Nokia buys SON specialist Eden Rock

News Wireless Global 27 MEI 2015
Nokia buys SON specialist Eden Rock
Nokia Networks announced an agreement to acquire Eden Rock Communications, creator of the Eden-NET SON platform. Through this acquisition, Nokia Networks aims to boost its position on the radio network optimisation market with support for multivendor self-optimising networks. Eden-NET provides a highly extensible SON operating system which includes a large toolbox of SON modules as well as open API to develop further modules. Deployed in diverse network deployments, Eden-Net provides SON functionality to over 1 million cells (GSM, UMTS and LTE) and 50 million subscribers globally. 

No financial details of the takeover were disclosed; the acquisition is expected to close in Q3. Nokia said that Eden's employees will continue to work from Seattle, which will become a new Nokia Networks work site. 

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Nokia,  Eden Rock Communications,  Nokia Networks

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