SYDNEY, Jan--15 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ASIA NETCOM... HONG KONG: Asia Netcom has announced plans to add a newtrans-Pacific portion to its regional submarine cable system,EAC. The new 23,500 kilometre infrastructure - EAC Pacific -will extend the existing infrastructure with a newtrans-Pacific ring. www.asianetcom.com EQUINIX ACQUIRES... FOSTER CITY, California: Equinix, Inc., the leading providerof network-neutral data centres and Internet exchange services,announced that it has added a second Internet Business Exchangedata centre to its Tokyo presence, resulting from theacquisition of a long-term building lease and the purchase ofassets from VSNL International. INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP... LOS ANGELES: Premiere Radio Networks has announced aninternational partnership with Goldmark Intermedia to representthe network's programs and services to India. GoldmarkIntermedia specializes in acquiring, producing and localizingworldwide intellectual property rights in both television andradio. www.radioindigo.com www.Goldmarkintermedia.com WISEKEY ANNOUNCES... GENEVA: WISeKey, the leading Internet Trust and DigitalIdentification company is pleased to announce that Mr. PatrickDe Smedt has joined WISeKey's Board of Directors. www.presseportal.ch www.presseportal.ch/de/story.htx?firmaid=100006027&lang=2 ATTICUS CAPITAL... NEW YORK: Atticus Capital to vote for Freeport-McMoRan'sacquisition of Phelps Dodge. CONFERENCE PROGRAM... SAN FRANCISCO: CMP Technology, producers ofindustry-defining events such as SD West, Architecture & DesignWorld, .NET 3.0 Roadshow, and Interop, have announced thecomprehensive Conference Program for its Software DevelopmentBest Practices Conference & Expo India. www.sdexpo.com www.sdexpo.in www.sdexpo.in/register.htm www.ddj.com www.unitedbusinessmedia.com OPEC PRODUCTION... LONDON: The 10 OPEC members bound by the group's outputagreements produced an average 27 million barrels per day (b/d)in December, down 70,000 b/d from November, but some 700,000 bd above its current output target, a Platts survey showedFriday. www.mcgraw-hill.com MARITIME AWARD... MONTREAL: At a ceremony held January 3, 2007, in Montreal(Canada), Mumbai Captain Oswald Pascal Saldanha, Master of theM/V Glory, was presented with a Gold-Headed Cane from thepresident and chief executive officer of the Montreal PortAuthority, Mr. Dominic J. Taddeo. The M/V Glory, owned byHapag-Lloyd, was the first ocean-going vessel to cross the Portof Montreal's limits in 2007, thus inaugurating a new season ofnavigation to Montreal. www.port-montreal.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$135million on January 25, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accruedinterest. www.fanniemae.com CONNECT ANNOUNCES... HONG KONG: Connect Holdings Limited has announced that itintends, subject to the satisfaction of certain pre-conditions,to make a voluntary conditional general offer to acquire allthe issued shares in the capital of Nasdaq-listed PacificInternet Limited. www.sec.gov CONNECT ANNOUNCEMENT... HONG KONG: Connect Holdings Limited announcement -pre-conditional voluntary general Offer by Connect HoldingsLimited to acquire all the issued ordinary shares in thecapital of Pacific Internet Limited other than those alreadyheld by the Offeror and its related corporations or nominees ofthe Offeror and its related corporations as at the date of theOffer. www.sec.gov NUTRACEA SIGNS... EL DORADO HILLS, California: NutraCea, a world leader instabilized rice bran research and technology, announced that ithas signed Med-Chem as a distributor of its nutrient-rich,proprietary portfolio of stabilized rice bran functional foodingredients in Australia and New Zealand. www.nutracea.com WIRELESS BROADBAND... RICHARDSON, Texas: Horizon Wi-Com is launching itshigh-speed wireless broadband service in the Northeast USregion using WiMAX 802.16e equipment from Navini Networks, theglobal leader in providing plug-n-play broadband wirelessaccess solutions with the most experience in commercialdeployments. www.navini.com www.horizon-wicom.com BUONGIORNO ENTERS... MILAN: Buongiorno, a leading multinational operating in themarket of digital entertainment, announces its entrance in theChinese market by acquiring eDongAsia through Buongiorno HongKong Ltd., the Joint Venture founded by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (51per cent) and Buongiorno SpA (49 per cent). APPLE IPHONE... WELLINGTON: Apple's new iPhone with handheld computercapability will create a huge impact on trade in games, music,images and videos, says voeveo.com, a global online marketplacefor mobile content. www.voeveo.com/aboutus AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.