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HP Enables OpenFlow across its Enterprise Switches
HP is enabling OpenFlow across its FlexNetwork enterprise switches. The new capabilities are delivered as a free software upgrade across 16 switches, including the HP 3500, 5400 and 8200 series. The support will be expended to all switches in the HP FlexNetwork architecture this year.
OpenFlow is an emerging network virtualization technology pioneered at Stanford University and by the Open Networking Foundation, of which HP is a founding member.
OpenFlow is aimed at reducing the complexity of network devices and automating tasks using simplified network management.
“To help enterprises uniformly manage network traffic flow across the data center, HP became an early innovator of the OpenFlow standard, supporting more than 60 universities and research centers in trials, development efforts and practical real-world applications,” said Bethany Mayer, senior vice president and general manager, Networking, HP. “With more than 10 million OpenFlow-capable switch ports deployed and the broadest portfolio currently available on the market, HP is leading the move to the OpenFlow standard and further simplifying networks for our enterprise clients.”...
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U.S. Cellular to Launch LTE Next Month
 U.S. Cellular, which serves about 5.9 million mobile users, plans to launch its first LTE markets next month in partnership with King Street Wireless. Initial markets include Milwaukee, Madison and Racine, Wis.; Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Davenport, Iowa; Portland and Bangor, Maine; and Greenville, N.C. U.S. Cellular is the first wireless carrier to offer 4G LTE in several of these markets. The next wave of market launches will be announced later this month.
The 4G LTE network will cover 25 percent of U.S. Cellular's customers and will coincide with the launch of the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE mobile tablet, followed shortly by the Samsung Galaxy Aviator 4G LTE smartphone.
King Street Wireless currently holds 700 MHz wireless spectrum in 27 states and is partnering with Chicago-based U.S. Cellular to deliver high-speed 4G LTE service to U.S. Cellular's customers in several of the carrier's markets. King Street Wireless is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia....
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Facebook Connects 483 million Users per Day -- 48% YoY Growth
In an SEC filing for its expected IPO, Facebook disclosed key facts about operations. Some site metrics:
Worldwide Monthly Active Users (MAUs) reached 845 million, up 39% from a year earlier.
In the U.S., MAUs reached 161 million, up 16% over a year earlier. In India, Facebook had 46 million MAUs in December.
Worldwide Daily Active users (DAUs) increased 48% to 483 million during December 2011 from 327 million during December 2010.
DAUs as a percentage of MAUs increased from 54% in 2010 to 57% in December 2011.
Mobile MAUs reached 425 million during December 2011. The Facebook app for the iPad launched in October 2011.
In April 2011, Facebook began serving traffic out of its first wholly-owned data center in Pineville, Oregon. The company is investing in new data centers in the U.S. and in Europe.
There were more than 100 billion friend connections on Facebook as of December 31, 2011.
On average more than 250 million photos per day were uploaded to Facebook in the three months ended December 31, 2011.
Users generated an average of 2.7 billion Likes and Comments per day during the three months ended December 31, 2011....
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Qualcomm Posts Record Quarter, up 14% Sequentially
Qualcomm reported record quarterly revenue of $4.68 billion, up 40 percent year-over-year and 14 percent sequentially. Net income was $1.40 billion, up 20 percent y-o-y and 33 percent sequentially. Diluted earnings per share were $0.81, up 14 percent y-o-y and 31 percent sequentially.
"I am pleased to report another record quarter with revenues, earnings and MSM shipments reaching all-time highs, driven by our industry-leading chipset portfolio and the continued strong demand for smartphones around the world," said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm. "We are raising our revenue and earnings guidance as our broad licensing partnerships and extensive chipset roadmap, led by our integrated Snapdragon processors, position us well for strong growth in fiscal 2012. We continue to invest in innovative wireless technologies, products and services, and we are excited about the opportunities ahead as 3G and 4G continue to expand across new device types and geographies."
The y-o-y comparisons include the results of Qualcomm Atheros, which was acquired on May 24, 2011. Gains from Qualcomm's sale of substantially all of its 700 MHz spectrum for $1.9 billion will be reported in the next quarterly report.
Some notes:
MSM shipments reached 156 million units, up 32 percent y-o-y and 23 percent sequentially.
September quarter total reported device sales reached approximately $41.4 billion, up 22 percent y-o-y and 6 percent sequentially.
September quarter estimated 3G/4G device shipments were approximately 191 to 195 million units, at an estimated average selling price of approximately $212 to $218 per unit.
Qualcomm is currently holding approximately $22.0 billion in cash equivalents and marketable securities. Of this, approximately $15.9 billion is overseas....
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Tellabs Drops 9100 LTE Platform in Restructuring
Tellabs reported Q4 2011 revenue of $317 million, compared with $410 million in the year-ago quarter. There was a GAAP net loss of $5 million or 1 cent per share, compared with a net loss of $11 million or 3 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2010. On a non-GAAP basis, Tellabs recorded net earnings of $4 million or 1 cent per share in the fourth quarter of 2011, compared with net earnings of $6 million or 2 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. Broadband segment revenue was $166 million, Transport segment revenue was $92 million and Services segment revenue was $59 million.
Tellabs announced a major restructuring which will see it drop development of its SmartCore 9100 LTE platform, although the company will continue to support its SmartCore 9100 WiMAX products. R&D will be consolidated into fewer location and as a result Tellabs will close facilities in Petaluma (California), Vancouver (Canada), Bangalore (India) and Karachi (Pakistan). The move will eliminate about 530 jobs. Tellabs will incur about $107 million in restructuring charges in Q1 2012.
