Comverse, which has about 250 employees, makes message systems for wireless telecommunications networks.
Lightbridge, based in Burlington, Mass., will exchange 0.5978 share for each share of Corsair, which makes prepaid billing systems for wireless companies.
"This is complex technology that's evolving fast, so there was the perception that surveillance wasn't keeping up with its development," said Prakash Panjwani, vice president for business development at Certicom of Hayward, Calif., which makes cryptography systems for wireless networks.
WiTricity has signed a technology transfer and licensing agreement with MediaTek, a semiconductor company in Taiwan, to collaborate on systems for wireless charging of mobile handsets, tablet computers, game controllers and other devices, Mr. Giler said.
Comverse Technology Inc., a maker of software and systems for wireless communications and Internet services, said yesterday that it planned to lay off approximately 1,200 people, or 21percentt of its work force, because of continued weakness in telecommunications capital spending.
That is why wait-and-see approach to wireless may not be such a bad strategy, said Aaron Dobrinsky, chief executive of GoAmerica Communications, a company in Hackensack, N.J., that designs mobile Internet systems for wireless carriers and other kinds of companies.
This is one of the success stories to emerge since last October, when St. Clair County and Verizon Wireless introduced the first enhanced 911 system for wireless phones.
Nokia, for one, not only will sell Palm-enabled devices, but also is a founding partner in Symbian, a consortium creating a new operating system for wireless Internet devices.
On Tuesday, Intel announced a similar arrangement with Symbian, a consortium set up by Ericsson, Psion, Nokia and Matsushita Electric Industrial that has created an operating system for wireless devices.
Europe's biggest hand-held computer maker, Psion P.L.C., said it planned a public offering of Symbian Ltd., an alliance Psion created with mobile phone makers to develop its operating system for wireless devices.
This vending machine is actually a proof of concept system for wireless paying.
