:: Telecom Industry News - November 5, 2009 ::

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Motorola mergers & acquisitions news:
Motorola announced an agreement to purchase BitBand a broadband video company.
Source: press release
New mobile virtual network operator:
Simple Mobile has announced itself as a new MVNO operating in the United States. The
company does not say whose network it uses.
Source: website
TelCentris to become a competitive local exchange provider:
TelCentris a VoIP and unified messaging client has entered the CLEC market. The
company has been approved to operate in 5 states and will be named TelCentris
Communications.
Source: news article
Google mergers & acquisitions news:
Google confirmed the rumors that it has acquired VoIP provider Gizmo5 and has
integrated it with Google Voice.
Source: blog post
Commnet Wireless address update:
Wholesale wireless carrier Commnet has listed a new corporate address suite number:
400 Northridge Road
Suite 325
Atlanta, GA 30350
Windstream mergers & acquisitions news:
Windstream completed its acquisition of D&E Communications.
Source: press release
AT&T mergers & acquisitions news:
AT&T completes its acquisition of Centennial Communications and plans to move quickly
to rebrand Centennial as AT&T.
Source: press release
Skype management update:
Skype appointed Dr. Jonathan Rosenberg as Chief Technology Strategist.
Source: press release
Clearwire management updates:
- David D. Maquera will serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer.
Maquera comes from Cricket Communications / Leap Wireless where he was Vice
President of Strategic Development.
- Thomas Enraght-Moony will serve as Senior Vice President and General Manager of
CLEAR Online. Moony comes from Match.com and before that AT&T Wireless.
- Clearwire's Chief Marketing Officer Atish Gude is leaving to pursue other opportunities.
Source: press release
U.S. Cellular Management update:
- Alan D. Ferber has been promoted to Executive Vice President Operations effective
January 1, 2010.
- Jay M. Ellison Executive Vice President & COO is retiring at the end of the year.
Source: press release
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