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CNET News: Motorola to Buy Linux Set-Top Box Specialist

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Stephen Shankland
Jan 19, 2006

“Motorola plans to acquire Kreatel Communications, a Swedish
developer of television set-top boxes that use Linux and Internet
Protocol-based services, the company said Tuesday.

“Kreatel’s system includes not just the operating system but
also higher-level application and infrastructure software for
sending TV signals over the Internet. Kreatel customers include
Telefonica in Spain, TeliaSonera in Sweden and KPN in the
Netherlands…”


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