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Lucent to grab INS for nearly $4bn
Acquisitions are them...
Lucent is to buy networking integrator International Network Services for $3.7 billion. According to the wires, INS is already in cahoots with the Great Satan of Routers, and if Lucent manages to pull it off, it will amount to a stinging slap in the face for Cisco. Lucent bought Ascend and Nexabit in June. ®