Sep. 20, 2017 13:45

GSMA Announces New Developments in Big Data for Social Good Initiative

At the United Nations General Assembly Week, the GSMA today announced new developments in its Big Data for Social Good initiative, which was launched in February 2017 to leverage mobile operators’ big data capabilities in addressing epidemics and ...

Sep. 20, 2017 13:20

GSMA Announces More Than 21,000 Attendees Visited Inaugural “Mobile World Congress Americas, in Partnership with CTIA”

The GSMA today reported that more than 21,000 unique visitors from 110 countries and territories attended the 2017 Mobile World Congress Americas, held September 12-14 in San Francisco. The three-day conference and exhibition attracted executives ...

Sep. 20, 2017 11:40

GSMA Urges the Commission to Adopt a Technology-Neutral Approach in Developing the EU’s Cooperative Intelligent Transport System

The GSMA today urged the European Commission to keep the European market unrestricted for cellular technologies for use in connected vehicles. The EU plans to roll out a Cooperative Intelligent Transport System (C-ITS) in 2019 and intends to make ...

Sep. 20, 2017 11:15

Fitch Solutions Strengthens Counterparty Risk Solution with ‘AI’ Powered News, Expanded Macroeconomic Data and New Global Bank Rankings

Fitch Solutions today announced a number of powerful enhancements to its Counterparty Risk Solutions, each designed to help risk professionals make faster and more insightful decisions. The Counterparty Risk Solution now includes a curated news mo...

Sep. 20, 2017 10:50

Digital Authentication: New Opportunities to Enhance the Customer Journey

Aite Group’s latest report, Digital Authentication: New Opportunities to Enhance the Customer Journey, explores merchant and financial institution initiatives to create an intuitive user experience. FIs and merchants are spending a considerable am...

Sep. 20, 2017 09:40

Viridian Announces Pricing of £540 Million (Equivalent) Notes Offering

Viridian Group FinanceCo PLC and Viridian Power and Energy Holdings DAC (together, the “Issuers”), subsidiaries of Viridian Group Investments Limited (“Viridian”), a portfolio company of I Squared Capital, have priced their offering of £540 millio...

Sep. 20, 2017 09:20

LG and Samsung invest €25 million in CYNORA

CYNORA, a leading provider of highly efficient organic emitter materials for OLEDs, announced today that the two Korean tech giants have decided to support CYNORA on its way to becoming a major player for OLED emitting materials. CYNORA is develop...

Sep. 20, 2017 09:00

GSMA and Mobile World Capital Barcelona Announce Return of YoMo to Mobile World Congress 2018

The GSMA and the Mobile World Capital Barcelona today announced that The Youth Mobile Festival Barcelona (YoMo Barcelona) will return to Mobile World Congress 2018 after its hugely successful launch in 2017. YoMo Barcelona will once again inspire ...

Sep. 19, 2017 16:55

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation Announces New Line-up of Stepping Motor Driver ICs with Anti-Stall Feedback Architecture

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (TDSC) today announced the addition of two stepping motor drivers, 4.5A “TB67S249FTG” and 2A “TB67S279FTG,” to its line-up of stepping motor drivers with innovative anti-stall feedback architecture[...

Sep. 19, 2017 15:45

New GSMA Report Highlights Mobile Industry Progress in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

At the United Nations General Assembly Week, the GSMA today published the ‘2017 Mobile Industry Impact Report: Sustainable Development Goals’, the second annual study assessing the mobile industry’s impact in achieving the Sustainable Development ...

Sep. 19, 2017 15:00

With a Cloud RAN Deployment, Mobile Operators Can See 49% Savings in Capex and 31% Annual Savings in Opex, Reveals Mavenir Study

Mavenir, focused on accelerating software network transformation and redefining network economics for Communications Service Providers, today released the results of a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) model. The analysis finds that operators can save...

Sep. 19, 2017 13:40

Empowering Young Minds Everywhere: Five Teams Advance to Final Round of $15M Global Learning XPRIZE

Today, XPRIZE, the global leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, announced the five finalists advancing in the $15M Global Learning XPRIZE and awarded each finalist a $1M milestone prize. Rev...

