Press Releases by Category Media & Telecommunications
Solon Management Consulting opens new office in Warsaw
Warsaw, 13 February 2013: Solon Management Consulting has opened a new office in Warsaw in order to be closer to its Media and Telecoms clients in the vibrant Polish economy. The Solon Warsaw office also functions as the new hub to serve industry clients as well as investors in the CEE and CIS geographies.
Filip Liharik will be heading the new Solon Warsaw office as Managing Director. He is originally from…
Cinedigm And Wizard World Partner To Launch A Digital Comic Con Channel
Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM) announced today it has partnered with Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB: WIZD) to create a direct-to-consumer, branded digital network targeted to Comic Con fans and curated with a wide array of sci-fi, horror, fantasy, action, adventure, gamer, anime, animation and comedy content, as well as an e-commerce retail destination featuring collectible and exclusive merchandise.
With Cinedigm's vast library of over 33,000 films and TV episodes, 650 digital content…
Nominated for Best Mobile Education or Learning Product or Service Award at GSMA …
Mumbai, January 30, 2014: EnableM has been nominated for “ Best Mobile Education or Learning Product or Service Award” category at GSMA 2014 for its “ Magic Pencil Tablet Learning Solution”.
EnableM is a pioneer in mobile learning having set trends for the future of education through mobile devices. Magic Pencil is a cloud based Tablet Learning platform designed as a Software as Service (Saas) model.
About Magic Pencil Tablet:
Magic Pencil…
FTTH Council
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ELCON DEMONSTRATES AT THE FTTH CONFERENCE IN STOCKHOLM HOW OPERATORS CAN USE INVESTMENTS FOR FIBRE ROLLOUTS TO OPTIMIZE THEIR NETWORKS AND SHORTEN ROLLOUT TIMES.
Network operators around the world are forced to roll out fibre in their access networks enabling them to fulfil the rapidly growing end users´ demand for higher bandwidth and faster internet connections. This huge challenge for network operators offers a unique chance to optimise the…
Project COMANDER: Revolutionizing Next Generation’s Fiber-Wireless Networks
Four parties have teamed up to participate in the research project "Converged Optical-Mobile Access Networks with Dynamic and Efficient Resource allocation" (COMANDER), funded under the Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) action call FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IAPP.
COMANDER aims to bring together and interexchange experts from industry and academia with the long-term goal of delivering a state of the art, cutting-edge and cost-efficient approach to the problem of Next-Generation access Networks (NGN)…
Chase Bank Partners with ElectraCard Services for Launch of MasterCard Student P …
Mumbai, January 29, 2014: ElectraCard Services (ECS), a leading provider of software and processing solutions for electronic payment systems, announced that the student prepaid cards program at Chase Bank, Kenya has been launched on the electra platform. ECS is the technology and processing partner for the program and leverages its PA-DSS certified electraPREPAID platform to provide a seamless, safe and secure solution. The processing services for this program are hosted…
WiMAX Forum Spearheads Efforts to Advance Smart Grid Architecture
WiGRID™ Certification Program Drives Interoperability Standards for Utility Networking Products
Clackamas, OR – DistribuTECH 2014 – The WiMAX Forum®, a global body that promotes the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based upon IEEE Standard 802.16, is proud to announce its first member companies to achieve WiGRID™ certification – further advancing the adoption of WiMAX technology, which addresses Utility Smart Grid connectivity requirements.
Through a collaborative effort, three equipment…
VoiceNation’s Call Center Expansion Will Add 100 Jobs to Community
BUFORD & ATLANTA GA…
Celebrating its expansion and increasing market share in the 24-hour call center and live answering service industry,VoiceNation recently held a grand opening event to mark the newest addition to its call center headquarters in Buford, GA. VoiceNation’s latest expansion will bring as many as 100 new call center jobs to the Northeast Atlanta area.
