SYDNEY, March 31--AsiaNet/InfoQuest EQUINIX EXPANSION... SINGAPORE - Equinix, Inc., the leading provider ofnetwork-neutral data centres and Internet exchange services,today announced the expansion of Equinix Command Center (ECC),a suite of managed services for the management and monitoringof enterprise-level information systems and networkinfrastructure in the Asia-Pacific market. MCI MERGER... ASHBURN, Va. - MCI, Inc. today said that it received revisedproposals from Verizon and Qwest. After a review of bothproposals MCI's Board of Directors accepted Verizon's revisedoffer. MCI and Verizon have amended their February 14, 2005merger agreement accordingly. GRISOFT DISTRIBUTION... MAPLEWOOD, N.J. - Grisoft, a world leader in the developmentof anti-virus solutions, today announced that it has expandedits global presence by announcing that Avalanche TechnologyGroup will distribute the company's AVG product line inAustralia and New Zealand. http://www.grisoft.com http://www.avalanche.com.au GOODRICH ASSEMBLY... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Goodrich Corporation has announced thatits Sydney, Australia-based Customer Services site will performthe assembly and test of fore and aft uplocks (part of theaircraft's weapons bay door drive system) for all versions ofthe F-35 Joint Strike Fighter during the system development anddemonstration phase of the program. http://www.goodrich.com LENOVO AGREEMENT... HONG KONG - Lenovo Group Limited has announced an agreementwith three of the world's leading private equity firms, TexasPacific Group, General Atlantic LLC and Newbridge Capital LLC,to provide Lenovo with a US$350 million strategic investmentfor its acquisition of IBM's PC business. http://www.lenovo.com GIZMONDO STOCKISTS... LONDON - Gizmondo Europe Ltd has confirmed that major retailgroups, John Lewis Partnership, The Carphone Warehouse andGameStation will be stocking the Gizmondo from this weekend,following the successful launch of its own Regent Streetflagship store on 19th March. http://www.gizmondo.com http://www.tigertelematics.com http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/entertainment http://www.johnlewis.com FUEL CELLS... MILAN and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc. hasannounced it will begin accepting orders for its new 5 kWPowerFlow hydrogen fuel cell system at the 2005 Hannover Fairtaking place in Hannover, Germany from April 11-15. http://www.nuvera.com EXECUTIVE POLL... LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Nearly half (44 per cent) of almost2,000 global executives surveyed plan to continue working pastthe age of 64, with 15 percent planning to work past 70,according to the latest Executive Quiz from Korn/FerryInternational, the premier provider of executive search,outsourced recruiting and leadership development solutions. http://www.ekornferry.com http://www.futurestep.com http://www.kornferry.com PEPSICO APPOINTMENTS... PURCHASE, N.Y. - PepsiCo has announced the promotion of twoof its senior most executives to lead its North Americanbeverage and food operations, effective immediately andreporting directly to Chairman and CEO Steve Reinemund. http://www.pepsico.com MICREL MULTIPLEXERS... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Micrel, Inc., an industry leader inanalog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet ICsolutions, has launched a family of precision, low-jitterLVPECL buffers and multiplexers that provide a superioralternative to the industry standard 100EL and 100EPxxx logicdevices. http://www.micrel.com TVIA BOARD... SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Yves Faroudja, whose inventionsrelated to video image quality pervade the television worldfrom the studio to the VCR to the TV display, has joined theboard of directors of Tvia, Inc. http://www.tvia.com RAPTOR SHIPMENT... SANTA ANA, Calif. - Raptor Networks Technology, Inc.,announced the initial shipment of production ER-1010 switchesto Mentor Technologies Pty Ltd. in Sydney, Australia. http://www.raptor-networks.com SEARCH APPLICATION... TORONTO and OSLO, Norway - ACIS Consulting Inc, a leadingCanadian reseller and systems integrator of powerful searchsolutions from Fast Search & Transfer, has announced therelease of RapidAnswer, the first partner-designed anddeveloped Search Derivative Application for Self Service. http://hugin.info/134564/R/986737/147425.pdf http://www.fastsearch.com http://www.acisconsulting.com CLSA APPOINTMENT... HONG KONG - Rob Morrison, Chief Executive Officer of CLSAtoday announced the appointment of Philip Crotty as Head ofInvestment Banking at CLSA.http://www.clsa.com GUAM CONFERENCE... TUMON - Hundreds of U.S. and foreign business leadersconverged at the Marriott Hotel in Guam for a two-dayconference to join a wide range of initiatives furthering theeconomic diversification of this westernmost U.S. Territory. http://www.santangelogroup.com PLAYSTATION 2... LONDON - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announcedan exclusive licence deal with Twentieth Century Fox to bringthe acclaimed show '24' onto PlayStation 2. http://www.playstation.com http://www.scee.com QUALCOMM SUBSIDIARY... TAIPEI - QUALCOMM Incorporated, pioneer and world leader ofCode Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wirelesstechnology, announced the appointment of an executivemanagement team for the newly formed QUALCOMM MEMS TechnologiesInc., a wholly owned subsidiary of QUALCOMM. http://www.qualcomm.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)