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Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Tuesday, March 7th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Award for Innovation in Project Management, has announced the opening of registration for the inaugural edition of the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Award for Innovation in Project Management (HBM AIPM).

The Award with total prize money of about AED2 million (US$550,000), aims to identify, reward, encourage, promote and enable innovation in project management by compiling an innovative project management methodology, creating a database for best practices and business models in project management, providing a platform for sharing innovative ideas and offering training on project management skills. It targets the international business community, including specialists and experts in project management, individua ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG-Friday, March 3rd 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Luxembourg Government and the Tokyo-based space robotics company ispace Inc. announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the context of the SpaceResources.lu initiative with focus on developing miniaturized technology to discover, map, and utilize resources on the Moon. The governmental SpaceResources.lu initiative aims to promote and support the commercial use of resources gathered from celestial bodies such as asteroids or from the Moon.

Within the framework of this MoU, ispace intends to focus, through its European office based in Luxembourg, on business development, R&D and on several key technical services, including payload development, engineering and integration. For its part, Luxembourg contributes by providing funding through national R&D grants or programs of the European Space Agency (ESA) to co-fund relevant research and development activities ... Read more »

BANGALORE, India & EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J.-Friday, March 3rd 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced that it has been positioned as a “Leader” in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for SAP® Application Services, EMEA. The report, authored by Gilbert van der Heiden, Neil Barton and Fabio Di Capua, was published on 31 January, 2017.

The Magic Quadrant report by Gartner is focused on the full life cycle of SAP application services, spanning project-based implementation and multi-year application management services (AMS). The report evaluated 19 different software vendors on 15 criteria and placed Wipro in the “Leaders" quadrant. The full report is available here.

Elaborating on Wipro's vision and focus on SAP application services, Hiral Chandrana, Senior Vice President and Global ... Read more »

SAGEMCOM PRESENTS ITS RANGE OF LORA™ SENSORS - OPEN AND MULTI-PURPOSE, COMPLEMENTING ITS END-TO-END IOT SOLUTION.

RUEIL-MALMAISON, France-Monday, March 6th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- These brand new sensors can be customized accordingly to customers' use cases, thanks to embedded accelerometer, thermometer and barometer. Easy customization and tuning enable allow any service operator and application provider to design new services.

In compliance with the LoRa™ Alliance standards, these sensors are longstanding and energy-efficient. Sagemcom patents have them particularly effective in radio use. They were selected by Objenious, a subsidiary of Bouygues Telecom dedicated to the Internet of Things, to satisfy their testing needs.

Stéphane Allaire, Chairman of Objenious, noted “There is not such a thing as a IoT project working without a powerful network nor low cost or performant sensors. Following a year ... Read more »

 Neff Capital Management Invests Additional $15mm

DAVIE, Fla.-Thursday, March 2nd 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sintavia, LLC, a global leader in independent metal additive manufacturing (“AM”), announced today that it had closed a $15mm round of equity financing from its primary investor, Neff Capital Management LLC. The follow-on investment is in addition to an original $10mm of equity financing by Neff Capital which was announced in July 2015. It is expected that the new investment will be used for additional manufacturing capacity and facility expansion in 2017 and 2018.

Established in 2012, Sintavia provides a complete suite of metal AM solutions to OEMs in precision industries worldwide. In particular, the company has built a customer base within the Aerospace & Defense, Oil & Natural Gas, Industrial Turbine, and Automotive industries. “Over the past two years, Sintavia has grown into a leader in th ... Read more »

COLOMBES, France-Tuesday, March 7th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products, services and solutions, today announced the availability of a full GSMA Consumer Phase 2 eSIM (embedded SIM) solution validated for Microsoft Windows 10. This solution is set to transform connectivity usage to the great advantage of laptop and notebook computer users, offering them wider coverage and the ubiquity of cellular service.

Up until now, laptop and notebook computer users wanting to connect to a cellular network had to plug a physical SIM card into their device. With this eSIM, the physical and Mobile Operator parts of the SIM are separate and the latter can be reprogrammed remotely, which means greater flexibility for users when selecting a network of their choice. This technology will eventually enable them to stay connected on the move, without access to WiFi, by selecting one of the avai ... Read more »

BARCELONA, Spain-Saturday, March 4th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

At the Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2017, NFS, holding company of Telecel mobile operations, announced its merger with Telecel Global (formerly Exxon Telecom), the leading global international Carrier.

The merger will yield operating cost savings for Telecel operations subsidiaries of NFS, enable higher quality for their international telecommunication services, and expand the product offering in their markets.

In addition to the anticipated efficiencies, the transaction is expected to fuel the future growth of the larger combined entity.

Exxon Telecom, rebranded under Telecel Global earlier this month, will operate as the official international gateway for carrier services for NFS operations. The merger will enable Telecel Global to both expand its footprint across the African continent, as well as accelerate the growth of its global carrier business. Malek Atrissi, Director and COO of Tele ... Read more »

 Data from UNVEIL, the first trial of patients with moderate plaque psoriasis (BSA 5-10 percent) who were naïve to systemic and biologic therapy, presented at American Academy of Dermatology Congress

OTEZLA demonstrated significant improvements versus placebo for the primary and key secondary endpoints at week 16

Safety profile for OTEZLA in UNVEIL was consistent with that of previous trials 

SUMMIT, N.J.-Monday, March 6th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) today announced that results from its phase 4 UNVEIL trial evaluating OTEZLA® (apremilast), the Company's oral, selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4), in patients with moderate plaque psoriasis with a body surface area (BSA) of 5-10 percent, were presented at the American Academy of Dermatology's Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

The UNVEIL study evaluated the clinical efficacy and safety of oral OTEZLA 30 mg twice da ... Read more »

Joint Tests Demonstrate Commitment to Open NB-IoT Ecosystem

BARCELONA, Spain -Wednesday, March 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Spirent Communications, a leading provider of lifecycle service assurance solutions, has successfully completed joint tests with Brocade to showcase 3GPP-compliant NB-IoT solutions. The joint tests utilized the Brocade vC-SGN solution, with 3GPP NB-IoT enhancements to the S1-AP interface, and Spirent Landslide, which emulates NB-IoT devices, LTE base stations and Evolved Packet Core (EPC) functions. The tests demonstrated compliance to 3GPP NB-IoT standards, the ability to support IoT device connections from up to 50,000 LTE base stations (eNBs) and automatic scaling of the vC-SGN for variable loads.

Spirent Landslide enables network equipment providers (NEPs) and service providers (SPs) to validate the functionality and performance of mobile networks and services across the lifecycle phases of development, deployment and o ... Read more »

Utilities sector to be the key growth driver in 2017

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Tuesday, February 28th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

401 active projects in UAE’s utilities sector valued at USD 83.5 billion
The number of utility projects increased by 2% in January, 2017

As per BNC Construction Analytics, with the recent announcement of new projects, the number of ongoing utility projects increased by 2% in January, 2017 as compared to December, 2016, even after considering the recent completion of 12 utility projects, that have a combined estimated value of around USD 87 million.

As per BNC’s January 2017 Utilities Report there are currently 401 active projects in the UAE’s utility sector, with an estimated value of USD 83.5 billion.  The utilities sector constitutes 4% of the number of active construction projects and 11% of the total estimated value of ongoing construction.

BNC Project Intelligence identif ... Read more »