CCS arrives at Mobile World Congress with new investment support from important partners

Cambridge Communication Systems (CCS) closes latest funding round with key investors, speeding next-generation access and backhaul product development and market growth.

Cambridge Communication Systems (CCS) Limited today announces that it has closed its latest investment round, with participation from a number of key investors. The strategic funding round includes support from existing investors Cambridge Angels, ADTRAN and Etagra Group, plus a new partnership with UK’s leading deep-tech venture capital fund IQ Capital, and will accelerate CCS’s development of its next-generation access and backhaul solution suite.

CCS Executive Chairman Martin Harriman added: “We are delighted to welcome existing investors to the next phase of our commercial story, and to be formalising new stakeholder relationships. This major strategic investment will speed delivery of our next-generation product roadmap, and enable us to accelerate our ambitious market growth plans across key territories and target application areas, including gigabit FWA.”

This latest investment helps advance further development of CCS’s proven and innovative wireless access and backhaul portfolio. CCS’s Metnet 1200 mmWave solution in the licensed 24/26/28GHz bands – along with its next-generation Metnet 60G product in the unlicensed 60GHz mmWave bands – are being assessed and deployed in customer networks around the world.

Max Bautin, Managing Partner at IQ Capital commented: “CCS is an exciting addition to our investment portfolio, having demonstrated the strategic value of its software defined network tech through its world-leading commercial deployments. CCS offers a unique solution for mobile operators and service providers, and is strategically well-placed to deliver the FWA access and backhaul connectivity that will drive the next generation of network densification and enable ubiquitous 5G services for mobile users globally.”



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