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Voiceprint, cloning, and MCP bring identity and utility to AI-powered devices.

BERLIN, GERMANY – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 September 2026 – Agora, Inc. (NASDAQ: API), a global leader in Real-Time Engagement technology, is showcasing its Conversational AI Platform for Physical AI at IFA 2026, introducing new Voiceprint, Voice Cloning, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) capabilities.

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The new capabilities move physical devices beyond rigid voice commands toward AI experiences that converse naturally, recognize users, develop personalities, access external services, and take action.

Giving Physical AI Identity, Personality, and Action

Agora is introducing three capabilities at IFA:

• Voiceprint enables devices to recognize speakers, unlocking personalized interactions.
• Voice Cloning lets developers create distinctive or cloned voices for AI agents, giving robots, companions, and smart devices recognizable personalities.
• MCP connects AI agents with external tools, services, and data, enabling devices to retrieve information and complete tasks.

These capabilities are integrated with Agora BotStation, where developers can create, customize, manage, and deploy AI agents across supported hardware, configuring persona, language, AI models, voice, and behavior.

Agora will also showcase R1 4GS, extending conversational AI across Wi-Fi and cellular-connected devices.

From AI Agents to Real-World Devices

At IFA, visitors will experience Agora-powered conversational AI across robots, embodied AI, AI companions, smart home and IoT devices, wearables, vehicles, and industrial robotics.

Agora will exhibit alongside customers and technology partners, including Seeed Studio, Sentino, Espressif, Speedtech, Quectel, IntelPro, Sweekar, Kata Friends, and Robsen , demonstrating how conversational AI is moving from software into products.

“Creating an AI companion like Sweekar requires the conversation to feel as natural and engaging as the physical product itself,” said Irving Gao, Founder and CEO of Takway AI, creator of Sweekar. “Agora gives us a strong conversational foundation without requiring our team to build that infrastructure from the ground up. That allows us to move faster and focus our resources on the experiences that differentiate Sweekar—its evolving personality, memory, and the relationship it builds with each user.”

Experience Agora at IFA 2026

Visit Agora at Hall 5.2, Booth 509 to experience how conversational AI moves from agent to hardware—and from commands to conversation.

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About Agora

Agora (NASDAQ: API) is a global leader in Real-Time Engagement, providing APIs and developer tools for conversational AI, voice, video, interactive live streaming, and chat. Agora is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and serves more than 5,800 organizations worldwide.

London, United Kingdom and Chennai, India – Newsfile Corp. – September 8, 2026 – Gorilla Technology Group Inc. (NASDAQ: GRRR) (“Gorilla” or the “Company”), a global solution provider in Security Intelligence, Network Intelligence, Business Intelligence, IoT technology and data centres, today announced that equipment deliveries are under way, for its Yotta AI infrastructure programme in India, marking the transition from signed contracts and capital deployment into physical execution.

Gorilla believes this execution milestone reinforces management’s previously stated ambition of approximately US$500 million in revenue in 2027, as the Company commences the phased delivery and deployment of AI infrastructure exceeding 25,000 GPUs. As these contracted programmes transition into operational deployment and revenue generation, Gorilla is exploring additional expansion opportunities that could potentially double its GPU footprint, underscoring strong customer demand for large-scale AI infrastructure across key markets.

Gorilla’s Yotta programmes represent a cornerstone of its AI infrastructure expansion in India. The Company is now progressing through equipment delivery, installation, integration, networking and operational readiness as it moves capacity towards commissioning and commercial service.

The significance of this milestone is straightforward. Gorilla is no longer simply signing AI infrastructure contracts. It is now buying, delivering and deploying the physical infrastructure required, to generate the revenue behind them.

“This is the inflection point we have been working towards,” said Jay Chandan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gorilla Technology. “We have signed the contracts. We have raised the capital. We have made an investment. And now, the infrastructure is becoming real.”

