Keysight to Divest Spirent Units to VIAVI as Part of US Consent Agreement

Keysight to divest Spirent units to VIAVI as part of US consent agreement

Electronic equipment maker Keysight Technologies on Tuesday said it will divest Spirent Communications' high-speed ethernet and other business lines to VIAVI Solutions as part of a consent agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.On Monday, the DOJ required Keysight to divest three of Spirent's businesse

Keysight ordered to divest Spirent units to Viavi

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) declared Keysight Technologies must divest three Spirent Communications units to Viavi Solutions, for its proposed $1.5 billion acquisition to proceed. The DoJ stated Keysight would be required to sell-off Spirent Communications’ high-speed ethernet testing, network security testing and RF channel emulations businesses to resolve antitrust concerns around its purchase of the company. Its order comes after the c…

DOJ Requires Keysight to Shed Spirent Units Before $1.57 Billion Acquisition Proceeds

The US DOJ has mandated that Keysight Technologies divest three business units of Spirent Communications in order to proceed with...

US demands Keysight divest assets to seal $1.5 bn Spirent deal - TelecomLead

The U.S. government has mandated that Keysight Technologies divest three key business units from British firm Spirent Communications to address antitrust concerns tied to its $1.5 billion acquisition of the company. Keysight 5G testing solutions In court filings on Monday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) outlined that the deal will only move forward if Keysight Technologies sells off Spirent’s high-speed ethernet testing, network security testin…

Slater greenlights first merger settlement 

The Department of Justice has approved Keysight Technologies’ $1.5 billion purchase of Spirent Communications conditioned on the sale of three business lines related to testing wireless networks.