Ookla snaps up network analytics rival RootMetrics

Speedtest and network analytics provider Ookla has acquired competitor RootMetrics for an undisclosed sum.
Both firms provide services to mobile operators, network infrastructure providers and governments to allow them to analyse and optimise their networks.
Combined with Ookla’s purchase of Solutelia and its Wind software suite earlier this year, the deal means Ookla now claims to offer a more diversified way of analysing network speeds. Its own Speedtest.net portal crowdsources data and