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Construction on world’s largest floating solar power plant completed in Japan

OSAKA, May 25 ( NsNewsWire) — The construction on a 2.3-megawatt floating solar power plant has been completed on Sunday in Hyogo prefecture, western Japan, which is the world’s largest floating solar power plant in terms of output. The plant, coinvested by electronics giant Kyocera Corporation and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation, is expected to generate […]

Press Room Registration Opens for Mobile World Congress Shanghai

Shanghai, May 14 (NsNewsWire) –Registration is now open to journalists planning to attend the three-day Shanghai Mobile World Congress slated for beginning on July 15. GSMA officials in a statement received Thursday invited journalists , to apply for press pass to attend the Mobile World Congress to be held at Kerry Hotel Pudong and Shanghai New […]

BRAC Bank & Robi become corporate partners

DHAKA, May 14 (NsNewsWire) — Robi has signed a corporate agreement with BRAC Bank Limited on 13 May. BRAC Bank will now enjoy special call rate, call conferencing, close user group facility and many more value-added services including Robi’s 3.5G data services. Robi’s Chief Operating Officer Mahtab Uddin Ahmed and BRAC Bank’s Company Secretary, Head […]

Airtel Offers ‘Ajibon Internet’ Packs with Life Time Validity

DHAKA, May 13 (NsNewsWire) — Airtel Bangladesh Limited, the fastest growing telecom operator of the country has launched exciting new internet packs named ‘Ajibon Internet’ for its customers. This offer is the first of its kind in the telecom sector of Bangladesh. The offers consist of 25MB of internet with 25 taka and 40MB of […]

Facebook Inc tied up with nine news publishers to launch “Instant Articles”

DHAKA, May 13 (NsNewsWire) — Facebook Inc tied up with nine news publishers to launch “Instant Articles” that will let them publish articles directly to the social network’s mobile news feeds. Instant Articles will let stories load more than 10 times faster than standard mobile web articles and will include content from publishers such as […]

Sigve Brekke new Telenor Group CEO

Oslo, May 12 (NsNewsWire) — The Board of Directors of Telenor Group (Telenor) today announces the appointment of Mr. Sigve Brekke as the company’s new Group President and Chief Executive Officer. He will succeed Mr. Jon Fredrik Baksaas by 17 August 2015. Sigve Brekke is the Executive Vice President and Head of Telenor Group’s […]

Bangladesh court confirms ban on use of national anthem as mobile ring tone

DHAKA, May 12 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court verdict that banned the use of the national anthem as a ring tone or welcome tune in mobile phones for commercial purposes. A three-member of the court’s Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order after dismissing two […]

Chinese smartphone market, world’s largest, shrinks

BEIJING, May 12 (NsNewsWire) — China’s smartphone market has reached saturation, according to a new study by industry analyst IDC that carries potentially significant implications for the global handset industry led by giants like Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. During the first quarter of 2015, smartphone shipments in the world’s most populous country […]

Robi brings free internet in partnership with Internet.org

DHAKA, May 10 (NsNewsWire) — Robi Sunday announced that it is the first mobile phone company in Bangladesh to partner with Internet.org, a Facebook-led initiative to provide connectivity to the two thirds of the world without internet access. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister for ICT Division, had played a very important role in bringing this […]