Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) dropped a bombshell by announcing this morning that it will acquire Luxembourg-based Skype Global in a deal will shake up the mobile, video and gaming industries. The $8.5 billion deal, the largest in the history of Microsoft, was announced earlier...
Early this morning Microsoft went official with news that has been rumoured for the last 24 hours - they have saved up their pocket money and are using it to buy Skype, the ubiquitous VoIP service, for a cool $8.5 billion. Other suitors such as Facebook and Google has also been in the mix, but it would seem Microsoft have reached deepest in order to secure the deal.
As predicted by RCR Wireless News at the Mobile World Congress event earlier this year in Barcelona, Spain, mobile processor maker Nvidia Corp. said it will acquire 3G/4G baseband chip maker Icera Inc.The news is significant, because despite Nvidia's success over the past...
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) is planning to expand the role of one of its greatest assets, BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), through a just announced acquisition of Germany-based ubitexx GmbH.The company's ubi-Suite device management solution will be incorporated into the BlackBerry Enterprise Server...
Neustar Inc., provider of solutions and directory services that enable trusted communication across networks, applications, and enterprises around the world, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and certain liabilities of the Numbering Solutions business from Evolving...
Airimba Wireless Inc. – doing business as WindChannel Communications, Inc. – announced that it has concluded a merger agreement with AireWire, Inc. to create a combined company providing an expanded and diversified portfolio of network integration, wireless broadband and municipal services. Tobin...
Equinix | April 26, 2011 | Press Release
Investing with Riverwood Capital, Equinix Acquires Controlling Interest in ALOG Data Centers of Brazil
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – April 26, 2011 – Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, and Riverwood Capital, a technology-focused...
One might think that Austin-based mobile check-in and social networking company GoWalla would be happy that one of their competitors is now gone, but the story is more complicated. Groupon acquired Pelago, the parent company of local discovery app Whrrl, which is a similar...
Motricity announced it has completed its acquisition of Adenyo, a mobile advertising, marketing, and analytics solutions provider with operations in the United States, Canada and Europe. Motricity’s integration of Adenyo’s capabilities into its software as a service platform, mCore, significantly expands the company’s solution...
America Movil | April 19, 2011 | Press Release
Mexico City, México, April 19, 2011. América Móvil, S.A.B. DE C.V. (“AMX”) (BMV: AMX; NYSE: AMX; Nasdaq: AMOV; LATIBEX: XAMXL), announced today that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement with GE Satellite Holdings LLC and its affiliates...
Nokia Siemens Networks | April 13, 2011 | Press Release
Espoo, Finland - April 13, 2011
Preliminary injunction from Huawei preventing transfer of certain assets withdrawn
Companies target April 29, 2011 to close transaction
Anti-trust approval still pending from Chinese regulatory authorities
A new purchase price of US $975...
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) said it has closed on its $1.4 billion acquisition of Miami-based Terremark Worldwide Inc., which is expected to bolster the telecommunications provider’s cloud service operations. Verizon noted that Terremark would continue to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary.The deal was...
TelePacific Communications, announced that it has received regulatory approval for and completed the acquisition of fixed wireless internet service provider NextWeb, Inc., dba Covad Wireless. Through its acquisition of NextWeb, TelePacific now controls a WiMAX-featured wireless broadband network, a licensed microwave backhaul network, and...
American Tower | March 21, 2011 | Press Release
BOSTON, Mar 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT)today released information about its business in light of AT&T's contemplated acquisition of ...
American Tower | March 21, 2011 | Press Release
BOSTON, Mar 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT)today released information about its business in light of AT&T's contemplated acquisition of ...
TelePacific Communications has received the green light from regulators to finalize its acquisition of NextWeb Inc., also known as Covad Wireless. The deal will give the competitive local exchange carrier a new foothold in wireless with NextWeb's broadband fixed wireless carrier operations in California,...
Bloomberg | March 29, 2011 | Crayton Harrison and Anabela Reis
Portugal Telecom SGPS SA (PTC) bought 25.3 percent of Brazilian carrier Telemar Norte Leste SA (TMAR5) for 8.32 billion reais ($5 billion), getting a bigger stake than Portugal’s largest phone company had originally planned to buy.
The stake...
Bloomberg | March 29, 2011 | Crayton Harrison and Anabela Reis
Portugal Telecom SGPS SA (PTC) bought 25.3 percent of Brazilian carrier Telemar Norte Leste SA (TMAR5) for 8.32 billion reais ($5 billion), getting a bigger stake than Portugal’s largest phone company had originally planned to buy.
The stake...
Tabula Inc., a privately held fabless semiconductor company, announced it has secured $108 million in Series D funding. Tabula will use the new capital to accelerate production of their 3PLD ABAX product family, expand customer and partner support infrastructures, and further next-generation product development...
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. has acquired TinyHippos. The Waterloo, Canada-based company developed the Ripple mobile environment emulator, which provides a cross-platform mobile application development and testing tool to developers.In announcing the deal, co-founder and CTO Dan Silivestru said the team will be working...
BANGALORE: City-based Acropetal Technologies Ltd today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire two US-based companies LineBeyondInc , and Optech Consulting Inc.
LineBeyond is valued at $ 5 million and Optech at $ 7 million, respectively, the company said in a statement.
Acropetal...
In a shock move, AT&T Inc. has announced a $39 billion cash-and-stock transaction buyout of T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG in what could create the largest GSM conglomerate in the world. The deal would also make AT&T Inc. the largest operator in the U.S. by far.
Vringo Inc., a provider of video ringtones and personalization solutions for mobile devices, announced that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to acquire substantially all of the assets of m-Wise Inc. m-Wise provides a platform to manage deliver and monetize mobile entertainment,...
