Syniverse to acquire VeriSign’s mobile messaging business
Syniverse has announced that they are now going to acquire the mobile messaging business of VeriSign.
The deal is worth around USD 175 million.
The company is aiming to complete the deal before the end of the current year itself.
VeriSign had recently stated that they are planning to [...]

Certicom to be acquired by Research in Motion
Digital encryption technology company Certicom has announced that they have accepted to be acquired by smartphone manufacturer Research in Motion.
The deal is worth around 131 million Canadian dollars at 3 Canadian dollars a share in a cash transaction.
RIM had originally offered CA$1.50 per share for Certicom but VeriSign [...]

VeriSign to acquire Certicom
VeriSign has announced that they are now acquiring Certicom.
This announcement comes just days after Research In Motion took back their bid for the company.
VeriSign would be paying $73 million for this deal.
Certicom is a developer of elliptic curve cryptography technology.
VeriSign said that this acquisition would enable them to expand their [...]

VeriSign sells off their stake in Jamba to News Corp
VeriSign has announced that they have now sold their minority stake in the mobile joint venture company Jamba to partner News Corp.
The deal is worth around USD 200 million.
With this News Corp is now the sole owner of the company.
VeriSign said that they decided to [...]

Jim Bidzos is the new interim CEO of VeriSign
VeriSign has revealed that they are now naming Jim Bidzos as their interim CEO.
Their current CEO William Roper had resigned earlier this week.
Bidzos is the founder and chairman of the company. He was the first CEO of this company which manages .com and .net names on [...]