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Cisco’s purchase of Scientific-Atlanta (S-A) may be completed soo...

Cisco’s purchase of Scientific-Atlanta (S-A) may be completed sooner than expected. It will close by March 31, said Tom Robey, S-A vp-investor relations. Announcing the $6.9 billion deal Nov. 18, the firms said it would be complete by April…

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29. “The waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act… was terminated on December 30,” said S-A in an SEC filing last week. The transaction will close this quarter, after a shareholder meeting Feb. 2, Robey told us Tues.