Archive · 19 Dec 2025
HCLTech to Acquire HPE's Telco Solutions Business
HCLTech, a big IT services company, is buying the telco solutions business from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for up to $160 million.
This includes $15 million extra if certain goals are met by 2025.
The telco solutions business helps more than one billion devices in over 200 places around the world.
It does things like managing phone networks and making them smarter with AI.
HCLTech will get new technology, special knowledge, and about 1,500 new workers from this deal.
They plan to use this to help phone companies become more advanced, especially with 5G networks and AI.
HCLTech’s stock went up a little after the announcement.
HCLTech to acquire HPE's telco solutions business for up to $160 million, including $15 million in performance-linked incentives.
The acquisition includes industry IP, product engineering, R&D capabilities, and relationships with global CSPs.
The telco solutions business supports over one billion devices across 200+ deployments worldwide.
HCLTech will add 1,500 engineering and telecom specialists from 39 countries to its global team.
The acquisition aims to accelerate 5G network transformation, network cloudification, and AI-led network automation for CSPs.
- Who
- HCLTech and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
- What
- Acquisition of HPE's telco solutions business
- When
- Definitive agreement signed on Thursday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Global, with operations in 39 countries
- Why
- To strengthen HCLTech’s engineering and AI-led network offerings for global communication service providers (CSPs)
- Acquirer
- HCLTech
- Target
- HPE's telco solutions business
- Acquisition Cost
- Up to $160 million
- Performance Incentives
- $15 million (FY25)
- Workforce Added
- 1,500 engineering and telecom specialists
- Global Reach
- 39 countries
- Devices Supported
- More than one billion
- Deployment Locations
- Over 200