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Navini Networks was a company that developed an Internet access system based on WiMAX, which was subsequently acquired by Cisco Systems in October, 2007. ==Company== In January 2000, Wu-Fu Chen and Guanghan Xu formed Navini Networks and developed a wireless Internet access system. The company was based in Richardson, Texas and was privately funded by several investment-funds.〔(Company Backgrounder ), 24 March 2003, retrieved via archive.org on 7 August 2011〕 In 2001 it was awarded the 'Start-Up of the Year' award by KPMG and in 2002 it won some national and regional prizes. Between the formation and early 2003 it attracted $66.5 million from private investors and employed 130 employees.〔 When it was sold in October 2007 for $330 million to Cisco Systems, Navini had 70 customers.〔NetworkWorld: (Cisco buys in WiMax.. ), 23 October 2007. visited 7 August 2011〕 A Navini customer would be an Internet service provider providing wireless Internet access, mainly in areas where there are only limited wired alternatives available (such as Docsis access via a cable-TV network or DSL via the telephone network). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Navini Networks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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