The Spanish company Zhilabs founded in 2008 develops technologies for monitoring of performance of telecommunication networks and traffic through a set of services. The artificial intelligence is the cornerstone of developments of a startup.
Flagship product of Zhilabs is the CustomAir system (FlowSight was called before), which helps telecom operators with parts to control network performance at the level of specific subscribers. The platform gives complete idea of work of services SMS and MMS, date services (communication solutions, applications, stream reproduction of a multimedia content) and roaming. CustomAir allows to debug and place priorities if problems with network a little, taking into account a business impact. All processes are automated.
About 50 telecommunication and technology companies, including HPE, Vodafone and Telefonica are among clients of Zhilabs.
History
2018: Samsung purchased Zhilabs
On October 17, 2018 Samsung Electronics announced Zhilabs acquisition. This transaction the South Korean giant intends to strengthen development of the equipment for a 5G networks how the corporation marks in leaders of this market.
Despite sale Zhilabs will continue work as the independent company, but as division of Samsung.
For Samsung it is the first transaction within the new development strategy of the company accepted in August, 2018. It provides an investment of $22 billion in the development of mobile networks of communication of fifth generation, creation of artificial intelligence completing for the automobile electronic systems and also biopharmaceutics.
According to the The Bell edition, Samsung company expects to occupy about 20% of a segment of telecommunication equipment with support of a 5G by 2022. As for all telecom market, the company does not call plans for it, but it is known that its share in 2018 makes only 3% that it is significantly less, than at the leading Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia.[1]