Private company
Metaswitch
UK-based technology company
Metaswitch Networks (formerly Data Connection Ltd) is a private UK-based telecommunications software company. It designs, develops, manufactures, and markets telecommunications software to communication service providers, equipment manufacturers, and large enterprises.2 It is headquartered in London.1 Its chief executive is Martin Lund (since 2015).1 It employed 650 people in 2012.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
- Industrytelecommunications1
- HeadquartersLondon1
- Founded inUnited Kingdom1
- Websitewww.metaswitch.com
- Legal formprivate company limited by shares1
- LEI213800JCN6PSGDRLT9153
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
- Registered addressTHE BROADGATE TOWER THIRD FLOOR, EC2A 2RS London, United Kingdom3
- Registered withCompanies House, 015789183
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Metaswitch Networks (formerly Data Connection Ltd) is a private UK-based telecommunications software company. It designs, develops, manufactures, and markets telecommunications software to communication service providers, equipment manufacturers, and large enterprises.2
Corporate structure
Metaswitch is part of a group headed by Microsoft. 191 entities, 29 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Microsoft Redmond, Washington, United States
- Activision Blizzard Santa Monica, California, United States
- Beenox Quebec, Quebec, Canada
- Radical Entertainment Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Activision Subsidiary · Santa Monica, California, United States
- 7 Studios Subsidiary · Los Angeles
- Budcat Creations Subsidiary · Iowa City
- High Moon Studios Subsidiary · San Diego
- Infinity Ward Subsidiary · Woodland Hills
- Luxoflux Subsidiary · Santa Monica
- Neversoft Subsidiary · Woodland Hills
- Raven Software Subsidiary · Madison
- Sierra Entertainment Subsidiary · Bellevue
- 2 more
- Sledgehammer Games Subsidiary · Foster City
- Treyarch Subsidiary · Santa Monica
- Gamestar Subsidiary
- Bizarre Creations Subsidiary · Liverpool
- Blizzard Entertainment Subsidiary · Irvine
- Blizzard Albany Subsidiary · Albany
- Blizzard North Subsidiary · San Mateo
- Proletariat Subsidiary
- Actibliz México Subsidiary · Mexico
- ACTIVISION CANADA, INC. Subsidiary · Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- DEMONWARE INC. Subsidiary · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- GitHub San Francisco, California, United States
- King St. Julian'S, Malta
- LinkedIn Corporation Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Connectifier Subsidiary
- LinkedIn Learning Subsidiary · Carpinteria
- SlideShare Subsidiary
- Metaswitch Enfield, United Kingdom
- Microsoft Ireland Operations Dublin, Ireland
- Microsoft Research India New Delhi, India
- Aces Studio Subsidiary
- Adallom Subsidiary · Menlo Park
- AltspaceVR Subsidiary · Redwood City
- aQuantive Subsidiary · Seattle
- Bethesda Softworks Subsidiary · Rockville
- Arkane Studios Subsidiary · Lyon
- Bethesda Game Studios Subsidiary · Rockville
- Bethesda Game Studios Dallas Subsidiary · Dallas
- Sparkypants Studios Subsidiary · Baltimore, United States
- Canesta Subsidiary · Sunnyvale
- Clipchamp Pty Ltd Subsidiary · TC Beirne Department Store, Australia
- CyberX Subsidiary · Boston, Israel
- Danger, Inc. Subsidiary · Palo Alto
- Digital Anvil Subsidiary · Austin
- Ensemble Studios Subsidiary · Dallas
- Fast Search & Transfer Subsidiary · Oslo
- GameBank Corp. Subsidiary
- Good Science Studio Subsidiary · Redmond
- GreenButton Subsidiary · Wellington
- Havok Subsidiary · Dublin
- Trinigy Subsidiary · Eningen unter Achalm
- id Software Subsidiary · Richardson
- Intentional Software Subsidiary
- and 159 more
- Activision Blizzard Santa Monica, California, United States
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Leadership
Who has led Metaswitch, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
Chief executive
- Chief executive officerMartin Lund Sep 2, 2015 to now1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Owners
- Francisco Partners since Jan 2008
- Sequoia Capital since Jan 2008
Parent company (GLEIF)
From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.
Employees over time
Timeline
Links
- Websitewww.metaswitch.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/metaswitch1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/metaswitch1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCDGyftKdodsvtkTOmtCgp7A1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/metaswitch-networks1
- WikipediaMetaswitch
- WikidataQ6823260
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataMetaswitch on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaMetaswitch on Wikipedia
- 3
- 4Wikimedia CommonsMetaswitch photo by Metaswitch Networks, Public domain