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WHO |
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WHAT |
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Aruba |
Airwave |
Aruba Networks plans to acquire Airwave Wireless for $37 million in stock and cash. |
Plus Aruba appears to be looking to usurp competitors such as Cisco by being able to manage their proprietary solutions. |
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Clearwire |
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Clearwire has tapped Google to provide the company's Apps suite to its subscribers. |
The suite includes Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Talk, but the deal also sees Clearwire leveraging Google's AdSense for Search on future portal applications. |
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U.S. Cellular |
Alcatel-Lucent |
U.S. Cellular has inked a deal with Alcatel-Lucent that includes network equipment, software and services supporting for the carrier's ongoing network expansion. |
The deal marks a five year agreement between the companies. |
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ADI |
MediaTEK |
Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) has completed its $350 million cash sale of its mobile phone chip business to MediaTek. |
The sales includes ADI's Othello and SoftFone chipset businesses, which accounted for about $230 million in revenue for ADI in 2006. MediaTek gains a global team of about 400 employees in the deal. |