SYDNEY, March 26 -- AsiaNet
NIDEC STAKE...
HONG KONG: Nidec Corporation and Johnson Electric HoldingsLimited have agreed to transfer Nidec's 50 per cent stake intheir joint venture, Nidec Johnson Electric Corporation, toJohnson Electric.
BROADBAND SERVICES...
BEIJING: Motorola announced that the company has beenselected to supply broadband infrastructure technology to threecable network operators in the People's Republic of China.
EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING...
TAIPEI: The National Central University announced the firstglobal collaborative research network on 1:1 educationalcomputing among world topnotch e-learning researchers andsigned a MOU with HP Taiwan.
http://elnp.ncu.edu.tw
IA GLOBAL...
BURLINGAME: IA Global Inc. announced today it had completedthe acquisition of a 60.5 per cent equity share in Rex TokyoCo. Ltd., a privately held Japanese company on March 18,2004.
http://www.iaglobalinc.com
SURVEY RESULTS...
CINCINNATI: ElectronicDisplayCentral.com and Signs of theTimes magazine have announced the results of the second annualsurvey of Electronic Digital Signage - LED, LCD, plasma,projection, etc. Read a summary of the results below.
http://www.electronicdisplaycentral.com
VDSL TECHNOLOGY...
YAKUM, Israel: The Nasdaq-listed Metalink Ltd., a providerand developer of high performance wireline and wirelessbroadband communication silicon solutions, announced thatKorea's Core Communications Co. Ltd. will integrate Metalink'slong-reach Total-VDSL technology into its new broadband accessproduct family.
http://www.metalink.co.il
KPN NETHERLANDS...
SYDNEY: KPN, the Netherlands largest telecommunicationscompany and eServGlobal Ltd, a worldwide supplier ofindependent and flexible Intelligent Network systems, announcedthat KPN has contracted eServGlobal for the supply anddeployment of the 4GaIN (4th Generation all IN) system, whichwill manage the majority of calls for KPNs fixed-linenetwork.
http://www.kpn.com
GENE PORTFOLIO...
ADELAIDE: Bionomics Limited has filed a furtherinternational patent application that covers 496 proprietaryangiogenesis drug targets.
http://www.bionomics.com.au
SNOWSHORE NETWORKS...
NEEDHAM: Brooktrout Inc. and SnowShore Networks announcedthat Brooktrout has agreed to acquire the outstanding capitalstock of SnowShore Networks, a provider of Voice over IPcommunications infrastructure products for the media server andmedia firewall markets.
BANK OPENS...
KABUL: The ING Institutional and Government Advisory grouptoday announced that the Afghanistan International Bank hascommenced operations after receiving an approved businesslicence on March 22, 2004.
NEW MODELS...
CAMBRIDGE: Global Graphics Software, a subsidiary of GlobalGraphics S.A. and a worldwide developer of printing andpublishing software, has signed a multi-year agreement toprovide its Jaws RIP technology for Sharp color multi-functiondigital printers and copiers.
http://www.sharp.co.jp
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