TELES

For other uses, see Teles (disambiguation).
TELES AG Informationstechnologien
Company typeAG
IndustryTelecommunications, next-generation networks
FoundedBerlin, Germany (1983)
Headquarters
Berlin
,
Germany
Key people
Oliver Olbrich CEO
Websitewww.teles.com/en/teles.html

TELES AG Informationstechnologien is a provider of equipment and services to fixed, fixed-mobile convergence, and Next Generation Networking (NGN) service providers.

The company was founded in 1983 as TELES GmbH by Professor Dr.-Ing. Sigram Schindler in close cooperation with Technische Universität Berlin. Professor Schindler lectured in telecommunications at the university until 1998.[citation needed] In 1997, he was voted High-Tech Manager of the Year by Manager Magazine in Germany.[1]

Active in VoIP technology development since 1996, the company's main development and operational focus lies in the areas of IMS and NGN.[citation needed]

TELES supplies service providers with complete Class 4 and Class 5 NGN Softswitch. TELES NGN is a standard based, scalable architecture aimed at minimizing integration time and allowing quick deployment. It includes hosted voice functionality which enables residential VoIP services, hosted PBX (IP Centrex) services, Fixed-Mobile-Convergence, IP Trunking, and additional value added applications. Classical NGN/PSTN applications like Wholesale, Long Distance, and NGN backbone services are also available with this.[2]

The TELES product portfolio also includes VoIP gateways and mobile gateways for GSM, CDMA, and UMTS networks.[3]

History

  • 1990 ISDN product development[citation needed]
  • 1992 ISDN PBX development[4]
  • 1993 Least-Cost-Router development
  • 1996 First major VoIP patent - IntraSTAR dynamic PSTN fallback[5][6]
  • 1998 TELES is floated on the stock market and becomes an AG (public limited company)
  • 1998 Introduction of clustered switching system for PSTN
  • 2000 First public network integrating VoIP using H.323 protocol
  • 2001 First highly integrated GSM and CDMA mobile gateway developed
  • 2002 First integrated mobile VoIP gateway developed
  • 2003 First centralized SIM server for mobile gateways developed[7]
  • 2004 STRATO AG, a webhosting TELES subsidiary, is sold to Freenet[8]

References

  1. ^ "About us » Management Board » Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sigram Schindler, CEO - TELES". Archived from the original on 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  2. ^ "Products & Solutions » Next Generation Networks - TELES". Archived from the original on 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  3. ^ "Products & Solutions » Access Gateways - TELES". Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  4. ^ "Teles AG". Archived from the original on 2009-01-20. (in German)
  5. ^ Unknown[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Teles wins VoIP patent, announces infringement cases". Archived from the original on 2011-08-13.
  7. ^ "Method for transmitting data in a telecommunications network and switch for implementing said method - US Patent 7145902". Archived from the original on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  8. ^ "Heise online". 15 October 2023.