KALANGALA, Uganda - Friday, July 1st 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a global organization providing cutting-edge medicine to more than 611,613 patients in 36 countries, has commissioned a new HIV Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) Clinic and staff quarters at Mugoye Health Center III, Kalangala District.

The clinic and staff quarters, which were built with support from AHF Uganda Cares, in partnership with the Uganda Ministry of Health, will not only contribute to the provision of improved HIV services to over 800 clients, but will also boost staff motivation and retention in such hard to reach area of the district. Services to be provided will include; free HIV testing, condoms provision, and comprehensive medical care and treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS. The newly constructed staff quarters will provide comfortable housing for at least 2 health workers attached to this health facility.

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SHANGHAI - Thursday, June 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The GSMA today announced the winners of the 2016 Asia Mobile Awards, which were presented last evening at the AMO Awards Ceremony and Dinner Reception, held at DaGuan Theatre in Pudong, Shanghai. The awards, which were hosted by popular TV personality Bai Xuxu, honour achievement, excellence and innovation in mobile communications across the dynamic and incredibly diverse Asia Pacific region.

“We extend our congratulations to all of the winners and nominees at our first Asia Mobile Awards here at Mobile World Congress Shanghai,” said Michael O’Hara, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA. “The AMOs recognise everything from game-changing mobile devices and technologies to applications and services available in all Asian markets, but perhaps more importantly, they underscore the hugely positive impact of mobile communications for people, business and society. Many thanks to all of our e ... Read more »

The new feature-rich SmartNode™ VoIP Gateways and eSBCs for small offices address demand for legacy-device integration with All-IP business communications and UCC.

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Friday, July 1st 2016 [ME NewsWire]

SmartNode™ VoIP... more than just talk!

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Patton Electronics—US manufacturer of UC, cloud, and IoT enabling solutions for carrier, enterprise and industrial networks—is now taking orders for a new set of VoIP CPE designed to satisfy market demand from small-businesses and their service providers for FXS, BRI, and All-IP solutions.

Supporting 4 to 256 SIP sessions (VoIP calls), the new series of SmartNode VoIP Gateways and enterprise session border controllers (eSBC) was developed in response to customer requests for small-business solutions that interconnect traditional digital ISDN and analog POTS trunks, phones and fax systems to modern IP-based business networks and cloud-based service ... Read more »

Mobile Ecosystem Adds $1.3 Trillion in Economic Value to Asia Pacific Economy

SHANGHAI - Thursday, June 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The number of mobile subscribers in the Asia Pacific region reached 2.5 billion at the end of last year and will grow to 3.1 billion by 2020, according to a new GSMA study published at GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai this week. The new report, ‘The Mobile Economy: Asia Pacific 2016’, finds that 62 per cent of the Asia Pacific population was subscribed to a mobile service in 2015, forecast to rise to almost three-quarters of the population by 2020 as a further 600 million new subscribers are added over the period. It is calculated that mobile technologies and services made up 5.4 per cent of Asia Pacific’s GDP last year, equivalent to $1.3 trillion in economic value; this economic contribution is set to increase to $1.7 trillion by 2020.

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 Low Power, Wide Area Connections Driving Huge Market Growth in China; GSMA’s Mobile IoT Initiative Helping Mobile Operators to Accelerate Commercial Solutions

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

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- China’s machine-to-machine (M2M) market will reach one billion connections by 2020, with the majority coming from the developing Low Power, Wide Area (LPWA) market, according to a new report released today by GSMA Intelligence and The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT). The report, ‘Mobile Operators and Digital Transformation’, highlights that China is currently the world’s largest M2M market with approximately 100 million cellular M2M connections, a figure that is expected to increase to 350 million by 2020. However, an additional 730 million connections will be enabled by LPWA technology, taking the total figure to just over one billion. By 2025, it is expected that 5 ... Read more »

NEW YORK - Friday, July 1st 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) today announced the appointment of Bill Kistler as executive vice president and managing director of EMEA. Kistler will join the leadership team and provide strategic counsel and input on global matters to support the organization’s global footprint. He will report directly to president and CEO, Tom McGee.

“At a time where retail real estate is a catalyst of the global economy, Bill’s deep understanding of matters related to the industry and previous experience growing ULI EMEA will be an asset to ICSC,” said Tom McGee, ICSC’s president and CEO. “We are committed to working with our members in EMEA and Bill’s strong partnerships with media, capital markets and government organizations make him best aligned to lead and expand our presence there.”

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