M&A Deal Summary

MessageBird B.V. Acquires iBasis - A2P & P2P SMS Hubbing Business

On April 14, 2016, MessageBird B.V. acquired communications company iBasis - A2P & P2P SMS Hubbing Business from iBasis

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MessageBird B.V.’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is MessageBird B.V.’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is MessageBird B.V.’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-04-14
Target iBasis - A2P & P2P SMS Hubbing Business
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) MessageBird B.V.
Sellers(s) iBasis
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

iBasis - A2P & P2P SMS Hubbing Business

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
iBasis - A2P & P2P SMS Hubbing Business is a provider of voice and mobile data services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

MessageBird B.V.

Amstedam, Netherlands

Category Company
Founded 2011
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

MessageBird B.V. is a Telco Communication APIs. MessageBird enables developers and companies to communicate via SMS, Voice and Chat on a global scale through their APIs or web interface.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 5
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Massachusetts M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-12-16 Pusher

London, United Kingdom

Pusher is a real-time web technologies company. Pusher empowers developers with APIs to create collaboration & communication features in their web and mobile apps. Pusher was founded in 2011 and is based in London, England.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

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 1 of 1
Sector: Communications M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Massachusetts M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-02-01 Price Interactive

Reston, Virginia, United States

Price Interactive, Inc. provides high-volume interactive voice response services, which allow organizations to provide automated customer service information on a 24/7 basis, without the need for a live operator.

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FOLLOWING 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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