Atlantic Bridge announces sale of GPS company for $110 million in cash

21 December 2007

Press Release

Atlantic Bridge Ventures ("ABVEN") - one of Europe's leading technology private equity firms - today announced the sale of US headquartered GloNav Inc, a leading developer of global positioning systems (GPS), to one of the worlds' top ten semiconductor companies, NXP Semiconductors, founded by Philips...

TiVo in software deal with Nero

28 November 2007

Media Coverage

Reuters

TiVo Inc said it had joined hands with Germany-based digital media company Nero AG to bring TiVo features to the personal computer...

TIVO and Nero partner to deliver the TV experience to the personal computer

01 October 2007

Press Release

Nero, leaders in digital media technology, and TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) today announced that they have entered into an agreement to further enable the connected digital home by integrating TiVo's television user experience with Nero's next generation of PC software...

Acision appoints new Chief Executive Officer. Rory Buckley joins Marchchket leading messaging and charging company

01 October 2007

Press Release

Acision today announces the appointment of recognised industry stalwart Rory Buckley as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Acision, the messaging and charging company of choice for over 300 network operators and service providers worldwide...

Atlantic Bridge leads investment consortium in acquisition of LogicaCMG's Telecoms Products business for £265m

20 February 2007

Press Release

Atlantic Bridge Ventures ("Atlantic Bridge"), a European multi-stage technology private equity fund, announces that it has led a consortium of private equity buyers in the acquisition of LogicaCMG's Telecoms Products business...

Firecomms Announces Appointment of Vice President of European Sales to Expand Operations to Meet Customer Demands

8 December 2006

Press Release

Firecomms Ltd., a leading compound semiconductor company that develops high-speed light sources in visible range wavelengths, today announces the appointment of industry veteran Hugh Hennessy as vice president of European sales...

GPS coming to GSM handsets, analysts say

10 Oct 2006

Media Coverage

EE Times

After years of anticipation, global positioning system (GPS) technology should finally arrive in a significant number of GSM mobile handsets in 2007... "Sirf has been the leader in the GPS IC space for the last several years," Varghese [ABI principal analyst] said through a statement. "But in the mobile phone segment, Atmel/u-blox, Global Locate, GloNav, Nemerix, Texas Instruments, and u-Nav will soon be nipping at their heels."...

GloNav Debuts to Offer the Mobile Device GPS Marchchket the Lowest Power, Highest Sensitivity and Fastest Time-to-First-Fix Semiconductor Solutions

16 June 2006

Press Release

Leveraging a heritage of GPS technology development spanning more than 20 years, GloNav Inc. launches to capture semiconductor opportunities in the rapidly growing wireless handset and mobile device global positioning system (GPS) markets...