SYDNEY, May 21 -- AsiaNet SOLARIS ASIA... SINGAPORE & SANTA CLARA, Calif.: Continuing to deliver onits promise to provide high-performance, affordable systems,Sun Microsystems, Inc. has posted dramatic growth in the AsiaPacific in software application availability on the SolarisOperating System, according to a press release. www.sun.com BREWCHAT-ENABLED HANDSETS... SEOUL: QUALCOMM Incorporated, pioneer and world leader ofCode Division Multiple Access digital wireless technology, andCuritel Communications, a leading South Korean manufacturer ofCDMA wireless phones, are planning to develop new handsets tosupport QUALCOMM's BREWChat push-to-chat solution, according toa press release. www.qualcomm.com CVRD STOCK... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce's Board ofDirectors has approved the forwarding of the Stock SplitProposal to be considered in the Extraordinary Shareholders'Meeting, which will be scheduled to convene soon, according toa press release. www.cvrd.com.br FAST SEARCH... OSLO: Industry analyst group Gartner, Inc. has positionedFast Search & Transfer, a developer of enterprise search andreal-time alerting technologies, in the Leaders quadrant of itsnewly released 2004 Enterprise Search Magic Quadrant Report,according to a press release. www.fast.no TELLABS & AFC... NAPERVILLE, Ill. and PETALUMA, Calif.: Tellabs, a company specialising in bandwidth management andoptical transport, has entered into an agreement to acquireAFC, a company specialising in access, a media statementsaid. www.tellabs.com www.AFC.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)