Start-ups

Narad Networks closed $10 million in new funding for its bandwidth enhancement for HFC cable systems. The company said the new funding would be used to launch its next-generation switched...

Clearwire, the broadband wireless services provider founded by Craig McCaw, agreed to acquire all 2.5 GHz spectrum currently licensed to, or leased by, BellSouth, now AT&T. The sale price is...

ColorChip, a start-up based in Caesarea, Israel, raised $7.4 million for its glass-based Planer Lightwave Circuit (PLC) chips and modules for FTTH networks. The funding was led by Vertex Venture...

Infinera has acquired Little Optics, a start-up specializing in planar lightwave circuits, for an undisclosed sum. Infinera said the acquisition complement its own active large-scale photonic integration based on indium...

A stealth-mode start-up called Grid-X announced seed funding for its work developing an ultra high-speed offload engine. The company said its design uses proprietary algorithms and coding to implement low...

MINO Wireless, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, received $7 million for its VoIP service for mobile phones. MINO's technology is designed for international calling from mobile phones via existing...

Samsung Ventures has made a strategic investment in Strix Systems, a start-up specializing in wireless mesh networking. Samsung Electronics is a leading supplier of WiMAX equipment worldwide. Financial terms were...

Ericsson has acquired Entrisphere, a start-up specializing in GPON fiber access technology, for an undisclosed sum. Entrisphere was founded in 2000 and is based in Santa Clara, California. The company...

Cisco agreed to acquire Five Across, a start-up specializing in social networking software, for an undisclosed sum. Five Across offers software that lets companies augment their websites with full-featured communities...

Sensory Networks, a start-up developing acceleration technology for network security applications, closed US$4.9 million in new financing led by Accede Capital, formerly known as the Deutsche Bank Capital Partners Ericsson...

Polycom will acquire SpectraLink for approximately $220 million ($11.75 per share). SpectraLink designs, manufactures, and markets wireless telephone systems that integrate with an enterprise's existing telephone system. Its NetLink Wireless...

BT will acquire i2i Enterprise Pvt Ltd, a Mumbai-based enterprise services company specializing in IP communications services for major Indian and global multinational companies. Financial services were not disclosed. i2i...

Motorola has made an equity investment in Tango Networks, a start-up developing hardware and software that integrates mobile phones with corporate telephone networks. The funding was part of Tango's Series...