New positions will include Management, Customer Service Representatives, Dispatchers, Operations, Quality…
MNOs' Big Data Advantage a Big Push for Market Leadership in Digital Services
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia December 19, 2013 – What will be the Big Data Strategy for Mobile Operators and how does their foray into the Digital Services segment necessitate them to evaluate their Big Data advantage? PCCMB’s newly released Strategy Paper entitled ‘Mobile Operators and Digital Services: How Big Data Perfects the Equation’ examines the rise of the next generation digital services and how this impacts the Mobile Operators’ Big Data…
UNIR1 Inc. Signs on with INgrooves Fontana / UMG
UNIR1 Inc. announces today that its digital records division UNIR1 Records has partnered with INgrooves Fontana, a leading provider of digital distribution, marketing and technology services to the global music community. Fontana Distribution was acquired by INgrooves early 2012 from Universal Music Group, and now has combined as and has developed the best-in-class digital and physical distribution to empower the Independent Music Community.
The partnership with UNIR1 Records and…
New White Paper ‘7 Best Practices in Emergency Notifications’ Helps Ensure Every …
Regroup, the leading mass messaging and emergency notification system, has just released an informative new white paper entitled ‘7 Best Practices in Emergency Notifications’. This paper offers viable strategies for ensuring emergency messages are effective, actionable and can be rapidly sent across multiple communication channels during an emergency event.
Download the white paper here: http://1.regroup.com/7-best-practices-opn/
On many occasions the only source of information about impending danger has been through an emergency…
Advantech Boosts Platform Performance for Encryption and Data Compression Worklo …
Latest platform upgrade maximizes network performance while accelerating encryption throughput and reducing storage overhead
Taipei, Taiwan, Dec 5th 2013 – Advantech (TWSE: 2395.TW) today announced an important upgrade to its AdvancedTCA product line which gives network equipment providers (NEPs) the ability to address security threats in real-time without adversely impacting performance. It also brings greater storage efficiency through compression offload which reduces overall network capacity needs.
The upgrade announced today…
Regroup Named a Finalist in San Francisco’s Entrepreneurship-in-Residence Progra …
Regroup announced today that it has been selected as one of 11 finalists to advance to the final round of San Francisco’s Entrepreneurship-in-Residence Program. Nearly 200 startups applied throughout the U.S. and from across the world such as London, Paris and Vienna in Europe and Tokyo, Schengen and Bangalore in Asia.
Regroup provides easy, effective, and integrated mass messaging for organizations. The company was founded at Stanford University as a…
Ploughing the Digital Fields: Mobile Operators’ Strategies for Digital Services …
Digital services are clearly the next big wave for mobile operators with the escalation in the number of mobile transactions, the amount of content consumed on mobile and the amount of spending that takes place on these devices
Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are making forays into the digital services segment, rolling out their own film stores, chat and message applications, mobile wallets and mobile advertising platforms. Smaller players are offering digital…
Space Technology for Sparkasse Dillenburg
Darmstadt, 27 November 2013
Customers of the Sparkasse Dillenburg (Region of Hesse, Germany) can look forward to a new mobile branch office, which will be operational end of this year. The space company Telespazio VEGA Deutschland, a subsidiary of Telespazio (a Finmeccanica/Thales company) will provide the satellite connection between the mobile bank and the main office.
The catchment area of the Sparkasse Dillenburg covers many small villages and communities which do…
2nd Annual WiMAX Forum Oil & Gas Program Brings Together Industry Leaders for th …
Outlining how WiMAX technology addresses energy industry connectivity needs
SAN DIEGO, CA – November 26, 2013 - The WiMAX Forum®, the global body that certifies and promotes the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based on IEEE Standard 802.16, hosted WiMAX Oil & Gas 2013 – a pre-conference summit at OilComm Conference & Expo – held earlier this month in Houston, Texas.
