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Smith Micro to buy Birdstep Technology

March 9, 2016

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Smith Micro Software is buying out its primary competitor in intelligent Wi-Fi offload. The California company is purchasing Birdstep’s software development and marketing arm for an undisclosed amount. Both Smith Micro and Birdstep help mobile operators offload traffic to Wi-Fi networks to ease network congestion.

“Birdstep has been our primary competitor in policy driven solutions designed to optimize the utilization of wireless networks,” said William W. Smith Jr., president and CEO of Smith Micro Software. “The acquisition brings trained resources and complementary technology to support the new customers we added at the end of 2015, and will continue to add in 2016.”

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