Best Telecom Infrastructure Tech Companies in Sweden
The 45 best Telecom Infrastructure Tech companies in Sweden in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Optillion.
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Ranked: Best Telecom Infrastructure Tech companies in Sweden
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Optillion Fiber-optic transceiver provider | $70M | 285 mo ago | Deadpooled | Lars Thylen Co-Founder & President | 1999 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Gapwaves Developer of mm-wave antenna systems for automotive radar and 5G applications | $30M | 62 mo ago | Public | Jonas Ehinger CEO | 2011 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | 246 patents Design and manufacturing of multi-layer gap waveguide and metasurface antenna components. | 1 launch · 1 expansion · 1 award |
| 3 | Telepo AB App-based enables service providers to provide cloud communication services | $24M | 192 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2004 | — | 11 patents Alternative routing and route selection for cellular telecommunications networks | — |
| 4 | Fogg Mobile Remote provisioning SIM card provider | $7M | 170 mo ago | Series A | — | 2010 | — | 13 patents Mobile roaming management and SIM provisioning for seamless cross‑network connectivity | — |
| 5 | Proxilliant Systems Bandwidth optimization solutions for the cable & VoIP industry | $3M | 255 mo ago | Series A | Arne Ljungdahl Founder | 2005 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Repeatit wireless networking products | $2M | 254 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1999 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Maven Wireless DAS and other wireless coverage solutions provider | $2M | 95 mo ago | Public | Mike Lewis Co-Founder & CTO | 2016 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+23 | 48 patents Distributed antenna systems enabling multi-operator carrier aggregation, redundancy, and data transport | 2 job openings · 2 launchs |
| 8 | Anyfi Networks WiFi solutions to extend WiFi connectivity outside homes automatically | $2M | 167 mo ago | Seed | Johan Almbladh Co-Founder & CTO | 2009 | — | 20 patents Dynamic virtual Wi‑Fi network provisioning and remote access management for IEEE 802.11 | — |
| 9 | Satcube Satcom solutions and consultancy services | $1M | 46 mo ago | Early Stage | — | 2007 | ContentfulSentryTypeScript+24 | 5 patents Satellite antenna deployment and remote beam‑steering hardware systems | — |
| 10 | TeraSi Manufacturer of components for 6G and wireless technology using silicon micro-machining | $1M | 36 mo ago | Seed | James Campion Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | 20 patents Advanced semiconductor packaging and multilayer waveguide integration for high‑frequency modules | — |
| 11 | Arelion Platform offering SDN carrier solutions | $1M | 31 mo ago | Funding Raised | Staffan Gojeryd CEO | 1993 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Salesforce+25 | — | — |
| 12 | InCoax Provider of coaxial network controller | $1M | 168 mo ago | Series A | Jorgen Ekengren CEO | 2009 | WordPressMySQLPHP+31 | — | 3 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 13 | BeammWave Manufacturer of single chip RFIC including front end and antenna arrays | $695K | 21 mo ago | Seed | Markus Tormanen Co-Founder & Board Member | 2018 | WordPress Site EditorWordPressMySQL+18 | 109 patents Massive‑MIMO antenna modules, RF front‑ends, and digital/analog beamforming chips | 1 job opening |
| 14 | Aptilo Manufacturer of cycling apparel, luggage, and accessories | $627K | 58 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2001 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Ericsson Provider of telecom equipment and software solutions | — | 43 mo ago | Public | Borje Ekholm CEO | 1876 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Bootstrap+19 | 1,666 patents Wireless network resource and QoS management for carrier‑aggregated mobile data streaming. | — |
| 16 | Sweratel WiFi networks solution for converged billing | — | 158 mo ago | Public | Mohammed Fahd Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 17 | 42Networks VoIP, broadband telephony, and FTTP solutions provider | — | — | Acquired | — | 1999 | — | — | — |
| 18 | A-Antennas Provider of antennas for IoT applications | — | — | Unfunded | Jari Paananen Co-Founder | 2011 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Telecom Infrastructure Tech companies in Sweden
#1
Seed · Lund, Skane County · founded 2018 · 13 employees$695.4Kraised▾
Manufacturer of single chip RFIC including front end and antenna arrays. It is a tech company that manufactures a single chip RFIC including front end and antenna arrays.
- Oct 2024Grant (prize money)$215.8K
- Jun 2020Seed$695.4K
#2
Public · Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County · founded 2011 · 45 employees$30.1Mraised▾
Developer of mm-wave antenna systems for automotive radar and 5G applications. It provides radar antennas for driver-assistance systems and autonomous vehicles. Additionally, it offers low-loss, high-bandwidth phased array antennas for 5G wireless communication. It also manufactures waveguide flange adapters and filters for use in telecommunication and radar products. These products are designed for high performance and compact integration.
- Jun 2021Post IPO$21.9M
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$331.1K
- Oct 2019Post IPO$7.5M
- Oct 2019Grant (prize money)—
#3
Funding Raised · Solna, Stockholm County · founded 1993 · 530 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Platform offering SDN carrier solutions. Its SD-WAN service is optimized for cloud-scale networking, for both the Overlay and the Underlay - enabling a stable and scalable solution. It operates and connects the internet backbone that directly connects almost 65 percent of global internet routes.
