SYDNEY--12 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest NOKIA SHARES... NEW YORK: Nokia President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is reinforcing thecompany's vision and is embracing the Internet by unveiling a new line up ofconverged devices and services that promote collaboration and sharing.http://media.medialink.com/WebNR.aspx?story=34522http://www.mediaseed.tv TOURADJI ANNOUNCES... NEW YORK: Touradji Capital Management, LP, a leading commodities investmentfirm, Tuesday announced that Mark Lyons has joined the firm as a Shipping andOil specialist. MIZUHO SELECTS... TOKYO and NEW YORK: Risk and compliance specialist Fortent announced Tuesdaythat Mizuho Financial Group will implement Fortent's anti-money laundering(AML) solution throughout the bank's domestic Japanese operations.http://www.fortent.com SDK STRATEGY... BARCELONA: Mobile World Congress -- LiMo Foundation, a global consortium ofmobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobileindustry, Monday announced the roll out of a comprehensive Software DevelopmentKit (SDK) strategy encompassing Native, Java and Webkit SDKs.http://www.limofoundation.org SINGAPORE OFFICE... KENNETT SQUARE, Pa.: Chatham Financial, the world's largest independentinterest rate and foreign exchange advisory company with over $433 billion intransactions annually, Monday announced the opening of its newest location inSingapore to better serve its international client base as well as support theinterest rate and currency risk management needs of its growing number of AsiaPacific clients.http://www.chathamfinancial.co.uk MALAYSIAN SURGERY... MELBOURNE: There is a growing popularity amongst New Zealand men and womento travel to Malaysia for surgery holidays. AERCAP RESULTS... AMSTERDAM: AerCap Holdings N.V. announced Monday that it will host aconference call and webcast for investors and analysts at 9:30 a.m. EST onWednesday, February 27, 2008 to review its fourth-quarter and full year 2007financial results.http://www.aercap.com NAVTEQ LAUNCHES... FIRA DE BARCELONA: NAVTEQ, a leading global provider of digital maps forvehicle navigation and location-based solutions, Tuesday announced the globallaunch of NAVTEQ Discover Cities which is the first bundled digital map dataand location content to bring the power of a local guide to mobile devices.http://www.navteq.com THEOREM GROWS... CHATHAM, N.J.: Theorem, the leader and pioneer in technology and analyticalservices to the digital marketing industry, has now grown to over 250 employeesservicing clients in the US, European Union, Middle East and Australia.http://www.theoreminc.net DHS COLLECTS... WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Mondaythat it has begun collecting additional fingerprints from internationalvisitors arriving at San Francisco International Airport. ICC PARTNER... DUBAI: Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, Monday expanded itssponsorship portfolio by becoming an Official Partner of the InternationalCricket Council (ICC) until 2015.http://www.ekgroup.com/mediacentrehttp://www.pa-mediapoint.press.nethttp://www.mediapoint.press.net RADIO NETHERLANDS... HILVERSUM: Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) is launching its newChinese-language website Monday in Amsterdam.http://www.rnw.nl/chinese FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of fivesecurities issues amounting to a total of US$375 million on Feb 21, 2008 at aredemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest.http://www.fanniemae.com FORMAT CONVERTER... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: Marvell Monday announced that its 88DE2710 digitalvideo format converter was selected from hundreds of nominees as a finalist fora 2007 EDN Innovation Award.http://www.marvell.comhttp://www.marvell.com/qdeo AFFINITY LAUNCHES... BARCELONA: Affinity Mobile, LLC, a provider of mobile financial services,announced Monday the global commercial availability of their MADE platform.http://www.affinitymobile.comhttp://www.gsmworld.com/mmt/partners.shtml EUROPEAN APPROVAL... MINNEAPOLIS, MN.: AGA Medical Corporation Monday announced it receivedEuropean CE Mark approval for the AMPLATZER Duct Occluder II (ADO II).http://www.amplatzer.com MOBILE VIDEO... SUNNYVALE, Calif.: mywaves, the largest mobile video destination, Mondayannounced that its popular mobile video service has reached more than 18million mobile phones around the world.http://www.mywaves.com REAL SHIPS... AUSTIN, Texas: REAL Software, maker of REALbasic, a cross-platformdevelopment environment for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux developers, has begunshipping REALbasic 2008 Release 1.http://www.realsoftware.com MAKAN NAMES... ABU DHABI: Makan Capital Group, (MCG), a prominent real estate privateequity group that unites accomplished financial professionals with innovativereal estate practices, Monday announced that international investmentspecialist Barry Didato is the new Director of Strategic Investment and