Simnovus
Simnovus builds software-defined 5G/4G/NTN testing platforms that run on COTS servers, providing UE and O-RU simulators, network emulators, and passive monitoring tools to telecom equipment manufacturers, operators, and satellite companies via annual subscriptions.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2017
- HeadquartersCary, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Simnovus does
Simnovus is a private software company founded in 2017 that builds software-defined telecom testing platforms used to validate 4G, 5G NR, NB-IoT, RedCap, and Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) base stations, devices, and Open RAN components. Its portfolio runs on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) servers with general-purpose processors (GPP) and software-defined radios (SDR), removing the need for proprietary RF test appliances, calibration, or shielded chambers. Core products include the UE Simulator, Simnovator Infinity (a high-scale UE simulator supporting up to 60,000+ UEs via multi-server clustering), the O-RU Simulator and High-Scale O-RU Simulator, the Network Emulator, DeepSignal for passive over-the-air monitoring, and SatTrack Intelligence for NTN scenario planning.
The company's primary customers are network equipment manufacturers, telecom operators, and satellite/NTN providers, with academia as a secondary segment. Revenue is generated through all-inclusive annual subscription licenses for the software platform, professional services covering 3GPP, O-RAN, and cloud-native engineering, and hardware sales of validated COTS servers and SDR cards. Distribution is via direct enterprise field sales with expert-led demo scheduling and active participation in industry events such as MWC Barcelona and MWC Las Vegas.
Simnovus is headquartered in Bangalore, India, with a US regional office in Cary, North Carolina. It has raised $2 million in Series A funding led by Gray Ventures (April 2023), with Dragon Capital and individual investors as participants, and reports between 11 and 50 employees. Strategic partnerships include Radisys (Open RAN interoperability validated at CableLabs, January 2024), IOS MCN (India 5G/6G consortium, August 2024), the Mobile Satellite Services Association (March 2025), and academic adoption by K J Somaiya School of Engineering (August 2025). In 2025, the company expanded its portfolio with AI-powered testing and analytics capabilities.
Simnovus firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Simnovus
- Legal name
- Simnovus
- Website
- https://simnovus.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2017
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Simnovus builds software-defined 5G/4G/NTN testing platforms that run on COTS servers, providing UE and O-RU simulators, network emulators, and passive monitoring tools to telecom equipment manufacturers, operators, and satellite companies via annual subscriptions.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Simnovus industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Telecom Network Testing Software
- NAICS
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)
- SIC
- Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825)
- akta.pro primary industry
- vRAN & Open RAN Platforms (CU/DU, RIC, xApps/rApps) (HDAIAIAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Virtualized RAN & Open RAN (vRAN/O-RAN) (HDAFANAF), Virtualized EPC/5GC Core (vEPC/v5GC) (HDAFANAD)
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Where Simnovus is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Cary
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
Simnovus business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain
Revenue model
- Software Licenses (All-Inclusive Subscriptions): Simnovus sells all-inclusive annual subscription licenses for its UE Simulator, O-RU Simulator, Network Emulator, and other products. The license covers all core features, bands, and capabilities within a single price without per-option or per-feature costs. Hardware (COTS servers and SDR cards) is available as an add-on purchase.
- Professional Services: Professional services covering software architecture, cloud-native platform engineering, telecom automation and DevOps, and next-generation network expertise (3GPP, RAN, Core Network, IMS, O-RAN, NTN, IoT, RedCap, Network Slicing). Services are delivered using in-house products and platforms.
- Hardware Sales: Simnovus supplies servers with General Purpose Processors (GPP) and SDR cards at nominal cost, carefully validated for performance. Hardware is available as part of the Advanced package for the Network Emulator or separately sourced by customers for Mini and Classic tiers.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | All-inclusive annual subscription covering all features, bands, and RAT types |
| Subscription | Annual | Flexible subscription tiers based on number of UEs or O-RUs simulated |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels7 records
Simnovus product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Simnovus builds software-defined telecom testing platforms that run on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) servers, enabling telecom equipment manufacturers, operators, and satellite companies to validate 4G, 5G NR, NB-IoT, RedCap, and Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) base stations and devices at scale. Its portfolio includes UE simulators, O-RU simulators, network emulators, and over-the-air monitoring tools, sold primarily as all-inclusive annual subscriptions bundled with optional professional services.
