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Acacia Communications secures $20 million in funding

Acacia Communications, an emerging 100G optical transceiver vendor, closed $20 million in its latest round of funding that was led by Summit Partners.

Frontier's rating cut by S&P due to increasing competition

The ongoing competitive effect of cable telephony and wireless substitution has driven Standard & Poor's Ratings Services to cut Frontier Communications' rating for corporate credit and senior unsecured debt to double-B-minus, three levels below investment grade.

Report calls AT&T, Verizon top U.S. 'investment heroes'

AT&T and Verizon finished one-two atop a list of "Investment Heroes" compiled by economist Diana Carew and chief economist Michael Mandel for the Progressive Policy Institute, an independent research institution.

Report: Goldman's decision to advise Sprint bothered Clearwire

Investment bank Goldman Sachs told Clearwire's ( NASDAQ:CLWR ) board in February it planned to stop advising Clearwire and would instead switch to advising Clearwire's majority owner, Sprint Nextel (

Report: Clearwire selling off spectrum for more funding

In what appears to be a last resort in garnering more funding, Clearwire ( NASDAQ:CLWR ) is aiming to sell some of its vast amount of spectrum to raise between $2.5 billion and $5 billion, according to

Clearwire mulls funding options, in talks with T-Mobile USA

WiMAX operator Clearwire ( NASDAQ:CLWR ) is reviewing its funding options and is in discussions with current and new investors, including T-Mobile USA, a Clearwire spokesman told Bloomberg. "Other

Qualcomm to open R&D center in South Korea

Qualcomm will launch a research and development facility in South Korea to work on next generation mobile chip technology, striving to forge ahead in a country where it was stung by antitrust

Telecom Italia again debunks Telefonica acquisition rumors

Telco SpA's three main investors are railing against speculation that emerged in an article in Italian newspaper Milano Finanza (MF) that it may be selling the stakes it owns in Telco, the holding

UPDATED: Clearwire confirms $1.5B in new funding

Clearwire confirmed that it will receive more than $1.5 billion in additional new funding from its investment partners, a day after reports first indicated that the new funding would be forthcoming.

Qualcomm considers South Korean wireless, health care investments

Qualcomm is eyeing investments in South Korean wireless and health care companies, according to the company's chief executive. Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs said the chipmaker is seeking investments in a