RE: Stuff!BTW, this is interesting. Who is buying the shares through Credit Suisse First Boston???
NP says Wi-LAN continues to soar
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>Wi-LAN Inc WIN
>Shares issued 20,882,476 Nov 25 close $33.50
>Fri 26 Nov 99 In the News
>The National Post reports in its Friday edition that Wi-LAN Corp. is
>leading a gathering next week to form a consortium of wireless companies
>around its technology. This has prompted much of the lift in its share
>price, said Hatim Zaghloul, president and chief executive. Mr. Zaghloul
>said yesterday the meeting will be hosted with its partner Philips
>Electronics on Dec. 2 in Santa Clara, Calif., and has attracted a great
>deal of interest from large industry players. Wi-LAN stock continued to
>soar yesterday but Mr. Zaghloul said he would not comment on speculation
>that Cisco Systems Inc. is in talks to acquire the Calgary company.
>However, some insiders said yesterday that large blocks of shares are being
>bought by Credit Suisse First Boston, speculating that Cisco could be
>behind the share purchase. Shares of Wi-LAN have been soaring on
>speculation its patented wireless technology is about to become the
>foundation for the next generation of high-speed Internet access.
>Networking giant Cisco announced recently that it was joining several other
>major companies to develop a standard for high-speed wireless Internet
>services based on technology of Wi-LAN's.
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