Thanks to MX1 services, 24/7 Equatorial Guinea’s Spanish-speaking governmental channel will be country's first non-linear channel LUXEMBOURG-Tuesday, February 20th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- TVGE International, Equatorial Guinea’s governmental channel, is partnering with SES and MX1 to deliver its content worldwide on both linear and non-linear platforms. TVGE International is a free-to-air, Spanish-speaking channel that offers local news, entertainment and cultural programmes. Under the agreement announced by SES/MX1, TVGE International will use satellite capacity to broadcast its 24/7 channel across Africa, Europe and the Americas. In addition, SES’s wholly-owned subsidiary MX1 will provide video-on-demand (VOD) services and web applications for the channel. The non-linear distribution service, which will be the first of its kind in Equatorial Guinea, will enable viewers across the world to stream the channel live on the TVGE website or watch its programmes on their ... Read more »

LONDON-Monday, February 19th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Morrow Sodali today announced that David Shammai has joined the firm as Corporate Governance Director - Cross Border. David joins from APG Asset Management, the Dutch pension fund manager, where in his role as senior corporate governance specialist he was involved in voting, policy, and engagement. Based in the London office, David will focus on the firm’s growing corporate governance activities across its European offices. Together with Morrow Sodali’s expanding team of corporate governance professionals, David will work to further develop the firm’s governance services – ranging from benchmarking and assessments of governance practice to board advisory on engagement with investors. “At Morrow Sodali we recognise that today many of our clients face growing needs for an in-depth and meaningful dialogue with their investors on a broadening range of topics. Having David onboard - from one of the world’s largest fiduc ... Read more »

RIYADH, Arabie Saoudite-Mardi 20 Février 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] Le 1er Forum International Humanitaire de Riyad aura lieu à Riyad, Arabie Saoudite, du 26 au 27 février 2018 sous le patronage du Gardien des Deux Saintes Mosquées, le Roi Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Organisé par le Centre Humanitaire et de Secours du Roi Salman (KSrelief), ce forum est le premier de son genre à avoir lieu dans le Royaume, s'appuyant sur les événements humanitaires mondiaux précédents pour aborder les changements dans le paysage humanitaire et formuler de nouvelles réponses pratiques et efficaces qui reflètent l'évolution des besoins sur le terrain. Réunissant des professionnels et des décideurs clés de toute la communauté humanitaire internationale, ce forum de deux jours réunira des représentants mondiaux de haut niveau des Nations Unies, des ONG internationales et nationales. S.E. Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Conseiller de la Cour Royale et Superviseur Général du Centre d'Aide Humanitaire et de Secours du ... Read more »

Internet service provider Palau Telecoms empowers Palau citizens with reliable and ‘always on’ connectivity by renewing and contracting more fibre-like connectivity solutions LUXEMBOURG-Monday, February 19th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Customers of Palau’s local internet services provider Palau Telecoms will continue to enjoy enhanced and reliable fibre-like connectivity delivered by SES Networks. SES announced today that in the latest contract signed, Palau Telecoms, which has been enjoying SES’s Networks exceptional networks performance since 2014, will be extending its contract until 2020, and increasing the amount of medium earth orbit (MEO) connectivity by 150%. A long-term customer of SES Networks, Palau Telecoms is utilising their existing MEO service to augment fibre capacity, providing an ‘always on’ service to its customers. This enhanced, robust infrastructure provides a solid foundation for their 4G implementation plans, giving their end users the quality ex ... Read more »

Machine Learning Spectrum Analytics Solution Identifies Previously Undetectable RF Interference Resulting in Capacity and Quality Improvements SEATTLE-Thursday, February 15th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Spectrum Effect™, a pioneer in RF spectrum analytics, today announced a successful milestone in the trial of its Spectrum-NET™ machine learning solution with Elisa Estonia. Spectrum-NET automatically detects, characterizes, locates and assesses the impact of external and unintended internal RF interference in mobile networks. Spectrum-NET operates throughout multi-vendor LTE and UMTS networks on a continual basis without service interruption or dependency on external probes. “The successful trial utilizing Spectrum-NET to analyze Elisa’s mobile network uncovered numerous instances of external and unintended internal RF interference, including previously undetectable passive intermodulation (PIM) interference,” stated Kristo Kork, Head of Radio Access Networks and Infrastr ... Read more »

