Alcatel and Lucent announce deal to become the world's largest vendor of wired and wireless communications gear.
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WHO |
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Alcatel |
Lucent |
Alcatel and Lucent will merge to form a company with $25B in revenue. |
The new company will be the world's largest vendor of wired and wireless communications gear. |
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Oracle |
Portal Software |
Oracle acquired Portal software for $220M |
Oracle President Charles Phillips said the acquisition will deliver "the first end-to-end packaged enterprise software suite for the communications industry." |
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salesforce.com |
Sendia |
Salesforce.com bought Sendia for $15M in cash |
Salesforce.com launched a new service, called AppExchange Mobile, based on Sendia's technology that will allow its developers to write one application that will run on both mobile devices and personal computers. |
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Comverse |
Netcentrex |
Comverse acquired Netcentrex for $164M in cash |
Comverse will use Netcentrex's network-based software that enables IP-based services with its portfolio of value-added multimedia messaging, content and converged billing solutions. |