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Spirent is planning to shed a further 100 jobs from its global telecoms testing business. 09-Oct-2006 Spirent Communications has acquired Imperfect Networks, the US developer of security testing solutions, for an initial £2.2m. 11-Aug-2006 Spirent Communications has acquired Scientific Software Engineering, the US developer of wireless network software with 24 staff, for an initial £5.4m. 11-Jul-2006 Spirent has acquired QuadTex Systems, the US provider of test tools for internet protocol multimedia subsystems, for an initial £4.2m. 14-Feb-2006 Spirent is to acquire SwissQual, the Swiss provider of test and measurement solutions for wireless telecoms, for an initial £28m. 24-Jan-2006 Spirent is to sell HellermannTyton, the supplier of fastening, identification, protection and connectivity solutions for electrical and communications networks, to funds controlled by Doughty Hanson for £289m. 16-Dec-2005 Spirent, the telecoms equipment testing company, is looking to sell its network products division for about £260m. 20-Sep-2005 Spirent is planning to shed a further 180 jobs in its services assurance division, which monitors the performance of telecoms networks. 30-Jun-2005 Spirent has sold MRO, its aerospace maintenance software business, to management for £2.9m. 17-Aug-2004 Spirent has sold Aviation Information Solutions, its aviation hardware and software business with about 100 staff in the US, Canada and the UK, to Teledyne Technologies for £4.1m. 01-Jul-2003 Spirent, the telecoms equipment tester, is to shed 230 of the 2,200 jobs in its communications division. 10-Oct-2002 Spirent is to acquire Caw Networks, the US provider of network testing services, for up to £39m. 23-Jul-2002 Spirent has sold the business and certain assets of Switching Systems International for £6.3m. 02-May-2002 Spirent has sold its aerospace components business to Curtiss-Wright of the US for £42m, in order to reduce debt and focus on its network technology operations. 21-Feb-2002 Spirent is to sell its Sensing Solutions division, which makes instruments to measure temperature and pressure and employs 2,000 staff, to General Electric of the US for £152m. 11-Sep-2001 Spirent has acquired Hekimian Laboratories, the US network monitoring company, for £1.1bn. 17-Nov-2000 Spirent is planning to acquire Zarak Systems, the US manufacturer of communications test equipment, for £284m. 11-Sep-2000 Bowthorpe is to change its name to Spirent in order to reflect its transformation into a supplier of telecoms equipment. 03-Mar-2000
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