SYDNEY--17 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest '.ASIA' FETCHES... HONG KONG - DotAsia Organisation announced Tuesday totalregistration for ".Asia" domains are expected to exceed aquarter of a million by the end of the first quarter after itspublic launch. http://www.think.asia . LEMANIA CELEBRATES... LAUSANNE - Lemania College, a bastion of education in thecenter of Lausanne, attended by both Swiss and foreign studentsfrom all walks of life, is proud to be recognised for itsdependability and the quality of its teaching. http://www.lemania.ch http://www.centenaire.lemania.ch WATANIYA CHOOSES... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK - Harris Stratex Networks, Inc., theleading independent supplier of turnkey wireless transmissionand network assurance solutions, has been selected by WataniyaTelecom Maldives to upgrade its core transmission network toprovide multiple SDH trunks across the island paradise. http://www.HarrisStratex.com http://www.wataniya.mv ELEGANCE SELECTS... SINGAPORE - Cold Storage Software Pte Ltd. Tuesday announcedits StorageZone Network Attached Storage system has beenselected by Elegance Media (Guangdong) Co., Ltd., a mobile TVcontent provider specializes in mobile TV content provisioningin Guangdong Province. http://www.coldstoragesoftware.com HARRIS INTRODUCES... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK - Harris Stratex Networks, Inc., theleading independent supplier of turnkey wireless transmissionand service assurance solutions, today announced the EclipseEdge, the most cost-effective and environmentally friendlywireless transport product in its class. http://www.harrisstratex.com NAVTEQ MAPS... SINGAPORE - NAVTEQ, a leading global provider of digital mapdata for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, hasannounced release of navigable map coverage in Indonesia. http://www.navteq.com PYRO ACQUIRES... SINGAPORE - Pyro Networks, a mobile technology solutionsprovider, announces its acquisition of the Mumbai-basedBKP-Consultants for an undisclosed sum of money. http://www.pyrogroup.com MARVELL OPENS... PAVIA - Marvell, a leader in storage, communications andconsumer silicon solutions, announced the official grandopening of its analog semiconductor design center in Pavia,Italy. http://www.marvell.com NORKOM ANNOUNCES... DUBLIN - Norkom Technologies has announced the appointmentof Liam Davis to its Board of Directors in the capacity ofChief Financial Officer at the launch of the company's annualresults, which reported a 64 per cent increase in revenues anda 59 per cent improvement in EBITDA for the year ending 31March 2008. http://www.norkom.com PEPSICO REPORTS... PURCHASE - PepsiCo announced Tuesday that its Quakermanufacturing facility located in Cedar Rapids, IA, has beenimpacted by the historic flooding in the area. http://www.pepsico.com IIST ANNOUNCES... MINNEAPOLIS - In response to the increased demand for theCertified Software Test Professional and the Certified TestManagercertifications in the international community, TheInternational Institute for Software Testing (IIST) is proud toexpand the CSTP and CTM certification programs by making theseesteemed certifications attainable online, to a worldwideaudience of Software Testing and Quality Professionals. http://www.iist.org TRASH CREATES... BOSTON - Italy's trash crisis could create an opportunityfor China's fifty million tonne recovered paper industry,according to David Clapp, RISI's Recovered Paper SeniorEconomist. http://www.risiinfo.com PLATTS SEEKS... NEW YORK - Platts, the world's foremost energy informationprovider and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, iscurrently seeking nominations for the 10th annual Platts GlobalEnergy Awards, which recognize excellence of companies andindividuals in the global energy industry. http://www.platts.com http://www.globalenergyawards.com http://www.mcgraw-hill.com COMMISSION DELAYS... SAN FRANCISCO - In a highly unusual move, the U.S.International Trade Commission announced late last week that itwould extend by thirty days the deadline for determiningwhether to institute a Section 337 investigation in response toa complaint filed by Flexsys America L.P. concerning certainrubber antidegradants. GOLD UPDATE... TORONTO - Glass Earth Gold Limited is pleased to provide aprogress report on its exploration activities in the OtagoRegion, South Island, New Zealand. www.glassearthlimited.com HKC APPOINTS... HONG KONG - HKC (Holdings) Limited has appointed Mr CHAUWing Hing and Mr SHI Jihua as Executive Directors of the Group,effective from 15 June 2008. http://www.hkcholdings.com SUNGARD INTERGRATES... WAYNE - SunGard has integrated its SunGard TransactionNetwork with Japan-based trading hub, MetaBit. http://www.sungard.com http://www.meta-bit.com ATMEL INTRODUCES... SAN JOSE - Atmel Corporation announced Monday two new lowpower 32-pin tinyAVR microcontrollers, the ATtiny48 andATtiny88 devices which have 4- and 8-Kbytes of Flash memory,respectively. http://www.atmel.com/products/AVR MICREL ENABLES... SAN JOSE - Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, highbandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, Mondaylaunched the MIC94040/1/2/3, a new family of high side loadswitches featuring breakthrough packaging technology. http://www.micrel.com MO-CALL SUPPORTS... 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