- Celona confirmed it has cut 20% of its workforce
- The cuts largely affected sales and marketing
- Celona said that no further lay-offs are planned at this time
Private network startup Celona has laid off 20% of its workforce.
A spokesperson for the company told Fierce that Celona is seeking to readjust after an extended period of expansion. The lay-offs primarily affected sales and marketing roles at the company in the United States and Europe, the spokesperson said. Although cuts also hit the company’s R&D and administrative departments.
The layoffs occurred over three months ago during the summer. Celona had around 141 employees as of August 2025. So the axe could have fallen for about 28 workers at the private network company.
“In terms of additional layoffs, nothing further is planned at this time,” the spokesperson told Fierce. “The company is confident in its strategy going forward, and this significantly increases the runway.”
Celona is considered one of the top startups in the private network space, although still behind top private network vendors in the world like Huawei, Nokia and Ericsson. In the later part of this year, the company has been more focused on developing tiered partnerships with global system integrators.