M&A Deal Summary

Elisa Acquires Polystar OSIX AB

On June 10, 2019, Elisa acquired information technology company Polystar OSIX AB from Polystar Instruments AB for 70M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Elisa’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Elisa’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Elisa’s 1st transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-06-10
Target Polystar OSIX AB
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Elisa
Sellers(s) Polystar Instruments AB
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 70M EUR

Target

Polystar OSIX AB

Stockholm, Sweden
Polystar OSIX AB is a provider of analytics, assurance and monitoring software solutions for mobile operators.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Elisa

Helsinki, Finland

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Category Company
Founded 1882
Sector Communications
Employees5,478
Revenue 1.9B EUR (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Elisa is a telecommunications and digital service provider. Elisa Automate offers solutions and services for mobile operators to automate network management and operations. Elisa was founded in 1882 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Sweden) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-13 Starman

Tallinn, Estonia

Starman is a cable TV operator, that provides several bundled service packages offering "triple play" service: video programs, broadband internet connection, and voice telephony. It is also involved in the provision of terrestrial digital video services. Starman was founded in 1992 and is based in Tallinn, Estonia.

Buy €151M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Polystar Instruments AB

Farsta, Sweden

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Category Company
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

Polystar Instruments AB is a communications service provider in CEM, Big Data Analytics, Service Assurance, Network Monitoring, Service Enablement and High-Performance Testing. Polystar Instruments is based in Farsta, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Sweden) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-20 P-OSS Solutions SL

Bilbao, Spain

P-OSS Solutions SL is a provider of an end-to-end multi-domain service and network performance management with its iPe-Bot platform, while Polystar delivers real-time Customer Experience Management (CEM) and Service Assurance with its market-leading OSIX real-time network monitoring platform and its award-winning KALIX analytics solution.

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