A leading global specialist
Enea is a global leader in software for telecommunications and cybersecurity. Our vision is to make the world’s communication safer and more efficient – a driving force that, together with our passion for technological innovation, is at the core of our business.
We develop and deliver reliable solutions that enhance security, performance, and intelligence in digital communication. Enea serve 160+ communication service providers across more than 100 countries, supporting over 30% of the world’s mobile subscriptions. Our technology enables stable and secure connectivity for billions of people around the world every day, a responsibility we take very seriously.
Through continuous innovation and strategic acquisitions, we constantly strengthen our offerings and global presence. We continue to invest in innovation and strategic collaborations to ensure long-term growth and competitiveness.
With a team of around 500 experts spanning more than 30 nationalities, we operate from offices worldwide. Our largest locations are in Sweden, Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, and Croatia. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Enea is publicly listed on NASDAQ Stockholm.
We make the world’s communications safer and more efficient.
Enea’s vision
About us
Our Offering
We take pride in contributing to a safer and more efficient digital world for both individuals and businesses. Our product portfolio includes advanced firewalls that protect mobile networks from cyberattacks, as well as solutions for traffic classification, video traffic optimization, and Wi-Fi network management.
Our offering is based on a unique collective expertise that our specialists possess in areas such as 5G, cybersecurity and cloud-based solutions. Our portfolio is divided into three product groups: Network, Security & Operating Systems.
For more information on our product offerings in different areas, please see our solutions.
Our Products in Action
Empowering Networks
Enhancing indoor connectivity for Three UK
Facing connectivity challenges on the London Underground, Three UK partnered with Enea to provide a reliable and seamless mobile experience for its customers. Through Enea’s Aptilo Service Management Platform (SMP) and partnerships with third-party Wi-Fi providers, Three UK offers automatic and secure Wi-Fi access in underground stations without needing additional infrastructure. This solution ensures continuous, high-speed connectivity in challenging environments, improving the customer experience and relieving pressure on cellular networks.
Enhancing mobile data quality for One.NZ
To improve customer experience and achieve top network rankings, One.NZ partnered with Enea to boost mobile data performance across New Zealand. Using Enea’s TCP Acceleration, One.NZ enhanced data speeds and ensured smoother connectivity on 4G and 5G networks, providing users with faster downloads and fewer interruptions. This technology allowed One.NZ to meet high standards in network reliability and customer satisfaction, solidifying its leadership in telecom quality.
The adapting signaling firewall at Telecom Egypt
Enea provided a real-time voice protection solution for Telecom Egypt, addressing major fraud threats like caller ID spoofing used to impersonate trusted entities, such as government departments and banks. These fraud threats led to financial scams and customer complaints about unauthorized charges. With Enea’s Adaptive Signaling Firewall, Telecom Egypt met regulatory requirements and reduced scam calls by 90%, proactively safeguarding subscribers and minimizing revenue losses. This deployment highlights Enea’s flexible and scalable approach to network security, showcasing its powerful capability for real-time fraud prevention and customer protection.
AI pioneer Custocy enhances speed and precision
French startup Custocy is a pioneer in AI-based cybersecurity for enterprise networks. With multiple layers of various AI functions, Custocy’s platform can recognize threats immediately and identify larger attacks over time. This makes it easier to prioritize and handle threats smoothly, while also drastically reducing the number of false alarms. By integrating Enea’s software Qosmos ixEngine and Qosmos Threat Detection SDK, the AI platform becomes more precise in detecting threats and works faster as data is processed more efficiently.
About us
Our Journey
We’ve been driving innovation in telecom and software since 1968. Founded as Engmans Elektronik Aktiebolag, our roots lie in Sweden, where we developed one of the world’s first real-time operating systems for the Swedish Civil Aviation Authority – meeting the highest standards of availability and low latency. This breakthrough laid the foundation for Enea OSE, one of the most widely used operating systems in mobile infrastructure, trusted by Ericsson, Nokia and others.
From those early days, we’ve grown from IT consultancy to global software leader through a combination of in-house innovation and strategic acquisitions. Our engineers pioneered mobile HTML and enabled early GSM data communication. We were the first company in the Nordics connected to the internet – and we received Sweden’s first email.
Throughout the years, we have successfully acquired and integrated several companies within the network and security segment. These include Qosmos, Openwave Mobility, Aptilo Networks, and AdaptiveMobile Security – strengthening our portfolio in traffic classification, Wi-Fi service management, 5G subscriber data, and mobile network security.
Today, our focus remains on building secure, high-performance solutions that empower the world’s most advanced networks. With a deep engineering heritage and a passion for solving complex challenges, we continue to enable reliable, scalable, and future-proof connectivity – today and tomorrow.
Our history in pictures
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1960’s
Enea is founded by Rune Engman and the company receives the first large order from Standard Radio & Telefoni AB for the design of a data storage solution in an air traffic control system. The programmers Göran Sundström, Olof Björner, Karl-Erik Eriksson, and Ingrid Karlmar are recruited and the group writes software history with their real-time programming and development of operating systems.
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1970’s
Enea receives orders from Denmark, Germany, and France, and forms subsidiaries in those countries. Most important for Enea’s development is the Simula project for the Swedish Defense Research Agency. In this project Enea lays the foundation for the first object-oriented language. Other customers include Stansaab, ASEA, LM Ericsson and Facit. The number of employees goes from 5 to 75.
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1980’s
Enea OSE was launched in 1985. Today it is one of the world’s most commonly used operating systems. ASEA is the biggest customer. Enea lands multi-year assignments to develop software and hardware for the police’s dispatch system. Enea becomes the base node in Swedish USENET, predecessor to today’s Internet. Sweden’s first e-mail is sent over the Internet to Enea in 1983. The number of employees goes from 75 to 153.
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1990’s
Ericsson launches its GSM project, which includes the operating system Enea OSE. The Ericsson Group becomes Enea’s biggest customer. Hard work with Enea OSE drives the company forward and upward. International establishment initiated. Number of employees goes from 153 to 493.
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2000’s
Enea secures its position as a world-leading supplier of solutions for communications-intensive products. Consultant portion grows sharply and a major acquisition in Romania increases outsourcing capacity. Focus on telecoms intensifies and the product portfolio is strengthened through intensive development and acquisitions. The software offering is particularly suited for the telecom industry’s stringent demands for availability and reliability. Geographic expansion to three continents. Number of employees about 650.
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2010’s
Enea divests its Swedish services organization which gives a new business focus on telecoms and networking. Enea’s commercial Linux distribution sees the light of day and deepened strategic alliances are formed with ARM and key hardware manufacturers. Enea invests increasingly in open source industry collaboration projects (Linaro, Linux Foundation, Yocto Project, and OPNFV) and acquires Centered Logic, Qosmos, and Openwave Mobility.
