Daily Archives: 22, August 2014

Ericsson to replace and upgrade the complete core network of Vodafone Hutchison Australia

Vodafone Hutchison Australia to implement core technology upgrade to enhance network reliability, efficiency and performance Ericsson’s world leading core network solutions, consulting and transformation services enables evolution to an all IP network Ericsson’s IP Multimedia Subsystem will enable Vodafone Hutchison … Read the full press release

Ericsson to supply optical transport equipment and services to Australian telecommunications provider Telstra

Telstra selects Ericsson as its strategic supplier for its next generation optical  network equipment and services Telstra continues to differentiate itself through superior performance with Ericsson’s and Ciena’s optical networking Telstra gets ready for Service Provider SDN and NFV with … Read the full press release

Hrvatski Telekom selects Ericsson as its partner in the construction and maintenance of telecommunications infrastructure

Ericsson signs five-year managed services contract with leading Croatian operator Hrvatski Telekom, a member of the Deutsche Telekom Group Ericsson will support Hrvatski Telekom in raising the quality and efficiency of its network Stockholm, Sweden, 22-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Hrvatski Telekom, a … Read the full press release

Ericsson’s Wallet solution chosen by Peru’s National Bank Association ASBANC

ASBANC, Peru’s National Bank Association, has chosen Ericsson as partner to design and implement its Mobile Money project, the country’s largest private initiative for financial inclusion The solution is explicitly tailored to provide a new channel enabling financial inclusion, providing … Read the full press release

Ericsson to receive Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for JPEG2000 interoperability technology

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has awarded a 2014 Emmy® Award in Technology & Engineering to Ericsson for Standardization and Productization of JPEG2000 Interoperability Reflects Ericsson’s pioneering work in promoting interoperability between vendor JPEG2000 solutions Promotes industry … Read the full press release

ABLV Bank AS reports of EUR 32.9 million audited profit in H1 2014

Riga, Latvia, 22-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — During the first half of 2014, the bank and other companies of ABLV Group continued to grow, due to consistent implementation of the group’s development strategy. Although the situation in several our target markets was … Read the full press release

University of Freiburg researchers identified novel mechanism of bacterial invasion

Freiburg researchers discover new strategy germs use to invade cells Freiburg, 22-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The hospital germ Pseudomonas aeruginosa wraps itself into the membrane of human cells: A team led by Dr.Thorsten Eierhoff and Junior Professor Dr. Winfried Römer from the Institute of Biology … Read the full press release

MegaFon: S&P affirmed the Company’s foreign and local currency corporate rating at the “BBB-” level

MOSCOW, 22-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Open Joint Stock Company “MegaFon” (LSE: MFON), a leading Russian telecommunications operator (“MegaFon” or “the Company”), announces that Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) has affirmed the Company’s foreign and local currency corporate rating at the “BBB-” level and … Read the full press release

Fundación MásFamilia awards Endesa the Family-Friendly Company certificate at global level

• Given by Fundación Másfamilia, this certificate makes Endesa the second company in the world to achieve this recognition. • The certificate recognises the company as an international leader in job quality, flexibility, support of work-life balance, training and career … Read the full press release

Bull’s Board of Directors decided on certain changes related to the evolution of the governance of the group in regard to the merger of Bull into Atos

Paris, 22-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Directors of Bull, the trusted partner for enterprise data, met on August 19th 2014 further to the success of the friendly tender offer launched by Atos, the international information technology services company, for all … Read the full press release

Sanofi: Genzyme’s Cerdelga™ capsules the only first-line oral therapy for certain adult Gaucher disease type 1 approved by FDA

Only First-Line Oral Treatment for Adult Gaucher Disease Type 1 Paris, 22-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Genzyme, a Sanofi company (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cerdelga™ (eliglustat) capsules, the only … Read the full press release

University of Bristol: New analyses shed light on the diets of Jurassic mammals

New analyses of tiny fossil mammals from South Wales are shedding light on the function and diets of our earliest ancestors, a team led by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Leicester report today in the journal Nature. BRISTOL, … Read the full press release

University of Bristol MSc student discovers new species of tree frog

A new species of tree frog has been discovered in the forests of Madagascar by an MSc student at the University of Bristol. BRISTOL, 22-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Samuel Penny was studying the amphibians of the Sahamalaza Peninsula in the northwest … Read the full press release

University of Bristol: The percentage of households falling below society’s minimum standard of living increased from 14% to 33% over the last 30 years

The percentage of households falling below society’s minimum standard of living has increased from 14 per cent to 33 per cent over the last 30 years, despite the size of the economy doubling. This is one of the stark findings … Read the full press release

The University of Bristol ranked 8th in UK and 63rd in world in the Academic Ranking of World Universities

The University of Bristol has been ranked as 8th in the UK and 63rd in the world in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). BRISTOL, 22-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The AWRU ranks over 1,000 universities each year using six indicators.  … Read the full press release