India is rapidly becoming much bigger than the programme we originally contemplated,” Chandan continued. “We are already moving from contracts into physical execution and at the same time we are seeing additional requirements that could represent up to 30,000 GPUs. That gives us confidence not only in the scale of the opportunity in front of us but in the durability of the growth we expect beyond the current deployment.”

Dr. Rajesh Natarajan Group CTO said: “Our objective is no longer simply to deliver one major programme in India. We intend to build a substantial long-term AI infrastructure platform in the country. The demand we are now seeing gives us a clear pathway to expand well beyond the capacity already under execution.”

Mr. Natarajan concluded: “Our job from here is simple: deploy faster, commission capacity and turn contracted demand into revenue. We are moving from announcements to assets, from assets to capacity and from capacity to cash flow.”

About Gorilla Technology Group Inc.

Headquartered in London U.K., Gorilla is a global solution provider in Security Intelligence, Network Intelligence, Business Intelligence, IoT technology and data centres. We provide a wide range of solutions, including Smart City, Network, Video, Security Convergence and IoT, across select verticals of Government & Public Services, Manufacturing, Telecom, Retail, Transportation & Logistics, Healthcare and Education, by using AI and Deep Learning Technologies.

Our expertise lies in revolutionizing urban operations, bolstering security and enhancing resilience. We deliver pioneering products that harness the power of AI in intelligent video surveillance, facial recognition, license plate recognition, edge computing, post-event analytics and advanced cybersecurity technologies. By integrating these AI-driven technologies, we empower Smart Cities to enhance efficiency, safety and cybersecurity measures, ultimately improving the quality of life for residents.

For more information, please visit our website: Gorilla-Technology.com

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This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Gorilla’s actual results may differ from its expectations, estimates and projections and consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “predicts,” “potential,” “might” and “continues,” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding our agreements with Yotta, including the expected timing and amount of revenues that may be generated thereunder, the timing of deployment of the servers, and the potential for additional collaboration between Yotta and Gorilla, along with those other risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Form 20-F Gorilla filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 15, 2026 and those that are included in any of Gorilla’s future filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results. Most of these factors are outside of the control of Gorilla and are difficult to predict. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated or anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Gorilla undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made except as required by law or applicable regulation.

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YIBIN, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 September 2026 – The 2026 World Power Battery Conference opened on September 3 in Yibin, Sichuan Province, China. Focusing on industry policies, cutting-edge technologies, innovative applications, new energy storage technologies, and battery recycling, the conference features a series of thematic sessions. These sessions are designed to deepen cross-border industrial collaboration through high-level international exchanges, and to continuously advance international cooperation and pragmatic collaboration in the power battery sector.

According to data released at the conference, China’s indigenously developed technologies have contributed to the development of the power battery industry. The driving range of lithium-powered batteries has extended from around 100 kilometers in the early days to as much as 1,000 kilometers today. Charging time has been cut from hours to around 10 minutes. Battery durability has jumped from approximately 300 charge cycles to as many as 1,500 cycles for energy storage batteries, and costs have fallen by 90%.

At the opening ceremony, eight innovative power battery technologies for the 2025–2026 period were unveiled, including power batteries that support ultra-fast charging in around 10 minutes, hybrid solid-liquid batteries with a specific energy of 350 Wh/kg, and large-capacity, high-safety energy storage batteries with capacities ranging from 300 Ah to 600 Ah. These breakthroughs are expected to provide further impetus for innovation across the industry.

Ouyang Minggao, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, pointed out three major development trends for the power battery industry. The first is battery safety across the entire lifecycle. China’s mandatory national standard, Electric Vehicles Traction Battery Safety Requirements, officially took effect on July 1. Under the standard, batteries must not catch fire or explode; the gases they release must not harm vehicle occupants; and after 300 fast-charging cycles, they must still pass external short-circuit tests without igniting or exploding. The second is AI empowerment across the whole chain. The application of AI to intelligent battery design, manufacturing, and management will reshape the battery industry across the entire technology, industrial, and value chains. The third is green and low-carbon development throughout the full lifecycle.

