M&A Deal Summary

Ericsson Acquires Ambient

On October 1, 2014, Ericsson acquired information technology company Ambient

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ericsson’s 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Ericsson’s 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Ericsson’s 3rd transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-10-01
Target Ambient
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Ericsson
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Ambient

Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Ambient Corp. is a collaborative development of smart grid technology and communication solutions.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ericsson

Stockholm, Sweden
Category Company
Founded 1876
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees97,985
Revenue 263.4B SEK (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Ericsson office in Santa Clara, California.
Ericsson office in Santa Clara, California.

Ericsson provides telecommunications equipment and services to mobile and fixed network operators worldwide. It operates through four segments Networks, Global Services, Support Solutions, and Modems. Ericsson was formed in 1876 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 29
Sector (Information Technology) 2 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 14 of 23
State (Massachusetts) 3 of 3
Country (United States) 9 of 16
Year (2014) 6 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-22 Apcera

Mountain View, California, United States

Apcera, is a enterprise services company and creator of the next-generation platform as-a-service (PaaS) called Continuum(TM) which works across cloud, on premise and hybrid environments.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-10-16 Sentilla

Redwood City, California, United States

Sentilla develops software for optimal performance, real-time workload management and intelligent deployment decision-making in complex multi-technology environments.

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