BATM Advanced Communications Ltd. (Baras Advanced Technologies Marom) is a technology company principally engaged in development, production and marketing of data and telecommunication products in the field of local and wide area networks, as well as the development, production and distribution of laboratory diagnostic equipment in the medical sector. The company is listed on the
London Stock Exchange
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and is a constituent of the FTSE
techMARK 100 Index.
History
BATM Advanced Communications was founded in 1992 by Dr. Zvi Marom and Greshon Baras as a
bootstrap that grew into a multinational technology corporation; Initially focusing on developing high-performance communications equipment, mainly
fibre optic
An optical fiber, or optical fibre, is a flexible glass or plastic fiber that can transmit light from one end to the other. Such fibers find wide usage in fiber-optic communications, where they permit transmission over longer distances and at ...
networking, multiservice transport,
access solutions, and integrated voice, video and data service.
Between August 1999 and 2002
Benjamin Netanyahu
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served as a senior consultant for the company (after he left politics following his defeat in the
1999 Israeli general election
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The election ...
).
Acquisitions
* In April 2000, BATM acquired
Telco Systems (founded in 1972) for $260.8 million in cash and 960,000 shares of BATM stock.
* In January 2008, BATM acquired Resolute Networks, itself established in 2004 as a merger of Redux Communications (founded in 1999) and Lycium Networks (founded in 2001). Resolute Networks is a provider of sub-system solutions for
Circuit Emulation Services (CES) and
Synchronous optical networking
Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET) and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) are standardized protocols that transfer multiple digital bit streams synchronously over optical fiber using lasers or highly coherent light from light-emitting di ...
solutions.
* During 2008, BATM made a number of investments in medical devices and supporting distribution networks, acquiring a clinical chemistry diagnostic company based in Italy.
* In November 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of
Vigilant Technology that provided video security systems such as
digital recording
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systems, video
content analysis
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and control centers used in airports, governmental sites,
financial institution
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s, correctional facilities, casinos, and city centers. In 2014, Vigilant was dissolved.
Telco Systems
Telco Systems is a manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, founded in 1972, headquartered in
Mansfield, Massachusetts
Mansfield is a New England town, town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the United States 2020 Census, the town population is 23,860. Mansfield is 23 miles southwest of Boston and is 22 miles northeast of Providence, Rhode Is ...
, and acquired by BATM in 2000. Telco Systems solutions focuses around four primary vertical marketscarrier
cloud networking and
cloud services
Cloud computing is "a paradigm for enabling network access to a scalable and elastic pool of shareable physical or virtual resources with self-service provisioning and administration on-demand," according to ISO.
Essential characteristics ...
, business
Ethernet
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services, mobile
backhaul and
AdvancedTCA (ATCA) switching blades.
History
In April 2000,
BATM Advanced Communications acquired Telco Systems for $260.8 million in cash and 960,000 shares of BATM stock. As a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications, the company now has over 400 engineers and scientists through BATM's integrated research and development program between all its subsidiary companies. Since its founding in 1992, BATM has been involved in the design and manufacture of equipment for the telecommunications industry.
Headquartered in
Mansfield, MA
Mansfield is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the United States 2020 Census, the town population is 23,860. Mansfield is 23 miles southwest of Boston and is 22 miles northeast of Providence, Rhode Island. The village ...
, and
Yokneam, Israel, Telco Systems has offices throughout the world including the United States, Germany,
France
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,
Singapore
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, and
Australia
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.
Acquisitions of Telco Systems
* ANDA Networks
* Multiplexer product line from Charles Industries
* Resolute Networks
* Metrobility Optical Systems
* Integral Access
Awards for Telco Systems
* Best Unique Customer Application (T-Metro 8006)
* Broadband Communities (BBC) Magazine "Top 100" 2012
* Best Carrier Ethernet Demarcation Product EMEA 2011
* Best AdvanceTCA Software Product (T-ATCA404 BINOX)
* Cybersecurity Excellence Award 2017 (NFV CyberGuard)
* TMCNet NFV Innovation Award 2017 (NFVTime)
Financial performance
See also
*
Telco Systems
References
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Technology companies of Israel
Computer hardware companies
Networking hardware companies
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange
Electronics companies of Israel
Medical technology companies of Israel