Marketwire | Dec 13, 2010
Adapter Leverages FAST Standard for FIX-Based Market Data Delivery
BEDFORD, MA--(Marketwire - December 13, 2010) -Â Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ:PRGS), a leading independent enterprise software provider that enables companies to be operationally responsive, announces the general availability of a new adapter for...
The world’s largest wireless operator, China Mobile has stated that China may start the commercial use of its homegrown 4G telecommunication technology in 2012, and large-scale commercial trials will begin next year.
According to Bill Huang, General Manager of the China Mobile Research Institute, TD-LTE,...
BEIJING, Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- VODONE Group announced the acquisition of 3GUU, one of China's leading mobile game developers for smart phones. By acquiring 3GUU, VODONE will own 70% of 3GUU shares and become the largest mobile game developer and...
BANGALORE (Dow Jones)--Indian technology outsourcing firm Tech Mahindra Ltd. (532755.BY) is looking for potential acquisitions in Latin America jointly with its software outsourcing unit Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (500376.BY) in a bid to bolster the two companies' foothold in the region and cater to...
Social games developer Zynga Inc. acquired Texas-based mobile game developer Newtoy Inc. Newtoy is best known for its ‘Games With Friends' series of games, which includes Words With Friends, Chess With Friends and We Rule. Terms of the deal were not released.Novatel Wireless Inc....
More than 500 people are scheduled to attend a MobileMonday Toronto event tonight. RCR Wireless News Publisher Jeff Mucci will moderate an open mobile operator panel with Alek Krstajic, CEO of Public Mobile, and Anthony Lacavera, CEO of Wind Mobile."As December 2010 marks the...
American Tower Corp. (AMT) is planning to raise $1 billion to expand its tower holding portfolio.The company is planning to pay 4.5% interest on $1 billion worth of senior unsecured notes, according to The Associated Press. American Tower said it will use the money...
Motorola Mobility has put another tool in its arsenal as it prepares go it alone following a split at Motorola Inc.The company has acquired 4Home Inc. to bolster its position in the connected home space. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company has developed patented software and...
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) is acquiring Art Technology Group Inc. (ARTG) for approximately $1 billion in an purely cash-for-stock deal.
Oracle plans to push further into mobile following the deal, particularly with ATG's ability to create mobile commerce apps for business.
ATG made the announcement on the...
Laird Technologies acquired Cattron Group International in a move to expand its presence in the machine-to-machine market. Cattron supplies wireless remote control systems for the railroad, mining and industrial markets.Expedia Inc. said it entered an agreement to acquire Mobiata, which has created mobile travel...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.October was a busy month for mergers and acquisitions in the mobile games sector. Ngmoco...
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has raised a new fund of $650 million to invest in the smart phone market among others.The firm, which burned through its kick-off fund of $300 million in 16 months instead of the typical two- to three-year cycle, was...
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) is acquiring Art Technology Group Inc. (ARTG) for approximately $1 billion in an purely cash-for-stock deal.Oracle plans to push further into mobile following the deal, particularly with ATG's ability to create mobile commerce apps for business.ATG made the announcement on the...
In another major vote of confidence for iOS app developers, Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS) has acquired Chillingo for as much as $80 million.The publisher of the runaway-hit Angry Birds sold for less than $20 million in cash, according to The Los Angeles Times, but...
Broadcom announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Beceem Communications, which provides 4G wireless platform solutions. The deal is valued at $315 million.Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc. said it acquired iSkoot Technologies Inc., a San Francisco-based company that focuses on mobilizing Internet...
Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc. (QuIC) has acquired iSkoot Technologies Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) subsidiary, which focuses on bridging Qualcomm technologies together with open source software, purchased the San Francisco-based company to bring more social media and online services into...
NTT DoCoMo Inc. completed its acquisition of the remaining shares of PacketVideo that were previously held by NextWave Wireless Inc. The transaction is valued at $11.6 million. DoCoMo acquired 35% of PacketVideo last year. PacketVideo is now a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo...
Any developer or entrepreneur who has hesitated to go all in on Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iOS has 400 million reasons to think otherwise today. San Francisco-based Ngmoco, one of the early independent iPhone game makers, has been acquired by Japan's DeNa Co. Ltd. for...
Kudzu Interactive, the company behind Snapfinger, has acquired LiveOnTheGo.com and added 800 local restaurants to its mobile and online takeout service.Schlotsky's and The Yard House come to the Snapfinger through the acquisition along with 25,000 LiveOnTheGo.com users. For its part, Snapfinger has 3 million...
SAN FRANCISCO — In a room full of luminaries on Tuesday night, there was one guest that had people talking more than any other: Steve Jobs, the chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.In his typical attire, Jobs did some schmoozing with some of the...
Acision said it secured $100 million in new funding led by existing shareholders Access Industries, International Investment and Underwriting, and Atlantic Bridge. The company said it will use the funding to build on its position in the mobile data market.Following an announcement that Intel...
Maybe time really does heal all wounds. The theory seems to at least ring true for Apple Inc. (AAPL) and its troubled past with Google Voice.The company today approved the first in what many expect to be a series of third-party apps for the...
Fibertech Networks entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by Court Square Capital Partners. Terms of the agreement call for Court Square to acquire the company from its original investors –Nautic Partners and Ridgemont Equity Partners. The transaction is expected to close before the...
Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP) said its Cricket subsidiary completed the acquisition of the remaining interest in its former joint venture LCW Wireless L.L.C. for $3.2 million. The venture was formed in July 2006 with partners CSM Wireless L.L.C. and WLPCS Management L.L.C.The JV,...
