Monday 10:42 am Ciena (CIEN -6.7%) upped its offer by more than $200M to $769M and edged out a joint bid by Nokia Siemens (NOK, SI) and private-equity firm One Equity Partners to buy Nortel's optical networking and carrier ethernet assets. The deal will more than double Ciena's turnover.
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Sunday 16:34 pm Sources say Ciena (CIEN) raised its offer for Nortel's optical networking and carrier ethernet business to $714M from an earlier $522M. Sources say Nokia Siemens (NOK, SI) and private-equity firm One Equity Partners have also jointly bid for the assets.
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LongShortTech: NOK's N900 smartphone cost $649 at retail because there's no carrier deal to subsidize it. Nobody will pay that much. Cf. AAPLPALMRIMMMOT