SYDNEY, Nov. 30--AsiaNet/InfoQuest CHANNEL SELECTION... TEL AVIV: RADWIN, provider of carrier class broadband wireless connectivity of TDM and Ethernet services, Tuesday announced its Automatic Channel Selection (ACS) feature for the WinLink 1000 broadband wireless system. http://www.radwin.com AIDS STANDARD... NEW YORK: In response to growing demand from its 200 member companies, the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBC) Tuesday announced the creation of the first measurement system for business and AIDS -- a new Best Practice AIDS Standard for corporate HIV/AIDS programs. http://www.businessfightsaids.org http://www.businessfightsaids.org/casestudies DATE EXTENDED... CALI, Colombia: Transtel Tenderco, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Transtel S.A., Tuesday announced that it has extended the expiration date of its offer to purchase all outstanding units, as described in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated October 28, 2005, to 8:00 a.m., New York City time, on December 13, 2005 unless such date is extended or earlier terminated. SIGNING CEREMONY... SINGAPORE: Mercer Human Resource Consulting Korea Limited (Mercer), a leading global human resource and benefits consulting firm, Wednesday announced that it is entering a strategic alliance with the Korea Development Bank (KDB), a leading bank in Korea. PAKISTAN DEAL... SYDNEY: PanAmSat Tuesday announced that CNBC Pakistan has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder deal for the distribution of its programming across Pakistan. http://www.panamsat.com LCD-TV DESIGNS... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: Tvia, Inc., a leading provider of multimedia digital display processors for advanced TV, emerging digital display and consumer electronics markets, Tuesday announced the completion of a successful three-day summit focused on the design and manufacturing of next generation LCD-TVs for 2006 & 2007. http://www.tvia.com PRICE INCREASE... READING, Pa.: EnerSys, the world's largest manufacturer, marketer and distributor of industrial batteries, Tuesday announced a general price increase of 6%. http://www.enersys.com STUDY DISCONTINUED... CO CORK: Tibotec Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Tuesday announced the discontinuation of a single exploratory open-label phase II study involving TMC125, a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI). http://www.tibotec.com STRATEGIC ALLIANCE... MELBOURNE, Fla.: Symetrics Industries of Melbourne, Florida, and PhotoTelesis of San Antonio, Texas, have formed a strategic alliance by combining their businesses as wholly owned subsidiaries of a newly formed entity, Symetrics Technology Group. http://www.symetrics.com http://www.phototelesis.com FILM FESTIVAL... SALT LAKE CITY: In the first of four program announcements, Sundance Institute Tuesday announced the line-up of films for the Independent Feature Film and World Cinema Competitions in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 19-29, 2006, in Park City, Utah. http://www.sundance.org CVRD ACQUIRES... RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) Tuesday announced that 42,117,999 common shares of Canico Resource Corp., including shares deposited by guaranteed delivery, representing 93% of the Canico common shares outstanding on a fully-diluted basis, were deposited to the offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Canico for CAD$20.80 in cash per Canico share as at the expiry time, 8:00 p.m. Toronto time on November 28, 2005. http://www.cvrd.com.br MADRID OPERATIONS... LOS ANGELES and MADRID, Spain: Futurestep, the recruitment outsourcing subsidiary of Korn/Ferry International, Tuesday announced that the company has opened operations in Madrid, Spain under the guidance of new Country Leader, Andres Fontenla. http://www.kornferry.com http://www.futurestep.com STENT SYSTEM... NATICK, Mass.: Boston Scientific Corporation Tuesday welcomed interim results from the independent, multicentre STENT registry that further demonstrate the efficacy and safety of Boston Scientific's TAXUS Express2 paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system among real-world patients with blocked coronary arteries. http://www.bostonscientific.com INT'L FORUM... BEIJING: SAI Global will join Motorola and Corning as a host sponsor of the global telecommunication industry's premier conference, QuEST Forum, to be held in Beijing, China on 1 December 2005. http://www.sai-global.com http://www.xlp.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.)