NEW YORK - Samedi 8 Juin 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)--Regus, le plus grand fournisseur d'espaces de travail flexibles au monde, présente aujourd'hui à New York une nouvelle façon de travailler avec l'ouverture officielle d'un salon d'affaires, son service phare, au 747, Third Avenue dans le secteur Midtown, et d'un second au cœur du secteur Chelsea, au 275, 7e Avenue. Ces investissements résultent de l'initiative mondiale de la société visant à fournir aux travailleurs mobiles des espaces d'affaires de grande qualité. Objectif : leur servir de point de chute pour quelques minutes ou quelques heures, tout en leur permettant de rester productifs pendant leurs déplacements.

« D'après diverses études, les travailleurs mobiles constitueront 40 % des salariés à l’échelle de la planète d'ici 2015. Avec l’avènement des Smartphones, des tablettes et des ordinateurs portables, 1,3 milliard de collabor ... Read more »

Achieves low power consumption and low voltage drive suited for battery operation

TOKYO - Wednesday, June 5th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it has launched an RF-IC[1] for the fast-growing China ETC[2] market. Samples are available now with mass production scheduled to start from November 2013.

ETC sets in China usually operate on battery power and requiring ICs that offer low power consumption and low voltage operation. Toward meet this demand, the new RF-IC, TC32168FTG, contains a wake-up function that starts the microcontroller only when it receives radio signals from ETC toll booths, lowering power consumption. It also achieves low voltage operation, a fast boot sequence and dual channel reception.

In order to reduce traffic congestion, China will start multi-lane free flow (MLFF) service, which allows drivers to pass through toll gates at higher speeds than conventional ETC systems, by the en ... Read more »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, June 6th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amira Nature Foods Ltd (the "Company") (NYSE: ANFI), a leading global provider of packaged Indian specialty rice, today announced that Karan A. Chanana, Amira’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Ashish Poddar, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Jefferies Global Consumer Conference on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time in Nantucket, MA.

Live audio of the presentation will be simultaneously webcast on the investor relations section of the Company's website at http://www.amirafoods.com/. The webcast of the presentation will be archived and available on the Company’s website.

About Amira Nature Foods

Founded in 1915, Amira has evolved into a leading global provider of packaged Indian specialty rice, with sales in over 40 countries today. Amira sells Basmati rice, premium long-grain rice grown only in certain regions of the Indian sub-continent, u ... Read more »

AMSTERDAM - Samedi 8 Juin 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), leader mondial de la sécurité numérique, va fournir à l’imprimerie nationale d’Afrique du Sud (Government Printing Works - GPW) des cartes d’identité électroniques Sealys dans le cadre d’un programme national. GPW utilisera le logiciel embarqué sécurisé de Gemalto pour protéger les données personnelles du détenteur contenues dans le microprocesseur de la carte, à savoir la photo et les données biométriques, préservant ainsi leur intégrité. De plus, GPW a choisi le document Sealys haut de gamme sans contact, afin d’offrir aux citoyens le confort d’utilisation et une sécurité inégalée.

Conçu pour moderniser et remplacer les documents d’identité papier classiques, le fameux « livret vert » d’Afrique du Sud, la ... Read more »

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO : 6502) a annoncé aujourd'hui le lancement d'une carte à circuits intégrés RF-IC[1] pour le marché du télépéage ETC chinois[2] en forte croissance. Des échantillons sont d'ores et déjà disponibles, la production de masse devant débuter en novembre 2013.

Les modules ETC en Chine fonctionnent généralement sur pile et exigent des circuits imprimés assurant une faible consommation électrique et un fonctionnement à basse tension. Pour répondre à cette demande, la nouvelle carte RF-IC, TC32168FTG, contient une fonction réveil qui ne démarre le microcontrôleur que lorsqu'il reçoit des signaux radioélectriques des postes de télépéage ETC, réduisant d'autant la consommation électrique. Elle réalise également un fonctionnement en basse tension, un ordre de démarrage ... Read more »

The long awaited arrival of stylish and functional smartphones Grand S and Grand Memo to the Russian market has finally happened

MOSCOW - Thursday, June 6th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE today officially launched its new Grand Series Smartphones – the ZTE Grand S and ZTE Grand Memo – in Russia; the first country outside of China to sell the flagship smartphones.

