Liberia’s leading Internet Service Provider to tap O3bTrunk

ST. HELIER, Channel Islands - Sunday, March 10th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With the historic launch of its first four satellites nearing, O3b Networks today announced West Africa Telecom, one of Liberia’s leading Internet Service Providers, has signed a major capacity deal on O3b’s high bandwidth Medium Earth Orbit satellite fleet.

As part of the agreement, West Africa Telecom will rely on the fiber-like speed and quality of O3bTrunk, O3b’s global IP network that delivers sub 150 millisecond latencies and breakthrough affordability and reliability. The innovative offering is a long-awaited technological leap that provides significant advantages over submarine fiber that has arrived along Africa’s coast.

"O3b’s next generation fleet of Medium Earth Orbit spacecraft together with its forward-thinking team is exactly what we need to better serve and grow our customer base across Liberia,” s ... Read more »

Weekly Show Provides Behind-the-Scenes Look at Top Global Motorsports Events

FAIRFAX, Va. - Saturday, March 9th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

    Premiered Thursday, March 7, at 9:30 pm ET on NBC Sports Network
    Available worldwide and broadcast in 25 languages
    Full episodes of "Mobil 1 The Grid” available online at grid1.tv

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- "Mobil 1 The Grid,” a weekly, 30-minute television series devoted to global motorsports, returned for its fifth season in the United States on NBC Sports Network on Thursday, March 7, at 9:30 pm ET. The popular series will continue to air worldwide and be broadcast in 25 languages.

Fans around the world can access local air times and dates for "Mobil 1 The Grid” episodes by visiting www.grid1.tv, which has been revamped for 2013 with a new look, enhanced sharing capabilities, and real community feel. Full episodes of the show and exclusive news, features and videos, are al ... Read more »

TOKYO - Saturday, March 9th 2013 [BUSINESS WIRE/ ME NewsWire]

Achieved a record scale again

AUTOMOTIVE WORLD 2013

Asia's leading exhibition & conference for advanced automotive technologies, AUTOMOTIVE WORLD 2013 concluded in a huge success. Gathering 363 exhibitors from 13 countries/regions and 19,820 visitors (increase by 20% from the previous show), it achieved a record scale five years in a row since its launch in 2009.

"Automotive IT Expo" joining this time, AUTOMOTIVE WORLD now consists of 4 specialised exhibitions, each covering crucial field for automotive development of the day - "Automotive Electronics", "HEV & EV", "Weight Reduction" and "Automotive IT". Leading companies of each category exhibited here, choosing the show as the best way to conduct business with OEM & Tier 1 companies -- such as AMS, FREESCALE, INFINEON, INTERSIL, LINEAR TECHNOLOGY, RENESAS ELECTRONICS, ROHM, STMICROELECTRONICS (semiconductors), MEIDENSHA, YASUKAWA ELE ... Read more »