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ST. HELIER, Jersey, Channel Islands - Monday, May 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- O3b Networks announced today the introduction of ground breaking signal processing technology, 'MEO BoosterTM' which will offer even more advantage to customers when used with the soon to be launched high speed, low latency MEO constellation from O3b.

The new MEO BoosterTM improves performance by increasing throughput, leading to a lower cost per bit for the customer and making O3b truly fiber competitive. MEO BoosterTM in conjunction with standard O3b ground equipment enhances link efficiency, increasing link throughput by up to 50 per cent. The use of state of the art modulation techniques translates to availability improvements and world leading spectral efficiency under all conditions. MEO BoosterTM is a product designed and produced by EMC Satcom Technologies GmbH, one of O3b’s development partners.

"The MEO BoosterTM takes what is already the highest throughput, lowest ... Read more »
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Bangkok Peaks as World's Top Travel Hots Asia Pacific Region Notable Trend in MasterCard’s 2013 Global Destination Cities Index

BANGKOK - Monday, May 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

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(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)-- Today, in launching its third annual Global Destination Cities Index, MasterCard announced that Bangkok is this year’s number one city for travel. While London reached the top spot in 2012, it was edged by the slimmest of margins with only about 25,000 visitors separating the two – a difference of about one percent. The study looked at the highest international visitor numbers in 2013, with London, Paris, Singapore, and New York rounding out the top five.

A noticeable trend in this year’s report was the dominance of the Asia/Pacific region. Of the 132 cities ranked, 42 are Asian countries. Bangkok is followed by Singapore, Kua ... Read more »
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AMSTERDAM - Monday, May 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is supplying Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Russia’s largest network operator with over 70 million subscribers, with its UpTeq NFC high-end SIM cards for a mobile phone-based public transport ticketing solution in the city of Novosibirsk. Produced and personalized at Gemalto’s Moscow service center, the solution can deliver increased efficiency and responsiveness for the swift deployment of MTS’ NFC program. Gemalto uniquely provides its Russian customers with deep expertise and local presence across telecommunications, banking and transport sectors.

Operated alongside Zolotaya Korona, a Russian payment and money transfer system, the ticketing service allows users to pay for journeys on buses and the metro in Novosibirsk, the country’s third-largest city, simply by tapping their mobile phone on an NFC reader. For optimum convenience, use ... Read more »
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