Start-ups

Fonpods, a start-up based in Los Angeles, unveiled its new podcast by phone service. Fonpods' proprietary platform is designed to provide convenient, cost-free mobile access to digital audio content --...

Rebtel Networks, a start-up based in Stockholm, raised $20 million in Series A funding for its plans to offer unlimited international calling from mobile phones for just $1 per week....

NextNine, a start-up based in Tel Aviv, announced the completion of a round of financing, led by Motorola Ventures. NextNine provides support automation solutions. The company provides end-to-end support automation...

Visto, a start-up based in Redwood City, California, raised more than $51M in new financing for its secure push email for mobile professionals. Visto said it has more than tripled...

JAJAH, a venture-backed VoIP start-up based in Mountain View, California, is unveiling a Mobile Suite that will allow consumers to make free long-distance and global calls directly from their mobile...

Riverbed Technology completed its initial public offering (IPO), floating 8.7 million shares of its common stock at a price of $9.75 per share. In its opening day, the Riverbed shares...

SoonR, a start-up based in Campbell, California raised $6 million in Series A funding for its mobile-to-desktop applications. SoonR lets mobile users tap into the power of their computers from...

Aztek Networks (formerly Aztek Engineering), a start-up based in Boulder, Colorado raised $6.6 million in Series A funding for its Emergency Stand Alone (ESA) switching and IP gateway products. Aztek...

S5 Wireless, a start-up based in Draper, Utah raised $11.5 million for its next-generation wireless location technologies. The Series B funding was led by Eagle River Holdings, Craig McCaw's investment...

NexTone Communications raised a $25 million investment from Columbia Partners Private Capital, the private investment group of Columbia Partners L.L.C., a Washington, D.C.-based investment management group. The new funding brings...

Sonim Technologies, a start-up based in San Mateo, California, secured $8.3 million in funding for its IMS-based push-to-talk solution based on the new OMA PoC 1.0 standard. The OMA PoC...

Lucent Technologies agreed to acquire Mobilitec, a provider of content management software for wireless service providers, for an undisclosed sum. Mobilitec, a privately held company in San Mateo, California, supplies...

Newport Media, a start-up silicon developer based in Southern California, signed a royalty-free agreement that enables it to use QUALCOMM's patented technologies to design, manufacture and sell certain semiconductor chip...