PMC-Sierra to Acquire Agilent's Former Storage Semiconductor Group

PMC-Sierra agreed to acquire Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group, which is currently being acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Silver Lake Partners as part of a larger deal, for approximately $425 million in cash.In August 2005, Agilent Technologies confirmed plans to sell its entire Semiconductor Products division to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Silver Lake Partners for $2.66 billion.The storage semiconductor business of Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group (SPG) is a long-term technology leader in Fibre Channel...

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Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Reaches 3.5 Million ADSL Users

Chunghwa Telecom. the incumbent operator in Taiwan, added 175,000 ADSL subscribers in Q3, giving it a total of 3.5 million, a 21% YoY increase. The total number of Internet subscribers was about 4mn as of 30-Sep-2005, a 7.6% YoY increase. Internet and data revenue for first nine months increased by 5.6% YoY.Chunghwa's total fixed line subscriber base stood at approximately 13.3mn as of 30-Sep-2005, a 0.4% YoY increase. As for mobile subscribers, as 30-Sep-2005 Chunghwa Telecom was 8.1 million, a 2.1% YoY decrease was primarily due to clean-up...

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