Feb., 18 -- PRNewswire / AsiaNet
BONSO SALES...
HONG KONG: Bonso Electronics International, Inc reported net income of $2,105,000 or $0.37 per share (diluted) on revenues of $58,340,000 for the nine months ended 31 December 2003. The result represents an increase of 103 percent in net income and 69 percent in revenues.
http://www.bonso.com
CABLE SERVICE...
SANTA CLARA: Broadband access provider Terayon Communication Systems, Inc said its Terayon BW 3500 DOCSIS(R) 2.0 Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) and Terayon TJ 735x cable modems have been selected by Jupiter Telecommunications, the largest broadband and cable service provider in Japan based on the number of customers served.
http://www.jcom.co.jp/corporate/english.html
PHOTO DETECTOR...
MILPITAS, Calif.: Sipex Corporation, a provider of high performance, analog integrated circuits (ICs), unveiled its latest photo detector IC, custom-designed to enable low-profile DVD-writable drives. The IC uses proprietary hologram-laser optimized photo detector array to capture light and drives 4 high-speed data detection channels, 2 medium-speed channels, and 2 slow channels.
http://www.sipex.com
AIRPORT EXPANSION...
FRANKFURT: Darmstadt administrative district has requested more information about the documentation Fraport submitted for the zoning procedure on a planned expansion of Frankfurt Airport, Fraport AG said in a statement. In September 2003, Fraport submitted over 10,000 pages of text and 750 plans for the zoning procedure on FRA's expansion to the administrative district.
http://www.presseportal.de
INDIAN OFFICE...
WILMINGTON, N.C.: PPD, Inc, a provider of discovery and development services and products for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies, said it has opened a new office in Mumbai to provides patient recruitment and clinical monitoring for Phase II-IV studies in key therapeutic areas.
http://www.ppdi.com
FANNIE MAE:
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae announced that it will redeem the principal amount indicated of a number of securities issues t a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
http://www.fanniemae.com
HILFIGER AD...
NEW YORK: Tommy Hilfiger unveiled today his highly anticipated new H Hilfiger advertising campaign featuring rock icon David Bowie and supermodel wife Iman in their first-ever campaign together. The sleek new campaign for spring 2004 features the superstar couple wearing the recently launched premium apparel line, H Hilfiger.
http://www.tommy.com
PHONE PLATFORM...
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill, AND SEOUL: PrairieComm, Inc., a principal developer and supplier of 3G baseband processors and software, and Mtekvision, a developer and supplier of leading- edge image processors for embedded cameras for cellular phones, announced the FronTier100, a 100 euro bill of materials UMTS/GPRS/GSM reference phone platform.
http://www.prairiecomm.com
http://www.mtekvision.com
SUPPLY CHAIN...
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. & SEOUL: Boomi, Inc., the leader in taking the cost and the complexity out of trading partner and system integration, and HEC Co., Ltd., a provider of supply chain management consulting and implementation services, announced a strategic alliance for HEC to represent Boomi's integration software in the Korean market, and for HEC to represent Boomi in business development activities with Korean companies. http://www.execonsulting.com
http://www.boomi.com
SCARLETT JOHANSSON
NEW YORK: Actress Scarlett Johansson will be the face for a new Calvin Klein fragrance launching globally in Fall 2004, Calvin Klein Cosmetics Company announced actress Scarlett Johansson will be the face for a new Calvin Klein fragrance launching globally in Fall 2004.
WIRELESS ACQUISITION...
ATLANTA: Cingular Wireless LLC, a joint venture between SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC) and BellSouth Corp. (NYSE: BLS), has announced an agreement to acquire AT&T Wireless (NYSE: AWE), creating the premier wireless carrier in the United States.
http://www.cingular.com
http://www.attwireless.com
PROTOCOL ANALYZER
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif: Catapult Communications Corporation has offered its first protocol analyzer product, Chameleon. The new product builds on Catapult's longstanding experience and expertise in digital communications test systems.
http://www.catapult.com
RETIRING CHAIRMAN...
SINGAPORE: Asia's largest telco-independent Internet Communications Service Provider by geographic reach, Pacific Internet or PacNet announced that Mr. Ko Kheng Hwa is retiring as Director and Chairman of the Board on 18 February 2004. He will be succeeded as Chairman of the Board by Ms. Low Sin Leng, current Deputy Chairman of the Board.
http://www.pacnet.com
RECORD SALES...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. said business momentum and sales growth continued to be strong in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004, driven by increases in comparable store sales and new store openings.
http://www.krispykreme.com
WEBLOGIC PORTAL...
TAIPEI: Application infrastructure software company BEA Systems, Inc. announced that AIM Trimark Investments, one of Canada's largest mutual fund companies, has built its Advisor Web site on BEA WebLogic Portal(TM).
MEDIA SOLUTIONS...
SEATTLE, Wash. & LONDON: RealNetworks(R), Inc. today unveiled a new family of products that will enable content providers to seamlessly create and deliver RealAudio(R), RealVideo(R), and standards-based content, to the world's rapidly expanding mobile subscriber base.
http://www.realnetworks.com
MOBILE PLATFORM...
SEATTLE, Wash. & LONDON: RealNetworks(R), Inc. the leading creator of digital media services and software, today announced that leading European mobile operators are choosing RealNetworks' Helix(TM) Universal mobile platform as the foundation to launch new video and audio content services over their 2.5G and 3G networks.
DELIVERY SUITE...
SEATTLE, Wash. & LONDON: RealNetworks(R), Inc. The leading creator of digital media services and software, today announced the general availability of the new Helix(TM) Service Delivery Suite and the next generation of Helix Universal Server and Universal Gateway mobile.
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