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US based software-based wireless location solution provider Polaris Wireless today announced the opening of its regional headquarters in for the Middle East and Africa region in Dubai. The opening of Dubai office is part of the company’s strategy to expand its international footprint and expanding its operations across the region. With the exponential growth of mobility in the region, the business opportunities for Polaris Wireless is growing at a rapid pace. Following the global trend of wireless operators and government agencies partnering to deploy high-accuracy location solutions for lawful location surveillance and emergency call applications. The company is a leader in enabling real-time, high-accuracy location to assist authorized law enforcement agencies (LEA’s) in criminal investigations and antiterrorist activities. The easy to deploy, easy to maintain, Polaris Wireless Location Signatures (Polaris WLS™) solution identifies the location of a wireless device to within 50 meters and delivers the best software-based location in dense urban and indoor environments. Polaris Wireless is the only company capable of implementing a high accuracy mass location surveillance capability. The Polaris WLS solution gives customers the ability to conduct geo-fencing, post-event analytics, and predictive intelligence using mass location surveillance. It is equally ideal for emergency call applications and can be deployed as a standalone system or in combination with existing handset-based technologies to allow international wireless operators to quickly and cost-effectively introduce an emergency call solution for public safety.Read More…

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Munaf Sabeeh, chief executive officer of Scopesky Communications, has announced that Iraq’s first commercial data centre will be ready in mid-December, Meed has reported. Built at Baghdad airport for security reasons, the fibre-optic ISP is connected to two gateways, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, with plans to sign up Jordan soon as the third gateway, he said. Iraqi Telecoms and Post Co will take a 20% to 30% revenue share and has the rights to sell the capacity.
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Orga Systems today announced its plans to strengthen its regional engagement and closeness to customers in the Middle East and Africa region. Orga Systems is a major player and works with over 40 telecom service providers across the world, serving more than 350M subscribers on its highly scalable real-time based convergent platforms. Mobile services in Middle East and Africa have seen tremendous growth during the past decade. This was based on ever increasing mobile market penetration. In light of today’s increasing competition, the region is facing a new challenge: sustainability of business. This can only be achieved by retaining and acquiring customers through sophisticated offerings designed to meet customers’ lifestyle. Only convergent billing systems can handle this significant volume of all prepaid and post paid subscribers.

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Optimus Technology and Telecommunications, a regional value added distributor (VAD) of IT and telecommunications products, recently relocated its regional headquarters from Jebel Ali Free Zone to its new offices in Hawai Towers on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai. The move to the new location, according to the VAD, will helpRead More…