London, UK and Dresden, Germany. --February
22, 2006-- Actix, the global leader in wireless network performance
engineering solutions, has acquired Radioplan GmbH, a Dresden based
provider of automated network optimization software with customers in
Europe, USA and Asia. The combined products and services of Radioplan
and Actix will provide mobile operators and their network equipment
vendors with a comprehensive solution for performance optimization that
will enable significant cost reduction in the deployment and operation
of today’s 3G networks.
Commenting on the acquisition, Actix CEO Dave
Wilkinson said: “Actix and Radioplan products are a natural fit; like
us, Radioplan automates key wireless engineering processes to realize
potentially huge reductions in the cost of engineering wireless
networks. Radioplan’s Dresden headquarters also gives Actix a new base
in Continental Europe and a highly-skilled engineering team in the
strategically important German market.”
Johannes Huebner, CEO of Radioplan added: “The growing
complexity of wireless technologies requires a great deal of know-how
and technical resource. With a combined, 130-strong development team
Actix and Radioplan can continue to create solutions that offer wireless
operators very substantial business benefits in terms of operational
efficiency, subscriber satisfaction and enhanced earnings potential. And
with offices in the UK, Germany, Sweden, US, Hong Kong, India, China and
Japan we are even better placed to provide our customers with the
support that they have come to expect.”
Actix is a privately held company backed by Summit
Partners, a leading private equity firm. Radioplan is financed by
private capital from its directors and founders and some public venture
funding. The terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.
About Actix
Founded in 1991, Actix is the international
market-leader in Wireless Performance Engineering software. Actix
solutions address two of the biggest issues facing wireless operators
today: the need to squeeze more out of their existing network
investments and the race to generate significant new revenue from
wireless data services.
Actix Intelligent Performance Engineering solutions
enable wireless operators and manufacturers to optimize network
performance, enhance service quality and gain detailed awareness of the
customer experience. The company's vendor-independent solutions analyze
data from all major wireless vendors and technologies, from 2G to 3G.
Applications include: network performance
troubleshooting, verification of customer-perceived service quality;
competitive analysis and accelerated new-technology rollout.
Over 5,000 engineers from more than 200 operators
globally - including Verizon, Orange, Vodafone, Hutchinson 3G and
T-Mobile - depend upon Actix software everyday to improve their wireless
operations. Actix has offices in the United States, United Kingdom,
Sweden, Hong Kong, Japan, India and China. For more information, see
www.actix.com.
