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Australia's Powerlan wins control of Omnix Software
2008-09-03 15:35:48
London, UK. September 3, 2008 – Omnix Software, a privately-held UK-based provider of software systems for telecoms operators which help organisations to plan, launch and manage their wireless networks, today announced that Powerlan, the specialist Australian-based information technology group, has purchased a 51% interest in the company for an undisclosed sum.
Powerlan's UK-based European general manager,
William Tickner, has been appointed as Omnix Software’s CEO
with immediate effect. The company’s founder and current owner, Martin Coates, will remain as chairman. Omnix Software
assists mobile operators to deliver complex network projects and manage
network assets. It has a global customer base which includes major operators
such as Vodafone, Orange, O2/Telefonica, Millicom, Celtel-Zain,
Orascom and Mobilkom. Omnix Software will shortly complete its next generation
product roll-out at Vodafone Ireland.
The Omnix
software platform is an OSS resource and workflow management tool, specifically
designed to provide today's 2G, 2.5G and 3G mobile telecoms operators with a
comprehensive solution to manage all aspects of planning, building, and
operating a wireless network. Omnix Software focuses on helping mobile network
operators realise operational efficiency across the entire network lifecycle,
creating demonstrable savings within the engineering and infrastructure function
and driving large potential reductions in the capital requirement for
infrastructure rollout.
The acquisition
of the majority shareholding in Omnix Software directly complements the
activities of one of Powerlan’s other businesses, Clarity, a specialist in unified operational support systems (OSS). Clarity provides proven,
pre-integrated inventory, fulfilment and assurance applications on a single
SID-based database, enabling real-time executive visibility of the network's
impact on revenues and customer experience. Clarity has offices in, Asia, Europe
the Middle East and Africa. Strong synergies
are expected between Clarity and Omnix.
William Tickner commented:
“Omnix Software’s solutions and global mobile customer base creates a new market
opportunity for Powerlan as well as being a complementary extension to sister
company, Clarity’s OSS product portfolio. We are planning to expand our operations in several geographies. In Asia Pacific in
particular we see significant potential for Omnix within Clarity’s established
Tier 1 mobile client base, to seamlessly extend existing network inventory
solutions into the asset management domain.”
Formerly Andrew Network Solutions, Omnix Software is headquartered in Bristol and was founded in 1998. Its products address the key business
issues facing mobile operators in the planning, rollout and management of 2G,
2.5G and 3G networks. Its flagship product, Omnix is a
modular OSS
resource and workflow management solution, comprising infrastructure project
delivery, property management and asset management.
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