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VC-Backed Acquisitions in Mobile from 1970-2008.

(Source:NVCA and Thomson)


Deal
Financing
Value Percent
Effective Date Target Name Acquiror Name Form Received (USD
(USD Acquired
Mil)
Mil)
Danger, Inc. (AKA:
04/15/2008 Microsoft Corp 500.00 100.00 AA 143.84
Danger Research, Inc.)
Celiant Corporation
06/04/2002 Andrew Corp. 470.10 100.00 AA 50.00
(FKA: FS Corporation)
Airespace, Inc. (FKA:
03/24/2005 Cisco Systems, Inc. 450.00 100.00 AA 57.50
Black Storm Networks)
Mobile 365, Inc. (FKA:
11/08/2006 Sybase, Inc. 425.00 100.00 AA 23.60
InphoMatch, Inc.)
Dial Page, Inc.
Transit
05/05/1994 (FKA: Dial Page 383.20 100.00 M 3.95
Communications Corp.
Holdings, L.P.)
Nextel
PowerFone Holdings, Communications,
04/29/1994 372.00 100.00 M 40.50
Inc. Inc. (FKA: Fleet
Call, Inc.)
04/22/2008 PlantCML EADS North America 350.00 100.00 AA -
07/17/2007 MCT Corporation TeliaSonera AB 300.00 100.00 M 7.92
Qpass, Inc. (FKA:
05/31/2006 Prosenium Amdocs, Ltd. 275.00 100.00 M 101.60
Corporation)
Dispatch
07/22/1993 Fleet Call 270.80 100.00 AA 63.06
Communications, Inc.
Atlantic Cellular
07/01/1998 Rural Cellular Corp 256.00 100.00 AA 117.10
Company, L.P.
m-Qube, Inc. (FKA:
05/01/2006 VeriSign, Inc. 250.00 100.00 AA 42.40
Proteus Mobile, Inc.)
Spatial Wireless, Inc.
12/16/2004 (AKA: Spatial Alcatel, Inc. 250.00 100.00 M 57.88
Communications)
Alamosa Holdings,
03/30/2001 Southwest PCS Inc. (FKA: Alamosa 212.60 100.00 M 20.00
PCS Holdings, Inc.)
American Tower
Corporation (AKA:
01/13/2000 UniSite, Inc. 198.10 100.00 AA 44.09
American Tower
Systems)
Winphoria Networks,
05/06/2003 Inc. (FKA: Convexant, Motorola, Inc. 180.00 100.00 AA 53.00
Inc.)
ADC
12/03/2007 LGC Wireless, Inc. Telecommunications 169.00 100.00 AA 77.50
Inc
Priority Call
06/10/1999 LHS Group, Inc. 166.10 100.00 M 10.00
Management, Inc.
Powertel PCS Partners, Powertel, Inc.
02/07/1996 160.10 100.00 M 12.00
L.P. (FKA:InterCel, Inc.)
DSC
Communications
12/04/1997 Celcore, Inc. 145.00 100.00 M 22.69
Corp. (FKA: Digital
Switch Corp.)
Murata
04/29/2006 SyChip, Inc. Manufacturing Co., 135.10 100.00 M 55.00
Ltd.
03/31/2000 WAVTrace, Inc. Harris Corporation 134.00 80.00 AA 72.72
(FKA:American
Wireless Corporation)
Vytek Corporation
California Amplifier,
04/12/2004 (FKA: Vytek Wireless, 123.00 100.00 M 43.85
Inc.
Inc.)
NextWave Wireless
05/14/2007 IPWireless, Inc. 100.00 100.00 AA 170.89
Inc
Openwave Systems
07/13/2001 Avogadro, Inc. 99.00 100.00 AA 7.50
Inc
Highland Cellular, LLC
American Cellular
10/05/2006 (DBA: Cellular One, 95.00 100.00 AA 8.00
Corp
Inc.)
02/26/2007 Cushcraft Corporation Laird Group PLC 89.80 100.00 AA 2.18
National
Illuminet Holdings,
07/05/2000 Telemanagement 87.80 100.00 AA -
Inc.
