SYDNEY--18 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
TELCOS JOIN...
SINGAPORE - During a media briefing in Singapore, Pacnet and
Bharti Airtel Wednesday signed an NNI (network-to-network
interface) agreement to interconnect their respective networks,
expanding connections to and from India.
http://www.pacnet.com
http://www.bhartiairtel.in
TELCOS LAUNCH...
SINGAPORE - Following the signing of an NNI
(network-to-network interface) agreement to interconnect their
respective networks, expanding connections to and from India,
Pacnet and Bharti Airtel Wednesday also announced a special
"Gateway to India" offering for STM-1 and larger International
Private Line circuits between the United States and India.
http://www.bhartiairtel.in
http://www.pc1.com
http://www.pacnet.com
VERIZON EXPANDS...
LAS VEGAS - Verizon Business is expanding and strengthening
its unified communications services to help multinational
companies, faced with dramatically rising travel costs,
collaborate better and improve their business processes.
http://www.verizon.com
http://www.verizonbusiness.com
PRESS EVENT...
BEVERLY HILLS - Silvia Damiani, of famed Italian Jewelry
House Damiani, and Sharon Stone invite news media to join them
for a special press event.
http://www.thereelrossgroup.com
(ISC)2 SEEKS...
HONG KONG - (ISC)2, the non-profit global leader in
educating and certifying information security professionals
throughout their careers, today announced it has opened
nominations for its second annual Asia-Pacific Information
Security Leadership Achievements Program.
http://www.isc2.org
OFFICIALS GATHER...
SINGAPORE - Mayors and senior officials around the world
will join an expanding line-up of prominent speakers and
delegates from governments, international organisations,
private sector companies and non-governmental organisations at
the first-ever World Cities Summit this month.
http://www.worldcities.com.sg
NEUSTAR DELIVERS...
SINGAPORE - NeuStar, Inc. Wednesday announced that it was
selected by StarHub, Singapore's fully-integrated
info-communications company, to launch a new multi-community
mobile Instant Messaging service to StarHub's customers in
Singapore.
http://www.neustar.biz
http://www.neustar.biz/ngm
APPLE OPENS...
SYDNEY - Apple's first retail store in Australia will open
on George Street in Sydney on Thursday, 19 June at 5:00 p.m.
Located in the heart of the city's shopping district, the Apple
Store Sydney features two floors dedicated to Macs and iPods
and a third floor entirely dedicated to service, including the
world's largest Genius Bar for free advice and personal
training through Apple's popular One to One membership.
http://www.apple.com
WEATHERTRENDS RELEASES...
BETHLEHEM - Weather Trends International Inc. is proud to
announce the release of www.myskeye.com version 2.0, a global
business-weather planning and forecasting platform with a bit
of fun for consumers too!
http://myskeye.com
BUSINESSWEEK COLLABORATES...
NEW YORK - BusinessWeek will publish a special August
double-issue focused on workplace challenges - "Business@Work,"
will engage BusinessWeek's audience, bringing together readers
and editors in an interactive, collaborative exchange.
http://www.businessweek.com/business@work
PLATTS REPORTS...
LONDON - Platts, one of the world's foremost providers of
energy and metals information, Wednesday announced it has
expanded its suite of daily spot price assessments to include
seaborne iron ore delivered to China, iron ore's largest
consuming market.
http://www.platts.com
http://www.mcgraw-hill.com
http://tinyurl.com/4hffur
SYMPOSIUM CALLS...
NEW YORK - Industry professionals and academic specialists
are invited to submit abstracts outlining potential
presentations to be given during the 2009 conference program of
PPI Transport Symposium 18, 7-9 October 2009, Liverpool,
England, UK.
http://www.transportsymposium.com
http://www.risiinfo.com
http://www.ifpta.org
PHONETAG OFFERS....
NEW YORK - PhoneTag, the provider of voicemail-to-text
services and visual voicemail applications in the United
States, announced Wednesday the launch of its award winning
voicemail-to-text service in Australia.
http://www.phonetag.com
THOMSONREUTERS LAUNCHES...
