Sweden-based Enea is buying Qosmos, a privately held company with leading positions in IP traffic classification and network intelligence. The total consideration amounts to approximately €52.7m and will be financed through cash and bank loans. Qosmos is headquartered in Paris and is estimated to generate sales of approximately €14.2m in 2016. Closing of the transaction is subject to approvals from French government authorities and is expected to be completed beginning December 2016.
Qosmos is a supplier of Network Intelligence software based on Deep Packet Inspection (”DPI”); the company’s software provides detailed real-time traffic visibility, which is a key component for applications such as mobile traffic management, cyber security, and network analytics. More than 100 telecom networks worldwide use solutions powered by Qosmos.
“I am proud to announce this highly complementary acquisition, which provides a significant and attractive extension of our portfolio. The combination of our companies will benefit the joint customer base, open up new market segments, and accelerate Enea’s growth going forward while maintaining a healthy profit margin” says Anders Lidbeck, President and CEO of Enea.
Network intelligence and IP traffic classification will also play a central role in next generation virtualised network nodes and functions. As an example, Qosmos has shown how telecom operators can leverage real-time traffic classification to automatically create any type of service combination in an open, virtualized architecture. Together, Enea and Qosmos are building a stronger offering in the area of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV).