June 19--PRNewswire/AsiaNetFAMILY MATTERS FOR DATA SERVICES... HONG KONG: Asia Global Crossing today said that it has struck a deal with its parent company, Global Crossing, to expand its data services business plan, acquiring IXNet's and IPC's Asian operations, together with rights to the Australian and New Zealand markets, selling 26.8 million of its shares, in exchange.TELCO EXPANDS IN CHINA... HONG KONG: Asian telco systems provider, CommVerge Solutions Limited, today announced its new project for China's Guangxi Telecom, to improve its multimedia email system. EUROPEAN NETWORKS ADVANCE... BROOMFIELD: McDATA Corporation, the open storage network provider, has opened an office in Basingstoke, United Kingdom, to consolidate its position in Europe, the company said today.EC ORDERS SALE... ZURICH: Aluminium manufacturer, Alcan Inc, will sell its U.K lithographic sheet production plant, Star Litho, to comply with the European Commission's divestment stipulations over the proposed Alcan-Alusuisse Group merger.INDIAN TELCO MARKET BRIDGED... MANCHESTER: Hutchison Max Telecom Ltd will upgrade its mobile services in India to meet market demand, using Omvia technology's prepaid billing platform, a news release from the company's parent, InterVoice Brite announced today.CAMBODIA'S TAX-FREE FUEL... ATLANTA: CFI Inc will buy a 70 per cent stake in Dragon Gold, a company holding a 70 year lease on a duty free airport zone in Cambodia, the company has said.EXPRESSO ON THE WEB... HONG KONG: "expresso", a proprietary web-based customer relationship email product, will be served on the Web by chinadotcom corporation to expand their direct online marketing, according to a news release circulated today.DIGNITARIES SALUTE ROUND SQUARE... TORONTO: A glowing list of dignitaries, King Constantine, Prince Andrew, Nelson Mandela, and Sonia Gandhi, today named Mr J Guest the new executive director of Round Square, the worldwide association of schools championing achievement beyond the academic, in community service, adventure and international understanding.DIGITISING CHINA: CONTRACT COUP... GUANGZHOU: Interactive TV software provider, Liberate Technologies, today said it has formed a joint-venture with Global Net Broadband Inc, to sell digital TV-geared set-top boxes to millions of subscribers in China.INTERACTIVE TV GETS BOOST... SINGAPORE: Liberate Technologies has chosen Broadcast Asia 2001 to platform the first Asian-language double-byte support software for interactive television services, the company announced in a news release.ASIAN-AMERICAN CONNECTION... SINGAPORE: A new Hawaiian-based satellite teleport will connect the United States with Asia, the device's operators, Transvision International said today.DIGITAL SPECTRUM ROLLOUT... SYDNEY: Motorola will contribute its radio access network covering Sydney and Brisabane, to Hutchison Telecommunications 3G spectrum roll-out, the company has announced. INTERNET IS NOW GUARANTEED... NEW YORK: Concert, the global communications infrastructure provider, today said it will add extensive service level guarantees (SLG's) to its full gamut of data and Internet products.FIREWALL ENHANCEMENT... TOKYO: Internet Initiative Japan has today launched a new virtual private network as an optional extra to its firewall security service.BIGGEST SUM WON... CARLSBAD: Callaway Golf Company staff pro, Rachel Teske, has been crowned victor of the Evian Masters over the weekend, earning the largest winnings ever in womens' golf, the company said today. (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).