LTE -- What Voice Services?     by Jose Deras       Home         Topics: Main | M&A | Funding | Earnings | Jobs | People | Bankruptcy | Silicon | Europe | Japan | Most Acquisitive | Archive   Motorola Acquires NetPlane Systems Motorola Computer Group acquired NetPlane Systems, a developer of networking protocol software, for an undisclosed amount of cash. NetPlane Systems (formerly Harris & Jeffries) was a division of Mindspeed Technologies, the Internet infrastructure business of Conexant Systems. NetPlane develops networking protocol software for the control plane, while Motorola Computer Group provides OEMs with intelligent hardware and software building blocks for next-generation networks and embedded computing applications. Motorola Computer Group plans to expand NetPlane's source code business and support its customer base of nearly 300 OEMs worldwide. The companies also noted that their complementary technologies could also serve markets outside the telecom industry. For example, NetPlane's control plane protocols can be integrated on CompactPCI or VMEbus boards or Processor PMC modules supplied by Motorola for applications in the industrial automation and defense industries. NetPlane Systems has 62 employees in Westborough, Massachusetts and Hyderabad, India. http://www.netplane.com http://www.motorola.com/computer 03-Feb-03 NetPlane is a supplier of IP, MPLS, ATM, Frame Relay and SS7 source code solutions to network equipment manufacturers. Prior to May 2000, the company was known as Harris & Jeffries. (H&J). Conexant Systems acquired privately held NetPlane Systems in October 2000 in a deal valued at approximately $140 million at the time (2.7 million CNXT shares). In July 2002, Mindspeed announced plans to reduce its investments in high-end optical networking applications while emphasizing multiservice voice over packet, T/E carrier, and ATM/MPLS network processor solutions. The cost cutting measures included a major workforce reduction (400 jobs or 35% of staff), the elimination of R&D investments in OC-192 packet processing and next-generation SONET solutions, closure of its Novanet OC-192 SONET design center in Israel, and divestiture of its NetPlane subsidiary. Recent Financial News SUPERCOMM Canceled for 2010 2/7/2010 NTT Surpasses 12.8 Million Optical Access Lines 2/5/2010 Metaswitch Appoints Kevin DeNuccio as CEO 2/4/2010 Bell Canada's Q4 Revenue Grew 4.8%, FTTH Planned for Montreal, Toronto 2/4/2010 Comcast Grows 3.9% in 2009, Targets Project xfinity for 2010 2/3/2010 Cisco Posts Sales of $9.8 billion, Net Income Beats Expectations 2/3/2010 Broadcom to Acquire Teknovus for EPON Silicon 2/3/2010 EC Approves Telefónica O2's Acquisition of Hansenet 1/29/2010 NTT DOCOMO at 55 Million Users -- Nearly Flat for 2009 1/29/2010 AT&T Gives Update on Network Upgrade Programs 1/29/2010 Thomson Changes Name to Technicolor 1/29/2010 NSN Posts Q4 Sales of EUR 3.6 billion, up 31% QoQ 1/28/2010 AT&T Adds 2.7 million Wireless Subscribers in Q4 2009 1/28/2010 Motorola Reports Q4 Sales of $5.7 billion 1/28/2010 Criminal Charges Dismissed for Broadcom's Founder 1/28/2010 > More news...   Search  this site   Search the Web   Get Your Column Published LTE -- What Voice Services? by Jose Deras Framing the Next Wave of Carrier Ethernet by Umesh Kukreja Network Interconnection and Evolution for Super Carriers by Dawn M. Hogh Carrier Challenges for Tomorrow's Connected Enterprise by Dr. Badri Nath Dynamic Performance Management for Mobile Data Networks by Michael J. Schabel, Ph.D. To 4G or not to 4G: Supporting Exponential Mobile Traffic Growth by Joe Schraml