M&A Deal Summary

Mitel Mobility Acquires Brocade Communications Systems - Virtual Evolved Packet Core

On July 31, 2017, Mitel Mobility acquired business services company Brocade Communications Systems - Virtual Evolved Packet Core from Brocade Communications Systems

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Mitel Mobility’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Mitel Mobility’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Mitel Mobility’s 2nd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-07-31
Target Brocade Communications Systems - Virtual Evolved Packet Core
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Mitel Mobility
Sellers(s) Brocade Communications Systems
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Brocade Communications Systems - Virtual Evolved Packet Core

San Jose, California, United States
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. - Virtual Evolved Packet Core business includes all associated Intellectual Property (IP) including 22 granted and pending patents, a research and development facility in Mumbai, India and associated customer support and maintenance contracts.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Mitel Mobility

United States

Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

Mitel Mobility is a provider of software-based networking solutions that enable mobile service providers to deliver next generation services over 4G LTE networks. Mitel Mobility has a fully virtualized end to end portfolio of Voice/Video, Messaging and Mobile Core products that include IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and Session Border Controller (SBC).


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-13 Ulticom

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States

Ulticom provides service essential signaling component and system solutions for wireless, wireline, and Internet communications. Ulticom's products are used by leading telecommunication equipment and service providers worldwide to deploy broadband mobile access, multimedia transport control, subscriber data management and enhanced communication services.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Brocade Communications Systems

San Jose, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees4,724
Revenue 2.3B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Brocade's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.
Entrance to Brocade's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. is a supplier of networking hardware, software, and services, including Storage Area Networking solutions and Internet Protocol Networking solutions for businesses and organizations of various types and sizes. Brocade’s end customers include global enterprises and other organizations that use the Company’s products and services as part of their communications infrastructure and service providers, such as telecommunication firms, cable operators, and mobile carriers, that use the Company’s products and services as part of their commercial operations. Brocade offers a line of networking hardware and software products and services that enable businesses and organizations to make their data centers and networks more efficient, reliable, and adaptable to the changing demands of new network traffic patterns and volumes. Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. was established in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector: Business Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 4
State: California M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2017 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-02 Vyatta

Belmont, California, United States

Vyatta is a provider of networking industry innovator through its software-based network operating system that is highly relevant for multiple applications in network virtualization, software-defined networking (SDN) and private/public cloud computing platforms.

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