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Spirent Buys Mobile Phone QoS Measurement Vendor
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Spirent Communications has announced a US$52 million deal to acquire Metrico Wireless. Based in Maryland, USA, Metrico is a provider of services and tools that analyse the performance and subscriber quality of experience (QoE) of mobile devices in the field.
Metrico's cloud-based Testing as a Service solutions deliver testing under real-world conditions on live networks with reporting and analysis, measuring QoE of devices and services with respect to voice, data, video, battery, location and application performance. The company's customer base includes the top seven wireless operators in the United States, several leading mobile operators in Europe and every major device manufacturer globally.
Metrico's Fit4Launch program ensures that wireless devices fully meet service provider performance requirements prior to commercial launch. More than 800 different devices have been certified Fit4Launch.
"Metrico has established a position as a trusted partner to the industry, and we are excited by the opportunity to leverage Spirent's complementary expertise, scale and global reach to address more needs for a broader set of customers," said Dimitrios Topaltzas, CEO of Metrico Wireless.
Spirent will support Metrico's existing portfolio of products and services. Further benefits will be realised through the combination of Metrico's solutions with Spirent's lab-based mobile device performance test solutions to provide a common set of methodologies, tools and diagnostics across lab and field testing.
Spirent expects to consolidate $6.0 to $7.0 million in revenue post-acquisition in 2012, with a positive return on sales. For the first full year post-acquisition in 2013, revenues are expected to be in the range of $26.0 to $28.0 million, operating at Spirent's average return on sales.
Tags: [spirent communications] [metrico wireless] [USA]
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