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Astellia
acquisition
– Global leader in performance
analysis of mobile networks
and subscriber experience
– EXFO gained full control of
Astellia’s share capital in late
February after successful
public tender offer in France
– Astellia’s total equity valued
at US$32.1M
– Multi-phased integration plan
with initial focus on sales to
maximize revenues ($8.6M
contribution in Q3 2018)
What they do
--Passive monitoring for 3G/4G/LTE
--Virtualized monitoring solutions
--Rich subscriber analytics
--Strong professional services
13. Brings significant scale to EXFO within mobile service assurance market
- Astellia posted IFRS revenue of US$45.7M in CY 2017, 120 customers and 400 employees
Acquisition rationale
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Complements EXFO’s service assurance offering, customers and end-markets
- Creates unique platform with active and passive SA, network topology discovery and rich analytics
- No overlap with EXFO’s technology portfolio, customer footprint and geographic focus
Positions EXFO for upcoming virtualization and 5G investment cycles
- Largest European virtualization contract under deployment ($10M+)
- Standalone standards for 5G NR ratified in June 2018 with commercial deployments in 2019-20
- Timing of acquisition aligned with next wave of spending by communications service providers