u-blox is a Swiss company that creates wireless semiconductors and modules for consumer, automotive and industrial markets. They operate as a fablessIC and design house. The company originated as a spin-off from ETH Zurich and was founded in 1997.[4] u-blox went public on the Swiss exchange (SIX; symbol UBXN) in 2007.[5] In 2025, private equity firm Advent International agreed to acquire u-blox via a public tender offer, and later announced completion of the transaction.[6][7]
In 2016, the company opened a new office in Taipei, Taiwan.[11] On November 26, 2025, three months after agreeing to buy it for $1.3billion,[12] it was announced that the private equity firm Advent International had completed the acquisition of the company.[13]
u-blox listed its shares on the SWX Swiss Exchange (now SIX Swiss Exchange) in October 2007.[14][15] In August 2025, Advent International announced a planned acquisition of the company via a cash tender offer, and u-blox confirmed the proposal; the takeover was later treated as a corporate action and reported as completed in November 2025.[16][17][18]
In January 2025, u-blox announced a strategic decision to increase its focus on its "Locate" business and to phase out its Cellular business.[19]
Products and technology
u-blox organizes its product portfolio around positioning (GNSS) and short-range wireless communication components, and also offers related services such as GNSS correction services for high-precision positioning.[20][21][22]
u-blox provides starter kits which allow quick prototyping of variety of applications for the Internet of Things.[23] It develops and sells chips and modules that support global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), including receivers for GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou and QZSS.[24] The wireless range consists of GSM-, UMTS- and CDMA2000 and LTE modules, as well as Bluetooth- and WiFi-modules. All these products enable the delivery of complete systems for location-based services and M2M applications (machine-to-machine communication) in the Internet of Things, that rely on the convergence of 2G/3G/4G, Bluetooth-, Wi-Fi technology and satellite navigation.[25] A collaboration to create GNSS receiver that work globally was started between u-blox, SoftBank and ALES in 2021.[26] One year later, in 2022, u-blox released the at the time smallest LTE Cat 4 Module LARA-L6.[27] The company launched a dual-band GNSS module in 2023 that uses the L1 as well as the L5 GPS frequency bands.[28] In 2024 u-blox released the LEXI-R10, which was, according to the company, the smallest LTE Cat 1bis module at time of launch.[29][30]
Acquisitions
They acquired a dozen companies after their IPO in 2007, after acquiring connectblue[31] in 2014 and Lesswire in 2015 [32] they acquired Rigado's module business in 2019.[33] In 2019, u-blox acquired Rigado's Bluetooth modules business and stated that the portfolio would be integrated into its short-range radio offering.[34][35] In 2020, u-blox acquired Thingstream.[36] In 2021, u-blox AG acquired Sapcorda Services GmbH, a provider of high precision GNSS (global navigation satellite system) services.[37] and Naventik GmbH, a German company specializing in the development of safe positioning solutions for autonomous driving.[38]
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