SYDNEY--5 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
MOBILE VIDEO SERVICE...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The global number of users paying for mobile video
services will grow five-fold from 2008 to 2014, surpassing 534 million, with a
substantial proportion of mobile net additions coming from emerging markets,
according to the latest report by Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom
research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com).
http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com.
RISI CONFIRMS...
BRUSSELS - RISI is pleased to announce that the BTG Group and StepChange
Consulting have signed on as sponsors of the 2009 Pulp & Paper International
(PPI) Awards program. The PPI Awards will honor leadership, vision, innovation
and strategic accomplishments of companies, mills and individuals within the
pulp and paper industry. The PPI Awards are the only global awards dedicated to
recognizing these achievements in the sector.
www.risiinfo.com
ELSEVIER GUIDELINES...
PHILADELPHIA - Elsevier, a leading international publisher of scientific,
technical and medical (STM) information products and services, announced today
it has moved to provide consistent internal guidelines for its pharmaceutical
services divisions when producing reprints, article compilations or custom
publications on behalf of pharmaceutical companies.
http://www.elsevier.com
ALL BLACKS...
AUCKLAND - The first Test match of the All Blacks season has got competition
as the biggest and most highly anticipated game of the year, with the All
Blacks hottest and newest licensed product, the All Blacks Charity Edition of
Monopoly, officially launched and going on sale today.
GRAINGER ANNOUNCES...
CHICAGO - Grainger (NYSE: GWW), North America's leading broad line
distributor of facilities maintenance products, today announced it has signed a
definitive agreement to acquire full ownership of its joint venture in India,
Asia Pacific Brands India Private Limited, one of India's leading industrial
and electrical wholesale distributors.
TANDBERG DESIGNATED...
BANGALORE - TANDBERG (OSLO: TAA. OL), the leading global provider of
telepresence, high-definition video conferencing and mobile video solutions,
has received the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Video Conferencing Vendor
of the Year award.
http://www.tandberg.com
HUTCHISON WHAMPOA...
NEW YORK - Subsidiaries of Hutchison Whampoa Limited Announce a Status
Update of Their Cash Tender Offers for up to US$750 Million Aggregate Principal
Amount of 5.45 per cent Guaranteed Notes Due 2010 and up to US$750 Million
Aggregate Principal Amount of 7.00 per cent Guaranteed Notes Due 2011
Issued by the Subsidiaries of Hutchison Whampoa Limited.
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