Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
BAI Communications (BAI) this week revealed it will rebrand as Boldyn Networks, bringing together its six companies under one, new brand.
Established in Australia in 1923, BAI has a 100-year pedigree in broadcast and telecom solutions. In the last two years, BAI has delivered impressive organic and inorganic growth, acquiring Mobilitie, Signal Point Systems and ZenFi Networks in the United States, and Vilicom in Ireland and the UK. It also secured multi-year agreements to deliver connectivity services on transport networks in London and New York; was awarded a 20-year partnership with Sunderland City Council to create the UK’s most advanced smart city; and expanded into Italy, its first operation in mainland Europe. All companies, in addition to Transit Wireless, which has been part of the group since 2010, will become one team and one brand: Boldyn Networks.
BAI companies cover connectivity for seven major transit systems with nearly a thousand stations covered around the world, more than 10,000 small cells, 250 venues with DAS, 77 co-location facilities, nearly 2,000 miles of fibre and 300 macro towers. This is in addition to some of the largest Wi-Fi networks above and below ground in cities like NYC, Las Vegas and London, connectivity deployments in 75 U.S. military bases with the rights to deploy 40 more, and 2,000 Link kiosks in NYC with the rights to deploy 4,000.
Boldyn Networks is backed by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and has ambitious plans for the future, including exploring potential new acquisitions.
BAI will begin operating officially as Boldyn Networks at the end of June 2023.
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