The event, which drew more than 100 attendees from…
Pivitec Wins Ben Franklin Venture Idol
First Northeastern PA-Based Crowdfunding Event
Pivitec, LLC won Ben Franklin Venture Idol, hosted by the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania on Thursday, November 21. The event was held at the Innovation Institute in Ben Franklin TechVentures®, the award-winning technology incubator/post-incubator on Lehigh University’s Mountaintop Campus.
Ben Franklin Venture Idol is like a cross between Shark Tank® and American Idol®, but with entrepreneurs and investors instead of vocalists and…
imbus training programme 2014 relies on norm knowhow and path breaking QA trends
Moehrendorf, 19 November 2013 – Be way out in front of testing knowledge with imbus Academy: The German-language training programme 2014 is out now. It features courses about Selenium, ISO standard 29119, ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level and all three modules of the new Advanced Level. Every training can also be provided in English.
What benefits can be derived from the new norm series ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119? The course “Testen à la…
WiMAX Forum Concludes Successful Africa Operator Summit Event
Introducing WiMAX Advanced roadmap to African operators, supporting multi-platform networks
Cape Town, South Africa – AfricaCom – November 12, 2013 - The WiMAX Forum®, the global body that certifies and promotes the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based on IEEE Standard 802.16, yesterday hosted the WiMAX Africa 2013 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. The event was sponsored by MagnaQuest, and the reception…
WiMAX Forum Concludes Successful Africa Operator Summit Event
Introducing WiMAX Advanced roadmap to African operators, supporting multi-platform networks
Cape Town, South Africa – AfricaCom – November 12, 2013 - The WiMAX Forum®, the global body that certifies and promotes the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based on IEEE Standard 802.16, yesterday hosted the WiMAX Africa 2013 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. The event was sponsored by MagnaQuest, and the reception…
Axicon Auto ID Launch New On-line Barcode Validation System
Axicon Auto ID Ltd, a world leader in barcode verification, announce the launch of a new online barcode validation system.
Oxford, UK, November 05, 2013 - Axicon Auto ID Ltd, (Oxford, UK) a world leader in barcode verification, announce the launch of a new online barcode validation system.
The Checkrite 5 is a stand alone, on-line barcode validation system that can be used in conjunction with a range of different barcode readers.…
Comverse ONE Real-Time Billing Solution Goes Live at VimpelCom/ Beeline
Comverse (Nasdaq: CNSI), the global leader in telecom business enablement, announced full transition to the Comverse ONE® Real-Time BSS solution by VimpelCom, one of the largest integrated telecommunications services operators in the world. This major upgrade positions the VimpelCom Beeline brand to enhance the customer experience, reduce operating expenses and address new revenue opportunities.
Comverse's proven delivery methodology ensured smooth deployment of the solution, efficiently completing the migration of the real-time…
Maxtena Launches New GPS Helix Antenna Tuning Kit
U.S. based Maxtena, a top developer and producer for innovative wireless solutions, have created the first GPS helix antenna tuning kit aimed at simplifying embedded antenna integrations.
Maxtena designed the tuning kit to empower hardware developers working on devices requiring an embedded antenna configuration. The tuning kit allows for both quick and easy antenna selection and removes the need for a lengthy and costly custom antenna integration process. The use of…
Orga Systems positioned as a Challenger in the 2013 Magic Quadrant for IRCM for …
Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
Paderborn (Germany), 29 October 2013 – Orga Systems, a leading software vendor for real-time charging and billing solutions, today announces that it has been again positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Challengers quadrant of this year’s Magic Quadrant for Integrated Revenue and Customer Management for CSPs (IRCM)*. The Magic Quadrant Research is a qualitative evaluation of a set of vendors in…
MUMMERT & COMPANY EXCLUSIVELY ADVISES ON THE SALE OF DOMAINFACTORY TO HOST EUROP …
28 October 2013 - Mummert & Company, an independent corporate finance advisor based in Munich, exclusively advised the shareholders of domainfactory GmbH on the sale to Host Europe Group. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.
