InfoVista has acquired radio access and backhaul network planning company Mentum, as part of its strategy to strengthen its market reach and offerings in the areas of network lifecycle and customer experience.
Mentum is a provider of RAN and backhaul network planning and optimization solutions,...
Venture capitalists are pouring more money into mobile startups, with seed funding showing the strongest growth. According to venture capital database CB Insights, 42% of venture capital deals involving mobile companies were initial investments, or seed funding, during the third quarter. Overall, just 31%...
Verizon Wireless’ plans to sell off 700 MHz spectrum licenses seems to be generating plenty of interest and deals as the carrier announced it has recently agreed to sell 10 B-Block licenses to Clear Talk for an undisclosed sum. The licenses cover approximately 2.1...
Cisco says it will acquire cloud networking company Meraki for $1.2 billion in cash. Meraki focuses on mid-market customers, offering networking solutions that can be centrally managed from the cloud. When the acquisition is complete, Meraki will form Cisco’s new cloud networking group, led...
While venture capitalists are pouring money into promising mobile apps, some of the more seasoned investors in the mobile ecosystem are focusing on wireless infrastructure. "We are more focused on the infrastructure opportunity; the services and the plumbing that enables a lot of this...
Cloud-based communications provider J2 Global (JCOM) is buying Ziff-Davis Publishing for $167 million in a bid to add digital content to its messaging and storage solutions. Ziff-Davis owns PCMag.com, Geek.com, Computershopper.com, and a number of business-to-business (B2B) media properties.
"We have years of experience and...
Colombia is becoming a very interesting country for investors. With the Vive Digital plan, the government is looking to boost Internet penetration in Colombia to decrease poverty, generate jobs and improve and increase competitiveness and productivity. As a result, the country is proving attractive for...
Investors and entrepreneurs alike are hoping that now that with the uncertainty of the elections in the rear view mirror, investment funds will start flowing again. "There are record levels of cash just sitting on the sidelines," says Tracy Lefteroff, global managing partner for...
MIPS Technologies (MIPS) is selling its patents and its operating business to two separate buyers in a deal structured to maximize the value of both. The Silicon Valley designer of CPU processors and cores says it will sell most of its patents to Bridge...
KDDI, one of Japan’s largest cellular phone companies with over 35 million subscribers, announced today a $5 million series C investment in Fuhu, creators of the Nabi tablet, the Fooz Kids suite of applications, and the UrDrive USB interface software. The deal follows a...
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 its core communications business with capabilities that now extend beyond voice and messaging to...
Wireless carriers seem to be in an “eat or be eaten” state of mind as a wave of industry consolidation has again gripped the domestic market. The latest to fall under the spell is Sprint Nextel, with published reports this morning indicating that Japan’s...
ORLANDO, Fla. – The tower industry shares many similarities with its customer segment – wireless carriers – including the penchant for merger and acquisition activity. Recent history has seen a number of deals announced in the space, though the possibilities for more activity could...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Echoing sentiment from last week’s Competitive Carriers Association event in Las Vegas, infrastructure players are looking for clarity and certainty when it comes to policy decisions from government regulators.
During an educational session at this week’s PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show in Orlando,...
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 purchase of Skire, a provider of capital program management and facilities management applications, which...
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 Barbados: Flow, a consumer-focused triple-play video, broadband and voice provider, and Columbus Business Solutions,...
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 day, it was rumored that China's Lenovo Group Ltd. intends to acquire Brazil electronic goods...
The Spanish group Telefónica announced the launch of an international network of technology venture capital funds, starting with a capital base of about U.S.$376.1 million (€300 million). Dubbed Amérigo, the network aims to detect and finance new businesses that are innovating in the digital...
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 service provider, Cablevisión, for U.S.$150 million was signed in June. Since then, the telephony...
Looking to enhance its social business vertical, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the acquisition of Kenexa Corporation (NYSE: KNXA) yesterday. The companies have entered into a definitive agreement, under which IBM will pay a cash price of $46 per share or a net price of...
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 for Qualcomm, but it could give the San Diego chipmaker a boost in the...
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 be the company’s most valuable asset. Bloomberg cited two people familiar with the situation.
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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 deal will supply AT&T’s wireless operations with spectrum in the 1.7/2.1 GHz and 2.3...
Virtualization and cloud infrastructure provider VMware (NYSE: VMW), announced this week that it will pay $1.05 billion in cash plus approximately $210 million in assumed unvested equity awards to acquire Nicira, a software-defined networking (SDN) specialist and provider of network virtualization for open source initiatives.
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