Dec. 12--PRNewswire/AsiaNet
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PACT...
SAN DIEGO: Optical technology specialists LightPointe today announced it has “signed Singapore-based Nera Telecommunications Ltd to its growing global roster of resellers and distributors”, a press release said. Nera Telecommunications will sell and support LightPointe's "Flight" optical transmission products throughout selected countries in the Asia Pacific.
CANCER TREATMENTS...
CAMBRIDGE: Millennium Pharmaceuticals today announced preliminary findings of a drug trial used to treat multiple myeloma, a bone marrow disease. The study results showed the drug halted the progression of the disease in “almost all study participants while reducing a primary marker of cancer severity in a significant number of patients …”, according to a press statement.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET...
HONG KONG: Communications company Marconi today reported sales success and increased market strength in the telecommunications markets of North Asia. The company announced it has taken orders from areas including Beijing, Inner Mongolia and Korea which “total over 10 Million pounds sterling”, a press statement said.
CD BURNING...
TOKYO: Digital media company Roxio Inc today announced “it has been chosen to provide CD recording capabilities for pressplay's music subscription service", according to a media release. Roxio will also be offering consumers digital music on “Roxio pressplay" online.
FRANKFURT AIRPORT...
FRANKFURT: Frankfurt Airport’s traffic decline has weakened since the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, it reported today. However, intercontinental traffic again recorded the biggest traffic declines, such as flights to Islamic states, North Africa and to the U.S.A.
POWER AGREEMENT...
SOUTHHAMPTON: Bowman Power Systems has teamed up with Schneider Electric under a new agreement announced today. The agreement “includes undertakings on distribution and technical collaboration in conjunction with an investment by Schneider Electric Ventures" which will “apply to global markets with a particular focus on secure power solutions" the release said.
POWER DISTRIBUTION...
SOUTHHAMPTON: Bowman Power Systems has signed a major new distribution agreement with Nedalo which will see Nedalo “distributing Bowman Power Systems throughout Europe, followed by the USA in phase two" according to a press release issued today. The service involves providing Combined Heat and Power.
ELECTRONIC FUNDS...
IRVINE: Payment Partners has announced the availability of its new international electronic funds transfer service, En’Point (SM). The new service streamlines the transfer of international royalty payments, and is now available for U.S franchises.
MEDICAL ALLIANCE...
DOYLESTOWN: Discovery Laboratories, Inc. and Quintiles Transnational Corp. have announced a sales and marketing alliance to commercialise a new treatment for infant respiratory problems. The product, Surfaxin(R), is currently in clinical trials and it is anticipated the companies will also collaborate on the treatment of adult respiratory problems, it was revealed today.
ARMS SALES...
MOSCOW: First Deputy General Director of Roxonbornexports, Sergei Chemezov, today said the company’s major task is to boost arms exports to Africa, the Arab countries and Latin America. While fighter aircraft accounted for the majority of Russia’s arms exports, Mr Chemezov said: “Our major task is penetrating new markets, conquering them, promoting Russian arms".
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