Start-ups

MeshNetworks Inc. will license its wireless networking technology to ITOCHU which will then sublicense the technology to MeshNetworks Japan, a Japanese OEM established by ITOCHU. The companies said wireless mesh...

Cedar Point Communications, a start-up based in Derry, N.H., secured $20 million in additional funding for its integrated packet-based voice and multimedia switching platform for cable operators. Cedar Point's SAFARI...

PalTalk, a start-up based in New York, raised $6 million in venture funding from Softbank Capital Partners for its Internet based voice and video conferencing services. PalTalk enables many-to-many multimedia...

Cortina Systems, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, raised $20 million in new venture funding for its analog and digital integrated circuits for the networking and communications equipment. Cortina's...

Modulus Video, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, an $8.5 million Series A financing for its digital video solutions utilizing AVC compression, formerly called H.264 or MPEG-4.10. Modulus solutions include...

Pedestal Networks is boosting its line-powered DSLAM to enable the small, environmentally hardened unit to deliver 3 Mbps ADSL at distances of up to 50,000 feet from a central office....

Gemfire Corporation has acquired NovaCrystals, a start-up in San Jose, California, for its Avalanche Photo Diode (APD) technology that can be manufactured using planar silicon processes.. Gemfire said the acquisition...

Adesso Systems, a start-up based in Boston, secured $8 million in funding for its enterprise mobile application solutions. Adesso's product family, announced in 2003, lets Pocket PCs, Tablet PCs, laptops...

Net Insight agreed to acquire privately held Q2 Labs AB, a start-up based in Sweden, for 2.5 million of its shares (SX: NETI B). Q2 Labs, which was founded in...

Mobileway, a start-up based in San Mateo, California and London raised $23 million in Series D funding to support its mobile messaging solutions. Mobileway facilitates the delivery of content to...

ReefEdge Networks, a start-up based in Fort Lee, New Jersey named Jeffrey Metzger as Vice President of Engineering. Metzger previously served as Vice President, Research & Development at Avaya. Earlier,...

Discera, a start-up based in Campbell, California raised $12 million in series B funding for its ultra-miniaturized components targeted at the wireless industry. Discera's Silicon Resonator platform dramatically shrinks wireless...

Staccato Communications, a start-up based in San Diego, announced $20 million in Series B funding for its ultrawideband (UWB) wireless technology. Staccato is developing CMOS silicon devices for UWB. In...