Sprint continues its acquisition of affiliates; Orthogon snapped up by Motorola
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WHO |
WITH |
WHAT |
SCOOP |
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Sprint Nextel |
Ubiquitel |
Sprint Nextel purchased Ubiquitel for $1.3B. |
Sprint continues its acquisition of its affiliates. Expect more. |
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Motorola |
Orthogon |
Motorola to buy Orthogon for an undisclosed sum |
Motorola has distributed Orthogon's products through its Canopy business since 2004. |
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Atheros Communications |
ZyDAS Technology |
Atheros to pay $23M for ZyDAS |
Atheros said the addition would enhanced its engineering team and provide an additional R&D center to support Atheros' ongoing global expansion into new wireless markets. |
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Wireless Services |
Mobile Media North America |
WCS purchased Mobile Media North America in an undisclosed all-cash deal. |
WSC said it plans to merge the operations of the company into SinglePoint, an aggregation business designed to allow content owners and marketing companies to reach wireless users. |
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Slice Wireless, U-Turn Media Group |
Oplayo |
Slice Wireless and U-Turn Media Group partnered to acquire Finnish mobile software developer Oplayo for an undisclosed sum. |
Oplayo's platform enables the delivery of streaming video over cellular networks to mass-market phones. The two companies hope to integrate Oplayo's technology with their own on-device portal software. |
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CSI Wireless |
Telular |
Telular to buy CSI's fixed-wireless business for $13M. |
CSI decided to sell its fixed-wireless business to focus on its GPS products. |