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Aggreko to Supply 57 MW of Power to Djibouti

March 9, 2013 admin Uncategorized


DJIBOUTI, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –

Aggreko, the world leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature control services, in conjunction with its local partner TKE-DJPL will provide a 57 MW fast-track power solution to Djibouti to bring much needed additional power capacity into the country.

TKE-DJPL, in partnership with the Djibouti government, is working on improving energy supplies across the country through a combination of thermal and renewable energy projects. In order to address the immediate needs of its customers, TKE-DJPL partnered with Aggreko to bring online a fast-track power solution while longer term projects are in development.

The project will consist of an initial 5 MW package that will be operational within six weeks from the date of contract signing. The remaining 52 MW is scheduled to be commissioned and operational within May 2013.

“This project highlights the capability of Aggreko as the world’s leading fast-track power provider to respond to the needs of our customers with large-scale power plants being designed, installed and operational within extremely tight time frames,” said James Shepherd, Managing Director, Aggreko Southern and East Africa.

Commenting on the project, Jaime Lopez, Chief Executive Officer, TKE-DJPL said, “Partnering with Aggreko allows us to rapidly deliver much needed energy to Djibouti while we work on longer term plans to address the power needs of the country. TKE-DJPL is working closely with the Government of Djibouti to ensure that energy supplies are improved immediately while long term solutions are put in place.”

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Aggreko

Aggreko plc is the world leader in the supply of temporary power and temperature control solutions. Aggreko employs over 4,500 people operating from 165 locations. In 2011 we served customers in about 100 countries, and had revenues of approximately GBP 1.4bn (USD 2.2bn or Euros 1.6bn). Aggreko plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (AGK.L), is a member of the FTSE 100 index, and is headquartered in Scotland. For more information, please visit the company website at http://www.aggreko.com.

Aggreko provides power and temperature control solutions to customers who need them either very quickly, or for a short or indeterminate length of time. Examples would be the supply of power to an industrial site which needs to service its permanent power supply, supplying a whole city in times of power shortage, or providing a major sporting event with power and cooling systems. We serve our customers either through our 165 service centres, which we call the Local business, or globally through our International Power Projects business.

In the Local business, which accounts for about half of our revenues, we hire our equipment to customers, who then operate it for themselves, although we retain responsibility for servicing and maintaining it. In the International Power Projects business, which also accounts for about half of our revenues, we operate as a power producer. We install and operate power plants and we charge our customers both for providing the generating capacity, and for the electricity we produce. We design and manufacture equipment specifically for these requirements in our factory in Dumbarton, Scotland.

Recent customers include the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and the power utilities in over 50 countries including the UK, France, Angola, Kenya, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil and the USA.

In 2011 we fulfilled almost 43,000 customers’ assignments and when researched, 69% of them gave us a recommendation of 9 or 10 out of 10.

For more information, please visit the company website at:  http://www.africa.aggreko.com.

For more information contact:
Nicholas van Santen
PR Manager, Aggreko EMEA
Tel:  +971-56-682-5978
E-mail: nicholas.vansanten@aggreko.ae

Simon Lyons
Global Director of Marketing Communication, Aggreko plc
Tel:  +44-141-2255900
E-mail: simon.lyons@aggreko.co.uk

SOURCE Aggreko

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Defne Blooming With Innovative Solutions in GSMA Mobile World Congress

February 17, 2013 admin Uncategorized


ISTANBUL, February 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –

Defne as a software solution provider for mobile operators in 35 countries worldwide presents its new solutions to the Telecom World in GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona between the dates of 25-28 of February in participation of important industry players.

Defne targets to enlarge its market share with new products in the fields of VAS (Value added Services), messaging, IN (Intelligent Network) solutions by participating to GSMA Mobile World Congress for the seventh time.

Defne solutions, supporting 16 languages in 35 countries from Middle Asia to Latin America, are demonstrated in 5C60 stand, 5th hall of the GSMA Mobile World Congress.

Defne will keep pace with the speed of the age…

Defne will present its mobile marketing solutions like Outbound IVR Campaign Management Platform, Bulk Messaging Platform, and Social Media Gateway in the exhibition. The Facebook and Twitter subscribers who do not own even any smart phones will also be able to use Social Media sites via their mobile phones through Defne‘s Social Media Gateway solution which offers opportunity to leave and receive text and audio messages on the sites. Through this innovative and assertive service, operators can able to provide their subscribers submitting to social media sites in rational costs.

Defne will meet to industry representatives in the 5C60 stand, 5th hall of the GSMA Mobile World Congress with its innovative solutions like Call Signature which presents you to the called party even if you are not recognized on called subscriber’s phone book.

Defne will also present its Seamless Roamer Callback solution which provides minutes in rational costs during roaming time period and another innovative solution Auto Callback which completes unsuccessful calls automatically between calling and called parties when called number is available to reach.

