Private equity firm GMT Communications Partners’ portfolio company MeetingZone has completed its third bolt-on acquisition in 18 months.
MeetingZone, the independent global audio/web conferencing and collaboration services provider, has acquired Atia Communications, the UK based provider of Unified Communications (UC) services and a Microsoft Lync 2010 accredited specialist.
The acquisition enables MeetingZone to build on its portfolio of products and services to address the rapidly growing UC market with Atia’s Microsoft Lync solutions, in addition to its current range of Cisco WebEx services.
UC combines voice, video, instant messaging, mobile voice and data and other multimedia services in a bespoke way, tailored to individual business needs.
Initially Atia will retain its own identity and brand, but both MeetingZone and Atia will actively promote each other’s complementary services.
GMT acquired MeetingZone in July 2011. In late 2011, MeetingZone completed its first bolt-on acquisition, acquiring Unified Communications Sweden AB, a Stockholm based conferencing provider. This was followed by a second bolt-on acquisition, Confy AB, in June 2012, allowing MeetingZone to expand its geographical footprint and diversify into the Scandinavian conferencing market.
The MeetingZone group operates in the UK, Germany, Scandinavia, the US and Canada.
