Celfinet

Name

Celfinet

Legal name

Celfinet

Website

https://celfinet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Newbury

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. VISMON Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Celfinet offers its proprietary VISMON software suite (VISMON Suite, VISMON Manager, VISMON Energy, VISMON Automation, VISMON Smart Rollout) to mobile network operators. Revenue is generated through software licensing and subscription contracts, typically sold as enterprise agreements to Tier-1 operators.
2. Powered Engineering Services: Celfinet provides end-to-end network engineering services including planning, integration, optimization, and performance-based acceptance. Services are powered by the VISMON platform and delivered by a multi-skilled team of engineers covering CM, PM, DT, signaling tools, automation, and data science. Revenue is generated through professional services contracts.
3. Powered Operations Services: Celfinet operates Network Operations Centers (NOC) providing ongoing network operations, fault management, and managed services to mobile operators. Services include new site integration, RAN sharing integration, transmission network planning, and disaster recovery. Delivered as recurring managed services engagements.
4. Engineering Consulting: Consulting engagements providing dedicated expert resources for telecom engineering areas including VoLTE, 5G, refarming, and Massive MIMO. Leverages Celfinet's extensive experience with Tier-1 operators and multi-vendor expertise (Nokia, Ericsson, Huawei, ZTE).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Celfinet provides the proprietary VISMON Suite — a virtualized, multi-vendor, multi-technology (2G/3G/4G/5G) radio access network (RAN) management and automation platform — together with engineering, operations, and consulting services for Tier-1 mobile network operators. The software delivers zero-touch configuration management, closed-loop automation, energy monitoring with 10-second granularity, and QoS benchmarking, while the services leverage the same VISMON platform for network planning, optimization, NOC operations and consulting on VoLTE, 5G, and Massive MIMO deployments.

Product overview

Celfinet offers a unified VISMON Suite platform for mobile network management and automation, complemented by professional services. The VISMON Suite is a virtualized RAN management platform consisting of modules including VISMON Manager (configuration management), VISMON Automation (use-case driven process automation), VISMON Smart Rollout (zero-touch rollout), VISMON Energy (power consumption optimization), and VISMON Observer (QoS benchmarking). The platform is vendor-agnostic and supports multi-technology (2G to 5G) environments. Alongside the software suite, Celfinet provides Powered Services (Engineering and Operations) and Engineering Consulting services. The company also conducts R&D through projects including AI4GREEN (AI for energy efficiency), 5GMEDE (5G edge computing), and GARMIO (indoor geolocation). Celfinet was acquired by Cyient in June 2022.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VISMON Suite: Zero Touch Automation RAN Management Solutions platform including VISMON Automation, VISMON Smart Rollout, VISMON Manager, and VISMON Energy modules.
• Powered Services

