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VeriSign Acquires Mobile Content Publisher m-Qube for $250 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 20, 2006 - 7:55am.

Watertown, Mass. - m-Qube, a provider of mobile content, applications and messaging services, has agreed to be acquired for $250 million by VeriSign, a California-based provider of infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks. Mountain View, Calif.-based m-Qube is privately held and employs about 200 people in North America. Its customers include Sony Pictures, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, Reuters, and Telus Mobility, among others. The company's main investors include Bain Capital Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Globespan Capital Partners and Sigma Partners.