SYDNEY--28 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest TIKIPHONE 3G... PARIS - Alcatel-Lucent today announced that Tikiphone,French Polynesias leading mobile service provider, will soonlaunch the region's first 3G+ network by upgrading its networkto High Speed Packet Access technology to support a full rangeof high-speed mobile Internet and data services. www.alcatel-lucent.com www.api.nc www.vini.pf KAHALA HOTEL... HONOLULU - Democratic U.S. presidential candidate BarackObama recently visited The Kahala Hotel & Resort, joining adistinguished group of VIPs who have trod The Kahala's redcarpet. www.kahalaresort.com COMSCORE RANKINGS... TOKYO - comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digitalworld, today released its June 2008 rankings of the largest andfastest-growing Internet properties and site categories inJapan, based on data from the comScore World Metrix audiencemeasurement service. www.comscore.com WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY... DHAKA - The inauguration of a new university chartered togrant degrees to underserved women in Asia will be celebratedat a Symposium in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 17-18,2008. www.asian-university.org ESS TECHNOLOGY... FREMONT - ESS Technology, a leading provider of highperformance audio/video solutions, today announced that itsSabre Premier 8-channel Audio DAC is shipping in volume inSamsung's new 4th Generation Blu-Ray Player, BD-P2550. www.esstech.com www.samsung.com ATEX APPOINTMNET.. MELBOURNE - Atex is delighted to announce that Jean PaulChauvet has joined Atex Media Command PTY, as Senior VicePresident of Sales for its Asia Pacific Region, which includesAustralia, New Zealand, China, India, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong,Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. www.atex.com AV NACKAWIC... Fredericton - The AV Group, a member of the Aditya BirlaGroup of India today announced the successful conversion of AVNackawic from hardwood paper grade pulp to the production ofdissolving pulp. AVON BRAZIL... SAO PAULO - Avon Global Ambassador, Reese Witherspoon, willtravel to Sao Paulo, Brazil to celebrate the success of thecompany's first-ever global fundraising product, the Women'sEmpowerment Bracelet, which has sold 1.5 million sincelaunching in March. CHINA CABLECOM... SHANGHAI - China Cablecom Holdings, Ltd., a joint-ventureprovider of cable television services in the People's Republicof China (PRC), today announced that it will report itsfinancial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008,before the open of US markets on September 9, 2008. www.chinacablecom.net ENERGY COMPANIES... SINGAPORE - Singapore's top official for trade and industry,S. Iswaran, is slated to keynote the acclaimed Platts Top 250Global Energy Companies rankings and Asia leadershiprecognition awards dinner and gala presentation on October 20in Singapore. www.platts.com www.platts.com/top250 http://s-l8060-52804.sgizmo.com www.mcgraw-hill.com NETWOVEN APPOINTMENT... PLEASANTON - Netwoven, Inc., a leading Microsoft solutionsprovider serving Fortune 500 and high growth companies, todayannounced the appointment of senior IT industry executive,Sanjay Joshi, to the Netwoven Advisory Board effectiveimmediately. www.netwoven.com RUTH GROUP... HARBIN - China Education Alliance, Inc., a leadingdistributor of educational resources, offering high qualityprograms and training both through online networks and anon-site training center in China, today, announced theappointment of The Ruth Group as its investor relationsagency. www.chinaeducationalliance.com SCOT SCHMIDT... WANAKA - World skiing icon Scot Schmidt has blown into NewZealands South Island gracing Wanaka for the next three daysonly! FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES... MUMBAI - Financial Technologies Ltd. has unveiled a specialmicro website http://ar2008.ftindia.com for Annual Report2008. www.ftindia.com SCHUCO INTERNATIONAL... BIELEFELD - Schuco International KG will soon be sponsoringGerman golf pro Martin Kaymer. The motto of the sponsorshipagreement is "Martin Kaymer and Schuco - teeing off for asuccessful future with Energy2". www.schueco.de THANKO US... TOKYO - We are proud to bring Japan's gadget king Thanko'sunique and useful products to the US for the very first time,giving American retail and wholesale consumers a greater choiceand an exciting opportunity to present their customers with awhole new range of outstanding products. http://raremonoshop.com CANCER BATTLE... MELBOURNE - Professor David Hill, Director of The CancerCouncil Victoria, will commence in his role as President of theInternational Union Against Cancer on 27 August 2008 at theWorld Cancer Congress in Geneva. SUN PHARMACEUTICAL... MUMBAI - Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. today announcedit was victorious in all elements of its defense of thelitigation brought against it in the Tel-Aviv District Court byTaro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and certain of itsdirectors. www.sunpharma.com www.sec.gov SUN PHARMACEUTICAL... MUMBAI - In connection with yesterday's decision in the TelAviv District Court, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. todaywill file an Amendment to its previously announced Tender Offerby its subsidiary, Alkaloida Chemical Company Exclusive GroupLtd. www.sunpharma.com www.sec.gov CATERPILLAR CHINA... BEIJING - People's Republic of China -- Caterpillar Inc.Chairman and CEO Jim Owens announced today Caterpillar's plansto add to its China-based research and development operationsto increase the technical support for products serving marketsin China and the rest of the Asia Pacific Region. www.CAT.com IMARDA INC... AUCKLAND - Fleet tracking solutions company Imarda Inc. hasannounced a US$10 million deal with a major, publically listed,US freight services company to provide an advanced Telematicsbased solution. www.imardainc.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.