At the conference, Wang He, founder and CTO of GALBOT, shared the company’s exploration of embodied intelligent robots. One of its latest products, which breaks through the workload limits of humanoid robots, was developed through deep integration with the power battery industry and has already been commercialized on a large scale at companies including CATL. Wang believes that leading players in the sector are likely to reach the “ChatGPT moment” for embodied intelligence by 2028. This, he said, would usher in a steep growth curve for the humanoid robotics industry, with the explosive growth of humanoid robots opening up a new horizon for the power battery sector.

Spain served as the Guest Country of Honor at this year’s conference. Betanzos, the Spanish Ambassador to China, said that Chinese investment in Spain is shifting its focus from trade toward long-term industrial projects, bringing production to Spain, creating high-quality jobs, and establishing alliances with local Spanish companies.

The World Power Battery Conference was launched in Yibin, Sichuan Province, in 2022, and this year marks the fifth year that the city has hosted the event.

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As the global wellness real estate market is projected to reach USD 1.8 trillion by 2030, WellEra introduces a new perspective on residential investment—where value is measured not only by location, design and financial returns, but also by how well a home supports healthier, longer living. By integrating healthier indoor environments, circadian-friendly lighting, acoustic and thermal comfort, and healthcare support close at hand, WellEra brings “Healthspan” into the conversation around long-term property value—raising a new question: Can where we live become an investment in how well we live?

BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 September 2026 – The Global Wellness Real Estate market is entering a period of rapid expansion, reaching USD876 billion in 2025, up from USD246 billion in 2019, and forecast to reach USD1.8 trillion by 2030. Thailand is emerging as an important market within this trend, with its wellness economy valued at more than USD42.7 billion. Wellness Real Estate grew 22.9%, making it the country’s second-fastest-growing wellness sector.

For real-estate investors, location, capital appreciation, rental yield, price and lifestyle value remain fundamental. At the same time, as people increasingly seek longer, healthier lives, wellness-integrated properties are emerging as a new investment consideration, raising a question beyond financial returns: what can a property give back to the people who live there?

WellEra, developed by BDMS, introduces Healthspan as a new dimension of residential investment value. Rather than treating wellness as an added feature, WellEra brings BDMS Wellness Clinic’s expertise in Scientific Wellness, preventive healthcare and personalized health management into the built environment, creating an ecosystem designed for long-term health and quality of life.

Healthspan refers to the years a person lives in good health, free from chronic illness, disability or significant physical decline, while lifespan measures years lived. Globally, average lifespan is 71.4 years, compared with a healthspan of 61.9 years—a gap of nearly a decade. As people live longer, the focus is shifting from extending life alone to extending the years lived with strength, independence and quality of life.

“Scientific evidence shows that our health is shaped not only by genetics or medicine, but also by the environments we experience every day,” said Dr. Tanupol Virunhagarun, Chief Executive Officer – Group 8 (BDMS Wellness Clinic, BDMS Wellness Resort, BDMS Silver), Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company Limited (BDMS). “The future of investment may not be defined solely by financial returns, but by the ability of our homes and communities to help us live longer, healthier, and better lives.”

WellEra translates this idea into the built environment through its 6S+ Surrounding framework, incorporating Air, Water, Light, Sound, and Thermal Comfort into residential design. Research has linked indoor air quality with cognitive function, light exposure with circadian rhythms and sleep, environmental noise with sleep and cardiovascular health, and indoor thermal conditions with health. WellEra applies these principles through MERV-14 air filtration with up to 95% efficiency in filtering PM2.5, advanced water filtration and UV treatment, circadian-friendly lighting with UGR ≤16, STC-60 acoustic systems and indoor relative humidity maintained at 50-65%. Healthcare Humanware Supported by BDMS further provides 24-hour nursing and medical support, personalized health management, and emergency services.

