SYDNEY--14 Mar--AsiaNet/Infoquest PLDT SELECTS... SYDNEY: Clarity International Pty Ltd, Asia Pacific'sleading supplier of telecommunications Operational SupportSystems (OSS), has announced a new contract with the PhilippineLong Distance Telephone Company (PLDT). Tier-1, PLDT hasselected Clarity as the strategic OSS platform fortransformation of its Fixed Line Network to a Next GenerationNetwork. http://www.clarity.com ADVANCED ENERGY... SHANGHAI: Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. has announcedthat it will feature its Aera PI-980 seriespressure-insensitive mass flow controller during SEMICON China2006. The company also will showcase its Navigator DigitalMatching Network and the Litmas RPS 1501 and 3001 remote plasmasource platform at the exposition, held March 21-23 at theShanghai New International Expo Center in Shanghai, China. www.advanced-energy.com NEUSTAR ANNOUNCES... SAN JOSE: NeuStar, Inc. has announced it has entered intorelationships with Hong Kong Internet Exchange and JapanInternet Exchange Co. Ltd., to offer SIP-IX, the firstcomprehensive suite of services designed to enable directnetwork-to-network peering between trading partners for voice,video and content services using Session Initiation Protocol(SIP)-based technologies. http://www.neustar.biz http://www.jpix.ad.jp http://www.hkix.net NEW DATA... ATLANTA: Patients with bifurcated lesions, which are lesionsthat are spread into two parts at a common vessel juncture andare often difficult to treat, experienced a low rate of seriousevents at six-months with the CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting CoronaryStent regardless of the stenting strategy, according to newmulti-centre, randomized clinical trial data presented at the2006 American College of Cardiology Scientific Session. http://www.cordis.com http://www.cypherusa.com SONUS NETWORKS... CHELMSFORD, Mass.: Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplierof service provider Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructuresolutions, has reported its financial results for the fourthquarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. http://www.sonusnet.com HIV TREATMENT... ABBOTT PARK, Ill.: Following the announcement of the U.S.government's new public-private initiative for pediatric AIDStreatment, Abbott pledges its support and active engagement inthe initiative to create solutions to advance treatment forchildren with HIV. http://www.abbott.com http://www.kaletra.com ALCAN ANNOUNCES... MONTREAL: Alcan Inc. has announced that Dick Evans hasassumed the role as the Company's eighth President and ChiefExecutive Officer. Mr. Evans subsequently announced the newstructure and composition of Alcan's Executive Committee. www.alcan.com AVIAN FLU... TORONTO: Avian flu is spreading rapidly in the birdpopulation, but it is still extremely difficult for humans tobecome infected. According to Dr. Sherry Cooper, ChiefEconomist, BMO Nesbitt Burns, there is a good deal ofmisinformation triggering unnecessary fear and economic cost.Human infection generally requires direct exposure to sick ordead poultry. www.bmonb.com LUMINARY MICRO... AUSTIN, Texas: Luminary Micro, Inc., which makes ARM-basedSOCs, will hold its first online press conference on Monday,March 27, 2006. The company will be announcing how its entranceinto the embedded world will change that industry. Interestedattendees need to register now in order to attend andparticipate in question-and-answer sessions. http://www.luminarymicro.com http://www.LuminaryMicro.com/PressConference http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html MORAL PARADOX... PHOENIX: A new website uses neuroscience research and anaturalistic approach to moral psychology to explain how thestory of civilizations is also the story of abiologically-induced moral paradox, the paradox of the good,and how it endlessly shapes and reshapes the religious,political and economic landscapes of the world. http://www.christianwellbeing.com http://www.rationalwellbeing.com W.P. STEWART... HAMILTON: W. P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. has announced that JohnC. Russell, currently Deputy Chairman of the Board ofDirectors, has been appointed President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer, on an interim basis, following Henry B. Smith'sdecision to resign, as President and Chief Executive Officer,for health reasons. http://www.wpstewart.com INDEX LAUNCHED... NEW YORK: RBC's Alternative Assets Group, a leading providerof structured product solutions for hedge fund investors, and abusiness unit of RBC Capital Markets, has announced the launchof the RBC Hedge 250 Index, a broadly-diversified andrepresentative investable hedge fund index. www.rbchedge250.com LICENCE VERIFICATION... BUFFALO: World DLA, Inc., a Buffalo-based firm, hassuccessfully developed the world's first "real time" driver'slicense validation service, a patent pending technology thathelps clients determine quickly, accurately and inexpensivelywhether a driver's license is valid or not. www.aaafoundation.org www.worlddla.com KDDI SELECTS... CHELMSFORD, Mass.: Sonus Networks, a leading supplier ofservice provider voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions,has announced that KDDI, a leading telecommunication serviceprovider in Japan, selected Sonus Networks as the exclusivevendor for their convergence-enabled packet voice network. http://www.kddi.com/english http://www.sonusnet.com ANALOGICTECH ANNOUNCES... SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Advanced Analogic TechnologiesIncorporated (AnalogicTech), a developer of power managementsemiconductors for mobile consumer electronic devices, hasannounced the highly integrated AAT4295 and AAT4297 RGBcontrollers. http://www.analogictech.com ATRIUM MEDICAL... HUDSON, N.H.: ATRIUM MEDICAL CORPORATION is proud toannounce that it has become a major sponsor of the TCTMDwebsite. In addition to becoming a major TCTMD sponsor, ATRIUMhas also agreed to sponsor a new area of the site created byTCTMD dedicated to covered stents. http://www.atriummed.com http://www.tctmd.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.