”In a climate of economic uncertainty, Tellabs needs to align expenses with revenue,” said Rob Pullen, Tellabs CEO and president. “Unfortunately, our restructuring will affect about 530 people. We will reduce expense and stop new development work on the Tellabs SmartCore 9100 LTE product, while continuing to support Tellabs SmartCore 9100 WiMax customers. “We’ll address customers’ needs through our next-generation portfolio of products and services for the smart mobile Internet, including Tellabs Mobile Backhaul Solution, Tellabs Packet Optical Solution and
professional services such as Tellabs Insight Analytics Services.”
Revenue for Q1 is expected to be in a range from $260 million to $290 million.
During Q4, Tellabs saw revenue from 11 new customers for its Packet Optical Solution, including its Optical 7100 and 7300 systems. In the fourth quarter, there was revenue from 2 new customers for the Tellabs Mobile Backhaul Solution, including the Tellabs 8600 and 8800 systems. The company continues to shift to new Tellabs 8609 and Ethernet-optimized mobile backhaul platform for LTE networks. Tellabs now reports two 8600 LTE networks running and LTE trials underway with 3 customers.
At the end of Q4, Tellabs had 3,250 employees compared with about 3,300 employees at the end of 3Q.
Revenue outside of North America grew 27% year-over-year to $636 million in 2011. Tellabs' revenue outside of North America was 49% of overall 2011 revenue, the highest percentage ever.
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FCC Updates Lifeline Program for Low-Income Americans
The three current commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve a comprehensive overhaul of the Lifeline universal service program, which helps tens of millions of low-income Americans afford basic phone service. The current Lifeline program, which was put in place in 1985, predated the rise of mobile phone service and gradually enabled perverse incentives for some carriers to continue an entrenched cost to the government.
The FCC estimates that its reforms will save the government $2 billion over the next three years. Key elements of the reforms include:
- Setting a savings target of $200 million for 2012, and putting the Commission in a position to adopt an appropriate budget for the program in early 2013 after review of a six-month report and one-year report on the effects of the Order.
- Creation of a National Lifeline Accountability Database to prevent multiple carriers from receiving support for the same subscriber. The database will build on FCC efforts in 2011 that eliminated nearly 270,000 duplicate subscriptions in 12 states following review of over
3.6 million subscriber records, saving $33 million.
- Creation of eligibility databases from governmental data sources, enabling fully automated verification of consumers’ initial and ongoing Lifeline eligibility. This would reduce the potential for fraud while cutting red tape for consumers and providers. A database based on
the three most common federal benefit programs through which consumers qualify for Lifeline will be created no later than the end of 2013.
- Establishing a one-per-household rule applicable to all providers in the program, defining household as an “economic unit” so that separate low-income families living at the same address can get connected.
- Establishing clear goals and metrics to measure program performance and effectiveness.
- Phasing out support for services such as Toll Limitation – subsidies to carriers for blocking or restricting long-distance service—and ending Link Up – subsidies to carriers for initial connection charges. Link Up will continue in Tribal lands.
- Reducing burdens on carriers by establishing a uniform, interim flat rate of reimbursement, allowing carriers to obtain a subscriber’s signature electronically, and streamlining enrollment through uniform, nationwide eligibility criteria.
- Adopting an express goal for the program of ensuring availability of broadband for all low-income Americans.
- Establish a Broadband Adoption Pilot Program using up to $25 million in savings from other reforms to test and determine how Lifeline can best be used to increase broadband adoption among Lifeline-eligible consumers. Starting this year, the program will solicit applications from broadband providers and will select a number of projects to fund. Lifeline will help reduce the monthly cost of broadband service, but applicants will be expected to help address other challenges to broadband adoption, including the cost of devices and digital literacy.
- Proposes increasing digital literacy training at libraries and schools.
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BT Openreach Launches Optical Spectrum Access with ADVA
Openreach, the infrastructure division of BT Group, launched a new Optical Spectrum Access (OSA) service that is built on ADVA Optical Networking's FSP 3000 DWDM platform.
The new service enables enterprises to transport enormous amounts of data throughout the U.K. with much improved latency and unparalleled encryption and security. The OSA service provides dedicated single or resilient point-to-point optical fibre links throughout the U.K. With a route distance of up to 103km, the service accommodates a range of interfaces and uses the same low-latency technology deployed extensively in many of the world’s leading financial trading networks.
“The response to the FSP 3000 introduction has been exceptional,” said Jon Hurry, MD, Strategy, Commercial, Portfolio & Policy, Openreach. “Since the pre-launch of this service we’ve collaborated with a range of communications providers, whose customers are expecting dramatically more from their networks. Scalability and protecting their investment is at the heart of our customers’ strategy; they need to transport increasing amounts of data across greater distances more securely and faster than ever before. OSA meets those criteria. Today’s launch marks a milestone for U.K. businesses seeking to position their networks as a competitive advantage.”
“This is an incredible time to be involved in U.K. networks,” commented Alistair Swales, senior vice president, U.K. sales, ADVA Optical Networking. “In less than one month we’ve seen over 200 design requests from customers interested in the new OSA service.”
