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).
| Company type | Public company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer networks |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Cestas, Gironde , France |
Key people | Jacques Saubade, Pres. |
| Products | Network hardware |
Number of employees | 100 |
| Website | www.com-one.biz |
History edit
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- 1987 The company started building analog PSTN modems.
- 1990 company produces PCMCIA modems.
- Mid 1990: the company focus on making multi function PC Card communication adapters (PSTN+GSM (data over GSM), then 3in1 PSTN+GSM+ISDN, then 4in1 PSTN+GSM+ISDN+Ethernet).
2000 group activities :
- Mobile computing (high-speed data transmission devices for wire & wireless : PSTN, ISDN, LAN (Ethernet), GSM, GPRS, ADSL).
- Industrial modules (same as below)
- Video Security
- Internet appliances hardware (non-PC internet terminals. Brand: atMax, @max)
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.[3] The brand was bought by Baracoda company to focus it on Bluetooth end user products.[4]
- 2007: Com One launched hardware to listen internet radios over Wi-Fi.[5]
- 2008: the web sites (www.com1.fr and com-one.biz) are closed and the brand seems off.
Products, brands edit
- Bluetooths adapters (USB, PCMCIA).
- Bluetooths gateways (PSTN modems, ISDN).
- Internet appliances hardware (non-PC internet terminals). Brands : @max,[6] Neomax.
- ISDNs adapters (Serial, USB, PCMCIA).
- Local area network interface cards (PCMCIA).
- Modems PSTN (Serial, USB, PCMCIA).
- Video security : Viewcom products range, remote video surveillance products with digital video recorder. Used for example by the web site Viewsurf.com[7] in the 2000s (decade).
- Wireless access points, adapters, and connectivity products
- internet radio hardware (ove Wi-Fi) : the COM One Phoenix[8] and the Orange Liveradio[9] · .[10]
References edit
- ^ "Telecom Design homepage". telecom-design.com.
- ^ "Atral homepage". atral.fr.
- ^ "Com One ne répond plus".
- ^ "La marque Com One va faire son come back".
- ^ "Baracoda and Com One Name Christophe Dissaux Executive Vice President for North America".
- ^ @max Terminal review. Archived 23 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine 2001
- ^ "Viewsurf homepage". viewsurf.com.
- ^ gadgetsCommentinShareCom One Phoenix WiFi/IP Radio Review. 2007
- ^ Orange LiveRadio Review Archived 24 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine 2008
- ^ "Liveradio Orange UK". Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
External links edit
- 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..
- Phoenix Wi-Fi radio unofficial support.