SYDNEY, May 5--AsiaNet/InfoQuest VIDEO SERVICE... LAS VEGAS, Nev.: Virtela, a global network solutions company, and LifeSize, the high definition video communications company, Thursday announced their partnership to provide the first high definition video communications solution available as a fully managed service. http://www.lifesize.com http://www.virtela.net CONFERENCE SPEAKERS... WELLINGTON: Software Education Thursday announced the lineup of speakers presenting at STANZ (Software Testing Australia/New Zealand) Conference running 25-26 August in Canberra and 22-23 August in Wellington. http://www.softed.com REGIONAL REBRANDING... SYDNEY: Premiere Global Services Inc., a leading global provider of communication technologies that simplify business processes, has announced the Asia Pacific regional rebranding of its two global communication divisions, Premiere Conferencing and Xpedite. http://www.premiereglobal.com LINE-UP CONFIRMED... LONDON: Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc., Wednesday confirmed the line-up of amazing game titles to be unveiled and demonstrated on the Gizmondo multi-entertainment device at this year's mammoth E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles, which runs from 18-20th May. http://www.tigertelematics.com http://www.gizmondo.com PEPSICO DIVIDEND... PLANO, Texas: The Board of Directors of PepsiCo Wednesday declared a quarterly dividend of $0.26 per share on PepsiCo common stock. http://www.pepsico.com WAFER READER... DULUTH, Ga.: DVT Corporation Wednesday unveiled its new Wafer Reader product, priced at US$4995, at the SEMICON Singapore Show. http://www.dvtsensors.com ASIA-PAC FUND... LONDON: CVC Capital Partners (CVC) Wednesday announced that it has raised US$1.975 billion from a range of international institutional investors and high net worth individuals to fund investments in companies based in the most developed economies of the Asia Pacific region (Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan). TRIAL RESULTS... LONDON: AstraZeneca Wednesday announced that a first analysis of data from the SAINT I trial involving more than 1,700 patients shows a statistically significant reduction versus placebo on the primary outcome of disability after an acute ischemic stroke, as measured by the Modified Rankin Scale (MRS). http://www.astrazenecapressoffice.com BAT PROFIT... LONDON: British American Tobacco plc Wednesday released its financial results for the quarter ended 31 March 2005 showing the group booked operating profit of 582 million pounds sterling, down 4 per cent from the same period a year earlier. SHARE ACQUISITION... SINGAPORE: Flextronics Wednesday announced its proposal to delist its India-based subsidiary Flextronics Software Systems Limited ("FSS"), previously known as Hughes Software Systems Limited, by purchasing all of its outstanding publicly-held shares. http://www.flextronics.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)