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Fujitsu Wins Key Domain Supplier Status with AT&T
Fujitsu Network Communications has been selected as one of AT&T's Domain Suppliers for optical and transport equipment. The multi-year selection covers equipment used to expand and maintain AT&T's metropolitan and long-haul network infrastructure. Financial terms of the supplier agreement are still being negotiated.
AT&T's Domain Supplier program, launched in September 2009, facilitates a more collaborative relationship with AT&T's equipment and software suppliers, enabling AT&T to have the best technologies in place to serve its customers. The program is also designed to ensure that the company's network technology investment accelerates AT&T's move toward a network that is well-equipped for the future.
Fujitsu Network Communications, which is headquartered in Richardson, Texas, offers packet optical networking solutions, WDM and SONET platforms manufactured in North America. It also provides multi-vendor network services as well as end-to-end solutions for design, implementation, migration, support and management of optical networks.
"After an extensive evaluation of multiple optical and transport equipment suppliers, we are pleased to extend our relationship with Fujitsu," said Tim Harden, President of AT&T's Supply Chain and Fleet Operations organization.
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NTT Docomo Reports LTE Progress
As of December 31, 2011, NTT Docomo had 1.14 million LTE subscribers -- its first full year of operating a commercial LTE network.
Docomo currently has four LTE handsets, 2 LTE-enabled tablets, and three LTE modems/routers on offer.
Docomo's LTE network now covers all prefectural capital-sized cities across Japan, covering about 24% of the population. This footprint consists of approximately 5,000 LTE base stations in operation. By the end of March 2012, Docomo aims to have approximately LTE 7,000 base stations in operation.
In November, NTT Docomo introduced a "Xi Talk 24" service that provides LTE customers with unlimited voice calling to all other Docomo subscribers (including 3G users) for a flat rate of 1,480 yen per month. Already 80% of LTE handsets are on this plan.
Overall, NTT Docomo had 59.62 million subscribers across Japan, up slightly by 2.41 million users over a year earlier.
On the financial side, during the quarter ending Dec. 31, NTT Docomo generated revenue of ¥3,174 billion, down ¥35.0 billion from the same period last year due a decline in voice ARPU, which was partially offset by a rise in packet data revenue. Operating expenses declined by ¥20.3 billion yen in the quarter due to a more efficient use of CAPEX, yielding an operating income of ¥743 billion for the quarter, which is a decrease of ¥14.7 billion from a year earlier.
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AT&T: iPhone Accounts for 80% of Smartphone Sales
 AT&T reported blockbuster mobile broadband sales in Q4 2011 with 9.4 million smartphone activations in the quarter -- 50 percent more than the previous quarterly record and nearly double 3Q11 sales. This equates to over 100,000 smartphone activations for every day of the quarter. There were 7.6 million iPhone activations, meaning that Apple represented 81% of smartphone sales in Q4 for AT&T.
“This was a blowout quarter for smartphone sales. Our network performance is at a high level on voice quality and best-in-class mobile download speeds. U-verse sales continue to be strong and business revenue trends are on a good track," stated Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and chief executive officer.
For Q4, AT&T’s consolidated revenues totaled $32.5 billion, up $1.1 billion, or 3.6 percent, versus the year-earlier quarter. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2010, operating expenses were $41.5 billion versus $29.3 billion; operating loss was $9.0 billion, compared to operating income of $2.1 billion; and AT&T’s operating income margin was (27.7) percent, compared to 6.7 percent, including costs related to T-Mobile USA.
CAPEX for 2012 is expected to be about $20 billion, stable with 2011, as increases in wireless spending offset declines in wireline capital expenditures.
Some highlights:
Wireless
Best Postpaid Growth. AT&T posted a net increase in total wireless subscribers of 2.5 million in the fourth quarter to reach 103.2 million in service. Subscriber additions for the quarter include postpaid net adds of 717,000, the best gain in five quarters. Prepaid net adds were 159,000, connected device net adds were 1,029,000 and reseller net adds were 592,000. Fourth-quarter net adds reflect accelerated adoption of smartphones, including the October launch of iPhone 4S, increases in prepaid and reseller subscribers and sales of tablets and connected devices such as automobile monitoring systems, security systems and a host of other emerging products.
Record Quarter for Smartphone Sales. Fourth-quarter smartphone sales represented more than 80 percent of postpaid device sales. Both iPhone and Android device sales set records.
At the end of the quarter, 56.8 percent of AT&T’s 69.3 million postpaid subscribers had smartphones, up from 42.7 percent a year earlier and 32.8 percent two years ago.
The average ARPU for smartphones on AT&T’s network is 1.9 times that of the company’s non-smartphone devices. About 87 percent of smartphone subscribers are on FamilyTalk® or business plans. Churn levels for these subscribers are significantly lower than for other postpaid subscribers.
AT&T had its best sales quarter ever for branded computing subscribers, a new growth area for the company that includes tablets, aircards, mobile Wi-Fi hot spot devices, tethering plans and other data-only devices.
AT&T added 571,000 of these devices to reach 5.1 million, an almost 70 percent increase in total subscribers from a year ago. Most of those new subscribers were tablets, with 311,000 added in the quarter, more than half of which were postpaid.
Total wireless revenues, which include equipment sales, were up 10.0 percent year over year to $16.7 billion. Wireless service revenues increased 4.0 percent, to $14.3 billion, in the fourth quarter.
