Inventum
Inventum Technologies is an India-based networking equipment manufacturer (founded 2003) building wired and wireless routers, B/OSS subscriber/billing software, lawful logging, and cloud-managed WiFi for ISPs, telecom operators, smart cities, and enterprises across South Asia and Africa.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2003
- HeadquartersNoida, India
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Inventum does
Inventum Technologies Private Limited is an India-based data networking equipment manufacturer founded in 2003 that delivers wired and wireless networking solutions to telecom operators, ISPs, smart city programs, enterprises, and institutional buyers. The company is headquartered at the New Delhi Community Centre with a global 24x7 support center in Noida, employs 101–250 people, and serves customers domestically with disclosed international activity in Africa. It operates without external institutional funding as a privately held Indian private limited company.
The product portfolio is a vertically integrated set of proprietary hardware and software assets. Hardware includes the ISR Integrated Services Router (a high-density BNG aggregating 50,000 subscribers in a 2U chassis with DPI, traffic engineering, and lawful monitoring), the MSG Hotspot Gateway for public Wi-Fi monetization, business routers and CPE devices, and wireless access points. On the software side, UNIFY™ provides an end-to-end B/OSS stack (subscriber CRM, billing, AAA, self-care, reseller management, voucher/PIN, and finance/operations) targeted at ISPs; Keylong addresses Government of India lawful interception compliance; VSR delivers virtualized 40G routing including BNG and DPI for vCPE and vFW deployments on commodity Intel servers; and Udaya provides cloud-managed Wi-Fi for distributed networks. The architecture combines SDN/NFV capabilities with traditional routing hardware, allowing the company to pitch end-to-end solutions to operators rather than point products.
The business operates across three revenue streams: hardware product sales (routers, gateways, APs, CPEs), recurring software licenses and subscriptions (UNIFY, Udaya, SDN/NFV), and professional services for cloud infrastructure, managed services, security offerings, and smart city systems integration. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales complemented by a partner and reseller channel, with quote-based pricing that varies by deployment size, segment, and solution requirements. Customer logos include Airtel, RailTel, India's biggest ISP, Tikona, PVR Cinemas, Manipal Hospital, multiple Indian smart cities (Raipur, Pune, Nagpur, Kanpur, Goa), and universities including AMU, with a deployed footprint cited at 350,000 access points, 6,000 railway stations, 250 cinema screens, and 20 smart cities.
Inventum firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Inventum
- Legal name
- Inventum Technologies Private Limited
- Website
- https://inventum.net
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2003
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- Inventum Technologies is an India-based networking equipment manufacturer (founded 2003) building wired and wireless routers, B/OSS subscriber/billing software, lawful logging, and cloud-managed WiFi for ISPs, telecom operators, smart cities, and enterprises across South Asia and Africa.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Inventum industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Networking Equipment
- NAICS
- Communications Equipment Manufacturing (3342), Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing (33429)
- SIC
- Computer Communications Equipment (3576)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Network & Connectivity Support (LAN/WAN, Wi‑Fi, ISP/Telco) (BPAAACAD)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Network Architecture & Design Services (BPAEAEAA)
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Where Inventum is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Noida
- HQ country
- India
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices2 records
Markets served
Inventum business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- Hardware Products: Sale of networking hardware including routers, gateways, access points, CPEs, and related networking equipment. Products like ISR routers, VSR virtual routers, business routers, and wireless access points are sold as physical or virtual appliances.
- Software Licenses and Subscriptions: B/OSS software platform (UNIFY), cloud management services (Udaya), and SDN/NFV solutions provided through licensing and subscription models.
- Professional Services: Managed services including cloud infrastructure management, technology innovation, security service offerings, intelligent cloud operations, and systems integration for smart city deployments.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels7 records
Inventum product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Inventum designs, manufactures, and sells wired and wireless networking equipment and software for ISPs, telecom operators, enterprises, and smart city deployments. Its portfolio includes hardware routers and gateways (ISR, Business Routers/CPE, MSG Hotspot Gateway, wireless access points), the UNIFY B/OSS subscriber and billing platform, the VSR virtual router, the Udaya cloud-managed WiFi platform, and the Keylong lawful logging compliance solution.
Product overview
Inventum offers a comprehensive suite of networking solutions organized around hardware routers/gateways and software platforms. The product portfolio consists of ISR (hardware BNG router), VSR (virtual router), Business Routers/CPE, MSG Hotspot Gateway, and Keylong Lawful Logging on the hardware/network side, complemented by UNIFY™ (B/OSS subscriber management platform) and Udaya (cloud-managed WiFi solution) for software and cloud services. These products are designed to work together, providing end-to-end solutions for ISPs, telecom operators, Smart Cities, enterprises, hospitality, healthcare, and education institutions.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- UNIFY™: Subscriber & Service Management platform for ISP billing, operations management, and customer self-care.
- ISR
- VSR
- MSG
- Keylong
- Udaya
Products and services
- UNIFY Subscriber & Service Management A complete stack of billing and operations management (B/OSS) software for Internet Service Providers to manage their business end-to-end, including subscriber CRM, billing, AAA, self-care portal, reseller management, voucher/PIN system, and finance and operations software.
