Verizon Communications Inc. agreed to buy AOL Inc. in a $4.4 billion deal aimed at advancing the telecom giant’s growth ambitions in mobile video and advertising.

威瑞森电信公司同意以44亿美元收购美国在线，此举是为了满足电信巨头在移动视频和广告方面日益增长的渴望。

The all-cash deal values AOL at $50 a share, a 23% premium over the company’s three-month volume-weighted average price. AOL shares rose 18% in morning trading to $50.18. Verizon shares fell 1.7% to $48.98.

本次收购完全通过现金支付。美国在线的收购价为每股50美元，比过去三个月的成交量加权平均价溢价23%。早间美国在线的股价上涨18%到50.18美元。威瑞森的股价则下跌1.7%到48.98美元。

The acquisition would give Verizon, which has set its sights on entering the crowded online video marketplace, access to advanced technology AOL has developed for selling ads and delivering high-quality Web video.

威瑞森已经将进入拥挤的在线视频市场列为目标。这项收购将让威瑞森能够使用美国在线开发的广告销售与高质量网络视频传播的先进技术。

“Certainly the subscription business and the content businesses are very noteworthy. For us, the principal interest was around the ad tech platform, said Verizon’s president of operations, John Stratton, at a Jefferies investor conference early Tuesday.

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