Airvana
Company type | Part of Mobile Broadband |
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Founded | March 2000 |
Headquarters | Chelmsford, Massachusetts USA |
Website | www.commscope.com |
Airvana was acquired by
About
Airvana was founded in 2000 by Motorola executives Sanjeev Verma and Vedat Eyuboglu. The company went public in July 2007 on the NASDAQ: AIRV[1] and was taken private in 2009 for $530M[2] by management and private equity investors. In 2013, Ericssson Inc acquired Airvana's 3G EVDO business and in 2015 CommScope acquired Airvana's Femtocell Business .[3] Airvana's 3G CDMA2000 EVDO infrastructure business was ranked #2 in worldwide marketshare and in 2011 its Femtocell business was ranked #1 in worldwide marketshare.[4]
Airvana provides technology for mobile networks to support mobile broadband information, communication and entertainment services. Airvana’s
On March 20, 2013, Airvana Network Solutions Inc. was granted a preliminary injunction in its 330-md intellectual-property lawsuit against Ericsson AB, the world’s largest maker of wireless networks. On September 6, 2013, Airvana sold its EV-DO macro-cell radio access network business unit to Ericsson, retaining its small cell business.[5]
In April 2014 former Nortel executive Richard Lowe was hired as CEO, replacing Randy Battat who remained as chairman of the board.[6]
In June 2014 Airvana announced OneCell, an LTE small cell system based on Cloud RAN (C-RAN) technology for large indoor spaces.[7] In February 2015 Airvana announced the Device Management System (DMS), a small cell management system.[8]
Awards
- 2015 Airvana’s OneCell was awarded Outstanding Overall Mobile Technology – The CTO’s Choice, in the GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards[9]
- 2015 Airvana’s OneCell was awarded Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough in the GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards
- 2015 and 2014 Airvana was classified as a Visionary by Gartner Group in the Magic Quadrant for Small Cell Equipment
- 2014 Airvana’s OneCell was named the winner of the CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Award for In-Building Wireless – Small Cell, Wi-Fi, LAN
- 2008 Airvana's CDMA HubBub Femtocell was named a finalist in the CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards - Network Infrastructure - In-Building/Local Area Network Solution Category.
- 2008 Airvana ranked among top 50 New England Cool Companies in the Innovation Economy “Cool Half-Hundred” Companies.
- 2007 Airvana Ranked among Top U.S. Wireless IPOs in 2007
- 2007 Airvana Ranked Number Four in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 List for New England
- 2006 Airvana was named Company of the Year by the Massachusetts Network Communications Council, for the second time in a row. Also received the award for fastest growth in Massachusetts.
- 2005 Randy Battat named CEO of the Year by the Massachusetts Network Communications Council.
- 2004 Randy Battat named winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2004 Award (Technology category for New England).
- Airvana named recipient of the Dow Jones VentureWire Investors Choice award 2003 Airvana recipient of the Network Technology Innovation award by the CDMA Development Group (CDG)
- Airvana honored as one of “The Fierce 15” Top Wireless Startups of the Year by FierceWireless
Offices
CommScope headquarters are in Hickory, North Carolina, USA.
References
- ^ "Airvana raises about $58 million in IPO | EE Times". EETimes. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ "Airvana to go private in $530M cash buyout - Boston Business Journal". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ Goldstein, Phil (September 8, 2015). "CommScope nabs small cell vendor Airvana with an eye on C-RAN deployments". FierceWireless. FierceMarkets. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "Airvana Takes Market Share Lead in Femtocell Market". www.commscope.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ McCarthy, Maureen. "Post IP lawsuit, Airvana sells network biz to rival Ericsson". Boston Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ "Airvana Names Former Nortel Exec As New CEO". Cellular News. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ Ricknas, Mikael. "Ethernet will help small cells take off in the enterprise, says Airvana". Computerworld. IDG. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ Thomas, Sarah. "Airvana DMS Promises Small Cell Nirvana". Light Reading. Light Reading. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ "GSMA Press Office". Global Mobile Awards. Archived from the original on 2015-03-23. Retrieved 1 May 2015.