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VeriSign to Acquire Austrian Mobile Entertainment Firm 3United

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 15, 2006 - 9:29am.
Mountain View, Calif. - VeriSign, a provider of infrastructure services for Internet and telecommunications networks, said on Thursday that it will acquire 3United, an Austria-based distributor of mobile entertainment content, for approximately $65.5 million. VeriSign said that the deal will expand its portfolio of content services for communications providers in Eastern Europe. 3United distributes mobile music services, games, ringtones and other content, and has offices in Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Russia and the Ukraine. VeriSign said that it expects to close the deal by the end of the first quarter.
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