Major Telecom and Networking Acquisitions in 2011 So Far (some pending)

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15 years ago

2011 Major Networking Acquisitions (some pending)
Buyer	Target

Broadcom	NetLogic	Multi-core embedded processors	9/12/2011
Cisco	Versly	collaboration plug-ins	8/29/2011
Verizon	CloudSwitch	cloud interconnect for enterprise apps	8/25/2011
Ericsson	Telenor Connexion	M2M tools	8/24/2011
Cisco	Axioss Software	service fulfillment software	8/22/2011
Skype	GroupMe	mobile group messaging	8/21/2011
Amdocs	Bridgewater	policy management for 3G/4G networks	8/17/2011
Google	Motorola Mobility	patents, mobile devices, set-top boxes	8/15/2011
F5	Crescendo	application acceleration technology	8/15/2011
Time Warner Cable	Insight	750,000 cable customers	8/15/2011
ADTRAN	Bluesocket	virtual LAN technology	8/9/2011
Windstream	PAETEC	national CLEC, 36,700 fiber mile network, 7 DCs	8/1/2011
CA Technologies	Watchmouse	Saas-based monitoring	7/29/2011
Tektronix	Optametra	100G Coherent Lightwave Signal Analyzer	7/26/2011
Mindspeed	IPG Communications	WCDMA signal processing technologies	7/25/2011
Dell	Force10	data center and service provider switching	7/20/2011
Riverbed	Zeus and Aptimize	web optimization technologies	7/19/2011
Intel	Fulcrum Microsystems	10/40 GbE switching silicon	7/19/2011
Citric	Cloud.com	Hypervisor-agnostic Scaling	7/12/2011
Private Equity	Go Daddy	web registry, hosting	7/1/2011
Synchronica	Nokia’s operator branded messaging	white label email and IM services	6/30/2011
Private Equity	Masergy	managed, virtualized network services worldwide	6/27/2011
Ixia	VeriWave	wireless testing	6/27/2011
Charter	US Cable	16,000 cable customers in Missouri	6/24/2011
CommScope	Argus	antenna technologies	6/17/2011
Ericsson	Telcordia	service fulfillment, service assurance, OSS	6/14/2011
Qualcomm	Rapid Bridge	IC design tools	6/10/2011
CommScope	LiquidxStream	dense QAM systems	6/2/2011
Mavenir	Mobile Messaging	mobile messaging	5/30/2011
Qualcomm	Atheros	Wi-Fi silicon	5/24/2011
euNetworks	LambdaNet Deutschland	fiber networks in Germany, Czech and Austria	5/19/2011
Skyworks	SiGE Semiconductor	RF front-end chips	5/17/2011
VMWare	Shavlik	cloud-based IT management	5/16/2011
Rambus	Cryptography Research	semiconductor security	5/12/2011
Private Equity	Tollgrade Communications	network assurance solutions	5/10/2011
Microsoft	Skype	170 million Web voice users	5/10/2011
Motorola Mobility	SunUp Digital Systems	software for IPTV, digital cable, DTH	5/10/2011
NVIDIA	Icera	3G/4G baseband processors	5/9/2011
Sophos	Astaro	unified threat management	5/9/2011
Xilinx	Modelware	traffic management IP cores for 10/40/100G	5/9/2011
Broadcom	SC Square	security software	5/8/2011
Vimplecom	Vladivostok’s New Telephone	mobile operator in Russia’s Far East	5/6/2011
TelePacific	Orange County Internet Xchange	California CLEC	5/5/2011
TelePacific	Telekenex	California CLEC	5/5/2011
Applied Materilas	Varian	silicon wafer manufacturing	5/4/2011
RadiSys	Continous Computing	ATCA communication platforms	5/3/2011
Aurora Network	GoBackTV	cable headend and edge solutions	5/2/2011
Consortium	Nortel Networks patents		5/2/2011
Nokia Siemens Networks	Motorola Solutions’ Networks assets	GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, WiMAX and LTE products	4/29/2011
Equinix	ALOG Data Centers of Brazil	data centers in Sao Paolo and Rio	4/26/2011
Neustar	Evolving Number Systems	OSS	4/21/2011
Level 3	Global Crossing	fiber network spanning 3 continents	4/11/2011
Metaswitch	Colibria	enhanced mobile messaging	4/6/2011
EMC	NetWitness	network security analysis solutions	4/4/2011
Texas Instruments	National Semiconductor	analog silicon	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
NetLogic	Optichron	LTE Base Station Processors	3/21/2011
Broadcom	Provigent	microwave radio backhaul silicom	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
Cisco	Pari Networks	net configuration and change manament tool	1/26/2011
Silicon Laboratories	SpectraLinear	network timing silicon	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

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