Dubai / WAM Leading mobile satellite services operator Thuraya Telecommunications Company today launched a dedicated M2M service and terminal that is available across its extensive coverage area and for the first time over North America. The new Thuraya FT2225 Medium Data Rate (MDR) fixed terminal works on ViaSat’s mobile satellite services network, using ViaSat’s L-band high capacity satellite system. It ...

ABU DHABI / WAM On the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the Khalifa Foundation is continuing the campaign, “UAE Response to Syrian Families and Affected Lebanese,” estimated to number 100,000, in ...

Dhaka / AFP Bangladesh’s central bank chief resigned on Tuesday, after hackers stole $81 million from the nation’s foreign reserves in one of the biggest bank heists in history, the finance minister said. The audacious cyber-theft has embarrassed the government, triggered outrage in the impoverished country and raised alarm over the security of the country’s foreign exchange reserves of over ...