SYDNEY--26 Dec--AsiaNet/InfoQuest EXTRICOM EXPANDS... TEL AVIV: Extricom, a designer and manufacturer ofhigh-performance, next-generation wireless LAN infrastructuresolutions for the enterprise, has announced the launch of theExtricom EXSW-2400 Wireless LAN Switch in Japan. www.extricom.com WIFI TECHNOLOGY... KISTA: LG Innotek and Nanoradio announce that they havejoined forces to bring low power WiFi technology to the globalconsumer multimedia and mobile phone market. www.lginnotek.com www.nanoradio.com INSTANT MESSAGING... PARIS: Miyowa announced that it has successfully launchedthe WAP version of its mobile instant messaging technology -MoveMessenger - at Far EasTone, a few weeks after therebranding of the i-mode portal to Windows Live Messenger. TRIAL APPROVED... SYDNEY: Ventracor announced that the United States Food &Drug Administration has granted conditional approval of theprotocol for the US Destination Therapy trial of theVentrAssist. www.ventracor.com HUTCHISON TELECOMMUNICATIONS... HONG KONG: Hutchison Telecommunications InternationalLimited states that it has been approached by variouspotentially interested parties regarding a possible sale of itsequity interests in Hutchison Essar Limited, the company'smobile operations in India. www.htil.com SWINBURNE TAFE... MELBOURNE: India seems a far way from Swinburne TAFE'sWantirna campus in the outer eastern region of Melbourne. Butfor 14 students, mainly from the Punjab region of India who arestudying horticulture, it has become a home away from home.Swinburne TAFE has long been recognised for its strongreputation in horticulture studies, with the TAFE winningprestigious awards at the Melbourne International Flower andGarden Show for exhibits created by students. www.international.swinburne.edu MUSICAL APPAREL... KUALA LUMPUR: Disney Channel's phenomenally successful TVmovie "High School Musical" has smashed records acrossSoutheast Asia. This December, Disney Consumer Products andMalaysian licensee Group Thirty Six Sdn Bhd launch the first ofan exciting new range of High School Musical apparel inMalaysia. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)