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Cisco will acquire Lightwire, a specialist in advanced optical interconnect technology designed for high-speed networking uses. Cisco plans to use the technology in its optical networking portfolio to enable fast, efficient delivery of demanding applications such as video and cloud services, the company said Friday.

Cisco will pay about $271 million in cash and retention-based incentives in exchange for all shares of Allentown, Pa.-based Lightwire. Lightwire's employees will become part of Cisco's Transceiver Modules Group Business Unit and Supply Chain Operations Group following the close of the deal, which is expected during Cisco's current quarter.

Lightwire's expertise is in CMOS photonics technology and how to package it. It is known for small and scalable products that don't consume much power -- attributes that, according to Cisco, give switches, routers and optical transport systems higher-density optical connectivity at a lower cost to service provider customers.