Memberof the Board of Directors, based in the corporate offices in Newport Beach,California.http://www.makancapitalgroup.com MYBANK GOES... LONDON: Misys plc, the global application software and services company,Monday announced that Mybank in Pakistan has gone live with Misys Equation.http://www.misys.com SURGERY HOLIDAYS... MELBOURNE: There is a growing popularity amongst British men and women totravel to Malaysia for surgery holidays. COMPETITION WINNERS... BARCELONA: The GSM Association (GSMA), representing the global mobileindustry, Monday announced Dell and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) as thewinners of its Mobile Broadband Notebook competition to stimulate the recentlyidentified -- though currently untapped -- mass market segment for notebook PCswith embedded Mobile Broadband (HSPA) connectivity. PUSH VOICEMAIL... BARCELONA: eServGlobal Limited, a provider of end-to-end solutions, enablingsmart communication and payment services for service providers on anygeneration network, Monday announced the launch of an innovative approach tomake voicemail more exciting.http://www.inexbee.comhttp://www.eservglobal.com MULTI-PLAY PACK... BARCELONA: eServGlobal Limited, a provider of end-to-end solutions, enablingsmart communication and payment services for service providers on anygeneration network, Monday announced the launch of a pre-packaged servicebundle for internet service providers (ISPs) operating on next generationnetworks (NGNs).http://www.eservglobal.com LIMO HANDSETS... BARCELONA: Mobile World Congress -- LiMo Foundation, a global consortium ofmobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobileindustry, unveiled Monday the first wave of handsets using the LiMo Platform --the world's first globally competitive, Linux-based software platform formobile devices.http://www.samsung.comhttp://www.purplelabs.comhttp://www.panasonic.co.jp/pmc/enhttp://www.nec.comhttp://www.motorola.comhttp://www.lge.comhttp://www.aplixcorp.comhttp://www.iasolution.nethttp://www.limofoundation.org WORLD RECORD... STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Clavister AB, a leading provider of IP-based security andUnified Threat Management (UTM) solutions, Monday declared a new world recordin network security throughput.http://www.clavister.com MOBILE LINUX... BARCELONA: Mobile World Congress -- LiMo Foundation, global communicationscompany Orange and ACCESS CO., LTD, a global provider of advanced mobilesoftware technologies -- pioneers in the Mobile Linux movement -- Mondayannounced that Orange and ACCESS have joined LiMo Foundation to unify theMobile Linux industry and make truly open devices more accessible to mobileusers all over the world.http://www.limofoundation.orghttp://www.orange.comhttp://www.francetelecom.comhttp://www.orange-business.com NEW MEMBERS... BARCELONA: Mobile World Congress -- LiMo Foundation, a global consortium ofmobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobileindustry, announced Monday the addition of several new member companies,including Access Co., Ltd., AMD, FueTrek, Open-Plug, Orange, Renesas TechnologyCorp., Samsung SDS, SoftBank and STMicroelectronics.http://www.limofoundation.org CAMERACHIP SENSOR... BARCELONA: Mobile World Congress -- OmniVision Technologies, Inc., theworld's largest supplier of CMOS image sensors, Monday claimed a mobile handsetindustry first with the introduction of the OV3642, a 1/4-inch, 3 megapixelCameraChip sensor with TrueFocus technology embedded on-chip.http://www.ovt.com SONUS UNVEILS... WESTFORD, Mass. and BARCELONA: Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier ofservice provider IP-voice infrastructure solutions, Monday at Mobile WorldCongress in Barcelona unveiled its latest wireless technology that will allowmobile operators to rapidly increase their average revenue per user (ARPU) andleverage their existing high-speed data networks.http://www.sonusnet.com NEW DESIGN... BARCELONA: Mobile World Congress -- OmniVision Technologies, Inc., theworld's largest supplier of CMOS image sensors, Monday announced itsOmniPixel3-HS architecture, which incorporates a new pixel design that doublesthe sensitivity of its 1.75 micron OmniPixel3(TM) architecture to 960millivolts per lux-second.http://www.ovt.com ANADIGICS EXPANDS... BARCELONA, and WARREN, N.J.: ANADIGICS, Inc., a leading provider ofsemiconductor solutions in the broadband wireless and wireline communicationsmarkets, Monday announced its new AWM6422 Power Amplifier at the Mobile WorldCongress 2008, Barcelona, Spain.http://www.anadigics.comhttp://www.anadigics.com/worldwide_sales TELEGENT POWERS... BARCELONA: Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile withits high-performance single-chip mobile TV solutions, and Konka Group, aleading Chinese manufacturer of mobile phones and television sets, Mondayannounced that they have teamed to deliver mobile handsets with free-to-air TV.http://www.telegent.comhttp://www.konka.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.