"Cisco Tuesday announced its second multibillion dollar deal this month: a definitive agreement to acquire Starent Networks, a provider of IP-based mobile infrastructure for carriers, for about $2.9 billion."
They've had a few rounds of layoffs in '09 so this is an interesting restructuring. That's a lot of zeroes for October and I work really close to Cisco now. I'm on the lookout for "will install network for food" people on the side of the freeway
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/101309-cisco-starent-buyout-wireless.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2009-10-13