Clearwire to Acquire BellSouth's 2.5 GHz Spectrum
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...
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ColorChip Raises $7.4 Million for FTTH
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 Acquires Little Optics for Planar Integration Technology
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...
Grid-X Announces Seed Funding for 100GigE Offload
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...
MINO Wireless Raises $7 Million for Mobile VoIP
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...
Samsung Invests in Strix for Wireless Mesh Networking
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 Acquires Entrisphere for Fiber Access
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 to Acquire Five Across for Social Networking
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 Raises $4.9M for Security Acceleration
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...
Polycom to Acquire SpectraLink for VoWiFi
Polycom will acquire SpectraLink for approximately $220 million ($11.75 per share). SpectraLink designs, manufactures, and markets wireless telephone systems that integrate with an enterprise's existing telephone system. Its NetLink Wireless...
BT to Acquire i2i for Enterprise Services in India
BT will acquire i2i Enterprise Pvt Ltd, a Mumbai-based enterprise services company specializing in IP communications services for major Indian and global multinational companies. Financial services were not disclosed. i2i...
Motorola Invests in Tango Networks for Enterprise FMC
Motorola has made an equity investment in Tango Networks, a start-up developing hardware and software that integrates mobile phones with corporate telephone networks. The funding was part of Tango's Series...
AudioCodes Acquires CTI Squared Ltd.
AudioCodes will acquire CTI Squared Ltd. ("CTI2"), a provider of enhanced messaging and communications platforms deployed globally by service providers and enterprises. CTI2's platforms integrate data and voice messaging services...
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