Combining attractive design with high efficiency – the flagship phones feature powerful Quad-Core processors running at 1.5 GHz as well as a 13-megapixel camera capable of capturing HD video.

In addition to the Grand S and Grand Memo, two more smartphones were introduced: the ZTE Grand X Quad, designed for a younger audience, and the Dual-SIM card smartphone ZTE V880H – a helpful device for those looking to juggle professional and personal calls.

The new smartphones have already gained positive attention at mobile conferences around the world. For instance, both the Grand S and Gra ... Read more »

AMSTERDAM - Wednesday, June 5th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO, the world leader in digital security, will supply the Government Printing Works (GPW) of South Africa with Sealys eID cards for their national identity program. GPW will harness Gemalto’s secure embedded software to protect the holder’s image and biometric data within the secure identity e-document, delivering outstanding levels of integrity and privacy. Moreover, GPW selected the high-end Sealys document fitted with the contactless feature, ensuring added levels of convenience with unrivaled security for citizens.

Designed to modernize and replace South Africa’s traditional, paper-based ‘green book’ identity documentation, the new Sealys eID card will be offered by the Department for Home Affairs (DHA) to citizens aged 16 and over. The South African government embarked on this service program to improve confidence in official identity credentia ... Read more »

NEW YORK - Wednesday, June 5th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)-- Regus, the world’s largest provider of flexible workspaces, today introduces New York to a new way to work with the official opening of its flagship business lounge at 747 Third Avenue in Midtown and a second street-level lounge in the heart of Chelsea at 275 7th Avenue. These latest investments are part of the company’s global initiative to provide mobile workers with high quality, business focused locations where they can drop-in for either a few minutes or a few hours and stay productive while on the go.

"Research is forecasting that mobile workers will make up 40 percent of the global workforce by 2015. Relying on smartphones, tablets and laptops, these 1.3 billion workers are free to work anywhere but are often unable to find a professional place to conduct business,” said Mark Dixon, CEO, Regus plc.

To meet the needs of these remote workers, Regus has set out to offer its business ... Read more »

ZXONE 8700 Solutions from ZTE to power Alibaba’s world-leading e-commerce platforms

SHENZHEN, China - Wednesday, June 5th 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 win an exclusive agreement from Alibaba Group to construct optical transport networks and support the continued rapid growth in Alibaba’s world-leading e-commerce platforms.

ZTE’s industry-leading ZXONE 8700 100G OTN series will be deployed to build Alibaba’s 100G transmission network. The first phase of the project will cover four MANs in Hangzhou, Tianjin and Beijing respectively. The ultra-large bandwidth, high capacity, and robust reliability of ZTE’s solutions, and the ability to provision a comprehensive range of services will serve the enormous networking needs of Alibaba, and support the continued ... Read more »

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Wednesday, June 5th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Galderma today announced that it has initiated clinical development of a novel muscle relaxant, based on an advanced formulation of botulinum toxin, with the first cohort of patients already treated in the initial clinical study.

"Muscle relaxants are a key medical solution aesthetic physicians can use to create balanced and optimal results for their patients. We aim to strengthen our portfolio with a new and proprietary muscle relaxant in territories where Galderma does not have access to Azzalure/Dysport, such as North America” commented Humberto C. Antunes, President and CEO of Galderma. "We look forward to rapidly advancing this innovative product in countries where we do not currently promote Azzalure or Dysport in aesthetics.”

The first study is expected to be completed in a short period of time, with a second study planned to begin before the end of the year.

According to ... Read more »