- Jan 2024Grant (prize money)$1.1M
#4
Seed · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2020 · 5 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Manufacturer of components for 6G and wireless technology using silicon micro-machining. It caters to various industrial sectors.
#5
Deadpooled · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 1999 · 70 employees$70Mraised▾
Optillion manufactures and sells fiber-optic transceivers for networking equipment suppliers in the enterprise, metropolitan area, cable television, and storage area networking markets. It went bankrupt in 2005 and its patents were bought by Finisar. Christer Svensson and Lars Thylen were other two co-founders
- Oct 2002Series C$15M
- Dec 2000Series B$53M
#6
Acquired · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2004 · 31 employees$23.8Mraised▾
App-based enables service providers to provide cloud communication services. It develops internet-based enterprise mobility and converged communication software for businesses and service providers. It offers a Business Communication Solution that provides mobile business users and enterprise voice administrators with various services, Business Communication Server, a management system for enterprise voice networks, Mobile+, a mobile phone customer software, and Softphone+, a personal computer desktop softphone.
- Aug 2010Series B$12.6M
- Dec 2008Series B$6.1M
- Sep 2006Series A$5.1M
#7
Early Stage · Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County · founded 2007 · 54 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Satcube is a Swedish company developing Satcom solutions as well as offering consultancy services to customers. These solutions compresses and improves data transmission in areas with limited cellular network coverage, like war zones or remote areas. Customers include journalists, aid organisations or military forces. The company has partnerships with Chalmers University of Technology and Karlstad University.
- Oct 2022Grant (prize money)$287.9K
- Apr 2016Venture Debt$1.2M
#8
Series A · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2010 · 5 employees$7Mraised▾
Remote provisioning SIM card provider. It provides and distributes mobile data networks based on remote provisioning SIM technology. It offers bespoke SIM cards, and data bundles, and manages the service for operators. Its SIM card enables borderless connectivity for mobile devices to allow 3G/4G internet access in Sweden, Denmark, the UK, and Ireland.
- 2012Series A$7M
#9
Acquired · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2001 · 79 employees$627.3Kraised▾
Manufacturer of cycling apparel, luggage, and accessories. The company designs and produces a variety of cycling-related products, including jerseys, shorts, jackets, and other clothing items. Their product line also encompasses a range of luggage options for cyclists, such as backpacks, panniers, and other carrying solutions. Additionally, they offer various accessories to enhance the cycling experience. Products are developed with a focus on functionality and performance, incorporating feedback from a wide range of cyclists. The design process considers various riding conditions and cyclist needs to create practical and innovative solutions.
- Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$627.3K
#10
Public · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 2016 · 30 employees$2Mraised▾
Maven Wireless provides wireless coverage solutions with a focus on Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) to maximize the bandwidth and capacity of wireless infrastructure for cellular and public safety applications. Its products portfolio includes Maven DAS platform (uses CPRI-based high-speed digital transport fabric), Stratus- high power remote nodes for cellular and public safety networks, Cumulus- medium power remote node, Orion- RF Master Node, Cirrus- off-air master node, Tarantula- a rack-mounted unit which acts as a digital interface to base station baseband processing units and provides digital routing flexibility, and off-air repeaters. Its DAS platform is 5G upgradable and has architectural support for C-RAN. Its products can be used to enhance inbuilding, tunnel, stadium, and metro area coverage. It also provides Virtual RAN solutions for operators which enables to reduce hardware and operating costs.
- Aug 2018Seed$2M
#11
Series A · Nacka, Stockholm County · founded 2005$2.6Mraised▾
Proxilliant Systems provides network upgrade and management solutions to the cable industry. Its solution reduces noise and ingress in cable networks, improving capacity, reliability, service quality and profitability for broadband cable and VoIP operators. Its flagship product, Cable Access Management (CAMS) is an integrated software plus hardware solution that uses its patented Dynamic Ingress Blocking (dIb) technology.
- May 2005Series A$2.6M
#12
Acquired · Stockholm, Stockholm County · founded 1999 · 3 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Repeatit offers wireless networking products for services providers and enterprises.It provides a high-performance hybrid point to point and point to few wireless system called trinity and highly scalable point to multipoint wireless system called Infinity (base stations). The company also provides management software such as RCS which is a server-based wireless broadband management & CRM for ISPs and a cloud ecosystem built for wireless network operators.
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How research on 5G / 6G Networks is moving in Sweden
A read on the academic research around 5G / 6G Networks — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 967 Sweden-affiliated papers.
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology276
- Chalmers University of Technology228
- Ericsson197
- Linköping University178
- Lund University94
- Beamforming48→112
- MIMO51→92
- Electronic engineering17→38
- Telecommunications3→23
- Algorithm6→23
- Telecommunications4→20
- Antenna array2→11
- Optics1→8
- Beamforming98→102
- Phased array4→8
- Beamforming53
- MIMO43
- Telecommunications link23
- Base station18
- Electronic engineering18
Where 5g 6g is researched across Sweden
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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