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Jabra is a Danish brand specializing in audio equipment, and more recently videoconference systems. It is owned by GN Audio, which is part of the Danish company, GN Group. Jabra engineers, manufactures, and markets
wireless Wireless communication (or just wireless, when the context allows) is the transfer of information between two or more points without the use of an electrical conductor, optical fiber or other continuous guided medium for the transfer. The most ...
, true wireless, and corded headphones for consumers and business customers. Jabra Corporation was acquired by GN Audio in 2000.


History

In September 2000, US-American Jabra Corporation, founded in 1983 and holding some patents, was acquired by GN Audio, a division of the Danish company GN Group, the latter having been founded by C. F. Tietgen in 1869 as the
Great Northern Telegraph Company GN Store Nord A/S is a Danish manufacturer of hearing aids (GN ReSound/GN Hearing) and headsets ( Jabra (GN Audio)). GN Store Nord A/S is listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen (ISIN code DK0010272632). History The Great Northern Telegraph Company ...
. The manufacturing plant of the Jabra-products is located in China.Hemaja Burud
Jabra Company Origin? Where is Jabra made? Is Jabra made in China?
in technozive.com, 27 September 2021, retrieved 10 September 2022.
In 2006, GN consolidated its Contact Center and Office headset division under the Jabra brand. This was followed by a restructuring in 2008, which established two divisions within Jabra, which would later be called Enterprise and Consumer. This restructuring facilitated a greater focus on business-to-business and consumer markets respectively. Since 2012 the development is located in China, too. In the beginning of 2019, GN Audio acquired Altia Systems to add video conferencing products to their line-up, at a reported cost of $125M. Later in the year, the first video product from the acquisition was announced, the Jabra PanaCast.


Jabra and GN Group

Their products include wireless earbuds,
noise-cancelling headphones Noise-cancelling headphones reduce unwanted ambient sounds using active noise control. This is distinct from passive headphones which, if they reduce ambient sounds at all, use techniques such as soundproofing. Noise cancellation makes it possible ...
, headsets (some with AI), video conferencing cameras and fitness-tracking sports headphones, designed for athletes to wear while exercising.


GN Group history

The GN Group was founded 150 years ago, as the Great Northern Telegraph Company. GN Group has also been responsible for several developments, including laying the first intercontinental telegraph connections in the 19th century, developing 2.4 GHz technology in hearing aids for direct connectivity and producing the world's first made-for-iPhone hearing aid with direct stereo sound streaming.


References

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