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Vodafone Qatar says network fully restored after outage
July 26, 2017
Vodafone Qatar said on Tuesday that access to its network had been fully restored for the first time since being affected by technical issues more than a week ago. The Vodafone Group affiliate suffered a major network outage on July 17 due to an equipment failure that took place during a network upgrade and extended to its network back-up and redundancy systems, the company said in a statement. The"...
GSMA Announces First Details for Mobile World Congress 2018
July 26, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- The GSMA today announced the first details of the 2018 Mobile World Congress, including exhibitors, sponsors, programmes and activities taking place at the annual mobile industry event. Under the theme “Creating a Better Future”, Mobile World Congress will be held 26 February – 1 March 2018 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, with events also taking place at Fira Montjuïc. The GSMA expects that more than 108,000 professionals from across the mobile"...
Nashwa Al Ruwaini Listed Among 100 Most Powerful Arab Businesswomen in Forbes
July 24, 2017
The Business Woman Nashwa Al Ruwaini CEO of Pyramedia - Media Consultancy & Productions, Al Joude Investments, Al Joude Advertising & Publicity and Delma Media Center & Spa was recently listed among the 100 Most Powerful Arab Businesswomen in Forbes Magazine. This is not the first time that Nashwa Al Ruwaini has been recognized by Forbes for her business achievements. Forbes"...
Ultra HD Gains Momentum in the US with 30 Pay TV Providers Testing 4K Delivery on SES's Platform
July 24, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- With an additional nine TV operators joining SES’s Ultra HD trials, a total of 30 US Pay TV providers, with a combined audience of more than 10 million subscribers, are now testing SES’s 4K content delivery platform across their distribution networks. The latest wave of Pay TV system operators to ink Ultra HD trial agreements with SES includes: - Alliance Communications,"...
ABB: Building Growth Momentum
July 20, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS - Total and base orders grew 3%1; higher orders in all regions
- Revenues up 1%
- Operational EBITA margin2 12.4%, dampened this quarter by commodity prices and some overcapacity
- Net income $525 million
- Cash flow from operating activities $467 million reflects timing of short-term incentive payments
- Net working capital as a percentage of revenues 14.1%, reduced 90 bps on an annual"...
GSMA Announces Additional Keynotes, Programs and Participating Companies for 2017 “GSMA Mobile World Congress Americas, in Partnership with CTIA”
July 20, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- The GSMA provided further updates for the upcoming Mobile World Congress Americas, including several recently confirmed keynote speakers, new programs and events, and additional exhibitors and partners. Mobile World Congress Americas will take place September 12-14, 2017 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. “We have just under two months left to go before the mobile world congregates"...
OT-Morpho Receives CSPN Certification for Its Embedded Secure Element for IoT
July 20, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- OT-Morpho, a world leader in digital security and identification technologies, today announced that its embedded secure element designed for the Internet of Things (IoT), IoThrive Tiny SE+, has obtained the highest level CSPN1 security certification. IoThrive Tiny SE+ is the first embedded secure element of its kind to receive this certification awarded by the French security agency ANSSI2. OT-Morpho developed the IoThrive Tiny SE+ to manage identities and secure data in any non-cellular network. In the rapidly evolving IoT market, product security validation and certification is critical, especially in an age where every device can now become a target for hackers. Being able to guarantee privacy and security in the Internet of Things will be key for the market success of connected objects. In contrast to other programs, CSPN certification covers not only the hardware, but also the software of the product. It confirms the security robustness of the whole IoThrive Tiny SE+ product. Jean-Yves Bernard, Security Manager at StarChip, a subsidiary of OT-Morpho,......
The invest.com Group Announces Token Generation Event for Stox, A New Prediction Market Platform
July 19, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- Continuing its quest to democratize investing for all, The invest.com Group is today announcing an upcoming token generation event for Stox, a new prediction-based trading platform. invest.com was founded in 2014, employs a team of 200 across five countries, has 3M registered clients, and generated $50M in annual revenue for 2016. Stox will be issued as a smart token using the Bancor protocol, which the team has evaluated to be the best blockchain based liquidity solution. STX will hold BNT in its reserve which would guarantee continuous and high liquidity, enabling anyone to purchase STX directly through the smart token with Ether, as well as liquidate STX back to Ether — notably, with low slippage and no spread. “We are excited to collaborate with Stox and support their effort to become a pioneer member in the Bancor network. We believe that the guaranteed liquidity and the stability of STX will benefit token holders, the Stox project at large and provide a strong case study for the Bancor protocol,” said Eyal Hertzog, Chief of Product,......
Nuvias Named Oracle PartnerNetwork Platinum Level Partner
July 19, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- Nuvias, a rapidly growing, pan-EMEA, high value distribution business, today announced that it has achieved Platinum partner status in Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). By attaining Platinum level membership, Oracle has recognized Nuvias for its in-depth expertise and excellence in Oracle Communications Session Border Controller (SBC) and Operations Monitoring solutions. This achievement further strengthens the EMEA product portfolio for the recently launched Nuvias Unified Communications (UC) Practice, which resulted from the acquisition of leading UC specialist SIPHON Networks at the end of 2016. Oracle Communications’ SBC will form the core part of a range of Nuvias’ end-to-end UC solution packages aimed at the service provider and enterprise reseller markets. These include the Nuvias Hosted Unified Communications Package, integrated with Broadsoft UC cloud technology,......
Vodafone says 2G services partially restored; expired balances to be returned
July 19, 2017
Vodafone Qatar said in a statement that their 2G network has been partially restored in some areas. For this to work customers will have to manually select their 2G network on their handsets “Our 2G network has been partially restored allowing customers to now make calls in some areas to other Vodafone numbers and international numbers. Customers need to manually select our 2G network in settings,” they tweeted. On"...
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