Sequans raises $28M for WiMAX chips
Sequans is a manufacturer of all kinds of chips for the WiMAX industry, from various base stations and terminals to personal chips for computers or mobile devices.
The company is based in Paris but also has offices in Cupertino. It has partnerships with Motorola and Alcatel-Lucent, who previously made undisclosed strategic investments in the firm.
Investment bank NATIXIS led the $28 million funding, with participation from Swisscom and Reliance Technology Ventures Limited. Sequans had also taken a… Continue Reading
DiBcom receives $27 million more to get dibs on mobile TV market
The mobile TV market is expected to have more than 130 million customers by 2011, according to Screen Digest.
So DiBcom, a France-based semiconductor-for-mobile-tv company has received another $27 million in funding from its many investors, this time adding French bank NATIXIS. The company says it will use the money to continue improving its TV-streaming technology, and to spread faster internationally to phones, laptops, cars and other devices around the world.
We’re speculating that the company timed… Continue Reading