Wavenet acquires NTS Communications

03/10/21 Wavenet
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Wavenet increases its national presence with the acquisition of Shropshire-based NTS Communications.

 

Solihull, UK – Oct 4, 2021 – Wavenet has announced the acquisition of NTS for an undisclosed consideration.

 

Following the recent news of Macquarie Capital’s large investment, Wavenet today announces the latest acquisition of NTS Communications. NTS provide a wide-ranging portfolio of Contact Centre, Unified Communications, Cloud and IT Services to UK and International customers. The acquisition of NTS further boosts Wavenet’s presence and position in the UK market and adds more experienced technical support and knowledge to the wider Wavenet Group.

 

Alan Pallett, Director of NTS Communications said: “It has been great working with the Wavenet team throughout this process, the acquisition of NTS is a truly exciting opportunity for all of our customers and our staff. Being part of the Wavenet Group will give our customers access to further capabilities to adopt innovative and cloud-based Contact Centre, telecoms and IT solutions that are part of Wavenet’s large portfolio and will also give them access to their first-class customer and technical support.”

 

Bill Dawson, CEO of Wavenet commented: “NTS join Wavenet at the start of another period of massive growth, this brings fantastic opportunities for the customers and employees of NTS. The acquisition also brings additional IT and Cloud experience into the Wavenet Group which combined with Wavenet’s existing portfolio gives our customers a vast range of solutions to help make their business brilliant.

 

With hybrid working now at the forefront of everyone’s minds it’s brilliant that NTS customers will have access to Wavenet’s cloud solutions including TeamsLink for Microsoft Teams that can quickly and easily implement external calling within Teams to enable remote and home working for businesses across the UK. I am excited to have the team at NTS joining the Wavenet Group and am looking forward to bringing our expertise and support to their customers.”

 

The Shareholders of NTS were advised by Graham Muth, Emily Proverbs-Garbett and Esther Thomas of Fieldfisher, and Paul Billingham and James Caplan of Knight Corporate Finance.

 

About Wavenet

 

Formed in 2000, Wavenet has grown to become a respected, multi-award-winning provider of telecoms and technology solutions to thousands of businesses and enterprises across the UK. Wavenet is a managed service provider and has long-standing partnerships with some of the top technology providers on the planet. Wavenet is a Premier Certified Cisco Partner, Microsoft Partner and holds Platinum Partner status with Mitel, Five9 and Silver Peak.

 

Providing data, voice, security, and IT services to over 8,000 SME, enterprise and public sector customers, Wavenet has offices in Solihull, Chester, Norwich, Cardiff, Nottingham, and St Albans and employs 250 people, including over 100 trained support staff and engineers. For more information, visit: www.wavenetuk.com.

 

About NTS Communications

 

NTS Communications was formed in 2011 and since then the business has become well respected for delivering compelling contact centre and communications transformation projects with professional support frameworks into a wide-ranging set of customer verticals.

 

NTS has long-standing successful partnerships with many significant vendors including Mitel, Five9, Avaya, 8x8, Zoom and Gamma. The NTS portfolio consists of Unified Communications, Contact Centre, Collaboration, IT and Connectivity Services from their Head Office in Telford, Shropshire. For further information visit: nts-comms.co.uk.

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