Vendors gear up for new business lines; NTT DoCoMo partners to expand i-mode.
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WHO |
WITH |
WHAT |
SCOOP |
Spirent Communications |
SwissQual |
Spirent will buy SwissQual for $70.5M in cash |
The acquisition will enhance Spirent's portfolio of wireless test and measurement solutions and opens up a new business segment: subscriber experience management. |
NTT DoCoMo |
Philippine Long Distance Telephone |
DoCoMo is purchasing about 7% of PLDT's shares for about $446M |
DoCoMo also said it will partner with PLDT to launch DoCoMo's i-mode multimedia service in the Philippines. |
West |
Intrado |
West will acquire Intrado for about $465M in cash |
West plans to integrate Intrado into its Communications Services segment. |
DataPath |
Third Rails America |
DataPath acquired Third Rail Americas for an undisclosed price |
DataPath said the acquisition would allow it to add a terrestrial wireless component to its satellite offerings. |
InterDigital |
LG Electronics |
InterDigital signed a $285M patent license deal with LG |
InterDigital entered into a 5-year, non-exclusive patent licensing agreement with LG for 2G technologies, including TDMA, GSM, GPRS and EDGE, as well as W-CDMA, TD-SCDMA and CDMA2000-based 3G technologies. |