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BlueJeans bought by Verizon for less than $800m

By Supantha Mukherjee

Apr 17 2020 6:51AM

Video-conferencing market remains hot.

BlueJeans bought by Verizon for less than $800m

Verizon Communications has agreed to buy video-conferencing company BlueJeans Network, a rival of Zoom Video Communications, for less than US$500 million (A$792 million) at a time that millions work from home due to widely-enforced lockdowns. Shelter-in-place orders to contain the spread of the ...

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