LUXEMBOURG - Wednesday, March 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today that it has further increased its reach in 2012, driven by strong gains, especially in India and Germany. SES now reaches 276 million TV homes worldwide, over 17 million homes more than in 2011.

The most important growth driver of the increase in reach was India, with a year-on-year gain of 7.5 million TV homes. The two very successful DTH platforms, Dish TV and Airtel Digital TV, now reach 25 million Indian TV homes with SES satellites. The SES capacity in India is contracted through the Indian Space Research Organisation. The Indian DTH market is growing at a fast pace, with an average increase of more than 800,000 subscribers per month in 2012. Dish TV is the largest DTH operator in India and Asia. Airtel is one of the fastest growing DTH operators in India and joined the SES platform in 2011.

Germany has again contributed significantly to th ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, March 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Thuraya Telecommunications Company, a leading Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) operator, announced today the launch of the Thuraya SatSleeve, a versatile and user-friendly  device that brings satellite connectivity to the Apple® iPhone®.

A significant breakthrough in the mobile satellite industry, Thuraya SatSleeve is the world’s first product to offer easy and affordable access to mobile satellite communications — delivered over Thuraya’s extensive satellite network. Only slightly larger than the iPhone itself, the compact adaptor provides users with the ability to turn their iPhone into a satellite phone that allows them to have reliable connectivity beyond the coverage of traditional terrestrial networks.

Samer Halawi, Chief Executive Officer of Thuraya, said: "The launch of Thuraya SatSleeve represents a major milestone and a game-changing innovation in the satellite industry. Th ... Read more »

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Wednesday, March 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

 The Office of the President of New Westminster College announced recently that His Excellency Lahcen Daoudi, Minister of Superior Education of Morocco, has endorsed the establishment of the New Westminster Medical College in Rabat, Morocco.

The New Westminster College Accreditation Delegation was received by Minister Daoudi in the City of Rabat. The members of the Delegation included General (R) Robert Goodwin III, President of New Westminster College and Chairman of the Board of Governors; Dr. Ahmed S. Badrais, Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors and Chief Financial Officer; Dr. Saâd Zemmouri, Special Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Governors; and other New Westminster College advisors from Rabat and Casablanca.

The proposal presented to the Ministry of Superior Education to establish the first English-based medical school in Morocco was very well received by Minister Lahcen Daoudi a ... Read more »

Dubaï, Émirats arabes unis - Mercredi 20 Mars 2013 [ME NewsWire]

A la lumière des flux commerciaux et des investissements croissants entre l'Afrique et le Moyen-Orient, la chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie à Dubaï, en collaboration avec l'agence régionale d'investissement du COMESA, organiseront le 1er et le 2 mai le Forum mondial des affaires 2013 à Dubaï, sous le thème Dubaï-COMESA: Établir un pont entre le continent et le reste du monde.

Organisé sous le patronage de Son Altesse Cheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice-président des Émirats arabes unis, Premier Ministre et Gouverneur de Dubaï, le Forum mettra en vedette d’importants locuteurs africains et émiratis, dont  des ministres et des chefs d'entreprises, qui discuteront des perspectives commerciales en Afrique et la façon dont Dubaï représente un pont entre le continent et le reste du monde.

L'événement, qui durera deux jours, ... Read more »

Strength in technology innovation and commercial execution helps ZTE lead in PON products

SHENZHEN, China - Wednesday, March 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Corporation ("ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, is pleased to achieve the global No. 1 ranking for shipments of PON (passive optical networking) products in a report compiled by industry consulting firm Ovum, as the company leveraged its market-leading technologies to win contracts and outperform competitors in this segment.

According to Ovum’s Market Share Report: 2012 FTTx, DSL, and CMTS Units, ZTE was the world’s leading vendor with 42% market share globally in shipments of PON optical line terminals (OLTs) in 2012, after the company shipped 1.72 million lines. Based on Ovum’s data, ZTE also ranked first globally in shipments of optical network terminals ( ... Read more »

KAMPALA, Uganda - Wednesday, March 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, recently surpassed the mark of 200,000 clients receiving treatment and care for HIV/AIDS around the world, including through over 40 sites in South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Swaziland, Nigeria and Sierra Leone

The global nonprofit will continue its fight against the epidemic in Africa by extending care services to Liberia and Lesotho in the near future

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Despite declines in new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths, Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most heavily affected region, according to UNAIDS. In 2011, an estimated 23.5 million people living with HIV were in Sub-Saharan Africa, representing 69% of the total number of people living with HIV worldwide.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) joined with local partners and opened the Ithembalabantu - "People’s Hope” – healthcare center in Durban, ... Read more »

SHANGHAI - Wednesday, March 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba, the global leaders in printing and imaging products, solutions and services, has for the 13th consecutive year retained its position as market leader in the A3 MFP Product Category in China, according to regional industry analysts Key Research Company.