Corporation
Network USA, Inc.
10/25/1995 (AKA: Florida Network A+ Communications 72.20 100.00 M 5.92
USA)
Commnet Wireless, Atlantic Tele-
09/15/2005 59.00 95.00 AA 3.30
LLC Network Inc
Twistbox
02/13/2008 Mandalay Media Inc 56.20 100.00 M 12.75
Entertainment, Inc.
inCode Wireless (FKA:
11/30/2006 inCode Telecom Group, VeriSign, Inc. 52.00 - AA 18.85
Inc.)
Covad
GoBeam, Inc. (FKA:
06/09/2004 Communications 48.00 100.00 AA 43.93
Infraswitch, Inc.)
Company
05/28/2008 M:Metrics, Inc. Comscore Inc 44.30 100.00 AA 17.00
Israel Technology
06/01/2007 IXI Mobile, Inc. 41.70 100.00 M 85.29
Acquisition
Teleport
07/29/1997 BizTel Communications Communications 41.50 50.10 M -
Group
XYPoint (F.K.A.
TeleCommunication
01/19/2001 Sentinel 28.90 100.00 M 36.03
Systems, Inc.
Communications)
12/28/1999 WaveSpan Corporation Proxim, Inc. 22.00 100.00 M 18.63
Paradigm Wireless
11/15/2003 REMEC, Inc. 21.00 100.00 M 6.70
Systems, Inc.
01/24/2005 Figure 8 Wireless, Inc. Chipcon Group ASA 20.00 100.00 M 4.10
Webraska Mobile
09/24/2001 AirFlash.com 20.00 100.00 M 21.60
Technologies SA
InterWAVE
06/08/2001 Wireless, Inc. Communications, 17.40 100.00 M 33.11
Inc.
Texas Instruments,
10/14/2002 Envoy Networks, Inc. 15.00 100.00 AA 7.00
Inc.
NextWave Wireless
02/21/2007 GO Networks, Inc. 13.30 100.00 M 22.56
Inc
Tantivy
Communications, Inc. InterDigital
07/30/2003 10.00 100.00 AA 71.77
(FKA: H.Q. Wireless, Commun Corp
Inc.)
Lightbridge,
03/01/2002 Altawave, Inc. Inc.(FKA:Credit 10.00 100.00 AA 5.30
Technologies, Inc.)
12/03/2001 GadgetSpace InPhonic, Inc. 10.00 100.00 AA 6.28
CalAmp Corporate
SmartLink Radio
04/04/2007 (FKA: California 8.10 100.00 AA 27.00
Networks, Inc.
Amplifiers, Inc.)
Smith Micro
02/09/2007 Ecutel Systems, Inc. 8.00 100.00 AA 16.00
Software Inc
Extended Systems,
09/03/2002 ViaFone, Inc. 7.80 100.00 M 34.25
Inc.
D&E
03/31/1997 PCS One 7.30 100.00 M 22.00
Communications
Nextel
Pacific Wireless Communications,
12/21/2001 4.60 100.00 AA -
Technologies, Inc. Inc. (FKA: Fleet
Call, Inc.)
Sirenza
Microdevices, Inc.
09/12/2002 Xemod, Inc. 4.50 100.00 AA 18.59
(FKA:Stanford
Microdevice, Inc.)
MessageClick (FKA: Verso Technologies
11/24/2000 4.00 100.00 AA 17.06
.comfax ) Inc
InterWAVE
09/30/2002 GBase CommunicationsCommunications, 3.10 100.00 AA -
Inc.
HiddenMind Infowave Software,
07/04/2003 2.90 100.00 M 41.70
Technology, Inc. Inc.
Unimobile, Inc. (FKA: Electronics for
05/07/2002 2.50 100.00 AA 16.70
Gray Cell, Inc.) Imaging, Inc
Pocket.com, Inc.
05/10/2001 (FKA: PocketScience, PocketMail Pty Ltd. 2.50 100.00 AA 22.63
Inc.)
Celiant Corporation
Fujant Technologies,
01/08/2002 (FKA: FS 1.50 100.00 AA 23.82
Inc.