domainfactory is a leading German hosting company. It currently manages 1.1 million domains and serves over 173,000 customers - mostly in the small and medium enterprises and private professional market segments. This transaction…
Futurecom: Data traffic demands and digital security in the spotlight
Orga Systems showcases real-time products to monetize the Digital Life
Paderborn (Germany), 21 October 2013 – Reliable technologies and effective business models to monetize 4G investments, demanding M2M networks and growing customer experiences will be in the spotlight of this year’s Futurecom in Rio de Janeiro. From October 21st until October 24th Orga Systems, a leading software vendor for real-time charging and billing solutions, with a strong customer base in Latin…
SIMPLESHOW EXPANDS INTO THE INTERNATIONAL E-EDUCATION SCENE
simpleshow, the Berlin startup and market leader with thousands of explainer videos, has taken its business to the next level. With the goal to become a global EduTech company, the founders and creators of simpleshow have attracted a team of investors to foster the rapid internationalization of its successful interactive explainer video format and new product developments. The Japanese former highflying CEO of Livedoor, Takafumi Horie has joined as an…
Astellia and Econet Wireless nominated for AfricaCom Awards 2013
Rennes, France, October 11th 2013 – Astellia, leading provider of network and subscriber intelligence for mobile operators, and Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe’s number one mobile operator, announced today that they have jointly been shortlisted for the AfricaCom Awards 2013 in the category of ‘Best cost efficiency solution for Africa.’
Erratic energy supply is high on Econet Wireless’ agenda since it is hindering it from delivering and guaranteeing reliable voice and broadband services…
Innovation Scouting Report “Your Device is our Opportunity” by ICT Intuition fea …
Supporting and meeting corporate customers’ BYOD needs
Paderborn (Germany), 01 October 2013 – Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) has changed how employees communicate and work. The Innovation Scouting Report by Analyst Nancee Ruzicka from ICT Intuition examines opportunities and challenges CSPs and enterprises may face when defining a BYOD strategy. Orga Systems, a leading software vendor for real-time charging and billing solutions, with an international customer base in the telecommunications, utilities…
CYOD deployed twice as often as BYOD
• Companywide deployment of Choose Your Own Device (CYOD) policies grown at twice the rate of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) – 12% vs. 6%
• 31% of organisations now run companywide CYOD policies (vs. 17% who run BYOD)
• Organisations overwhelmingly cite CYOD as more suitable for…
'Feature Stack' to Push Mobile Broadband Product Innovation Boundaries to New Le …
PCC Mobile Broadband today launched the Feature Stack, a framework for the development of mobile broadband services to facilitate the design of new and innovative features for mobile data products. The Feature Stack, which was developed by PCCMB’s Consulting Practice, enables teams tasked with the development of mobile broadband services to assess and realign the existing range of services offered on their mobile broadband plans and map out new and…
Iraq’s Minister of Communications and Senior Ministry Representatives Set to Par …
The Iraqi Ministry of Communications have confirmed that they will be represented at the 2013 Iraq Telecoms Conference by key senior officials. Taking place on the 7-9 October in Turkey, Istanbul, the Iraq Telecoms Conference has been continuously supported by the Ministry Communications overs its eight year history and has built a reputation of attracting key government officials.
The senior ministry delegation confirmed to attend include H.E Torhan Hassan Al…
Alpha Omega Wireless Visits SAF Tehnika in Latvia
Alpha Omega Wireless, Inc. (“AO Wireless”) President, Joe Wargo, recently traveled to Riga, Latvia to build stronger business relationships with SAF Tehnika. The purpose of this trip was to have stretegic meetings with SAF Leadership, meet their engineering and product management teams, tour their R&D and manufacturing facilities, and to receive first hand training on new and exciting licensed microwave products.
