Insight
M&A deal volume in the Communications sector in 2025 (261 deals) was strong, almost reaching 2024’s volume of 267, and exceeding 2022’s and 2023’s volumes. Demand was strong from both strategic and financial buyers, with PE firms accounting for 42% of the transactions. Disclosed deal value was $8.2B, well above 2023 and 2024 levels. However, only 14% of the transactions disclosed valuations as buyers continued to guard details of their M&A strategies.
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Seller: Velocidata Seller Details: VelociData is the technology leader enabling high-volume and high-velocity data movement and processing at scale, providing demonstrable decreases in processing time and enabling mission-critical real-time actionable analytics and intelligence as a service. Buyer Details: OpenVault and OpenVault Europe GmbH are market-leading sources of broadband technology solutions and data-driven insights into worldwide broadband consumption patterns. The companies' cloud-based, SaaS solutions and tools help service providers optimize network performance, increase revenue and improve subscriber satisfaction. OpenVault and OpenVault Europe aggregate and analyze the resulting market data to provide unparalleled granular views of consumer usage that can be used to anticipate residential and business broadband trends. Deal Descriptions: The acquisition will combine OpenVault's product portfolio and industry-leading analytics expertise with VelociData's research and development capabilities and Tier 1 footprint in the United States and Latin America to turbocharge solutions capabilities for cable, fiber, and wireless broadband operators. |
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