http://gigaom.com/2004/11/29/2wire-plans-an-ipo/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2004/11/29/2wire-plans-an-ipo/#comment-99257 Fri, 02 Dec 2005 15:41:26 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/11/29/2wire-plans-an-ipo/#comment-99257 [...] First, this is interesting news because only a few weeks back Cisco bought Scientific Atlanta for $6.9 billion. I had heard that Cisco had made an offer for 2Wire, but the deal did not go through because of certain customer’s displeasure with the router maker. 2Wire had IPO ambitions but that didn’t go anyway, and this might have been the best option available. I suspect, this IPO filing would be a way for company to set a price for itself, and then a larger probably sell itself to a larger player like Cisco. [...]

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