All the stories tagged with acquisition
DragonWave to pick up microwave transport business from Nokia Siemens Networks
11/04/2011, Ever heard of DragonWave before? I haven’t, but here they are making headlines as they seem to be in the running to purchase the microwave transport business from Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) in due time – including the latter’s associated [...]
MetroPCS said to be frontrunner in buying AT&T’s assets
10/21/2011, One of the reasons why the AT&T and T-Mobile deal has not gone through, despite it being announced months ago, is that not just their competitors, but antitrust regulators who feel that through AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile, competition will essentially [...]
Motorola Mobility stockholders to vote on “Googorola” deal
10/14/2011, A few months back, Google announced its plans to acquire Motorola’s mobile division, Motorola Mobility. Naturally this was a very big deal, the deal $12.5 billion deal not withstanding, but also its implications since Google’s Android platform can be found [...]
RIM buys NewBay for $100 million
10/07/2011, So Apple has their iCloud, and now it looks like RIM may be attempting something similar with their recent acquisition of NewBay Software, a company that provides white-label cloud-based content services. With RIM’s smartphone market share not being where it [...]
Swype purchased for $100 million by Nuance
10/06/2011, Nuance dug deep into their coffers for Swype – to the tune of a cool $100 million thereabouts in fact – according to a source who knows all the wheelings and dealings that is going on. Seattle-based startup Swype is [...]
Sony to buy Ericsson’s stake in Sony Ericsson joint venture?
10/06/2011, With Sony foraying into the tablet scene with the Tablet P and Tablet S offerings, we’re sure that some were probably wondering when they would start putting out their own phones. Granted that Sony Ericsson is a joint venture between [...]
Rhapsody picks up Napster
10/03/2011, Rhapsody must have looked upon Napster with a longing, and in another case of a corporate giant swallowing up smaller entities, America’s largest on-demand music service has decided to fork out the dough to acquire Napster’s subscriber base in order [...]
Google/Motorola Mobility deal to be further looked into by DOJ
09/29/2011, The AT&T and T-Mobile merger has been getting quite a bit of attention lately, with just about everyone thinking that this is a bad move. Meanwhile another major acquisition, Google and Motorola Mobility, has been rather quiet and keeping to [...]
Sprint CEO hints at acquiring T-Mobile
09/23/2011, While we know that Sprint isn’t too fond of AT&T’s plans to acquire T-Mobile, it looks like the carrier doesn’t mind merging with T-Mobile itself. On Wednesday, Sprint’s CEO was reported as making some interesting comments at an investor conference [...]
Blockbuster to take on Netflix with a streaming service
09/23/2011, Blockbuster, the once popular video rental service, filed for bankruptcy earlier this year and was snapped up by Dish Network but since then we haven’t heard much about it – until now. Dish Network and Blockbuster has sent out an [...]
Verizon appears to be in support of AT&T/T-Mobile merger
09/22/2011, The AT&T and T-Mobile merger is certainly not looking well at the moment. It seems that there are many who do not wish to see the merger go through, among them being Sprint and Cellular South and even the Department [...]
Cellular South sues AT&T over acquisition
09/20/2011, It looks like we have another member to add to the Department of Justice’s growing army of supporters against the AT&T-T-Mobile merger. Cellular South, one of the smaller carriers in the country has expressed its displeasure against the proposed acquisition [...]
Seven states oppose AT&T-T-Mobile merger
09/16/2011, Bad news for AT&T and those in favor of the carrier’s attempted acquisition of T-Mobile. It looks like the Department of Justice has garnered more troops in support of opposing the merger. It has been reported that seven states will [...]