President Joe Wargo says, “I was very excited to…
Sixth Annual Telecom Council Service Provider Forum SPIFFY Award Winners Announc …
From the 100+ young telecom companies who present for the Telecom Council’s 25+ service providers every year, some have been identified as having ideas, relevance, and traction that most appeal to our carriers from around the globe.
San Francisco, CA, September 25, 2013 -- Global Telecom Service Providers Recognize Telecom Innovation, The Service Provider members of the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley awarded 7 young telecom companies for their innovation, execution,…
Facebook Fail? Seven times more organisations adding Snail Mail as a ‘new’ custo …
• Only 5% of organisations added Facebook as a new communications channel last year, vs. 35% that added Post
• 40% of organisations now offer Facebook as a communications channel to their customers, however Twitter still more popular at 48%
• Integrating the growing number of communication channels…
Twelve Telecom and FRAFOS Pass the British Telecom Wholesale’s IP Exchange servi …
FRAFOS a provider of innovative VoIP border control solutions and Twelve Telecom a provider of rich business communication solutions, announced that they have successfully completed testing with BT Wholesale’s IP Exchange service. Twelve Telecom is now able to offer this new service to all of its resellers wishing to reach number ranges beyond their own network, without the need for complex interoperability agreements.
To secure the interface to British Telecom, Twelve…
Orga Systems takes part in prestigious research program on e-Mobility
Paderborn consortium from science and industry explores electric vehicles’ future opportunities
Paderborn (Germany), 24 September 2013 - Orga Systems, a leading software vendor for real-time charging and billing solutions, with an international customer base in the telecommunications, utilities and automotive markets, is a research partner of the project SMART EM. In cooperation with strong players such as energy supplier Westfalen Weser Netz (former E.ON Westfalen Weser) and University of Paderborn’s Software…
PrepaidMVNO announces 3rd Networking Event to be hosted in London, UK on the 17t …
For immediate Release
London, England - 19th September, 2013 - PrepaidMVNO (prepaidmvno.com), a leading B2B media company on the MVNO Industry will be hosting its 3rd 'MVNx Networking Event' in London on the 17th of October 2013 in London.
This event is Free for qualified professionals thanks to our sponsors.
Previous Networking Events have been attended by MVNOs, Carriers and MVNEs who are interested in connecting with buyers and sellers of…
With UP West and Bihar & Jharkhand, Uninor achieves break-even in five of its si …
~Company announces break-even in two more circles. On track to achieve pan-India breakeven within calendar 2013. Sabse Sasta tariffs to continue~
New Delhi, September 19, 2013: Resulting from its lower costs per minute (upto 40% lower) and sabse sasta tariffs (upto 60% cheaper) Uninor has achieved its financial break-even in the two circles of UP West and Bihar (and Jharkhand). With this, five out of Uninor’s six operating circles have…
Platform28 Announces New Comprehensive, Easy-to-Use Communications Platform for …
Proven technology provider also changes company name to complete new direction
ATLANTA – August 13, 2013 – Platform28, a proven provider of large-scale hosted contact center solutions, today unveiled a new cloud-based package that delivers a unified multi-channel contact center, PBX, IVR and network call-routing to improve business efficiency and profitability in the contact center environment. Formerly known as Unified Arts, the company is also announcing that it has been rebranded…
Brandbuilder responds to national need - Washington, DC CEO Akia Garnett launche …
Akia Garnett, CEO for Brandbuilder, and columnist for Minority Business Entrepreneur has launched Brandbuilder Intensive™, the first ever Washington, DC based Brand Intensive CEO Peer Group taking small business owners branding from conceptual to visual in less than four months.
