SPOTLIGHT: Moto to buy Modulus

Motorola announced today its intent to acquire Modulus, a video compression and encoding company, for an undisclosed amount. The Modulus acquisition will also pay dividends for its IPTV initiatives, and follows complementary acquisitions of Broadbus, Kreatel, Tut Systems and Netopia. Article

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