Arbor Networks buys Ellacoya
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Network security vendor Arbor Networks has reached an agreement to acquire Ellacoya Networks, a provider of broadband optimization products, the companies announced Thursday.The acquisition allows Arbor to take advantage of an increased focus on traffic and service management by broadband providers, the company said. Arbor focuses on protecting service provider networks from security threats such as denial-of-service attacks, botnets and worms, while Ellacoya focuses on deep packet inspection products and services, allowing service providers to prioritize traffic on a per-subscriber and per-application basis. Service providers also use Ellacoya products to deliver digital video and other broadband services.The companies did not disclose the terms of the deal. The privately owned Ellacoya is based in Merrimack, N.H.The combined products and services of the two companies will open up a $750 million market in 2008, growing to $1.5 billion a year by the end of the decade, Arbor predicted.Their combined products will allow broadband providers to detect a full range of network-based attacks, as well as measure traffic and protect their entire networks, said Arbor, based in Lexington, Mass.&quot;Arbor Networks will be in a unique position to deliver both broad and deep visibility to protect and manage networks worldwide,&quot; Jack Boyle, Arbor&#39;s CEO said in a statement.Arbor networks will focus on international market expansion, revenue growth and acquiring new technologies to further expand its product line, the company said.
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AT&T Inc.  said on Friday it will buy rural wireless communications services group Dobson Communications Corp.  for $2.8 billion in cash.
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Business software company Oracle Corp   said it agreed to buy Netsure Telecom Ltd, a maker of  network related software, for an undisclosed sum.
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Private-equity firms TPG Capital LLP and Silver Lake Partners are in a leading position to buy telecommunications equipment company Avaya Inc.  for about $17 per share, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.
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AT&T has agreed to purchase wireless carrier Dobson Communications Corp.  in a deal valued between $2.5 billion and $3 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Friday.
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Cisco said it is buying Cognio Inc. to  round out its wireless networking product line to include wireless network spectrum analysis and management.
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Cisco Systems has announced its participation in the acquisition season currently underway by signing a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Protego Networks, Inc.
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MotorolaÂ has agreed to buy MeshNetworks, a developer of technology and products for rapidly deployed, self-creating wireless mobile networks.
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U.S. telecommunications company AT&T  Inc.  said on Friday it will buy rural wireless carrier  Dobson Communications Corp.  for $2.8 billion in cash  to expand its reach in rural and suburban markets.
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SAN ANTONIO, June 29 -- AT&T, the nation's largest wireless carrier, agreed Friday to acquire Dobson Communications, a rural wireless provider, for $5.1 billion in cash and debt.
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Cisco Systems on Thursday agreed to buy up the remaining portion of routing software startup BCN Systems that it didn&#39;t already own.
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Time Warner Inc's  AOL said on  Tuesday it has purchased online affiliate marketing network  buy.at as part of a strategy to bolster its Internet  advertising operations.
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Redback Networks Inc., which makes routers used to direct data over broadband networks, said late Tuesday it has agreed to be acquired by Swedish mobile phone equipment maker LM Ericsson for $2.1 billion in cash.
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ECI Telecom, an Israeli maker of telecommunications equipment, agreed to be bought by the Swarth Group and the Ashmore Group for $1.2 billion.
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Avaya Inc.  said on Monday it agreed to be acquired by private equity firms TPG Capital and Silver Lake for $8.2 billion, the latest in a string of deals in the telecommunications-equipment industry.
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Cisco Systems said it agreed to acquire privately held Airespace Inc. for around 450 million dollars in stock and assumed options in a move to strengthen its offerings of wireless, local area networking products.
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Cisco Systems has announced that it will acquire privately held startup Protego Networks for $65 million. The move brings many possibilities to Cisco.