Adoption of SSOP16 Package Contributes to Reduction of Assembly Cost

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TOKYO - Saturday, February 15th 2014

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it has expanded its line-up of digital-control and sinusoidal-wave fan motor driver ICs with the launch of "TC78B002FNG”, which adopts an SSOP16 package. The new IC is the latest addition to the company’s "TC78B002” series and designed for use in home appliances, such as refrigerators, and PCs. Mass production shipments start on February 21.

The new product adopts an SSOP16 package while offering the same features as the "TC78B002FTG,” already in mass-production, allowing customers to apply low-cost solder flow assembly. This allows manufacturers to bring down production costs by using single-layer PCBs instead of high cost double-layer PCBs.

The "TC78B002" series incorporates an original digital control circuit that realizes sinusoidal control of the motor current, ... Read more »

Rakuten accelerates its digital strategy by entering global messaging and VoIP, reinforces its focus on rapid growth of its global membership and Internet services ecosystem

TOKYO - Sunday, February 16th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Rakuten Inc (4755:Tokyo), one of the world’s largest Internet services companies, announced today its acquisition of pioneering messaging and VoIP company, Viber. Rakuten will acquire Viber for a total consideration of $900 million. The acquisition represents another bold step for Rakuten into the digital content space, following its acquisitions of Kobo, Wuaki.tv, and Viki.

As people continue to shift from traditional content and communications platforms to mobile applications, Viber, one of the most popular mobile communications services worldwide with a rapidly growing global user base of 300 million registered users, perfectly complements Rakuten’s strategy in the digital space. As Rakuten aims to become the world’s No.1 Inter ... Read more »

According to US Department of Commerce’s Study

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, February 15th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

In its 2013-2014 annual report, the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration published a recent study on security and safety resources. According to the study, the UAE is set to double its spending on homeland security from $5.5 billion to more than $10 billion in the next 10 years.

Moreover, the study showed that the UAE spending on airport security is estimated to reach $57.7 million by 2015, with a view to increase investment on homeland security, economic development and rapid population growth, to curtail regional unrest and the increased complexity of potential threats.

The 2014 International Exhibition for Security and National Resilience (ISNR), which will run from1-3 April, 2014 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), will discuss the results of the study extensively. The ISNR will cover th ... Read more »

Enables Voice, Video and Messaging Services to be delivered from Web Browsers

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RICHARDSON, Texas - Saturday, February 15th 2014

Mavenir Systems (NYSE: MVNR) today announced that it had provided its WebRTC Gateway to T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT), Croatia's largest telecommunications company and a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, as part of the TeraStream1 project.

Mavenir’s WebRTC Gateway has been delivered as a virtualized solution into the T-HT data center, which enables seamless interworking with their multi-vendor IMS network from mobile or wired devices. The gateway acts as a bridge between IMS-based services (voice, video and messaging) and the WebRTC-enabled browser applications. The ubiquitous nature of the web translates into service ubiquity for the IMS subscriber.

Mavenir’s client expertise and user experience centre in Zagreb has engaged with T-HT to identify and prototype innovative user experiences and use cases th ... Read more »