Together, these elements position WellEra beyond the conventional Wellness Real Estate model, where wellness often centers on amenities such as spas, gyms and green spaces. By integrating scientific wellness, healthcare and environmental design into everyday living, WellEra establishes a new benchmark for residential investment—measured not only by financial returns, but also by the life value created through healthier living, greater well-being and the opportunity to live well for longer.

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BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 September 2026 – On September 4, Qwen Conference Thailand 2026 was held in Bangkok, bringing together industry leaders, developers, AI creators, government organizations, universities, and technology partners to explore advances in AI and the future of AI-powered industries.

AMAP Platform, Alibaba’s global provider of spatial intelligence and location-based solutions, joined the conference to share its technologies and real-world applications in global location services and spatial intelligence with businesses and developers from Thailand and around the world.

At the event, AMAP Platform’s Head of Overseas Business presented the company’s global strategy for spatial intelligence and highlighted solutions across key industries, including two-wheeler mobility, logistics and delivery, and travel.

For two-wheeler mobility, AMAP Platform provides multilingual POI search, motorcycle route planning, restricted-road avoidance, ETA estimation, and navigation, helping businesses deliver smarter and more efficient mobility experiences.

For logistics and delivery, location services support key stages across the delivery lifecycle, from order planning and delivery operations to network optimization, helping businesses improve delivery efficiency and operational decision-making.

For travel, multilingual POI search, multimodal route planning, and real-time navigation support a seamless journey from destination discovery to on-the-go navigation.

AMAP Platform is also expanding spatial intelligence into a broader range of industries, including e-commerce and AIoT. Through standardized, easy-to-integrate location services, AMAP Platform enables businesses worldwide to embed mapping and spatial intelligence into their products and operations, unlocking new opportunities for business growth and AI-powered industry innovation.

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DUISBURG, GERMANY – Media OutRech Newswire – 8 September 2026 – The 2026 Duisburg China Festival kicked off here on Friday afternoon, with participation from some Chinese and German cities, aimed at strengthening ties between the two countries.

The three-day festival features a wide range of cultural booths and interactive zones showcasing traditional Chinese cuisine, culture and contemporary art.

On Friday evening, top-tier performing arts troupes from Wuhan, capital city of central China’s Hubei Province, jointly staged the festival’s opening gala. Nearly 40 artists presented more than a dozen distinctive programs spanning Peking opera, Hanju opera, Chuju opera, acrobatics, and ethnic song and dance.

The Duisburg China Festival is a vivid expression of exchange between China and Germany, allowing Germans to experience and understand China up close, said Chang Haitao, acting consul general of the Chinese Consulate General in Dusseldorf.

In 1982, Duisburg and Wuhan became sister cities, the first of its kind between Germany and China. The two cities have maintained close people-to-people and economic exchanges, forging a bond between them ever since.

Impressed by the performance of the Chinese artists, Duisburg Mayor Soeren Link said that the opening gala was unforgettable for its standard, quality, richness, and the many different facets it presented.

Duisburg attaches great importance to its sister-city relationship with Wuhan and hopes to continue strengthening German-Chinese friendship as well as exchange and dialogue between the two sides, said Link.

Markus Teuber, commissioner for China affairs at the Mayor’s Office of Duisburg, said the rich array of theatrical, song and dance performances brought by Wuhan offered German audiences an excellent window into Chinese culture, and expressed hope that the two cities will continue to deepen cultural exchange in the future.

For Yang Jing, deputy director of the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the presence of Wuhan city at the festival “marks an important step in Wuhan culture’s global outreach.”

The Duisburg China Festival is an annual signature cultural event for the city, injecting fresh grassroots momentum into the development of German-Chinese friendship.

