SYDNEY, June 16 -- AsiaNetTHAI INVESTMENT... BANGKOK: The Board of Investment (BOI) has announced anumber of new measures to facilitate and increase investment inindustries throughout Thailand. FRANKFURT AIRPORT... FRANKFURT AM MAIN: As in previous months, FrankfurtAirport's (FRA) passenger figures rose noticeable again in May2004. www.fraport.de NAB APPOINTMENTS... HONG KONG: The National Australia Bank (NAB) has announcedtwo new senior appointments in Asia. LYNNTECH INDUSTRIES... COLLEGE STATION, Texas: Lynntech Industries, Inc., adeveloper of fuel cell test solutions, announced that it hassecured $5.5 million in series A equity financing. www.lynntechindustries.com NETCRACKER TECHNOLOGY... WALTHAM, Mass: NetCracker Technology, a provider of OSS andIT Infrastructure Management solutions, announced that it iskicking off a global employee recruitment and hiring campaignin the wake of its recent market successes and the growingglobal demand for the NetCracker OSS solution. www.netcracker.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of one securities issue amounting to a total of US$20million on June 25, 2004 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. www.fanniemae.com TOYODA GOSEI... AICHI: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. announced today that all ofits business activities throughout the world will be unitedunder one common "Toyoda Gosei" brand identity in celebrationof its 55th anniversary. MAXICANA AIRLINES... MEXICO CITY: Mexicana Airlines announced today that as ofJuly 1, 2004, it would launch daily non-stop service betweenJFK Airport and Mexico City. www.mexicana.com CALIFORNIA MICRO... MILPITAS, Calif: California Micro Devices announced thesampling of Chip Scale Package (CSP) Application SpecificIntegrated Passive (ASIP) devices with 0.40mm pitch and 0.25mmCSP solder balls to key strategic customers. www.calmicro.com AIRLINE SECURITY... CLEARWATER, Fla: SkyWay Communications Holding Corp. mayhave created what could be the next sophisticated level ofhomeland security in many years for the airline industry. www.skywayaircraftsecurity.com POWER MEASUREMENT... VICTORIA: Power Measurement, a global provider of enterpriseenergy management systems, today announced the appointment ofControl Logic of Brisbane as an authorized distributor of thecompany's ION web-ready software and intelligent energy metersfor Australia. www.pwrm.com BROADSOFT INC... GAITHERSBURG, Md: BroadSoft Inc. has announced that Ericssonand BroadSoft have signed a global OEM agreement to integratecomponents of BroadSoft's BroadWorks technology into Ericsson'sIMS based Engine Multimedia 2.0 (EMM 2.0) solution. www.broadsoft.com ACT TELECONFERENCING... DENVER, Colo: ACT Teleconferencing, Inc., an independentworldwide provider of audio, video and web-based conferencingproducts and services, today announced it has formed apartnership with Beijing-based telecommunications carrier ChinaNetcom (CNC). www.acttel.com LJ INTERNATIONAL... HONG KONG & LOS ANGELES: LJ International, Inc. todayprovided new guidance for sales and earnings for 2004 and2005. www.ljintl.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)