Yorkshire telecoms provider Simetric Telecom has been聽acquired by Tango Networks in the US.
Founded in 2009 by Gavin Sweet and John Murray, Simetric operates an intelligent next generation聽telecoms network that seamlessly blends fixed communications and mobile services to deliver unified telecommunications.
The company鈥檚 Mobile-X service provides enterprises with converged mobile communications encompassing the full enterprise telephony feature set.
The acquisition, by Texas-based Tango Networks, creates a portfolio of global mobile communications solutions, uniquely focused on the needs of today鈥檚 mobile workforce.
Together the companies will supply large businesses, hosted communications providers and telecom resellers with a comprehensive portfolio of communications services that revolutionise enterprise mobility.
鈥淛oining forces with Tango Networks will raise our service offerings and market reach to an entirely new level,鈥� said Simetric managing director Gavin Sweet.
Tango Networks CEO Doug Bartek said: 鈥淭he Simetric and Tango Networks combination creates an unmatched portfolio of solutions for聽enterprise mobile communications.
鈥淲e鈥檙e committed to providing Simetric鈥檚 community of partners and resellers with the same reliable, innovative services and high level of support that they have received from Simetric over the years.鈥�
The combined offerings will be the industry鈥檚 first to seamlessly integrate 鈥榤obile native鈥� voice, text and data communications with enterprise telephony and applications.
That innovation will give enterprise customers a ubiquitous, global communications fabric, covering all employees in any location.
Tango Networks has partnered with聽Gamma, a leading supplier of voice, data and mobile products and services in the UK, to offer integrated radio access into the Simetric and Tango Networks platforms to offer fixed-to-mobile converged services to its wholesale interconnect and platform partners.
ASC, a worldwide leading software provider of omni-channel recording, quality management and analytics, was announced as a compliance solution partner for the new combined Tango Networks and Simetric offerings.
鈥淢ore and more essential business communications are taking place on mobile devices that are not traditionally in the control of enterprise IT,鈥� said ASC CEO Dr. Gerald Kromer.
鈥淏ut these communications are not exempt from compliance requirements for collection and retention.
鈥淭he new Tango Networks and Simetric offerings will create powerful new mobility flexibility for enterprises while at the same time integrating mobile communications with ASC鈥檚 recording solutions to ensure compliance.鈥�
Simetric is now operating as a subsidiary of Tango Networks. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.