Wednesday, April 12, 2006

2000 - 2004: Cisco acquired Radiata for 11a

SAN JOSE and SYDNEY, Nov. 13, 2000 - Cisco Systems, Inc., today announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Radiata, Inc. of San Jose, California and Sydney, Australia. Radiata is a leading supplier of chipsets for high-speed wireless networks. This acquisition strengthens Cisco's New World strategy by expanding its ability to deliver next generation wireless networks using the IEEE 802.11a standard for faster data rates.

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At this point Cisco was usng Intersil's chipsets. The company's Prism line of WLAN chip sets are being used by a growing number of OEMs, including 3Com Corp. (stock: COMS), Cisco, Symbol Technologies Inc. (stock: SBL), and others.

In 2004, Cisco retired the Radiata chipsets, since long term production of internal chipsets was not of strategic interest.

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