Der Deal wird im Februar vollzogen.Sierra plant über Maingate europäischen Firmen komplette Device-to-Cloud-Lösungen anzubieten
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR) is acquiring Wireless Maingate, a Swedish provider of M2M connectivity and messaging services for 500+ European clients, for $90M in cash. The deal is expected to close in February.
With Maingate forecasting 2014 revenue of over $19M (to go with EBITDA of $6M), Sierra is paying less than 5x sales. The purchase is expected to be immediately accretive to earnings.
Maingate's services connect over 500K M2M devices, and are paired with a service management platform for handling customer interactions. The company also has a data management business (focused on energy services) that will be retained by current shareholders.
Sierra, already a major provider of M2M hardware, plans to use Maingate to offer European firms "complete device-to-cloud solutions, with fully integrated hardware, embedded software development tools, cloud-based application development, device and subscription management, and wireless services."
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Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ:SWIR) is acquiring Wireless Maingate, a Swedish provider of M2M connectivity and messaging services for 500+ European clients, for $90M in cash. The deal is expected to close in February.
With Maingate forecasting 2014 revenue of over $19M (to go with EBITDA of $6M), Sierra is paying less than 5x sales. The purchase is expected to be immediately accretive to earnings.
Maingate's services connect over 500K M2M devices, and are paired with a service management platform for handling customer interactions. The company also has a data management business (focused on energy services) that will be retained by current shareholders.
Sierra, already a major provider of M2M hardware, plans to use Maingate to offer European firms "complete device-to-cloud solutions, with fully integrated hardware, embedded software development tools, cloud-based application development, device and subscription management, and wireless services."
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