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Santa Cruz-based Onset Technology has received $2 million in funding from a new investor, Jerusalem Global Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in communications, information technology and life sciences companies. Onset is the maker of METAmessage software designed for the BlackBerry wireless platform from Research in Motion. Onset recently signed co-marketing agreements with major US and European carriers and has announced major product enhancements designed for government users. The new investment will expand efforts in these sectors. The investment by Israel-based Jerusalem Global Ventures is an extension of a $1.75 million Series C round by existing investors including the Catalyst Fund, Polar Communications, the Challenge Fund, and several others…

Infitel International N.V., the Netherlands-headquartered provider of software solutions for network operators and telecommunications service providers, has established a sales office in San Jose "to capitalize on the many attractive opportunities in the Americas," according to a company press release. Infitel offers software solutions which enable network operators and service providers to improve profits by providing cost-efficient value-added service solutions, capable of integrating voice centric telecommunication services with enterprise IT applications...

Sun Microsystems Inc. has said that its Sun Java Desktop System was selected in an open competition as a platform for the open source software verification program for educational institutions organized by the Information-technology Promotion Agency in Japan (IPA). The Sun Java Desktop System is an integrated desktop environment that incorporates an operating system, desktop applications, development tools, system management tools, and support services for business users. The open source software components include the Linux operating system, StarOffice productivity suite, GNOME desktop environment, Mozilla browser, evolution mail and calendar client, and Java 2 Platform - Standard Edition; and…

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between Agilent Technologies Inc. and the South Korean government to establish a research center here for wireless communications parts and equipment. South Korea is Asia's third-biggest mobile phone market, with more than 36 million people of it's 48 million population having cellular phones. The agreement was reached at a recent meeting between South Korea's Information and Communication minister Chin Dae-je and Agilent chief executive Ned Barnholt. While Palo Alto-based Agilent didn't say how much it would spend on the new research lab in Seoul, the company did hint that the new Korean research center could house 20 to 30 research staff, making it similar in size to its Chinese research lab. Korea is the company's fourth largest market and discussions are underway to build a plant to produce high-luminescence light-emitting diode screens used in mobile phones and other handheld digital appliances in Gwangju, some 300 miles south of Seoul in the southwest of the peninsula. Agilent is a spin-off of the Hewlett-Packard Co. and has operations in 110 countries worldwide with some 28,000 employees.

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