SYDNEY--13 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
JETSTAR REMOVES...
JAKARTA: Australia's low fares airline Jetstar has announced it will adjust
pricing across its international network including the full removal of fuel
surcharges on trans Tasman, international short and long haul A330-200*
services in response to lower oil and jet fuel prices.
W?RTSIL?, MITSUBISHI...
HELSINKI: W?rtsil? and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd have signed a
ten-year renewal of the existing co-operation agreement for the sale,
manufacturing and servicing of W?rtsil? low-speed marine diesel engines.
http://www.wartsila.com/
http://www.mhi.co.jp
MOBILE BANKING...
WASHINGTON: CGAP, the global microfinance center is releasing new research
and data to encourage telecom operators, financial institutions and governments
to see the business potential in expanding access to financial services for
poor people in developing markets.
http://www.cgap.org
TATA COMMUNICATIONS...
SINGAPORE: Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of
communications, announced Thursday its US$430 million strategic investment plan
in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.
http://www.tatacommunications.com
UBM AVIATION...
LONDON: A strong line-up of speakers from around the world, including from
Lufthansa Technik, ADAT, AeroStrategy, OAG, Jazeera Airways and Turkish
Technic, will be discussing strategies for surviving the current economic
crisis at the 13th Annual Airline Technical Purchasing & Aircraft Maintenance
Outsourcing Conference.
www.ubmaviation.com
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
STREAMWIDE BECOMES...
PARIS: StreamWIDE (FR0010528059 - ALSTW), a specialist in next-generation
value-added telephony solutions for telecoms operators, is collaborating with
SFR in the launch of its "My Visual Voicemail" service.
http://www.streamwide.com
GLOBEX CELEBRATES...
EDMONTON: Globex Foreign Exchange Corporation, an international leader in
corporate and large-scale personal foreign currency exchange transactions, is
celebrating 10 years in the foreign exchange industry.
www.globexfx.com
JAMES SASSER...
ROCKVILLE: Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US: CUR) announced Thursday that
James Sasser, former Senator (D-Tennessee) and former Ambassador to the
People's Republic of China, has joined the Neuralstem Advisory Board and will
serve as senior advisor on China.
VIETTEL TELECOM...
RICHARDSON: Mavenir Systems, provider of next generation mobile core,
announced today, that it will deploy its Converged Messaging IP SMSC solution
for Viettel Telecom in Vietnam.
www.mavenir.com
www.viettel.com.vn
COVERITY ANNOUNCES...
SAN FRANCISCO: Coverity, Inc. announces the following TechOnline Webinar:
Coverity Webinar, February 19 at 1 pm ET / 10 am PT,
http://seminar2.techonline.com/registration/distrib.cgi?s=1346&d=2794 , live
over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above. Contact:
Jim Shissler, 415-321-5200.
http://www.techonline.com/learning/webinar/
FEMTOCELL...
SINGAPORE: Frost & Sullivan senior industry analyst M. Kumaresan believes
that femtocells have the potential to revolutionize 3G services by enhancing
user experience within an indoor environment, while serving as a major revenue
proposition for mobile operators.
http://www.frost.com
NEW LOAN...
MCLEAN: Responding to a request from the Graduate Management Admission
Council(R) (GMAC(R)), a leading international bank has joined with experienced
service providers in student financial aid to create a new pilot lending
program for international students who attend graduate business schools around
the world.
NUCLETRON, ART...
COLUMBIA: Nucletron, a knowledge-based leader in radiation oncology, and
Advanced Radiation Therapy (ART) announced Friday an exclusive global,
strategic partnership to offer the AccuBoost(R) system with the
microSelectron(R) high- dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy afterloader treatment
delivery solution for the treatment of breast cancer.
http://www.nucletron.com
http://www.AccuBoost.com
VALENTINO ROSSI...
CORONA: 6-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi joins the Monster Army to help
further expand the fast-growing Monster Energy brand all over the world.
www.monsterarmy.com
www.monsterenergy.com
FUNAI'369 PATENT...
IRVINE: VIZIO, Inc., America's HDTV company, announced Friday that the
International Trade Commission (the "ITC") has decided not to review the
Initial Determination ("ID") issued by the presiding Administrative Law Judge
that one of the patents being asserted by Funai Electric Company against VIZIO
is invalid.
www.VIZIO.com
ERASMUS PRIZE...
AMSTERDAM: The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation (Amsterdam) has awarded the
Erasmus Prize 2009 to two jurists of world renown, the Italian Antonio Cassese
and the American Benjamin Ferencz.
http://www.erasmusprijs.org
ADDINTOOLS' RIBBON...
HAINAN: Addintools Technology Ltd. announced Friday the launch of Ribbon
Customizer.
http://www.addintools.com
SPB SOFTWARE...
PETERSBURG: Spb Software, world's top Windows Mobile applications maker
worked closely with Microsoft and Netflix to develop the first official Netflix
application for Windows phones.
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com
KHMER ROUGE...
NEW YORK: Ahead of its first trial, the Cambodian government and
international actors must immediately address grave flaws in the tribunal set
up to try senior members of the Khmer Rouge for crimes against humanity, warns
a report released by the Open Society Justice Initiative today.
http://www.soros.org
www.justiceinitiative.org
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