SYDNEY, Oct. 10--AsiaNet/InfoQuest IT PARTNER... SINGAPORE: Equinix, Inc., the leading provider ofnetwork-neutral data centres and Internet exchange services,has announced that AsiaSoft Online Pte. Ltd., an online gamepublisher and distributor, will deploy the company's IToperations within Equinix's Singapore Internet BusinessExchange centre. LICENSING AGREEMENT... DALLAS: Quickoffice, Inc. has announced a licensingagreement with Nokia that will include Quickoffice - theaward-winning Series 60 office software suite - on the Series60 Platform offering, providing users of Series 60 smartphoneswith easy and fast access to their native Microsoft Word,Excel, and PowerPoint files. http://www.quickoffice.com http://www.series60.com BRAZIL PLANT... SAO PAULO: Goodyear Engineered Products has opened its newoffshore oil hose plant here with President Tim Toppen, SaoPaulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin and Santana de Parnaiba MayorJose Benedito Fernandez participating. http://www.goodyear.com http://www.GoodyearNewsRoom.com ALCAN HOSTS... MONTREAL: Alcan Inc. has announced that it is hosting theExecutive Forum on Climate Change, a special working meetingwith the Right Honourable Paul Martin, Prime Minister ofCanada, and more than 20 top executives from the country'sleading companies. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae has announced that it will offer anew issue of 3-year Benchmark Notes via dealer syndicate andreopen its 4.375 per cent 10-year Benchmark Notes due October15, 2015 via Internet-based auction. http://www.fanniemae.com AGENT AGREEMENT... IRVING: Sniffex, Inc., producers of Sniffex, an explosivedetection device, has announced the signing of an exclusivemarketing agreement with Light Aircraft Pty Ltd. Light Aircraftwill be the exclusive agent for Sniffex, Inc. in Australia, NewZealand, and Singapore. http://www.sniffex.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$25million on Oct 20, 2005 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com DESIGN FESTIVAL... SINGAPORE: The first international design festival to beheld in Singapore will bring zeal, passion and energy fromlocal and international designers through more than 100 eventsbetween 9 and 23 November 2005. www.mica.gov.sg www.beyondsummit.sg www.singaporedesignfestival.com www.asiamediafestival.com www.creativeyouthxchange.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)