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Asia-Pacific intelligence chiefs urged to share info on terrorists
Date: 6 September 2007

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's defence forces chief on Wednesday urged Asia-Pacific countries to increase military cooperation and intelligence sharing to combat terrorism.

Terrorism has been on the rise since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States and the 2002 Bali bomb attacks, Gen. Abdul Aziz Zainal said at an inaugural conference of intelligence chiefs from the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

"The new challenges confronting the 21st century are from alienated individuals and militant organizations.

"Having to address these invisible enemies ... it becomes crucial for us to cooperate and share intelligence to counter them,'' Abdul Aziz said.

The three-day conference, which is jointly organized by the Malaysian and U.S. defence ministries, involves military intelligence chiefs from 19 countries.

They include the U.S., Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, India, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Brunei, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Pakistan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.

"This is a historic opportunity for intelligence chiefs to get together, to talk about areas of mutual cooperation, how we can go about sharing information for the benefit of all nations,'' said Lt. Gen. Michael D.Maples, director of the Defence Intelligence Agency, part of the US Defence Department.

The al-Qaida-linked Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah, blamed for the Bali blasts in Indonesia which claimed 202 lives, has reportedly been weakened in recent years by dozens of arrests in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.

But experts have warned that up to 40 homegrown militant groups exist worldwide and continue to pose a threat.

Abdul Aziz said the conference would also discuss cooperation to enhance maritime security, especially in the Strait of Malacca through which half of the world's oil and a third of its commerce is transported. - AP

INFOCAST WIMAX SOLUTION
Date: 17 August 2007

Mercury Infocast, a Malaysian MSC status company, organizes and will be providing the world’s first working 2.3-GHz WiMAX solution which is developed by TRG (Technology Research Group) Research Center a subsidiary of Indonesian Tower, a business partner of Infocast in Indonesia.

The companies have developed the complete hardware solution, RF section, billing system, and network management system based on Radius Authentication server and able to do the full turnkey for engineering, installation, maintenance and long run support. The system meets the WiMAX 802.16-2004 (16d) specification. The technology is based on the core technology of Wavesat from Canada. The system is expected to be in full production, and the WiMAX 802.16e solution from Wavesat is expected in Q2 2008.

The design for the base station and the CPE has been completed and production is expected at the end of 2007. The design can be adapted for any legal Wimax Frequency band.

Infocast sees Wimax 16d as the key technology to bring affordable Wireless Broadband and phone services to Urban and Rural areas.

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