Ookla Acquires Mobile Network Testing Firm Solutelia

Ookla, the global leader in network intelligence, testing platforms and related technologies, on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Solutelia and its flagship WINd software suite. 

Ookla’s enterprise products give mobile network operators unparalleled competitive insights into the consumer experience on networks all over the world, while Solutelia’s WINd platform evolves legacy drive-testing and walk-testing tools and eliminates the need for outdated, time-consuming methods of post-processing data. Solutelia’s innovative solutions for indoor, outdoor and competitive benchmark testing allow network operators and integrators to rapidly improve mobile network performance with real-time streaming KPIs, remote control of test devices, near-real-time post-processing and cloud-based analytics — with consumer network experience at the heart of the system.

The advent of 5G is resulting in substantial changes to the physical footprint of networks, which will require more cell sites and more intelligent, complex radio networks. This radical shift in the industry means that network operators need to be able to massively scale their testing and optimization efforts, without a commensurate increase in operational spending. Solutelia’s revolutionary approach to data collection has fundamentally reimagined drive and walk testing, creating process efficiencies and delivering instant network insights, while removing operational complexity and reducing network management costs.

Solutelia’s WINd platform, which natively leverages Ookla’s Speedtest methodology for throughput testing, allows operators to turn that network intelligence into immediate action in the field. With the addition of Solutelia’s WINd platform to its enterprise product suite, Ookla now provides solutions to support operators through each stage of mobile network planning, site verification, monitoring, optimization and performance assurance.