Cisco mulls buying Nokia?

Sun Aug 7 22:13:49 UTC 2005

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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