Product overview
Simnovus is a telecom testing solutions provider offering a comprehensive software-based product portfolio for 4G, 5G, NB-IoT, RedCap, and Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) validation. The core platform consists of UE Simulators (including high-scale Simnovator Infinity), O-RU Simulators, and Network Emulators—all running as software on COTS servers. Supporting tools include DeepSignal for passive network monitoring, SatTrack Intelligence for NTN satellite tracking, and a 5G NR Frequency Toolkit. Professional Services provide integration and validation expertise. The unified software stack enables parallel testbeds, CI/CD automation via RESTful APIs, and eliminates the need for proprietary RF hardware.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- UE Simulator Software-based 5G/4G UE simulator that runs on COTS servers with general-purpose processors to enable base station validation with up to 1,000 UEs and 3 cells per unit, covering 5G, NB-IoT, LTE, RedCap, and NTN UEs for NEMs, operators, and device vendors.
- High-Scale UE Simulator (Simnovator Infinity) High-density UE simulation platform supporting up to 5,000 UEs per server and scaling to 60,000+ UEs via multi-server clustering, designed for macro base station validation under load, capacity testing, and large-scale regression testing.
- O-RU Simulator Software-based Open Radio Unit simulator that runs on COTS hardware to validate O-DU and O-CU interoperability with O-RUs from different vendors, including channel modeling, handovers, NTN, D2D, and RedCap support.
- High-Scale O-RU Simulator Pure-software UE and O-RU simulator scaling to 10,000 UEs and 64 cells on standard COTS servers for O-RAN disaggregated architectures, supporting eCPRI-based 7.2x split fronthaul, combined O-DU and O-CU testing, and CI/CD integration via RESTful APIs.
- Network Emulator 4G and 5G device testing platform supporting carrier bandwidth up to 100MHz and frequencies from 70MHz to 6GHz for FDD and TDD, with built-in channel emulation, IMS VoLTE/VoNR, and conducted RF or OTA testing for device certification labs and operators.
- DeepSignal Portable, SDR-based over-the-air LTE and 5G network monitoring solution that operates on a laptop without SIM cards or taps, providing real-time spectral efficiency, active device identification, resource utilization, and anomaly detection for public and private networks.
- SatTrack Intelligence NTN scenario planning tool providing real-time satellite awareness, tracking orbits, predicting overhead passes, and synchronizing tests with satellite movement for satellite operators, NTN providers, and 5G labs.
- 5G NR Frequency & ARFCN Toolkit Toolkit for ARFCN-to-frequency conversion, SSB and GSCN identification, and band-wise ARFCN, frequency range lookups, and bandwidth configuration across SCS for NR band deployments.
- Professional Services Expert services covering software architecture, cloud-native platform engineering, telecom automation and DevOps, and next-generation network expertise across 3GPP, RAN, Core Network, IMS, O-RAN, NTN, IoT, RedCap, and Network Slicing for telecom operators and NEMs.
Quantifiable outcome
- Scales to 60,000+ UEs via multi-server clustering for macro base station validation under realistic load
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Simnovus
Customer profileNamed customers1 record
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Simnovus technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration5 records
AI capability3 records
Feature9 records
Simnovus partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Five partnerships are on record, tiered strategic and core.
- K J Somaiya School of Engineering (KJSSE), Somaiya Vidyavihar UniversitystrategicKJSSE adopted Simnovus 5G solutions to empower future telecom engineers through academic programs. This partnership provides students with hands-on access to commercial-grade 5G testing tools, advancing both education and Simnovus' market presence in the academic segment.
- Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA)strategicSimnovus joined the Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA), an industry body advancing Direct-to-Device satellite connectivity standards and services. MSSA membership supports Simnovus' NTN validation capabilities and positions the company within the evolving D2D satellite ecosystem alongside SpaceX/T-Mobile, AST SpaceMobile, and others.
- IOS MCNstrategicSimnovus partnered with IOS MCN to accelerate open source 5G and 6G development in India. IOS MCN is an open-source mobile consortium focused on advancing 5G and 6G technologies in the Indian market, with Simnovus providing simulation and validation tools to support this ecosystem.
- CableLabscoreCableLabs hosted the Open RAN interoperability testing where Simnovus and Radisys validated seamless integration. CableLabs provides the testing facility and validation environment for multi-vendor O-RAN solutions.
