- Com One group
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COM One group Type Public Industry Computer Networks Founded 1987 Headquarters Cestas, Gironde, France Key people Jacques Saubade, Pres. Products Network hardware Employees 100 Website www.com-one.biz COM One group (Listed in the Paris and Stuttgart stock exchanges from 1992 to 2005) was a manufacturer best known for its computer network adapters. The company was co-founded in 1987 by Jacques Saubade and Michel Petit and was headquartered in France. The name comes from the company's focus on modems (serial COM port was named COM1).
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History
- 1987 The company started building analog PSTN modems.
- 1990 company produces PCMCIA modems.
- Mid 1990: the company focus on multi function PCMCIA adapters (PSTN+GSM, then 3in1 PSTN+GSM+ISDN, then 4in1 PSTN+GSM+ISDN+Ethernet).
2000 group activities :
- Mobile computing (high-speed telecom devices for wire & wireless : PSTN, ISDN, LAN, GSM, GPRS, ADSL).
- Industrial modules
- Video Security
- Internet appliances (non-PC internet terminals)
Most of the mobile products were sold as OEM provider for other companies (Toshiba France and Spain, Sony ITE Europe, IBM, Apple Europe, RFI Germany, Anycom, ...)
- 2001: some employees of the industrial modules department leave to create Telecom Design[1]
- 2003: Video security department sold to the company Atral[2]
- 2005: COM One group closed. The brand was bought by Baracoda company to focus it on Bluetooth end user products.
- 2007: Com One launched the liveradio and the Phoenix Wi-Fi radio, both Wireless IP radio devices.
- 2008: the web site closed and the brand seems off.
Products
- Bluetooths adapters (USB, PCMCIA).
- Bluetooths gateways (PSTN modems, ISDN).
- Internet access terminals (ATmax, Neomax).
- ISDNs adapters (Serial, USB, PCMCIA).
- Local area network interface cards (PCMCIA).
- Modems PSTN (Serial, USB, PCMCIA).
- Video security (Viewcom products, i.e.[3]
- Wireless access points, adapters, and connectivity products
References
- ^ "Telecom Design homepage". telecom-design.com. http://www.telecom-design.com/.
- ^ "Atral homepage". atral.fr. http://www.atral.fr.
- ^ "Viewsurf homepage". viewsurf.com. http://www.viewsurf.com.
External links
- 2002 COM One's archived web site.
- 2005 Mirror web site.
- 2006 Official homepage. French only.
- Phoenix Wi-Fi radio's configuration portal..
- Orange liveradio's website..
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