Neul Raises $12.8 million for White Spaces

Neul, a start-up based in Cambridge, UK, has raised $12.8m (£8.0m) from DFJ Esprit-led syndicate for TV white space technology. Neul aims to unify the fragmented world of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications with the world's first white space radio system and a new, open M2M communications standard, re-defining wireless data communications. Neul will shortly launch the new standard called "Weightless".Neul said white space wireless technology...

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Blue Jeans Network Raises $23.5 Million for Video Conferencing Bridge

Blue Jeans Network, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, has raised $23.5 million for its high-quality, cloud-based video communications service.Blue Jeans Network said its goal is to make video conferencing accessible to everyone at any time, any placeand from practically any device.Its service will bridge together business solutions from Cisco/Tandberg, Polycom, Lifesize andothers, with consumer solutions such as Skype and Google Talk.By...

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ViVOtech Raises $24 Million for NFC

ViVOtech, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, raised $24 million in an extension to its Series C round of funding for its near field communication (NFC) software and systems.ViVOtech provides key building blocks of the NFC ecosystem: smart applications for enhancing the customer experience, wallet and trusted service manager (TSM) software, and point of sale systems.New investors include Singapore's EDBI, SingTel Innov8, and Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, which were joined in the round by ViVOtech's current financial and strategic...

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SiliconBlue Raises $18 Million for "mobileFPGA"

SiliconBlue Technologies, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, raised $18 million in Series D funding for its "Custom Mobile Device" solutions for handheld applications. The company is developing 40-nm, ultra-low power, standard CMOS process "mobileFPGA" device families. It currently offers 65-nm mobileFPGA products that provide custom sensor management, display management, power management and port expansion functions in mobile consumer...

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Basho Technologies Targets Big Data, Appoints CEO

Basho Technologies, a start-up based in San Francisco, announced a new round of funding and the appointment of Donald J. Rippert, long time Chief Technology Officer of Accenture, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Basho, effective July 1. Basho's flagship open source database software product, Riak, is designed to free corporations from the constraints of traditional, highly centralized database architectures. Riak is an alternative to...

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Square Raises $100 Million for Mobile Payments

Square, a start-up based in San Francisco, raised $100 million in Series C financing for its mobile payment service. Square launched in early 2010 as an innovative way for individuals and businesses to accept payments on their mobile devices using a free card reader and application. Square currently offers three products; the Square reader, register and card case. The Square reader takes only minutes to set up and enables anyone to accept payments...

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Altair Opens in India -- TD-LTE chipsets

Altair Semiconductor, which is based in Israel, has opened a new office in India to be headed by industry veteran Salaj Sinha. The new facility will handle all Indian operations and provide business and technical support for prospective and current customers. Altair offers one of the only commercially ready TD-LTE chipsets, including a single mode TD-LTE solution. India is the third market, following China and Japan, where Altair has established a TD-LTE leadership position. "We believe that India will be one of the largest and strongest...

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Zynga Signs with AT&T for Mobile Social Games -- 1st Carrier Deal

AT&T announced a deal to bring Zynga's mobile social gaming to millions of its wireless customers. Popular games such as Words with Friends and Zynga Poker, plus customized content, will be featured for download on AT&T's shelf in Android Market later this year. The agreement is the first of its kind between Zynga and a U.S. wireless carrier. Financial terms were not disclosed.AT&T customers will find customized content available within...

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Empirix Provides Greater Visibility into Dropped Calls

Empirix announced enhancements to the Converged Assurance Platform, which provides mobile operators with greater visibility into the measurement, understanding and improvement of customer experience. The new release features upgrades to its underlying components, the IPXPlorer probes used for network data collection, and E-XMS, the solution's management and analytics software. This version of the Empirix Converged Assurance Platform includes added...

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Zarink Delivers IEEE 1588 enabled SyncE Silicon

Zarlink Semiconductor introduced new single-chip timing products capable of delivering IEEE 1588 enabled SyncE synchronization solution. Wireless network operators can use both SyncE and IEEE 1588 technologies simultaneously. SyncE delivers highly accurate and stable frequency references using the physical Ethernet connections. In combination with this, IEEE 1588 distributes time of day and time alignment functionality. Zarlink's new ZL30342,...

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KT Plans LTE Launch in November

KT is gearing up to launch LTE service in Korea in November. SK Telecom and LG Uplus are expected to introduce their initial LTE data-only service in July in the Seoul metro market. KT said it plans to support both data dongles and LTE smartphones with its later service launch.http://www.kt....

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