SYDNEY--17 Feb--AsiaNet/ InfoQuest
BUSINESS PACT...
BARCELONA: WeDo Technologies, a leader in revenue and business assurance solutions, today announced it has signed a joint partnership with Meucci Solutions, the Belgian specialist in quality monitoring systems between mobile networks, to deliver a new Roaming Managed Service.
http://bit.ly/gUPOg3
IP MESSAGING...
BARCELONA: Airwide Solutions, the leading provider of next-generation mobile messaging and security solutions, has announced the successful trials and planned launch of IPm, Airwide's IP messaging solution.
http://www.airwidesolutions.com
http://bit.ly/i8uMK9
CASIO'S WINGS...
TOKYO: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., announced on Feb. 16 that it has renewed its contract with the Red Bull Racing Formula One team to continue serving as a Red Bull Racing Team Partner for the 2011 season.
http://bit.ly/fOvPQ7
OFFICIAL DOCTORATE...
KUALA LUMPUR: His Highness Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al-Nuaimi, supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman, United Arab Emirates (UAE) was conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (Human Capital Development) by International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) for his contributions to the development of the Ummah and Muslim World.
http://bit.ly/fTQQUj
BANK PLANS...
GENEVA: Union Bancaire Prive (UBP) is rolling out its strategy in Asia by appointing Stephan Repkow as CEO of UBP Private Banking in the region, based in Singapore.
http://www.ubpbank.com
http://bit.ly/eYTLtc
MOBILE AWARD...
BARCELONA: EDMI and Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR; TSX: SW) are pleased to announce that the two companies were awarded the GSMA Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Innovation for Utilities at the 2011 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
www.edmi-meters.com
www.sierrawireless.com
http://bit.ly/hQZ9c4
POLITICAL LEADERS...
ISTANBUL: Leaders of two of the world's principle Muslim majority democracies, Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak and the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Ali Babacan are coming together with leading religious, business and youth leaders on Wednesday 23rd February in a public call for moderate Islam to stand up and be counted.
http://bit.ly/eAbY0l
STUTTERING FOUNDATION...
MEMPHIS: Jane Fraser, president, The Stuttering Foundation, issued the following reaction to the upcoming Oscar awards.
http://www.stutteringhelp.org
http://bit.ly/fkJHwc
EDUCATION SOFTWARE...
DALLAS: ATERAS announced today that it has been selected by the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), to perform conversion and modernization services for over 20 of UCSB's legacy mainframe-applications including its mission-critical Student Information System from SAG Natural/ADABAS to Microsoft C#/SQL Server.
http://bit.ly/g3FDRA
MOBILE MARKET...
SAN FRANCISCO: Plex, a leading three-screen media center (PC, TV and mobile) provider, today announced the availability of Plex for Android mobile devices.
http://www.plexapp.com
http://bit.ly/gmoFbg
LAB PROJECT...
BANGALORE: Avesthagen Limited announced completion of a landmark project for the development of AvestaDHA(TM) - a vegetarian source of DHA (docohexanoic acid) omega 3 essential fatty acid based on an innovative approach using naturally occurring microalgae.
http://www.avesthagen.com/docs/pr150211.pdf
http://bit.ly/fIzgcv
BINARY TRADING...
LONDON: anyoption, the world's largest binary options trading platform, is officially launching today its mobile application in both app store and Android market. The lean and high performance app allows all the functionality that is available for online users and is available in six languages: English, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian and Turkish.
http://www.anyoption.com
http://bit.ly/g8BSXz
TRIAL PATENT...
CHADDS FORD, PA, and BELLEVILLE, Ontario: Endo Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ENDP) and Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX and ASX: BNC), today announced enrollment of the first patient in the second Phase III clinical trial of Urocidin(TM).
www.Bioniche.com
www.endo.com
http://bit.ly/frBiAy
FIBRE TECHNOLOGY...
MELBOURNE: Future Fibre Technologies (FFT), the world leader in fibre optic intrusion detection, in conjunction with one of its key System Integrators has been awarded the perimeter protection of a sensitive military airbase in Asia-Pacific.
www.fftsecurity.com
http://bit.ly/fx6880
PRODUCTION EXPANSION...
TAIPEI: MiTAC Precision Technology Corporation, an international supplier of specialized plastic and metal mechanical parts, announced today that it is planning to expand the production scale of its plants in Vietnam over the short term, increase the supply rate in this plant area, and thus raise MiTAC Precision's competiveness through lower-costing production in Vietnam.
www.mitacmpt.com
http://bit.ly/fAAGDr
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