Swyx Group merges with the Within Reach Group (WRG), parent company of Voiceworks and creates the European market leader for innovative communication services. At the same time, the new Group is acquiring the French Centile Telecom Applications, a leading provider of fixed-mobile convergence platforms for service providers and mobile network operators.

Three strong solutions under one roof

The European buy & build strategy is implemented by the Swyx, Voiceworks and Centile brands in the core markets of Germany, the Netherlands and France and opens up further growth for the partners with UC expertise in 23 international markets and locations in 7 European countries.

Dr. Ralf Ebbinghaus, Managing Director of Swyx Solutions, emphasizes the market opportunities and significant growth potential of the new group: “With the competences and products of the three champions we not only support our existing partners even better, but also offer potential partners new growth and sales opportunities.”

“We are expanding the portfolio in three ways. On the one hand, we offer award winning tailor-made solutions for the SME market on-premises and in private cloud and are now supplementing these with complete integration in the mobile communications sector. With the expertise of Voiceworks we will address the growing market of integrated UC solutions in the public cloud for the smaller customer segments. In addition, Centile is already very successfully established in the European carrier market with highly scalable cloud telephony solutions. We are thus strengthening our international presence – on both the market and product sides,” says Ebbinghaus.”

New opportunities are offered to partners

Headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands, with offices in Spain, Germany, Romania and Serbia, Voiceworks integrates fixed, mobile and web communications in a cloud product for small and medium-sized businesses and sells them through over 250 Wholesale partners.

Christoph Wichmann, Managing Director of Voiceworks Germany, sees promising synergies in the merger: “All parties have been extraordinary successful in their segment and will continue to do so, but with our joint offering we cover a much broader range of the market, from on-premises to public cloud with Swyx as a strong brand, but also in a Whitelabel model, depending on the partners’ needs.”

Unlocking all market segments potential

As part of the new group, Centile will contribute a multi-tenant UC and FMC platform with some of the largest European cloud implementations. “The addition of Centile to the new holding will be an important step in the further expansion of the UCaaS portfolio,” says Bertrand Pourcelot, Directeur Général Centile.

European UC Group established in half a year

The growth of Voiceworks, Centile and Swyx is remarkable and will be further accelerated through the merger, mentions Dr. Carsten Rahlfs, Managing Partner of Waterland Private Equity who supports the newly created group: “Our strategic involvement in the European UC market is making rapid progress – only six months after our investment in Swyx we already see the outline of a European UC group with almost 500 employees and a revenue of 130 million euro “.

The transaction is still conditional to merger clearance approval.

About Within Reach Group

Based in Almere, Within Reach Group B.V. was founded in 2015 and is the parent company of a range of TK/UC companies, amongst others Voiceworks. Each of the labels within WRG contributes to the mission of enabling people within organisations to work together optimally through integrated communication solutions. Through more than 250 reseller partners, Voiceworks provides a total portfolio of IT and communication solutions for the business market. The labels within WRG have a presence in five different countries with eight offices and now offers a complete portfolio of communication technology solutions for SME. Within Reach Group counts approximately 300 employees. For more information, visit www.withinreach.nl

About Swyx

Swyx Groups’ companies develop software-based communication solutions for the requirements of medium-sized companies. A range of suitable phones and other hardware devices complete the product portfolio. With Swyx, users benefit from all the advantages of optimally networked communication: they can increase accessibility, improve processes and ultimately increase productivity. Founded in 1999, as a pioneer in the field of IP communications, the company is now market leader in this field. With more than 1,200 authorised dealers, Swyx is present in 23 countries worldwide. The Unified Communications specialist headquartered in Dortmund, Germany, and with locations in the UK and France, offers both in-house communications solutions and cloud-based variants together with its partners. Almost one million users rely on the technology and innovation leader in the market for IP communication. For further information, see www.swyx.com

About Centile

Centile Telecom Applications is the leading European developer of Unified Communications platforms for operators and integrators. The Centile Any3 architecture – any service, over any network, on any device – meets the needs of business and operators who want to offer advanced professional communications services to fixed and mobile users, regardless of which device or network they are connected to. In the fast-moving fixed and mobile communications market, Centile ISTRA solutions offer customers the flexibility and agility to rapidly develop innovative new services to meet ever-changing customer requirements. Centile was awarded the Frost & Sullivan “Cloud Communication-Value Price/Performance Leadership” for the ISTRA platform and the Internet Telephony Product of the Year Award 2018 for the Mobiis Mobile Application. For further information, see www.centile.com

About Waterland

Waterland is an independent private equity investment group that supports companies in realizing their growth ambitions. With substantial financial resources and committed industry expertise, Waterland enables its portfolio companies to achieve accelerated growth both organically and through acquisitions. Waterland currently manages 6 billion euros of investor commitments. Alongside Swyx and WRG, Waterland has invested in other companies in the IT sector and has substantial experience there. The focus of the Waterland strategy is on “Buy & Build” growth. With this strategy, Waterland has been building successful European market leaders since its foundation in 1999. For further information, see www.waterland.de