Genband

Genband is a global provider of high-performance IP gateways and session border controllers, which are integral components in fixed and mobile networks worldwide. The company's products facilitate secure communication by evolving and enhancing networks' capabilities.

Paul Pluschkell

Executive Vice President, Strategy and Cloud Services

10 past transactions

uReach Technologies

Acquisition in 2014
uReach Technologies specializes in converged communications messaging and specialty calling solutions for broadband, fixed-line, and mobile carriers globally. The company offers a unified messaging platform that allows subscribers to send and retrieve voice, fax, and email messages through a single interface, accessible from mobile phones, fixed network phones, and personal computers. Their technology is designed to facilitate seamless communication by enabling call routing to alternative destinations, ensuring that users can stay connected regardless of their location.

fring

Acquisition in 2013
Fring is a mobile communication service that offers users the ability to make free group video calls, video calls, voice calls, and engage in live chat. It is compatible with all major smartphones, including iPhone, Android, and Nokia, and operates across various mobile networks and internet connections, such as 3G, 4G, WiFi, GPRS, and EDGE. Fring features a real-time contact availability function that allows users to see who is online before initiating a call. As a pioneer in mobile VoIP and video communication, fring has successfully attracted over a million new smartphone users each month. The platform also integrates with popular social and communication applications, enhancing user connectivity within mobile internet communities.

Aztek Networks

Acquisition in 2012
Aztek Networks is a telecommunications products supplier that specializes in providing switch solutions for service providers. The company enables these providers to consolidate legacy voice switches, offering a migration path to IP broadband networks. Its 5000-series products facilitate switch consolidation, helping service providers reduce operating costs associated with older infrastructure while ensuring reliable voice connectivity. Drawing on a 25-year heritage as Aztek Engineering, the firm brings innovative patented switch and migration products to the telecommunications industry. Aztek Networks aims to assist telecommunications service providers in managing the challenges posed by declining wireline subscribers and the associated costs of maintaining legacy voice networks.

Iperia

Acquisition in 2012
Iperia, Inc. is a provider of communication enabling applications that voice-enable business processes for service providers, enterprises, and mobile workforces. The company offers a range of solutions, including Service Designer, Unified Messaging, Voicemail, Fax Messaging, Conferencing, and Auto-Attendant, as well as Mobility Applications such as Mobile Visual Messaging and Mobile Instant Conferencing. Iperia serves diverse industries, including financial services, healthcare, retail, higher education, real estate, energy, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, high technology, and government. Originally incorporated as Visual Telesystems, Inc. in 1997, the company changed its name to Iperia, Inc. in March 1999 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Cedar Point Communications

Acquisition in 2011
Cedar Point Communications specializes in integrated voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and multimedia switching technologies tailored for the telecommunications industry, both for service providers and enterprises. The company's key offerings include SAFARI C3, a media switching system that facilitates the transition to Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture for converged networks, and SAFARI eMG, a flexible media gateway. In addition to its product suite, Cedar Point Communications provides training and comprehensive customer support services. The company caters to a diverse clientele, including information technology departments, network operators, cable operators, telecommunications carriers, enterprise customers, and educational institutions. Founded in 2000, Cedar Point Communications is headquartered in Derry, New Hampshire, with an additional office located in Meersburg, Germany.

Nortel Networks

Acquisition in 2010
Nortel Networks, once a leading telecommunications equipment manufacturer in North America, is currently in the process of liquidating its assets following its bankruptcy filing in 2009. The company specialized in core network switching, wireless, and optical systems, catering to network operators with products such as digital voice and data switching systems, routing equipment, and call center communications solutions. It also produced wireless infrastructure, including cellular base stations and controllers, along with long-haul fiber-optic products like multiplexers. Although it has transitioned away from a focus on telecommunications, Nortel's remaining operations include its Metro Ethernet Networks segment, which provides carrier Ethernet switching, optical networking, and multi-service switching products. The company is now primarily engaged in selling off its remaining businesses and intellectual property as it winds down its operations.

NexTone Communications

Acquisition in 2008
NexTone Communications, based in Rockville, Maryland, specializes in providing software solutions for Internet-based voice and data communication services. They develop products that enable efficient routing, management, and control of internet telephone calls for service providers, aiming to facilitate next-generation applications in the communications industry.

Santera Systems

Acquisition in 2007
Santera Systems is a provider of advanced networking switching products tailored for the communications market. The company specializes in carrier-class, next-generation switches that facilitate both trunk and line functionality, enabling seamless migration from circuit to packet-based systems. Its core offerings include enhanced voice switching, integrated voice and data switching, and voice over broadband solutions. Through its innovative technology, Santera Systems delivers substantial capital and operating cost efficiencies ranging from 50 to 70 percent, making it a compelling choice for businesses seeking to optimize their voice and data transmission capabilities.

BayPackets

Acquisition in 2006
BayPackets' software enables wireless, wireline and cable operators to rapidly bundle and deliver enhanced voice and data services tailored to the needs of their business and consumer customers. Local, long-distance and broadband service providers rely on BayPackets' solutions to profitably expand their market share by efficiently operating new and existing network infrastructure via a single point.

Syndeo Corporation

Acquisition in 2005
Syndeo Corporation, established in 1999, specializes in providing Voice-over-IP (VoIP) solutions for communications providers, particularly cable operators. The company offers the Syion Call Management Server, which integrates revenue-generating capabilities with a robust softswitch platform designed to accommodate a large subscriber base efficiently. Syndeo aims to enhance the value of next-generation converged networks through its technology. To date, the company has secured $98 million in funding from a diverse group of cable operators, strategic partners, and financial investors.
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