Feb., 25 -- PRNewswire / AsiaNet
EXCHANGE FORUMS...
FOSTER CITY, Calif. & TOKYO: Equinix, Inc., the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, Wednesday announced that it will host two new events in the company's ongoing Gigabit Peering Forum series, featuring networking experts from Juniper Networks, Electronic Arts and Sony Online.
http://www.equinix.com
DRUG COLLABORATION...
ADELAIDE: Bionomics Limited Wednesday announced that it had signed a letter of intent with the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) to establish a drug discovery collaboration in the field of ion channels.
http://www.bionomics.com.au
QBE RESULT...
SYDNEY: QBE Insurance today announced a 105% increase in profit after tax for the year ended 31 December 2003, up from $279 million to $572 million.
http://www.qbe.com
AVIATION EDUCATION...
QUEENSLAND: Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has announced plans to develop the Asia Pacific region's first dedicated onairport education and training precinct.
www.sd.qld.gov.au/aviation2004
AVIATION HOTSPOT...
QUEENSLAND: Australia TradeCoast has emerged as an aviation and aerospace hotspot having attracted significant investment from the sector during 2003.
www.sd.qld.gov.au/aviation2004
LANDING GEAR...
SINGAPORE: New York-listed AAR Wednesday announced at Asian Aerospace 2004 the signing of a landing gear service contract with Vietnam Airlines.
http://www.aarcorp.com
CARDIAC SAFETY...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.: Quintiles Transnational Corp. Wednesday announced the creation of Integrated Cardiac Safety Services, designed to meet the increasing demand for cardiac safety data in the drug approval process.
http://www.quintiles.com
http://www.quintiles.com/cardiacsafety
QUEENSLAND DAY...
SINGAPORE: Leaders in world aviation are invited to attend Queensland Day at the Queensland trade stand at Asian Aerospace 2004 on Thursday 26 February 2004.
www.sd.qld.gov.au/aviation2004
LINEAR REGULATOR
MILPITAS, Calif.: Sipex Corporation, a leading provider of high performance, analog integrated circuits (ICs), Wednesday introduced two, new low voltage options for its premium 500mA low dropout linear regulator (LDO).
http://www.sipex.com
PHONE THEFT...
CANNES: The GSM Association (GSMA) and leading manufacturers including Alcatel, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, Sagem, Siemens and Sony Ericsson Wednesday announced agreement on measures to drastically reduce the theft of mobile phones in the world.
http://www.gsmworld.com
PATENT POOL...
CANNES: VoiceAge Corporation is pleased to announce the conclusion of a joint patent pool for the AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate) narrowband codec, an ETSI and 3GPP ratified standard, with Ericsson and Nokia.
http://www.voiceage.com
MICRON TECHNOLOGY...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & HSIN-CHU: NVIDIA Corporation Wednesday confirmed that it will be one of the first semiconductor companies to manufacture select up-coming graphics processing units (GPUs) using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's 0.11 um (micron) process technology.
http://www.tsmc.com
http://www.nvidia.com
IP TELEPHONY...
PARIS & CAGLIARI: NetCentrex, the leading enabler of converged voice-video-data networks and next-generation services, and Tiscali, the European Internet Communications Company, Wednesday announced the signing of a partnership for the launch of residential broadband telephony services across Europe.
http://www.tiscali.com
WORKSTATION GRAPHICS...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, Wednesday unveiled the NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1000, a mobile workstation graphics solution delivering the industry's fastest performance on key benchmarks.
http://www.nvidia.com
BAYPACKETS APPOINTMENT...
FREMONT, Calif.: BayPackets, Inc., a provider of enhanced voice and data solutions for wireless, wireline and cable operators, Wednesday announced that it has named Bill Waters as its new Vice President of Global Sales.
http://www.baypackets.com
COMMERCIAL BATTERIES...
NEW DELHI: Arizona-based EaglePicher Incorporated and local partner SAR Silicon Systems Pvt. Ltd. are working together to bring the latest in battery technology to India.
http://www.eaglepicher.com
BAT RESULTS...
LONDON: British American Tobacco Tuesday announced results for the year ended 31 December 2003.
http://www.bat.com/
DEVICE MANAGEMENT...
CANNES: Motorola Tuesday introduced the Device Management System, its newest technology for operators to update and configure mobile devices over the air.
http://www.motorola.com
http://www.4thpass.com
http://www.3gsmworldcongress.com/congress
CTRIP RESULTS...
SHANGHAI: Ctrip.com International, Ltd., a leading consolidator of hotel accommodation and airline tickets in China, Tuesday announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year ended 31 December 2003.
http://www.ctrip.com
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