Lior Haramaty (born in Tel-Aviv, Israel in 1966) is the co-founder of VocalTec Inc.[1] (1989) and the inventor of the Audio Transceiver[2] used in the creation of Voice Over Networks products and eventually the VoIP industry[3] as well as other patents and inventions.
Lior Haramaty | |
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Born | 1966 Tel-Aviv, Israel |
Nationality | Israeli |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, Entrepreneur |
Known for | Co-founder of VocalTec Inc., Inventor of the Audio Transceiver |
Notable work | Contributions to the VoIP industry |
Awards | "Top 100 Voices of IP Communications" by TMCnet's Internet Telephony magazine (2006), "VON Visionary Award" by Pulver.com (2005) |
VocalTec was the first company to provide commercial Internet voice technology, which in 1996 was one of the earliest successful Internet IPOs (NASDAQ: vocl).
In 2006 Haramaty was included in TMCnet's Internet Telephony magazine "Top 100 Voices of IP communications" for his contributions to the VoIP industry.[citation needed] In 2005 he was awarded the "VON Visionary Award" by Pulver.com .[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Biographies of New Directions in Telecom forum participants". doc.gov.
- ^ U.S. patent 5,825,771
- ^ "Internet Telephony October 2006 Publisher's Outlook". Communications and Technology Blog - Tehrani.com.