Comcast invests in WiMax company Cartiza
Comcast announced today it has invested an undisclosed sum in seed-round funding to mobile WiMax company Cartiza.
Founded in late 2006, the Boston, Mass. company has previously raised $12.6 million in funding, according to the Boston Business Journal. Cartiza is reportedly in stealth mode, working on infrastructure software for the next generation of mobile broadband. While the company website doesn’t say so, it is working with WiMax: Cartiza is listed in the WiMax Forum membership roster.
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Messaging upstart Zimbra cuts big deal with Comcast
Zimbra, the open-source messaging software company that offers more modern features than Microsoft’s Outlook, has cut a major deal with Comcast, keeping it on an impressive trend of growth.
It benefits Comcast because it lets the cable giant give its customers a messaging platform — the idea being it will stem the defection of customers to services like Gmail or Yahoo Mail. Zimbra’s messaging system is in some ways more sophisticated that the email systems provided… Continue Reading