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129: 430: 25: 571:. This business was comprised primarily by customer premises equipment (CPE) related hardware and software that had originated at Scientific Atlanta, including set top boxes, cable gateways / modems, CableCard devices, digital transport adapters, wireless video access points, network extenders, accessories and eleven software products related to these offerings. 559:
in a US$ 6.9 billion cash deal. On February 25, 2006, Cisco Systems announced that it had completed acquisition of Scientific Atlanta in a cash deal that paid $ 43 per share. The total cash value of the deal was roughly US$ 7 billion, or US$ 5.1 billion net of Scientific Atlanta's cash balance, and
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in 2005 for $ 6.9 billion after Cisco received antitrust clearance for the purchase. The Cisco acquisition of Scientific Atlanta was ranked in the top 10 of largest technology acquisitions in history and was Cisco's largest acquisition to date. Prior to the purchase, Scientific Atlanta had been a
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became the seventh member. Scientific Atlanta was started to produce technology developed at the research station. After the fledgling company's first contract resulted in a $ 4,000 loss, Robinson bought out all but one of the original investors, and paid them each back their original $ 100.
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served as its president from 1971 to 1983, CEO from 1975 to 1987, and chairman of the board from 1978 to 1990. During his tenure, the company grew in sales to more than $ 600 million. During the 1970s the company developed the concept of cable/satellite connection, which, in working with
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was the CEO of Scientific Atlanta for 20 years, and chairman of the board for an additional eight years, until he retired from the company in 1979. Scientific Atlanta grew dramatically; it earned $ 3.1 million in revenue in 1962 and approximately $ 200 million when Robinson left.
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Scientific Atlanta was a supplier of transmission networks for broadband access to the home, set-top cable boxes, cable modems and digital interactive subscriber systems for video, high-speed Internet, voice over IP (VoIP) networks, and worldwide customer service and support.
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until the Cisco acquisition in 2006), dominate Scientific Atlanta's sales. Scientific Atlanta's most popular modem is the Scientific Atlanta 2100, because it is often supplied by cable providers like
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Scientific Atlanta was considered by many to be "the patriarch of Atlanta's technology industry for nearly six decades" and is sometimes referred to as "Atlanta's
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In addition to providing products for traditional coaxial and fiber service operators, Scientific Atlanta also expanded its
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In February 2003, Scientific-Atlanta introduced their first Explorer HD set-top box, which is capable of displaying
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also has a split account with the two companies. Other companies that have split accounts with SA and Arris are
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and manufactured by Scientific Atlanta, established satellite-delivered television for the cable industry.
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solutions offerings after the merger with Cisco. Before this, on August 18, 2005, Scientific-Atlanta and
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for development of interactive video on demand infrastructure and signaling, leading to large scale
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In 2000, the company sold its satellite ground station and satellite networking businesses to
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On November 21, 2015, Cisco completed sale of its Connected Devices Business Unit (CDBU) to
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On November 18, 2005, Scientific Atlanta announced that it would be purchased by
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Fortune 500 company and was one of the top 25 largest corporations in Georgia.
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In the set-top arena, Scientific-Atlanta once enjoyed 100% market share with
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In August 2002, the company laid off 6 percent of the company's total.
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network equipment for head-end media acquisition, to
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Scientific Atlanta's logo after Cisco's acquisition
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