What Kleos does

Kleos designs and manufactures end-to-end wireless communications systems, with its core product being the Pegasus family of 4G+/5G-ready macro base stations (8T8R, 4T4R, 2T2R TDD variants plus 100X/FDD, Ex-7R/FDD, and 5000/CBRS models) complemented by a 4G+ Core EPC/NMS built on NFV-structured X86 hardware. The company's technology differentiation rests on proprietary spectral efficiency techniques (claimed up to 50 bits/sec/Hz/cell), the 'Whispering Concept' that focuses signals below noise level toward end-users, massive intelligent MIMO, and radio-layer security using spatial division multiple access. Reported performance metrics include up to 10km coverage radius, 3,000 concurrent users, and 2KW power consumption per BTS, translating into advertised operator OPEX reductions of up to 35%.

The company operates a hybrid go-to-market combining direct enterprise sales to mobile network operators (MNOs), governments, and infrastructure companies — supported by live demo capabilities in Paris and streaming 'Try Our Performance' sessions — with a channel partner program recruiting sole distributors and business introducers (e.g., Cognitive Corporate Finance in Spain, 2019). Revenue is generated primarily through hardware sales of base stations and core network solutions, supplemented by platform licensing, professional services (telecom advisory, RF design, network optimization), and a small portfolio of niche-market solutions (Cygr tactical ad-hoc networks, border control, fire detection, tracking and surveillance). Kleos also acts as a licensed telecom operator via its Greenisis JV in Bahrain (2009) and an operator license in Mozambique (2014). It is privately held, headquartered in Southport, UK with R&D in Orsay, France, and reports a global footprint across 6 continents and 73 countries with approximately 550 collaborators.

Name

Kleos

Legal name

Kleos

Website

https://kleos.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Kleos designs and manufactures proprietary 4G+/5G-ready base stations and core network solutions for mobile operators, governments, and infrastructure companies, primarily serving emerging markets across Africa, the Middle East, and Oceania from its UK and France offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wireless Telecommunications Infrastructure

NAICS

Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction (237130)

SIC

Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment (No Computer Equip) (3600)

akta.pro primary industry

Substation & Interconnection EPC (Collector/POI Substations, Switchyards) (EUAEADAC)

Keywords

• Mobile base stations
• Radio access networks
• 4G LTE infrastructure
• 5G network platforms
• Telecom core network

Headquarters

HQ city

Southport

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Base Station Hardware Sales: Sale of Pegasus 4G+/5G-ready macro base stations including various models (8T8R, 4T4R, 2T2R TDD and FDD variants) to MNOs and operators.
2. Professional Services & Consulting: Telecom advisory and consulting services including telecom operations feasibility studies, IP network design & optimization, and radio frequency design for governments and operators.
3. Core Network Solutions: 4G+ Core EPC and NMS solutions sold as part of end-to-end platform offering, based on NFV-structured X86 hardware platform.
4. Platform Licensing: Licensing of proprietary technology and platform capabilities to operators and partners for deployment of 5G services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kleos designs and manufactures the Pegasus family of 4G+/5G-ready macro base stations (BTS) and complementary 4G+ Core EPC/NMS network solutions for mobile network operators, governments and infrastructure companies. The platform is extended with specialized solutions for public safety, tactical communications, border control, IoT and telecom consulting services, delivered primarily through direct enterprise sales and a partner distribution network.

Product overview

Kleos offers a unified platform-plus-modules architecture centered on its PEGASUS base station family and 4G+/5G core infrastructure. The core product line includes PEGASUS macro base stations in multiple variants (8T8R/TDD, 4T4R/TDD, 2T2R/TDD, 100 X/FDD, 100 X Ex-7R/FDD, 5000/CBRS) supporting various deployment scenarios from urban dense environments to rural coverage and hazardous industrial settings. Supporting the base stations are 4G+ Core EPC (Evolved Packet Core) and 4G+ Core NMS (Network Management System) for core network functions. The platform is extended through specialized IoT applications including smart industries, smart cities, and smart education, plus niche market solutions for public safety networks, border control, fire detection, and tracking & surveillance. Tactical communications are supported through the Kleos Cygr platform. Consulting and advisory services complement the product portfolio for network design and optimization. The 5G platform provides next-generation capabilities with emphasis on safety and spectral efficiency.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pegasus: Kleos' flagship 4G+ macro base station product line including 8T8R/TDD, 4T4R/TDD, 2T2R/TDD, and 100 X/FDD models.
• Cygr
• 4G+ Core EPC

