SYDNEY, Jan. 11--AsiaNet/InfoQuest GLOBAL EXPANSION... OVERLAND PARK - Sprint (NYSE: FON) announces the expansionof its global SprintLink(SM) Internet protocol (IP) network toIndia as a part of continuing efforts to serve the globalcommunications needs of U.S.-based and global multinationalcorporations. http://www.sprint.com http://www.sprintworldwide.com iTV SERVICES... TOKYO - ACCESS Co., Ltd., a global provider of mobilecontent delivery and Internet access technologies, announcedthat its NetFront(TM) browser Digital TV Profile has beenchosen by Alticast Corp. to be included in Alticast'sinteractive television (iTV) services. http://www.access-us-inc.com www.alticast.com BROADBAND SERVICES... BETHESDA - IMAKE, the major provider of solutions andservices that enable the seamless delivery and management ofinteractive and on-demand broadband services, announced thatits open architected software now supports more than 20 millioncable television subscribers. http://www.imake.com JAPAN OFFICE... OTTAWA - Semiconductor Insights, the leader in technical andpatent analyses of integrated circuits and structures, todayannounced that it has opened a Japanese office and hired Mr.Takashi Harashima as Country Manager. www.semiconductor.com WIRELESS GAMES... LONDON - Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville,Florida based Tiger Telematics Inc, and TGTL announced it willdevelop Buena Vista Games' "TRON 2.0" for the wireless,handheld Gizmondo platform. http://www.gizmondo.com http://www.tigertelematics.com WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae Announces New Issue 5-Year BenchmarkNotes(R) http://www.fanniemae.com VoIP SERVICES... PARIS - eircom announced it has chosen Cisco, the world-wideleader in networking and NetCentrex, the leading enabler ofconverged voice-video-data networks and next-generationservices to deploy Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) servicesin Ireland as part of a development programme worth EUR10million over 5 years. http://www.eircom.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 1 securities issue amounting to a total of US$50million on January 20, 2005, at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com CHIP SENSOR... GRENOBLE - Atmel(R) Corporation, a global leader in thedevelopment and fabrication of advanced semiconductors,announced today that its AT77C104B FingerChip(R) sensor hasbeen integrated into the new HP iPAQ hx2700 Series Pocket PC. http://www.atmel.com MICROSOFT ANNOUNCEMENT... SINGAPORE - With widespread adoption of the new legalframework guaranteeing Asia Pacific (APAC)-wide recognition ofelectronic signatures, Microsoft Corporation and WISeKey todayannounced an unprecedented growth in the deployment of PKI(public key infrastructure framework), a jointly developeddigital signature solution based on Microsoft Windows Server2003, in APAC. http://www.wisekey.com/pressrelease/mswkasiapacific.htm RETAIL INDEX... LONDON - The Bloomberg Retail Purchasing Managers'Index(PMI), a monthly survey indicating economic conditions in theEurozone retail sector one month ahead of government figures,today reported a slight improvement in month-on-month salesvalue figures in December. www.bloomberg.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)