SYDNEY, Sept. 29 -- AsiaNet
PREMIUM CHAMPAGNE...
ADELAIDE: Prestige Champagne house, Laurent-Perrier, has
chosen Australia's biggest wine and spirits company, Orlando
Wyndham, as its Australian distributor, according to a press
release.
INSTANT MESSAGING...
NEW YORK: AgileMobile.com, a privately-owned developer of
mobility enabling software and solutions, has launched its next
generation instant messaging service for mobile devices, the
Agile Messenger 3.0, a media statement said.
www.agilemobile.com
RFID PILOTS...
BALTIMORE, Md.: VeriSign, Inc., a leading provider of
intelligent infrastructure services for the Internet and
telecommunications networks, has releaseed its EPC Starter
Service, which enables trading partners to begin using the
EPCglobal Network to conduct pilot projects using RFID-driven
event information, according to a press release.
www.verisign.com
EPCGLOBAL NETWORK...
BALTIMORE, Md: VeriSign, Inc., a provider of intelligent
infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications
networks, has released its EPC Application Developers Program,
which creates a test environment for companies looking to
integrate the EPCglobal Network into their RFID-enabled supply
chain management solutions, a media statement said.
www.verisign.com
NEXT-GENERATION SECURITY...
OTTAWA & TOKYO: QNX Software Systems has announced that
Matsushita Electric Industrial Company of Japan, maker of
products under the Panasonic brand name, has chosen the QNX
Neutrino realtime operating system for its latest generation of
security products, according to a press release.
www.panasonic.co.jp
www.qnx.com
CHINESE SCIENTISTS...
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., and LONDON: Chinese researchers are
making an impressive mark internationally, according to data
recently published in Science Watch, a bi-monthly newsletter
run by ISI, a Thomson scientific solution.
www.sciencewatch.com
www.thomson.com
NORWAY TELECOMMUNICATIONS...
PARIS: NetCentrex, an enabler of converged voice-video-data
networks and next-generation services, and NextGenTel, a
next-generation telecom company and number two broadband and
xDSL operator in Norway, announced today that NextGenTel has
selected NetCentrex's MyCall Residential Communications
solution to offer IP-based telephony services to residential
users, a media statement said.
www.netcentrex.net
www.vp-pr.com
INDIA 3G...
SINGAPORE: The GSM Association has encouraged the Indian
Government to maintain its alignment with the global community
and protect the International Telecommunications Union's
recommended IMT2000 core band for 3G services, a media
statement said.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of one securities issue amounting to a total of US$100
million on October 8 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent
of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest,
according to a press release.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FUND RAISING...
VANCOUVER, BC: ARC Pharmaceuticals Inc. has successfully
closed a private financing of CDN $1.6 million, a media
statement said.
www.arcpharma.com
JAPANESE WINS...
HORSHAM, Pa.: Astea International Inc., a global provider of
service management solutions, has announced that its new
Japanese reseller, ITfor, has made significant progress since
becoming its primary reseller in Japan in April 2004, including
securing accounts with MT Services Japan Co. Ltd. and TEC
Engineering Corporation, according to a press release.
www.astea.com
VIVA LAS VEGAS...
LAS VEGAS, Nev.: A lighted souvenir replica of the famous
sign on Las Vegas Boulevard that reads "Welcome to Fabulous Las
Vegas" 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 rates
for registration with its business conference, Flat Information
Displays 2004, according to a press release.
www.isuppli.com
SINGAPORE DEVELOPMENT...
SINGAPORE: JTC Corporation - Singapore's leading industrial
developer and master planner - will launch
Request-for-Proposals for its business hotel and Biopolis Phase
2 (a biomedical multi-tenanted building) developments in
one-north, Singapore, on 29 September 2004, a media statement
said.
www.jtc.gov.sg
www.one-north.com
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