Druid Software acquires German radio access network software developer
Druid Software, a provider of specialised core network software, has acquired the team and intellectual property assets of Node-H, a Munich-based specialist in radio access network (RAN) software and user equipment technologies. Financial terms of the deal were not released.
The transaction brings a highly experienced group of software engineers into Druid and adds complementary RAN-related software expertise and IP to the company’s private networks portfolio. This gives the company additional technical depth in RAN-related software, enabling closer integration with existing RAN partners while maintaining Druid’s focus on core network software and private network solutions.
For Druid, the acquisition also significantly expands its engineering capacity at a time of strong demand for private 4G and 5G networks across enterprise, industrial, public safety and mission-critical environments.
“Bringing the Node-H team into Druid gives us additional, extremely valuable experience and software engineering talent, with deep knowledge of private cellular networks,” said Liam Kenny, CEO of Druid Software. “Our priority is to keep delivering for customers and partners as demand for private 4G and 5G continues to grow. This acquisition increases our capacity, strengthens our technical depth and helps us accelerate the development of a more unified, easier-to-manage private network platform.”
The acquired IP will support Druid’s ongoing development of its unified management platform, helping customers and partners simplify the deployment, operation and lifecycle management of private networks. It also creates opportunities for Druid to license selected software assets to other companies operating in the open radio access network (O-RAN) and RAN ecosystem.
Druid will continue to focus on its core network software and private cellular platform. The Node-H expertise and IP will be used to deepen integration with RAN partners, improve multi-vendor network management and support more complete private network solutions for customers.
“Node-H has built deep expertise in specialised cellular software, and we are pleased that our team and technology will now become part of Druid,” said Mike Cronin, CEO of Node-H. “Druid has a strong position in private networks, and we look forward to contributing to the next stage of its growth.”
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