Cisco Acquiring Scientific-Atlanta

November 18, 2005

This news item just came across on our TMCnet news feeds:

Cisco Systems, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.; Acquisition Completes Cisco's End-to-End Triple Play Solution for Networks and the Home

The�companies have scheduled two conference calls for today to discuss the union.

This acquisition should accelerate Cisco's progress in the triple-play arena. Today's release says that Scientific-Atlanta is a supplier of "digital content contribution and distribution systems, transmission networks for broadband access to the home, digital interactive set-tops and subscriber systems designed for video, high-speed Internet and Voice over IP (VoIP) networks."

AB -- 11/18/05

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