Multi-year contract renewal will build the strongest video neighbourhood in the region and continue to support the Ghana digital switchover process LUXEMBOURG & ACCRA - Tuesday, May 31st 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES (Euronext Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), a world-leading satellite operator, announced today that it has signed a multi-year renewal contract with K-NET, an ICT and Telecoms platform services company based in Ghana. This new extension agreement will continue to support the rollout of Ghana direct-to-home (DTH) and digital terrestrial television (DTT) services and, in addition, bring data services for corporate and GSM networks via SES’s prime orbital position at 28.2 degrees East. K-Net is SES’s partner and teleport service provider in Ghana (see press release from 24 May 2016). This renewal will ensure 100% coverage for DTH and DTT deployment in the region, which will allow the Ghanaian population to receive local and international content via a unified bouquet o ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, May 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Athena Properties, development and project manager of the Two Rivers Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, has appointed TGM Consultants as joint Leasing Agents to support the retail leasing function. Taking its name from the Giichi and Ruiruaka rivers that flow through the city, Two Rivers is 100 acres mixed use development with an 851,000 sqm buildable bulk area. The development is set in the Nairobi’s Blue Zone surrounded by the United Nations, US Embassy and Canadian Embassy. The development is anchored by the largest retail and entertainment centre known as the Two Rivers Lifestyle Centre. The mall is the largest in sub-Saharan Africa at 66,000 sqm of GLA and an additional 20,000sqm of Office space in addition to the Mall. The mall is set on 10 acres and will have more than 200 shops anchored by Carrefour as the Hypermarket and Magic Planet as the kids entertainment centre. Additionally, the centre hosts an exciting outdoor enter ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG & ACCRA, Ghana - Tuesday, May 31st 2016 [ME NewsWire] SES reaches two million TV homes in Ghana, an overall growth of 18% since 2014 91% of Ghanaian satellite TV homes receive their channels via SES satellites Satellite grows and remains the central pillar of digital broadcasting infrastructure SES continues to be the world’s leading video platform SES increases its technical reach in Ghana, serves more TV homes in the country (BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES S.A. (Euronext Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), a world-leading satellite operator, today announced the results of its Satellite Monitor study in Ghana, which shows that SES has increased its technical reach in the country to two million TV homes. This signifies an increase of over 18% TV homes in Ghana compared to 2014, which brings SES’s overall household reach in Ghana to more than 35% of all TV homes in the country. The Satellite Monitor, an annual market research study commissioned by SES and carried out by various independen ... Read more »

Tesla Motors, Google, Poynt, Worldpay, Santander Bank… PARIS - Tuesday, May 31st 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The next edition of the global event focusing on secure payment, identification and connection solutions will offer the best topic-focused conference sessions and an exclusive speaker line-up. The following executives will give a keynote speech: JB STRAUBEL, Co-founder & CTO, TESLA MOTORS JB has been since 2005 the CTO of the world’s most innovative company, Tesla Motors (as named by FORBES magazine, 2015). At Tesla, JB manages the technical direction and engineering design of the Tesla products including battery technology, power electronics, motors, software, firmware and controls. He also has responsibility for new technology evaluation, R&D, technical diligence review of key vendors, and building partner relationships. ADRIAN LUDWIG, Director of Engineering, Lead Engineer, Android Security, GOOGLE Adrian is the Lead Engineer for Android Security at Google. In ... Read more »

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Wednesday, June 1st 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Quintiles, the world’s largest provider of product development and integrated healthcare services, today announced its Precision Enrollment offering. The new enrollment model is designed to significantly accelerate site start-up and patient recruitment in oncology clinical trials working with the company’s network of investigative sites across the U.S and leveraging secondary data (e.g. electronic health records-EHRs.) In this new model, the traditional site start-up pathway is realigned so a site is only opened after a patient is identified. “The rise of precision medicine, scarcity of patients and investigators, combined with increasingly complex trial protocols, requires innovative approaches to clinical trial implementation,” said Cynthia Verst, PharmD, president, Clinical Operations at Quintiles. “This solution harnesses Quintiles’ deep therapeutic expertise in oncology, robust oncology inves ... Read more »

TAIPEI, Taïwan - Mercredi 1 Juin 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Clientron Corp., un fournisseur de premier plan mondial de systèmes de client léger, de point de vente (PDV) et intégrés, présente ses derniers produits avec un design innovant au salon Computex 2016, qui se tiendra à Taipei, à Taïwan, du 31 mai au 4 juin 2016. Clientron dévoilera son nouveau client léger IT800 industriel offrant une qualité de PC industriel et le R800 pour les applications de client léger pour le grand public. Dans le même temps, Clientron présente la toute nouvelle gamme Bello de terminaux de PDV tout-en-un, offrant un lecteur NFC intégré et deux écrans client pour améliorer l’expérience utilisateur. A ce salon, les visiteurs pourront constater quels bénéfices procurent la technologie verte, la conception innovante et la qualité fiable de Clientron pour vos applications. La présentation de la gamme de clients légers inclut les solutions complètes de client léger, de la plateforme économique basée ... Read more »

