{"id":603932,"date":"2009-10-28T23:20:59","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T03:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/28\/ciscos-starent-purchase-faces-opposition\/"},"modified":"2009-10-28T23:20:59","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T03:20:59","slug":"cisco%e2%80%99s-starent-purchase-faces-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/603932","title":{"rendered":"Cisco\u2019s Starent Purchase Faces Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='snap_preview'><p>Cisco Systems&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2009\/10\/13\/cisco-scoops-up-starent-to-manage-mobile-data-deluge\/\">$2.9 billion purchase of wireless networking equipment maker Starent<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/community\/node\/46845\">might be in trouble<\/a>: The Law Offices of Brian M. Felgoise, P.C. , a law firm in Pennsylvania <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/Law-Offices-of-Brian-M-pz-3051036075.html?x=0&amp;.v=1\">thinks that<\/a> the wireless equipment makes is taking the lowball offer and not striking a hard enough bargain. <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2009\/10\/01\/ciscos-3b-reason-to-love-tandberg\/\">Cisco&#8217;s $3 billion purchase<\/a> of Tandberg <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2009\/10\/15\/tandberg-shareholders-want-more-from-cisco\/\">is also facing opposition<\/a> from shareholders who own 24 percent of the company. I wonder if Cisco might have to raise its offering price on these deals.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?w=780\" \/><\/div><hr \/><br \/><a href='http:\/\/ads.gigaom.com\/proxy.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.gigaom.com%2Fopenx%2Fwww%2Fdelivery%2Fck.php%3Foaparams%3D2__bannerid%3D154__zoneid%3D1__cb%3De97dd82718__oadest%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fostatic.com%252Fsponsored%252Fconcentric' ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ads.gigaom.com\/openx\/www\/images\/1b20b30bace333f83c85c4be1366923a.gif?resize=300%2C100\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" alt='' title='' border='0' \/><\/a><div id='beacon_e97dd82718' style='position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; visibility: hidden;'><img src='http:\/\/ads.gigaom.com\/openx\/www\/delivery\/lg.php?bannerid=154&amp;campaignid=12&amp;zoneid=1&amp;loc=http%3A%2F%2Fads.gigaom.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fgigaom.com%252Ffeed%252F%253Fnoredirect%253D1&amp;cb=e97dd82718' width='0' height='0' alt='' style='width: 0px; height: 0px;' \/><\/div><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=L75CwdOs3VY:6_1N3HaCAro:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=L75CwdOs3VY:6_1N3HaCAro:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=L75CwdOs3VY:6_1N3HaCAro:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=L75CwdOs3VY:6_1N3HaCAro:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=L75CwdOs3VY:6_1N3HaCAro:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=L75CwdOs3VY:6_1N3HaCAro:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=L75CwdOs3VY:6_1N3HaCAro:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=L75CwdOs3VY:6_1N3HaCAro:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~4\/L75CwdOs3VY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cisco Systems&#8217; $2.9 billion purchase of wireless networking equipment maker Starent might be in trouble: The Law Offices of Brian M. Felgoise, P.C. , a law firm in Pennsylvania thinks that the wireless equipment makes is taking the lowball offer and not striking a hard enough bargain. 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