Good Technology Buys Mobile Social Networking Aggregator Intercasting Corp.

imageRedwood City, Calif.-based Good Technology, which provides mobile email services, has acquired San Diego-based Intercasting Corp. to expand aggressively into mobile social networking. Intercasting aggregates social media services, such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, into one application that’s distributed by wireless carriers, including AT&T (NYSE: T), Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) and Sprint (NYSE: S). It started

Good declined to discuss the terms of the deal, but confirmed that Intercasting’s 25 employees will be joining the company, including Shawn Conahan, the founder, chairman and CEO, who will serve as a SVP. Intercasting has been plugging along in the space since 2004, and had raised a total of $17.5 million in capital from investors such as Venrock, Avalon Ventures and Masthead Venture Partners. Earlier this year, Visto acquired Good Technology from Motorola (NYSE: MOT), and renamed the company after Good. Conahan told mocoNews: “Considering the circumstances, we are pleased to have sold the company at all, and frankly I’m excited about the future of Good. From where I

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