SYDNEY--14 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest NETHAWK INTRODUCES... OULU - NetHawk product portfolio is growing with a complete protocol testingsolution for mobile WiMAX. 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 www.nethawk.fi THINK3 INVESTS... CINCINNATI, OH. - think3, a leading supplier of industrial design andproduct development solutions, announces today the opening of a subsidiary inBeijing to give direct support as it expands in presence in China. http://www.think3.com http://www.free2design.org HOME DEPOT... ATLANTA and SHANGHAI - The Home Depot, the world's largest home improvementretailer, announced the appointment of Yves Chen as president of The HomeDepot's retail operations in China. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030502/HOMEDEPOTLOGO http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061213/NYW052LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org http://www.homedepot.com/ NEURAL AUDIO... BARCELONA - As the 3GSM World Congress 2007 ramps up, Neural AudioCorporation, the market leader in developing advanced audio and surround soundtechnologies, and VoiceAge Corporation, the world's premier supplier of speechand audio codecs and co-developer of AMR-WB+, announced the release of the newNeural-optimized encoder for AMR-WB+. http://www.neuralaudio.com http://www.neuralsurround.com http://www.voiceage.com HELLOSOFT LICENSES... BARCELONA - HelloSoft, Inc. a leading provider of VoIP software for mobiledevices announced that Cellon, the world's largest independent design house forwireless terminals and modules has licensed HelloSoft's HelloDual-Mode VoIPTechnology for use on it's Dual-Mode mobile handset platforms. http://www.hellosoft.com/ SONUS NETWORKS... WESTFORD, Mass. and BARCELONA - Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier ofservice provider Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, announced atthe 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain that the Company is developing asuite of products that will unleash new business opportunities for mobilecommunications providers. http://www.sonusnet.com GSMA HONOURS... BARCELONA - The GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade associationrepresenting more than 700 mobile operators, presented its GovernmentLeadership Award 2007 to India for exceptional achievement in the field ofmobile communications policy. http://www.gsmworld.com AIR PRODUCTS... LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. - Air Products announced it has broken ground on thefirst phase of its nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) plant in Ulsan, Korea. www.airproducts.com GSM ASSOCIATION... BARCELONA - The worldwide use of mobile phones for payments at point of saleis the aim of a new initiative announced by the GSM Association (GSMA), theglobal trade organization for mobile operators. http://www.gsmworld.com WEB DEVELOPER... DUBLIN, Ireland, and WASHINGTON - The Web development community now hasaccess to much-needed resources to foster the growth of high-quality contentfor consumers who access the Internet from mobile phones. http://dev.mobi http://www.ericsson.com/mobilityworld http://dotmobi.mobi http://blog.mobi http://www.dotmobi.mobi OMNIVISION INTRODUCES... BARCELONA - At the 3GSM World Congress (booth 1G13) OmniVision Technologies,Inc., a leading independent supplier of CMOS CameraChip solutions forhigh-volume imaging applications, unveiled a 1/10 inch VGA CameraChip sensor,the OV7680. http://www.ovt.com/ AUSTRALIAN VENTRASSIST... SYDNEY - Ventracor reported progress in its US Clinical Trial program andrevealed details of its innovative US clinical trial strategy. ATMEL INTEGRATES... HEILBRONN - Atmel Corporation, a global leader in the development andfabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced the availability ofthe ATA6602 and ATA6603 multichip modules, extending Atmel's current broad ICfamily for LIN applications. http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=4053 http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/product_card.asp?part_id=4054 http://www.atmel.com W.P. STEWART... HAMILTON - W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. reported net income of $11.6 million, or$0.25 per share (diluted) and $0.25 per share (basic), for the fourth quarterended 31 December 2006. http://www.wpstewart.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of twosecurities issues amounting to a total of US$698.452 million on February 23,2009 and February 23, 2011 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of theprincipal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of onesecurities issue amounting to a total of US$3 billion on February 16, 2012 at aredemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com HELLOSOFT EXPANDS... BARCELONA - HelloSoft, Inc., a leading provider of VoIP Technology formobile devices announced its VoIP technology has been adopted by High TechComputer Corp., the world's largest provider of Microsoft(R) WindowsMobile-based devices. http://www.hellosoft.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie May announces 10-Year reopening benchmark notes auctionresults. http://www.fanniemae.com MAHLE TEST... NOVI, Mich. - MAHLE Test Systems, a division of MAHLE Powertrain, LLC, Novi,MI has introduced its new Vehicle Powering Portable (VPP) tester for use inconducting in-line testing in automotive assembly plants. http://www.mahlepowertrain.com VERIZON BUSINESS... HONG KONG and READING - Verizon Business has appointed Andrew Dobbins asvice president of sales and services for the Asia-Pacific region. http://www.verizon.com GSM ASSOCIATION... BARCELONA - The 12th Annual GSM Association Global Mobile Awards wereannounced last night in Barcelona at a spectacular event that showcased thebest of the mobile world. www.gsmawards.com/winners.shtml ATTICUS CAPITAL... NEW YORK - Atticus Capital sent a letter to Jean-Francois Theodore, Chairmanof the Managing Board of Euronext N.V. (Euronext). (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)