Products and services

• Pegasus 8T8R / TDD Flagship Kleos macro base station and one of the most powerful 4G+ BTS in the market, suitable as carrier-grade macro site for mobile services with high penetration in high-density urban environments. Supports LTE/LTE-A with 8T8R, 4T4R, 2T2R and 1T1R configurations, up to 6x20MHz processing capacity, SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO.
• Pegasus 4T4R / TDD Base station model most suitable for deployment in less dense environments where a balanced ratio of coverage and capacity is required. Can be modularly upgraded to 8T8R/TDD.
• Pegasus 2T2R / TDD Base station model most suitable for deployment in rural areas with low-density environments. Provides large coverage with light infrastructure; supports 2T2R and 1T1R configurations with up to 500 active users and 1000 RRC connected users per CA sector.
• Pegasus 100 X / FDD High-power FDD base station suitable for mobile operators extending coverage or densifying networks. All-in-one full outdoor design engineered to accommodate stringent deployment conditions. Supports TDD-LTE and FDD-LTE, 2 x 20W.
• Pegasus 100 X, Ex-7R / FDD Intrinsically safe, full outdoor LTE base station combining Base Band Unit and Remote Radio Unit in a single box. ATEX Approved (Group I Category M2) for hazardous environments with FDD-LTE 2 x 20W, advanced ADC, digital IF processing and digital pre-distortion technology.
• Pegasus 5000 / CBRS Low-power wide-range BTS specifically designed for the USA market spanning the CBRS band. Features light, compact and aesthetic design with solid and reliable fixed wireless performance. Supports TDD-LTE 4 x 1W with Non-Line of Sight performance, IP66 rating and natural convection heat dissipation.
• 4G+ Core EPC Evolved Packet Core compatible with 3GPP Release 10 up to Release 13, NFV-structured on X86 hardware platform. Scales from 10 to 500,000 simultaneous attached subscribers with data throughput up to 10Gbps per server.
• 4G+ Core NMS Network Management System with rich interfaces (web/FTP/CORBA for OSS integration; Web/SNMP for equipment connection). Provides real-time alarm monitoring, failure notification, configuration management, KPI indication and logical task scheduling.
• IoT Platform Internet of Things platform enabling smart industries, smart cities and smart education applications. Leverages Kleos' 4G+ and 5G platforms for IoT with low latency, broad coverage and high processing power.
• Kleos Cygr High-security tactical ad-hoc network platform designed for military communications. Enables tactical connectivity in tough environments, emergency tactical deployment networks and communication in congested environments.
• Network Security Solution (Public Safety) Highly secured networks for public safety communications requiring high availability, robustness, low cost of ownership and reliable security. Features spatial division multiple access techniques to combat jamming and add a security layer against eavesdropping.
• Border Control Solutions Comprehensive border surveillance platform built around Pegasus base stations. Includes surveillance/intrusion detection subsystem, mobile device catcher (2G/3G/4G/5G) and Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS) for real-time threat monitoring.
• Fire Detection Solution Early fire detection system using advanced sensors with highly sensitive probes for bushfire detection up to 10 km per site. Uses IoT and ICT technologies with wireless sensors, transmission, shared knowledge and cloud computing for fire prevention, supervision and firefighting assistance.
• Tracking & Surveillance Solution Cost-effective tracking and surveillance service leveraging 5G network capabilities. Ensures reliable operation in dense urban environments with low-latency, jitter-free, real-time video feeds.
• Telecom Advisory & Consulting Telecom operations feasibility studies, IP network design and optimization, and radio frequency design for governments and operators. Provides end-to-end secure and scalable network architecture, RF plans with coverage heat maps, network sizing and profitability analysis.
• 5G Platform Advanced 5G platform delivering higher throughputs, larger capacity, lower latency and versatile communications including M2M and ad-hoc. Features massive intelligent MIMO systems, new modulation schemes, innovative coding and signal processing for near-Shannon limit performance at lower frequency bands.
• Smart, Innovative & Safe 5G Safe 5G solution operating at lower frequency bands while achieving higher spectral efficiencies. Features advanced surveillance and border control capabilities with platforms resistant to jamming, eavesdropping and interception.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 35% lower OPEX for operators
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Cognitive Corporate Finance (Spain)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Regional partnership to expand Kleos footprint and introduce platforms to potential international clients in Spain and surrounding territories.
• Greenisis (Bahrain)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2009Co-established Greenisis as the first Green Wireless Broadband platform in Bahrain in 2009. Kleos contributed its advanced wireless platform and tools to build and operate the network successfully.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Huawei: Huawei is the world's largest RAN vendor with dominant share in Africa, Middle East, and other emerging markets where Kleos sells — directly competes on price-performance and is the incumbent Kleos most often displaces.
• Nokia: Nokia Networks supplies macro base stations, 5G, and AnyRAN solutions to global MNOs — same buyer profile and product category as Kleos, at vastly greater scale. Russel Shields's Navteq exit was to Nokia.
• Ericsson: Ericsson is the global RAN incumbent with carrier-grade macro base stations, 5G, and end-to-end managed services — the dominant competitor Kleos must displace in MNO RFPs.
• Motorola Solutions: Motorola Solutions is the dominant provider of public-safety and tactical land-mobile-radio (LMR) and private broadband networks — comparable to Kleos's Cygr tactical ad-hoc, public-safety, and border-control product lines.
• Samsung Networks: Samsung Networks provides 4G/5G macro and small-cell base stations, with growing share in KDDI, Verizon, and Dish — comparable RAN product set to Kleos at hyperscaler scale.

Direct peers

• Cambium Networks: Cambium Networks provides fixed wireless broadband and Wi-Fi base stations for MNOs, WISPs, and industrial customers — comparable product category and emerging-market customer overlap with Kleos.
• Mavenir: Mavenir delivers virtualized, OpenRAN 4G/5G base stations plus packet core and IMS — comparable end-to-end mobile network platform to Kleos's Pegasus BTS + 4G+ Core EPC/NMS offering.
• JMA Wireless: JMA Wireless manufactures private LTE/5G and CBRS base stations for enterprises and operators — comparable to Kleos's CBRS and private-network deployments including Pegasus 5000/CBRS.
• Parallel Wireless: Parallel Wireless provides OpenRAN-compliant 4G/5G base stations targeting emerging-market operators and cost-sensitive MNOs — same buyer profile and similar spectral-efficiency/cost-reduction value proposition as Kleos.
• Airspan Networks: Airspan designs and sells 4G/5G macro and small-cell base stations to MNOs, private network operators, and governments — directly comparable to Kleos's Pegasus platform across customer base, product category, and go-to-market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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