June 5/PRNewswire-AsiaNetOPTICAL COMPANY GETS GREEN LIGHT... SAN DIEGO: LightPointe, the optical transmission equipment manufacturer, today said that it has received the patenting rights for its all-optical networking technology from the U.S Patent & Trademark Office.PRINTING CIRCUIT DOES PROMOTIONAL CIRCUIT... TOKYO: Electro Scientific Industries Inc has chosen the Japan Printed Circuit Association Show from June 6-8 to showcase its latest product, the dual head microvia drilling platform, according to a company news release.SPONSORS CONGRATULATE DRIVER... CANTON: Steel product manufacturers, the Timken company, today congratulated their sponsored driver, Kenny Brack, on his second straight Championship Auto Racing Team win at the Miller Lite 225 in Milwaukee.LICENCE GRANTED TO TELCO... TOKYO: The Japanese Government has granted global communications company, Sprint, a telecommunications licence to own and operate a Tokyo metropolitan facility, the company said today.IT EDUCATION GETS INJECTION... MELBOURNE: Lyne Kosky, the Victorian Minister for Post Compulsory Education, Training and Employment, today announced that Box Hill Institure would be a world player in IT education, after being certified with Super Cisco Training Centre status for the Asia-Pacific region. VIDEO CONFERENCING PARTNERSHIP... HONG KONG: Greater China's leading internet protocol (IP) carrier, Diyixian.com Ltd, said today that it will partner with Polycom Inc, provider of global broadband communication solutions, to consolidate its position in the video conferencing market. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, ranslated press releases for worldwide clients. Contact: www.asianet.com.au for full-text versions).