Start-ups

CommScope has acquired LiquidxStream Systems, a start-up developing dense universal edge QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) systems. The company is based in Montreal, Canada. Financial terms were not disclosed. CommScope plans...

Mavenir Systems, a start-up based in Richardson, Texas, raised $40 million in its fifth round of funding. The company's Mavenir mOne Convergence Platform enables mobile operators to deploy enhanced voice,...

MobileIron, which supplies a smartphone management system for enterprises, has raised $20 million in Series D funding. All four of MobileIron's current investors, Foundation Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital...

SkyCross has closed on $11 million in financing, the first tranche of Series E funding, to support its 4G MIMO antenna solutions. The company intends to close the second tranche...

CloudPassage, a start-up based in San Francisco, completed a Series A round of financing for is cloud server security and compliance solution. CloudPassage said its key innovation is its Halo...

Bamboom, a start-up based in New York, raised $4.5 million in seed funding to develop new concept in digital TV distribution. The company promises to develop a TV service over...

SPATIALinfo has won a 2-year, multi-million dollar contract to supply its physical network inventory software provider for Australia's national broadband initiative. As part of this initial contract, SPATIALinfo is providing...

VideoSurf, a start-up based in San Mateo, California, raised $16 million in Series C financing for its video discovery technology. VideoSurf holds a patent for a technology that analyzes all...

Zixi, a start-up based in Waltham, MA, raised $4 million in new funding for its solutions for broadcast-quality HDTV globally over the cloud. Zixi's software maximizes network bandwidth, minimizes startup...

Altair Semiconductor, a start-up based in Israel, has completed a $26 million round of funding for its ultra-low power, small footprint and high performance LTE chipsets. Over the last year,...

Metaswitch Networks has acquired Colibria, a developer of enhanced instant messaging, presence and network address book solutions for service providers. Financial terms were not disclosed. Colibria's portfolio consists of: (1)...

Xilinx has acquired privately-held Omiino, a developer of OTN transponders and muxponders, framers and mappers. Financial terms were not disclosed. The company is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. http://www.omiino.com

Cisco agreed to acquire privately-held newScale, a developer of software that delivers a service catalog and self-service portal for IT organizations to select and quickly deploy cloud services within their...