BAI Communications, which has been on an acquisition tear the last few years, today announced it will rebrand as Boldyn Networks, bringing its six companies together under one new brand.
The company boasts that it will immediately become one of the world’s largest shared network infrastructure providers, supporting mobile and fixed network operators and customers in the transit, venue, government, military and enterprise sectors with an integrated portfolio and expanded capabilities.
Here are all the brands coming together as one: BAI Communications, Mobilitie, Signal Point Systems, Transit Wireless, Vilicom and ZenFi Networks.
BAI was established in Australia in 1923, and its lineage includes broadcast and telecom solutions. The company said the Australian business will continue to operate under the BAI brand for now.
In just the last two years, BAI acquired Mobilitie, Signal Point Systems and ZenFi Networks in the United States.
Worldwide, BAI counts among its infrastructure deployments connectivity for seven major transit systems, with nearly a thousand stations covered around the world, more than 10,000 small cells, 250 venues with DAS, 77 co-location facilities, nearly 2,000 miles of fiber and 300 macro towers.
That’s in addition to some of the largest Wi-Fi networks above and below ground in cities like New York, Las Vegas and London. It also has connectivity deployments in 75 U.S. military bases, with the rights to deploy 40 more, and 2,000 Link kiosks in New York City with the rights to deploy 4,000.
“This is a historic and exciting day for us, by launching Boldyn Networks we’re bringing together the power of all our businesses under one brand and creating the global neutral host partner of choice for customers,” said Igor Leprince, Group CEO of BAI Communications, in a statement. “Boldyn Networks will be greater than the sum of its parts. We will be integrating a portfolio of neutral host solutions, supported by a team of diverse and highly skilled experts, and years of experience in the public and private sectors.”
Boldyn Networks, with nearly 700 employees, is backed by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments).
BAI said it will begin operating officially as Boldyn Networks at the end of June 2023. It has ambitious plans for the future, including potentially more acquisitions.