SYDNEY, June 30--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
INDIAN OFFICE...
TEL AVIV: RADWIN, provider of carrier class broadband
wireless connectivity of TDM and Ethernet services, has
announced the opening of a regional sales office in Delhi,
India. The Indian office will enhance RADWIN's current sales
activities in the emerging Indian wireless market along with
providing technical support capabilities, in line with RADWIN's
standards of excellent and prompt Customer Service.
http://www.radwin.com
GSM HANDSET...
IRVINE: Hop-on, Inc. and Hop-on Mobile India Private
Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of India,
announced that Hop-on is offering a dual band (900/1800 MHz)
GSM cell phone targeted for the India market that will be
available for as low as 1500 Rupees (approximately US$34.50) in
quantities of at least 100,000 units.
http://www.Hop-on.com
RIVER ECOSYSTEMS...
BURNABY: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 will mark the announcement
of World Rivers Day, the first initiative to mobilize a global
response addressing the urgent need for improved management and
conservation of river ecosystems worldwide while at the same
time celebrating the value of our international waterways.
CHANGED NAME...
TOKYO: Pascal Trading Co., Ltd. announced that the company
will change its name to Ahresty Techno Service Corporation
effective July 1, 2005. The company will also unveil a new
corporate Web site to go online at 6:00 a.m. on the date of the
name change.
http://www.pascalnet.co.jp
http://www.ahresty-tec.jp
NETWORK SECURITY...
MOSCOW: ElcomSoft, a global leader in password recovery
solutions, has released Proactive Password Auditor 1.5, a
password audit and security test tool that makes it easy for
NT4/2000/XP/2003 systems administrators to identify and close
security holes in their networks. By running Proactive Password
Auditor regularly, managers can have peace of mind that the
basic lock on their networks is secure.
http://www.password-auditor.com
EQUITY INDEX...
TOKYO: FTSE Group (FTSE), the global index provider,
announced a revision of the FTSE Kaigai Index, an international
equity index designed by FTSE for Japanese investors, to
exclude Advanced Emerging Markets.
http://www.ftseall-world.com
http://www.ftse.com/kaigai
HEPATITIS B...
BASEL: Results published in the prestigious New England
Journal of Medicine have led the study authors to recommend
PEGASYS as a first-line treatment for chronic hepatitis B. The
results show that patients with the most common form of chronic
hepatitis B are more likely to achieve lasting remission if
they are treated with PEGASYS (peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD))
compared with lamivudine, a current standard of care.
www.roche.com
www.thenewsmarket.com
HOTEL OPENS...
MADRID: The product of an unprecedented collaboration, the
Hotel Puerta America brings together nineteen of the world's
finest architects and designers for the first time in history
to create a space that will fire the imagination and stir the
senses. The dream will come true on June 30, 2005, when the
hotel opens to the public in Madrid.
www.hotelpuertamerica.com
PAYMENT SYSTEM...
VICTORIA: Jason Mugford, Vice President, Global Business
Development is delighted to announce that Custom House has won
the 2005 Vancouver Island Technology Center product of the year
award for VISTA, the company's online foreign exchange payment
system.
www.customhouse.com
NEW PARTNERS...
NEW YORK: Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP and its affiliated
partnerships have named 28 new partners in five U.S. offices
and London, effective as of July 1, 2005 and bringing to 601
the number of partners at the firm. One of the world's largest
full-service law firms, Sidley has more than 1,550 lawyers
practicing in 14 domestic and international cities.
NEW CEO...
OTTAWA: Corel Corporation, a top ten global packaged
software brand, announced the appointment of David Dobson to
Chief Executive Officer. Dobson succeeds Amish Mehta, who will
be elevated to the role of Chairman.
http://www.corel.com
IDENTITY MANAGEMENT...
EDINBURGH: Axios Systems , a leading provider of Best
Practice-based consolidated IT Service Management software
solutions, announced a global agreement with M-Tech Information
Technology, Inc., adding its market-leading Identity Management
Suite to Axios' best-of-breed integrated solutions offering.
http://www.axiossystems.com
http://www.mtechit.com
FAITH, FAMILY...
ATLANTA: After setting an attendance record of 140,000 from
more than 55 countries at the Georgia Dome, and reaching 314
million homes in 235 countries worldwide in 2004, MegaFest is
back and bigger than before. On August 3 - 6, Men, women and
children from around the globe will converge on Atlanta's top
venues, including the Georgia Dome and Philips Arena.
http://www.Mega-Fest.com
http://www.DeMossNewsPond.com/MegaFest
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY...
BUDAPEST: Microsoft Corp. has released the predictions of
its Office Information Worker Board of the Future, a group of
12 university students representing 10 countries who gathered
here last week to debate technology trends, interpret research
data and share their perspectives on the imperatives for
information technology in the next decade.
http://www.microsoft.com
VISTO EXPANDS...
REDWOOD CITY: Visto Corporation, a leading global provider
of secure push mobile email, has announced a significant
expansion of its Asia Pacific operations to support new market
growth in Asia with the opening of a world-class development
center and sales offices in China and Japan, and the
appointment of Antoine Blondeau as senior vice president and
general manager of the Asia-Pacific region.
http://www.visto.com
PSORIASIS PATIENTS...
MADISON: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth, has
announced that phase III data published in the June 2005 issue
of the British Journal of Dermatology demonstrate that ENBREL
(etanercept) provided psoriasis patients with more rapid
improvement and a better response at 12 weeks when the highest
dose (50 mg twice weekly) was used, compared to a continuous
25-mg twice-weekly dose.
http://www.wyeth.com
CONTRACTS SIGNED...
WILTON: Startech Environmental Corporation, a fully
reporting company, announced that it has signed two contracts
for multiple Plasma Converter Systems with Ercole Marelli
HiTech srl of Milan, Italy, for more than $40 million with
payments from Ercole Marelli to begin by July 29, 2005.
http://www.startech.net
http://www.ercolemarelli.com
COMMERCIAL LAUNCH...
RICHARDSON: Ultranet2go, a newly formed division of ZOMA
Telecom of Mexico and Navini Networks, Inc., the leading
provider of non-line-of-sight, zero-install personal wireless
broadband network equipment, have announced the commercial
launch of service in Puebla, Mexico.
2-PORT SWITCH...
SAN JOSE: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in Ethernet,
analog, and high bandwidth communications IC solutions, has
announced the KS8842M, the industry's first 2-port Ethernet
device, with a third port that can be directly connected to
microprocessors through a generic 8-or 16-bit (Micrel's
KS8842-16MQL) or 32-bit (Micrel's KS8842-32MQL) bus
interface.
http://www.micrel.com
BITUMEN SUBSTITUTE...
MELBOURNE: An Australian research and development company
has developed what it claims is a world first, commercially
viable, non-petroleum-based, asphalt bitumen substitute for
roads. It is made from the waste material derived in refining
sugar cane, molasses.
http://www.ecopave.com.au
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