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Metaswitch Buys OpenCloud to Expand VoLTE Portfolio

Metaswitch Buys OpenCloud to Expand VoLTE Portfolio Image Credit: OpenCloud

Network software provider, Metaswitch announced that it has acquired OpenCloud, enabling it to offer global service providers a pure-play software VoLTE solution, adding OpenCloud's Rhino Telecom Application Server (TAS) to its Clearwater IMS Core and Perimeta SBC.

The VoLTE market is experiencing a period of rapid growth, with subscribers estimated to have exceeded 310 million at the end of 2016 and predicted to exceed 1 billion by the end of 2020, according to a recent report from IHS Markit. IHS Markit also forecasts growth of the NFV MANO and VNF market at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 42 percent — from $2.2 billion in 2015 to $12.4 billion in 2020. 

Given the above figures, Metaswitch is confident that cloud native communications software is one of the keys to unlocking the benefits (lower capex and opex, agility, rapid innovation) promised by NFV.

The Rhino TAS is an open platform for extension and development by its network operator customers and their developer partners through an extensive set of APIs and SDKs, available from partners through RhinoMarket. This enables them to have more control of the direction, speed and cost of their network and service evolution than they do when working with other vendors.

Martin Lund, CEO, Metaswitch
The acquisition of OpenCloud is a key part of our portfolio expansion strategy to fully serve both mobile and converged network operators. Global operators have long looked to Metaswitch for innovative communication solutions and we are now perfectly placed to ensure the rapid deployment of VoLTE today, and to quickly deliver differentiated services on the path to 5G.

Ian Clarke, CEO, OpenCloud 
Both companies have outstanding engineering teams, a commitment to continued leadership in virtualized network functions, proven mobile service solutions and a dedication to advancing the cause of our mobile customers, worldwide.

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