Cicero Networks

What Cicero Networks does

Cicero Networks Limited is a Dublin-headquartered (Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) private software company founded in 2002 that develops and licenses mobile VoIP and Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) technology for telecom operators. The company has registered a product portfolio spanning client-side mobile VoIP applications (CiceroSupra for Android, iOS, Symbian, and Windows Mobile; CiceroInfra for Android-integrated VoIP, SMS, and Voice Call Continuity) and server-side components (CiceroController VCC application server implemented per 3GPP IMS specifications, and the Cicero Provisioning Server / CiceroCMS for client configuration management, user account management, and reporting analytics). Across its history, the company has recorded multiple industry firsts, including the first Symbian SIP client (2003), the first Windows Mobile dual-mode client (2005), the first CDMA VCC call (2006), the first Live SIP-based FMC service (2006), and the first Live VCC service in North America (2010).

The business model is B2B software licensing supplemented by professional services. Cicero licenses its software directly to mobile network operators, cable MSOs, MVNOs, fixed-line operators, and ISPs, and indirectly through technology partners including Oracle, Nokia Siemens Networks, Syniverse Technologies, Acme Packet, and Accuris. Professional services cover systems integration, software development, mobile apps development, cloud communications, and project management. Named deployments include Com Hem (Sweden, 2013 OTT mobile VoIP launch 'Hemtelefon i mobilen'), Multimedia Polska (Poland, MobilFON converged voice and messaging, 2010), and MTI / Mobilna Telefonia Internetowa (Poland, first fixed mobile convergence service, 2007). The company has 11–50 employees, is privately held, and registered in Ireland as Cicero Networks Limited (No 324503). Public-facing activity, including the website and blog, post-dates 2015, and no further funding rounds or material announcements have been disclosed beyond the 2008 Enterprise Ireland / Mianach Venture Capital round of approximately $1.94M.

Name

Cicero Networks

Legal name

Cicero Networks Limited

Website

https://ciceronetworks.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cicero Networks is a Dublin-based B2B provider of SIP/IMS-based mobile VoIP and Fixed Mobile Convergence software. It licenses clients and servers (CiceroSupra, CiceroInfra, CiceroController, Provisioning Server) to MNOs, cable MSOs, MVNOs, fixed-line operators, and ISPs globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dún Laoghaire

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing: Cicero licenses its mobile VoIP client software and server-side products directly to carriers and service providers, and indirectly through partners. Revenue generated from licensing fees for CiceroSupra, CiceroInfra, CiceroCMS, and CiceroController products.
2. Professional Services: Systems integration, software development, mobile apps development, cloud communications, and project management services provided to support deployment of converged communications solutions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cicero Networks develops and licenses carrier-grade mobile VoIP and Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) software products to telecom operators and service providers. Its portfolio consists of mobile VoIP clients (CiceroSupra, CiceroInfra), a Voice Call Continuity application server (CiceroController), and a provisioning platform (Cicero Provisioning Server) that together enable operators to deliver converged voice, messaging and multimedia services with seamless in-call handover between IP and circuit-switched networks over Wi-Fi, 3G, LTE and GSM/CDMA.

Product overview

Cicero Networks provides a unified platform of mobile VoIP and Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) solutions for the carrier market. The portfolio consists of client-side applications (CiceroSupra for OTT VoIP, CiceroInfra for integrated voice/SMS/VCC) and server-side products (CiceroController for Voice Call Continuity, Cicero Provisioning Server for client management). Together these products enable converged voice, messaging, and multimedia services across multiple wireless networks including Wi-Fi, 3G, LTE, and circuit-switched, with seamless in-call handover between IP and circuit-switched networks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CiceroSupra: Mobile VoIP client application for Android and iOS platforms providing over-the-top (OTT) mobile VoIP services with operator branding capabilities
• CiceroInfra
• CiceroCMS
• CiceroController

Products and services

• CiceroSupra Carrier-grade, highly secure mobile VoIP client application supporting Android, iOS, Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms, designed as an over-the-top (OTT) mobile VoIP client with a customizable user interface for operator branding.
• CiceroInfra Integrated client for Android platforms providing VoIP and SMS services together with Voice Call Continuity, featuring intelligent message routing across Wi-Fi, 3G, LTE and circuit-switched networks.
• CiceroController Voice Call Continuity (VCC) application server that enables seamless in-call roaming between IP (packet-switched) and cellular (circuit-switched) networks, developed according to 3GPP IMS specifications for IMS and pre-IMS networks.
• Cicero Provisioning Server (CiceroCMS) Carrier-grade platform for provisioning, managing and updating softphone client configuration settings, with multiple profiles for different service lines, user types and geographies, plus user account management and reporting/analytics.
• Professional Services Systems integration, software development, mobile apps development, cloud communications and project management services delivered to carriers and service providers to support deployment of converged communications solutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cicero is one of only vendors in the world with live VCC deployments

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Acme PacketcoreTechnology or Integration · 20 February 2013Cicero integrated Acme Packet's session border controller (SBC) with Tunnel Service Control Function (TSCF) technology into its mobile VoIP client applications. The combined solution provides operators with greater end-to-end security and service reachability across strict firewalls with 256-bit encryption for OTT real-time communications.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dialogic: Dialogic supplies media processing, signaling, and session control infrastructure for telecom operators and application developers. Like Cicero, it enables carrier-grade VoIP, IMS interworking, and converged communications.
• Sansay: Sansay provides session border controllers and VoIP infrastructure software for carriers, ITSPs, and enterprises — closely matching Cicero's operator-focused SBC-integrated VoIP/security solution stack.
• Mavenir: Mavenir is a direct peer offering IMS, VoLTE, and Rich Communication Services (RCS) platforms to mobile operators globally. Both companies compete to supply carrier-grade IMS/SIP-based mobile voice and converged communications infrastructure.
• OpenCloud (BroadForward): OpenCloud/BroadForward provides signaling, interworking, and service layer products for mobile operators, including converged telephony and VoLTE service orchestration. Comparable in serving fixed/mobile convergence needs of MNOs and MVNOs.
• CounterPath (now Alianza): CounterPath supplied carrier-grade softphone clients and UC endpoints for SIP/IMS networks, directly comparable to Cicero's CiceroSupra and CiceroInfra mobile VoIP clients for operator-branded OTT services.
• AudioCodes: AudioCodes delivers VoIP and SIP-based products including SBCs, media gateways, and IP phones for service providers and enterprises, overlapping with Cicero's carrier VoIP client and SBC integration use cases.
• Metaswitch (now part of Microsoft Azure for Operators): Metaswitch provided IMS core, SBC, and VoIP application server software to carriers and service providers. Like Cicero, it targeted fixed/mobile convergence and SIP-based telephony for tier-2/3 operators and MVNOs.

Broad incumbents

• Oracle (Acme Packet SBC): Oracle acquired Acme Packet — a Cicero technology partner — and is a broad incumbent in carrier-grade session border controllers and IMS infrastructure that overlaps the same operator buyers Cicero addresses.
• Ribbon Communications (formerly Sonus Networks + GENBAND): Ribbon is a much larger incumbent in SBC, IMS, and carrier VoIP, offering end-to-end solutions that overlap Cicero's CiceroController and VCC server capabilities, though across a broader portfolio.

Emerging players

• NetSapiens: NetSapiens delivers a hosted UCaaS/CCaaS platform to ISPs, ITSPs, and MVNOs. It competes in the same fixed/mobile convergence and SMB/enterprise voice bundle segments Cicero's ISP and MVNO customers serve.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/3236927
• Xx.com/cicero_networks

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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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