SYDNEY--13 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest BANYU'S EQUIPMENT... TOKYO - DoveBid Japan is pleased to announce that Banyu Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, N.J., U.S.A. ishosting an online auction for their surplus pharmaceutical equipment andmachinery located at their facility in Okazaki, Japan. www.dovebid.com ASHLAND INTRODUCES... SHANGHAI - Water used for cooling systems and various processes in the powerindustry, steel mills and petrochemical plants must be properly treated toprevent equipment fouling and corrosion. http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/065263.html http://www.ashland.com GLOBAL MEETING... SINGAPORE - Global Meeting Placements, an elite third party meeting planningcompany that has enjoyed overwhelming success in the United States, has openedits doors in Singapore. www.gmp-ww.com BEIJING PERFECT... BEIJING - Beijing Perfect World Co., Ltd., China's leading online gamedeveloper, has reviewed how the industry is shaping the growing popularity oftraditional Chinese culture overseas through the medium of online games. CELL CO... BARCELONA - CELL Co. Ltd, the leading developer of Flash Lite mobile contentin Japan, is showing a selection of its cutting-edge casual games andinteractive wallpaper content as part of its debut appearance at 3GSM 2007. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061031/SFTU033LOGO http://www.cell-net.jp http://www.shockwave.com/mobile/minis.jsp http://www.dena.ne.jp/en/work/mobile.html#mbg ATEX ACQUIRES... READING- Atex the world's leading developer of software solutions for themedia industry, has today announced that it has acquired Mactive. http://www.atex.com http://www.atex.com/media GEMALTO PARTNERS... BARCELONA - Gemalto a world leader in digital security, today announces itspartnership with Agis Pte Ltd to provide an end-to-end location-based servicesolution to mobile telecommunications operators and content providers. http://www.gemalto.com SONUS NETWORKS... WESTFORD - Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier of service providerVoice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, announced today at the 3GSMWorld Congress in Barcelona, Spain that the Company has surpassed a keymilestone in the industry's migration to wireless IP voice. http://www.sonusnet.com MARVELL EXPANDS... BARCELONA - Marvell, the leader in storage, communications, and consumersilicon solutions, today announced that it has added a critical piece of 3Gsmartphone technology to its Cellular and Handheld solutions portfolio. http://www.marvell.com MARVELL SUPPORTS... BARCELONA - Marvell, the leader in storage, communications, and consumersilicon solutions, extends its collaboration with Microsoft to supportdevelopers working with the new Windows Mobile operating system, Windows Mobile6, with the recently introduced Marvell PXA3xx series application processors. http://www.marvell.com ICERA ANNOUNCES... BRISTOL - HSUPA ready with no hardware change Icera Inc. has announcedavailability of its Espresso(TM) Cellular WWAN PCI express Mini-card platform,which supports the next generation of broadband cellular integration to laptopPCs. http://www.icerasemi.com GLOBAL MONEY... BARCELONA - The GSM Association has launched a pilot programme aimed attapping the ubiquity and ease-of-use of mobile communications to enable theworld's 200 million international migrant workers to easily and securely sendremittances to their dependents, many of whom don't have bank accounts. http://www.gsmworld.com SONUS NETWORKS'... WESTFORD - Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier of service providerVoice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, announced today at the 3GSMWorld Congress in Barcelona, Spain (Booth D46, Hall 2, Level 1) that theCompany is showcasing a suite of applications designed to highlight thepotential of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-ready applications to reshape howmobile service subscribers communicate. http://www.sonusnet.com MOTOROLA DELIVERS... BARCELONA - Goodbye low tier, HELLO MOTOMOBILE; Motorola expands highlypopular family of handsets including stylish W510 clamshell 3GSM World Congress 2007 -- Motorola, Inc., a global leader in wirelesscommunications, today announced its most extensive mass market portfolio todate. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020307/MOTLOGO http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020415/MOTNOTAGLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org http://www.motorola.com EMAX LAUNCHES... LIMA and RICHARDSON, Texas - EMAX S.A., an Internet service provider basedin Lima, Peru, has launched the first personal broadband network in Peru, usingwireless pre-mobile WiMAX solutions from Navini Networks, the leading providerof pre-mobile WiMAX equipment. http://www.navini.com http://3gsmworldcongress.com / HENRY JACOBSON... SAN FRANCISCO - Henry Jacobson LLC and Artex International announced a jointventure licensing agreement for Artex to have exclusive wholesale distributionof Henry Jacobson collection sportswear in North America, Hong Kong andmainland China. BENQ LICENSES... BARCELONA - HelloSoft, Inc. a leading provider of VoIP Technologies formobile devices announced BenQ, a technology leader in mobile phones, licensedHelloSoft's VoIP technologies for use in BenQ's dual-mode handsets. http://www.benq.com http://www.hellosoft.com LG HANDSET... BARCELONA - Twelve leading mobile operators have selected a slim, multimediaphone developed by LG Electronics as the winning handset to spearhead the GSMAssociation's 3G for All campaign, which aims to make third-generation mobileservices accessible to a much wider user base. http://www.gsmworld.com MOTOSLVR L9... BARCELONA - 3GSM World Congress 2007 -- Motorola, Inc., a global leader inwireless communications, introduced the new MOTOSLVR L9, a premium handset thatmerges powerful multimedia features within Motorola's sleek MOTOSLVR formfactor. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020307/MOTLOGO http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020415/MOTNOTAGLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org http://www.motorola.com BANCO BRADESCO... SAO PAULO - Banco Bradesco posted, in 2006, excluding extraordinary eventsheld in the period and goodwill amortizations of the 1st half of 2006, NetIncome of R$6.649 billion. http://www.bradesco.com.br OMNIVISION INTRODUCES... BARCELONA - OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading independent supplier ofCMOS CameraChip solutions for high-volume imaging applications, today launchedits first TrueFocus camera with Wavefront Coding(TM) technology for the mobilehandset market. http://www.ovt.com DOTMOBI BUILDS... DUBLIN and WASHINGTON - dotMobi, the company behind the first and onlyInternet address designed specifically for mobile phones, announced plans tolaunch a range of white label directory, research and database licensingservices based around the company's global directory of mobile Internet content. http://www.dotmobi.mobi http://blog.mobi http://mtld.mobi http://www.onkosh.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of a securitiesissue amounting to a total of US$950 million on February 22, 2011 at aredemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae reported its posted yields for February 9, 2007. http://www.fanniemae.com GOODBYE COMPLEXITY... BARCELONA - 3GSM World Congress 2007 -- Motorola, Inc., a global leader inwireless communications, delivered compelling mobile experiences with aportfolio of devices and solutions that demonstrate the company's leadership indesign, music, media, high-speed performance, wireless broadband and connectingthe unconnected. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020307/MOTLOGO http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020415/MOTNOTAGLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org http://www.motorola.com NETHAWK INTRODUCES... OULU - NetHawk product portfolio is growing with a complete protocol testingsolution for mobile WiMAX. http://www.nethawk.fi http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070208/244603-a http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070208/244603-b http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070208/244603-c LUMINARY MICRO... AUSTIN - Motion Control, Complete with Development Kits Luminary Micro, a fabless semiconductor company that designs, markets, andsells award-winning ARM Cortex-M3 processor-based microcontrollers and was thefirst to bring ARM processor-based MCUs for $1.00 to embedded developers,announced the availability of five new Stellaris microcontrollers (MCUs) andcorresponding development kits. http://www.luminarymicro.com http://www.luminarymicro.com/product_selector_guide http://www.luminarymicro.com/sales http://www.embedded-world-2006.de VISA INC... SAN FRANCISCO - Visa announced that Joseph W. Saunders has been namedExecutive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Visa Inc. http://www.corporate.visa.com BOLLYWOOD GOES... BARCELONA - The world's largest film industry joined forces with the globalmobile communications world today in spectacular fashion -- as Bollywoodpremiered its first feature films for mobile viewers at the 3GSM World Congress(February 12-15) in Barcelona. http://www.roamware.com http://www.hungamamobile.com BARABLU OFFERS... BARCELONA - barablu's easy to use service expands VoIP beyond the PC andpromises to benefit millions who use the mobile as their preferred choice ofcommunication. VALEO RESULTS... PARIS - Valeo announced its audited results for 2006. http://www.valeo.com SPYMAC PAYS... NEW YORK and MUNICH - Spymac, the first international Web 2.0 community totake social networking to the next level and pay users for uploadingself-produced creative content, paid out its first monthly jackpot of US$50,000. http://www.spymac.com BISON CONFIRMS... SYDNEY - Recent drillhole A174 has intersected a new centre ofmineralisation at Bison Prospect located 250 metres southeast of the AveburyMine Resource. www.allegiance-mining.com.au NORKOM'S PLATFORM... SYDNEY - Norkom has been named the "best technology solution" for thefinancial services industry at Complinet's Annual Compliance Awards forexcellence among compliance professionals. http://www.norkom.com http://www.complinet.com THUMBPLAY SELECTS... BARCELONA - Vantrix, the leading solution provider of mobile media services,announced that Thumbplay, the leading online retailer of mobile entertainmentcontent, has selected Vantrix for its rich media content adaptationrequirements. http://www.vantrix.com/ CHINA MOBILE... TOKYO - HI CORPORATION announced that the mobile content "3D Dog's Life",jointly developed by HI and i4Game, has been distributed from the China MobileOfficial Site through the content supplier Qianxiang since January 21st. http://www.i4game.com http://www.1000-oaks.cn http://www.hicorp.co.jp/e_index.html (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions)