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03.02.10

Vendors Scurry to Buy, Build Solutions to Address the 4G Opportunity By Paula Bernier

     
TMCnet.com   With demand for mobile data booming and carriers moving to build 4G networks, everybody and their brother is hustling to get a piece of the pie. As of late, there’s been a lot of activity relative to the packet core and mobile backhaul solutions.

The last few months have seen Cisco Systems Inc. snap up Starent Networks (News - Alert) in a deal worth nearly $3 billion, and Tellabs pick up WiChorus for about $165 million. Both acquisitions involve packet core technology.
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