Wireless data revenues — driven by Internet access, access to applications, messaging and related services — increased by $956 million, or 19.4 percent, from the year-earlier quarter to $5.9 billion. AT&T’s postpaid wireless subscribers on monthly data plans increased by 16.4 percent over the past year. The number of subscribers on tiered data plans also continues to increase. About 22 million, or 56 percent, of all smartphone subscribers are on tiered data plans, and about 70 percent have chosen the higher-tier plans.
Wireless margins were impacted by record-setting smartphone sales and customer upgrade levels. This was offset in part by improved operating efficiencies and further revenue gains from the company’s growing base of high-quality smartphone subscribers. AT&T’s fourth-quarter wireless operating income margin was 15.2 percent versus 22.9 percent in the year-earlier quarter, and AT&T’s wireless EBITDA service margin was 28.7 percent, compared with 37.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Wireline
Total business revenues grew sequentially for the second consecutive quarter. Revenues were $9.3 billion, down 1.4 percent versus the year-earlier quarter but a slight increase over the third quarter of 2011. The year-over-year decline reflects economic conditions and weakness in voice and legacy data products somewhat offset by growth in IP data. Business service revenues, which exclude CPE, declined 1.2 percent year over year, compared to a year-over-year decline of 4.3 percent in the year-ago quarter and were essentially flat sequentially, despite fewer business days in the fourth quarter.
Revenues from the new-generation capabilities that lead AT&T’s most advanced business solutions — including Ethernet, VPNs, hosting, IP conferencing and application services — grew 16.4 percent versus the year-earlier quarter, continuing strong trends in this area. This now represents a nearly $6 billion annualized revenue stream.
Total business IP data revenues grew 9.2 percent versus the year-earlier fourth quarter, led by growth in VPN revenues. IP-based solutions allow customers to easily add managed services such as network security, cloud services and IP conferencing on top of their infrastructures. Total business data revenues grew 1.3 percent year over year.
Revenues from residential customers totaled $5.3 billion, an increase of 0.5 percent versus the fourth quarter a year ago. The fourth quarter marked the sixth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.
AT&T U-verse TV added 208,000 subscribers to reach 3.8 million in service. As U-verse scales, its margins improve, contributing to profitability. In the fourth quarter, the AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet attach rate was 90 percent and about half of new subscribers took AT&T U-verse Voice. About three-fourths of AT&T U-verse TV subscribers have a triple- or quad-play option from AT&T. ARPU for U-verse triple-play customers was almost $170, up 2.5 percent year over year.
AT&T’s U-verse deployment has reached its goal of passing 30 million living units.
AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet delivered a fourth-quarter net gain of 587,000 subscribers to reach a total of 5.2 million, helping offset losses from DSL. Overall, AT&T lost 49,000 wireline broadband connections. About 74 percent of consumers have a broadband plan delivering speeds of 3 Mbps or higher versus 65 percent in the year-ago quarter....
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2011 Major Networking
Acquisitions (some pending) |
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Buyer |
Target |
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Huawei |
Centre for Integrated Photonics |
photonic R&D |
1/25/2012 |
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Aurelius (private equity) |
KPN's Getronics divisions |
IT consulting |
1/24/2012 |
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Semtech |
Gennum |
Mixed Signal Semiconductors |
1/23/2012 |
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Synopsys |
ExpertIO |
verification IP for protocols |
1/23/2012 |
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Microsemi |
Maxim's timing and synch products |
network timing devices |
1/20/2012 |
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JDSU |
Dyaptive Systems |
Mobile Test Solution |
1/5/2012 |
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Mindspeed Technologies |
Picochip |
Femtocell silicon |
1/5/2012 |
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IBM |
Green Hat |
Cloud-based Test Platform |
1/4/2012 |
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Marvell |
Xelerated |
Programmable switching silicon |
1/4/2012 |
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Newport |
ILX Lightwave |
Photonic components |
12/28/2011 |
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Akamai |
Cotendo |
Global CDN Suite |
12/22/2011 |
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Crown Castle |
NextG Networks |
DAS installations |
12/16/2011 |
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American Tower |
Telefonica's towers in Mexico |
2,500 Towers for wireless operators |
12/12/2011 |
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Private equity |
Blue Coat |
Security and WAN optimization |
12/9/2011 |
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IBM |
DemandTec |
Cloud-base Smarter Commerce analytics |
12/8/2011 |