Products and services

• VISMON Suite Vendor-independent virtualized RAN management and automation platform for mobile operators; delivers end-to-end visibility and control over multi-vendor, multi-technology (2G/3G/4G/5G) mobile network configuration, energy consumption, quality of experience and benchmarking.
• VISMON Manager Configuration management and parameter policy enforcement module of VISMON Suite for Tier-1 mobile operators; provides multi-vendor network visibility, automated inventory discovery, health checks, GIS-based site reporting and zero-touch parameter policy alignment across the RAN.
• VISMON Automation Use-case driven automation module built by network engineers; provides pre-built detect-diagnose-correct closed-loop automation for common network operation problems with vendor-neutral integrations.
• VISMON Smart Rollout Zero-touch automation module for rollout of new features and deployment of new design baselines on live networks, enabling faster 5G/4G/VoLTE service introduction without manual intervention.
• VISMON Energy RAN energy management solution that measures and tracks power consumption on mobile network sites with 10-second granularity using proprietary energy measurement appliances, monitoring up to 64 components per site and correlating energy data with QoS KPIs.
• VISMON Observer Supplier-agnostic RAN benchmarking module that provides QoS control against competition using a GIS-based platform to highlight geographical areas and KPIs needing improvement.
• Powered Services Engineering End-to-end RAN optimization service for mobile operators delivered by Celfinet's Center of Excellence teams and powered by the VISMON platform; covers planning, integration, multi-vendor multi-RAT optimization and performance-based acceptance.
• Powered Operations Services Managed network operations services for mobile operators, including a central Network Operations Center and regional NOC extensions covering new site integration, RAN sharing integration, capacity upgrades, disaster recovery and second-line team setup and training.
• Engineering Consulting Telecom engineering consulting engagements providing dedicated expert resources in VoLTE, 5G, refarming and Massive MIMO, leveraging Celfinet's multi-vendor expertise (Nokia, Ericsson, Huawei, ZTE) and E2E closed-loop optimization framework.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 40% lower operational cost through simplified network configuration and zero-touch parameter policies alignment
• +10 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fraunhofer AICOScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 December 2018Celfinet partnered with Fraunhofer AICOS to develop GARMIO — a software library for indoor mobile signal tracking. The solution integrates into operators' own mobile apps and uses smartphone sensors for precise georeferentiation of cell signal data without requiring GPS data. The partnership aims to simplify tracking of indoor mobile signals and protect quality of mobile user experience.
• ALLBESMARTcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2018ALLBESMART is a consortium partner in the 5GMEDE project. ALLBESMART contributes to energy and performance management modules integrated into the common visualization platform developed under the project. They validated non-intrusive approaches for predicting 4G/5G radio link performance without active transmission using ML algorithms.
• IPCB (Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2018IPCB is a consortium partner in the 5GMEDE project as a Portuguese higher education institution contributing to the research and development of innovative solutions for mobile edge computing and radio network information services.
• UA (Universidade de Aveiro)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2018UA is a consortium partner in the 5GMEDE project, contributing academic research expertise to the development of innovative solutions for 5G mobile edge computing and energy optimization.
• Turkcell / PI WorkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTurkcell and PI Works collaborated with Celfinet in the AI4GREEN project to develop the Neighbour Based Expert System Solution for automated carrier switching during underutilization hours. During live network tests, 6.5% energy saving was achieved. PI Works also focused on crowd movement modeling for handling special event impacts on RAN, achieving 6% energy saving on normal days and 3.2% during special events.
• InfovistaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInfovista participated in the AI4GREEN project, testing energy saving features of 5G cellular base stations from a quality of user perspective in collaboration with Tele2 Sweden. Infovista provides test tools based on real smartphones for measuring network-related KPIs of LTE and 5G networks.
• TurkgenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTurkgen developed AI4GREEN PoC as a standalone add-in solution for mobile network operators to manage energy consumption, and a city activity map mobile application for end users featuring detected public events.
• University of OuluminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Oulu developed 3D wireless propagation channel modeling using ray tracing, which can be used with AI and ML algorithms for energy consumption reduction in wireless networks, including beamforming and interference mitigation applications.
• VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVTT developed 5G radar technology using communication waveforms as radar (50% energy saving vs. separate devices) and multimodal convolutional neural network approaches for clusterability assessment in data analysis.
• KTH (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKTH investigated energy-saving methods at base stations using ML-based sleep mode management with risk analysis, achieving considerable energy savings at negligible user delay cost. Also studied network slicing energy efficiency for 5G and beyond networks.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Ericsson: Ericsson is a Tier-1 RAN vendor with its own network management suite (NetAct, Service Layer) and acquired RAN automation assets (e.g., Menten AI). It is a broad incumbent competitor as operators increasingly bundle RAN automation with vendor contracts.
• Huawei: Huawei provides iManager M2000 and RAN automation across its single-vendor RAN stack. It is a broad incumbent peer competing for the same Tier-1 operator spend, particularly in markets where Huawei is the incumbent RAN vendor.
• ZTE: ZTE's NetNumen unified network management platform provides RAN configuration and optimization across its equipment portfolio. It is a broad incumbent peer where Celfinet supports ZTE multi-vendor integration in operator environments.
• Amdocs: Amdocs is a large OSS/BSS vendor serving Tier-1 operators with operational and customer experience systems. It is a broad incumbent peer for telecom operator software spend adjacent to Celfinet's RAN-focused scope.
• Nokia: Nokia offers NetAct, AVA, and Network Operations Suite for managing multi-vendor, multi-technology RAN environments. It is a broad incumbent peer through bundled RAN automation offerings competing with Celfinet's vendor-independent platform.

Direct peers

• TEOCO: TEOCO provides analytics, assurance, and optimization software for telecom operators across RAN, transport, and services. It is a direct peer in CSP-facing analytics and network optimization, competing for similar Tier-1 operator budgets as Celfinet.
• Infovista: Infovista delivers network performance management, geospatial planning, and testing solutions for CSPs and regulators. It is a direct peer in telecom network performance and benchmarking, and participated with Celfinet in the AI4GREEN project (with Tele2 Sweden).
• Viavi Solutions: Viavi offers network testing, assurance, geolocation, and benchmarking solutions used by mobile operators. It directly overlaps Celfinet's VISMON Observer benchmarking and RAN assurance capabilities.
• PI Works: PI Works provides RAN optimization, automation, and energy efficiency solutions to mobile operators globally. It is a direct peer to Celfinet in multi-vendor RAN analytics and was a Celfinet consortium partner on the AI4GREEN project for Turkcell, underscoring tightly overlapping product scope.

Emerging players

• JMA Wireless: JMA Wireless provides RAN solutions, indoor wireless, and private 5G networks. It is an emerging player with partial overlap in 5G RAN optimization and private network deployment, intersecting with Celfinet's newer 5G and small cell capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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