M&A Deal Summary

iBasis Acquires Telstra - Global Voice IPX and Messaging Wholesale Assets

On September 3, 2025, iBasis acquired communications company Telstra - Global Voice IPX and Messaging Wholesale Assets from Telstra

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is iBasis’ 2nd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is iBasis’ 1st transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-09-03
Target Telstra - Global Voice IPX and Messaging Wholesale Assets
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) iBasis
Sellers(s) Telstra
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Telstra - Global Voice IPX and Messaging Wholesale Assets

Australia
Telstra - Global Voice, IPX, and Messaging Wholesale Assets provides wholesale voice, mobile, and messaging customer contracts.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

iBasis

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Communications
Employees372
DESCRIPTION

iBasis, Inc. is a international voice carrier and provider of value-added services for mobile operators. We offer a comprehensive portfolio of voice termination and data services, including messaging, signaling and roaming, for many of the world’s largest fixed and mobile operators, as well as voice-over-broadband (OTT) service providers.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Communications M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Australia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-02-16 Simfony

Aalsmeer, Netherlands

Simfony offers Immediate IoT Infrastructure and powers M(V)NO customers by unlocking the opportunity to supply end-to-end IoT connectivity solutions through its Whitelabel IoT Connectivity Platform. With a pay-as-you-grow model, the company lowers the entry barriers for M(V)NOs to quickly launch based on either a cloud or on-premise deployment. Its platform includes a Full MVNE core network stack, together with all needed customer support facilities, an online charging system, real-time self-service platform, and all corresponding APIs. Simfony was formed in 2014 and is based in Aalsmeer, Netherlands.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Telstra

Melbourne, Australia

Category Company
Founded 1901
Sector Communications
Employees30,553
Revenue 22.7B AUD (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Telstra provides telecommunications and information products and services through its Australian and offshore operations. TLS has a wide range of businesses namely fixed broadband, mobile, data and IP, network application & services (NAS), digital media and international. Telstra was founded in 1901 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 9
Sector: Communications M&A 3 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 7 of 7
Country: Australia M&A 5 of 5
Year: 2025 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-08-13 Versent

Melbourne, Australia

Versent specialises in both modern build and modern run for cloud-native applications, data-streams, platforms, and services to government and enterprise clients. Versent was founded in 2014 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

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