M&A Deal Summary

Sierra Wireless Acquires Wavecom SA

On March 2, 2009, Sierra Wireless acquired communications company Wavecom SA

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sierra Wireless’ 3rd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Sierra Wireless’ 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-03-02
Target Wavecom SA
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Sierra Wireless
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Wavecom SA

Cedex, France
Wavecom SA is a pre-packaged wireless communications solutions for automotive, industrial (machine-to-machine) and mobile professional applications,

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Buyer

Sierra Wireless

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Technology Hardware
Revenue 473M USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Sierra Wireless is a provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) devices and cloud services delivering intelligent wireless solutions that simplify the connected world. The company offer original equipment manufacturer (OEM) solutions and enterprise solutions. Sierra Wireless was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 11
Sector: Communications M&A 3 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 10
Country: France M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-05-25 AirLink Communications

California, United States

AirLink Communications, Inc. designs and manufactures wireless data solutions that enable connectivity to fixed and mobile assets.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-01 Sagemcom’s machine-to-machine

France

Sagemcom’s machine-to-machine (“M2M”) includes 2G and 3G wireless modules, as well as industry-leading rugged terminals for GSM-Railway (GSM-R) applications.

Buy €45M