SYDNEY, April 27--AsiaNet/InfoQuest MCI AWARDED... ASHBURN, Va. - MCI, Inc. today announced it received twoprestigious industry awards for Secure Data Center of the Yearand Data Center Manager of the Year from AFCOM, theprofessional association of data center managers andprofessionals, and Network World magazine. http://www.mci.com HNS PARTNER... HONG KONG - HNS (Hong Kong) Ltd. and Crescendo Networks Ltd.today signed an agreement naming HNS as Crescendo Networks'partner in Hong Kong and Macau. http://www.crescendonetworks.com BROADBAND SATELLITE... GERMANTOWN, Md. - Hughes Network Systems today introducedthe DW7000 family of next-generation broadband satelliterouters. http://www.hns.com LEADERSHIP AWARD... WASHINGTON - The Electronic Industries Alliance named Dr.Chang-Gyu Hwang, president & chief executive officer,Semiconductor Business, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, as the2005 recipient of the Alliance's Leadership in Technology andInnovation Award at a special EIA luncheon here today. http://www.eia.org CMOS CAMERAS... GRENOBLE - Atmel Corporation announced Tuesday theintroduction of a new areascan CMOS camera family dedicated toindustrial machine-vision applications. http://www.atmel.com BROADBAND TV... NEW YORK - Bloomberg Television has been added to nowBroadband TV, the pay-TV service from Hong Kong's PCCW. http://www.bloomberg.com GIZMONDO AGREEMENTS... LONDON - Gizmondo Europe Ltd is pleased to announce thatpreliminary agreements for more than 120,000 units of Gizmondohave already been signed for the six-week launch period acrossmany of the largest retailers and wholesalers in Germany,Austria and Switzerland from 19th May. http://www.gizmondo.com http://www.tigertelematics.com FRANKFURT AIRPORT... FRANKFURT - Frankfurt Airport has once again been chosen asthe world's "Cargo Airport of the Year 2005" by Air Cargo News,the renowned international trade publication. http://www.fraport.de CRESCENDO NETWORKS... TEL AVIV - Crescendo Networks, Ltd. unveiled enhancements toits award-winning Maestro Application Delivery Platform,further boosting web data center application performance,efficiency and economy. http://www.crescendonetworks.com IT MANAGEMENT... TOKYO - NTT Communications announced immediate availabilityof its Global IT System Management Service in North America andEurope. http://www.ntt.com/index-e.html (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)