NetFlash: Cingular to buy AT&T Wireless for $41 billion

In the bidding war over AT&T Wireless, it came down to Vodafone and Cingular. Cingular won, but at a cost – a cost of $15 per share, or $41 billion total, to be exact. The deal will mean there will be five major wireless providers in the U.S. instead of six, and one of them will now have around 46 million customers. Cingular wins bid for AT&T Wireless http://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0217cinguwins.html?net

In the bidding war over AT&T Wireless, it came down to Vodafone and Cingular. Cingular won, but at a cost – a cost of $15 per share, or $41 billion total, to be exact. The deal will mean there will be five major wireless providers in the U.S. instead of six, and one of them will now have around 46 million customers.

Cingular wins bid for AT&T Wireless

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0217cinguwins.html?net

Network advances to shine at Demo

This week’s Demo trade show is keeping to a tradition of innovation. There’s so much happening at the show in the areas of security, collaboration, management and wireless – and it’s all new.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216demo.html?net

Cisco teams with IBM on infrastructure security

A collaboration between Cisco and IBM on security could make it easier for customers to authenticate IBM-based laptop and PC clients on Cisco-based LAN and remote-access infrastructures.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216ibmcisco.html?net

Users tap network-monitoring technology

Although the IETF’s sFlow draft standard has been available for years, few vendors have implemented it. But as network traffic speeds grow to gigabit and 10G in some corporations, sFlow will become a more important technology for tracking network performance and providing network security, experts and users say.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0216infsflow.html?net

Today at “Layer 8”

The iPod is awesome. Its battery, not so much. The fact that the internal iPod battery goes kaput in less than 2 years has created a nasty kink in Apple’s usually flawless armor. We’ll point you to a great feature on the issue and related “unsanctioned trickery,” including a step-by-step tutorial (complete with pictures) on how you can play a very expensive game of “Operation.” Also today, learn the identity of our latest Caption Contest winner and see what we’re rolling out for this week.

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