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Cisco to Sell Linksys Business to Belkin

2013-01-25 09:37 by
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Cisco Systems Inc. agreed to sell the home-networking unit that includes its well-known Linksys brand to Belkin International Inc., moving the maker of routers and switches further away from the consumer market.

Belkin, a privately held company that makes smartphone accessories and home networking products, said it would continue to maintain the Linksys brand, and that it would have a roughly 30 percent share of the U.S. home and small business networking market after the deal. Belkin said it will honor all valid warranties for current and future Linksys products.

"We're very excited about this announcement. Our two organizations share many core beliefs – we have similar beginnings and share a passion for meeting the real needs of our customers through the strengths of an entrepreneurial culture," Belkin CEO Chet Pipkin said in a statement announcing the deal.

Linksys was founded in 1988 and acquired by Cisco in 2003. It's headquartered in Irvine, Calif. as a division of its parent company, not far from the Southern California offices of Belkin.

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