Aptilo Networks

Aptilo Networks

Company type	Private
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	September 2001
Founder	Jan Sjonell Jonas Lagerquist Paul Mikkelsen Per Knutsson Torbjorn Ward Ulf Stigberg
Headquarters	Stockholm , Sweden
Key people	CEO: Paul Mikkelsen CFO: Ulf Stigberg
Products	Mobile data offloading, Radius servers, AAA servers, Hotspot (Wi-Fi), PCRF servers, Wi-Fi
Number of employees	75+ (Q1 2012 Worldwide)
Website	www.aptilo.com

Aptilo Networks was a company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, which produced and marketed software to manage mobile data and Wi-Fi services for 3G, LTE, WiMAX, Wi-Fi and fixed broadband networks, including for mobile data offloading using Wi-Fi. Aptilo's service management platform (a modern, high-performance and highly available AAA) controls billing, user services and access within the network. The company offered service management and policy control for both telephony network operators and Internet service providers.

In addition to its headquarters, Aptilo had regional offices in Kuala Lumpur, Dallas Texas and Dubai. ^[1]

In 2020, Aptilo Networks was acquired by Enea Software and now operates as a section within the Network Solutions business unit of Enea.

Products and services

Aptilo Networks is a supplier of telecommunication software for telecommunication operators including Wi-Fi and WiMAX service providers. The company's main product is the Aptilo ALE, a modern, high-performance and highly available AAA, scaling up to millions of transactions per second and hundreds of millions of subscribers in the internal database. The ALE platform allows a large range of use cases including policy control, Radius servers, AAA servers, Hotspot (Wi-Fi), PCRF servers, software for Wi-Fi calling ^[2] in Evolved Packet Core networks and various 5G network functions.

Awards

Aptilo Networks has received the following awards:

• Fierce Innovation Awards 2015 Winner – Traffic Offload Category ^[3]
• Light Reading – Company of the Year (Private) 2014, Leading Lights Award ^[4]

History

In June 2001, Aptilo Networks was founded by members of the former management group for Axis Communications' Mobile Internet division and took over the Mobile Access Server product and its development. In October 2001, Aptilo Networks secured its first large Wi-Fi deployment at Copenhagen Airport. Aptilo has grown rapidly ^[5] and currently has systems deployed in more than 70 countries by companies such as Hutchison 3G, ^[6] TeliaSonera, ^[7] Batelco, ^[8] Telekom Malaysia ^[9] and Telenor. ^[10]

Acquisitions

In January 2011, Aptilo acquired Service Factory, a division of Birdstep Technology. ^[11]

References

1. "Contact us - Aptilo". Aptilo Networks. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
2. "Wi-Fi Calling (next-generation) 3GPP AAA - Aptilo". Aptilo Networks.
3. "FIA2015 Telecom Innovation Report" (PDF).
4. "Leading Lights Awards 2014: The Winners". Light Reading.
5. "Norvestor invests in Aptilo" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
6. "3 Scandinavia Selects Aptilo Networks for 3G and LTE Service Delivery" (Press release). Retrieved 25 April 2016.
7. "Aptilo Enables Wi-Fi Services for FIS Nordic World Ski Championships" . Retrieved 25 April 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
8. "Broadband operator Batelco selects Aptilo Networks to launch new pre-paid initiative". 5 August 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
9. Augustsson, Tomas (5 November 2003). "Aptilo kopplar upp norra Malaysia". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
10. "Telenor re-launches 400 wireless hotspots based on technology from Aptilo Networks". Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
11. "Aptilo Buys Birdstep IP Biz" . Retrieved 25 April 2016.