WASHINGTON—XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and WCS Wireless L.L.C. said they terminated an agreement that called for XM to buy WCS after the companies failed to secure government approval for the transaction. The companies announced the agreement in July of last year. The deal...
By Julie JohnssonBoingo Wireless Inc. is acquiring Concourse Communications Group L.L.C., a Chicago telecom company that provides Wi-Fi service at O’Hare International Airport and Midway Airport.Deal terms were not announced. Joe Beatty, chief executive officer of Concourse, says he intends to step down after...
LAS VEGAS—Wi-Fi gambling technology manufacturer Diamond I Inc. said it will acquire Touchdev Limited, a U.K.-based developer of mobile applications. Financial details were not disclosed.Diamond I is working to provide wireless gambling systems for casinos and cruise ships. The company said it hopes to...
RALEIGH, N.C.—Dallas-based fixed wireless broadband provider airBand Communications is stepping into Southeastern markets by acquiring WindChannel Communications’ fixed wireless business. The deal includes all of WindChannel’s Wi-Fi monitoring contracts. The move gives airBand an immediate presence in North Carolina’s major markets, including Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham...
OXNARD, Calif.—CalAmp Corp. said it signed a definitive agreement to buy Dataradio Inc. for about $54.6 million in a move it says will expand its wireless data communications business for public-safety and machine-to-machine applications. CalAmp provides wireless equipment, engineering services and software for critical...
SARASOTA, Fla.—For the fourth quarter in a row, Global Signal Inc. blamed its net losses on the company’s $1.2 billion cash purchase of 6,600 Sprint Nextel Corp. towers, which the company announced in May 2005.Posting first-quarter losses of $35.1 million from revenue of $120.9...
HOUSTON—Crown Castle International Corp. is picking up 468 towers with the purchase of Alexandria, Va.-based Mountain Union Telecom L.L.C. for $309 million. CCI said it expects to close the deal with privately-held Mountain Union by July 1, a move the company said would add...
WASHINGTON-Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc. have been forced to defend their proposed trans-Atlantic merger after a key lawmaker raised security concerns about the deal in a letter to President Bush. "I have several grave concerns about the potential merger of French-owned Alcatel and...
Motorola Inc.'s announcement last week that it plans to acquire a Danish research-and-development facility and team of product-development engineers appeared routine at first blush: global juggernaut rolls up modest facility and team to bolster its continuing momentum toward worldwide market domination. Whatever. But a...
SANTA ANNA, Calif.—Powerwave Technologies Inc. said it is in talks with U.K.-based Filtronic plc to buy the company’s power amplifier businesses, which is part of its Wireless Infrastructure division. Neither company provided further details, saying only, "There can be no certainty that these negotiations...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. posted mixed first quarter results, with strong wireless growth and healthy customer numbers but lower net income due to merger-related expenses from the acquisition of Western Wireless Corp. and the upcoming spin-off of the company’s wireline operations. Alltel’s total revenues...
PLEASANTON, Calif.—Wireless entertainment company FunMail Inc. announced the acquisition of Zapptrio Inc., a developer of location-based applications for mobile phones. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Zapptrio, which had been owned by a U.S.-based subsidiary of Japan’s Mitsui & Co., produces wallpapers, ringtones and...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.—Motorola Inc. flexed its muscles today in acquiring the research and development capabilities from a small competitor—the second time Motorola has done so in less than a year. Motorola said it plans to buy one of BenQ Mobile’s research-and-development centers and its 250...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Location-based services provider Trimble Mobile Solutions Inc. said it plans to acquire Eleven Technology Inc., a Massachusetts-based developer of wireless applications. Terms of the all-cash deal were not disclosed.Eleven Technology provides real-time information to mobile field workers who deliver consumer products such as...
IRVINE, Calif.—Mobile information service provider AskMeNow announced plans to acquire Israel-based IntelliGate Ltd., a specialist in information retrieval and natural language search technology. AskMeNow, a subsidiary of Ocean West Holding Corp., said the acquisition will allow it to offer mobile phone users automated search...
HELSINKI, Finland—Slice Wireless and U-Turn Media Group have partnered to acquire Finnish mobile software developer Oplayo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Oplayo’s platform enables the delivery of streaming video over cellular networks to mass-market phones. The company offers a mobile video player, and...
BANGALORE, India—Subex Systems Ltd., a telecom software products developer, announced it’s buying British revenue-assurance developer Azure Solutions Ltd. for $140 million. The companies said they will operate as Subex Azure Systems Ltd. and plan to offer fraud management and revenue-assurance systems led by Subash...
Software developer and billing platform provider Amdocs Ltd. plans to enter the digital transaction space with a $275 million buyout of Seattle-based Qpass Inc. Qpass' technology facilitates content sourcing, merchandising, delivery and billing across mobile, Voice over Internet Protocol and Wi-Fi networks. Amdocs said...
WASHINGTON-The Justice Department asked the Federal Communications Commission for sensitive numbering information-including local number portability data-from Alltel Corp. and Midwest Wireless Holdings L.L.C. in connection with Alltel's proposed $1 billion acquisition of Midwest that is being opposed by U.S. Cellular Corp. While the FCC...
RESTON, Va.—With the acquisition of CDMA affiliate Ubiquitel Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp. is another step closer to wrapping up the acquisition of all of its wireless affiliates. The third largest U.S. carrier has agreed to buy Ubiquitel for $1.3 billion, including about $300 million...
ST. LOUIS—Software developer and billing platform provider Amdocs Ltd. plans to enter the digital transaction space with a $275 million buyout of Seattle-based Qpass Inc. Qpass’ technology facilitates content sourcing, merchandising, delivery and billing across mobile, VoIP and Wi-Fi networks. Amdocs said the all-cash...
TOKYO—Vodafone Group plc’s Japanese operations will undergo a brand change once the sale of the unit to Softbank Corp. is complete, the two companies announced today. Vodafone assured customers that they would continue to be able to use their vodafone.ne.jp e-mail addresses and that...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—Software giant Oracle Corp. announced it’s spending about $220 million to buy Portal Software Inc., a firm that develops billing and revenue management solutions for the communications and media industries. "The combination of Oracle and Portal delivers the first end-to-end packaged enterprise...
NEW YORK—Mobile software developer Comverse Technology Inc. said it will spend up to $180 million in cash to acquire privately held Netcentrex S.A. Paris-based Netcentrex makes software for Voice over Internet Protocol services as well as IP-based video and data offerings and fixed-mobile solutions...
