Radvision was a provider of

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and

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technologies over IP and

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networks based in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. It offered development and test suites for voice and video over IP communications. Radvision was acquired by Avaya in June 2012. Spirent Communications acquired Radvision's Technology Business Unit from Avaya in July 2014, to become Spirent Developer Tools Business Unit. In July 2017, Spirent Developer Tools BU was spun off into a private company called Softil Ltd.

History

Radvision was founded by Ami Amir in 1992. In December 2011, it was reported that Radvision would be acquired by

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for $200 million. In March 2012 Avaya entered into an agreement to acquire the company for $230 million. Its shares were traded on both the

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and Tel Aviv Stock Exchanges until June 2012. The company had offices and development centers throughout America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

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Softil website
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