SYDNEY, Aug. 12--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
RAIN AID...
SYDNEY: Following the torrential monsoon rains two weeks ago
that left more than 1000 people dead in India's Maharashtra
state and the region's infrastructure in chaos, SAI Global
Limited has donated $5000 to Red Cross in India to assist
relief work in the flood-stricken city of Mumbai.
www.sai-global.com
FRANKFURT AIRPORT...
FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Germany's largest airport continued to
boom in July; for the first time in the history of the airport
more than 5 million passengers were welcomed at Frankfurt
Airport. 5,002,618 passengers passed through this hub of
international air traffic - a 5.2 per cent increase compared to
the previous year.
CINEMA INFORMATION...
SYDNEY: Australian cinema chains launch an SMS information
service that understands plain English requests sent via
text.
www.village.com.au
www.greaterunion.com.au
www.startcorp.com
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED...
SAN DIEGO, Calif: QUALCOMM Incorporated, a developer and
innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other
advanced wireless technologies, announced that it will acquire
Flarion Technologies, a developer of Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplex Access (OFDMA) technology and the inventor
of FLASH-OFDM technology for mobile broadband Internet protocol
(IP) services.
www.qualcomm.com
IRISH BROADBAND...
RICHARDSON, Texas: Irish Broadband has announced the
expansion of its wireless broadband service in Ireland using
pre-WiMAX technology from Navini Networks, Inc.
www.irishbroadband.ie
ALCAN RESTRUCTURES...
MONTREAL: Alcan Inc. has announced changes in two of its
packaging business sectors aimed at improving their positions
in their respective market segments.
PATENT LITIGATION...
NEW YORK: Network-1 Security Solutions, Inc. announced that
it has initiated patent litigation against D-Link Corporation
and D-Link Systems, Incorporated in the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, for
infringement of United States Patent No. 6,218,930.
www.network-1.com
POOLWERX NZ...
AUCKLAND: Australia's PoolWerx has identified New Zealand as
the platform for offshore expansions plans and will be in
Auckland today (12 August) to test the waters with interested
local investors.
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