[83228] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cisco mulls buying Nokia?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rachael Treu Gomes)
Sun Aug 7 18:34:34 2005
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 17:13:49 -0500
From: Rachael Treu Gomes <rara@navigo.com>
To: "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg@netzero.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20050807.131122.16401.288857@webmail25.lax.untd.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Strange...
Explicit reference to how this would enable Cisco to gain
purchase into the wireless space, but no mention of the
impact on the popularity of Nokia platforms with a competing
firewall vendor, Check Point.
Any thoughts on VoIP?
ymmv,
--ra
On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 08:11:13PM +0000, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) said something to the effect of:
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> I had to check the date to make sure it wasn't really
> April 1st....
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> A Reuters newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
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> [snip]
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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.
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> 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.
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> "Nokia has been identified as the most likely target," the paper said.
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> Cisco, the largest maker of Internet equipment, is worth around $123 billion, while Nokia's market value is around $71 billion.
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> 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.
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> Cisco was not immediately available for comment. A Nokia spokeswoman in Helsinki declined to comment.
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> [snip]
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050807/bs_nm/telecoms_cisco_nokia_dc
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> - ferg
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>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
> Engineering Architecture for the Internet
> fergdawg@netzero.net or fergdawg@sbcglobal.net
> ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
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rachael treu gomes rara@navigo.com
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