text: Providence, Warburg near Telcordia deal  PHILADELPHIA -- Buyout firms Warburg Pincus and Providence Equity Partners are close to a deal to buy telecommunications software company Telcordia Technologies Inc. for about \$1.3 billion, sources familiar with the situation said yesterday.
inputs: Providence, Warburg near Telcordia deal  PHILADELPHIA -- Buyout firms Warburg Pincus and Providence Equity Partners are close to a deal to buy telecommunications software company Telcordia Technologies Inc. for about \$1.3 billion, sources familiar with the situation said yesterday.