LONDON-Monday, February 19th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Morrow Sodali today announced that David Shammai has joined the firm as Corporate Governance Director - Cross Border.

David joins from APG Asset Management, the Dutch pension fund manager, where in his role as senior corporate governance specialist he was involved in voting, policy, and engagement. Based in the London office, David will focus on the firm’s growing corporate governance activities across its European offices.

Together with Morrow Sodali’s expanding team of corporate governance professionals, David will work to further develop the firm’s governance services – ranging from benchmarking and assessments of governance practice to board advisory on engagement with investors.

“At Morrow Sodali we recognise that today many of our clients face growing needs for an in-depth and meaningful dialogue with their investors on a broadening range of topics. ... Read more »

 Thanks to MX1 services, 24/7 Equatorial Guinea’s Spanish-speaking governmental channel will be country's first non-linear channel

LUXEMBOURG-Tuesday, February 20th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- TVGE International, Equatorial Guinea’s governmental channel, is partnering with SES and MX1 to deliver its content worldwide on both linear and non-linear platforms. TVGE International is a free-to-air, Spanish-speaking channel that offers local news, entertainment and cultural programmes.

Under the agreement announced by SES/MX1, TVGE International will use satellite capacity to broadcast its 24/7 channel across Africa, Europe and the Americas.

In addition, SES’s wholly-owned subsidiary MX1 will provide video-on-demand (VOD) services and web applications for the channel. The non-linear distribution service, which will be the first of its kind in Equatorial Guinea, will enable viewers across the world to stream the c ... Read more »

Banyan BTI is the first in vitro diagnostic blood test to aid in the evaluation of patients with suspected TBI, also known as concussion.

SAN DIEGO-Thursday, February 15th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Banyan Biomarkers, Inc., a pioneer in developing biomarkers for traumatic brain injury (TBI), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the De Novo request for the commercialization of Banyan BTITM (Brain Trauma Indicator), an in vitro diagnostic blood test to aid in the evaluation of patients with suspected TBI, also known as concussion. The FDA, in keeping with its commitment to address urgent medical concern of brain injuries, reviewed the test under the Breakthrough Devices Program, which is intended to facilitate the development and expedite the review of innovative breakthrough technologies. Banyan BTI identifies two brain-specific protein biomarkers (Ubiquitin Carboxy-terminal Hydrolase-L1 or UCH-L1 and Glial Fibrillia ... Read more »

Internet service provider Palau Telecoms empowers Palau citizens with reliable and ‘always on’ connectivity by renewing and contracting more fibre-like connectivity solutions

LUXEMBOURG-Monday, February 19th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Customers of Palau’s local internet services provider Palau Telecoms will continue to enjoy enhanced and reliable fibre-like connectivity delivered by SES Networks.

SES announced today that in the latest contract signed, Palau Telecoms, which has been enjoying SES’s Networks exceptional networks performance since 2014, will be extending its contract until 2020, and increasing the amount of medium earth orbit (MEO) connectivity by 150%.

A long-term customer of SES Networks, Palau Telecoms is utilising their existing MEO service to augment fibre capacity, providing an ‘always on’ service to its customers. This enhanced, robust infrastructure provides a solid foundation ... Read more »

Machine Learning Spectrum Analytics Solution Identifies Previously Undetectable RF Interference Resulting in Capacity and Quality Improvements

SEATTLE-Thursday, February 15th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Spectrum Effect™, a pioneer in RF spectrum analytics, today announced a successful milestone in the trial of its Spectrum-NET™ machine learning solution with Elisa Estonia.

Spectrum-NET automatically detects, characterizes, locates and assesses the impact of external and unintended internal RF interference in mobile networks. Spectrum-NET operates throughout multi-vendor LTE and UMTS networks on a continual basis without service interruption or dependency on external probes.

“The successful trial utilizing Spectrum-NET to analyze Elisa’s mobile network uncovered numerous instances of external and unintended internal RF interference, including previously undetectable passive intermodulation (PIM) interference,” s ... Read more »

New Competition Puts Spotlight on New and Impactful Ideas from Academic and Research Communities Around the World

LONDON-Monday, February 19th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The GSMA today announced the winners of its inaugural Mobile World Scholar Challenge. New for Mobile World Congress 2018, the Mobile World Scholar Challenge is a video-based competition designed to discover and highlight ground-breaking new technologies developed at universities around the globe.

“Embracing new ideas is the key to innovation and growth, be it an economy, an industry, a company, charity or individual,” said John Hoffman, CEO, GSMA Ltd. “At Mobile World Congress, we are constantly looking to showcase cutting-edge ideas poised to impact the mobile world, and the winners of this first Mobile World Scholar Challenge certainly represent this. Our congratulations to all of the winners, as well as everyone who submitted their innovations for consideratio ... Read more »

ISF formed to facilitate 2.1 billion players across the world

The International Socca Federation also elects Mr. Thanos Papadopoulos as the Joint CEO of the Federation

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Thursday, February 15th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

The inaugural meeting of the International Socca Federation (ISF) was attended by 52 representatives from 25 member countries along with 10 countries submitting membership applications. The attendees unanimously lauded the establishment of a global federation for 5, 6, 7 and 8 a-side football format. The federation aims to represent the 2.1 billion players of small-sided football across the globe.

Following his election, Trunkwala said, “In line with my efforts to develop the Socca sport, I have visited several countries in South Asia, Middle East and the Gulf region. These efforts come as part of the wider preparations for the Socca World Cup scheduled to be held in Lisbon, Portugal in October 2018.” ... Read more »