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HickoryTech |
IdeaOne |
Fiber network in Fargo, North Dakota |
12/6/2011 |
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Zayo |
360networks |
18-500 mile Inter-city fiber network |
12/2/2011 |
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SAP |
SuccessFactors |
Cloud-based Enterprise Software |
12/2/2011 |
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NewNet |
NSN's WiMAX business |
WiMAX |
11/29/2011 |
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Twitter |
Whisper Systems |
Android security |
11/28/2011 |
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3S Photonics |
Manlight |
optical components |
11/25/2011 |
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Microsoft |
VideoSurf |
Video content search |
11/22/2011 |
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NetScout |
Simena |
Packet Flow-based Monitoring Switch |
11/21/2011 |
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Aruba Networks |
Avenda Systems |
Identity-based policy engine |
11/17/2011 |
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Huawei |
Symantec's 49% in Huawei-Symantec JV |
network security & storage |
11/15/2011 |
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Qualcomm |
HaloIPT |
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11/8/2011 |
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Private equity |
Tekelec |
Network signaling and management |
11/7/2011 |
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DragonWave |
NSN's microwave transport business |
Microwave backhaul for carriers worldwide |
11/4/2011 |
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Alvarion |
Wavion |
Carrier outdoor Wi-Fi |
11/2/2011 |
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Vector Capital |
Motorola Solutions' Orthogon & Canopy groups |
Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint Wireless |
11/2/2011 |
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Sony |
Ericsson 50% in Sony Ericsson |
Mobile Handsets |
10/27/2011 |
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LSI |
SandForce |
SSD processors |
10/26/2011 |
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PCTEL |
Envision Wireless |
Indoor wireless |
10/25/2011 |
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AT&T |
Superclick |
Wi-Fi management for hotels |
10/24/2011 |
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Cisco |
BNI Video |
video control plane software for MSOs |
10/20/2011 |
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Private Equity |
Alcatel-Lucent's Genesys division |
call center solutions |
10/19/2011 |
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ARRIS |
BigBand |
Video delivery / ad insertion platform |
10/11/2011 |
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Neustar |
TARGUSinfo |
Network Information systems |
10/11/2011 |
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IBM |
Platform Computing |
Software for HPC clusters |
10/11/2011 |
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McAfee |
NitroSecurity |
Cyber security software |
10/4/2011 |
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IBM |
Q1 Labs |
Cyber security analytics software |
10/4/2011 |
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Avaya |
Sipera Systems |
SIP-based Security for Enterprise Communications |
10/4/2011 |
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Intel |
TelMap |
Location-based Servicees |
10/3/2011 |
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NeoPhotonics |
Santur |
Tunable Laser Arrays |
9/29/2011 |
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Oracle |
GoAhead Software |
High-availability middleware for carrier platforms |
9/22/2011 |
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MicroSemi |
Zarlink |
networking silicon |
9/22/2011 |
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The Gores Group |
Alpheus |
Fiber network in Texas |
9/21/2011 |
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NetCracker |
Subex division |
Activation and Provisioning products and business |
9/19/2011 |
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Broadcom |
NetLogic |
Multi-core embedded processors |
9/12/2011 |
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Cisco |
Versly |
collaboration plug-ins |
8/29/2011 |
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Verizon |
CloudSwitch |
cloud interconnect for enterprise apps |
8/25/2011 |
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Ericsson |
Telenor Connexion |
M2M tools |
8/24/2011 |
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Cisco |
Axioss Software |
service fulfillment software |
8/22/2011 |
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Skype |
GroupMe |
mobile group messaging |
8/21/2011 |
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Amdocs |
Bridgewater |
policy management for 3G/4G networks |
8/17/2011 |
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Time Warner Cable |
Insight |
750,000 cable customers |
8/15/2011 |
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F5 |
Crescendo |
application acceleration technology |
8/15/2011 |
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Google |
Motorola Mobility |
patents, mobile devices, set-top boxes |
8/15/2011 |
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ADTRAN |
Bluesocket |
virtual LAN technology |
8/9/2011 |
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Windstream |
PAETEC |