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AACHEN, GERMANY – Newsaktuell – 8 September 2026 – FEV Consulting has once again been recognized among the world’s leading management consulting firms. The company has been included in the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2026 ranking by Forbes and Statista. The recognition highlights FEV Consulting’s international consulting expertise and underscores its successful expansion as a global partner for technology-driven transformation.

This latest distinction adds to a series of prestigious international recognitions. Earlier this year, FEV Consulting was also named to the America’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2026 ranking by Forbes and Statista. Previously, the company was included in Forbes’ global rankings in 2022 and 2023. Its renewed inclusion reaffirms FEV Consulting’s position as an internationally recognized management consulting firm.

“Being recognized once again by Forbes and Statista reinforces our commitment to helping organizations around the world navigate complex transformation with a unique combination of strategic expertise, deep technological understanding, and execution excellence,” said Alexander Nase, Global Managing Director of FEV Consulting.

FEV Consulting supports organizations worldwide in transforming their business models, products, and operations. The company combines strategic consulting with the deep technology and engineering expertise of the FEV Group, enabling customers to master the defining transformation challenges of our time—from decarbonization, software-defined products, and artificial intelligence to advanced robotics and the development of resilient mobility, energy, and industrial systems.

FEV Consulting’s approach combines strategic vision with technical feasibility. Clients benefit from consulting services that integrate market, technology, and regulatory expertise with hands-on experience gained from engineering, development, and validation projects. The result is practical, implementation-oriented solutions that deliver measurable business impact.

The ranking is based on independent surveys of industry experts and clients. Firms are evaluated on criteria including professional expertise, industry knowledge, and client recommendations.

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New-generation spectacle lens combines D.I.M.S. Technology with Triple Enhanced Design, with 9 out of 10 children showing no clinically relevant myopia progression* in the first 12 months of wear

SINGAPORE – Media OutRech Newswire – 8 September 2026 – HOYA Lens Singapore has launched MiYOSMART iQ^TF, introducing its most advanced myopia control spectacle lens and the latest evolution of its established MiYOSMART platform.

Newly launched in Singapore, MiYOSMART iQ^TF builds on MiYOSMART lenses, which feature Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (D.I.M.S.) Technology and are clinically proven to slow myopia progression by an average of 60%³. By combining D.I.M.S. Technology with the new Triple Enhanced Design (TED), MiYOSMART iQ^TF delivers greater myopia control effectiveness for children who need more.

In a randomised controlled clinical trial (RCT) of 196 schoolchildren in Hong Kong aged 4 to 12 years with myopia, 9 out of 10 children wearing MiYOSMART iQ^TF showed no clinically relevant myopia progression* in the first 12 months of wear^1,2.

The findings underscore the importance of managing myopia early in childhood, particularly as myopia can progress during a child’s growing years. For parents, identifying and managing myopia early provides an opportunity to address its progression at a critical stage of a child’s development.

This is particularly important for children who develop myopia at a younger age. The clinical findings for MiYOSMART iQ^TF demonstrated myopia control efficacy in children as young as four years old for the first time with D.I.M.S. Technology-based spectacle lenses¹. The research highlights the potential to manage early-onset myopia at a time when it can progress rapidly and the risk of longer-term impact is highest.

Myopia control spectacle lenses offer parents a non-invasive option for supporting their children’s myopia management while providing the vision correction they need for everyday activities. MiYOSMART iQ^TF builds on this approach with an enhanced spectacle lens design developed specifically to deliver stronger myopia control outcomes.

“At HOYA Vision Care, we imagine a world without myopia. This milestone is truly a generational leap in myopia control and represents an important step toward the vision we are committed to shaping for children around the world. Until today, no trial conducted on a myopia control spectacle lens has shown this level of effectiveness in controlling the condition,” said John Goltermann Lassen, CEO of HOYA Vision Care.

“Our mission is to improve life through vision by continuously raising the standard of care in myopia control, ensuring that thoughtful innovation and craftsmanship translate into meaningful clinical benefits for children and support eye care professionals’ practice.”

