ID Parking, a Paris-based company that provides electronic parking technology to about 40 municipalities in France, will be folded into OTI’s PARX Ltd. subsidiary and renamed PARX France.

The Newark-based energy company said it is changing roadside lights in Verona, Elizabeth, Trenton and Camden without charge to the cities or counties.

Scheduled to open on Nov. 1, the development center will provide services such as application development and support, product development and support, and testing.

The new venture, to be called Avaya Federal Solutions Inc., will launch on Aug. 1 and employ about 400 people.

The Jersey City-based company said it will use some of the money immediately to begin expanding its Somerset campus, a site with a total of 60,000 square feet of data center space.

Companies mull a wide range of alternatives

According to the recent Loss Prevention Budget Trends report, there is a strong correlation between reducing loss prevention spending and increased retail shrink, or loss or theft of merchandise.

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. of Warren today said it plans to launch a "Totally Unlimited" calling plan for $79.99 on July 1, which it claims will be the lowest priced and the "first unlimited nationwide calling plan without roaming charges or an annual contract."

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Coates International, Ltd. said today it has put all projects on hold for about 30 days while it retrofits the company's engine technology onto an 18-wheeler truck.

Printer and fax-machine seller Brother International Corp. said today it has agreed to acquire the Hoya Group's Pentax mobile-printing business.

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