They’re two icons of American business, a pair of world famous high-technology companies sharing deep Chicago roots that suddenly find themselves locked in bitter battle on a global scale.

Skokie-based U.S. Robotics Inc., a major producer of telephone modems used to link computers, announced a deal Wednesday to buy the country’s leading producer of credit-card-size modems for portable ...

Platinum Equity, the buyout firm owned by billionaire Tom Gores, is acquiring computer modem maker U.S. Robotics Corp. in an all-cash deal, the companies are expected to announce today. Neither side ...

U.S. Robotics Corp., the Chicago-area modem manufacturer that spun off from 3Com Corp. in September, set up shop in Irvine this week to focus on culling emerging products that the company hopes to ...

HOUSTON, Sept. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KITT, "Nauticus"), a leading innovator in autonomous subsea robotics and software solutions today announced its Aquanaut® ...

There will be plenty of waves for analog modems to surf, thanks to a new dial-up modem standard and U.S. Robotics' plans to bring one of the first boards to the beach. U.S. Robotics announced ...

AFTER BREAKING AWAY from enterprise vendor 3Com last year, U.S. Robotics is coming out with a line of consumer gear suitable for home offices. This week at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, ...

(IDG) -- Modem vendors may reach agreement on V.92 analog modem standards by year-end. But it might not provide the speed boost you're seeking, based on an early peek at Comdex in Las Vegas. The most ...