Hot Start-ups

Cisco agreed to acquire Cognio, a start-up specializing in wireless spectrum analysis and management for wireless networks. Cognio's spectrum technology can be used for detecting, classifying, locating and mitigating sources...

Ecrio, a start-up based in Cupertino, California, raised $24 million in venture funding for its work in real-time communications and commerce software for mobile phones. Ecrio's software solutions include 3G...

WiChorus, a start-up based in San Jose, California, unveiled plans for a new wireless core solution that enables operators to deploy flatter, smarter WiMAX and 4G networks that reduce CapEx...

AllPeers Ltd, a software start-up based in Oxford, England with offices in the Czech Republic, has added new capabilities to its free plug-in to support standard BitTorrent downloads directly inside...

BroadLight, a supplier of GPON semiconductors and software, closed a $12 million series E financing round led by Benchmark Capital. BroadLight's portfolio includes both CPE and network PON solutions for...

VUDU, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, began selling its movie-on-demand set-top box. VUDU initially features more than 5,000 movie titles from every major U.S. film studio and more...

TelASIC Communications, a start-up based in El Segundo, California, raised $12.5 million in new funding for its high-performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) and sub-systems for the 3G wireless...

Aztek Networks, a start-up based in Boulder, Colorado, raised $7.5 million in Series B funding for its Emergency Stand Alone (ESA) switching products. Aztek Networks 5000S ESA switching device is...

Vlingo, a start-up based in Cambridge, Mass., released a beta version of its voice-powered interface for mobile phones. Vlingo developed its own speech recognition technology to power its system. Vlingo's...

SyncVoice Communications, a start-up based in Costa Mesa, California, raised $11.6 million in Series B financing for its solutions for managing converged voice/data communications. The company's "VXTracker" software product line...

Wisair, a provider of Ultra Wideband (UWB) and Wireless USB (WUSB) chipset solutions, named Ziv Azmanov as vice president of marketing and Tal Keren-zvi as the Very Large Scale Integration...

PacketMotion, a start-up based in San Jose, California, secured $7.5 million in its third round of funding. PacketMotion offers an enterprise platform for analyzing network traffic in order to ensure...

T-Systems Venture Fund has invested in LiteScape Technologies, a developer of Unified Communications applications. LiteScape's flagship product, OnCast, provides voice, conferencing, broadcasting, collaboration capabilities between IP phones, PCs and mobile...