NEW YORK – Shortly after announcing divestiture plans for its telecommunications equipment operations Dec. 9, World Access Inc., Atlanta, said it agreed to sell Galaxy Engineering Services, one unit within that business.
An investor group, led by Galaxy’s founder and president, Joseph Forbes, took the unit private as a stand-alone company for a sum World Access did not disclose.
“As an independent entity, Galaxy will be able to pursue actively growth opportunities in fixed wireless and wireless local loop engineering, as well as in the (competitive local exchange carrier) and (local multipoint distribution services) marketplaces,” Forbes said.
Galaxy, headquartered in Alpharetta, Ga., offers turn-key engineering consulting services, radio-frequency network design, network drive testing and optimization, competitive benchmarking of cellular and personal communications services networks, voice quality analysis, and other services, including interim staffing for telecommunications engineering consultants.
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