Facts and Figures

"China's economic growth could be over 8 percent this year. China's economy supports a very large part of global demand," Senior Industry Analysts told Reuters recently. Full year growth in the world's second biggest economy rose to 7.8 percent in 2012.

Interestingly, the A3 MFP market in China stood at 507,300 units in 2012, a 4 percent decline from 2011 according to Key Research. Although the Color MFP devices grew 19 percent in sales units, the monochrome devices suffered a decline of 6 percent compared to last year.

Toshiba maintained its leadership in the China A3 MFP market with a market share of 17.9 ... Read more »

PARIS - Mercredi 20 Mars 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile World Congress 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avec l'évolution de l'électronique grand public, le nombre moyen de produits utilisés par les consommateurs va croissant. Malgré l'amélioration de l'efficacité et du niveau d'accès de ces appareils, les utilisateurs restent dépendants d'une gamme de dispositifs de charge et de câbles d'alimentation. PMA est un organisme qui cherche à mettre en place des normes de chargement sans fil, à définir des directives et à standardiser l'infrastructure pour l'avenir de l'alimentation sans fil. PMA s'emploie à créer des normes d'alimentation électrique sans fil, conformes aux standards IEEE, pour les téléphones et les équipements électroniques ; elle regroupe de grandes entreprises comme AT&T, Google et Starbucks, qui contribuent à réaliser ces objectifs.

Le besoin d'une infrastruct ... Read more »

First corneal inlay for presbyopia treatment submitted to FDA

IRVINE, Calif. - Tuesday, March 19th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AcuFocus (www.AcuFocus.com) has submitted the final module of their premarket approval application (PMA) for the KAMRA™ corneal inlay to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Over time, everyone will experience loss of reading vision and blurriness, or presbyopia, as they age. The KAMRA™ corneal inlay is designed to revive reading vision by allowing only focused light to enter the eye. Patients who have undergone this procedure may regain the vision that they had prior to the presbyopia, are once again performing daily tasks such as reading text messages, checking the time on a wristwatch, reading store shelf prices, working on a computer and driving with ease without glasses.

Ed Peterson, CEO and President of AcuFocus states, "After 10 years of development and thousands of patients treated globally, it is incredible t ... Read more »

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FRIEDRICHSDORF, Germany - Tuesday, March 19th 2013

MAXON, the developer of CINEMA 4D, a leading 3D animation software for film, broadcast and motion graphics professionals, today announced it has entered into a strategic alliance with Adobe Systems Incorporated to further collaborate on technology that provides creatives in the motion graphics and visual effects industry with new levels of digital media content creation. As part of the alliance, both companies are expected to collaborate and engineer a pipeline between Adobe® After Effects® software and CINEMA 4D to give users a seamless 2D/3D foundation.

"CINEMA 4D is a leading 3D solution, and the one After Effects users have come to know and love because of its ease-of-use, speed, stability and especially tight integration with the 2D compositing application,” said Harald Egel, co-founder and CEO, MAXON Computer GmbH. "We look forward to continued collaboration between our pr ... Read more »

C’est le premier implant intra-cornéen pour le traitement de la presbytie à être soumis à la FDA

IRVINE, Calif. - Mercredi 20 Mars 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--AcuFocus (www.AcuFocus.com) a présenté le dernier module de sa demande d'autorisation préalable à la mise sur le marché (APMM) pour l’implant intra-cornéen KAMRA™ à la FDA (Food and Drug Administration) américaine.

Avec l’âge, chacun connaîtra une diminution de la vision de près avec flou, ou presbytie. L’implant intra-cornéen KAMRA™ est conçu pour rétablir la vision de lecture en ne laissant passer que la lumière dirigée vers la rétine. Les patients qui ont subi cette opération peuvent retrouver la vision qu’ils avaient avant la presbytie et effectuer de nouveau des tâches quotidiennes comme lire des SMS, consulter l’heure sur une montre-bracelet, lire les prix dans les rayons des magasins, travailler sur un ordinate ... Read more »