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Nokia bought Alcatel-Lucent who previously bought Timetra which was a silicon valley start up that at one time was meant to compete with Cisco, a pretty bold mo
by zw123456 9y ago
Nokia bought Alcatel-Lucent who previously bought Timetra which was a silicon valley start up that at one time was meant to compete with Cisco, a pretty bold move for sure. They had some pretty amazing stuff (IMHO) but I think one acquisition after another ruined them, sad I think.
- hujun 9y agoThe acquisition of Timetra is the most successful one in Alcatel's history; it has grown into one of top 4 carrier routing vendors from a startup; and they still have very amazing stuff: they recently launched FP4, a 2.4Tbs network processor with full routing features: https://networks.nokia.com/solutions/fp4-network-processor https://networks.nokia.com/solutions/fp4-network-processor
- swiley 9y agoWait, Microsoft owns bell labs now? That's pretty weird.
- pjmlp 9y agoNokia!
- smallhands 9y agoNokia? own bell labs? when did that happen????
- detaro 9y agoLast year, when they bought Alcatel-Lucent.
- rasjani 9y agoNokia owns bell labs. Theres no ties anymore with Microsoft.
- kingosticks 9y agoWhat makes you think they are now ruined? Is FP4 not what you were expecting, does it not still compete with Cisco? It's a big reason why Nokia bought ALU.