Start-ups

ViDeOnline Communications, a start-up based in Redwood City, California, closed $12 million in funding led by Intel Capital for its digital media content aggregation services. ViDeOnline Communications, Ltd aggregates digital...

Cortina Systems has acquired ImmenStar, a privately held semiconductor company that specializes in passive optical network (PON) System-on-Chip (SoC) technology. Cortina offers a range of silicon designs to address enterprise...

Ericsson made a public cash offer to acquire Tandberg Television for SEK 9.8 billion (US$1.4 billion), or NOK 106 in cash per share -- representing a premium of 18.2% to...

Narad Networks closed $10 million in new funding for its bandwidth enhancement for HFC cable systems. The company said the new funding would be used to launch its next-generation switched...

Clearwire, the broadband wireless services provider founded by Craig McCaw, agreed to acquire all 2.5 GHz spectrum currently licensed to, or leased by, BellSouth, now AT&T. The sale price is...

ColorChip, a start-up based in Caesarea, Israel, raised $7.4 million for its glass-based Planer Lightwave Circuit (PLC) chips and modules for FTTH networks. The funding was led by Vertex Venture...

Infinera has acquired Little Optics, a start-up specializing in planar lightwave circuits, for an undisclosed sum. Infinera said the acquisition complement its own active large-scale photonic integration based on indium...

MINO Wireless, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, received $7 million for its VoIP service for mobile phones. MINO's technology is designed for international calling from mobile phones via existing...

A stealth-mode start-up called Grid-X announced seed funding for its work developing an ultra high-speed offload engine. The company said its design uses proprietary algorithms and coding to implement low...

Samsung Ventures has made a strategic investment in Strix Systems, a start-up specializing in wireless mesh networking. Samsung Electronics is a leading supplier of WiMAX equipment worldwide. Financial terms were...

Ericsson has acquired Entrisphere, a start-up specializing in GPON fiber access technology, for an undisclosed sum. Entrisphere was founded in 2000 and is based in Santa Clara, California. The company...

Cisco agreed to acquire Five Across, a start-up specializing in social networking software, for an undisclosed sum. Five Across offers software that lets companies augment their websites with full-featured communities...

Sensory Networks, a start-up developing acceleration technology for network security applications, closed US$4.9 million in new financing led by Accede Capital, formerly known as the Deutsche Bank Capital Partners Ericsson...