SHENZHEN, en Chine - Mardi 26 Août 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) ZTE Corporation (« ZTE ») (code d’action H : 0763.HK / code d’action A : 000063.SZ), un fournisseur mondial d’équipements de télécommunications, de solutions de réseau et d’appareils mobiles coté en bourse, a remporté un contrat portant sur un projet sans fil avec COSMOTE Romania, le plus grand opérateur mobile multinational dans les Balkans, pour transformer son réseau 2G/3G existant et développer un nouveau réseau LTE dans le sud de la Roumanie.

L’accord prévoit la construction de plus de 3 000 stations de base, renforçant ainsi la position de leader de ZTE sur le marché européen des technologies LTE.

Basé en Grèce, COSMOTE Group a ses principales activités dans les pays du sud-est de l’Europe, notamment en Grèce, en Albanie et en Roumanie. Deutsche Telekom est le plus grand de ses actionnaires, détenant 40 pour cent des actions dans OTE Gro ... Read more »

L’acquisition renforce les cartes EMV existantes, les capacités de personnalisation et d’exécution, produit des solutions de paiement personnalisées sécurisées et complètes dans le secteur des paiements en pleine expansion

LITTLETON, Colorado. - Mardi 26 Août 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)CPI Card Group, un leader mondial de la production de cartes EMV et financières et de services connexes, a annoncé aujourd’hui la signature d’un accord définitif pour acquérir EFT Source, un fournisseur de programmes de services de personnalisation et de programmes de production de cartes clés en main dans le secteur des paiements financiers.

Avec l’acquisition d’EFT Source, CPI sera prête à répondre à la demande accrue de solutions de paiement novatrices sur ses marchés mondiaux. L’acquisition assure une expertise et une capacité étendues dans la personnalisation et l’exécution des cartes, en soutien de la migration sur le ... Read more »

Kuwait - Tuesday, August 26th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Easy Taxi, one of the world’s leading mobile taxi apps, is expanding its services in Kuwait and is currently offering Free Taxi Thursdays. Passengers can join the growing number of Easy Taxi drivers and avail free rides on Thursdays (up to 2 KD) by downloading the app that connects them to the 350 taxis currently registered with the service.  Easy Taxi, the first app connecting drivers and passengers in Kuwait, has demonstrated success at their other Middle Eastern locations in Jeddah, Riyadh, Bahrain, and Jordan.

With the Easy Taxi app, taxi goers no longer need to wait for call centers or stand in long lines. Upon launching the app, the passenger’s location is pinpointed and the area is scanned for nearby taxis. With safety and security in mind, Easy Taxi allows the user to not only see the location of their taxi, but also the photo and details of the driver and of car. In the event that something is ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, August 26th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Institute of Directors, Tamil Nadu State Chapter hosted the Global Summit 2014 on Business Excellence on August 22 and 23, 2014 at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai – India. The theme of the Summit was “Business excellence through Boardroom best practices”. Dr. R. Seetharaman, CEO of Doha Bank participated in the function and was honoured with “Life Time Achievement Award” on 22 August 2014. He received the award from the Chief guest Dr. K. Rosaiya, Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu, India for his initiatives to promote excellence in Governance practices.

Speaking at the inaugural session Dr. Seetharaman gave insight on how Global Governance and Corporate has developed in recent years. He said “The Global Governance has got redefined after the crisis and has an impact on Corporate Governance. The failures of Lehman & Madoff have indicated how corporate governan ... Read more »

Acquisition strengthens existing EMV, personalization and fulfillment capabilities, delivering comprehensive, secure customized payment solutions for the burgeoning payments industry

LITTLETON, Colo. - Tuesday, August 26th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) CPI Card Group, a global leader in financial and EMV card production and related services, announced today that the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire EFT Source, a provider of turnkey card programs and personalization services for the financial payments industry.

With the acquisition of EFT Source, CPI will be poised to continue to meet the increasing demand for innovative payment solutions in its global markets. The acquisition provides extended capacity and expertise in card personalization and fulfillment to support the U.S. market migration to EMV for small, medium and large financial card issuers. In addition, EFT’s patented Instant Issuance Solution, Card@Once®, will now ... Read more »

TELEHOUSE invests in expanding a further 20MW of high power density colocation space in Japan

TOKYO. - Tuesday, August 26th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) KDDI (TOKYO:9433), the global telecommunications provider, announced today that it will invest 270 million dollars (28 billion yen) in building two new TELEHOUSE data centers, “TELEHOUSE OSAKA 2” and “TELEHOUSE TOKYO Tama 3”, scheduled to open in August 2015 and February 2016 respectively. These additional facilities will take the total amount of global TELEHOUSE data center space to 371,000 sqm provided by 46 sites across 13 countries/territories and 24 major cities.

Both facilities will offer high-density colocation services enabling the hosting of heavy load IT infrastructure. The data centers will meet the growing demand for housing private enterprise clouds along with public cloud service providers, online and media content companies. The facilities are designed to Ti ... Read more »

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin. - Mardi 26 Août 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Des valeurs et une vision de la qualité clairement définies, et un leadership sans équivoque, sont les éléments clés d'une culture réussie de la qualité qui permet aux organisations d'obtenir des résultats, selon une nouvelle enquête d'ASQ et de Forbes Insights.

