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Cisco mulls buying Nokia?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fergie (Paul Ferguson))
Sun Aug 7 16:13:49 2005
From: "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg@netzero.net>
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 20:11:13 GMT
To: nanog@merit.edu
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I had to check the date to make sure it wasn't really
April 1st....
A Reuters newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
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Cisco Systems Inc. is considering buying the world's top mobile handset maker Nokia in a bid to gain its wireless infrastructure technology, the Business newspaper reported on Sunday.
The paper, which did not reveal the source of its information, said U.S.-based Cisco had traditionally concentrated on acquisitions of niche technology players, but its Chief Executive John Chambers is believed to be interested in merging with a wireless infrastructure company.
"Nokia has been identified as the most likely target," the paper said.
Cisco, the largest maker of Internet equipment, is worth around $123 billion, while Nokia's market value is around $71 billion.
The paper said Cisco's mainstay networking market was fast changing with the convergence of fixed-line and wireless networks, and Cisco needed a merger to acquire the technology to create intelligent wireless applications, which Finnish-based Nokia could provide.
Cisco was not immediately available for comment. A Nokia spokeswoman in Helsinki declined to comment.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050807/bs_nm/telecoms_cisco_nokia_dc
- ferg
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