Acquisition History / Cisco / Scientific Atlanta
Cisco Acquires Scientific Atlanta
Announced November 18, 2005 — $6.90B
What happened
Scientific Atlanta was a company providing digital cable, acquired by Cisco.
- Acquirer
- Cisco
- Target
- Scientific Atlanta
- Announced
- November 18, 2005
- Price
- $6.90B
- Industry
- Digital cable
- Deal type
- acquisition
- Financing
- cash
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Cisco acquire Scientific Atlanta?
Cisco acquired Scientific Atlanta on November 18, 2005. This was Cisco's 106th publicly tracked acquisition out of 234 we have on record.
How much did Cisco pay for Scientific Atlanta?
Cisco paid $6.90B for Scientific Atlanta.
What does Scientific Atlanta do?
Scientific Atlanta was a company providing digital cable, acquired by Cisco.
What other Digital cable companies has Cisco acquired?
Scientific Atlanta is Cisco's only publicly tracked acquisition in Digital cable so far.
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