Re: Cisco mulls buying Nokia?

[Rachael Treu Gomes <rara () navigo com>]

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:
> I had to check the date to make sure it wasn't really
> April 1st....
>
> A Reuters newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
>
> [snip]
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> "Nokia has been identified as the most likely target," the paper said.
>
> Cisco, the largest maker of Internet equipment, is worth around $123 billion, while Nokia's market value is around 
> $71 billion.
>
> 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.
>
> Cisco was not immediately available for comment. A Nokia spokeswoman in Helsinki declined to comment.
>
> [snip]
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050807/bs_nm/telecoms_cisco_nokia_dc
>
> - ferg
>
>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
>  fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
>  ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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