{"id":33766,"date":"2021-12-03T12:35:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T12:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/futurenetworks\/?p=33766"},"modified":"2021-12-03T12:35:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T12:35:57","slug":"ericsson-acquires-vonage-in-a-deal-for-5g-enterprise-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/ericsson-acquires-vonage-in-a-deal-for-5g-enterprise-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ericsson acquires Vonage in a deal for 5G enterprise innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ericsson has announced an agreement to acquire the IP communications business Vonage for $6.2 billion. Pending regulatory review and clearance, the deal is expected to close in H1 2022. Vonage is best known for its roots as a consumer VoIP telephony business before WhatsApp and the smartphone era led to a broad substitution of traditional phone calls for messaging and video calls. However, it has quietly but steadily shifted into enterprise, amassing a vast network of 1 million developers and 200 telecoms operator partnerships that allow the company to sell iterated versions of IoT, voice, video and authentication services to business customers.<\/p>\n<p>The strategic rationale of this acquisition for Ericsson is to unleash the power of 5G innovation through the \u2018network as a platform\u2019 paradigm. Sectors such as healthcare, finance, transportation and retail are all in play, leveraging Vonage\u2019s assets and developers alongside Ericsson\u2019s own telecoms operator customer base and technology R&amp;D leadership. With enterprise a large part of the incremental 5G revenue opportunity, this type of go-to-market model leveraging developer scale and customisation for end clients is likely to grow more widely.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/click.email.gsma.com\/?qs=eb15337da0a2bf8a42faa9c24be602c026448694ec985b488a9f3607377f1fb503818e5e55c75bc3a0bab99bb7585dd151580abde85fb246\" href=\"http:\/\/click.email.gsma.com\/?qs=eb15337da0a2bf8a42faa9c24be602c026448694ec985b488a9f3607377f1fb503818e5e55c75bc3a0bab99bb7585dd151580abde85fb246\" data-linkto=\"https:\/\/\">Click here to read more (Reuters)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ericsson has announced an agreement to acquire the IP communications business Vonage for $6.2 billion. Pending regulatory review and clearance, the deal is expected to close in H1 2022. 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