SYDNEY--25 Sep--AsiaNet/InfoQuest MICREL LAUNCHES... SAN JOSE, California: Micrel Inc., an industry leader inanalog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet ICsolutions, has launched the MIC2569YQS, a CableCard 2.0 PowerController designed for use in CableCard applications.www.micrel.com TELSTRA LAUNCHES... VANCOUVER and SYDNEY: Sierra Wireless and Telstra haveannounced that the Sierra Wireless AirCard 880U USB modem andthe AirCard 880E ExpressCard are now commercially available inAustralia to provide high-speed mobile access to Telstra's NextG HSPA network.www.sierrawireless.comwww.sierrawireless.com/product/photos.aspxwww.sierrawireless.com/product/AC880U_881U.aspxwww.sierrawireless.com/product/AC880E_AC881E.aspx FARO UNVEILS... LAKE MARY, Florida: FARO Technologies, Inc., the worldmarket leader in portable computer-aided measurement arms andlaser tracker sales, has announced the release of the FAROQuantum FaroArm - the first eight-foot arm proven to measureaccurately to within .0007"; a fifth the width of a humanhair.www.faro.com NEXT-GENERATION WI-FI... AUSTIN, Texas and BEIJING: The Wi-Fi Alliance has announcedthat more than 90 next-generation 802.11n draft 2.0 productshave been Wi-Fi CERTIFIED since the organization's testingprogram began just three months ago.www.wi-fi.org ZURICH AWARDS.. ZURICH: 2008 is the first year the City of Zurich andZurich's Tourism Office will award the international LIVINGZURICH MEDIA AWARD.www.zuerich.com/award FLORIDA DELEGATION... MIAMI, Florida: Business and government officials fromMiami-Dade, Florida, will be traveling to Mumbai and New Delhifrom October 1 through October 6 on the first official missionfrom Florida to India.www.miamidade.gov/itc PHARMACEUTICAL FACTBOOK... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: The Centre for Medicines ResearchInternational Ltd., a Thomson business, announced that it haspublished the CMR 2007 International Pharmaceutical R&DFactbook, an indispensable reference and business planning toolfor decision makers in pharmaceutical R&D, corporate finance,business strategy, marketing planning and corporatecommunications.www.scientific.thomson.comwww.thomson.com HUGHES SHIPS... GERMANTOWN, Maryland: Hughes Network Systems, LLC, theworld's leading provider of broadband satellite networksolutions and services, announced that it has shipped more than300,000 broadband satellite terminals compliant with the DVB-S2IPoS air interface standard, including the Adaptive CodingModulation feature since being introduced in mid 2006.www.hughes.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae has announced the estimated June 30,2007 capital levels it has submitted to the Office of FederalHousing Enterprise Oversight.www.fanniemae.com XANADOO MILESTONE... LUBBOCK, Texas: Xanadoo Wireless High-Speed Internet ispleased to announce that it recently surpassed 12,000subscribers, a key milestone within its four initial marketlaunches.www.navini.comwww.Xanadoo.com PROGEN ANNOUNCES... BRISBANE: Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited has announced thatthe Phase 2 trial administering 250mg of PI-88 in combinationwith the chemotherapeutic agent docetaxel to patients withadvanced non small cell lung cancer did not meet its primaryendpoint of significantly improving the progression-free rateat six months compared to docetaxel alone. FDA FAST-TRACKS... BRISBANE: Progen Pharmaceuticals Limited announced that itsinvestigational anti-cancer drug PI-88 has been awarded FastTrack status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). INI POWER... MORRISVILLE, North Carolina: INI Power Systems, Inc., thedeveloper of direct methanol Laminar Flow Fuel Cell products,is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve A. Gallo as theCompany's Chief Executive Officer.www.inipower.com AVASTIN ACHIEVES... BARCELONA: New data from the large international First BEATtrial unveiled at the European Cancer Conference demonstratethat a high number of patients treated with Avastin plusstandard chemotherapy for their colorectal cancer underwentcomplete surgical removal of their metastatic lesions.www.health-kiosk.ch/start_krebswww.avastin-info.com SZAVAY WINS... BEIJING: Agnes Szavay of Hungary survived a match point tostage a stunning comeback against Serbia's Jelena Jankovic towin the China Open 6-7 7-5 6-2 in Beijing Sunday.www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070924/CNM015 LOGISTICS AWARD... HONG KONG: Avnet Logistics, an integrated logistics serviceprovider and division of global technology distributor Avnet,Inc., announced that it has received the Logistics Award formedium enterprises jointly presented by the Logistics AwardsHong Kong Organising Committee.www.tdctrade.com/lahk2007www.avnet.comwww.eba.com.hk AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.