Comptel

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Comptel Corporation
TypePublic (NASDAQ OMX Helsinki: CTL1V)
IndustryTelecommunications Software
Headquarters Helsinki, Finland
Area served
Worldwide
Number of employees
750+
Website www.comptel.com

Comptel Corporation was an international software company specialising in telecommunications. Nokia acquired Comptel in 2017 to merge it as a part of its Nokia Software business unit.

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History

Comptel was founded in Helsinki, Finland in 1986; the trade register entry was made on June 30. Initially the company was a system development and IT subsidiary of Helsinki Telephone Association. Comptel was listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki in 1999 under the code CTL1V.

In 2005, Comptel acquired EDB Telecom, a telecom subsidiary of a Norwegian IT company EDB Business Partner, [1] and in 2008, Axiom Systems, a UK-based software product company that focused on the broadband fulfilment market. [2]

Before the acquisition by Nokia, Comptel operated globally in the developing Operations Support Systems (OSS) market for telecommunications and had offices in 20 locations. Comptel employed about 750 people. [3] Major hubs were in Helsinki, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Lysaker in Norway and Reading, UK. Comptel’s OSS product portfolio consisted of mediation, charging, policy control, fulfilment and provisioning and activation. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

On February 9, 2017, Nokia announced that it would acquire Comptel. [10] The acquisition was completed on June 29, 2017. [11]

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