MiYOSMART iQ^TF builds on D.I.M.S. Technology with Triple Enhanced Design (TED), featuring three key enhancements designed to drive greater myopia control effectiveness in children²:

Activated: Defocus segments are positioned closer to the geometric centre of the spectacle lens and are intended to continuously activate a “sweet spot”⁴ on the near-peripheral retina — referred to by HOYA as the Smart Zone^† — identified by several studies as highly responsive to the myopic defocus signal that regulates myopia progression^5,6.

Powerful: Higher defocus power delivers a stronger myopic defocus signal.

Extended: An extended treatment zone provides more extensive coverage of the child’s peripheral visual field, even with larger frames.

These enhancements build on the established D.I.M.S. Technology platform, with MiYOSMART iQ^TF representing the most advanced evolution of MiYOSMART, a technology backed by more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications⁷.

Options for Different Needs and Lifestyles

MiYOSMART iQ^TF is available in four options:

• Clear
• Clear with HOYA Full Control Coating
• Chameleon Photochromic
• Chameleon Photochromic with HOYA Full Control Coating

The Chameleon Photochromic options adapt to changing light conditions, darkening in sunlight to help reduce glare and fading back to clear indoors. This supports visual comfort as children move between classroom learning and outdoor activities, while providing protection against UV rays.

For added protection, HOYA Full Control Coating combines anti-reflective and scratch-resistant properties with blue light reduction, UV protection and an antibacterial treatment that helps limit bacterial growth on lens surfaces. Its water-, dirt- and dust-repellent properties also make the lenses easier to maintain during everyday wear.

With the introduction of MiYOSMART iQ^TF in Singapore, HOYA Vision Care continues to advance its myopia control portfolio through research, clinical evidence and spectacle lens innovation designed to support children and eye care professionals.

Learn more about MiYOSMART iQ^TF: https://www.hoyavision.com/sg/vision-products/myopia-management/miyosmart-iq/
Find an eyecare practitioner: https://www.hoyavision.com/sg/find-eye-care-practitioner/

Hear what other parents say about MiYOSMART: https://miyosmart.com.sg/

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*Outcomes for myopic children aged 4 to 12 years and may vary per age group and other parameters at the start of MiYOSMART iQTF treatment. Clinically relevant myopia progression is a change in cycloplegic spherical equivalent refraction of ≥-0.50D.

^†“Smart Zone” is a marketing term used by HOYA when referring to a near-peripheral retinal zone shown to respond to myopic defocus. It is not a standard clinical or scientific term.

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2. HOYA data on file. HOYA MiYOSMART iQTF spectacle lens clinical outcomes. 04/2026.
3. Myopia progression (SER) by 59% and axial elongation (AL) decreased by 60% compared with those wearing SV lenses.Lam CSY, Tang WC, Tse DY, Lee RPK, Chun RKM, Hasegawa K, Qi H, Hatanaka T, To CH. Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (DIMS) spectacle lenses slow myopia progression: a 2-year randomised clinical trial. British Journal of Ophthalmology. Published Online First: 29 May 2019.
4. Swiatczak B, et al. Retinal “sweet spot” for myopia treatment. Sci Rep. 2024;14:26773.
5. HOYA data on file. MiYOSMART spectacle lens commercial data. 04/2026.
6. Smith III EL, Arumugam B, Hung LF, et al. Eccentricity-dependent effects of simultaneous competing defocus on emmetropization in infant rhesus monkeys. Vision Res. 2020;177:32-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.visres. 2020.08.003.
7. HOYA Vision Care. Confidence Through Evidence. 2026. Available from: https://www.hoyavision.com/vision-products/miyosmart/evidences/. (Accessed: 16.04.2026).

