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products that are widely sold by electronics retailers. Example products include
Gigabit Ethernet switches, cable modems, print servers, and similar inexpensive, consumer-oriented networking equipment. Bay Networks had originally launched Netgear as a product line/division in January 1996, but the
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9.1 billion, broadening Nortel's reach from its traditional carrier customer base into enterprise data networking. Reflective of this expanded product set and market, Nortel renamed itself Nortel
Networks after the merger. In December 2009, as part of its bankruptcy proceedings, Nortel sold its
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Ethernet product and a modular Ethernet hub product that dominated the enterprise networking market. Wellfleet was an important competitor to
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in the router market, ultimately commanding up to a 20% market share of the network router business worldwide. The combined company was renamed Bay
Networks, as SynOptics was based in the
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ARMON Networking, Ltd. (July, 1996) – RMON and RMON2 network management technology.
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on July 6, 1994. SynOptics was an important early innovator of
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LANcity Corporation (October, 1996) – Cable modem technology.
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Xylogics, Inc. (December, 1995) – Remote access technologies.
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354:Bay Networks was acquired by
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521:"Bay Networks Acquisition"
321:Penril Datability Networks
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553:"Bay to acquire NetServe"
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254:SynOptics Communications
148:Billerica, Massachusetts
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63:: BNET (1994-1996)
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603:. 2009. Archived from
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