Acquisitions

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.-Mobile virtual network operator and content provider SmartServ Online Inc. signed a letter of intent to acquire New York-based Telco Group Inc. and affiliates, which provide prepaid wireless …

LONDON-ScanSoft Inc., which provides speech and imaging solutions, announced three acquisitions totalling $63.2 million aimed at expanding the company’s speech capabilities and resources. The company agreed to buy Phonetic Systems …

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc., a provider of telecommunications services for the hearing impaired, announced that it has retained investment banking firm Daniels & Associates to identify potential acquisition candidates. “Daniels & …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it signed an agreement to acquire MeshNetworks Inc. to extend its broadband wireless capability for next-generation content, including data, video, location and Voice over Internet Protocol …

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-First Avenue Networks said it signed an agreement to acquire all of Teligent Inc.’s assets and fixed broadband wireless operations. First Avenue, which intends to close the deal in …

OSLO, Norway-The Mobile Media Co. announced the acquisition of Cee.tv Format, a developer of interactive television shows and mass marketing applications. Mobile Media said it will use content from 4-year-old …

The scramble to find allies continued in the mobile gaming arena with two new partnerships and an acquisition. Tiger Telematics, the U.S.-based producer of the Gizmondo mobile gaming console that …

LONDON-Revenue assurance company Azure Solutions said it has acquired Connexn Technologies. The combined companies will operate under the Azure name. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. All existing …

Former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Holdings Inc. said it lost 19,211 subscribers during the third quarter of this year as the carrier was hit by an increase …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-InterWAVE said it is trying to fine-tune and boost its finances as it undergoes discussions to be acquired. “While we have historically managed well with our limited cash …

TORONTO-Canadian telematics provider AirIQ has closed a private placement offering that raised $9.57 million, the company announced Thursday. AirIQ will use the capital to acquire the assets of Boatracs, L.L.C., …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has introduced two products that will increase the capacity and reduce the cost of simultaneously delivering video, audio and other content to large numbers of …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Alvarion Ltd. said it will not pursue the acquisition of interWAVE Inc. because interWAVE has not been able to meet the conditions for closing the deal, adding it …

First there is a date. If sparks fly, the romance eventually may graduate into a union. But in the wireless business, not all mergers and acquisitions result from long-standing engagements, …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Software developer Mobile Digital Media (MDM) acquired Cutting Edge Software and its Quickoffice suite of applications for handheld devices, the companies announced Tuesday. MDM bought the subsidiary of …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. said it has acquired Dynamicsoft Inc., a developer of session initiation protocol-based solutions, for $55 million as well as working capital. SIP allows operators to …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has acquired a display technology company known as Iridigm Display Corp. for $170 million in cash. The sum accounts for 86 percent of the company …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has acquired a display technology company known as Iridigm Display Corp. for $170 million in cash. The sum accounts for 86 percent of the company …

SHANGHAI, China-Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. agreed to buy the remaining interest it did not already own in Beijing Digital-Red Mobile Software Co. Ltd., a mobile games developer. Shanda first purchased …

Nokia Corp. today launched two new phones and acquired technology from a former Motorola Inc. subsidiary. Nokia announced the Nokia 9300 smart phone. The slim device opens to reveal a …

PLANO, Texas-E-Mobile Information Technologies acquired mobile entertainment provider CHL Technologies, the companies announced. The acquisition was necessary for CHL to go public, according to a company spokesman. CHL, which will …

ATLANTA-PRE Solutions has purchased the assets of GTS Prepaid, strengthening PRE Solutions’ position as a provider of prepaid transaction-processing solutions, the company said. “Acquisitions such as this enable PRE Solutions …

DENVER-U.K. mobile entertainment company Monstermob Group acquired Denver-based content provider 9 Squared Inc., the companies announced Tuesday. Monstermob paid $2.95 million in cash for 9 Squared and will hand over …

PLANO, Texas-Mobile entertainment provider CHL Technologies was acquired by E-Mobile Information Technologies, the companies announced late Monday. The acquisition was necessary for CHL to become a public company, according to …

TAMPA, Fla.-Syniverse Technologies announced it plans to acquire EDS Interoperator Services North America, a subsidiary of Electronic Data Systems Corp., for $57 million cash. IOS North America is a third-party …