- RadisyscoreSimnovus and Radisys achieved seamless Open RAN interoperability at CableLabs, demonstrating that Simnovus' UE simulator works with Radisys' Open RAN ecosystem. This collaboration paves the way for faster 5G deployments by validating multi-vendor interoperability in a controlled lab environment.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Simnovus competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Spirent Communications: Major provider of 5G, O-RAN, and NTN test and assurance solutions including UE simulation and base station validation. Closely comparable portfolio to Simnovus, particularly in O-RAN interoperability and CI/CD-friendly automation.
- EXFO: Telecom test, monitoring, and analytics vendor serving operators and NEMs with RAN and fiber test solutions. Comparable in network validation and monitoring use cases overlapping with Simnovus' DeepSignal product.
- Keysight Technologies: Dominant telecom test and measurement incumbent with comprehensive hardware/software portfolio spanning 5G, LTE, NTN, and O-RAN. Direct competitor in UE simulation, network emulation, and channel emulation where Simnovus positions its software-based alternatives.
- Viavi Solutions: Established telecom test equipment vendor with strong presence in RAN validation, NTN testing, and network assurance. Competes with Simnovus in lab-based 5G/NTN validation and is mentioned alongside it in ABI Research's software-defined satellite channel emulator report.
- Rohde & Schwarz: Global test and measurement leader with 5G NR, NTN, and satellite channel emulation solutions. Competes directly with Simnovus in NTN validation and is co-mentioned in ABI Research satellite channel emulator reports.
- Anritsu: Telecom test equipment vendor offering 5G NR, LTE, and device certification solutions. Overlaps with Simnovus in base station validation and device interoperability testing for mobile operators and NEMs.
Emerging players
- Mobileum: Telecom analytics and testing vendor serving operators with roaming, network testing, and 5G assurance solutions. Partial overlap with Simnovus in operator-facing testing, though broader in scope.
Regional players
- Parallel Wireless: Open RAN solution provider focused on rural and emerging-market deployments with end-to-end RAN software. Adjacent in the O-RAN ecosystem where Simnovus provides validation tooling for Open RAN components.
Others
- Radisys: Open RAN solution provider (O-CU, O-DU, integration services). Strategic partner (CableLabs interoperability milestone) and ecosystem peer in the O-RAN value chain — Simnovus validates Radisys' stack and vice versa.
Direct peers
- Valid8 (formerly Azimuth Systems): Specialized wireless testing vendor focused on real-world performance validation for 4G/5G devices and base stations. Comparable to Simnovus in targeting NEMs and operators with lab-based 5G validation tools.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Simnovus social profiles
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Valuation estimate
Simnovus leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles7 records
Simnovus funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds1 record
Investors2 records
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Simnovus M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Simnovus
What does Simnovus do?
Simnovus builds software-defined telecom testing platforms that run on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) servers, enabling telecom equipment manufacturers, operators, and satellite companies to validate 4G, 5G NR, NB-IoT, RedCap, and Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) base stations and devices at scale. Its portfolio includes UE simulators, O-RU simulators, network emulators, and over-the-air monitoring tools, sold primarily as all-inclusive annual subscriptions bundled with optional professional services.
Is Simnovus a public or private company?
Simnovus is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Simnovus founded?
Simnovus was founded in 2017. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Simnovus based?
Simnovus is headquartered in Cary, United States, in the North America region.
How does Simnovus make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Software Licenses (All-Inclusive Subscriptions) is the primary driver. The others are professional Services and hardware Sales.
Who are Simnovus's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Spirent Communications, EXFO, Keysight Technologies, Viavi Solutions, Rohde & Schwarz and Anritsu. Mobileum is listed as an emerging player. Parallel Wireless is listed as a regional player. Radisys is listed as an others. Valid8 (formerly Azimuth Systems) is listed as a direct peer.
Does Simnovus have an API?
Yes. Simnovus products offer RESTful APIs for CI/CD automation and integration. The UE Simulator and O-RU Simulator support REST-driven interfaces enabling automation with frameworks like Robot Framework, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD. Pre-packaged automation libraries and scripts are included with no scripting required. Developer documentation is at support.simnovus.com.
What industry is Simnovus in?
Simnovus's product category is Telecom Network Testing Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAIAIAA, vRAN & Open RAN Platforms (CU/DU, RIC, xApps/rApps), with a secondary code of HDAFANAF, Virtualized RAN & Open RAN (vRAN/O-RAN). Its NAICS code is 54151 and its SIC code is 7372.