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Just a quick update on the competition between old-school telecom and upstarts like VoIP provider Vonage: Last week, AT&T announced its Unity pricing scheme, which cuts some roaming and per-minute costs for people who subscribe to both its wireless and wireline offerings. According to the company, which advertised the service heavily during Sunday’s NFL championship games, Unity potentially addresses a network of 100 million phone numbers. Continue »

There is nothing posh about Cambridge Broadband’s business - gear for the boring cellular back haul business. But it sure is one that will keep growing. No wonder the Cambridge, UK-based company was able to raise $22.5 million in new capital from existing investors Amadeus Capital, Accel Partners and TVM Capital, together with new investor Adara Ventures. The company has raised over $65 million and is getting a lot of traction in India. Continue »

These past few days there has been an interesting conversation about web-based RSS readers, including some comments about Google Reader’s growing popularity. The meme was sparked off after Leann Prescott, an analyst with Hitwise, posted an overview of the web-based RSS readers. Continue »

Vancouver-based mobile services management startup Mobidia says it’s added $3.2 million (3.75M Canadian) to its series A round (bringing the total to about $6 million,) led by existing investor BDC Venture Capital and including British Columbia Discovery Fund and B.C. Advantage Funds. As carriers launch more data services, startups like these are trying to help them optimize these new revenue sources. Continue »

In this morning’s stories on NewTeeVee I mention no less than five companies whose name started with “pod”: PodShow, Podtrac, Podbridge, Podscope, and Podzinger. Seriously, they should just put smush those three letters onto one key on my keyboard! The funny thing is, the two companies I was writing about are named Kiptronic and Nexidia. Continue »

Networking startup Stoke is set to announce a $20 million Series C round of investment Monday, with a heavyweight list of VCs backing the rollout of its so-called multi-access gateway. Continue »

Earlier this morning, Cisco Systems and 3i along with Oman Investment Fund announced a $125 million investment in Nimbus, a media company based in Bombay. And with this big investment, thus began another crazy year of private equity investments in India. Continue »

What’s the hot new job destination for B-Schoolers this year? Private Equity, reports Business Week, which doesn’t bode well for the business. In 1980s it was Wall Street and in 1990s it was Silicon Valley, and both those went through a massive bubble and were followed by a equally big bust. Will PE follow that route? In words of Michael Panzner, “Sometimes you know how it will end as soon as it starts.” One of the lessons a student ought to learn at an expensive B-School is avoiding the herd mentality. Apparently, HBS doesn’t teach that. Continue »