SYDNEY--28 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
FACE MASK...
HONG KONG: Filligent, the Hong Kong-based biotech company, is mobilizing
stocks of its anti-infective BioMask to help combat the global spread of the
deadly new Mexican strain of Influenza A.
NTT COM...
TOKYO: NTT Communications (NTT Com) announced on April 27 that following the
establishment of NTT Communications Russia LLC in Moscow, Russia this past
January, the wholly owned subsidiary will now set up a branch office in St.
Petersburg, and, in addition, two other NTT Com subsidiaries will respectively
set up branches in Brussels, Belgium and Neemrana, India, all within the
current business quarter.
www.ntt.com/index-e.html
PATNI RANKED...
MUMBAI: Patni Computer Systems ( http://www.patni.com/ ) (BSE: PATNI COMPUT,
NSE: PATNI, NYSE:PTI), a leading global IT and BPO services provider, Monday
announced that it has been ranked as the No. 1 'Green Innovative Information
Technology Vendor' by the prestigious 2009 Black Book Top Green Outsourcing
Vendors Survey, an annual industry survey of outsourcing service providers'
pro-environmental initiatives from the perspective of their client experience.
CONSUMERS RANK...
HONG KONG: Citing syndicated and proprietary international market research
from sources including Ipsos Vantis, AcuPOLL, and Frost & Sullivan, the
Wireless Power Consortium (the Consortium) continues to drive toward an
interoperable wireless power standard for consumer devices requiring up to 5
Watts of power.
ZIGBEE ALLIANCE...
SAN RAMON: The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating
standardized wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and
consumer applications, Monday announced it will incorporate global IT standards
from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) into its specification
portfolio of low-power wireless networking standards.
www.ZigBee.org
BORIS JOHNSON...
LONDON: Mayor Boris Johnson will outline his commitment to boosting the
economic potential of London's outer boroughs in a keynote address at Property
Week's Outer London Summit on 11th June 2009.
www.propertyweekconferences.com/outerlondon
GET LIVE...
LONDON: Telnic Limited ( http://www.telnic.org ), the registry operator for
the new communications-focused top level domain .tel, today announced that its
free plug-in application for Microsoft Outlook is now available, enabling
anyone with Outlook to have their address book updated dynamically.
http://telnic.org
MANDELA DAY...
LONDON: 46664 and the Nelson Mandela Foundation are calling on people around
the world to support the creation of an official Mandela Day, to be held
annually on July 18, Mr Mandela's birthday.
www.MandelaDay.com
VIVANTE GPU...
SUNNYVALE: Vivante Corporation announced that the Microprocessor Research
and Development Center (MPRC) of Peking University (Beijing, China) selected
Vivante 2D/3D GPU IP technology for its Single-Chip-PC SoC Platform, placing
the graphics power of OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1, and OpenVG in an
affordable, 3C computer for schools.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of FINP
securities issues amounting to a total of US$33.958 million on May 7, 2009, at
a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTNR
securities issues amounting to a total of US$50 million on May 7, 2009, at a
redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN
securities issues amounting to a total of US$1.435 billion on May 7, 2009, at a
redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
MICROSOFT ONLINE...
REDMOND: Microsoft Corp. Monday announced that organizations of all sizes
can purchase the Business Productivity Online Suite, a part of Microsoft Online
Services.
http://www.microsoft.com/online
QUALCOMM ANNOUNCES...
SAN DIEGO: 2009 Revenue Guidance; Global Resolution with Broadcom
Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of
advanced wireless technologies, products and services, Tuesday announced
results for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 ended March 29, 2009.
www.qualcomm.com
CALIFORNIA MICRO...
TAIPEI: California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) will be showcasing its
display controller solutions based on the Mobile Digital Display Interface
(MDDI) and Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) high speed serial
interface display standards for mobile handset and MID (Mobile Internet Device)
applications at the International Display Manufacturing Conference/3D Systems
and Applications/Asia Display 2009 (IDMC 3DSA/Asia Display '09) from April 28
through 30.
http://www.cmd.com
INFOSYS BPO...
BANGALORE: Infosys BPO, the business process outsourcing subsidiary of
Infosys Technologies has been ranked fourth in the annual survey 'FAO
Enterprise Provider Bakers Dozen' undertaken by FAO Today for the year 2008.
http://www.infosys.com/bpo
CHINA MOBILE...
WASHINGTON: Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) Tuesday announced
that it has inked two framework agreements valued USD 1.7 billion in total with
China Mobile and China Telecom, to provide network upgrades, integration and
maintenance services in 2009.
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
FRONDE ANYWHERE...
WELLINGTON: Fronde Anywhere, the leading provider of innovative mobile
payment, banking and security products is expanding its in-market presence in
Southeast Asia.
www.frondeanywhere.com
AWB JOINS...
HSINCHU: Accton Wireless Broadband Corp. today announced that the company
has joined the Alcatel-Lucent Seal of Interoperability Acceptance for
Commercial Services (SIACS) program.
http://www.awbnetworks.com
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