Sweden-based Ericsson has agreed to acquire Spanish telecommunications vendor Optimi, which provides networks optimization and management solutions to a diverse set of clients in the telecom space.
For Ericsson, the acquisition is a way to broaden the customer base for its multi-vendor network management and optimization business.
Optimi’s client roster includes carriers like AT&T, T-Mobile, Telefonica, Sprint and Vodafone.
Here’s Ericsson pitches the purchase:
This is to reinforce and consolidate Ericsson’s leadership position in multi-technology, multi-vendor, Self-Organizing Networks (SONs) and OSS-based network optimization.
Furthermore it improves the company’s global capabilities to deliver value-added optimization services.
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Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Ericsson will add some 200 employees to its workforce as a result of the acquisition.
