La solution LinqUs Cloud Backup de Gemalto est compatible avec tous les appareils

AMSTERDAM - Mardi 13 Novembre 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), le chef de file mondial de la sécurité numérique, annonce que Orange Jordanie a déployé sa solutionLinqUs Cloud Backup de sauvegarde de contenus mobiles désormais accessible pour ses trois millions d'abonnés. Cette solution, qui est compatible avec l'intégralité de la gamme d’appareils actuellement disponibles, est la première en son genre dans le pays.

Les abonnés d'Orange peuvent sauvegarder et restaurer les données de leur appareil mobile, telles que les contacts de leur répertoire « dans les nuages » en cas de perte, de changement ou d'endommagement de leur appareil, qu’ils aient enregistré les données sur leur carte SIM ou directement sur l'appareil mobile. Cette fonction est à la s ... Read more »

Gemalto LinqUs Cloud Backup solution works with 100% of the handsets

AMSTERDAM - Tuesday, November 13th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that Orange Jordan has rolled out its LinqUs Cloud Backup solution to offer mobile content back-up to all of its three million subscribers. The solution, compliant with the entire handset base, is a first-of-its-kind in the country.

Orange subscribers can save and restore their mobile data like the phonebook contacts ‘in the cloud’ in case of handset loss, change or damage, no matter if the data is stored on the SIM card or directly in the mobile handset. This feature is unique to the Gemalto solution. The service access is easy, with a welcome message triggering an automatic configuration in just one click at first network connection. The solution also offers a simple way to aggregate and organize other mobile content such as pictures, video, ... Read more »

ROAD TOWN, Tortola - Tuesday, November 13th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Forex trading platform and financial service provider iFOREX has recently added the Euro STOXX 50 CFD to its list of tradable indices. Traders can now conveniently trade the Euro STOXX 50 CFD along with other tradable products such as Forex and commodities from one trading platform. This new service is offered to clients around the world in a variety of languages, including Arabic which can be found at http://www.iforex.ae

The Euro STOXX is the latest index to be added to iFOREX’s online trading platform and is expected to be very popular. The index was established to record the share prices of the top 50 blue chip companies in the Eurozone. The index is comprised of the leading European Banks, petroleum companies, telecommunications and electronics companies, automakers and more. It is the largest recognized blue chip stock market benchmark in the Eurozone and it captures 60% of the total ‘fr ... Read more »

DOHA, Qatar - Tuesday, November 13th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Executive recruitment and interim management provider Executives Online announces the opening of its first office in the Middle East, located in Doha, Qatar.

The new office will capitalise on the growth in executive recruitment in the broader Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region and extend Executives Online’s unique recruitment process to companies and jobseekers there.

Executives Online GCC will offer the same recruitment services that have proven popular with clients globally: Interim management, to get executive talent working quickly in organisations, via fixed-term contracts. Permanent executive recruitment that operates dramatically more quickly than executive search to deliver the right candidates for any executive role.

Executives Online GCC is led by Ahmad Majeed, an experienced entrepreneur with track record in project management and online business models.

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LUXEMBOURG - Tuesday, November 13th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Intelsat S.A., the world’s leading provider of satellite services, announced today a new multi-year capacity agreement with South African-based Vodacom on the Intelsat satellite fleet. Vodacom will utilize capacity on Intelsat 906 at 64° East and Intelsat 25 at 328.5° East to support its deployment of cellular backhaul service in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Vodacom is currently implementing its 3G network across the DRC. This agreement expands the Intelsat-based cellular backhaul infrastructure supporting wireless services in Tanzania, Mozambique and other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa.

In addition, Vodacom utilizes multiple satellites on the Intelsat fleet for international trunking, corporate networking, in-flight broadband and disaster recovery services across the continent.

"This agreement continues our decade-long support of Vodacom in Africa, and comes at a time of unpre ... Read more »

BringCom reçoit 37,200,000 dollars sous forme de nouveaux contrats.

STERLING, Va. - Mardi 13 Novembre 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)—Aujourd’hui, BringCom, un leader dans le domaine des technologies novatrices de télécommunications, a annoncé avoir remporté des nouveaux contrats de la part d’opérateurs internationaux et de sociétés privées pour un  service de connexion à  la fibre optique   ainsi que des services contenues   en provenance de l’Europe et du Moyen Orient vers l’Afrique du Nord Est pour des  exigences gouvernementales.  Le montant de ces nouvelles prestations  payées sera de l’ordre de 8,200,000 dollars en revenue supplémentaire au cours de l’année prochaine avec des additions non payées en cours de négociation de l’ordre de 29,000,000 dollars durant les cinq prochaines années. Ces contrats utilisent les partenari ... Read more »

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Monday, November 12th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Philip Morris International Inc.’s (PMI) (NYSE:PM) (Paris:PM) Vice President of Communications Peter Nixon issued the following statement today applauding the World Health Organization for passing the first international protocol to fight the illegal trade of tobacco and reconfirming the company’s support for the measure.

"With sales estimated at more than 600 billion cigarettes a year – more than one in every 10 consumed – all black market tobacco products combined make up the third largest tobacco supplier in the world.

"While the passage of this protocol is not the silver bullet to resolving this serious issue, it is a step toward addressing a problem that not only harms governments but fuels organized crime and terrorism.

"The long term solution to this challenge lies in governments implementing effective policies and providing sufficient enforcement resources to disrupt t ... Read more »

BringCom Receives $37,200,000 in New Contracts


STERLING, Va. - Monday, November 12th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today BringCom, Inc., a leader in supplying innovative communications technologies, announced that it has been awarded new contracts by international carriers and private companies for the provision of fiber optic connectivity and sustainment services from Europe and the Middle East to North East Africa for Governmental requirements. Funded booking additions will total $8,200,000 in additional revenue over the next year with negotiated but unfunded additions totaling $29,000,000 over the next five years. These contracts utilize BringCom’s extensive local partnerships in the Africa and Middle Eastern regions as the contracts include connectivity, construction of in country facilities and continuing maintenance activities by BringCom’s satellite and fiber network capable 7X24X365 Network Operations Centers (NOC) in both the United States and Djibouti ... Read more »