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Accuver appoints Waseela as distributor Waseela, a systems integrator specialising in broadband wireless technologies for telecom operators, service providers and large enterprises announced it has been appointed exclusive regional partner of Accuver, supplier of RAN optimisation tools and test equipment. Under the agreement, Waseela will manage Accuver’s full range of measurement solutions that allow wireless device manufacturers, network vendors and operators to measure, troubleshoot and optimise their products and networks. It also includes introduction and implementation of Accuver’s market leading WiMAX and LTE drive test tool XCAL and post-processing tool XCAP to the region. Accuver’s LTE optimisation and benchmarking solutions are the leading 4G optimisation and benchmarking solutions worldwide and are currently adopted by leading LTE suppliers like Nokia-Siemens, Samsung and Alcatel-Lucent. These advanced optimisation and benchmarking tools are set to be used in the current and recent LTE deployments in the Middle East region.
(Left to right) Dr Samer Taha, CEO of Waseela and MyungSup Kim, CEO of Accuver Group at Gitex 2011 Speaking about the partnership, Dr Samer Taha, CEO of Waseela said: “We are privileged to have been chosen by Accuver, one of the global leaders in the field, to represent them in the Middle East. We believe
Accuver’s products and services perfectly complement those in our existing portfolio and their inclusion will enable us to deliver more comprehensive and cost-effective wireless solutions to the region.”
Focus Softnet acquires stake in Insta Health Solutions Following its partnership agreement with Insta Health Solutions last year, Focus Softnet is further expanding the scope of its healthcare IT solutions business in the region by acquiring a stake in the Banglorebased healthcare IT Company. The new investment is expected to strengthen Focus Softnet’s product portfolio, thereby allowing Insta Healthcare Management System to become a part of the portfolio. “At Focus Softnet, we have been continually looking to expand our vertical specific solutions portfolio. We began with the educational sector, wherein we developed our own education vertical solution called Focus ARMS. Next, we added warehouse management solutions
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to our product portfolio,” explained Ali Hyder, CEO of Focus Softnet. “We felt that a comprehensive mid-segment health care solution was missing in the market. We found Insta Health Solutions fit for this vertical and hence we singed a partnership agreement with them last year. After successfully promoting Insta HMS for a year and from the feedback we received from the market, we felt it should become an integral part of our portfolio and hence we decided to invest in the company.” Insta Health Solutions is a healthcare focused IT company, whose flagship product Insta HMS has helped many hospitals across India automate their processes and become more efficient at almost half the price of
Ali Hyder, CEO of Focus Softnet other available solutions in the market. The company is also one of the very few companies to offer hospital management software as a browser based solution.