SYDNEY--15 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest DIGI 'JUMP-STARTS'... MINNETONKA, Minn. - Digi International introduced its new cost-effective,fully featured Digi JumpStart Kits that make it easy for design engineers todevelop embedded products with Digi NET+ARM modules. http://www.digi.com APPOINTMENT IN... BOMBAY - Reuters has appointed Saurjyesh SN Bhaduri General Manager for thedirect-to-consumer media business in India. www.reuters.com BANYUS SURPLUS... 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 NAVINI SURFS... MALAGA - Navini Networks' Ripwave MX system is surfing to the WiMAX Forum'ssecond public Mobile WiMAX PlugFest, held this week in Malaga, Spain. http://www.wimaxforum.org http://www.navini.com OPENKODE CORE... TOKYO - OpenKODE is an open standard, defined by the Khronos Group thatcombines a set of native APIs into a comprehensive media stack specificationfor accelerating rich media and graphics applications. http://www.acrodea.co.jp SONUS NETWORKS... WESTFORD, Mass., and BARCELONA - Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier ofservice provider Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, and ip.access,the creator of cellular picocell and femtocell technologies, announced at the3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain that the two companies have enteredinto a partnership. http://www.sonusnet.com http://www.ipaccess.com http://3gsmworldcongress.com SONUS PARTNERS... 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 it has partnered with 3WayNetworks to develop solutions to deliver voice services and multimediaapplications to mobile handsets over an end-to-end low powered GSM network. http://3gsmworldcongress.com http://www.sonusnet.com / ATRION INTERNATIONAL... MONTREAL - Atrion International, the leading developer of solutionscombining regulatory expertise and industry-leading technology announced afurther step toward this years accelerated strategy of offering customers asingle source solution enabling compliance of regulated and hazardous materials. http://www.atrionintl.com and http://www.reachlegislation.com ANADIGICS EXPANDS... BARCELONA - ANADIGICS, Inc., a leading supplier of wireless and broadbandsolutions, announced at 3GSM World Congress that it has expanded its portfolioof industry-leading WiMAX power amplifiers (PAs) with the introduction of theAWM6423. http://www.anadigics.com DIGICEL GROUP... KINGSTON, Jamaica - Digicel Group Limited, announced its intent to launch aprivate placement of $1.4 billion of senior notes due 2015. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070214/NYW066LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org CHRYSLER GROUP... AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group announced athree-year Recovery and Transformation Plan that seeks a return toprofitability by 2008 while also taking steps to change its business model forthe long run. http://www.media.daimlerchrysler.com http://www.daimlerchrysler.com ATERAS ANNOUNCES... DALLAS - ATERAS announces the successful conversion of the University ofMiami's 42 IDMS applications to a DB2 CICS COBOL environment. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060511/DATH001LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org http://www.ateras.com http://www.miami.edu / NOVARTIS INDIA... MUMBAI - Ranjit Shahani, Head of Novartis India, receives a banner, signedby several patients who receive the Novartis oncology drug Glivec/Gleevec forfree through a Novartis patient assistance program, pictured in Mumbai, India,Tuesday, 13 February 2007. MISSILE DEFENSE... WASHINGTON - With the announcement that North Korea would suspend itsnuclear programs in exchange for economic and energy aid, Riki Ellison, Founder& President of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, voiced his organization'ssupport for what appears to be the first major step forward in diplomaticrelations with North Korea in the last several years. http://www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org SOLERA HOLDINGS... SAN RAMON, Calif. - Solera Holdings, LLC, a leading provider of software andservices to the automobile insurance claims processing industry, announced thatit has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities andExchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of itscommon stock. ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING... SYDNEY - Norkom Technologies, a leading provider of financial crime andcompliance software, announced that The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation(DTCC), the world's largest post-trade infrastructure organisation, hassuccessfully deployed its software as part of DTCC's program against financialcrimes and money laundering. http://www.norkom.com http://www.dtcc.com MAHLE TEST... NOVI, Mich. - MAHLE Test Systems, a division of MAHLE Powertrain, LLC, Novi,Mich., has introduced its new Vehicle Powering Portable (VPP) tester for use inconducting in-line testing in automotive assembly plants. www.mahlepowertrain.com PREMIER CARPENTER... PERTH - On Thursday 15 February, The Hon. Alan Carpenter MLA, Premier (ChiefMinister) of Western Australia, led a high level roundtable discussion oneducation linkages between India and Western Australia (WA) in Mumbai. DALTON INITIATES... TOKYO and LOS ANGELES - Dalton Investments LLC Tuesday announced that itwill exercise an option to buy 10 per cent of SunTelephone Co. (TSE:8083) aspart of a $325 million management buyout (MBO) and said that tomorrow'ssuccessful completion of the tender offer for the company's shares could signalan imminent increase in MBOs and merger and acquisition activity in Japan. KUB PARTNERS... MALAYSIA - Cybertrust, the global information security specialist, todayannounced that it will partner with mainboard-listed Malaysian conglomerate KUBMalaysia Berhad (KLSE:KUB6784) to deliver Malaysias first round-the-clock,end-to-end managed security services (MSS) to business and government inMalaysia. http://www.cybertrust.com/solutions/managed_security_services EXPEDIA REACHES... BELLEVUE, Wash. - All Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Now Available to Expediaand hotels.com Customers Expedia, Inc., the world's leading online travelcompany, today announced it has signed a strategic partnership with Shangri-LaHotels and Resorts. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.