MWC 2026: Ookla to be acquired by Accenture as part of $1.2B Ziff Davis deal

  • Accenture is buying Ziff Davis' Connectivity Division for $1.2 billion
  • This will give the services giant Ookla, RootMetrics and Downdetector
  • Fierce is meeting Ookla at MWC this week

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2026, BARCELONA – Network connectivity analysts Ookla said at Mobile World Congress 2026 that they will be bought by professional services giant, Accenture.

Accenture is buying Ookla as part of a larger, $1.2B deal to acquire Ziff Davis' Connectivity division. The agreement will give Accenture Ookla as well as Downdetector and RootMetrics.

"Accenture has signed an agreement to purchase Ookla," a spokesperson at Ookla told Fierce. Fierce is scheduled to meet with Ookla at MWC, so we'll report back on what more there is to know.

Ookla started in 2006 as a company that delivered Speedtest, a service that let users test the speed of their Internet Service Provider. That developed into a network metrics analyst firm. Ookla currently employs 516 employees.


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