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HOYA Vision Care

For over 60 years, HOYA Vision Care has been a global leader in the eyeglass lens industry. The company is dedicated to providing innovative vision care solutions for every stage of a patient’s life. With a presence in over 50 countries, HOYA Vision Care has a leading position in myopia management category and a proven expertise in advanced lens designs, high performance photochromic technologies and high-quality AR coatings. HOYA Vision Care’s solid market portfolio includes HOYA, Vision Ease, SEIKO and PENTAX optical lenses, as well as innovative products such as MiYOSMART myopia control lenses for children, Hoyalux iD MySelf individualized progressive lenses and the Sensity range of photochromic lenses. The company employs over 20,000 employees worldwide with large scale production facilities in Asia, Europe, and the US and 38 local Rx laboratories globally. For more information, please visit https://www.hoyavision.com

About HOYA Corporation

Founded in 1941 in Tokyo, Japan, HOYA is a global technology and med-tech company, and a leading supplier of innovative high-tech and medical products. HOYA is active in the fields of healthcare and information technology, providing eyeglasses, medical endoscopes, intraocular lenses, optical lenses, as well as key components for semiconductor devices, LCD panels and HDDs. With over 150 offices and subsidiaries worldwide, HOYA currently employs a multinational workforce of over 35,000 people. For more information, please visit www.hoya.com

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 September 2026 – Global digital business services leader TP (ex-Teleperformance) has been named Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Asia-Pacific Company of the Year in Customer Experience Management Services, the analyst firm’s top honor recognizing the market participant that exemplifies visionary innovation, market-leading performance and customer care. TP was recognized for combining AI orchestration, operational discipline, and measurable customer impact across Asia-Pacific.

Frost & Sullivan credited TP’s ability to move AI from experimentation into live operations, which Frost identified as one of the most urgent gaps in the industry. TP applies AI across the service delivery lifecycle to help teams become productive faster and improve service quality at scale. This starts with AI-enabled recruitment and onboarding, extends into simulation-based training that helps customer experts build proficiency before handling live interactions, and continues through workforce management and AI-assisted coaching. In quality assurance, TP now reviews every transaction rather than the small sample the industry has traditionally relied on, sharpening coaching precision, compliance visibility and operational learning.

“As AI becomes embedded into customer operations, enterprises need outcome-based models that orchestrate AI and human agents to improve productivity and deliver measurable business value,” said Dave Rizzo, President and CEO, APAC, TP. “TP designs workflows that use AI to elevate human work, while linking productivity gains to the business outcomes clients want to achieve. Being named Frost & Sullivan’s Asia-Pacific Company of the Year recognizes the progress we are making in delivering that transformation for clients across the region.”

Frost & Sullivan highlighted TP’s work with a major hospitality brand in Singapore as an example of this approach in practice. The engagement went beyond operational delivery to integrate technology across legacy and modern systems, while also implementing an AI-enabled knowledge platform that delivers trusted, context-aware answers to customer inquiries across multiple operational teams and lines of business. Together, these capabilities supported a broader redesign of the service infrastructure behind a high-touch, premium customer experience. Beyond individual client engagements, TP’s operations across Asia-Pacific play a dual role in TP’s strategy as both a delivery engine and a business development engine in a high-growth demand market. Frost & Sullivan noted that TP’s regional footprint enables it to respond to different language, regulatory, cultural, and operational requirements.

“The company’s centers of excellence in Asia-Pacific contribute to the development of solutions across AI, machine learning, natural language processing, analytics, and automation. This gives the region a role beyond labor delivery. It becomes a capability engine for global transformation,” said Krishna Baidya, Vice President, ICT Practice, Frost & Sullivan.

Frost & Sullivan also highlighted TP’s approach to reframing the traditional onshore-versus-offshore debate. Across Asia-Pacific, TP supports offshore, nearshore, onshore and hybrid delivery models, using technology and local market capabilities to balance cost efficiency, service quality, language requirements and regulatory needs. This flexibility allows TP to tailor delivery models to the realities of individual markets rather than relying on a single approach.

