M&A Deal Summary

Cisco Systems Acquires Active Voice

On February 15, 2001, Cisco Systems acquired communications company Active Voice for 266M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 2nd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 49th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 59th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Cisco Systems’ 1st transaction in Washington.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2001-02-15
Target Active Voice
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Cisco Systems
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 266M USD

Target

Active Voice

Seattle, Washington, United States
Active Voice Corp. designs, develops, and markets call processing systems for small to medium size businesses with fewer than 200 employees.

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Buyer

Cisco Systems

San Jose, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees84,900
Revenue 57.0B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Cisco's corporate campus in San Jose, California.
Entrance to Cisco's corporate campus in San Jose, California.

Cisco Systems designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry and provides services associated with these products and their use. Cisco provides a broad line of products for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, and around the world. The Company's products are designed to transform how people connect, communicate, and collaborate, and are installed at enterprise businesses, public institutions, telecommunications companies and other service providers, commercial businesses, and personal residences. Cisco was founded in 1984 and is based in San Jose, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 69 of 223
Sector (Communications) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 65 of 215
State (Washington) 1 of 3
Country (United States) 59 of 189
Year (2001) 1 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 49 of 133
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-11-13 Radiata

San Jose, California, United States

Radiata is a supplier of chipsets for high-speed wireless networks.

Buy $295M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-02-26 ExiO Communications

San Jose, California, United States

ExiO Communications, Inc., is a developer of in-building, wireless technologies for corporate networks based on standard, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technologies.

Buy $155M
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