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Foursquare powers location data for Samsung, Apple, Twitter, Reddit and 100,000 other developers. Its business
solutions also include Pinpoint, Attribution, Pilgrim SDK and Foursquare Analytics, which empower brands to un-
derstand and connect to targeted audiences as well as measure foot traffic and advertising success. ◊

China Telecom and Telenor Connexion just celebrated their strategic part-
nership based on the common Internet of Things (IoT) Open Platform at
the launch event of “eSurfing on the Silk Road, IoT with the World” in
Shanghai, China.

This common platform enables both companies to serve their respective cus-
tomers throughout the combined footprints across China, Europe and other
Asian regions. The partnership will allow customers from China Telecom and
Telenor Connexion to deploy IoT and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) services in
each other’s network. It enables China Telecom’s multi-national enterprise customers with outbound IoT business
to deploy their assets and offerings under Telenor Connexion’s networks in the European and other Asian Mar-
kets. Similarly, Telenor Connexion’s global customers can enjoy the benefits of the rapidly growing Chinese mar-
ket by leveraging on China Telecom’s IoT network resources and business capabilities. The seamless switching
of IoT subscription between networks is achieved by the integration of the two commonly deployed eUICC plat-
forms which are the key component of IoT collaboration across borders.

China Telecom and Telenor Connexion will cooperate both commercially and technically to create new service
models that support the global IoT opportunities. Under this agreement, Telenor Connexion will be one of China
Telecom’s preferred partners for connectivity in Europe and other Asian regions while China Telecom will also be
Telenor Connexion’s preferred partner for connectivity in China based on the DCP platform and ecosystem. Both
companies also agreed to jointly explore the potential of enhancing existing IoT capabilities and the application of
new technologies such as NB-IOT and LTE-M in the global market. ◊

Havas announced the appointment of Anthony Freedman in the newly created role of
Chairman, Havas Group Australia and New Zealand.

Freedman will oversee a team of almost 500 people across Havas Sydney, Havas Melbourne,
Havas New Zealand, Havas Media, Host, One Green Bean and Red Agency, with offices in Syd-
ney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Auckland.

He will be supported by five CEOs, Anthony Gregorio and Mike Wilson who continue in their
current roles as Group CEO Havas and Group CEO Havas Media, across Sydney, Melbourne and Anthony
Auckland, James Wright, CEO Red Agency, Carl Ratcliff, CEO One Green Bean and Laura Al- Freedman
dington who is appointed CEO Host after significant success leading the agency as Managing
Director.

James Wright will also assume additional responsibilities, with the roll out of Red Agency across APAC, following
its successful launch in Singapore last year, as well as taking on the newly created role of Chief Commercial Of-
ficer, Havas Group Australia/New Zealand.

Freedman’s appointment across both creative and media agencies follows the March announcement of a global
restructure in which the creative and media businesses became business units under one regional P&L, providing
clients with a more agile and seamless experience.

This is a further next step in the Group’s Together strategy, following the roll out of 48 Havas Villages across the
world, bringing together Havas agencies of different disciplines within a single location.

Freedman’s relationship with Havas began in 2011 following the acquisition of 51% of Host and One Green Bean,
agencies that he founded in 2000 and 2007, respectively. ◊
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