M&A Deal Summary

PCTEL Acquires Bluewave Antenna Systems

On March 14, 2008, PCTEL acquired electronics company Bluewave Antenna Systems

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is PCTEL’s 1st transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is PCTEL’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is PCTEL’s 1st transaction in Alberta.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-03-14
Target Bluewave Antenna Systems
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) PCTEL
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Bluewave Antenna Systems

Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Bluewave Antenna Systems Ltd. designs, manufactures, and distributes rugged antennas for harsh conditions, targeting manufacturing process control in the energy and utility industries and communication systems in extreme environments.

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Buyer

PCTEL

Bloomingdale, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Technology Hardware
Revenue 99M USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

PCTEL is a provider of propagation and wireless network optimization solutions. The company designs and develops software-based radios for wireless network optimization and develops and distributes innovative antenna solutions. The company's SeeGull(R) scanning receivers, receiver-based products, and CLARIFY(R) interference management solutions are used to measure, monitor, and optimize cellular networks. Its SeeGull scanning receivers are deployed in industry-leading wireless test and measurement equipment and are viewed as an essential wireless data collection tool for cellular network optimization, drive tests, and spectrum clearing. PCTEL was founded in 1994 and is based in Bloomingdale, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 8
Sector (Electronics) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 6
State (Alberta) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 2
Year (2008) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-12-10 PCTEL - Mobility Solutions Group

Bloomingdale, Illinois, United States

PCTEL - Mobility Solutions Group is a provider of mobility solutions for cellular and IP wireless networks including advanced support for technologies such as 3G, Wi-Fi, WiMax, VoIP and IMS software for converged mobile handsets.

Sell $60M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-01-05 Wi-Sys Communications

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Wi-Sys Communications, Inc. provides cost saving technologies to improve wireless systems manageability. Wi-Sys manufactures an array of products for GPS, terrestrial and satellite communication systems, including programmable GPS Receivers and high performance antennas for the Telematics, mobile radio, and precision GPS markets. In addition, Wi-Sys offers custom Timing, Telematics and wireless communications solutions, as well as wireless infrastructure products for the mobile business.

Buy $2M
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