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NEW DELHI-Thursday, May 11th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The global OTT leader in the South-Asian content, YuppTV, announced the launch of its new platform, Mini Theatre. YuppTV makes new movies available on the Mini Theatre platform on the first day or the following weekend of theatrical release, even in geographies where the movie is not available outside of India. The movies shall be made available on YuppTV platform only on Samsung, Apple, Roku, LG, Sony TV Devices/interfaces.
Commenting on the latest development, Uday Reddy, Founder and CEO of YuppTV said, “At YuppTV, we have a great opportunity of bringing best quality South-Asian content to our users across the Globe. Launching Mini Theatre is another step in the same direction. The release of various Indian movies is often limited only to very few selected geographies across the world and sometimes limited only to the Indian subcontinent. Hence, users end up missing out on these high-quality and ... Read more »

 US, Canada and major parts of Europe Now Fully Digital Enabled with Western Union® Services 

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-Wednesday, May 10th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payments, today announced that it has further strengthened its global digital money transfer footprint, with the activation of its 40th wu.com transactional website, now providing full digital access for cross-border person-to-person (P2P) money transfer services across major developed nations including the US, Canada and major parts of Europe*.

Wu.com is also active in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates. Western Union plans to continue to expand its digital presence across Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Latin America and the Caribbean in the next phase of its online expansion, augmenting the company’s retail Agent footprint in more than 200 countries and territories.

“The ... Read more »

Regional Leader in Dubai Grows Branded Content Business by 6X with Strong Campaign Performance with Polar’s Native Distribution.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Sunday, May 14th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

Digital Media Services (DMS), a Choueiri Group brand, was recently featured as a case study example by its Native Advertising tech partner “Polar”, who denoted DMS’ success as a regional leader which has gone-on to outperform global branded content engagement benchmarks by 67%.

Premium publishers all across the globe partner with Polar to evolve and grow their branded content business and revenue. These include global heavyweight publishers, including The Huffington Post, The Telegraph, CondeNast, News Corp and USA Today.

Elaborating on the partnership with Polar, DMS’ Chief Operating Officer Michel Malkoun said that “Our team developed a strong partnership with Polar over the past two y ... Read more »

Award-winning Qatari bank licenses PRIMESM

COLUMBUS, Ga.-Saturday, May 13th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TSYS (NYSE: TSS) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB) to license PRIME 4, the latest version of TSYS’ future-focused PRIME payment solutions platform.

QIIB is an award-winning Islamic bank that will leverage PRIME as a consolidation platform to manage all of its card issuing and multi-channel acquiring. By migrating to PRIME, QIIB will be able to improve operational efficiencies across its business, enabling it to better grow its current market offerings, covering Sharia-compliant revolving, debit and prepaid card products with EMV and contactless support, in addition to supporting eCommerce issuing with its integrated next generation TSYS InterActivSM technology.

“We selected TSYS on the strength of its global and domestic experience in order to ensure that QIIB has best ... Read more »

Dubai Festival City, InterContinental and Panasonic representatives receive the Guinness World Record at the public launch of IMAGINE's new show, 'A Child's Dream'

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -Saturday, May 13th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Guinness World Records recognized IMAGINE, the latest multimedia attraction in Dubai, for the World's Largest Permanent Projection Mapping after a three-month successful run, using over 60 Panasonic projectors covering approximately 4,857 square meter of projection area on the facade of InterContinental Dubai Festival City.

[Video] Projection Mapping with Panasonic Projector - Dubai Festival City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shx16xxTzIA

IMAGINE secured its first world record in December 2016 for the World's Largest Water Screen Projection, at Dubai Festival City, using Panasonic projectors (supplied by Al Futtaim Panatech - Panasonic's UAE distributor), ... Read more »

Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates -Saturday, May 13th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

The American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Illinois, converting the U.S.-based university into its latest international partner.

The agreement, which was initiated by AURAK’s School of Engineering and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois’ Urbana-Champaign campus, is centered on the establishment of a ‘3+2’ cooperative academic program in which students can earn a bachelor’s degree at AURAK and a master’s degree in Illinois.       

Pen was put to paper by Prof. Hassan Hamdan Al Alkim and Prof. Mousa Mohsen, AURAK president and dean of the School of Engineering respectively, as well as Robert J. Jones, chancellor of the University of Illinois, Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela, vice provost for international a ... Read more »

Opening of New Offices in the Czech Republic and India to Support Global Corporations in Digital Transformation

MIAMI-Friday, May 12th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NEORIS, a global business and IT consulting company, today announced a geographical expansion with the opening of two new Digital Laboratories in Prague, Czech Republic and Gurgaon, India. The strategic move further strengthens its Global Delivery Network to assist European and other large corporations around the globe. The new Digital Laboratories will focus on creating software products that deliver unparalleled user experiences to meet the growing demand of new mobile, web, and cloud-based capabilities.

NEORIS was founded 16 years ago when an innovative technology solutions group was spun off from CEMEX’s (NYSE:CX) IT department. Since then, NEORIS has become a successful independent services provider with presence in over 30 countries. NEORIS’ expansion will also benefit t ... Read more »

WALTHAM, Mass.-Friday, May 12th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

A Single Platform to Help Service Providers Bridge the Digital Divide and Realize the Benefits of Cloud Economics

Product Suite Helps Accelerate the Adoption of New Technologies, Including 5G, IoT, Biometrics and Artificial Intelligence

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Netcracker Technology announced today the launch of Netcracker 12, a groundbreaking technology platform with a comprehensive product suite designed to help service providers accelerate digitalization and operationalize virtual and cloud infrastructure at scale. Netcracker 12 provides an integrated platform with two-speed architecture and innovative agility layers to drive rapid digital customer engagement, while optimizing the digital business and operational domains.

Service providers worldwide face rising customer expectations and revenue pressures as a result of competition from over-the-top (OTT) providers offering a diversity of rich media cont ... Read more »

Europe announced as the location for the sixth Annual Global Summit taking place in 2018

CAPE TOWN, South Africa-Friday, May 12th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Establishing regulatory frameworks for enabling investment in broadband infrastructure across Africa was the key discussion as the fifth annual Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) Global Summit 2017 concluded yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa.

The three-day event brought together representatives from five continents and 21 countries around the world, including policy makers, regulators, academia, and public and private sector representatives with first-hand experience developing and implementing a range of spectrum sharing regimes.

“Research from A4AI notes only half of the world (53%) will be connected by 2020, which leaves almost half of the world unconnected, and the United Nations Broadband Commission says being connected is now a basic human right,” comme ... Read more »

 High Government Fees Challenge Mobile Operators’ Ability to Roll Out Services

DHAKA, Bangladesh -Thursday, May 11th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The GSMA today expressed concerns about the Bangladesh Government’s plan to impose higher fees for 4G licensing ahead of the next round of spectrum auctions. The decision would pose a significant challenge to the fulfilment of the “Digital Bangladesh” objectives and impact the future of mobile broadband services in Bangladesh.

According to the GSMA, there is instead a need to lower the burden of levies in order to facilitate the deployment of affordable voice and data services for the people of Bangladesh. Mobile operators are already currently liable for multiple taxes and fees that affect growth1.

“New research links high spectrum prices with lower quality mobile services. In short, mobile operators have less capital left for new networks and services,” sa ... Read more »