national CLEC, 36,700 fiber mile network, 7 DCs |
8/1/2011 |
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CA Technologies |
Watchmouse |
Saas-based monitoring |
7/29/2011 |
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Tektronix |
Optametra |
100G Coherent Lightwave Signal Analyzer |
7/26/2011 |
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Mindspeed |
IPG Communications |
WCDMA signal processing technologies |
7/25/2011 |
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Dell |
Force10 |
data center and service provider switching |
7/20/2011 |
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Riverbed |
Zeus and Aptimize |
web optimization technologies |
7/19/2011 |
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Intel |
Fulcrum Microsystems |
10/40 GbE switching silicon |
7/19/2011 |
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Citric |
Cloud.com |
Hypervisor-agnostic Scaling |
7/12/2011 |
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Private Equity |
Go Daddy |
web registry, hosting |
7/1/2011 |
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Synchronica |
Nokia's operator branded messaging |
white label email and IM services |
6/30/2011 |
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Private Equity |
Masergy |
managed, virtualized network services worldwide |
6/27/2011 |
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Ixia |
VeriWave |
wireless testing |
6/27/2011 |
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Charter |
US Cable |
16,000 cable customers in Missouri |
6/24/2011 |
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CommScope |
Argus |
antenna technologies |
6/17/2011 |
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Ericsson |
Telcordia |
service fulfillment, service assurance, OSS |
6/14/2011 |
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Qualcomm |
Rapid Bridge |
IC design tools |
6/10/2011 |
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CommScope |
LiquidxStream |
dense QAM systems |
6/2/2011 |
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Mavenir |
Mobile Messaging |
mobile messaging |
5/30/2011 |
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Qualcomm |
Atheros |
Wi-Fi silicon |
5/24/2011 |
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euNetworks |
LambdaNet Deutschland |
fiber networks in Germany, Czech and Austria |
5/19/2011 |
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Skyworks |
SiGE Semiconductor |
RF front-end chips |
5/17/2011 |
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VMWare |
Shavlik |
cloud-based IT management |
5/16/2011 |
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Rambus |
Cryptography Research |
semiconductor security |
5/12/2011 |
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Motorola Mobility |
SunUp Digital Systems |
software for IPTV, digital cable, DTH |
5/10/2011 |
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Private Equity |
Tollgrade Communications |
network assurance solutions |
5/10/2011 |
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Microsoft |
Skype |
170 million Web voice users |
5/10/2011 |
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Sophos |
Astaro |
unified threat management |
5/9/2011 |
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Xilinx |
Modelware |
traffic management IP cores for 10/40/100G |
5/9/2011 |
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NVIDIA |
Icera |
3G/4G baseband processors |
5/9/2011 |
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Broadcom |
SC Square |
security software |
5/8/2011 |
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Vimplecom |
Vladivostok's New Telephone |
mobile operator in Russia's Far East |
5/6/2011 |
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TelePacific |
Orange County Internet Xchange |
California CLEC |
5/5/2011 |
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TelePacific |
Telekenex |
California CLEC |
5/5/2011 |
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Applied Materilas |
Varian |
silicon wafer manufacturing |
5/4/2011 |
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RadiSys |
Continous Computing |
ATCA communication platforms |
5/3/2011 |
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Consortium |
Nortel Networks patents |
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5/2/2011 |
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Aurora Network |
GoBackTV |
cable headend and edge solutions |
5/2/2011 |
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Nokia Siemens Networks |
Motorola Solutions' Networks assets |
GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, WiMAX and LTE products |
4/29/2011 |
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Equinix |
ALOG Data Centers of Brazil |
data centers in Sao Paolo and Rio |
4/26/2011 |
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Neustar |
Evolving Number Systems |
OSS |
4/21/2011 |
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Level 3 |
Global Crossing |
fiber network spanning 3 continents |
4/11/2011 |
|
Metaswitch |
Colibria |
enhanced mobile messaging |
4/6/2011 |
|
Texas Instruments |
National Semiconductor |
analog silicon |
4/4/2011 |
|
EMC |
NetWitness |
network security analysis solutions |
4/4/2011 |
|
Lightower |
Open Access |
network operator on Long Island |
4/1/2011 |
|
Cisco |
newScale |
self-service portal software |
3/29/2011 |
|
NetScout |
Psytechnics |
performance management technology |