Sep. 19, 2017 13:10

IPF World Week 2017: Boehringer Ingelheim helps healthcare professionals to ‘listen for the sounds of IPF’

IPF is a progressive and debilitating disease which causes continual and irreversible damage to the lungs.1 Early diagnosis is vital because without appropriate medical intervention, the opportunity to slow disease progression is lost. However, di...

Sep. 19, 2017 11:40

U.S. Borax Launches Mobile Crop Guide to Help Agronomists, Growers and Researchers Identify and Treat Boron Deficiency in Soils

U.S. Borax, part of Rio Tinto, has launched a mobile crop guide to help agronomists, growers and researchers identify and treat boron deficiency in soils, a key issue facing agriculture. Boron is an essential micronutrient to plant growth. In rece...

Sep. 19, 2017 10:50

AEC-Q101 Trench 9 MOSFETs in Robust Packages from Nexperia Save Space, Deliver High Performance and Ruggedness

Nexperia, the former Standard Products division of NXP, today announces a new series of Trench 9 power MOSFETs, targeted primarily at the automotive industry, which combine the company’s low voltage superjunction technology with its advanced packa...

Sep. 19, 2017 10:10

Madison Realty Capital Provides $297 Million Construction Loan for Fortis Property Group’s River Park Development in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn

Madison Realty Capital (MRC) announced the closing of a $297 million construction loan for River Park, a 3-building mixed-use development in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn consisting of approximately 325,000 sellable square feet, and including 172 luxury c...

Sep. 19, 2017 09:10

Wipro Launches Automation Services for SAP® Software, Powered by Wipro HOLMES™

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced the launch of automation services powered by the Wipro HOLMES™ artificial intelligence p...

Sep. 18, 2017 17:30

Qudwa Global Survey Reveals Emotional Soft Skills are More Important Success Factors than Hard Skills for Teachers of the Future

800 leading educators from 68 countries will convene at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi next month to discuss transformational, behavioural and technology trends in education under the theme of Teaching for Tomorrow. Qudwa 2017, a global teachers for...

Sep. 18, 2017 17:15

Bioventus Announces First Patients Enrolled in BONES Study for EXOGEN®

Bioventus, a global leader in orthobiologics, today announced the first patients have been enrolled in its BONES (Bioventus Observational Non-interventional EXOGEN Studies) clinical development program. BONES includes three observational, non-inte...

Sep. 18, 2017 16:55

Alibaba Group’s Tmall Supports New York Fashion Week: The Shows

Alibaba Group’s (NYSE:BABA) Tmall, China’s largest consumer platform for brands and retailers, announced that it has become an official partner of New York Fashion Week (NYFW): The Shows, in association with Suntchi, to help U.S. designers and bra...

Sep. 18, 2017 16:45

CHMP positive opinion to include RE-CIRCUIT® data for atrial fibrillation patients undergoing catheter ablation in Pradaxa® Summary of Product Characteristics

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a positive opinion for an update to the European Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) of Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate) for the treat...

Sep. 18, 2017 16:35

Turkish Channel NATURAL TV Reaches West-African Audience with SES Video

NATURAL TV, a Turkish channel featuring health, agriculture, music and cultural content, is extending its reach to the West-African audience thanks to SES Video’s broadcasting services. Under the new agreement announced by SES, NATURAL TV will use...

Sep. 18, 2017 16:05

Jean Boulle Luxury and AkzoNobel to Produce and Market Sun KingTM Diamond Coatings for Superyachts

Jean Boulle Luxury and AkzoNobel have extended their exclusive co-operation on the production, marketing and distribution of high quality natural diamond based coatings. The partnership is now extended to include coatings for the Yacht industry. J...

Sep. 18, 2017 15:40

Global Foundation Launches to Accelerate an End to Smoking

With the goal of eliminating smoking worldwide, the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World formally launched today in New York City. The Foundation is founded and led by Dr. Derek Yach, a renowned anti-smoking crusader who, while at the World Health Or...

Sep. 18, 2017 15:30

ABB's YuMi Robot Takes Center Stage in Pisa, Conducts Andrea Bocelli and Lucca Symphony Orchestra

YuMi, the world‘s first truly collaborative dual-arm robot, made its debut at the opera on Tuesday (Sept. 12) by conducting Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and the Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa. YuMi, which is manufactured ...