SYDNEY--13 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ARIMA COMMUNICATIONS... SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Leading ODM enhances mobile TV user experience withTV-centric handset design Telegent Systems, the company that makes televisionmobile with its high-performance single-chip mobile TV solutions, together withArima Communications Corp., a leading Taiwanese original design manufacturer(ODM) supplying solutions worldwide, today announced that Arima has selectedTelegent's mobile TV solution for the free-to-air TV feature in selectedhandset models. The TV phones, which provide consumers with mobile access tolocal over-the-air broadcast television channels, are expected to be availableto consumers by late summer of this year.http://www.telegent.comhttp://www.arimacomm.com.tw ATRADIUS COLLECTIONS... AMSTERDAM - Atradius Collections, recognizing the growing importance ofChina, is the first global collections firm to sign a cooperation agreementwith a business partner in China: Flevum-Loenermark in Nanjing. In cooperationwith Flevum-Loenermark, Atradius Collections - a business unit of creditinsurer Atradius - will pursue the collection of unpaid invoices of Chineseexporters to their foreign customers. More than 75 percent of Chinese exporterswrite off unpaid international invoices due to language barriers and pooradministrative routines.www.atradiuscollections.comhttp://www.atradius.com INTELLICORP INTELLIGENT... SANTA CLARA, Calif.- IntelliCorp, the leading provider of Intelligent ImpactAnalysis software for SAP lifecycle management, today announced that itstechnology is being used by 25% of Fortune 500 companies running SAP.IntelliCorp's out-of-the-box software is enabling operational excellence on adaily basis, as well as supporting major SAP related activities such asupgrades, consolidations and support packs. By reducing Total Cost ofOwnership, companies leveraging IntelliCorp products are better positioned toapply those savings to new functionality provided by SAP.http://www.intellicorp.com TECHINSIGHTS GIVE AWAY... SAN FRANCISCO - TechInsights today announced that it will feature the BuildYour Own Embedded System (BYOES) Program at its Embedded Systems ConferenceBoston. The BYOES program allows attendees to build and take home a fullyconfigured embedded system based on a development kit which they receive forfree as part of their All-Access or Five-Day Pass. Attendees will be able tochoose from two programming kits, including one produced by iBase and a secondkit based on the recently launched Beagle Board, which is a powerful, low-costand fanless embedded development board smaller than a drink coaster.http://www.techinsights.comhttp://www.cmp-egevents.com/web/escb/registrationhttps://www.cmpevents.com/ESCe08/a.asp?option=B&V=2&SC=PRESShttp://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of $13,011,000 ofFINP securities issues on August 22, 200 at a redemption price equal to 100percent of the principal amounts redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to thedate of redemption.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amounts of$2,430,664,000 of MTN securities issues on August 22, 2008 at a redemptionprice equal to 100 percent of the principal amounts redeemed, plus accruedinterest thereon to the date of redemption.http://www.fanniemae.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON - The following is being issued by Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM):3-Year Pricing Date August 13, 2008Settlement Date August 15, 2008Maturity Date August 15, 2011Issue Size $3 billionCoupon TBDPayment Dates Each February 15th and August 15th, beginning February 15, 2009CUSIP 31398ATL6Listing Application will be made to list the securities on the EuroMTFmarket of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.http://www.fanniemae.com NEW PARTNERS... TORONTO - Local leaders in India, Malaysia, the Caribbean and Latin Americato combine functional and technical expertise with Clarity software. ClaritySystems, a leader in corporate performance management (CPM) and externalfinancial reporting solutions, today announced a major extension of its salesand services worldwide, with the addition of several established andexperienced local business partners.www.claritysystems.com CEO OF THE YEAR... BOSTON- RISI, the leading information provider for the global forestproducts industry, today announced that RockTenn Chairman and Chief ExecutiveOfficer Jim Rubright has been selected as this year's RISI North American CEOof the Year for the forest products industry.http://www.risiinfo.comhttp://www.risiinfo.com/na_confhttp://www.rocktenn.com PHILIP MORRIS CAUGHT... WASHINGTON - For the second time in recent weeks, international tobaccocontrol advocates are calling on Philip Morris International to withdraw itssponsorship and promotion of a major concert, this time in the Philippineswhere the company's activities appear to violate national law.http://www.tobaccofreekids.org PLATTS SURVEY... LONDON - Platts -- The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries'(OPEC) 13 members boosted their collective crude oil production by 300,000barrels per day (b/d) in July to average 32.77 million b/d over the month,according to a Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials just released.http://www.platts.comhttp://www.opec.platts.comhttp://www.mcgraw-hill.com SAHA VENTYX... BRISBANE - Ventyx(R), the world's largest private software and servicesprovider to the energy and utility industry, and leading specialist advisorypractice Saha International today announced the release of a report on theimpact of Australia's National Emissions Trading Scheme on National ElectricityMarket (NEM) prices. The report studies the potential impact the AustralianGovernment's carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) will have on generationportfolios, investments and energy supply.http://www.ventyx.com INITIATE SYSTEMS.... SYDNEY and WELLINGTON- Initiate Systems Australia Pty Ltd, a leader inmaster data management (MDM) solutions for creating complete, real-time viewsof data about people, places and things, and Solnet Solutions Limited providerof IT solutions and support, today announced a strategic partnership to deliverInitiate software offerings in both Australia and New Zealand.www.InitiateSystems.com. TYCO FIRE & SECURITY LAUNCH... BANGALORE, BANGKOK, HO CHI MINH CITY, JAKARTA, KARACHI, MANILA - Tyco Fire &Security launched FLAMEVision FV300, the first flame detector in India,Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia that uses an infraredarray with 256 infrared sensors and integrated CCTV, to identify flameincidents automatically and reliably and to accurately pinpoint fire sources ona video image. With intelligent software, it can discriminate between flame andnon-flame sources. This critical information allows its operators to visuallyverify the alarm and implement appropriate action immediately. THOMSON REUTERS... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON - The Scientific business of Thomson Reuters todayannounced the addition of new features to the Citation Impact Center -- aWeb-based resource devoted to scholarly resources and discussion about the manyfacets of citation-based evaluation.http://www.thomsonreuters.comhttp://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/citationimpactcenter AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.