Defne‘s CentrUS Call Centre and MediUS IVR solutions will be presented in the exhibition as customer-oriented solutions.

Defne will show its assertion in GSMA Mobile World Congress with all the solutions deployed in 35 countries of the world from Turkey to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Switzerland, and Albania.

Caglayan Kent Ergonul, caglayan@addressiletisim.com, +90-533-560-2532

SOURCE Defne

Article source: http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/defne-blooming-with-innovative-solutions-in-gsma-mobile-world-congress-191392351.html

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Bangladesh’s internet cable cut

June 8, 2012 admin Uncategorized


8 June 2012
Last updated at 12:41

A Bangladeshi woman logs onto social networking website Facebook on her laptop in DhakaOfficials say they hope to restore normal network speeds by early next week

Internet users in Bangladesh are facing major disruption to their service after a submarine cable was cut.

The accident affected the SEA-ME-WE 4 optical fibre system that runs from France to Malaysia.

The accident occurred earlier this week about 60km (40 miles) from Singapore’s coast.

India, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore also rely on the section of cable involved but have been able to route traffic via other connections.

“Bangladesh does not have an alternative submarine cable or any other connection,” said Monwar Hossain, managing director of the Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company which operates the country’s segment of the network.

He could not explain what had caused the damage.

The firm said the east segment of the cable was out of operation, forcing it to send all data through the remaining west segment.

Slow access

About 5% of Bangladesh’s population of 165 million citizens have access to broadband internet.

Local reports suggest that firms are experiencing very slow connections causing problems for internet-based phone calls and email.

“Work at the garment factories and outsourcing firms have also been disrupted due to the slow connection,” said Akhtaruzzaman Monju, president of the Internet Service Providers’ Association of Bangladesh.

Users have been told that it could take until next week to repair the connection.

Bangladesh aims to secure an alternative connection in 2014 via a new network named SEA-ME-WE 5 which will use 100 Gbps (gigabit per second) technology – ten times faster than the current system.

Article source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18366007#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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Bangladeshi computer whizz kid eyes record books

April 29, 2012 admin Uncategorized


28 April 2012
Last updated at 19:13 ET


By Shajan Miah
BBC News

Wasik farhan-RoopkothaWasik’s parents hope government funding will help him achieve his computing dreams

A six-year-old boy from Bangladesh is hoping to become the world’s youngest computer expert after becoming obsessed with his mother’s PC at the age of two.

Wasik Farhan-Roopkotha, who turned six in January, is hoping his skills will be recognised by Microsoft and Guinness World Records.

As a toddler, Wasik started to show an aptitude for computers and before long he had mastered several popular video games, including Modern Warfare and Metal Gear Solid.

He began typing in Microsoft Word as a three year-old and knew how to programme and download game emulators at the age of four.

His mother Cynthia Farhan-Risha said: “I knew he was very different since his birth. I couldn’t believe my eyes when he began computing when he was just seven months old.

“Wasik started to play and master many complicated games and started installing them just after he turned two and also started typing in MS Word from around the same time.”

By the time he was of school age, Wasik was not integrating at his local primary and so his parents decided it was best for him to be taught at home.

According to his mum, Wasik’s English is still fairly limited. But he did have a few words to say in Bengali.

“I really enjoy playing on the computer and learning new skills,” he told the BBC.

“My ambition is to be a computer expert and to work for a big computer firm in the future.”

Wasik – who comes across as a very quiet young boy – has now been working with computers for more than four years, but he still enjoys mixing with other children of his age, playing football and listening to music.

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If Wasik receives the right support here in Bangladesh and from the best colleges and universities in the world then who knows what he will go on to achieve”

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Cynthia Farhan-Risha
Wasik’s mum

However, computers are his main passion and his parents are determined that their son will not let his talents go to waste. They are hoping to get some government funding to help him fulfil his potential.

‘Fantastic career’

“If Wasik receives the right support here in Bangladesh and from the best colleges and universities in the world then who knows what he will go on to achieve. I think he is in on the right track at this stage of his development,” Ms Farhan-Risha says.

“My son has achieved so much already without any computer training or guidance. He has already gained some knowledge of C++, which is one of the most popular programming languages. He is also able to write sentences on a keyboard efficiently and swiftly without having to look at the keyboard.

“As a mother, I dream that in the future he will go on to become a great computer scientist and help to introduce a new episode in the cyber world,” she added.

Wasik has already received extensive media coverage in Bangladesh.

“He has visited several IT institutions in and around Dhaka, who have all said positive things about his talent,” his mum says.

“Although he is still very young, everyone that I have met believes Wasik can certainly go on to have a fantastic career in the world of computer programming.”

‘Discipline and focus’

Ms Farhan-Risha says she also hopes to get Wasik mentioned in Guinness World Records “because currently they do not have anyone listed as the youngest computer programmer in the world”.

“But we will have to wait and see and as long as Wasik continues to progress then the world can become his oyster,” she says.