Starting Fall 2013 four small business owners will receive the help they’ve asked for with four months of intensive one on one and group work sessions to relaunch or officially…
Orga Systems wins contract to deploy new real-time charging system at Avea
Orga Systems selected to deploy advanced real-time charging at Turkish mobile network operator, Avea
Paderborn (Germany), 27 June 2013: Orga Systems, a leading software vendor for real-time charging and billing solutions, with an international customer base in the telecommunications, utilities and automotive markets, announces the agreement to deploy its convergent charging product GOLD at Avea, the most dynamic and alternative mobile network operator in Turkey. Avea plans to utilize Orga Systems’…
Amdocs Survey: Service Providers Seek End-to-End Order-to-Activation Management …
Amdocs, the leading provider of customer experience systems and services, today announced the findings of a global survey that exposes high rates of blocked orders and order fallouts, caused by the increasing complexity of ordersand the lack of streamlined order-to-activation (O2A) solutions.
The survey revealed that although more than half (59 percent)of the service providers polled agreed that the O2A process wascritical to their success, onlynine percent were “very satisfied” with…
Orga Systems and EDMI Limited form global partnership
Orga Systems and EDMI Partner to offer end to end solutions to global utility operators
Singapore/Paderborn (Germany), 20 June 2013: Orga Systems, a leading software vendor for real-time charging and billing solutions, with an international customer base in the telecommunications, utilities and automotive markets, and EDMI Limited, one of the leading Smart Energy Solutions providers, focusing on designing, developing and manufacturing innovative and technologically advanced energy meters and smart energy solutions,…
Orga Systems’ real-time charging platform GOLD goes live at Sunrise
Orga Systems deploys advanced real-time charging technology for voice and data services at Swiss mobile network operator
Paderborn (Germany), 18 June 2013: Orga Systems, a leading software vendor for real-time charging and billing solutions, with an international customer base in the telecommunications, utilities and automotive markets, has successfully deployed its convergent GOLD product at Sunrise, the largest private telecommunications provider in Switzerland. It also deployed its 3GPP compliant Next Generation Control…
Commitment to Customer Satisfaction by Delivering Best-in-class Projects
Telecom and Consulting Expert Klas Peterson joins Orga Systems’ Management Team
Paderborn (Germany), 3 June 2013: Orga Systems, a leading software vendor for real-time charging and billing solutions, with an international customer base in the telecommunications, utilities and automotive markets, strengthens its global Management team and appoints Telecoms expert Klas Peterson as Vice President Consulting and Support – Global. For almost two decades, Orga Systems’ ongoing success has been relying on…
Qeep celebrates 20 million users
The Cologne based social discovery app strengthens its growth
The social discovery app qeep reached a new milestone today when its mobile community became 20 million users strong, a growth of 100% over the last 19 months. Other key performance indicators show the same high growth, with page views increasing by 50% to 1.5 billion per month within 12 months, and premium transaction revenue up by 60% for the same timeframe.
Qeep’s…
Start right away: Instant conference calls with web conferencing
Lindenbaum has upgraded its reservationless audio cloud service on go.lindenbaum.eu with web conferencing and desktop video. The conferencing solution is easy to use and allows straightforward audio conferencing as well as combined audio, web and desktop video. Anew web conference session is started with a single click. During the web conference the functions you need are conveniently waiting for you in a simple sidebar. The service does not require any…
Orga Systems awarded "Vendor of the Year"
Paderborn (Germany), 16 May 2013: Orga Systems, a leading software vendor for real-time charging and billing solutions, with an international customer base in the telecommunications, utilities and automotive markets, was awarded with the Pipeline Innovation Award "Vendor of the Year". An international jury of representatives from network operators, system integrators and analysts awarded the prize on the first day of TeleManagement World in Nice (France). In further categories, Orga Systems…
Orga Systems nominated for Pipeline Innovation Awards 2013
Finalist in 3 categories
Paderborn (Germany), 10 May 2013: Orga Systems, a leading software vendor for real-time charging and billing solutions, with an international customer base in the telecommunications, utilities and automotive markets, has successfully contended for the Pipeline Innovation Award 2013. This prestigious award identifies and highlights companies improving and leveraging the values and benefits of the telecommunications industry. Orga Systems has been nominated as finalist in three categories.
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