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Cisco 'nearing deal' to acquire BroadSoft for almost US$2b

Published Mon, Oct 23, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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CISCO Systems Inc, the world's largest networking gear manufacturer, is nearing a deal to buy US telecommunications software firm BroadSoft Inc for close to US$2 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

The deal, which comes after it was first reported in August that BroadSoft was exploring a sale, would allow Cisco to further diversify away from its stagnating switches and routers business by giving it a stronger foothold in selling unified communications software to big telecommunications firms.

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