Oct 5--PRNewswire/AsiaNetBROADBAND ALLIANCE... HONG KONG: Satellite broadband company, Speedcast Limited, today said it has entered several new broadband partnerships to expand its network across the Asia and the Middle East. The network would include Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Bahrain, India, Indonesia, the Maldives, Laos, Hong Kong, Mongolia and Australia, a media statement said.AUTOMOTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE... IRVINE: Hydrogen fuel storage tanks designed and manufactured by Quantum Technologies will be used in a Ford pick-up truck competing in a challenge honouring environmentally innovative cars - the Michelin Bibendum Challenge, the company has announced.UNIQUE SEAWEED... DARTMOUTH: A company producing seaweed cultivation technology - Acadian Seaplants Limited - has been honoured with the Canadian Innovation Award from the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association, a news release reported today. The land-based cultivation system and pink, green and yellow colourings of the Hana-nori product line is unique in the world and sold exclusively to the Japanese food market, the company said.CHURCH COUNSELS... SALT LAKE CITY: President Gordon B. Hinkley of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints addressed a global audience within minutes of the U.S. military strike against Afghanistan, a media release from the organisation said today. The address would be available at www.media.lds.org.MOBILE TECHNOLOGY... HONG KONG: Taiwanese mobile operator, Mobitai, will adopt a wireless instant messaging platform devised by Black Octopus, the company said today. Features of the service will include "community and buddy lists, buddly online alerts and iconic displays showing the user's mood" a press release said.CORPORATE JAPAN... TOKYO: Two key Internet communications companies, Internet Initiative Japan and Crosswave Communications Inc, will collaborate with the Japan Research Institute to provide data centres for the Japanese corporate sector from January 2002.AUDIO PRESENTATION... CAMBRIDGE: Millenium Pharmaceuticals will transmit its October 11 address to the New York UBS Warburg Global Life Sciences Conference live by audio, the company announced today.FULL FLIGHT SCHEDULE... ATLANTA: Delta Air Lines will operate its full flight schedule of more than 2,060 domestic and international flights from October 8, according to a media release. FINANCIAL RESULTS: DEARBORN: Automotive component supplier, Visteon Corporation, will release its third quarter 2001 financial results on October 19, ahead of a conference call to further analyse the figures. HAMILTON: W.P Stewart & Co Ltd today declared a quarterly dividend of $US 0.30 per common share, payable on October 31. (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).