With operations in close to 100 countries and services spanning more than 170 markets, TP combines global scale with regional delivery depth, technology and human expertise. Across Asia-Pacific, this is translating into measurable outcomes, including an agentic triage use case that reduced referral-to-booking turnaround from approximately 24 hours to minutes while improving booking conversion. The recognition reflects how TP is evolving its digital business services for the next phase of AI-enabled transformation while keeping human oversight, empathy, judgment and relationships central to the service model.

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AboutTP in SINGAPORE

TP in Singapore is part of the TP Group, a global leader in digital business services which consistently seeks to blend the best of advanced technology with human empathy to deliver enhanced customer care that is simpler, faster, and safer for the world’s biggest brands and their customers. The Group’s comprehensive, AI-powered service portfolio ranges from front office customer care to back-office functions, including high-value digital transformation services, collections and operations consulting. It also offers a range of specialized services such as interpreting and localization, visa and consular services, and recruitment process outsourcing services. The teams of multilingual, inspired, and passionate experts and advisors, spread in close to 100 countries, as well as the Group’s local presence allows it to be a force of good in supporting communities, clients, and the environment.

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The AI-powered experience brings designer fashion to life, helping shoppers visualise complete looks before making a purchase.

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 September 2026 – MAYFEYR, the Singapore-based online luxury fashion platform, launched MAYFEYR Mirror, an AI-powered styling experience designed to address one of online fashion’s most familiar moments: when a shopper finds a piece they love but isn’t sure how it will look on them. MAYFEYR Mirror was created to help shoppers visualise pieces before making a purchase.

At launch, MAYFEYR Mirror works across every item available on MAYFEYR, spanning more than 200 luxury brands. Moving beyond static product images, it allows shoppers to see selected pieces as complete looks, helping them explore styling combinations before making a purchase decision.

MAYFEYR Mirror allows shoppers to:

• Bring designer pieces to life through immersive visualisation
• Build complete looks by styling items with complementary accessories
• Explore different styling scenarios across curated backgrounds and settings
• See how pieces work together as complete looks
• Make more confident purchase decisions before checkout

Luxury purchases are rarely made based on a single product image. Shoppers often consider how a piece could be styled, whether it complements their existing wardrobe, and if it suits the occasion before deciding to buy.

MAYFEYR Mirror was created to make that decision-making process more intuitive. By moving beyond static product images, it helps shoppers visualise complete looks and explore styling possibilities, making it easier to understand how pieces come together before making a purchase.

“Luxury shopping has always been about more than simply choosing a product. It’s about imagining how a piece fits into your personal style and your wardrobe and the occasions you’ll wear it. That moment of uncertainty is something every online shopper experiences,” said Kelvin Teo, Founder and CEO of MAYFEYR.

“With MAYFEYR Mirror, we’re moving beyond static product images by bringing designer pieces to life. Our goal is simple: to make shopping for luxury online feel more intuitive, more immersive and ultimately help shoppers make purchase decisions with greater confidence.”

MAYFEYR Mirror is initially available to members of the MAYFEYR Insider Circle, MAYFEYR’s community of existing customers, with broader availability planned as the experience continues to evolve.

The launch marks another step in MAYFEYR’s ambition to build a more intuitive online luxury shopping experience, combining access to brand-new, in-season designer fashion with technology that helps shoppers discover, style and shop with greater confidence.

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About MAYFEYR

MAYFEYR is a Singapore-based online luxury fashion platform offering access to brand-new, in-season designer fashion from more than 200 leading European luxury brands. With over 20,000 items available, MAYFEYR helps shoppers discover and purchase authentic luxury fashion with greater convenience and confidence.

As part of its commitment to reimagining the online luxury shopping experience, MAYFEYR continues to build technology and digital experiences that help shoppers visualise, style and purchase with greater confidence.

For more information, visit https://mayfeyr.com/