- ISR Integrated Services Router High density BNG (Broadband Network Gateway) hardware router capable of aggregating 50,000 subscribers in a 2U chassis, featuring DPI technology, traffic engineering, and lawful monitoring capabilities, designed for telecom operators and ISPs.
- VSR Virtual Router Virtual router software that provides the same routing functions as hardware routers, designed for easy deployment and management. Includes a 40G high-speed data plane with BNG and DPI, supporting vCPE and vFW implementations on commodity Intel servers.
- Business Routers & CPE Router hardware and customer premises equipment for home office networks and small business use, featuring necessary security features to protect users and businesses online.
- MSG Hotspot Gateway All-in-one Wi-Fi hotspot gateway solution for managing and monetizing wireless access in public areas. Eliminates the need for multi-device deployment, providing bandwidth restriction, content filtering, and secure wired and wireless connectivity.
- Keylong Lawful Logging Compliance solution enabling large enterprises and service providers to collect, aggregate, store, parse, and analyze very large volumes of flow records generated by IP network equipment to meet Government of India lawful interception requirements.
- Udaya Cloud-Managed WiFi A secured, scalable, cloud-managed WiFi solution for monitoring and management of distributed wireless networks in a cost-effective manner. Features include WiFi management from anywhere, guest WiFi pass creation, parental controls, and enterprise-level security.
Quantifiable outcome
- 50,000 subscribers aggregated in 2U chassis with ISR router
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Companies that use Inventum
Customer profileNamed customers18 records
Segments8 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
Inventum technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
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Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration1 record
Feature6 records
Inventum partnerships and signals
Strategic signalScale indicators6 records
Recent moves5 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Inventum competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Cisco Systems: Global leader in enterprise and service-provider networking (routers, BNG, WiFi, SDN). Direct competitive overlap with Inventum's ISR routers, VSR and Udaya WiFi offerings, but at vastly larger scale and broader portfolio.
- Juniper Networks: Major provider of carrier-grade routing (MX series BNG/BRAS) and enterprise networking. Directly comparable to Inventum's ISR and VSR product lines for ISP and telecom customers.
- HPE Aruba Networking: Enterprise WiFi, switching and SD-WAN vendor. Overlaps with Inventum's Udaya cloud-managed WiFi and enterprise WiFi solutions, especially in healthcare, hospitality and education.
- Huawei: End-to-end telecom and enterprise networking vendor (routers, BNG, WiFi, SDN). Major competitor in Indian telecom and smart-city RFPs where Inventum also bids.
Direct peers
- Ubiquiti Inc. Sells WiFi access points, routers, switches and network management software targeted at ISPs, WISPs and SMBs — the same customer profile Inventum serves with ISR, MSG and Udaya, often at a similar price-performance point.
- Cambium Networks: Specializes in fixed wireless broadband and WiFi for WISPs, service providers and enterprises. Highly comparable to Inventum's WISP/ISP focus, with overlapping access-point and hotspot gateway offerings.
- TP-Link: Volume manufacturer of SOHO/SMB routers, gateways and access points. Competes with Inventum's Business Router/CPE and AP lines on price, particularly in the Indian mass market.
- MikroTik: Latvian vendor of low-cost routers, wireless systems and RouterOS — a frequent alternative to Inventum's Business Routers and hotspot gateways for budget-conscious ISPs and integrators.
Emerging players
- Edgecore Networks (Accton): White-box and ODM networking hardware supplier, including disaggregated cell-site gateways and data-center switches. Comparable to Inventum's VSR virtual router and SDN/NFV positioning around open, commodity infrastructure.
Regional players
- RADWIN: Provider of wireless broadband and WiFi solutions for ISPs, smart cities and education. Comparable in customer segments (carriers, smart cities, campuses) and product mix (wireless APs, backhaul) to Inventum's portfolio.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Inventum funding detail
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Funding rounds
Investors
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Inventum M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Inventum
What does Inventum do?
Inventum designs, manufactures, and sells wired and wireless networking equipment and software for ISPs, telecom operators, enterprises, and smart city deployments. Its portfolio includes hardware routers and gateways (ISR, Business Routers/CPE, MSG Hotspot Gateway, wireless access points), the UNIFY B/OSS subscriber and billing platform, the VSR virtual router, the Udaya cloud-managed WiFi platform, and the Keylong lawful logging compliance solution.
Is Inventum a public or private company?
Inventum is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Inventum founded?
Inventum was founded in 2003. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Inventum based?
Inventum is headquartered in Noida, India, in the Asia region.
How does Inventum make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Hardware Products are the primary driver. The others are software Licenses and Subscriptions and professional Services.
Who are Inventum's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, HPE Aruba Networking and Huawei. Direct peers are Ubiquiti Inc., Cambium Networks, TP-Link and MikroTik. Edgecore Networks (Accton) is listed as an emerging player. RADWIN is listed as a regional player.
Does Inventum have an API?
No public API is recorded for Inventum.
What industry is Inventum in?
Inventum's product category is Networking Equipment. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAAACAD, Network & Connectivity Support (LAN/WAN, Wi‑Fi, ISP/Telco), with a secondary code of BPAEAEAA, Network Architecture & Design Services. Its NAICS code is 3342 and its SIC code is 3576.