Motorola to buy Kreatel from lead investors
ABN AMRO Capital, SEB Företagsinvest and Innovationskapital have agreed the sale of Swedish IP-based set-top box provider Kreatel Communications to Motorola, Inc. The transaction was announced today by Motorola. Completion is expected during the first quarter of 2006, subject to regulatory approval. Kreatel is a leading developer of innovative Internet Protocol (IPTV) based digital set-tops, with customers including Telefónica, KPN and TeliaSonera. ABN AMRO Capital and SEB Företagsinvest made their first investment in Kreatel in April 2000, and Innovationskapital in the first institutional