In a presentation to investors today, Clearwire peeled back its cloak of secrecy and detailed some of its future plans, just over a month after it signed a deal with…

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San Francisco-based 5th Finger plans to announce today that it has raised $7 million in venture capital from Starfish Ventures in Australia. The company, which was originally founded in Sydney,…

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UTStarcom said yesterday that private equity firm OpenGate Capital will acquire its mobile solutions business that makes IP-based GSM/CDMA wireless solutions that connect a cellular infrastructure to an IP network.…

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Yap, a service that lets users send text messages via voice, has raised a $6.5 million first round from SunBridge Partners, the round also features participation by Harbert Venture Partners,…

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San Jose-based location-based services software maker deCarta has received $6 million from Deutsche Telekom’s (NYSE: DT) T-Venture VC arm. deCarta makes an SDK and API for GPS navigation, a mapping…

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JetBlue’s LiveTV unit, which offers in-flight TV and messaging services, is buying Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) Airfone, an air-to-ground telecom network, in a deal WSJ (via Reuters) says is to boost…

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Krillion, a Mountain View, Calif.-based company, has raised $6.1 million to expand its location technology for the PC into mobile, reports VentureBeat. Last year, Krillion was helping consumers find electronics…

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A day after Verizon Wireless surprised everyone by quickly scooping up Alltel (NYSE: AT) for $28.1 billion, reactions are mixed on what it will mean for Alltel customers, what it…

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Tanla, an Indian provider of mobile services, said it acquired an 85 percent stake in Openbit, a Finland-based mobile payment software company for $15.8 million in cash, reports IDG via…

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Verizon Wireless’s (NYSE: VZ) $28.1 billion acquisition of Alltel will create the largest U.S. wireless carrier, but at the same time, it will eliminate one of the most innovative carriers…

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As first rumored yesterday, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is acquiring Alltel (NYSE: AT) equity and debt in a transaction worth $28.1 billion. Release. Verizon Wireless issued a press release just moments…

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Some news on a pair of related acquisitions… Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) $8.1 billion proposed acquisition of Navteq is unlikely to get objection from the EU, reports Reuters. Back in March,…

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Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ), the second-largest U.S. carrier, is reportedly in talks to buy No. 5 Alltel (NYSE: AT) Communications for $27 billion, according to CNBC, which cited unnamed sources.…

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WhitePages.com, the online directory service, is acquiring Snapvine.com, a provider of voice services for social networks. WhitePages intends to integrate SnapVine’s voice services into its own product, and it anticipates…

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Motricity had previously said it would sell off its direct-to-consumer smartphone business PocketGear, and now we know who’s buying it: the company’s own CTO and co-founder Jud Bowman. In an…

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-- Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) said it’s offering a service for $10 a month called RemoSync, which syncs Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Exchange Server features, such as email, calendar and contacts,…

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NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) is planning to invest about 10 billion yen ($94.8 million) in NTT Resonant, an Internet company that supports a Web portal called goo, and hosts digital…

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China’s restructuring of its telecoms industry gets underway. AP reports that mobile network China Unicom is acquiring fixed-line China Netcom in a stock swap valued at $56.3 billion, based on…

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Zannel, a service for sharing content via mobile, has raised a $10 million second round from Alloy Venture and past backers U.S. Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures. This brings its…

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Mobile advertising start-up X-tract has raised 3.5 million euros ($5.4 million) from Nordic VCs Creandum, who were joined by existing investor Eqvitec. The Helsinki-based firm says it has some 50…

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Magid Abraham, comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) president, CEO and co-founder, explained this morning in a conference call why his company, focused on tracking content online, was interested in buying Seattle-based M:Metrics,…

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Pinch Media, a newly launched startup offering iPhone developer tools, has raised an unspecified seed round from from Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital and angels including Dave Morgan, Jerry…

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As has been reported and rumored for the last month or so, the much-hyped mobile messaging and community service Twitter is in the process of closing its $15 million round,…

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EnvIO Networks, a stealth company developing a “new category of mobile application”, has raised a $10 million second round from Matrix Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners, reports peHUB. The…

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Quickly following the announcement that comScore acquired Seattle-based mobile measurement firm M:Metrics for $44.3 million in cash, I talked to Will Hodgman, the co-founder, president and CEO of M:Metrics. He…

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