March 6/RNewswire-AsiaNet REGISTER HERE! SINGAPORE: Provider of Internet hosting services, Webvisions Pte Ltd, plans to offer live domain name registration at Internet World, March 7-9, in Suntec City, Singapore, the company said today. COMMUNICATIONS DEAL.... TOKYO: InterWise, provider of live eLearning and collaboration software-based enterprise solutions, today announced a license agreement with NTT Communications Corporation NTT Com, to provide the InterWise system as a cross-enterprise solution to its corporate and educational customers from the 2nd quarter of 2001. SINGLE-CHIP RADIO.... AUSTIN: Silicon Laboratories Inc today introduced the worlds smallest, most Integrated GSM/GPRS Transceiver, aimed at bringing the wireless communications industry closer towards single chip radio. NEW MICROSOFT PRODUCT..... REDMOND: Microsoft Corp. today launched a new product, Visual Studio Net Open Tools Platform, providing developers, software and language vendors with the three core technologies critical for the operation of Microsoft Visual Studio. JAPANESE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY.... SANTA CLARA: Kinetics Group Inc, Daido Air Products Electronics Inc and Air Water Inc, have formed a joint venture, Kinetics Japan K.K, to develop, manufacture, market and sell a range of gas and chemical products to the Japanese electronics industry. PURCHASE OFFER.... TORONTO: Sherritt Coal, a partnership of Sherritt International Corporation and a subsidiary of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPPB), today announced that it expects to mail its Offer to purchase all of the outstanding Units and Convertible Debentures of the Luscar Coal Income Fund (Fund) by Thursday, March 8, 2001. GENTEX VISION..... ZEELAND: Gentex Corp, suppliers and developers of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors and commercial fire protection products, today launched a high-beam headlamp control technology, maximising a driver?s forward vision. NEW LOOK ANDERSEN.... CHICAGO: Global provider of professional services, Arthur Andersen, today changed its name to "Andersen", as part of a new global branding strategy, according to a press release. INTERNET PARTNERSHIP.... BOSTON: Internet consulting and services firm, Zefer, and NEC Corp, provider of Internet business solutions, communications equipment and software, have joined in a strategic partnership involving joint research & development, sales & marketing, the companies said today. DEAL FOR JOURNO?S... PARIS: Online news agency, EPNworld, and the U.S trade union for freelance writers, The National Writers Union, have signed a partnership deal, bestowing special privileges to members. MESSAGING MARKET TRENDS.... PALO ALTO: Independent consulting and market research firm, The Radicati Group Inc, today announced the findings of its study on market projections for Instant Messaging and SMS over the next three years. WINDOWS ENHANCED.... RESTON: W. Quinn Associates, Inc. today announced that it has licensed its StorageCentral SRM software technology to Microsoft Corp. for use with the Server Appliance Kit, enabling real-time storage resource management on Windows 2000-based server appliances. STORAGE NETWORKING... LONGMONT/YOKOHAMA: Chaparral Network Storage, today announced an agreement with Dia Semicon Systems to distribute a suite of the company?s storage networking products throughout Japan. FINANCIAL RESULTS.... DALLAS: InterVoice-Brite, provider of speech-enabled systems for enterprises and network service providers, today announced its preliminary fourth quarter results, with expected earnings per share of $0.18 - $0.20. SOFTWARE SIMPLIFIED... HONG KONG: Software infrastructure company, Simplified, today said the Beijing Bank City Network Co. Ltd will use the company?s Open Services Platform to deploy voice and data services for China Construction Banks credit and debit card customers in Beijing. MOTOROLA ON THE WEB... TEMPE: Motorola Manufacturing Solutions, a division of Motorola, Inc. today launched its new web site and changed its name from Motorola Manufacturing Systems to Motorola Manufacturing Solutions. WEB BROKER SCHEME.... HONG KONG: Boom Securities, Asias first Internet stockbroker, today announced its Deposit Insurance Protection (D.I.P) scheme, designed to protect assets held in individual accounts. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated press releases for worldwide clients. Contact: www.asianet.com.au for full-text versions).ASIANET