SYDNEY--6 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuestINDIAN AVIATION... LAS VEGAS and SINGAPORE - Globalysis Ltd. issued a forecasttoday of expected growth in India's aviation market, to be oneof the fastest growing in the world, for the years 2007/2008. http://www.globalysis.com VERISIGN INDIA... BANGALORE and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - VeriSign, Inc., theleading provider of intelligent infrastructure services forInternet and telecommunications networks, today announced theopening of its new India headquarters in Bangalore, India. http://www.verisign.com NOTEBOOK INNOVATION... TAIPEI - First International Computer and VIA Technologies,Inc, and PC platform solutions, today unveiled the LM7WV modelnotebook - The first FIC notebook to make use of the advancedVIA C7(R)-M processor. http://www.via.com.tw http://www.fic.com.tw SERVER PERFORMANCE... SOMERSET, N.J. - Raritan - a leading provider of solutionsto simplify IT operations - today added two new models to itsDominion Series KVM-over-IP product line and new software toenhance remote server management performance. http://www.raritan.com http://www.NextStepInKVM.com OVERSEAS ACQUISITION... MELBOURNE - Australian Technology company JumbuckEntertainment Ltd announced that it has successfully completedthe acquisition of German competitor wap3 Technologiescommunity business, propelling it to the forefront of theglobal market to become the world's largest mobile communitymessaging provider. http://www.jumbuck.com http://corporate.jumbuck.com CAMCORDER PHONE... MENLO PARK, Calif. - Droplet Technology, Inc. announced thedemonstration of the industry's first all-software camcorderphone and mobile video service solution to support VGA imagesize at 30 frames per second running on Texas InstrumentsIncorporated's OMAP processors. http://www.droplet-tech.com CANCER FINDING... BASEL - A new study suggests that treatment with thecombination of the innovative cancer drugs Avastin(bevacizumab) and Tarceva (erlotinib) or Avastin withchemotherapy, improves progression-free survival in patientswith recurrent or refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)when compared with standard chemotherapy alone. http://www.roche.com CANCER STUDY... BASEL, Switzerland - Results of the largest-ever phase IIIstudy in advanced oesophagogastric cancer, the REAL 2 study,reveal that Xeloda can replace 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatincan replace cisplatin for the first-line treatment of patientswith advanced oesophagogastric cancer. http://www.roche.com http://www.thenewsmarket.com CONFERENCING SERVICES... BASKING RIDGE - Verizon Business announced a variety ofadvanced features for its net and audio conferencing servicesthat will make them easier to use, enhance collaboration andstrengthen information security. http://www.verizon.com http://www.verizonbusiness.com ANIMATION AGREEMENT... MONTREAL - Emmy award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc.announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Pegs'nCo, a privately held developer of 2D bitmap animationtechnology. VERIZON BUSINESS... BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Verizon Business, Microsoft SponsorInternational Study create first-of-its-kind collaborationindex to measure impact of communications culture andtechnologies. http://www.verizon.com http://www.frost.com http://www.verizonbusiness.com http://newscenter.verizon.com/kit/collaboration/ FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of 1 securities issue amounting to a total of US$25million on June 15, 2006, at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com OPERA HOUSE... TORONTO - The Canadian Opera Company has built the country'sfirst true opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for thePerforming Arts, and presents the country's first production ofWagner's colossal tetralogy, the Ring Cycle. http://www.ringcycle.ca http://www.coc.ca SUN RESULTS... HONG KONG - Sun Innovation Holdings Limited, a HongKong-based multinational corporation with entertainment mediacontent distribution as its core business, has announced itsannual results for the year ended 31 December 2005 in April2006. http://www.suninnovation.com ATMEL CHIP... SAN JOSE - Atmel Corporation, a global leader in thedevelopment and fabrication of advanced semiconductorsolutions, announced the release of its AT35700 high-voltageprocess technology with double-poly, high-density EEPROM for ICfoundry customers. http://www.atmel.com/ BUSINESS ACQUISITION... MELBOURNE - Vision Systems Limited subsidiary, VisionBioSystems, effective from 2 June 2006 has acquired thebusiness and assets of privately held, USA based, ImmunoVisionTechnologies Inc., in a cash transaction payable by instalmentsover four years. http://www.vsl.com.au SERVICE PLATFORM... CHICAGO - OpenClovis Inc. announced the OpenClovisApplication Service Platform and OpenClovis IntegratedDevelopment Environment, the telecommunications industry'sfirst open source, carrier grade application service platformand development environment. http://www.openclovis.com OPENCLOVIS APPLICATION... CHICAGO - OpenClovis Inc. announced that Mercury ComputerSystems, Inc. has signed an agreement to license and resell itsOpenClovis Application Service Platform. http://www.openclovis.com http://www.mc.com/ IC DEVELOPMENT... SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Advanced Analogic TechnologiesIncorporated, a developer of power management semiconductorsfor mobile consumer electronic devices, announced the AAT2556,the company's first multi-function SystemPower IC to combine abattery charger and step-down converter in a single package. http://www.analogictech.com ZINC RECYCLING... BEACHWOOD, Ohio - Aleris International, Inc. announced thatit is constructing a zinc recycling facility in the EconomicDevelopment Zone of Changshu, China, approximately 100kilometers outside of Shanghai. http://aleris.com CANCER DRUG... ATLANTA - AstraZeneca announced at the annual meeting of theAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology further results of twokey Phase II studies of the novel once-daily oral anti-cancerdrug ZD6474 (ZACTIMA), in locally advanced or metastaticnon-small cell lung cancer. http://www.astrazeneca.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)