Acquisitions

The Spanish group Telefónica is looking to add video chatting to its services. Through its unit Telefónica Digital, the company acquired U.S.-based TokBox with the goal of driving innovation in …

Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire SelectMinds, a provider of cloud-based social talent sourcing and corporate alumni management applications. This acquisition follows Oracle’s previous asset …

Columbus International Inc. announced that it has officially obtained approval to acquire TeleBarbados Inc. and enter the Barbados telecommunications market. With this approval, Columbus aims to introduce two services to …

Two events shook up the Brazilian computer manufacturing market on Tuesday. The Brazil’s personal-computer maker Positivo Informática announced that it will start producing mobile phones and smartphones. On the same …

Paraguay’s telecom regulator Conatel (Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones) has authorized Tigo, owned by Millicom International Cellular, to complete its acquisition of Cablevisión. The binding agreement to acquire Paraguay’s cable pay-TV …

An Israeli business newspaper is reporting that Qualcomm (QCOM) is set to acquire Israel’s DesignArt Networks for between $120 and $140 million. The deal would not be a large acquisition …

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion saw its stocks rise late last week following a Bloomberg report stating that IBM was interested in acquiring RIM’s enterprise-services unit, which is considered to …

AT&T’s desire for wireless spectrum sent them back in time today as the nation’s No. 2 carrier announced plans to acquire NextWave Wireless (yes, that NextWave) for $650 million. The …

Supply-chain services provider Ingram Micro announced plans to acquire rival BrightPoint (CELL) for approximately $840 million in a deal that will further boost Ingram Micro’s dominance in the fulfillment services …

SBA Communications continued to expand its tower empire, announcing today plans to acquire privately-held TowerCo for $1.45 billion. That price includes $1.2 billion in cash and 4.6 million Class A …

América Móvil consolidated its dominate position in the U.S.-based prepaid space, announcing the closing on the acquisition of Simple Mobile. The deal, which was announced earlier this year, adds approximately …

Dutch telecom operator KPN has had a busy month attempting to counter a move by Mexico-based operator América Móvil, which is looking to increase its presence in the European market. …

Verizon Communications is betting big on the machine-to-machine space, and by big we mean $612 million big. The telecom giant announced this morning that it plans to acquire Hughes Telematics …

Sticking to its point of being a good steward of spectrum and the need to meet increasing demand from consumers, Verizon Wireless responded to a request by the Federal Communications …

Cloud computing is the new king of the information technology market, and three acquisitions announced this week underscore the point. On Tuesday Germany’s SAP AG unveiled its plans to buy …

Analytic data solutions provider Teradata (NYSE: TDC) announced an agreement to acquire Munich, Germany-based eCircle, a cloud-based digital marketing firm. The addition of eCircle is intended to enhance and expand …

Allot Communications (ALLT) announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase La Jolla, Calif.-based Ortiva Wireless for an undisclosed amount. With mobile video expected to comprise anywhere from 41% …

IBM (NYSE: IBM) yesterday announced it will acquire Vivisimo, a Pittsburgh-based firm that helps large organizations access and analyze enterprise data.  IBM also announced that its big data platform will now run on Cloudera’s distribution of Hadoop. The announcements …

Mobile is a key pillar for the German enterprise software giant SAP’s future growth. SAP is relying on mobile platforms to reach its global strategy of 1 billion users for …

Cisco Systems says its $5 billion acquisition of NDS Group will position it to help service providers profit from video. The networking giant says service providers need to be ready …

Cisco Systems announced its intent to acquire NDS Group for approximately $5 billion. NDS provides video software and content security solutions designed to enable service providers and media companies to …

SBA Communications (SBAC) said it plans to pay nearly $1.1 billion to acquire certain affiliates of Mobilitie, including more than 2,300 tower sites in the United States and Central America …

NEC has acquired an 85% stake of Global View, an Argentinean company that provides video surveillance services. Following closing of the transaction, Global View will operate as a subsidiary of …