Les livraisons record reflètent le leadership de l'entreprise dans la connectivité DisplayPort sur USB Type-C pour les périphériques mobiles et les casques RV connectés SANTA CLARA, Californie et PÉKIN - Mardi 31 Mai 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. a annoncé aujourd'hui avoir livré à ce jour plus de 10 millions de contrôleurs et transmetteurs DisplayPort™ sur USB-C™ destinés à des dispositifs mobiles et des accessoires comportant des ports de charge USB Type-C, même si la sortie de la Spécification USB Power Delivery (PD) et des câbles et connecteurs USB Type-C™ ne datent seulement que du début de cette année. À l'heure où les fabricants optent de plus en plus pour la connectivité DisplayPort sur USB Type-C pour leurs smartphones phares en raison de sa capacité à fournir des résolutions les plus élevées, le tout à une consommation d'énergie la plus faible possible, les produits de marque SlimPort® d'Analogix ont émergé comme des solutions de connecti ... Read more »

Femina Middle East awards Nashwa Al Ruwaini for her contributions to the media industry in the region Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, May 31st 2016 [ME NewsWire] At the elaborate Femina Middle East Women Awards 2016 awards ceremony held at the exquisite Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai, Pyramedia CEO Nashwa Al Ruwaini was named winner for the “Unstoppable in Media Award”. A confluence of intellect and creativity, the event was a celebration of inspirational and influential women that have contributed to an Unstoppable UAE. Al Ruwaini expressed her deep gratitude to the UAE for creating the ecosystem that promotes an environment for exceptional talent to flourish. “The UAE has some of the best female talent that make a positive impact on our collective future through their daily contributions. I’m thankful to Femina for organizing this event to recognize that talent. More importantly, I am thankful to the UAE and its leadership for fostering an environment of growth and opportun ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Monday, May 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Sajila Saseendran, Senior Reporter at Khaleej Times and Anand Raj, Features Editor at Gulf News, have been declared joint winners in the International-GCC category of the Aster Media Awards, instituted by the DM Foundation, the philanthropic arm of leading GCC and India private healthcare service provider, Aster DM Healthcare. Saseendran’s award-winning story championed the cause of empowering thousands of disadvantaged workers whose jobs were at stake in the GCC, published in Khaleej Times in July 2015. Anand’s feature, in the November 6, 2015 issue of Gulf News’s Friday Magazine examined the transformation of a neglected government school into one of the best in the country, owing to the intervention of a Dubai-based businessman hailing from Kerala. The National-India category award was shared between Sarika Malhotra from Business Today and Manoj Sharma from Hindustan Times. Sarika’s story addressed child labor in I ... Read more »

Record Shipments Reflect Company’s Leadership in DisplayPort over USB-C Connectivity for Mobile Devices and Connected VR Headsets SANTA CLARA, Calif. & BEIJING - Tuesday, May 31st 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. today announced that it has now shipped more than 10 million DisplayPort™ over USB-C™ controllers and transmitters into mobile devices and accessories featuring USB-C charging ports, even though the USB Power Delivery Specification (PD) and USB Type-C™ Cable and Connector Specification were just released earlier this year. With manufactures increasingly opting for DisplayPort over USB-C for their flagship smartphones due to its capability to deliver the highest resolutions at the lowest power, Analogix’sSlimPort® branded products have emerged as the leading connectivity solutions for mobile applications that require simultaneous transmission of high-resolution video, audio, USB data, and power over a single USB-C connector. The SlimPort® bra ... Read more »

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Wednesday, June 1st 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Clientron Corp., a global leading provider of Thin Client, POS and embedded systems, is introducing its latest products with innovative design at Computex 2016, held in Taipei, Taiwan from May 31th to June 4th, 2016. Clientron will unveil its new industry Thin Client IT800 with industrial PC quality and R800 for mainstream Thin Client applications. Meanwhile, Clientron is showcasing the brand new all-in-one POS terminal Bello series, supporting built-in NFC reader and dual customer displays for user experience enhancement. At this show, visitors can view what benefits of green technology, innovative design, and reliable quality Clientron brings for your applications. The exhibition of Thin Client product line features the comprehensive Thin Client solutions from cost effective ARM-based platform to high performance x86 quad-core platform, including the new mainstream Thin Client R800 based on the new generation ... Read more »

