Sunday, September 11, 2011
Major Telecom and Networking Acquisitions in 2011 So Far (some pending)
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 |
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 |
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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