Showing posts with label IPO/M/A Activity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IPO/M/A Activity. Show all posts
Friday, November 28, 2008

BCE Deal - How Do You Value a Telco?

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The BCE privatization saga continues, and now the ball is back in BCE's court as they try to defend their valuation and trump KPMG's...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Signs of Life - SightSpeed, iSkoot, Intelepeer, BCE

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Busy, busy - no time for a thoughtful post, but a quick one will do. With so much bad news out there - and more coming no doubt - it's g...
Thursday, October 30, 2008

Videoconferencing News - GIPS and SightSpeed

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Two companies I have some history with in the videoconferencing space had some news yesterday - GIPS and SightSpeed . I was set to post this...
Friday, October 3, 2008

Loose Ends - Skype and the Great Firewall of China, VON/Virgo Deal, Oz/Nokia Deal

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I don't get paid to blog, so when I'm busy with consulting work, I fall behind on the news. There is always interesting stuff going ...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

BroadSoft Acquires VocalData

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Interesting story from yesterday about BroadSoft acquiring what used to be known as VocalData . It's not huge news and hasn't recei...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Nortel Acquires DiamondWare

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Got another acquisition story to tell you about, and one that I'm really glad to share on a few fronts. This morning, Nortel announced i...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Micromethod Acquired by Voxeo

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Got some nice news to share about a former client that hit the wires this morning. Micromethod Technologies is a tiny company most of you h...
Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Espial Acquires Kasenna

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Here's a noteworthy item that came out on Canada Day. In short, one IPTV middleware company has acquired another IPTV middleware compan...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Geosign - what a story!/Welcome Kevin Restivo

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This is a two-for-one post. First item is Geosign , a very mysterious company based in Guelph, Ontario. I posted about them last March aft...
Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Phonetime Graduates to Toronto Stock Exchange

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Well, here's a good news item I'm pleased to share, especially as North America teeters on the brink of recession. One of our local ...
Monday, January 14, 2008

New Coverage on Acme Packet and Veraz Networks

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Just a quick post to draw your attention to some great coverage on two companies I've been a fan of for a long time - Acme Packet and V...
Friday, October 5, 2007

Dialogic Acquires Cantata

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I got a press release this morning announcing that Dialogic has acquired EAS Group , which in turn owns Cantata . That was news to me, and ...
Tuesday, July 3, 2007

BCE Privatization Story/Meeting Mr. Sabia

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Without a doubt, the privatization of Bell Canada/BCE is the biggest story in Canadian telecom , and has many fascinating angles worth explo...
Thursday, June 28, 2007

Shoretel IPO Roadblock - Mitel Launches Lawsuit

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I just got back from Mitel's customer/analyst conference this morning, and have not been able to blog until now. I've got a backlog ...
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Friday, June 8, 2007

Espial Goes Public

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Espial is a company I've been following for some time, and they had some great news today . This morning was the official announcement ...
Friday, April 27, 2007

Mitel Acquires Inter-Tel for $723 Million

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This story broke late yesterday, and I just wanted to draw attention to it. Not much public detail or blog coverage yet, but I think it...
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

XConnect Raises $12 Million - Validation for Peering

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Very nice press release that went public today , so it's ok to talk about it now. XC Global Networks just got its first major capital r...
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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Will Bell Canada Be Taken Private?

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Quite the story in today's Globe & Mail . The Globe reports that LBO heavyweight KKR is in preliminary discussions about taking BC...
Friday, March 16, 2007

Cisco Raises the Stakes with WebEx

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The news of Cisco's $3.2 billion purchase of WebEx comes hot on the heels of Microsoft's acquisition of TellMe the other day for $...
Friday, March 9, 2007

Geosign Raises $160 Million - and Just Where is Guelph, Ontario?

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So, who is Geosign, and how did they raise $160 million??? I'm asking the same questions myself. Geosign is a small, quiet company bas...
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