Ziff Davis has agreed to sell its Connectivity division, which houses Ookla's Speedtest app and Downdetector outage tracker, to Accenture for $1.2 billion in cash. Ziff Davis acquired Ookla in 2014.

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BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Accenture (ACN) has entered into an agreement to acquire Ookla, a global leader in network intelligence, competitive benchmarking and customer experience analytics.

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has entered into an agreement to acquire Ookla, a global leader in network intelligence, competitive benchmarking and customer experience analytics. By integrating Ookla’s data ...

The US$1.2 billion in cash, subject to closing conditions, is the agreed sum for the sale of Ookla as well as Speedtest, Ekahau, Downdetector, and RootMetrics, making up the connectivity division, ...

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