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Table 7-4
Buying Company Company Bought Date Value
Acquisitions by
Vendor Nortel Networks Cambrian Systems Dec 98-Jan 99 $300 million
Lucent Technologies Sybarus Technologies Feb 99 Undisclosed
GEC Reltec Corporation Mar 99 $2.1 billion

Applied Micro Cimaron Mar 99 $115 million
Circuits Corp. Communications
SDL, Inc. IOC International Mar 99 $46 million
ADC Spectracom May 99 $105 million
Telecommunications
Optical Networks Object-Mart, Inc. May 99 Undisclosed
E-TEK Dynamics ElectroPhotonics May 99 $40 million
Corp.
Cypress Arcus Technology Jun 99 $20 million
Semiconductor

Cisco Systems Monterey Networks Aug 99 $500 million
Cisco Systems Cerent Corp. Aug 99 $7.2 billion
JDS Uniphase Ramar Corp. Oct 99 Undisclosed
JDS Uniphase SIFAM, Ltd. Nov 99 $2.8 billion

Redback Networks Siara Systems Nov 99 $4.7 billion
Corning Siemens AG Dec 99 $1.4 billion
Worldwide Optical
Nortel Networks Qtera Dec 99 $3.25 billion

Cisco Systems Pirelli Optical Dec 99 $2.15 billion
Systems
Conextant Systems Microcosm Jan 00 $180 million
Communications
JDS Uniphase E-TEK Dynamics Jan 00 $15 billion
Lucent Technologies Ortel Feb 00 $2.95 billion
Corning NetOptix Feb 00 $2 billion

Agilent CSELT Optical R&D Feb 00 Undisclosed
ADVA Optical Storage Area Feb 00 $83 million
Networks
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