List of mergers and acquisitions by Microsoft
Stakes

List of mergers and acquisitions by Microsoft

Section Title: Stakes
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Date	Company	Business	Country	Value (USD)	References

June 15, 1989	Santa Cruz Operation	Wholesale computer software	United States	—

March 18, 1991	Dorling Kindersley	Reference books	United Kingdom	14,340,000

June 21, 1994	Stac Electronics	Data compression software	United States	39,900,000

January 19, 1995	UUNet	Internet service provider	United States	—

May 30, 1995	Wang Laboratories	Software consulting	United States	90,000,000

October 12, 1995	Individual	On-line information retrieval	United States	—

April 1, 1996	Mobile Telecom Technologies	Cellular telephones	United States	25,000,000

April 22, 1996	Helicon Publishing	Electronic books	United States	—

September 9, 1996	SingleTrac	Video games	United States	—

October 1, 1996	WebTV Networks	Internet service provider	United States	—

October 28, 1996	VDOnet	Internet services	United States	—

February 3, 1997	CMGI	Direct mail	United States	20,000,000

February 18, 1997	Digital Anvil	Video games	United States	—

March 3, 1997	Interse	Internet software	United States	—

June 30, 1997	Comcast	Cable television	United States	1×109

August 6, 1997	Apple Inc.	Personal computers	United States	150,000,000

August 19, 1997	Progressive Networks	Internet software	United States	30,000,000

September 11, 1997	Lernout & Hauspie Speech	Multilingual software	Belgium	45,000,000

September 23, 1997	E-Stamp	Internet software	United States	—

March 4, 1998	General Magic	Community software	United States	6,000,000

March 6, 1998	WavePhore	Radio and television equipment	United States	—

June 18, 1998	Pluto Technologies	Network and storage	United States	—

December 14, 1998	Qwest Communications	Telecommunications	United States	200,000,000

January 6, 1999	SkyTel Communications	Cellular telephones	United States	—

January 31, 1999	United Pan-Europe Comm NV	Broadband communities	Netherlands	300,000,000

February 1, 1999	NTL	Communications	United Kingdom	500,000,000

February 2, 1999	Banyan	Software	United States	10,000,000

March 2, 1999	Dialogic	Computer telephony	United States	24,200,000

March 8, 1999	Reciprocal	Copyright protection	United States	—

April 1, 1999	TV Cabo Portugal SA	Cable television	Portugal	38,600,000

April 10, 1999	Lernout & Hauspie Speech	Multilingual software	Belgium	15,000,000

June 8, 1999	Inprise	Computer software	United States	125,000,000

June 8, 1999	NaviSite	Internet service provider	United States	—

June 19, 1999	AT&T	Telecommunications	United States	5×109

June 22, 1999	Concentric Network	IP-based networks	United States	50,000,000

July 5, 1999	WebMD	Web-based health information	United States	250,000,000

August 20, 1999	Tuttle Decision Systems	Mortgage pricing information	United States	—

August 25, 1999	Rogers Communications	Radio and television stations	Canada	405,120,000

December 3, 1999	Korea Thrunet	Internet service provider	South Korea	36,000,000

December 28, 1999	Globo Cabo	Cable television	Brazil	126,000,000

December 30, 1999	Commtouch Software	Community security software	Israel	20,000,000

December 31, 1999	Gigamedia	Internet service provider	Taiwan	31,470,000

January 24, 2000	Intertainer	Interactive systems	United States	56,000,000

January 24, 2000	VerticalNet	Management solutions	United States	100,000,000

February 23, 2000	BroadBand Office	Communication	United States	25,000,000

March 2, 2000	Ecoss	Computer programming	Japan	46,000

March 13, 2000	RealNames	Internet navigation	United States	—

March 14, 2000	MEASAT Broadcast Network	Television broadcasting	Malaysia	100,000,000

April 14, 2000	Best Buy	Retail stores	United States	200,000,000

July 7, 2000	Telewest Communications	Cable television	United States	2.263×109

July 13, 2000	Blixer Net	Online telecommunications	Italy	—

August 4, 2000	CAIS Internet	Internet access	United States	40,000,000

October 2, 2000	Corel Corporation	Software	Canada	89,370,000

November 29, 2000	Chyron Corporation	Digital graphics	United States	6,000,000

February 12, 2001	Audible.com	Online audio retail	United States	10,000,000

July 23, 2001	Sendo	Mobile handset	United Kingdom	—

February 14, 2002	USA Networks	Television stations	United States	—

July 31, 2003	Televisa	Mass Media	Mexico	6,350,000

November 3, 2005	ByteTaxi	Software	United States	—

October 24, 2007	Facebook	Social network	United States	240,000,000

April 8, 2008	OKWave	On-line community site	Japan	2,515,000

June 12, 2008	Zignals	Online trading	Ireland	—

April 7, 2011	Toyota Media Service Corp	Web marketing services	Japan	—

February 7, 2012	24/7	Outsourcing and call center services	United States	—

April 30, 2012	Barnes & Noble	Book retailer	United States	605,000,000

October 9, 2018	Grab	Ride-hailing firm	Singapore	—

February 4, 2019	Databricks	Software for processing large-scale data in public clouds	United States	—

Sentence(s)

Microsoft obtained stakes in Comcast for $1 billion, Telewest for $2.263 billion, and AT&T for $5 billion.

final_sentence: Microsoft obtained stakes in Comcast for $1 billion, Telewest for $2.263 billion, and AT&T for $5 billion.