Our History

MERA has a unique history counting 20 years. Since the day of its inception the company has grown from a small business specializing in Radio-Physics applications into a big telecom and media software R&D company, which delivers services to the world technology leaders. Today MERA is an international corporation with headquarters and offshore software R&D center in Russia, Customer Relations Office in Canada and multiple onshore delivery locations. MERA's technological expertise spans across telecommunications and media domains.

Key Milestones  
1989 A group of professors from State Nizhny Novgorod Technical University founded MERA as a private firm specializing in antenna research and development.
1990 MERA wins first contracts with foreign customers.
1993 MERA concludes a first software development contract with Nortel Networks, Canada.
2000 The company opens a Customer Relations Office in Toronto, Canada.
2001 MERA fully complies with ISO 9001:2000 Standard.
2004 MERA signs a contract with TietoEnator, a major Swedish corporation, expanding its business in Western Europe.
2005 MERA receives the Nortel Preferred Supplier Award for outstanding quality and service delivery performance.
2006 MERA is the first company in Russia to achieve TL9000 certification for provision of outsourced software development, testing and maintenance services.
2007 MERA starts an innovative software development project with SynapSense, a leading provider of complete wireless instrumentation solutions.
2009 MERA signs a long-term agreement with  Networks In Motion,  the award-winning wireless navigation, hyper-local search and location-based services (LBS) company, and achieves CMMI Level 3 Certification.
2010 MERA signs a long term agreement with Nakina Systems, the leading provider of carrier-grade off-the-shelf management solutions for service providers and network equipment vendors, and becomes a full member of the European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI).

Our Customers