AccelerComm is a UK-based company specializing in physical layer solutions for wireless communications, particularly for 5G and beyond. They provide high-performance, low-power IP (intellectual property) for radio access networks, including channel coding solutions designed to maximize spectral efficiency and reduce latency in challenging environments like satellite and non-terrestrial networks (NTN). Their key offerings include solutions for LDPC, Polar and Turbo channel coding and complete physical layer implementations and they partner with companies like Radisys and TTP to deliver comprehensive 5G solutions for deployment on LEO satellites. Associated keywords: 5G, NTN, satellite communications, channel coding, physical layer IP, RAN.
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Lockheed Martin’s regenerative 5G NTN satellite payload is a target platform for AccelerComm’s direct-to-device technology.
AccelerComm closed a $15 million funding round in May 2025 to accelerate 5G satellite technology deployment for direct-to-device communications.
AccelerComm closed a £13.1 million Series B funding round in June 2025.
AccelerComm is contributing a 5G physical layer solution for on-board signal processing in software-defined satellites in the Airbus UpNext SpaceRAN demonstrator.
AccelerComm has been granted its 56th international patent.
AccelerComm has contributed to the 3GPP New Radio standardisation process.
AccelerComm is a UK-based satellite 5G technology company.
AccelerComm participates in the Airbus UpNext SpaceRAN demonstrator.
Major silicon vendors license AccelerComm's technology.
AccelerComm was founded at the University of Southampton in 2016.
AccelerComm's patents cover the United Kingdom, the United States, the European Union, China, Canada, and South Korea.
AccelerComm expanded its collaboration with Radisys in March 2026 to support both NB-IoT NTN and NR-NTN in a unified 3GPP-compliant platform.
IQ Capital, Swisscom Ventures, Bloc Ventures, Hostplus, and Parkwalk Advisors participated in AccelerComm's June 2025 Series B funding round.
AccelerComm's patent portfolio includes polar coding, LDPC coding, CRC acceleration, soft-decision demodulation, channel estimation, equalisation, and hardware acceleration architectures for terrestrial and satellite deployments.
AccelerComm's technology is deployed in more than 200 commercial satellites.
AccelerComm's patent portfolio covers channel coding and physical layer acceleration for 5G non-terrestrial networks.
IP Group led AccelerComm's £13.1 million Series B funding round.
AccelerComm has raised approximately $52.8 million in total funding.
AccelerComm's patents protect technology operating on live satellite networks, inside 5G chipsets, and within the global standards that define system interoperability.
Airbus assembled a consortium for the SpaceRAN demonstrator that includes Aalyria, AccelerComm, CesiumAstro, Deutsche Telekom, Eutelsat, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Keysight Technologies, Onati, Radisys, Sener, and ST Engineering iDirect.