MoI: Winning Two UAMC Awards is Well Deserved ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, May 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire] The Ministry of Interior (MoI) expressed its pride at the recently announced decision by the General Secretariat of the United Arab Media Council (UAMC) to award the Gold Pendant of the First Order to Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. The award comes in recognition of His Highness’s support and development of the UAE's Security Media. In addition, the Security Media Department was chosen as the best Arab security media department for 2016, and this is therefore a well-deserved honor. Major General Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Chairman of the Minister of Interior’s Excellence Award Committee, stressed that all the achievements in excellence, competitiveness, Arab and International trust reached by the MoI and its various sec ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, May 26th 2016 [ME NewsWire] The Abu Dhabi Police (ADP) General Headquarters (GHQ), represented by the Medical Services Department affiliated to the General Directorate of Finance and Services, recently launched an initiative under the theme “Your Health in Ramadan.” This initiative aims to educate the public and raise their awareness about diabetes and asthma. Brigadier Saif Hamdan Rashid Al Ka'bi, Deputy Director of Finance and Services at the Abu Dhabi Police, emphasized that the initiative not only aims to improve knowledge and habits, but also provide advice and guidance to diabetics about avoiding the negative effects of either poor or excessive food consumption while fasting. “It is imperative to raise health awareness among people who are fasting about the quality and quantity of meals and medication schedules during Ramadan. This is with a view to maintaining patient health, especially for people with chronic diseases, such as diabe ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, May 26th 2016 [ME NewsWire] A Korean delegation visited the Special Tasks Department of the General Directorate of Guards and Special Tasks at the Abu Dhabi Police (ADP) General Headquarters. The delegation came within the framework of training and advisory cooperation between the ADP and Korean police, which exchanges information and experience, as well as field training sessions, to become better acquainted with experience and practices that suit the needs of both countries. During a meeting held in his office with the guest delegation, Colonel Matar Musbah Al Dhaheri, Acting Head of the Special Tasks Department, explained that the visit falls within an agenda of enhancing joint cooperation and exchange of training and academic experience; identifying methods of dealing with major events, ceremonies, crises and disasters; and implementing security practices in these situations, according to the highest of international standards. He also ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, May 31st 2016 [ME NewsWire] Headed by Brigadier Ghaith Hassan Al Zaabi, Director General, Traffic Coordination General Directorate at the Ministry of Interior (MoI), a delegation from the UAE participated in the ‎16th Arab Conference for Heads of Traffic Authorities, which was recently hosted in the Tunisian capital, between the 25-26th May. The meeting discussed a number of topics on its agenda, including updating traffic accident statistic records in the Arab countries, the role of traffic authorities in achieving road safety, and the image of traffic officers in the Arab media. The participants also looked at a comprehensive vision for an all-inclusive traffic awareness campaign, the latest developments in the technical inspection of vehicles, as well as their role in reducing traffic accidents. Additionally, the participants reviewed the experiences of Arab countries in regulating traffic and reducing road accidents, as well as the cel ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, May 28th 2016 [ME NewsWire] With Ramadan around the corner, the Ministry of Interior is launching a nationwide campaign against beggary, which tends to increase during the Holy Month. The ministry has directed its key relevant sectors and different police general headquarters in the UAE, to implement this comprehensive awareness campaign, under the theme ‘Fight Begging’, aimed at stamping out this objectionable occurrence and boost security awareness amongst members of the public, on the risks of sympathizing with beggars. Police teams and relevant security authorities at the countrywide level will be intensifying patrols and increasing their presence in public places. These efforts will be complemented by a comprehensive awareness campaign implemented by the Security Media Department, at the General Secretariat of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, via various media. The campaign is based on an elaborate plan ... Read more »

Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, May 29th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Ras Al Khaimah Research and Innovation Center (RAKRIC), a research center under the umbrella of the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK), has won the 2016 Emirates Green Building Council’s prestigious ‘Green Building Research Award’. RAKRIC, located in Jazeera Al Hamra, Ras Al Khaimah, is a state of the art research and development center specializing in sustainable system solution development related to solar technologies. The center acts as a bridge between academics and new product development within the engineering industry. The annual awards ceremony, this year hosted at the Al Murooj Rotana Hotel in Dubai, recognizes companies across the MENA region which have demonstrated a clear implementation of sustainable design, construction and operation in terms of their buildings and facilities. The selection committee were unanimous in choosing RAKRIC’s Solar Calorimeter Test Facility as an outstand ... Read more »