SYDNEY--18 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP... HONG KONG - Arrow Asia Pac Ltd. and Renesas TechnologySingapore Pte. Ltd., a sales subsidiary of semiconductormanufacturer Renesas Technology, have announced an extension oftheir distribution partnership, building upon the existingpartnership in Australia and New Zealand, by covering the ASEANand India markets. http://www.renesas.com http://www.arrowasia.com DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT... CONCORD, Mass. - Crossbeam Systems, Inc., the leader inunified threat management for the world's largest networks, hasannounced a distributor agreement with Digital China Limited,China's largest IT products distributor and systemsintegrator. http://www.crossbeamsystems.com STRATEGIC ALLIANCE... BEIJING - Frontier Silicon and Factum Electronics haveannounced a strategic alliance to supply broadcasters withcomplete broadcast solutions for mobile TV and digital radio. http://www.frontier-silicon.com http://www.factum.se TAIFEX ACCESS... CHICAGO, IL. - Calyon Financial now offers access to theTaiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX), becoming the firstforeign-owned broker to establish an omnibus account with theExchange. http://www.calyonfinancial.com http://www.calyon.com CONTENT PROCESSING... MARKHAM - Digital Rapids Corporation is pleased to have beenchosen to provide media content processing technology toStarwin Media Holdings Inc., a U.S.-based satellite and IPTVservice for the ethnic media market worldwide. http://www.digital-rapids.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae has announced that it will offer newissue 5-year Benchmark Notes via dealer syndicate and alsoreopen its 5.000 per cent 10-year Benchmark Notes due March 15,2016 via Internet-based auction. http://www.fanniemae.com DRUG TESTING... DETROIT, MI. - Asterand plc announced a new test that may beimportant in predicting problems before a drug is tested inlive human volunteers. http://www.asterand.com CORPORATE OFFICE... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - SearchGuy.com, Inc., a creativeprovider of multi-category search and advertising services,would like to announce a recently secured corporate officelocation. http://www.searchguy.com STEP-UP CONVERTER... SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Advanced Analogic TechnologiesIncorporated, a developer of power management semiconductorsfor mobile consumer electronic devices, announced the AAT1230,a new 2MHz, 18V, 100mA step-up converter optimized for poweringboth Organic LED and general purpose LCD and CCD modules inportable systems. http://www.analogictech.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)