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Friday, 05/29/2015 1:39:57 PM

Friday, May 29, 2015 1:39:57 PM

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Telecom M&A So Far This Year at Highest_Level_Since_2000

Technology and telecom firms are bulking up at the fastest rate in more than a decade, new data show, driven by a continuing explosion of Internet data usage that is hitting everything from handheld gadgets to massive data centers—and the straining networks that connect them.

There have been $406 billion in deals to buy technology and telecommunications companies so far in 2015, on pace for the highest yearly total since 2000, after hitting a nearly decade-high mark last year, according to research firm Dealogic.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/05/29/tech-telecom-ma-so-far-this-year-at-highest-level-since-2000/