M&A Deal Summary

Lucent Technologies Acquires Riverstone Networks

On March 23, 2006, Lucent Technologies acquired communications company Riverstone Networks for 207M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Lucent Technologies’ 2nd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Lucent Technologies’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Lucent Technologies’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Lucent Technologies’ 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2006-03-23
Target Riverstone Networks
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Lucent Technologies
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 207M USD
Advisor(s) Sonenshine Partners (Financial)

Target

Riverstone Networks

Santa Clara, California, United States
Riverstone Networks, Inc. is a provider of carrier Ethernet infrastructure solutions for business and residential communications services. Riverstone's Ethernet router portfolio uniquely delivers the reliability that allows carriers to meet the triple play -- voice, video and data -- service requirements of their customers in a cost-effective and scalable way. Riverstone allows carriers to offer new services over existing revenue-generating networks permitting them to evolve to a next-generation Ethernet infrastructure.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Lucent Technologies

Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States
Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Technology Hardware
Revenue 9.4B USD (2005)
DESCRIPTION

Lucent designs and delivers communications systems, services and software. Lucent's customer base includes communications service providers, governments and enterprises worldwide.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Communications) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 3
State (California) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2006) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-08-20 Telica

Marlboro, Massachusetts, United States

Telica is one of the competitive softswitch startups providing Class 4 and Class 5 replacement switches and has more than 50 customers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-11-06 Mobilitec

San Mateo, California, United States

Mobilitec's software platform is used by mobile carriers throughout the world for content delivery capabilities. Mobilitec's software enables aggregation, provisioning, billing and management of dynamic content to maximize revenue opportunities.

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