Corporation)
Ensemble
03/24/2006 Wi-LAN Inc 1.00 100.00 AA 148.48
Communications, Inc.
03/07/2007 Aster Wireless, Inc. Arkados Group Inc 0.30 100.00 AA 0.35
06/10/2008 MusicGremlin, Inc. SanDisk Corp - 100.00 AA 5.50
06/04/2008 SnapVine, Inc. WhitePages.com Inc - 100.00 AA 20.00
New Customer
05/23/2008 Asurion Corporation - 100.00 M 1,153.53
Service Cos Inc
05/19/2008 Kizoom, Ltd. Cityspace Ltd - 100.00 AA 2.15
Open Interface North
12/24/2007 QUALCOMM Inc - 100.00 AA 9.64
America, Inc.
Cognio, Inc. (FKA:
10/08/2007 Aryya Cisco Systems Inc - 100.00 AA 30.59
Communications, Inc.)
FitSense Technology,
09/17/2007 Fitlinxx Inc - 100.00 AA -
Inc
Diamond
07/19/2007 Southeast Towers, LLC - 100.00 AA 20.00
Communications
InnerWireless, Inc.
03/20/2007 (FKA: E-tron PanGo Networks Inc - 100.00 M 86.62
Technologies, Inc.)
Lucent
11/06/2006 Mobilitec, Inc. - 100.00 AA 28.68
Technologies, Inc.
Openwave Systems,
10/03/2006 SoloMio Corporation Inc. - 100.00 M 26.50
(FKA:Phone.com)
09/05/2006 Millennial Net, Inc. PHC Holding GmbH - 100.00 AA 21.20
Xpedion Design Agilent Technologies
08/28/2006 - 100.00 AA 30.00
Systems, Inc. Inc
Broadbeam
05/02/2006 Corporation (FKA: MobileAware Ltd - 100.00 AA 40.85
Nettech Systems, Inc.)
Oplayo Oy (FKA: AVS
04/20/2006 Investor Group - 100.00 AA 12.95
Technologies)
04/18/2006 Net4Call Oracle Corp - 100.00 AA 0.31
Ascendent
Telecommunications, Research In Motion
03/10/2006 - 100.00 AA 19.89
Inc. (FKA: Travelers Limited
Telecom)
TCP Communications, Global Tower
02/15/2006 - 100.00 AA 18.10
Inc. Partners
Undisclosed
12/31/2005 TeleCorp WCS, Inc. - 100.00 AA 0.09
Corporate Investor
Wildseed Inc. (FKA:
08/08/2005 America Online Inc - 100.00 AA -
GITWiT, Inc.)
Motricity, Inc.
08/03/2005 M7 Networks, Inc. (FKA: - 100.00 AA 28.25
PowerByHand, Inc.)
Willow Technologies
08/01/2005 AirZip, Inc. - 100.00 AA 10.00
Ltd
07/27/2005 Integral Access, Inc. Telco Systems Inc - 100.00 AA 108.61
JP Mobile, Inc. (FKA: Good Technology
07/11/2005 - 100.00 AA 52.50
JP Systems, Inc.) Inc
06/22/2005 Northcoast PCS Revol - 100.00 AA 39.00
Kayak Interactive
Chasma Interactive
04/20/2005 Corporation (FKA: - 100.00 AA -
Publishing
JamSession Corp.)
Expand Beyond
Semotus Solutions
03/29/2005 Corporation (FKA: - 100.00 AA 14.86
Inc
PocketDBA Systems)
ProQuent Systems
03/14/2005 (FKA: Avian Bytemobile, Inc. - 100.00 M 53.70
Communications)
JTECH
01/06/2005 Micros Systems Inc - 100.00 AA 12.00
Communications, Inc.
12/20/2004 MeshNetworks Motorola, Inc. - 100.00 AA 51.20
08/10/2004 MobileWay, Inc. InphoMatch, Inc. - 100.00 M 103.00
AAT
03/19/2004 Signal One, LLC Communications - 100.00 AA 0.50
Corporation
WaterCove Networks,
01/30/2004 Alcatel, Inc. - 100.00 AA 70.00
Inc.
