Mavenir Systems has announced it is to acquire messaging company Airwide Solutions. Mavenir hopes the combination will position if as a global entity capable of enabling mobile operators to transform their core network and launch converged voice, video and messaging services over LTE.
“With this acquisition, Mavenir Systems will strengthen its already advanced product portfolio and will be well positioned to support global mobile operators in their evolution to 4G networks.” said Pardeep Kohli, president and CEO, Mavenir Systems. “Our increased global presence and our combined experience will instill a greater confidence in our customers as they rely on Mavenir to launch innovative LTE services quickly and cost effectively.”
Airwide’s employees and product portfolio will be fully integrated into Mavenir.
Earlier this year Airwide announced its intention to introduce an IP messaging solution that had support for SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) and XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol)-based messaging services in both dedicated or cloud deployments. Full commercial availability was, however, planned for Q4 of this year.
Mavenir already markets RCS and RCS-e type services, as well as support for mVoIP and VoLTE. It’s doubtful that it needed to get its hands on another IP Messaging platform. Instead, Airwide’s customer base might have looked more attractive, as well as its intelligent messaging solutions.
Indeed, Mavenir said that the acquisition “is a key part of that growth strategy increasing our footprint to 120 mobile operators worldwide”.
“We look forward to helping our combined customers in their transition to LTE with products such as our recently announced recently announced trio of Voice over LTE (VoLTE) solutions,” said Kohli.