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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 »

TOKYO-Sunday, March 5th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:2264), a leading dairy product company in Japan, today announced the results of a new study that show how gut microbiota composition in a healthy human population changes with age. The study, which utilized new technology for sequencing DNA, is unique due to its size and the wide age range of its subjects (newborn to 104 years). These factors contribute to a new, comprehensive picture of the typical pattern of evolution of bacteria in the human gut.

Seminal research in the 1970s by Dr. Mitsuoka demonstrated drastic changes in the composition of gut microbiota species as people age 1 (Figure 1). However, at that point in time, only about 20 to 50% of gut microbiota species had been identified by the culture-based method. Despite major advances in microbiota analytical technologies, to date no large-scale analysis of the gut microbiota has been conducte ... Read more »

Backed by 16 Operators Accounting for 2 Billion Connections in Over 100 Countries;

Pilots Set to Launch in June 2017 in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Myanmar and Thailand

BARCELONA, Spain-Tuesday, February 28th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today at Mobile World Congress, the GSMA launched the “Big Data for Social Good” initiative, which will leverage mobile operators’ big data capabilities to address humanitarian crises, including epidemics and natural disasters. The programme is being launched with 16 of the world’s leading mobile operators – Bharti Airtel, Deutsche Telekom, Hutchison, KDDI, KT Corporation, Millicom, MTS, NTT DOCOMO, INC., Orange, SK Telecom, Telefónica, Telenor, Telia, Turkcell, Vodafone and Zain – which collectively account for over 2 billion connections across more than 100 countries. The United Nations Foundation is a supporting partner, providing coordination and integration with the broader ec ... Read more »

Platform Gives Consumers Access to Range of Brands and Services

LONDON -Tuesday, February 28th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The GSMA today issued a new report titled, ‘Messaging as a Platform – The Operator Opportunity,’ that outlines how operators can play a central role in the future of Messaging as a Platform (MaaP). The report was created with contributions from AT&T, China Mobile, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Metaswitch, Orange, KPN, Reliance Jio, Samsung, SK Telecom, Summit Tech, Syniverse, Telenor, Telia, T-Mobile US, Vodafone Group, WIT and Xura. The GSMA is working closely with mobile operators and the wider industry on the opportunities and enhanced services that MaaP brings to consumers.

MaaP combines the features of advanced messaging with standardised interfaces to chatbots and plugins that create a richer experience for consumers and allow businesses to realise the application-to-person potential of I ... Read more »

Study Predicts More Than A Billion 5G Connections By 2025; GSMA Showcases 5G Future at Mobile World Congress

BARCELONA, Spain-Tuesday, February 28th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- At Mobile World Congress today, the GSMA published a report outlining the mobile industry’s collective vision and expectations for the 5G era. The new study, ‘The 5G Era: Age of Boundless Connectivity and Intelligent Automation’, is based on an extensive survey of 750 operator CEOs and other industry stakeholders. The GSMA forecasts that commercial 5G networks will begin to be widely deployed at the start of the next decade and, by 2025, will provide coverage to a third of the world’s population. 5G connections are forecast to reach 1.1 billion by 2025, accounting for approximately one in eight mobile connections worldwide by this time.

“The 5G era will usher in innovations that enable richer, smarter and more convenient living and workin ... Read more »

BARCELONA, Spain-Monday, February 27th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ImmerVision, the inventor of the 360-degree panomorph lens and worldwide expert in immersive optical and imaging technology announces the mass production of a new 360° panomorph lens by Kolen, a global lens supplier, optimized for VR and 360° camera products.

Designed by ImmerVision, this new 5mm, 187° FoV panomorph lens is to be integrated onto mobile consumer products and combined with 1/4 inch, 8 Mpx sensors. When combined with sensors from Sony, Samsung or OmniVision, this miniature powerhouse preserves the original image pixel density and allows for full quality across the image rendered.

Moreover, its 187° field of view is optimal for back to back cameras with ImmerVision Enables 2.0 image processing technology allowing for perfect stitching with no ghosting. Product manufacturers looking for a consumer grade miniature 360° lens for back to back cameras, sm ... Read more »

NFS plans to invest 100 million Euros in Telecel operations for the development of Telecom projects in Africa

BARCELONA, Spain-Friday, March 3rd 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

At the Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2017, NFS, the holding company of Telecel and Telecel Global, announced its strategic plan for entering the capital markets via a merger with German listed company HPI AG and its intention to invest more than 100 million Euros in the Telecom sector in Africa. The funds will accelerate the development of Telecel operations across the African continent and will be used for the acquisition of multiple assets.

Telecel Global, the international service provider for voice, data and SMS, will develop its MVNO license in South Africa and will launch its operations within the year. Malek Atrissi, Director and COO of Telecel Global, said “South Africa is a competitive market, yet when viewed with our innovative and integrated approach, we believe we will take ad ... Read more »