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Cisco splashes $6.9bn for set-top box maker
News Up to this point, most of Linksys' sales have centred around wireless routers used to connect PCs and laptops in the home. In 2003 it bought home networking company Linksys for $500m. Chambers ranks this buy with its acquisition of Crescendo... [21 Nov 2005]
Cisco spends $61m on consumer electronics firm
News On Friday, Cisco announced that its Linksys division will acquire privately held Kiss Technology of Hoersholm, Denmark, for $61m in cash. This is the second acquisition Cisco has made for Linksys since it purchased the division in 2003. [25 Jul 2005]
VoIP: Vonage to go mobile
News The ongoing customer trials involve a new Linksys Wi-Fi router that Vonage could market along with its calling plans, according to an email sent to customers. On Friday, mobile phone operator Nextel Communications, which is in the midst of being... [16 May 2005]
Linksys Wi-Fi router flaw found
News Alan Rateliff II, an independent security consultant, on Friday said he discovered a vulnerability in the Linksys WRTS54G 802.11g wireless router. Cisco Systems has issued a patch for a security flaw in one of its Linksys routers that could give... [07 Jun 2004]
Intel embracing 802.11g faster than expected
News Others, such as Wi-Fi network gear-maker Linksys, took the risk to gain market share. Linksys, after some initial problems with its 802.11g products, found that the risk paid off as the products helped maintain its lead in the market. [19 May 2003]
Cisco wraps up network security buyout
News The Okena deal closes only a few weeks after Cisco announced its intention to spend more than $500m for two companies: SignalWorks, a software company that specialises in internet phone technology, and Linksys, a maker of networking gear for... [14 Apr 2003]
September: Microsoft sells networking gear. October: Microsoft issues fixes
News For the first nine months of the year, Linksys held a 57.8 per cent share of the market for network gear sold at US retail outlets, according to NPDTechworld. Rival Linksys has a commanding lead in the category, where analysts note that Microsoft's... [12 Nov 2002]
