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Security firm Arbor buys Ellacoya
By Carol Wilson
Security technology firm Arbor Networks today announced it has acquired Ellacoya Networks, a pioneer in the increasingly crowded field of deep packet inspection...
Anticipation grows for Tellabs M&A
By Ed Gubbins
After having cooled in the second half of last year, expectations for a Tellabs acquisition are rising once again with the start of the new year...
MetaSwitch gets cash infusion
By Carol Wilson
Data Connection Ltd., the parent company of softswitch maker MetaSwitch, is getting its first large infusion of cash from private equity firm Francisco Partners, and its partner firm, Sequoia Capital, to expand its successful North American operation into the global stage...
Exclusive: Insight Research doubles outlook on OSS spending
By Tim McElligott
The telecommunications industry has put its troubles behind it, according to Brenda Belkin, senior analyst at Insight Research...
Syniverse CEO talks about BSG acquisition
By Tim McElligott
It took nine months--a nice round figure for a full-term pregnancy but a little longer than anticipated for Syniverse Technologies to close its acquisition of Billing Services Group’s wireless business...
Bridgewater talks about its IPO
By Tim McElligott
It has been a while since software start-ups in the telecom industry had the confidence in the market and themselves to launch an initial public offering. But as Tyler Nelson, vice president of marketing for Bridgewater, said of his 10-year-old company: We are no start-up. On Dec. 14, the company closed its IPO at $5.50 per share. The company had been hoping for more, but it’s done, it was successful and it is time to move forward. So far, they’re down a dime, but raised $20 million. Nelson spoke with Telephony’s Tim McElligott about the IPO and what comes next...
Next phase for NexTone is NextPoint
By Tim McElligott
NexTone and Reef Point put an end to speculation today that the companies would merge by actually doing so and in the process picked up $20 million in additional financing for working capital and researchand development...
Microsoft puts a price on Musiwave
By Tim McElligott
Openwave Systems has agreed to let its Musiwave unit go to Microsoft for $46 million. After discussions last week, Microsoft also said will take on approximately $4 million in debt...
Visage grabs opportunity in mobility market
by Tim McElligott
The leading enabler of MVNOs acquires its way into the enterprise space...
Oracle engaged in battle again
By Tim McElligott
No one expected Oracle’s proposed $6.7 billion acquisition of BEA last week to go any smoother than other Oracle acquisitions, but no one expects a company to turn down a 25% premium, either...
Oracle offers BEA $6.7 billion
By Tim McElligott
Oracle revealed today that it made an offer to BEA Systems on Tuesday, proposing to buy the company for approximately $6.7 billion...
Revenue leakage: Are carriers raising white flag?
By Tim McElligott
A survey conducted by Analysys Research and commissioned by revenue assurance provider Subex Azure revealed last week that fraud has contributed to a global increase in lost revenue for carriers...
Ixia appoints ex-Nortel exec
By Tim McElligott
Ixia, a provider of IP performance test systems, announced the appointment today of ex-Nortel vice president Atul Bhatnagar to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer...
Perimeter joins USA.NET
By Carol Wilson
Perimeter Security, a software-as-a-service company that provides managed security to businesses and operates as a wholesaler to service providers, announced today it has merged with USA.NET, a provider of secure e-messaging...
Carrier Access axes management, seeks buyer
By Ed Gubbins
Carrier Access has replaced two co-founders on its management team--including its chief executive officer--both of whom will focus now on exploring “strategic alternatives” for the company as its revenue continues to dwindle...
U.S. still a drag on InfoVista
By Tim McElligott
Performance management will be an increasingly important market segment as carriers transition to next-generation platforms, but as Paris-based software company InfoVista showed today through its earnings call, better days may still lie ahead...
Convergys still adjusting in Q2
By Tim McElligott
Handcuffed by what company leaders called short-term challenges, Convergys reported second quarter earnings today and promptly lost 10% of its share price...
Aepona, Appium merge
By Dan O'Shea
Telecom service layer software firms Aepona and Appium have agreed to merge to chase the growing market for service delivery platforms. That market is forecast by OSS Observer to grow from $1.4 billion this year to $3.2 billion by 2011...
TMF subsumes two billing groups
By Tim McElligott
With an eye toward filling its back office portfolio to include business as well as operations support systems, and in need of tools to attract cable and media companies to its organization, the TeleManagement Forum this week announced that the IPDR.org and the Global Billing Association will become part of the TMF...
Agilent sets OSI free
By Tim McElligott
Sobha Renaissance Information Technology agreed today to acquire Agilent Technologies’ Objective Systems Integrators division. This marks the second acquisition by SRIT in the last year...
NeuStar revenues on the rise
By Tim McElligott
Preliminary first-quarter results for NeuStar show a 26% increase in revenue over last year’s first quarter, but net income was down slightly...
Syniverse expands international footprint with BSG acquisition
By Tim McElligott
Syniverse has agreed to acquire the wireless clearing and financial settlement business of Billing Services Group for approximately $290 million in cash. The deal would add a strong financial settlement business to Syniverse’s data clearing and network services portfolio...
OSS Observer reviews service assurance market
By Tim McElligott
Over the next four years, the service assurance market will expand by $1 billion, reaching $3 billion by 2011. Vendors jockeying for position through acquisition and product development have caused a shift of the leader board...
Convergys leader to retire
By Tim McElligott
James Orr will retire at the end of the year after serving as Convergys' first and only chief executive officer since his appointment in 1998. Current Chief Operating Officer David Dougherty will take over as president and CEO April 17 at the company’s annual meeting of shareholders...
Small VoIP providers follow consolidation trend
By Tim McElligott
New York City-based deltathree, a provider of SIP-based voice-over-IP solutions to both service providers and consumers, has acquired the service provider and consumer businesses of Go2Call.com, a privately held VoIP solutions provider based in Evanston, Ill...
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