SYDNEY, July 21 -- AsiaNet SHARES DE-LISTING... BEIJING: China Cable and Communication, Inc., a leading China-based cable TV company, Wednesday announced it has engaged legal counsel in Germany to de-list its stock from any and all foreign exchanges. http://www.chinacable.us SHAREHOLDERS MEETING... ATLANTA, Ga. & HONG KONG: Ross Systems Inc. and CDC Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary and software division of chinadotcom corporation, Wednesday announced the meeting date of Ross Systems shareholders to vote on its Board of Directors' recommendation to approve the merger with chinadotcom corporation. http://www.corp.china.com ONSITE SERVICES... SHENZHEN: BroadenGate Systems, Inc., one of China's fastest growing software outsourcing companies, Wednesday announced that on June 22, 2004, it secured two long term contracts from China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited to provide onsite services on software development and testing. http://www.chinamobilehk.com WLAN PA... TAIPEI: RF Integrated Corp. (RFIC), a leading Wireless RF component manufacturer, Wednesday announced that its 802.11b WLAN power amplifier - AP1092 will be packaged with TI chipsets for making HP's new smartphone h6300, the first consumer model smartphone with three wireless technologies of GSM/GPRS, 802.11b Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 1.1 in one package. http://www.rfintc.com SARS PROTECTION... BURLINGTON, Vt.: Triosyn Corp., a developer of products aimed at protecting against microbial threats, Wednesday announced that tests conducted by Health Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory show that Triosyn T-1000 Series Respirators protect against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). http://www.triosyn.com http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca PAYMENT SOLUTION... ZURICH: Bluewin, a subsidiary of Switzerland's largest telecommunication provider Swisscom Fixnet, and Webpay International AG, the parent company of the German market leader in online-payments, FIRSTGATE Internet AG, introduce the Internet payment solution Click&Buy in Switzerland. http://www.webpay-international.com WLAN CHIPSETS... TOKYO: IceFyre(TM) Semiconductor, Inc. will demonstrate wireless local area network (WLAN) chipsets that support next-generation WLAN-enabled multimedia products on July 21-23, 2004 at the Wireless Japan 2004 being held at the Tokyo International Exhibition Centre. http://www.icefyre.com FAMILY FOUNDATION... SEATTLE, Wash.: Bill Gates, co-founder and trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wednesday announced that he will pledge to the family foundation all of his proceeds from a decision announced by Microsoft Corp. to issue a one-time, special stock dividend. HYDROGEN FUEL... LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.: Air Products' hydrogen fueling technology was placed into use on Monday for the first time at a retail site in Asia as BP Singapore held a public launch ceremony to officially open its hydrogen filling station, located in the eastern suburb area of Singapore. http://www.airproducts.com FIRST PRODUCTION... OKLAHOMA CITY: Kerr-McGee China Petroleum, Ltd., a wholly owned affiliate of Kerr-McGee Corp., announced that it achieved first production from four wells at its development of the CFD 11-1 and CFD 11-2 fields on block 04/36 in Bohai Bay, China, on July 18. http://www.kerr-mcgee.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of two securities issues amounting to a total of US$141.542 million on July 30, 2004 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com PHISHING PREVENTION... ADDISON, Texas: Wireless & Mobile Solutions, Inc. (WMS), a leader in wireless technology marketing, has introduced a mobile solution to prevent phishing. http://www.wireless-mobile.com/ http://www.handsetmedia.com http://www.soprano.com.au SALE AGREEMENT... IRVINE, California: Edison Mission Energy (EME) and its parent Edison International Tuesday announced that EME had entered into an agreement to sell its 51.2 percent holding in Contact Energy Ltd. to Origin Energy Limited for NZ$5.67 per share, or total consideration of NZ$1,674.7 million. http://www.edisonnews.com MICROPOWER REGULATOR... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in Power, Connect and Protect IC solutions, Tuesday launched its latest micropower low dropout regulator, the MIC5253. http://www.micrel.com TRITON ATMS... LONG BEACH, Miss.: Triton, the leader in off-premise ATMs, Tuesday announced that it will open the Triton Standard interface specifications for availability to the many manufacturers emulating Triton ATMs. http://www.tritonatm.com STRONG GROWTH... BASEL: Novartis has released strong first half 2004 results, with group sales rising 14.9 per cent on-year to US$13.6 billion. www.novartis.com TELEDATA WINS... AMSTERDAM: Teledata Networks, a leading provider of wireline access products and network solutions for telecom operators and service providers worldwide, was a winner in a tender issued by Kazakhtelecom, the ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) of Kazakhstan. www.teledata-networks.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.)--InfoQuest (PP)--