Who purchased a company that was originally founded on September 25, 1928 and know for developing wireless data network technology?
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DataTAC DataTAC is a wireless data network technology originally developed by Motorola and deployed in the United States as the ARDIS network. DataTAC was also marketed in the mid-1990s as MobileData by Telecom Australia, and is still used by Bell Mobility as a paging network in Canada. The first public open and mobile data network using MDI DataTac was found in Hong Kong as Hutchison Mobile Data Limited (a subsidiary of Hutchison Telecom) where public end-to-end data services are provided for enterprises, Fedex, and consumer mobile information services were also offered called MobileQuotes with financial information, news, telebetting and stock data.
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Motorola Motorola, Inc. ( ) was an American multinational telecommunications company founded on September 25, 1928, based in Schaumburg, Illinois. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company was divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011. Motorola Solutions is generally considered to be the direct successor to Motorola, as the reorganization was structured with Motorola Mobility being spun off. Motorola Mobility was acquired by Lenovo in 2014.
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Percom Percom Data was an early microcomputer company formed in 1976 to sell peripherals into the emerging microcomputer market. They are best known for their floppy disk systems, first for S-100 machines, and the later for other platforms like the TRS-80. The company was purchased by Esprit Systems in 1984.
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Compaq Compaq (a portmanteau of Compatibility And Quality; occasionally referred to as CQ prior to its final logo) was a company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services. Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers, being the first company to legally reverse engineer the IBM Personal Computer. It rose to become the largest supplier of PC systems during the 1990s before being overtaken by HP in 2001. Struggling to keep up in the price wars against Dell, as well as with a risky acquisition of DEC, Compaq was acquired for US$25 billion by HP in 2002. The Compaq brand remained in use by HP for lower-end systems until 2013 when it was discontinued.
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Aerohive Networks Aerohive Networks is an American multinational computer networking equipment company headquartered in Milpitas, California, with 17 additional offices worldwide. The company was founded in 2006, and provides wireless networking to medium-sized and larger businesses.
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Teletype Corporation The Teletype Corporation, a part of American Telephone and Telegraph Company's Western Electric manufacturing arm since 1930, came into being in 1928 when the Morkrum-Kleinschmidt Company changed its name to the name of its trademark equipment. Teletype Corporation, of Skokie, Illinois, was responsible for the research, development and manufacture of data and record communications equipment, but it is primarily remembered for the manufacture of electromechanical teleprinters.
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Teletrol Teletrol (Teletrol Systems Inc.) is a United States company based in Manchester, New Hampshire. Originally founded in 1981 as Teletrol, Inc., it was acquired in 1985 by Philips, under which it continues to operate as a subsidiary. Teletrol is a supplier of building automation systems and components. Its products are designed to centralize the management and control of heating/cooling (HVAC) and lighting systems to reduce energy consumption and operating costs for organizations with multiple locations. Teletrol's products consist of hardware components (thermostatic controllers) installed at remote sites, and browser-based software that is used to communicate between those sites and the central location via HTTP.
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Kellogg Switchboard &amp; Supply Company Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company was a major manufacturer of telephone exchange equipment. It was founded in Chicago, Illinois, by Milo G. Kellogg, an electrical engineer. Along with Western Electric (who supplied the Bell system), Automatic Electric (who supplied General Telephone) and Stromberg-Carlson, it controlled the nation's supply of telephone equipment until after World War II.
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List of acquisitions by Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, Inc. is an information technology and computer networking products multinational company, founded in 1996.
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Ubiquiti Networks Ubiquiti Networks is an American technology company started in 2005. Based in New York, NY, Ubiquiti manufactures wireless data communication products for enterprise and wireless broadband providers with a primary focus on under-served and emerging markets.
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Entercom Entercom is a publicly traded American broadcasting company and radio network based in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1968, it is the fourth-largest radio company in the United States, owning 127 radio stations across 28 media markets.
