Two private equity firms plan to take Avaya private, spending $8.2 billion for a company with moderate growth. [news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20070605/b...]

AVAYA INC Files SEC form DEFA14A, Additional Proxy Soliciting Materials (definitive) [feeds.edgar-online.com/go.aspx]

AVAYA INC Files SEC form 8-K, Current report filing. [feeds.edgar-online.com/go.aspx]

Avaya's pending acquisition by two private equity firms paves the way for the VoIP vendor to aggressively pursue the IP communications market, Avaya COO Michael Thurk told CRN in an interview Tuesday. [www.channelweb.com/article.jhtml]

By Jennifer Hagendorf Follett, CRN Avaya's pending acquisition by two private equity firms paves the way for the VoIP vendor to aggressively pursue the IP ... [www.crn.com/networking/19990...]

JSR has posted a Test release of his VoIP app for the Nintendo DS, basically use your Nintendo DS as a Phone: [digg.com/gaming_news/DSiP...]

There are two objectives in any competition — getting ahead and staying ahead — and as anyone who has ever competed will attest, the latter is often more difficult. 8x8, Inc., which provides its Packet8 hosted VoIP service, is in that position now. [digg.com/tech_news/8x8_En...]

Avaya Inc. (NYSE: AV) has accpeted a buyout offer of $8.2 billion from Silver Lake Partners and TPG Inc. The deal values Avaya at $17.50 a share, a 28% premium over the $13.67 a share the stock closed at before the buyout rumors began ... [www.secinvestor.com/2007/06/05/Avaya...]