Stoke, the fixed-wireless convergence company, raises $15M more
Stoke, the company that wants to let you use your mobile phone or other device on your wireless carrier while on the go, but let you switch to your broadband connection at home, has raised $15 million more in a fourth round of financing.
The company recently partnered with WiFi Internet access provider Trustive, which has roaming agreements with more than 70 hotspot operators in more than 65 countries. The partnership will seek to enable a… Continue Reading
Mavenir lands $17.5 million for mobile convergence
Mavenir Systems, a company that helps telecom companies evolve their networks to handle new calling options (like VoIP) and rich-media messaging, has closed a $17.5 million third round of funding. It plans to use the round to grow its market presence and continue developing its software portfolio. Its goal is to make accessing broadband connections easier for cell phone users — in turn, giving operators the chance to push a wider range of applications and… Continue Reading
Stoke scores Indian connection, raises millions more
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Stoke, a Silicon Valley company building a technology that allows multiple telecom networks to talk with each other — from WiFi, WiMax and others — has raised financing from one of the world’s fastest major telecommunications companies, Reliance Communications.
The amount was undisclosed, but a source told VentureBeat is was on the order of $10 million, or similar to the investment Reliance made recently in E-Band Communications, a US-based company that makes high-capacity wireless systems for… Continue Reading
Stoke pushes fixed-mobile convergence, raises $20M more
We wrote about Stoke, the start-up working on a way to let you switch your mobile phone to your better, WiFi connection at home, when you arrive there.
And when you leave your home, it will switch your phone back to the cellular network, until you arrive at work, at which point its switches back again to hook up with your employers’ broadband — all the while letting you use the best network available.
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