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I-wireless i-wireless is a United States mobile virtual network operator that uses the Sprint CDMA, EVDO, and LTE networks to provide nationwide wireless coverage. Domestic roaming (except 9-1-1 calls) and accessing service abroad from a subscriber's cell phone are not currently available. The company was originally based next to Kroger headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, but has now relocated directly across the Ohio River to Newport, Kentucky. It is owned by Kroger. Since 2009, i-wireless has several rate plans for calling and text messaging. The business was trialed in 130 Kroger stores in 2006, before being rolled out by mid-2008 to over 2,200 branches of The Kroger Co., including banner stores such as Dillons, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, and Fry's Food and Drug. The stores also sell airtime refill cards and some accessories. Although the company has an exclusive contract with Kroger, it is (or was) considering working with other retailers in parts of the country where the chain does not operate.
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W. W. Grainger W. W. Grainger, Inc. is a Fortune 500 industrial supply company founded in 1927 in Chicago. Grainger serves more than 3 million customers worldwide with offerings such as motors, lighting, material handling, fasteners, plumbing, tools, and safety supplies, along with services like inventory management and technical support. Revenue is generally from business-to-business sales rather than retail sales. Grainger serves its over 3 million customers through a network of approximately 598 branches, online channels (such as Grainger.com, KeepStock and eProcurement), and its robust supply chain including 33 distribution centers.
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TouchWave TouchWave, Inc. (now WebCom), was a privately held Palo Alto, California IP-telephony network switch provider founded in 1997. TouchWave developed a product line called WebSwitch that was designed to replace traditional private telephone exchange systems in small-to-medium-sized companies. WebSwitch was part of a phone system that incorporates communication features provided by the Internet. The rapid success of TouchWave was memorialized with awards and an acquisition by Ericsson Communications for $46M two years after TouchWave was founded. Ericsson continued the TouchWave product line under the name WebCom, but its efforts have been viewed as less than successful.
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Deutsche Welle GmbH Deutsche Welle GmbH was a publicly licensed, though privately financed, German broadcasting company founded in August 1924 in Berlin.
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Dominion Enterprises Dominion Enterprises is a Norfolk, Virginia-based media and information services company for the automotive and commercial vehicle, real estate, apartment rental and travel industries. It has Internet and printed media operations. Dominion Enterprises was established in September 2006 by Landmark Media Enterprises (formerly Landmark Communications), following a division of assets of its predecessor company, Trader Publishing, between shared owners Landmark and Cox Enterprises.
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Universal Wireless Communication Co., Inc. The Universal Wireless Communication Co., Inc. was an American telegraph company, based in Buffalo, New York from 1928 to 1930.
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Mark C. Honeywell Mark Charles Honeywell (December 29, 1874 – September 13, 1964) was an American electronics industrialist. He founded the eponymous Honeywell, Incorporated and was its first president and CEO (1927–1933).
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RadioShack RadioShack is an American chain of wireless and electronics stores, founded in 1921 and since 2017 has approximately 28 remaining corporate locations, which are owned by General Wireless Operations, Inc., who are leasing the name from Kensington Capital Holdings. In addition to the corporate locations, as of September 2017 RadioShack operates as an online website and the name is licensed to approximately 425 independently owned franchise stores.
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WAAV, Inc. WAAV, Inc., formerly Omniwav Mobile, Inc., manufactures and sells mobile broadband cellular routers. Waav was founded by a group of Computer network, Telecom, and Radio frequency (RF) engineers in San Diego, CA in 2004. Since then, the company has pioneered mobile cellular equipment for custom car clients such as Snoop Dogg and corporate fleets including Bolt Bus (Greyhound) and Peter Pan Bus Lines. In 2008, Waav wired the commuter rail division of Boston's mass transit agency, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), making it the first US rail carrier to offer Wi-Fi service. Other deployments have involved custom cars, first-responder police/fire vehicles and the train used by U.S. President Barack Obama during his January 2009 inaugural trip to Washington, DC.
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Anritsu Anritsu Corporation (アンリツ株式会社 , Anritsu Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a Japanese multinational corporation in the telecommunications electronics equipment market. A global pioneer for producing the world's first wireless telephone network, Anritsu's revenue numbers near US$782 million.
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Microwave Data Systems Microwave Data Systems, Inc. (MDS) is a company that makes wireless communications equipment for the industrial market. MDS was a subsidiary of Moseley Associates and was acquired, in January 2007, by General Electric Multilin, becoming known as GE MDS, LLC.