SYDNEY, Sept. 29 -- AsiaNet PREMIUM CHAMPAGNE... ADELAIDE: Prestige Champagne house, Laurent-Perrier, haschosen Australia's biggest wine and spirits company, OrlandoWyndham, as its Australian distributor, according to a pressrelease. INSTANT MESSAGING... NEW YORK: AgileMobile.com, a privately-owned developer ofmobility enabling software and solutions, has launched its nextgeneration instant messaging service for mobile devices, theAgile Messenger 3.0, a media statement said. www.agilemobile.com RFID PILOTS... BALTIMORE, Md.: VeriSign, Inc., a leading provider ofintelligent infrastructure services for the Internet andtelecommunications networks, has releaseed its EPC StarterService, which enables trading partners to begin using theEPCglobal Network to conduct pilot projects using RFID-drivenevent information, according to a press release. www.verisign.com EPCGLOBAL NETWORK... BALTIMORE, Md: VeriSign, Inc., a provider of intelligentinfrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunicationsnetworks, has released its EPC Application Developers Program,which creates a test environment for companies looking tointegrate the EPCglobal Network into their RFID-enabled supplychain management solutions, a media statement said. www.verisign.com NEXT-GENERATION SECURITY... OTTAWA & TOKYO: QNX Software Systems has announced thatMatsushita Electric Industrial Company of Japan, maker ofproducts under the Panasonic brand name, has chosen the QNXNeutrino realtime operating system for its latest generation ofsecurity products, according to a press release. www.panasonic.co.jp www.qnx.com CHINESE SCIENTISTS... PHILADELPHIA, Pa., and LONDON: Chinese researchers aremaking an impressive mark internationally, according to datarecently published in Science Watch, a bi-monthly newsletterrun by ISI, a Thomson scientific solution. www.sciencewatch.com www.thomson.com NORWAY TELECOMMUNICATIONS... PARIS: NetCentrex, an enabler of converged voice-video-datanetworks and next-generation services, and NextGenTel, anext-generation telecom company and number two broadband andxDSL operator in Norway, announced today that NextGenTel hasselected NetCentrex's MyCall Residential Communicationssolution to offer IP-based telephony services to residentialusers, a media statement said. www.netcentrex.net www.vp-pr.com INDIA 3G... SINGAPORE: The GSM Association has encouraged the IndianGovernment to maintain its alignment with the global communityand protect the International Telecommunications Union'srecommended IMT2000 core band for 3G services, a mediastatement said. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of one securities issue amounting to a total of US$100million on October 8 at a redemption price equal to 100 percentof the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest,according to a press release. http://www.fanniemae.com FUND RAISING... VANCOUVER, BC: ARC Pharmaceuticals Inc. has successfullyclosed a private financing of CDN $1.6 million, a mediastatement said. www.arcpharma.com JAPANESE WINS... HORSHAM, Pa.: Astea International Inc., a global provider ofservice management solutions, has announced that its newJapanese reseller, ITfor, has made significant progress sincebecoming its primary reseller in Japan in April 2004, includingsecuring accounts with MT Services Japan Co. Ltd. and TECEngineering Corporation, according to a press release. www.astea.com VIVA LAS VEGAS... LAS VEGAS, Nev.: A lighted souvenir replica of the famoussign on Las Vegas Boulevard that reads "Welcome to Fabulous LasVegas" can be purchased online at www.theWelcometoLVSign.com,for a recommended price of US$34.95, a media statement said. www.nevadacancerinstitute.org DISCOUNT RATES... EL SEGUNDO, Calif.: iSuppli Corp. is offering discount ratesfor registration with its business conference, Flat InformationDisplays 2004, according to a press release. www.isuppli.com SINGAPORE DEVELOPMENT... SINGAPORE: JTC Corporation - Singapore's leading industrialdeveloper and master planner - will launchRequest-for-Proposals for its business hotel and Biopolis Phase2 (a biomedical multi-tenanted building) developments inone-north, Singapore, on 29 September 2004, a media statementsaid. www.jtc.gov.sg www.one-north.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--