Cisco Going Mobile, Acquiring Nokia?

Posted by Zonk on Sunday August 7, 2005 @09:29AM from the sniffing-around dept.

Keruo writes "Sunday Business paper is reporting on its latest issue that Cisco Systems is considering of acquiring some large player in the mobile telephone field. According to a Reuters article the paper also suggests that the company is most likely Nokia. Neither of the companies have yet commented on the rumour." From the article: "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."

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Cisco and linksys. by Blapto · 2005-08-07 10:04 · Score: 4, Interesting

When cisco acquired linksys, build quality went down the pan. My pre-cicso equipment is solid stuff, built to last. The WRT54G I've got now feels flimsy and from what I've heard from other users is pretty prone to damage.
I'd rather this doesn't happen, as at the moment Nokia is an excellent company that doesn't need messing around with.