PHILADELPHIA - Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source
of intelligent information for businesses and professionals,
announced Wednesday the launch of BIOMARKERcenter, a unique
comprehensive resource for biomarker intelligence.
http://www.thomsonreuters.com
http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/products
biomarkercenter
ORGANIZATION HIGHLIGHTS...
MILWAUKEE - The World Allergy Organization will publish its
first Report on the extent of allergy and chronic respiratory
diseases worldwide on the 18 June 2008 and has called for
immediate collaboration to tackle the current escalation in
allergy cases.
http://www.waojournal.org
CAREER FAIR...
LONDON - A 'virtual' careers fair being held June 18-19 can
lead to real jobs for those working in the construction
industry.
http://www.building.co.uk/virtualcareers
MOMENTUM GROWS...
LONDON - The number of mobile broadband connections in the
850MHz frequency band worldwide has leapt to more than 13
million from 1.3 million one year ago thanks to rapid growth in
the Americas and Australia, according to Wireless Intelligence,
a unit of the GSMA, the global body for the mobile industry.
WINWAP AVAILABLE...
HELSINKI - Winwap Technologies Oy, specialist in providing
mobile Internet browsers and multimedia messaging software,
announced Tuesday that it is cooperating with SiRF Technology
Holdings Inc, a world leader in location technology, to make
Winwap's software applications available to SiRF's customers.
http://www.winwap.com
GLOBAL FORMS...
ATLANTA - Global Payments Inc., a leading provider of
electronic transaction processing solutions, announced Tuesday
it has agreed to form a joint venture with HSBC Bank plc to
provide payment processing services to merchants in the United
Kingdom and Internet merchants globally.
http://www.globalpaymentsinc.com
http://www.apacs.org.uk/index.html
http://www.vrlknowledgebank.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of
US$141.772 million on June 27, 2008 at a redemption price equal
to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.co
ANADIGICS EXPANDS...
WARREN - ANADIGICS, Inc. Tueday announced that they have
selected MTI Engineering, Ltd., as their manufacturer's
representative for Israel. MTI will represent ANADIGICS'
complete line of wireless and broadband RF semiconductor
products effective immediately.
http://www.anadigics.com
NYENRODE STARTS...
BREUKELEN - Nyenrode plans to start a Europe India Institute
to stimulate the academic and practical development of
knowledge on business in India, trade relationships between the
two regions and themes such as business spirituality, food
processing logistics, outsourcing and offshoring.
http://www.nyenrode.nl
ATMEL WINS...
SAN JOSE - Atmel Corporation announced Tueday that its
microcontrollers have been voted by readers of Electronics for
You, one of India's most widely read electronics industry
magazines, as winners in the Microcontrollers category of their
Readers' Choice Awards for the second consecutive year.
http://www.atmel.com
ONLINE EXTINCTION...
SYDNEY - It has become evident in recent times that there
has been a shift away from the last minute model with sites
such as Wotif.com to go 365 days. Moreover, according to a
recent study by HotelsCombined.com these last minute
distribution sites including Wotif.com, NeedItNow.com and
LastMinute.com.au are no longer offering the best available
rates.
http://www.HotelsCombined.com
MONTREAL DEVELOPS...
MONTREAL - Montreal is well on its way to becoming the first
city in North America to develop a bicycle network that helps
address some of the problems related to the ever-growing use of
cars in urban areas.
www.publicbikesystem.com
DATA SHOWS...
JAKARTA - Data presented Monday at the 6th International Symposium on Pneumococci & Pneumococcal Diseases in Reykjavik, Iceland shows the use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to prevent infection is a more effective approach to reducing the burden of disease than any successful treatment option.
NEUSOFT INAUGERATES...
DALIAN - Neusoft Corporation, the largest offshore software and service outsourcing provider in China, inaugurated another software park at the Dalian High-tech Industrial ZoneTuesday.
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