAPI capability makes it interoperable with a wide range of service applications using LoRa. This facilitates the utilization of data collected from sensor devices.

In recent years, the spread of new IoT services has created a growing need for the control of devices and information collected via networks. In relation to the promotion of smart cities in particular, a system that consumes low levels of power is required for collecting information from a wide range of sensor devices, such as health check meters and environmental sensors.

Since all kinds of sensor devices are expected to connect to networks in the future, LoRa is expected to be widely used as a communication technology for IoT that saves power in the collection of a wide range of information.

“This new server enables new IoT services to be flexibly provided to telecommunications carriers in combination with gateways and end-devices,” said Shigeru Okuya, Senior Vice President, NEC Corporation. “NEC aims to provide LoRaWAN compliant solutions to companies around the world in the coming years as part of accelerating the creation of new IoT services and improving user convenience.”

“It is an honor to see NEC providing a network server that utilizes LoRaWAN and helps to promote the realization of a plentiful and safe society using IoT,” said Hiroyuki Nakamura, Executive Officer, Chief Director of 3rd Sales, Oi Electric Co., Ltd. “Our IoT initiatives include the development of prototypes and demonstration experiments for the provision of an original LoRaWAN gateway, communications units and various dedicated devices for telecommunications carriers and other companies. These new links with NEC’s network server will help to establish a system for the reliable introduction and operation of these products.”

“NEC’s network server integrated with Semtech’s LoRa Technology will give operators a competitive advantage that will contribute to society,” said Marc Pegulu, General Manager and Vice President of Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group. “LoRa Technology offers long-range, low-power capabilities for next-generation IoT applications in vertical markets, including smart cities, smart building, smart agriculture, smart metering, and smart supply chain and logistics.”