Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/1999/08/10/lucent_to_grab_ins/

Lucent to grab INS for nearly $4bn

Acquisitions are them...

By Mike Magee

Posted in On-Prem, 10th August 1999 05:07 GMT

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. ®