Avaya Agrees to $8.2 Billion Buyout
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Private equity firms will pay $8.2 billion for network equipment manufacturer Avaya.
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Telecom manufacturer Avaya has been targeted for a buyout by a private equity firm and rival Nortel.
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AT&T Inc.  said on Friday it will buy rural wireless communications services group Dobson Communications Corp.  for $2.8 billion in cash.
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Avaya Inc.  said on Monday it  agreed to be acquired by private equity firms TPG Capital and  Silver Lake for $8.2 billion, the latest in a string of deals  in the telecommunications-equipment industry.
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Private-equity firms TPG Capital LLP and Silver Lake Partners are in a leading position to buy telecommunications equipment company Avaya Inc.  for about $17 per share, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.
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Aloha Spectrum Holdings sold 12 MHz of its nationwide 700 MHz wireless spectrum to AT&T for $2.5 billion.
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Avaya's sell-out to private equity firms may be a sign of sustained growth in telecom.
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PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday agreed  to a sweetened $10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker  Oracle Corp., relenting after a 18-month takeover saga marked  by personal insults, courtroom battles and the ouster of  PeopleSoft's chief executive.
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Regional US telecommunications group Alltel announced it had agreed to buy Western Wireless Corp. for about six billion dollars in cash and stock.
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LOS ANGELES: A group headed by Sony Corp of America on Monday agreed to buy Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for about US$2.
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Avaya Inc. , a telecommunications equipment supplier, on Tuesday said it would buy Tenovis GmbH & Co. of Germany from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for &#36;370 million to expand its presence in Europe.
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LONDON/BOSTON  - United Technologies Corp. UTX.N  agreed on Thursday to acquire Britain's Kidde Plc KID.L for  $2.8 billion in cash in a deal aimed at expanding the U.S.  conglomerate's security system business.
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Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP, a London-based buyout firm, agreed to buy UK vacation and insurance company Saga Ltd. for 1.35 billion pounds ($2.
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ECI Telecom, an Israeli maker of telecommunications equipment, agreed to be bought by the Swarth Group and the Ashmore Group for $1.2 billion.
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The maker of cable for communications companies has agreed to buy the Andrew Corporation for about $2.6 billion to bolster sales to mobile phone and wireless Internet companies.
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Equipment maker ADC Telecommunications  Inc said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy Andrew Corp in an  all-stock deal worth about &#36;2 billion, which will bolster its  position in the wireless equipment industry.
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Private-equity firms TPG Capital LLP  and Silver Lake Partners are in a leading position to buy  telecommunications equipment company Avaya Inc.  for  about $17 per share, the Wall Street Journal reported in its  online edition on Monday.