Ubiik acquires Mimomax to bring wireless solutions for utilities, critical infrastructure
Tienhaw Peng of Ubiik
Ubiik, a provider in advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and private LTE (pLTE) (long term evolution) solutions, has announced the acquisition of New Zealand-based Mimomax Wireless, a provider of communication solutions for narrowband channels. This acquisition will accelerate Ubiik’s market expansion and will bring Ubiik’s pLTE product line to Mimomax’s global customer base.
The new combined entity aims to bring wireless solutions to market which will modernise communications for utilities and critical infrastructure. On track to exceed 1 million AMI device deployments by 2024, Ubiik continues to create based on its Weightless and cellular IoT LPWAN (low-power, wide-area network) technologies, as well as its headend software infrastructure. Tackling the coverage limitations of existing public LTE networks that impede utilities’ AMI deployments, Ubiik is forging ahead as a market provider in the pLTE landscape.
“We’re excited to join forces with Mimomax, a technology leader in high throughput and high reliability narrowband wireless communication systems for the utility sector,” says Tienhaw Peng, founder and CEO of Ubiik. “Our foray into the US pLTE market was driven by Ubiik’s homegrown solutions, and this acquisition of Mimomax injects additional momentum into our collective growth. In tandem, we’re poised to boost the performance, security, and cost-effectiveness of critical networks. Our commitment to propelling efficiencies for Utility and Industrial customers remains steadfast as we continue to unveil ground-breaking products and explore future acquisitions.”
The debut of Ubiik’s freeRAN and goRAN base stations aims to meet the demand from utilities for highly secure, scalable 3GPP standardised technologies. By joining forces, Ubiik and Mimomax can now offer an array of new possibilities for business communications.
For example, existing US Utility customers who have deployed Mimomax products in the narrowband 700 MHz Upper Block A can now leverage their spectrum acquisition through adding Ubiik’s goRAN NB-IoT (narrowband-Internet of Things) Band 103 as a retrofit. This new opportunity offers the ability to connect smart metres and IoT devices for a fraction of the cost of deploying new pLTE infrastructure.
“Combining Mimomax’s legacy of resilient, mission critical-grade radio solutions with Ubiik’s deep understanding of AMI and pLTE represents an exciting prospect for our customers,” says Paul Reid, CEO at Mimomax Wireless. “The joining of Ubiik and Mimomax will enable one of the most comprehensive product portfolios available – from the rigors of teleprotection and critical linking to the operational gains of field area networking, to metre infrastructure, sensors and even streetlights. This acquisition promotes a product line-up, and know how, that will meet the full spectrum of requirements – be it mission or business critical, narrowband or LTE.”
Beyond synergies in product offerings, the joint entity of Ubiik and Mimomax also brings support resources and client services closer to Ubiik customer sites in Australia, the US and New Zealand, where Mimomax has been operating offices.
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