T-Mobile USA is indeed looking for a U.S. partner to help finance a high-speed data network. T-Mobile USA CEO Robert Dotson said Thursday that his company—which has admitted it is losing business because many of its customers cannot even get 3G—is looking “at JV opportunities for additional spectrum” and has…

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has hinted for several months that it would be buying more companies and it’s finally made an acquisition—buying up social sports startup Citizen Sports, which it says will compliment Yahoo Sports, the top sports site in the U.S. And, indeed, the move immediately gives Yahoo clout in…

Mobile app startup Snaptu has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Sequoia Capital. Snaptu’s free app lets users access a series of services, including Facebook, Twitter, the weather, and a news reader. The selling point: It works on any phone that runs Java (which means most). So far, Snaptu…

Latitude, Foursquare. There’s no shortage of mobile social location candidates stepping up. Now GeoSentric’s GyPSii of Holland has raised a further $11 million funding for its effort - bringing its total to $40 million. The disclosure came in GyPSii’s announcement of a new Twitter app, Tweetsii, that puts tweets first,…

Heavily-funded mobile broadcast software firm Roundbox is buying the technology and IP of Jacked, a startup which provides web-based dashboards that aggregate info related to live TV broadcasts. Roundbox says it will integrate Jacked’s technology into its ‘mobile broadcast suite’—which is used by broadcasters to deliver content, like video and…

Twitter client HootSuite, which recently raised $1.9 million in funding, has now made an acquisition, buying up Android app developer Swift App. HootSuite says that Swift App was behind the development of HootSuite’s own Android app, which was released last week. The company says the acquisition “means quicker development for…

Google’s proposed (and now delayed) acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob appears to be drawing even more regulatory scrutiny from the FTC. Bloomberg cites sources who say that regulators now want “sworn declarations” from Google (NSDQ: GOOG) competitors about the $750 million deal. The key sentence in the Bloomberg report…

Two small—but noteworthy—acquisitions for Thing Labs, the company behind Facebook and Twitter web client Brizzly: Thing Labs has purchased Wikirank, a tool that let users visualize and compare the most popular topics on Wikipedia, and is also announcing the purchase of Twitter iPhone client Birdfeed. Thing Labs has added some…

Smartphone ad network Todacell has added another $1 million in funding to an existing $1 million round the Tel Aviv-based company raised back in June. Israeli VC AfterDox, which provided the last $1 million, also ponied up the same amount this time as well. In addition to the $2 million…

Big In Japan, the company responsible for the popular ShopSavvy barcode-scanning app for Android and iPhone, has acquired Snappr. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition revives Snappr after it shut down in late 2009, reports TechCrunch, which broke the news of the acquisition. Big in Japan has…

Mobile ad campaign manager Adenyo has raised a large $26.9 million round, consisting of both institutional and private placement funding. The company, which has offices in Dallas and Toronto, plans to use the proceeds to promote an international expansion. Formerly known as Silverback Media, Adenyo provides a range of services,…

More funding going to middleware that aims to help mobile content make money: July Systems, which develops a platform for content companies to publish, distribute and monetize mobile internet content, has raised $7 million. The funding round was led by Intel (NSDQ: INTC) Capital, with Sequoia Capital (an existing investor)…

Mobclix, a mobile ad network aggregator, has acquired Heartbeat from New York-based Enormego for its ability to analyze the performance of iPhone applications, including sales reporting, statistics and crash reports. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Not only has the mobile ad network acquisitions been heating up, but so…

The European Commission has approved the much-needed 50/50 JV merger of France Telecom’s Orange UK and Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile UK, subject to them giving away a small chunk of radio spectrum - creating the UK’s largest mobile network, with 30 million customers, or 37 percent of the market. The combined…

Palm’s recent launch with Verizon Wireless has failed to generate any momentum for the company, putting the company’s long-term prospects into question. So, what can Palm (NSDQ: PALM) do? Given that its new webOS is a worthy contender and stacks up nicely against the iPhone, Android and others, it must…

McLean, Va-based Mobile Posse, a participant in the mobile advertising space since 2006, has raised an additional $2.5 million from existing investors. Release. In this case, Mobile Posse serves information, like weather and local gas prices to a phone’s idle screen when consumers opt-in for the service. In addition to…

San Francisco-based Visage Mobile has raised $4.5 million to continue building out its business that helps companies manage employees’ usage of smartphones and mobile broadband services. The second round was led by Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) Ventures with and participation from existing investors Worldview Technology Partners, ATA Ventures, Vesbridge Partners and…

‘Tis the season of games: Ngmoco, the SF-based mobile phone games developer focused on iPhone platform, has raised a big $25 million round of funding on its third round. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners, along with the company’s previous investors, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Norwest…

The mobile advertising consolidation continues: Baltimore-based Millennial Media, which is one of the largest U.S. based mobile ad networks, is acquiring TapMetrics, a San Francisco-based mobile analytics firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In recent months, Millennial’s closest competitors have either been acquired or have merged with other…