Comments on: The Bizarre Nortel-Genband Deal

By: random123

random123 — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:44:02 +0000

I dunno who Dave Murphy is but myh guess is he needn't worry.

My money is on HP buying CVAS. Would fit well for their new business unit

http://h20208.www2.hp.com/cms/news/press/2009/p...

By: random123

random123 — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:44:02 +0000

I dunno who Dave Murphy is but myh guess is he needn't worry.

My money is on HP buying CVAS. Would fit well for their new business unit

http://h20208.www2.hp.com/cms/news/press/2009/p...

By: Nortelian

Nortelian — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:12:08 +0000

Genband has been sort of the defacto “standard” in the carrier IP gateway business for a few years now. Their G6 gateway is a good product. It has been sold by CVAS directly to customers as a gateway on CS2K & CS1500 as well as being used as the interface in “rips” of competitors old TDM switches. Genband owns the code & support for both DCO & EWSD TDM switches. If they are the successful bidder, they will also then have the same privileges with DMS switches giving them a huge customer base to sell gateways,softswitches. extensions, and support into.

By: felixmk

felixmk — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:09:39 +0000

Hey, its not as bizarre as the GSM deal, check that one out..

By: OneOfTheFewLeft

OneOfTheFewLeft — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:16:15 +0000

Leader CVAS Technical Operations

By: exNTII

exNTII — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:55:11 +0000

My bet is he will not. Who is he anyway?

By: anonwatcher

anonwatcher — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:25:16 +0000

GENBAND has never been profitable. The real funny thing here is that 90% or so of GENBAND' products are sold through Alcatel. So, are we to assume that Alcatel will be selling Nortel's products?

By: exNTII

exNTII — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:58:02 +0000

Genband was always there. So the post is incorrect that they came from nowhere. But they will not be able to secure this business. It will definitely go for around the $350 million mark.

The statement around actual deal being 100 million less is concerning though. Maybe there is something fishy going on to ensure it goes to Genband just like Nortel ignored the all cash deal from NSN for MEN.

3.6 million paid by Nortel to buy the unit is quite bizarre.

By: Troller

Troller — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:55:18 +0000

Yes, Genband is a private company.

By: whopperscan

whopperscan — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:37:35 +0000

Good question. I googled, yahoo financed… no mention of financial results. Yahoo finance doesn't even find them on the US stock exchange…?
Their web site lists “investors”… are they private?
Extraordinary growth… they were nothing only a few years ago. They'll need to work hard to inject whatever they have, into the CVAS culture if they win.