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InfoComm India 2023 Opens to Biggest Showcase Since Debut

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023
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MUMBAI, INDIA, Oct 25, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - The highly-anticipated InfoComm India 2023 opened its doors today at a new venue, Jio World Convention Centre (JWCC) in Mumbai.

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  • MUMBAI, INDIA, Oct 25, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - The highly-anticipated InfoComm India 2023 opened its doors today at a new venue, Jio World Convention Centre (JWCC) in Mumbai.
  • For visitors who were after fresh offerings by new names, 18 exhibiting companies made their debut at InfoComm India 2023.
  • InfoComm India 2023 hosted over 150 key senior decision-makers from India as part of the exclusive Hosted Buyer Programme.
  • InfoComm India 2023 is held at Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, at Pavilion 1 to 3 from 25 to 27 October.

City of Edinburg Boosts Local Economy Using Gift Cards

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022
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The City launchedSPARC (Stimulus Program Aimed at Recovery from COVID) in July of 2020 and has sincedistributed more than 10,000 SPARC gift cards to eligible residents living in the city of Edinburg.

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  • The City launchedSPARC (Stimulus Program Aimed at Recovery from COVID) in July of 2020 and has sincedistributed more than 10,000 SPARC gift cards to eligible residents living in the city of Edinburg.
  • More than 200 businesses participatedin the programand more than $1,000,000 was invested back into the Edinburg business community via the gift card program.
  • Dan Battista, Factor4's CEO said, "We are proud that our gift card program helped the businesses and residents of Edinburg.
  • Community Gift Card Programs guarantee that grant funds offered by a city or county are spend directly within the local community.

New Report Shows Rapidly Increasing Distributed Solar and Storage is Critical to Achieving President Biden’s Climate and Equity Goals at the Lowest Cost

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Thursday, October 7, 2021
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The U.S. must deploy a minimum of 103 gigawatts (GW) of distributed, local solar power and 137 GW of distributed energy storage by 2030 to achieve President Bidens climate and equity goals at the lowest cost.

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  • The U.S. must deploy a minimum of 103 gigawatts (GW) of distributed, local solar power and 137 GW of distributed energy storage by 2030 to achieve President Bidens climate and equity goals at the lowest cost.
  • At least 103 GW of distributed solar and 137 GW of distributed storage must be deployed by 2030 to achieve President Bidens goals at the lowest cost.
  • Scaling up distributed solar and storage reduces stress on utility-scale resources and enables access to 579 GW of utility-scale solar and 442 GW of wind.
  • Scaling up distributed solar and storage saves all ratepayers over $109 billion by 2030 compared to deploying utility-scale renewables only.

Online Platform Helps Towns in the Northeast Gauge Community Interest in Publicly-Owned Fiber Broadband

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
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A new online platform, developed by Sertex Broadband Solutions , allows community leaders in the Northeast to assess local interest in building municipally-owned fiber-to-the-home (FTTX) networks capable of offering affordable, universal service to residents and businesses.

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  • A new online platform, developed by Sertex Broadband Solutions , allows community leaders in the Northeast to assess local interest in building municipally-owned fiber-to-the-home (FTTX) networks capable of offering affordable, universal service to residents and businesses.
  • The interactive SertexConnect platform engages directly with residents and business owners who enter their addresses and complete a customized broadband satisfaction and interest survey.
  • SertexConnect gathers respondents' satisfaction with their current Internet service and gauges their level of interest in publicly-owned FTTX networks.
  • We created SertexConnect to help communities get the information they need to start on their path to owning a fiber broadband network."