Spirent Communications plc (NYSE:SPM) (LSE:SPT), a global provider of performance analysis and service assurance solutions, has introduced the industry's first lab-based mobile video analysis solution. The APEX Wireless Multimedia Analyzer (WMA) allows operators and manufacturers to evaluate the quality of video being displayed on a mobile device prior to deployment of the device and/or the service.

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today unveiled more industry-defining architectural features for its upcoming native Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors (codenamed "Barcelona") during a presentation to the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC).

Hindalco Industries Limited (BSE: HINDALCO), India's largest non-ferrous metals company, and Novelis Inc. (NYSE: NVL) (TSX: NVL), the world's leading producer of aluminum rolled products, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Hindalco to acquire Novelis in an all-cash transaction which values Novelis at approximately $6.0 billion, including approximately $2.4 billion of debt.

March Networks(TM) (TSX:MN; AIM:MNW), a leading provider of Internet Protocol (IP)-based digital video surveillance solutions, announced today that it will release its third quarter fiscal year 2007 financial results on February 28, 2007 at approximately 9:00 p.m. ET.