SYDNEY, Oct. 5 -- AsiaNet
AGREEMENT SIGNED...
SINGAPORE: Singapore Telecommunications Limited has signed an agreement with
Virtela Communications Inc., a global network solutions company, to provide
seamless IP network services. This will improve enterprise network reach for
customers of both companies.
http://www.singtel.com
http://www.optus.com.au .
http://www.virtela.net
ECONOMIST APPOINTED...
LONDON: ING Financial Markets today announces the appointment of Rob Carnell
as senior economist and director to its 25-strong Global Economics team, with
effect from 18th October. He will have responsibility for covering developed
economies and markets, with particular emphasis on the Eurozone and Japan.
Based in London, he reports to Mark Cliffe, global head of economics and
strategy research.
DTCP-IP STREAMING...
TOKYO: Digital 5, Inc. a leading software provider enabling streaming of
multimedia content throughout the connected home, today announced it has
successfully implemented streaming of DTCP-IP for secure access of protected
content.
http://www.digital5.com
OMEGA AMBASSADOR...
BIEL: Prestige Swiss watch brand Omega today announces that Oscar-winning
actress Nicole Kidman is to join the brand's family of ambassadors for its
important markets in the Far East.
LICENSE AGREEMENT...
SAN FRANCISCO: OpenTV Corp., one of the world's leading interactive
television companies, and Austar United Communications , a leading subscription
television provider in Australia, have signed a network license agreement
allowing OpenTV to continue to supply its broad range of interactive television
applications and products, and in addition, will develop and license a suite of
broadcast associated applications.
www.sec.gov
http://www.austarunited.com.au
http://www.opentv.com
AFFILIATION AGREEMENT...
LONDON: Interval International and the Beijing Jin Lu Xiang Vacation
Development Corporation Ltd (part of the Royale Marketing Group) have entered
into an affiliation agreement for the Chinese-based company's newly launched
Absolute Private Residence Club.
www.resortdeveloper.com
www.R-M.biz
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND...
HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. announced today that it has declared a
regular quarterly dividend of US$0.30 per common share. The dividend is payable
on 29 October 2004 to shareholders of record as of 15 October 2004.
http://www.wpstewart.com
FIRST PRODUCTS...
MILPITAS: California Micro Devices today announced the availability of the
CM1406 and CM1407, the first products in a new family of packaged
electromagnetic interference filter arrays with electrostatic discharge
protection.
http://www.calmicro.com
LONG-DISTANCE CONNECTIVITY...
MINNEAPOLIS: CNT, the global expert in storage networking solutions, today
announced that CNT's extension products have completed qualification with
Hitachi's new TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform.
http://www.cnt.com
OPTIMISATION SOLUTION...
MOUNTAIN VIEW: Bytemobile, the company dedicated to delivering pure,
optimised access to network operators, service providers and enterprises, today
announced that NTT DoCoMo has deployed Bytemobile's optimisation solution in
its core network to enable faster end-user access and more cost efficient
delivery of applications such as web browsing and email.
http://www.bytemobile.com
MICREL ANNOUNCEMENT...
SAN JOSE: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in Power, Connect and Protect IC
solutions, today announced the MICRF506, a true single chip FSK transceiver
solution designed to operate in the unlicensed 433MHz ISM band.
http://www.micrel.com
SOLAR TOWERS...
MELBOURNE: Cornerstone investment secured from China into US based Solar
Tower developer, SolarMission Technologies, Inc has been finalized in a push to
develop Solar Tower power stations in China.
www.solarmissiontechnologies.com
www.enviromission.com.au
SURVEY RESULTS...
LONDON: The September Bloomberg Retail Purchasing Managers Index Eurozone
survey results will be released on Wednesday, 6 October 2004.
http://www.bloomberg.com
ETHERNET NETWORKS...
HONG KONG: Lucent Technologies and Riverstone Networks today announced that
they have reached an agreement to partner to deliver complete carrier-class
Ethernet solutions for new and existing carrier networks.
www.lucent.com/riverstone
http://www.lucent.com
DRUGSTORE SHOW...
TOKYO: Every year, the Japan Association of Chain Drug Stores holds the
"Japan Drugstore Show," a prodigious exposition of the grandest scale in the
industry. This year marks the fifth year of the Drugstore Show, which grows in
scale each year. And the momentum of incoming applications this year is even
more intense than it was last year. During the three days, 100,000 visitors are
expected.
http://www.jacds.gr.jp
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