- Business
- Effnetplattformen Holding AB (publ) is a Swedish holding company that owns and invests in growth-oriented businesses, primarily in digital communications and networking software, through its wholly owned subsidiary Effnet AB; it licenses advanced software solutions globally to chipset vendors, OEMs, system integrators, and product manufacturers in telecommunications, satellite, military, and enterprise networks. Effnet AB develops and offers the Effnet 5G protocol stack for terminals including cellular IoT devices, dongles, access points with integrated Wi-Fi and cellular capabilities, and test systems; Effnet 5G RAN software for base-stations from small cells to C-RAN, vehicle-to-everything communication devices, and test systems; Effnet 5G network-in-a-box for rapid deployment scenarios such as public safety and emergency services; IP header compression products including the standards-compliant Effnet ROHC portfolio for LTE, 5G, CIoT EPS optimization, and satellite applications as well as Effnet Backhaul Header Compression for tunneling links with stacked headers like VXLAN, PPP, PPPoE, Ethernet, IP, MPLS, GRE, UDP, and TCP. The company, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Luleå, Sweden, operates primarily in the Nordic region with worldwide licensing and targets large corporate customers in automotive, telecom, and defense sectors. Recent developments include the launch of 5G Non-3GPP Access solutions in August 2024 for seamless 5G integration; showcase of a Cloud-Native Private 5G RAN solution with Tannera and Phluido at MWC Las Vegas in October 2024; validation of Effnet 5G gNB-CU with VIAVI TeraVM and Red Hat OpenShift in June 2024 for energy-efficient computing; availability of Effnet 5G Open RAN DU in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog in February 2024; and appointment of Pareto Securities as liquidity provider for its shares in July 2024.