11/17/2003 XtremeSpectrum, Inc. Motorola Inc - 100.00 AA 38.60
10/31/2003 Mobilian, Inc. Intel Corporation - 100.00 AA 51.41
Adjungo Networks
10/22/2003 (FKA:Commagine, Flash Networks, Inc. - 100.00 AA 4.00
Inc.)
Visto Corporation
06/04/2003 ViAir, Inc. - 100.00 M 22.60
(FKA: RoamPage)
05/16/2003 Avesair, Inc InPhonic, Inc. - 100.00 AA 17.20
SiRF Technology
03/31/2003 Enuvis, Inc. - 100.00 AA 14.76
Incorporated.
03/10/2003 iConverse, Inc. InfoClarus, Inc. - 100.00 M 27.53
02/11/2003 Ubiquio MobilePlanet, Inc. - 100.00 AA -
Koninklijke Philips
01/31/2003 Systemonic AG - 100.00 AA 39.80
Electronics
Avalon Digital
12/23/2002 AGEA Corporation, Inc. Marketing Systems, - 100.00 AA 12.85
Inc.
Gabriel Electronics, TriPoint Global
11/01/2002 - 100.00 AA 5.41
Inc. Communications
08/08/2002 United Messaging, Inc. Agilera, Inc. - 100.00 AA 106.50
TeraBeam
07/15/2002 Harmonix Corporation - 100.00 AA 3.50
Corporation
@Road (AKA:
06/30/2002 Blue Wireless, Inc. - 100.00 AA 6.10
Vectorlink, Inc.)
Oracle Systems
01/15/2002 Indicast Corporation - 100.00 AA 0.50
Corporation
InfoSpace, Inc.
(FKA:
12/31/2001 GiantBear, Inc. - 100.00 AA 25.00
InfoSpace.com,
Inc.)
11/13/2001 Mspect, Inc. Telephia, Inc. - 100.00 AA 9.00
10/04/2001 Brightpod, Inc. GadgetSpace - 100.00 AA 5.00
Broadband Gateways
(FKA: Global Uniden Corp of
09/25/2001 - 100.00 AA 24.79
Converging America
Technologies)
eVoice, Inc. (FKA: AOL Time Warner
08/01/2001 - 100.00 AA 67.40
TalkStar.com, Inc.) Inc
07/24/2001 Yopa Xdrive Technologies - 100.00 AA 5.30
07/17/2001 indiqu.com Mforma Corp - 100.00 AA 10.40
06/21/2001 Sinia Corporation FusionOne, Inc. - 100.00 AA 3.00
06/06/2001 MiraWave, Inc. Mobilygen Corp - 100.00 AA 5.00
06/05/2001 Selfswitch SA SetNet Corp - 100.00 AA 1.15
EMS Technologies,
05/15/2001 CI Wireless, Inc. - 100.00 AA 1.50
Inc.
Zeus Communication
05/07/2001 Systems, Inc. (AKA: Young Designs, Inc. - 100.00 M 18.54
Zeus Wireless, Inc.)
Reach-U Solutions
04/19/2001 Capslock - 100.00 AA 6.03
(FKA: Mgine, Inc.)
VoiceStream
STPCS Joint
02/16/2001 Wireless - 100.00 AA 10.62
Investment LLC
Corporation
Wynd Communications
06/29/2000 GoAmerica, Inc. - 100.00 AA 10.49
Corporation
Endgate Technology
04/05/2000 TRW Miliwave - 100.00 AA 273.88
Corporation
Tegic Communications,
12/01/1999 Inc. (AKA:T9 Text America Online Inc - 100.00 AA 15.00
Input)
06/30/1999 E.L. Acquisition, Inc. MCI WorldCom - 100.00 AA 5.00
Metapath Software
Int'l (FKA: Mobile
09/25/1998 Metapath Corporation - 100.00 M 37.35
Systems Int'l
Holdings)
Sonatel
06/01/1990 CYCOMM Corporation - 65.00 AM 8.58
Telecommunications
Communications
Communications
08/08/1989 Properties/Florida - 100.00 M 25.00
Properties Associates
Ltd.

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