ASIA NETCOM...
HONG KONG: Asia Netcom has announced plans to add a new
trans-Pacific portion to its regional submarine cable system,
EAC. The new 23,500 kilometre infrastructure - EAC Pacific -
will extend the existing infrastructure with a new
trans-Pacific ring.
www.asianetcom.com
EQUINIX ACQUIRES...
FOSTER CITY, California: Equinix, Inc., the leading provider
of network-neutral data centres and Internet exchange services,
announced that it has added a second Internet Business Exchange
data centre to its Tokyo presence, resulting from the
acquisition of a long-term building lease and the purchase of
assets from VSNL International.
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP...
LOS ANGELES: Premiere Radio Networks has announced an
international partnership with Goldmark Intermedia to represent
the network's programs and services to India. Goldmark
Intermedia specializes in acquiring, producing and localizing
worldwide intellectual property rights in both television and
radio.
www.radioindigo.com
www.Goldmarkintermedia.com
WISEKEY ANNOUNCES...
GENEVA: WISeKey, the leading Internet Trust and Digital
Identification company is pleased to announce that Mr. Patrick
De Smedt has joined WISeKey's Board of Directors.
www.presseportal.ch
www.presseportal.ch/de/story.htx?firmaid=100006027&lang=2
ATTICUS CAPITAL...
NEW YORK: Atticus Capital to vote for Freeport-McMoRan's
acquisition of Phelps Dodge.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM...
SAN FRANCISCO: CMP Technology, producers of
industry-defining events such as SD West, Architecture & Design
World, .NET 3.0 Roadshow, and Interop, have announced the
comprehensive Conference Program for its Software Development
Best Practices Conference & Expo India.
www.sdexpo.com
www.sdexpo.in
www.sdexpo.in/register.htm
www.ddj.com
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
OPEC PRODUCTION...
LONDON: The 10 OPEC members bound by the group's output
agreements produced an average 27 million barrels per day (b/d)
in December, down 70,000 b/d from November, but some 700,000 b
d above its current output target, a Platts survey showed
Friday.
www.mcgraw-hill.com
MARITIME AWARD...
MONTREAL: At a ceremony held January 3, 2007, in Montreal
(Canada), Mumbai Captain Oswald Pascal Saldanha, Master of the
M/V Glory, was presented with a Gold-Headed Cane from the
president and chief executive officer of the Montreal Port
Authority, Mr. Dominic J. Taddeo. The M/V Glory, owned by
Hapag-Lloyd, was the first ocean-going vessel to cross the Port
of Montreal's limits in 2007, thus inaugurating a new season of
navigation to Montreal.
www.port-montreal.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$135
million on January 25, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100
per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
www.fanniemae.com
CONNECT ANNOUNCES...
HONG KONG: Connect Holdings Limited has announced that it
intends, subject to the satisfaction of certain pre-conditions,
to make a voluntary conditional general offer to acquire all
the issued shares in the capital of Nasdaq-listed Pacific
Internet Limited.
www.sec.gov
CONNECT ANNOUNCEMENT...
HONG KONG: Connect Holdings Limited announcement -
pre-conditional voluntary general Offer by Connect Holdings
Limited to acquire all the issued ordinary shares in the
capital of Pacific Internet Limited other than those already
held by the Offeror and its related corporations or nominees of
the Offeror and its related corporations as at the date of the
Offer.
www.sec.gov
NUTRACEA SIGNS...
EL DORADO HILLS, California: NutraCea, a world leader in
stabilized rice bran research and technology, announced that it
has signed Med-Chem as a distributor of its nutrient-rich,
proprietary portfolio of stabilized rice bran functional food
ingredients in Australia and New Zealand.
www.nutracea.com
WIRELESS BROADBAND...
RICHARDSON, Texas: Horizon Wi-Com is launching its
high-speed wireless broadband service in the Northeast US
region using WiMAX 802.16e equipment from Navini Networks, the
global leader in providing plug-n-play broadband wireless
access solutions with the most experience in commercial
deployments.
www.navini.com
www.horizon-wicom.com
BUONGIORNO ENTERS...
MILAN: Buongiorno, a leading multinational operating in the
market of digital entertainment, announces its entrance in the
Chinese market by acquiring eDongAsia through Buongiorno Hong
Kong Ltd., the Joint Venture founded by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (51
per cent) and Buongiorno SpA (49 per cent).
APPLE IPHONE...
WELLINGTON: Apple's new iPhone with handheld computer
capability will create a huge impact on trade in games, music,
images and videos, says voeveo.com, a global online marketplace
for mobile content.
www.voeveo.com/aboutus
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