When Active Broadband Network’s OSS Business decided to join Volaris Group, they gained access to a wealth of best practices and a global customer base. Read more about their acquisition story in this case study.

1. ACTIVE BROADBAND
NETWORKS (ABN)
V O L A R I S G R O U P C A S E S T U D Y

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Active Broadband Networks (ABN) specializes indeveloping
Operations Support Systems (OSS) solutions for
Communication Service Providers (CSP). Its OSS solutions
assist CSPs in the analysis of subscriber-based broadband
data usage, enabling operators and end users to understand
and manage their data plans.
In 2014, ABN was faced with an opportunity to develop a
new solution using software-defined–networking (SDN).
This new technology was early in its development, however
with significant interest from its existing customers and the
prospect of creating a new market, ABN elected to pursue the
option. This strategic decision would require significant capital
and time to execute properly, leaving the OSS business in a
critical position.
Background

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ABN and Volaris Group had been in discussions for several years
about potential partnerships and strategic alternatives. ABN
was particularly interested in the Volaris Group’s expertise in
developing and growing software businesses and believed that
there was a possibility for Volaris to take over the core OSS side
of ABN’s business to provide the support and scale necessary to
continue to develop this product line and support their growing
OSS customer base allowing ABN to pursue their SDN initiative.
Volaris Group was able to structure a transaction where the OSS
side of the business would spin-out from the core business.
Finding a Solution
After joining Volaris Group’s portfolio of software businesses
ABN’s OSS business was placed under the portfolio management
of Incognito, a larger OSS business with a global 250+ customer
base. Since then, the ABN product suite has been strengthened
in terms of global customer service and project delivery capacity,
which in turn has increased the stability and longevity of this
solution in the marketplace.
Today, ABN’s key OSS customers continue to enjoy the flexibility
and responsiveness of a dynamic small organization with the
stability and support of a global corporation to back them up.
This partnership has helped position and prepare the ABN OSS
product line for future strategic and organic growth.
Post-Transaction Success
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The acquisition of ABN’s OSS business
put Volaris in position to transition their
growing customer base into Incognito’s
global customer support organization,
and provide a strong platform for sustained
investment in the product suite. This helped
to solve a major continuity issue for ABN,
which gave the business peace of mind to
focus on their SDN initiative.”
—David Nyland, President,
Communications & Media“

4. We are eager to grow our solution suite and
customer base through acquisition. ABN’s products
provide us with the opportunity to offer innovative
new solutions to help our customers analyze and
monetize demand for data services from their
broadband subscribers.”
—Stephane Bourque, CEO of Incognito“