MILAN - Wednesday, March 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bitè group present with mobile networks in both Lithuania and Latvia offers data and voice services. In the past few years Bitè established itself as the fastest growing operator with strong customer base with enterprises and offering to its users the highest download data service in the region.

Bitè predominantly relies over a wireless microwave radio network as infrastructure to its mobile service, offering them a fast time to market and flexibility to achieve best coverage. Last year Bitè started deploying SIAE MICROELETTRONICA AGS20 and ALFOplus80HD platforms boosting backhauling capacity throughout the network, allowing them to offer unprecedented data services.

“We are delighted to introduce the AGS20 in our network. Its backward compatibility with the existing SIAE MICROELETTRONCIA microwave radio allowed for an easy introduction as well as protection of the investments we made in ... Read more »

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France - Wednesday, March 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, March 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Pacific Controls (PCS), a leading provider of Internet of Things (IoT) managed services solutions globally and Middle East’s largest Tier 3 secure data center / cloud services provider, has collaborated with WSO2.Telco, creator of a ground breaking digital enablement platform, to launch Middle East’s first Digital Business Hub. The Digital Business Hub provides “API as a Service” and is designed to enable enterprises and Telecommunications companies (MNOs) to transform the way they engage and partner in the digital ecosystem.  The Digital Business Hub will also contribute towards the acceleration of the on-going transformation of Dubai into the world’s most advanced and connected Digital Marketplace.

The launch of the Digital Business Hub follows successful WSO2.Telco hub deployments in Singapore and India which currently serve a combined total of over 1 billion mo ... Read more »

Industry Leader Bolsters CAA Executive Ranks at Time of Rapid Growth

LOS ANGELES - Tuesday, March 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) announced today that international corporate strategy veteran Matteo Perale has joined the company to further execute on CAA’s aggressive growth and diversification strategy worldwide.
Perale comes to CAA from global sports leader Infront Sports & Media, where he served as the Director of Strategic Development and drove such major strategic initiatives as reorganizing Infront’s digital media business, launching its digital overlay division for broadcast, and integrating both into a fully reorganized production and service business.
James Burtson, who previously oversaw Time Warner’s mergers and acquisitions efforts, joined CAA as CFO last year and leads CAA’s corporate strategic initiatives. The hiring of Perale, based in C ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, March 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

More than 57,000 people benefitted from the “Optimal Use of the Internet” campaign launched by the Community Police Department at the Abu Dhabi Police with the participation of governmental and private entities.

Major Hamad Farhan Al Habbabi, Acting Chief of the Community Awareness Section at the Community Police Department praised the efforts exerted by the government agencies and private institutions that participated in the campaign. “Their awareness-raising momentum had a great impact on achieving the goals of the campaign in accordance with statistical follow-ups,” he said. Moreover, he described them as strategic partners in the field of security and community awareness.

Additionally, he stressed that the community involvement is one of the most important means that Community Police depends upon so as to achieve more successes. “Raising the awareness o ... Read more »

CHIBA, Japan - Tuesday, March 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SII Semiconductor Corporation, a subsidiary of Seiko Instruments Inc., announces the release of the S-19680 Series high side switches with current monitor function that allow for simplified connection diagnosis of GPS antennas and other automotive applications. These new high side switches can detect open, normal, and short-circuit conditions. Target applications include remote LNA phantom power for GPS antennas including ADAS locator, vehicular communication systems / road-vehicle communication systems, e-call, car navigation systems, car audio systems, and Infotainment systems.

GPS antennas require continuous monitoring and diagnosis to determine whether the antenna is connected or disconnected. Conventional circuit designs using discrete components are complex and the mounting area is large. The S-19680 is a compact and easy to use IC for antenna connection status diagnosis. The S-19680 Series ... Read more »

Ten organizations participate in the development of Tsunashima Sustainable Smart Town, which includes a town energy center, a hydrogen refueling station and a dormitory for international students.

OSAKA & TOKYO & YOKOHAMA, Japan - Wednesday, March 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Tsunashima Sustainable Smart Town (SST) Council and its lead organizers, Panasonic Corporation and Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., today revealed a concept plan that guides the development of a new smart town they plan to build in Tsunashima in the City of Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo.

The Tsunashima SST Council, a consortium of ten organizations that promotes the development of the Tsunashima SST, created a Town Development Concept. The concept plan sets forth the town’s environmental targets, safety and security goals, and rules for the landscapes and operations, seeking to create a town where the participants from different industries collabora ... Read more »

The ballet will be broadcast free-to-air on UHD1 by Astra/HD+

LUXEMBOURG - Tuesday, March 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), in collaboration with European Culture Channel ARTE, announced today that they will be broadcasting the Le Corsaire ballet live in Ultra HD from the Vienna State Opera via the orbital position Astra 19.2 degrees East. The Ultra HD live broadcast will begin at 19:00 CET on 2 April.

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The ballet will be broadcast free-to-air on UHD1 by Astra/HD+. The Ultra HD demo channel was launched jointly by HD+ and ASTRA in September 2015. The show can be received with Ultra HD screens equipped with HEVC decoders. SES Platform Services, a subsidiary of SES, will manage the live-encoding and satellite uplink.

“Broadcasting in Ultra HD is becoming incr ... Read more »

HOUSTON - Tuesday, March 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Erin Energy Corporation (“Erin Energy” or the “Company”) (NYSE MKT:ERN) (JSE:ERN) announced today the Island Constructor light well intervention (LWI) vessel (the vessel) has departed Skalevic, Norway and is en route to the Oyo field, offshore Nigeria.

The vessel will be used for LWI service on the Oyo-8 well (Oyo-8), which has been necessitated by the failure of the well’s sub-surface controlled sub-surface safety valve (SCSSV) to open following a planned production curtailment in the Oyo field. The Company expects to complete the intervention and re-opening of the SCSSV in April 2016.

The vessel is anticipated to arrive on the Oyo field mid-April and will immediately commence work on Oyo-8. The Company expects the intervention to take a few days to complete and to subsequently re-establish production from the well.

Erin Energy Corporation is an independe ... Read more »