3/28/2011 |
|
Motorola Mobility |
Dreampark |
IPTV software |
3/23/2011 |
|
AT&T |
T-Mobile USA |
nationwide network, spectrum, 33 million users |
3/21/2011 |
|
Broadcom |
Provigent |
microwave radio backhaul silicom |
3/21/2011 |
|
NetLogic |
Optichron |
LTE Base Station Processors |
3/21/2011 |
|
NETGEAR |
Westell Technologies |
Customer Networking Solutions (CNS) division |
3/18/2011 |
|
Cisco |
Inlet |
adaptive digital media processing |
3/14/2011 |
|
Ericsson |
Nortel's Multiservice Switch |
switching platforms for CDMA networks |
3/11/2011 |
|
NetApp |
LSI's External Storage Business |
Engenio external storage |
3/9/2011 |
|
Overture |
Hatteras Networks |
carrier Ethernet systems |
3/1/2011 |
|
Private equity |
Conexant |
|
2/25/2011 |
|
Interoute |
KPN's fiber network in Germany |
3600km fiber net in Germany |
2/22/2011 |
|
CSR |
Zoran |
imaging and video silicon |
2/21/2011 |
|
EchoStar |
Hughes |
broadband satellite systems |
2/14/2011 |
|
Symmetricom |
Brilliant Telecom |
network timing |
2/14/2011 |
|
PAETEC |
Xeta Technologies |
enterprise communication sales |
2/9/2011 |
|
Time Warner Cable |
NaviSite |
enterprise cloud services, 10 data centers |
2/1/2011 |
|
Corning |
MobileAccess |
distributed antenna systems |
1/31/2011 |
|
Silicon Laboratories |
SpectraLinear |
network timing silicon |
1/26/2011 |
|
Cisco |
Pari Networks |
net configuration and change manament tool |
1/26/2011 |
|
Google |
SayNow |
voice messaging software |
1/25/2011 |
|
Ceragon |
Nera Networks |
short and longhaul microwave backhaul |
1/19/2011 |
|
Aerohive |
Pareto |
WLAN + cloud services |
1/18/2011 |
|
GE |
Linear Power |
telco power solutions |
1/13/2011 |
|
NetApp |
Akorri |
data center optimization tools |
1/12/2011 |
|
Skype |
Qik |
video sharing software |
1/6/2011 |
|
Avaya |
Konftel |
audio collaboration |
1/4/2011 |
|
GENBAND |
Cedar Point |
VoIP switching platform |
1/4/2011 |
|
Earthlink |
ONE Communications |
|
12/20/2010 |
|
Altera |
Avalon |
100G OTN |
12/14/2010 |
|
Dell |
Compellent |
|
12/13/2010 |
|
Huawei |
photonic R&D |
NA |
Ipswitch,UK |
1/25/2012 |
|
Talari Networks |
WAN virtualization appliance |
$4.5 million |
San Jose, CA |
1/24/2012 |
|
Aurelius (private equity) |
IT consulting |
NA |
Europe and APAC |
1/24/2012 |
|
Semtech |
Mixed Signal Semiconductors |
$494 million |
Ontario, Canada |
1/23/2012 |
|
Synopsys |
verification IP for protocols |
NA |
|
1/23/2012 |
|
Microsemi |
network timing devices |
NA |
California |
1/20/2012 |
|
Bridgewave Communications |
4G backhaul |
$10.3 million |
Santa Clara, CA |
1/10/2012 |
|
JDSU |
Mobile Test Solution |
NA |
Vancouver, B.C. |
1/5/2012 |
|
Mindspeed Technologies |
Femtocell silicon |
$51.8 million |
UK |
1/5/2012 |
|
IBM |
Cloud-based Test Platform |
NA |
London, UK |
1/4/2012 |
|
Marvell |
Programmable switching silicon |
NA |
Stockholm, Swedem |
1/4/2012 |
|
Newport |
Photonic components |
$9.3 million |
Bozeman, Montana |
12/28/2011 |
|
Akamai |
Global CDN Suite |
$268 million |
Sunnyvale, CA and Israel |
12/22/2011 |
|
Jawbone |
Mobile Lifestyle |
$40 million |
San Francisco |
12/21/2011 |
|
Crown Castle |
DAS installations |
$1 billion |
|
12/16/2011 |
|
BinOptics |
|
$13 million |
Ithaca, NY |
12/16/2011 |
|
ip.access |
Small cell products |
$15 million |
Cambridge, UK |
12/12/2011 |
|
Soasta |
Cloud-based Test Platform |
$12 million |
Mountain View, CA |
12/12/2011 |
|
American Tower |
2,500 Towers for wireless operators |
$500 million |
Mexico |
12/12/2011 |
|
Private equity |
Security and WAN optimization |
$1.3 billion |
Sunnyvale, CA |
12/9/2011 |
|
IBM |
Cloud-base Smarter Commerce analytics |
$440 million |
San Mateo, California |
12/8/2011 |
|
Twilio |
Cloud Communication APIs |
$17 million |
San Francisco |
12/7/2011 |
|
HickoryTech |
Fiber network in Fargo, North Dakota |
$28 million |
Fargo, ND |
12/6/2011 |
|
SAP |
Cloud-based Enterprise Software |
$3.4 billion |
San Mateo, California |
12/2/2011 |
|
NewNet |
WiMAX |
NA |
Arlington Heights, IL |
11/29/2011 |
|
Twitter |
Android security |
NA |
San Francisco |
11/28/2011 |
|
Microsoft |
Video content search |
NA |
San Mateo, California |
11/22/2011 |
|
NetScout |
Packet Flow-based Monitoring Switch |
NA |
Sterling, Virginia |
11/21/2011 |
|
Aruba Networks |
Identity-based policy engine |
NA |
Santa Clara, CA |
11/17/2011 |
|
YuMe |
Connected TV monetization solution |
$12 million |
Redwood City, California |
11/16/2011 |
|
NexGenStorage |
Solid state shared storage |
$10 million |
Colorado |
11/15/2011 |
|
Deca Technologies |
Wafer Level Chip Packaging |
NA |
Tempe, Arizona |
11/9/2011 |
|
Cloudera |
Apache Hadoop solutions for Big Data |
$40 million |
Palo Alto, California |
11/9/2011 |
|
Qualcomm |
|
NA |
New Zealand |
11/8/2011 |
|
Quantenna |
4x4 MIMO 11n Silicon |
NA |
Fremont, California |
11/7/2011 |
|
Private equity |
Network signaling and management |
$780 million |
Morrisville, North Carolina |
11/7/2011 |
|
DragonWave |
Microwave backhaul for carriers worldwide |
up to EUR 110 million |
Milan, Italy and Shanghai, China |
11/4/2011 |
|
Alvarion |
Carrier outdoor Wi-Fi |
$30 million |
Israel |
11/2/2011 |
|
Vector Capital |
Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint Wireless |
NA |
Schaumburg, Ill. and Ashburton, England |
11/2/2011 |
|
Traffix Systems |
Network signaling solutions |
$7 million |
Israel and New Jersey |
11/2/2011 |
|
SolidFire |
SSD for Cloud Providers |
$25 Million |
Boulder, Colorado |
10/31/2011 |
|
Mendix |
Platform as a Service |
