Airvana: Empowering wireless networks to deliver seamless, high-quality multimedia services through innovative mobile and Wi-Fi solutions.
Airvana, Inc. provides network infrastructure products enabling wireless operators to deliver mobile broadband services. Utilizing Internet protocol technology, their software and hardware facilitate broadband-quality multimedia services across mobile phones, laptops, and other devices. These services include Internet access, email, music downloads, video, IP-TV, gaming, push-to-talk, and voice-over-IP. The company is also working on fixed-mobile convergence products allowing operators to use existing wireline broadband connections in offices and homes for wireless services through a mix of mobile and Wi-Fi networks. Airvana, Inc. partners with Nortel Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks, Thomson, Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Hitachi, Pirelli Broadband Solutions, and Qualcomm. Since its founding in 2000, the company has its headquarters in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, with additional offices in Dallas, Texas; Bangalore, India; Cambridge, the United Kingdom; Madrid, Spain; Darmstadt, Germany; Beijing, China; Singapore; and Tokyo, Japan. As of December 2009, Airvana (NASDAQ: AIRV) has finalized an agreement with a newly established company owned by affiliates of S.A.C. Private Capital Group, LLC, GSO Capital Partners LP, Sankaty Advisors LLC, and ZelnickMedia, in a deal valued at approximately $530 million.
Last Investment: $40.00MVenture Round investment at 21 March 2002
Last Investment Investors: Qualcomm Ventures, Comvest Venture Partners, Matrix
