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THE LINE-UP
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CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD. (SINGAPORE)
www.soundblaster.com
Leading maker of digital sound boards for PCs; investments in Internet telephony and downloadable music.
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TREND MICRO INC. (JAPAN)
www.antivirus.com
Develops corporate anti-virus software including products that block infections at Internet gateways.
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LIBERTYONE ONLINE (AUSTRALIA)
www.online.libertyone.com.au
Internet access provider, website design and hosting, e-commerce solutions.
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SOFTBANK CORP. (JAPAN)
www.softbank.com
Software wholesaler and computer magazine publisher with major Internet holdings in U.S.-based Yahoo!, E*trade. Founder Son Masayoshi says he wantes to create an Internet zaibatsu (affiliated company group).
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TRAVEL.COM.AU LTD. (AUSTRALIA)
www.travel.com.au
Australia's major online travel agency.
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SATYAM INFOWAY LTD. (INDIA)
www.satyam.net.in
The first private-sector entity to offer Internet access across India's recently deregulated market.
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PACIFIC INTERNET (SINGAPORE)
www.pacific.net.sg
The region's only multi-country Internet access provider with service in Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. Listed on U.S.'s NASDAQ.
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DACOM CORP. (SOUTH KOREA)
www.dacom.co.kr
South Korea's second-largest telephone company announced last month it would spend $2.5 billion to become an Internet-focused operation.
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SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD. (SINGAPORE)
www.singtel.com
Offers the Magix multimedia service, providing online games, entertainment, and high-speed Internet access. Holds 50% of Singapore's Internet access market.
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WHARF HOLDINGS LTD. (HONG KONG)
www.wharf-holdings.com
Property is its cash cow, but Wharf's planned high-speed Internet access service, combined with existing cable-TV service, could contribute 35% of total revenue by 2003. Also established in telecommunications.
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FUJISOFT ABC INC. (JAPAN)
www.fsi.co.jp
Independent software developer has one of Japan's largest systems engineering groups; branching into e-commerce with online payment system and a division that promotes e-shopping services.
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SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LTD. (SINGAPORE)
www.sph.com.sg
Newspaper and magazine publisher operates AsiaOne, one of the region's better-known multi-purpose websites including an online shopping mall.
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YAHOO JAPAN (JAPAN)
www.yahoo.co.jp
The rising sun's version of one of the Internet's most-trafficked sites, produced by a powerhouse partnership between U.S.-based Yahoo! and Softbank.
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E*TRADE AUSTRALIA (AUSTRALIA)
www.etrade.com.au
This licensed affiliate of heavyweight U.S. online stock brokerage E*Trade controls a substantial share of the business in Australia and New Zealand.
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DATACRAFT ASIA (SINGAPORE)
www.datacraft-asia.com
A leading network systems integrator, Datacraft has a fast-growing business with regional telecom companies. Its largest customer is China, where it has built numerous digital data networks for the government.
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HONG KONG TELECOM (HONG KONG)
www.hkt.com
The territory's major telco also is the largest Internet service provider and has one of the most widely-viewed Chinese-language websites. Recently partnered with Microsoft to deliver software over HKT's high-speed Internet access and video-on-demand network.
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ECORP (AUSTRALIA)
www.ecorp.com.au
The online business of media tycoon Kerry Packer's Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd., set to be spun off in a June 15 initial stock offering. Offers online stock broking and ticket sales.
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SONY (JAPAN)
www.sony.com
The giant owns music, movies and computer games. It manufactures the consumer electronics that play the content. Now it is trying to connect the dots with a "network-centric" reorganization of its electronics groups.
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VSNL (INDIA)
www.vsnl.net.in
India's international telecommunications service provider has more than 200,000 Internet customers.
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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO. (TAIWAN)
www.tsmc.com.tw
Yes, TSMC just makes microprocessors for other companies. But they run the largest dedicated silicon chip foundry operation in the world, and as Intel chief executive Craig Barrett recently observed, "The road to the Internet is paved with silicon."
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