Global vendor strategies - 06/12/06

LSI Logic has acquired Agere Systems for $4bn. Agere develops chips for mobile.

Alcatel-Lucent has finalized the acquisition of Nortel' s money-losing UMTS access business (UTRAN) for $320m in cash. It has signed a final agreement with Thales (France) to transfer to it its transportation, security and space assets, as well as industrial cooperation between the two groups.

Huawei announced full-year 2006 contract sales could reach $11bn.

Qualcomm will buy WLAN technology provider Airgo Networks and RF Micro Devices ' s Bluetooth assets for$39m.

IBM continues to fill its basket with the new acquisition of Dutch Consul, a specialist in risk management.

McAfee warns of malware threat hidden in online videos.

Apple said that it has bought UK based Proximity Corp. Proximity makes software that helps people manage and share digitized videos.