SYDNEY--11 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuestTHUNDERHEAD APPOINTS... NEW YORK - Thunderhead, the leading provider of enterprise communicationstechnology, announced the appointments of Neal Keene as Vice President ofIndustry Solutions and Rodney Frye as Vice President of North American Sales. www.thunderhead.com FIRECOMMS ETHERNET... CORK, Ireland - Firecomms Ltd., a leading compound semiconductor companythat develops high-speed light sources in visible range wavelengths, announcedthat its RCLED-based 650 nm Fast Ethernet FOT (fiber optic transceiver) is thelight source chosen by Netopia for its next-generation high-performance MiAVoresidential gateway to deliver bandwidth-intensive, QoS-reliant services suchas IPTV, video and VoIP over plastic optical fiber. http://www.netopia.com http://www.firecomms.com SEQUANS COMMUNICATIONS... PARIS and SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Sequans Communications (Sequans), a leadingsupplier of silicon and software WiMAX chips and VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd.(VeriSilicon), a leading world class ASIC design foundry and semiconductor IPprovider, announced that Sequans Communications has licensed the ZSP540 corefor its mobile IEEE 802.16e WiMAX silicon products. http://www.sequans.com http://www.verisilicon.com SGI PRESIDENT... TOKYO - In a ceremony at Soka University on October 7, Daisaku Ikeda,president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) lay Buddhist organization, wasawarded an honorary professorship from Beijing Normal University, bringing to200 the number of honorary doctorates, professorships and equivalent honorsgiven in recognition of his efforts to promote peace through dialogue, citizendiplomacy and cross-cultural exchange. www.sgi.org FXI STATEMENT... HONG KONG and LONDON - FTSE Xinhua Index (FXI), the leading China indexprovider set up by global index provider FTSE Group and China market specialistXinhua Finance, is the subject of a legal challenge by SSE INFONET with regardsto its right to maintain calculation of its suite of real time indexes for theChina market. http://www.xinhuafinance.com OTIS' ELEVATOR... FARMINGTON, Conn. - Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United TechnologiesCorp., won the 2006 "Korea Green Management Excellence Award" for itsenergy-efficient Gen2 machine-roomless elevator. http://www.otis.com SUNROCKET LAUNCHES... VIENNA, Va. - SunRocket, one of the nation's fastest-growing Internet phoneservice providers, announced that it has shattered the price floor for callingrates to India by offering an unprecedented value proposition for U.S.consumers: 8 cents a minute for all calls to India, including those placed tomobile phones. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060825/DCF002LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org http://www.sunrocket.com SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES... AMSTERDAM - Symbol Technologies, Inc., The Enterprise Mobility Company,introduced a new wearable mobile computer and scanner system forhigh-performance computing in extreme environments. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041029/SYMBOLOGO http://www.symbol.com TSX GROUP... TORONTO - Linda Hohol, President of TSX Venture Exchange and Kevan Cowan,Senior Vice President, Business Development, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSXVenture Exchange, will host a series of meetings and speaking engagements inAustralia in mid-October. www.tsx.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of securitiesissues amounting to a total of US$50 million on Oct 21, 2021, at a redemptionprice equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. http://www.fanniemae.com DTCC CONNECTION... SYDNEY and NEW YORK - The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)announced that a connection to its Deriv/SERV over-the-counter derivativesmatching and confirmation service is now available on SWIFTNet, SWIFT'sInternet Protocol messaging platform. http://www.dtcc.com RADIAN RECEIVES... HONG KONG - Radian Group Inc., a global credit risk management company,announced that its subsidiary, Radian Insurance Inc., received authorization toconduct insurance business in and from Hong Kong. http://www.radian.biz PORTMAN HOLDINGS... ATLANTA, GA. - Officials of Portman Holdings announced that it is well alongon developments in China, India and Korea in tandem with its U.S. activities,and is in discussions about future projects in the Middle East. http://www.portmanholdings.com DHS CONTINUES... WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced thate-Passport readers are now in place and processing holders of e-Passports atadditional airports, including New York JFK International Airport, Los AngelesInternational Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport and NewarkLiberty International Airport. http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/vwp_travelerguide.pdf SWISS UNIVERSITY... CHUR, Switzerland - Chur's University of Applied Sciences offers fivefederally approved and internationally recognized Bachelor programs, includingthe Bachelor of Science in Tourism degree program. http://www.fh-htwchur.com JIMI HENDRIX... CHICAGO - Ocean Tomo Auctions, LLC announced six unique and exceptional JimiHendrix lots to be featured in The Ocean Tomo Fall 2006 Live IntellectualProperty Auction on October 26, 2006 at Capitale in New York City. http://www.oceantomo.com BAKER BOTTS... HONG KONG - Chinese lawyer Libin Zhang has joined Baker Botts as a partnerin its expanding China presence. Prior to joining Baker Botts, Zhang was legalcounsel at ABB (China) Limited. BANKSERV JOINS... SYDNEY - BankServ announced that it has applied to become a member of theSWIFT banking network, making the San Francisco-based financial technology firmthe first accredited SWIFT Service Bureau to join the network as a corporatemember. http://www.bankserv.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)