$13 million |
Boston |
10/31/2011 |
|
CALIENT Technologies |
3D MEMS photonic switching |
$19.4 million |
Santa Barbara, California |
10/28/2011 |
|
Qwilt |
ISP video caching system |
$24 million |
Redwood Shores, California |
10/19/2011 |
|
Dropbox |
Cloud storage |
$250 million |
San Francisco, California |
10/18/2011 |
|
Siklu Wireless |
E-band radio for backhaul |
$19 million |
Israel |
10/18/2011 |
|
Box.net |
Cloud storage |
$81 million |
Palo Alto, California |
10/11/2011 |
|
Skorpios |
Silicon Photonics |
$19 million |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
9/15/2011 |
|
Qosmos |
DPI network Intelligence software |
EUR 19.8 million |
Paris, France |
9/8/2011 |
|
Embrane |
Virtual network service layer |
$18 million |
Santa Clara, California |
8/25/2011 |
|
6connect |
IPv4 to IPv6 tools |
$2 million |
Palo Alto, California |
8/23/2011 |
|
nLIGHT |
Chip-based lasers |
$17.5 million |
Vancouver, Washington |
8/22/2011 |
|
6fusion |
Cloud management |
$7 million |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
8/22/2011 |
|
Centrify |
On-premise and cloud security |
$16 million |
Sunnyvale, California |
8/17/2011 |
|
Airband |
Fixed Wireless Service |
$20 million |
Dallas, Texas |
8/11/2011 |
|
CloudBees |
Java middleware |
$10.5 million |
Boston, Massachusetts |
7/25/2011 |
|
BlueCat |
IP address management |
$16.8 million |
Toronto, Canada |
7/21/2011 |
|
Nakina Systems |
Network Integrity |
NA |
Ottawa, Canada |
7/20/2011 |
|
Nimble |
Flash + iSCSI storage |
$25 million |
San Jose, California |
7/14/2011 |
|
Iptronics |
Parallel Optical Interconnects |
$6 million |
Roskilde, Denmark |
7/8/2011 |
|
Qualtre |
Silicon MEMS Gyroscope |
$10 million |
Marlborough, Massachusetts |
7/8/2011 |
|
Valens |
HDBaseT Chips |
$14 million |
Israel |
7/6/2011 |
|
Neul |
White Spaces |
$12.8 million |
Cambridge, UK |
6/29/2011 |
|
Blue Jeans Network |
Video conferencing |
$23.5 million |
Santa Clara, California |
6/29/2011 |
|
ViVOtech |
NFC |
$24 million |
Santa Clara, California |
6/29/2011 |
|
SiliconBlue |
Mobile FPGAs |
$18 million |
Santa Clara, California |
6/29/2011 |
|
Square |
Mobile Payments |
$100 million |
San Francisco, California |
6/29/2011 |
|
ScaleXtreme |
Cloud Management System |
$11 million |
Palo Alto, California |
6/21/2011 |
|
ClariPHy |
WHDI silicon |
NA |
Los Altos, California and Cordoba, Argentina |
6/20/2011 |
|
Nicira |
Hypervisor for OpenFlow network virtualization |
NA |
Palo Alto, California |
6/20/2011 |
|
Macheen |
Mobile Cloud Services |
$10 million |
Austin, Texas |
6/16/2011 |
|
Aylus |
Mobile MRF Platform |
$16 million |
Westford, Massachusetts |
6/16/2011 |
|
Cotendo |
Content Acceleration Service |
$17 million |
Sunnyvale, California |
6/15/2011 |
|
JouleX |
Network-based Energy Management |
$17 million |
Atlanta, Georgia |
6/10/2011 |
|
XtremIO |
Solid State Storage |
$14 million |
Tel Aviv, Israel |
6/6/2011 |
|
Infineta |
Data Center WAN optimization |
$15 million |
San Jose, California |
6/6/2011 |
|
Mavenir Systems |
LTE solutions |
$40 million |
Richardson, Texas |
5/30/2011 |
|
MobileIron |
Enterprise mobile device managemet |
$20 million |
Mountain View, California |
5/26/2011 |
|
SkyCross |
LTE antennas |
$11 million |
Viera, Florida |
5/23/2011 |
|
CloudPassage |
Cloud security compliance |
NA |
San Francisco, California |
4/27/2011 |
|
Big Switch Networks |
Open Flow Network Virtualization |
$13.75 million |
Palo Alto, California |
4/25/2011 |
|
Bamboom |
Cloud-based TV antenna |
$4.5 million |
New York, New York |
4/15/2011 |
|
VideoSurf |
Video discovery |
$16 million |
San Mateo, California |
4/14/2011 |
|
Zixi |
Online VOD Software |
$4 million |
Waltham, Massachusetts |
4/11/2011 |
|
Altair |
LTE silicon |
$26 million |
Israel |
4/11/2011 |
|
Tabula |
3D logic silicon |
$108 million |
Santa Clara, California |
3/28/2011 |
|
AMIMON |
WHDI Silicon |
$15 million |
Herzlia, Israel |
3/23/2011 |
|
Altobridge |
Rural wireless access |
$12 million |
Dublin, Ireland |
3/14/2011 |
|
Glue Networks |
Cloud networking service |
$4.5 million |
Sacramento, California |
3/3/2011 |
|
AirWalk |
Small Cell Radios |
$10 million |
Richardson, Texas |
2/8/2011 |
|
Loc-Aid |
Location-as-a-Service |
$13 million |
San Francisco |
2/7/2011 |
|
Violin Memory |
Scalable Memory Arrays |
$35 million |
Mountain View, California |
2/7/2011 |
|
BLiNQ |
Wireless backhaul solutions |
$7.4 million |
Plano, Texas |
2/7/2011 |
|
Aircell |
In-flight broadband service |
$35 million |
|
2/7/2011 |
|
CyOptics |
Optical Components |
$50 million |
Breinigsville, Pennsylvania |
1/26/2011 |
|
Tilera |
Multi-core processors |
$45 million |
San Jose, California |
1/18/2011 |
|
Stoke |
Mobile Broadband Gateways |
$17 million |
Santa Clara, California |
1/18/2011 |
|
CipherOptics |
Scalable Network Encryption |
$21 million |
Raleigh, North Carolina |
1/11/2011 |
|
Nasuni |
Cloud Storage Gateways |
$15 million |
Natick, Massachusetts |
12/20/2010 |
|
Mobixell |
Mobile optimization |
$10 million |
San Jose, California |
12/13/2010 |
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"By accomplishing this advanced LTE handover technology together with Qualcomm, we now ensure that operators can meet consumers' expectations on a high-quality voice over LTE service. Operators will be able to maintain their quality brand for their voice business when they launch voice over LTE," stated Johan Wibergh, Head of Business Unit Networks, Ericsson.
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