PARIS - Wednesday, June 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Camusat, one of the market leaders in developing telecom infrastructures, is pleased to reveal the results of the first site implemented in Madagascar using its rural solution.

Installed and commissioned in 5 days, this 100% solar powered and non-concrete telecom site enables Camusat’s mobile operator client to link an unconnected village of 5,000 inhabitants to mobile networks.

With this field-proven and turnkey solution, Camusat addresses MNOs’ challenge to connect anyone, anywhere at any time, by providing reliable broadband service with minimal expense, leveraging its local presence as well as long-lasting experience.
This low cost solution can include voice, SMS, Wi-Fi, Data and mobile banking services as well as remote monitoring by Camusat GNOC on a 24x7 basis, all resulting in low opex and maintenance and zero emission. Thanks to its valuable partnership with satellite ... Read more »

Dimension Data delivers immersive end-user experience with significant enhancements to big data cycling analytics platform

PARIS - Wednesday, June 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dimension Data and Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) today announced significant enhancements to the big data cycling analytics platform that will deliver real-time information to viewers, commentators and teams at the 2016 Tour de France.

Headlining the innovations is Race Center, a web-based application hosted on Dimension Data’s cloud platform and developed in partnership with A.S.O. that combines live race data, video, photographs, social media feeds, and race commentary which combines with a new live tracking website to give viewers an immersive digital experience that goes beyond the television coverage of the race.

Race Center will become A.S.O.’s digital hub of the Tour de France going forward. And the Live Tracking website is testament to the e ... Read more »

 New Report Highlights Growing Demand for Operator-led Advanced Communications Services Such as Pre-Calling, Instant Messaging and Real-time Video

SHANGHAI - Wednesday, June 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Global mobile subscribers are demanding richer, global and open IP-based messaging experiences from mobile network operators, according to a new report called ‘The Future of Mobile Communications,’ released today by the GSMA. The research, which was commissioned by the GSMA and conducted by research firm Context Consulting, surveyed 4,045 participants from China, India, Spain and the United States about their use of traditional mobile operator voice and SMS services, as well as internet-based messaging services. It highlighted strong interest in new advanced mobile operator-led messaging services such as pre-calling, instant messaging, live video and real-time photo or file sharing, which are enabled by Rich Communications Services (RCS) ... Read more »

Washington D.C. - Wednesday, June 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Pyramedia Group CEO Nashwa Al Ruwaini attended the Select USA Investment Summit at the Washington Hilton to discuss opportunities of collaboration between the Pyramedia group of companies and business organizations in the USA.  The biggest economic event of its kind in North America, this investment summit, attended by high level delegates, government officials and business personalities is a platform that brings together companies and high-level government officials from all over the world to facilitate business investments.

Al Ruwaini, who was invited by the government of USA to attend this event along with the representatives of the private sector in the UAE, spoke about the unique opportunity such an event presents for businesses. “This event facilitates an international dialogue between businesses, economic development professionals, service providers and government leaders from across the glob ... Read more »

COLOMBES, France - Tuesday, June 28th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products, services and solutions today announced that PEARL by OT®, its state-of-the-art NFC embedded Secure Element (eSE) is equipped in the Samsung Galaxy S7.

PEARL by OT® is the most advanced multi-application eSE on the market. It offers a yet unattained level of security, the largest memory on the market and the latest NFC capabilities. Certified by all major payment schemes for mobile payment, PEARL by OT® offers a banking-grade level of security thanks to its EAL5+ and EMVCo certified component. It is also the best eSE to address the fragmented market of transport systems throughout the world thanks to the support of all major transport standards. Beyond payment and transit applications, this all-in-one eSE also allows easy deployment of secure governmental and automotive applications, as wel ... Read more »

 Financing fuels accelerating global growth and expansion of leading independent enterprise software support services 

LAS VEGAS - Tuesday, June 28th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software support services for SAP SE’s (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite, BusinessObjects and HANA Database software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE:ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware, Hyperion, Oracle Retail and Oracle Agile PLM software, today announced that it recently closed a new $125 million financing that will be used to accelerate the Company’s next phase of global growth and product portfolio expansion. The new financing round was led by Colbeck and includes a syndicate of lenders.

New Financing Will Fuel Accelerated Growth and Expansion

Rimini Street is the leading global provider of independent enterprise software su ... Read more »

Universal RCS Profile Backed by 57 Mobile Operators and Leading Handset Manufacturers; Service Will Deliver Enhanced Communications Experiences to Customers Globally

SHANGHAI - Tuesday, June 28th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The GSMA today announced that AIS, Axiata Group, Beeline, Bell Mobility, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Claro Brazil, Claro Colombia, Indosat Ooredoo, M1, Megafon, MTS, Optus, Personal Argentina, Personal Paraguay, Reliance Jio, Rogers Communications, Singtel, StarHub, Telcel Mexico, Tele2, Telefónica, Telkomsel, Telus and T-Mobile US are the latest operators to support a mobile industry initiative for a universal Rich Communications Services (RCS) profile worldwide. These operators are joined by leading handset manufacturers Alcatel, ASUS, General Mobile, HTC, Intex Technologies, Lava International Ltd., LG Electronics, Lenovo/Motorola, Samsung Electronics and ZTE, as well as mobile OS providers Google and Microsoft, who are ... Read more »