Mais seulement 60 % de tous les répondants disent que la direction soutient sans équivoque les valeurs et la vision de la qualité au sein de leur organisation, et parmi ceux-ci, 60 % déclare qu'elles sont clairement définies. En Europe et en Asie, environ 50 % des répondants disent que leur organisation a une vision et des valeurs claires de la qualité selon cette enquête.

L'enquête — « Culture de la qualité : Accélérer la croissance et la performance dans l'entreprise » examine le soutien de la qualité au sein des organisations et les éléments clés d'une culture réussie de la qualité ... Read more »

LAGOS, Nigeria. - Tuesday, August 26th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Pacific International Drilling West Africa Limited (PIDWAL) announced today that Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, an affiliate of Chevron, has signed a firm contract extension for the Pacific Bora. As previously announced in our recent Fleet Status reports, the contract extension increases the drillship’s backlog by approximately $439 million, bringing the company’s total contract backlog as of Aug. 22, 2014, to $3.0 billion.

Pacific Bora is capable of operating in water depths of up to 10,000 feet and drilling wells 37,500 feet deep.

About Pacific Drilling

With its best-in-class drillships and highly experienced team, Pacific Drilling is a fast-growing company that is committed to becoming the industry’s preferred ultra-deepwater drilling contractor. Pacific Drilling’s fleet of eight high-specification drillships will represent one of the youngest and ... Read more »

SAN ANTONIO. - Mardi 26 Août 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)Centaur Guernsey L.P. Inc. (Centaur) a annoncé aujourd’hui que Robert Hureau, vice-président exécutif et directeur financier de Centaur et de chacune de ses filiales actives, Kinetic Concepts, Inc., LifeCell Corporation et Systagenix Wound Management, Limited, avait remis sa démission à l’entreprise dans le but de poursuivre une nouvelle opportunité de carrière. M. Hureau continuera d’exercer ses fonctions actuelles jusqu’au 23 septembre 2014. Après le départ de M. Hureau, Brian Busenlehner, vice-président et contrôleur corporatif, endossera le rôle de directeur financier intérimaire et travaillera en étroite collaboration avec le président-directeur général, Joe Woody, ainsi que l’équipe de haute direction de la socié ... Read more »

SAN ANTONIO. - Tuesday, August 26th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Centaur Guernsey L.P. Inc. (Centaur) today announced that Robert Hureau, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Centaur and each of its operating subsidiaries Kinetic Concepts, Inc., LifeCell Corporation and Systagenix Wound Management, Limited, has notified the Company that he will be resigning to pursue another career opportunity. Mr. Hureau will continue in his current role until September 23, 2014. Following Mr. Hureau’s departure, Brian Busenlehner, Vice President, Corporate Controller, will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer, working closely with President and CEO Joe Woody and the company’s senior leadership team on all financial matters. Mr. Busenlehner has served as Vice President, Controller since 2007 and in that role has been responsible for global accounting, financial consolidation and external reporting in addition to providing leadership in support of th ... Read more »

SHENZHEN, China. - Tuesday, August 26th 2014 [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, has won a wireless project contract from COSMOTE Romania, the largest multinational mobile operator in the Balkans, to transform its existing 2G/3G network and build a new LTE network in southern Romania.

The deal is expected to require construction of more than 3,000 base stations, reinforcing ZTE's leading place in the European LTE market.

Based in Greece, COSMOTE Group has its major operations in South Eastern European countries, including Greece, Albania and Romania. Deutsche Telekom is the largest of its shareholders, holding 40 percent of shares in Greece’s OTE Group. In 2012, COSMOTE Romania won the auction for the 25M 1800M and 10M 2600M LTE spectrums and planned to l ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Monday, August 25th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

AlYasra Fashion, the Middle East distributor for fashion forward brand DKNY, together with their communication partner Havas PR Middle East, successfully created a special Ramadan initiative, #DKNYRamadan, a handpicked Ramadan Capsule Collection, styled by two Middle Eastern influencers, the campaign was not only appreciated by women in the Middle East, but also globally.

At the end of the month, DKNY Middle East had registered a rise of 33% of its sales in its stores in the GCC, and a rise of 74% in Saudi Arabia, compared to Ramadan 2013.

As the first international fashion brand to dedicate a collection to Ramadan, using exquisite and appropriate pieces, fitted perfectly into the cultural context in the Middle East, DKNY received high praise from the media and public at large from various countries across the globe. The gesture was hailed by the fashion industry as a step forward in brands ... Read more »

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Monday, August 25th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Clearly stated quality vision and values, and unequivocal leadership are key components to a successful culture of quality that can help organizations drive results, according to new research from ASQ and Forbes Insights.

But only about 60 percent of all respondents say management unequivocally supports their organization’s quality vision and values, of which about 60 percent say are clearly stated. In Europe and Asia, about 50 percent of respondents say their organizations have clear quality visions and values, according to the research.

The research — “Culture of Quality: Accelerating Growth and Performance in the Enterprise” — explores organizations’ support of quality and the key components of a successful culture of quality. This study offers — from organizations like Samsung, FedEx, and Tata — actionable insight into how a quality-d ... Read more »