New Competition Puts Spotlight on New and Impactful Ideas from Academic and Research Communities Around the World LONDON-Monday, February 19th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The GSMA today announced the winners of its inaugural Mobile World Scholar Challenge. New for Mobile World Congress 2018, the Mobile World Scholar Challenge is a video-based competition designed to discover and highlight ground-breaking new technologies developed at universities around the globe. “Embracing new ideas is the key to innovation and growth, be it an economy, an industry, a company, charity or individual,” said John Hoffman, CEO, GSMA Ltd. “At Mobile World Congress, we are constantly looking to showcase cutting-edge ideas poised to impact the mobile world, and the winners of this first Mobile World Scholar Challenge certainly represent this. Our congratulations to all of the winners, as well as everyone who submitted their innovations for consideration.” Challenge participants submitted sh ... Read more »

L'ISF est créée pour faciliter le déploiement de 2.1 milliards de joueurs à travers le monde La Fédération Internationale Socca désigne également M. Thanos Papadopoulos en tant que PDG conjoint de la Fédération Dubaï, Émirats Arabes Unis-Mardi 20 Février 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] La réunion inaugurale de la Fédération Internationale Socca (ISF) a réuni 52 représentants de 25 pays membres ainsi que 10 pays ayant soumis des demandes d'adhésion. Les participants ont unanimement salué la création d'une fédération mondiale pour un format de foot à 5, 6, 7 et 8. La fédération vise à représenter les 2.1 milliards de joueurs de football à petit nombre de joueurs de chaque côté, à travers le monde. Après son élection, Trunkwala a déclaré : « dans le cadre de mes efforts pour développer le sport Socca, j'ai visité plusieurs pays d'Asie du Sud, du Moyen-Orient et de la région du Golfe. Ces efforts font partie des préparatifs plus larges pour la Coupe du Monde de Socca qui se tiendra à Lisbonne, au Po ... Read more »

Government Policies Impacting Delivery of Next-Generation Services Across Region; Latin American Prices 60 Per Cent Higher Than Europe BUENOS AIRES-Friday, February 16th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The GSMA today issued a new report, ‘Effective Spectrum Pricing in Latin America: Policies to support better quality and more affordable mobile services,’ highlighting that spectrum policies in Latin America are impacting the delivery of quality mobile services to consumers across the region. The new report, which examines spectrum pricing trends in 15 countries across Latin America, underscores how decisions made by regulators on spectrum pricing can have a negative impact on the quality and cost of mobile broadband services. While auctions remain an effective means of awarding spectrum, regulators should adopt spectrum policies that focus on maximising long-term benefits for society, rather than driving up the cost of spectrum for short-term gain. In Latin America, steep s ... Read more »

ISF formed to facilitate 2.1 billion players across the world The International Socca Federation also elects Mr. Thanos Papadopoulos as the Joint CEO of the Federation Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Thursday, February 15th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] The inaugural meeting of the International Socca Federation (ISF) was attended by 52 representatives from 25 member countries along with 10 countries submitting membership applications. The attendees unanimously lauded the establishment of a global federation for 5, 6, 7 and 8 a-side football format. The federation aims to represent the 2.1 billion players of small-sided football across the globe. Following his election, Trunkwala said, “In line with my efforts to develop the Socca sport, I have visited several countries in South Asia, Middle East and the Gulf region. These efforts come as part of the wider preparations for the Socca World Cup scheduled to be held in Lisbon, Portugal in October 2018.” For his part Mr. Papadopoulos informed tha ... Read more »