Guinness World Records said: “We do not monitor such a record in our database at the moment, but Wasik’s family is welcome to make a claim on our website.”

Like many parents with gifted children, Wasik’s parents say they have struggled to rein in Wasik’s behaviour. He can sometimes show signs of stubbornness, but his parents hope to keep his feet firmly on the ground.

Ms Farhan-Risha explained: “Since he was very young, Wasik has tried to get his own way. For example, he wouldn’t have his meals without us letting him go on the computer.

“It was awkward for us to find the right balance, but we realise that every child needs discipline and focus.

“We hope to keep him grounded and as he grows older let him know that he has been blessed with a gift which he shouldn’t take for granted.”

Article source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17645998#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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Virtual shopper ‘is the future’

January 8, 2012 admin Uncategorized


5 January 2012
Last updated at 19:12 ET

A shopper walks down an aisle in the supermarketSoon, a virtual assistant could do your weekly shop for you, Gregory Roekens says

Each week we ask high-profile technology decision-makers three questions.

Wunderman is a global network of advertising, marketing and consulting companies. They specialise in “digital, social, mobile, local, performance and data-driven” marketing.

Gregory Roekens is Wunderman’s UK chief technology officer, responsible for coordinating the creative and marketing technology offering across the UK network.

Wunderman CTO Gregory RoekensMr Roekens is looking forward to adopting screenless interfaces

He has 15 years of expertise in marketing and creative technology – and his role at Wunderman is to identify how best technology can be leveraged to help marketing move into the 21st century.

What’s your biggest technology problem right now?

The biggest technology problem is for the entire industry. It is effectively about dealing with the fragmentation of communication channels and touchpoints. Through technology, marketing has never been more direct. But yet, paradoxically, direct marketing has never been so in-direct. That’s because of the fragmentation and the number of channels we have to use to reach consumers.

Where in the past the consumer’s journey from awareness to conversion – buying something – was a fairly linear process such as watching a TV ad, nowadays it’s much more complicated than that. Understanding those different journeys is the challenge.

With the proliferation of personal technologies like mobile devices and indeed websites like Facebook and so on, what we realise is that our consumers are more connected. We have a bunch of connected consumers who expect connected experiences. This requires connected databases – the biggest problem is for us to connect the dots together.

An example: I was in South America, on business, and I started doing our weekly shopping online with my wife who was at home in the UK. I was in Buenos Aires, using an app on my Nokia phone, and emailed the list to my wife who was on the train at the time. She used her iPhone to carry on the shopping. When I got back to the hotel, I talked to my wife on Skype, and we finished the shopping together – her behind her computer at home, and me on my iPad. Effectively, we used four different apps and websites to do one task.

That’s how consumers consume nowadays. For me, the technical challenge here is how we connect all those dots together.

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What’s the next big tech thing in your industry?

What’s important for our business is marketing technology.

An interesting aspect, and one that is a big driver for changing behaviour in the near future, is what I call the “e-babies”. They’re the people who were born when the web was already around. Those e-babies are entering adulthood. They will influence the older generation who have lived through this major shift. We’re going to see a change of behaviour.

I think 2012 will bring more “screenless” interfaces, like Apple’s Siri. I want an interface where when I’m driving I can buy shopping by just speaking. Speech recognition has become amazingly good. It’s an added interface that will be another tool for users – but it’s also very important for our industry to consider all those new technologies.

Another big thing, probably in the distant future, will build on what already exists with Siri and other automated personal assistants. For the marketing industry it’s a challenge. What consumers will do in the future is empower a virtual assistant to do your weekly shopping for you, because it will know what you eat, your favourite stuff, what you’re allergic to and so on.

In the future we will empower our technology to make purchase decisions on our behalf. The question is, as marketers, who do you target, who do you communicate with? Is it the consumer? Or the automated agent?

It’s an opportunity. Ultimately it will still be the consumer who will make the decisions. It’s not really an immediate concern for marketers, but it is something to be aware of.

What’s the biggest technology mistake you’ve ever made – either at work or in your own life?

Back in 2005 I was working for a different agency, and we wanted to look at improving our global intranet. The biggest mistake I made, as the person responsible for the project, is that we let technology drive the business requirement.

It was all about Web 2.0. I remember, vividly, the brief that we got: “Build a platform where Google meets Blogger, meets Flickr, meets Delicious, meets Amazon reviews and meets YouTube.”

It quickly became very much about all the different technology we could use to put it all together and launch the new intranet. It was a fantastic platform, really powerful. We thought we were going to have so much success with it.

After a few months, we barely had any contributions into the intranet. We didn’t realise that people were just very busy, so contributing wasn’t in their list of priorities.

We focused more on the people and understanding their behaviour first. What we realised is that people are selfish – they will only do things that will help themselves or their immediate teams.

We needed to get a moderation team on board and get more people creating content. Once you reach that critical mass [of content and users], people will then start to use it.

Article source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-16429321

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