Product category: Embedded Computing and Control
News Release from: Kontron UK
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 28 September 2004
Acquisitions boost ATCA
and railway expertise
Kontron has strengthened its activities in the ATCA field with the purchase of technologies, patents and systems that were part of the assets of the insolvent Giga Stream UMTS Technologie
The purchase price was Eur 260,000. Giga Stream was founded in 2000 with the help of venture capital. The company was devoted to creating high performance telecommunications facilities and systems based on the most advanced developments in the area of multimedia switching for mobile networks.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 September 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Over the past years, a total investment volume of Eur 13 million was committed in this area.
As Kontron executives stated, Giga Stream holds in-depth experience in the telecommunications software and network processors for the processing of speech, data and video channels in real-time.
So-called "content sensitive traffic monitoring" is a special technical highlight in this context, and enables operators to charge users different prices depending on content.
As Chairman Hannes Niederhauser has outlined, Kontron will be adopting this technology for the communication industry operating on the new AdvancedTCA standard.
Niederhauser expects the rapidly expanding ATCA market to reach a volume in excess of US $15 billion over the next four years, and perceives a potential of more than US $150 million for Kontron in this context.
As the TecDAX listed corporation reported, all the assets of the insolvent company Gespac located in Geneva Switzerland have also been acquired at a purchase price of Eur 250,000.
According to Kontron, by taking over "a few key staff members" at the Geneva location, the company will strengthen its position in the French transportation market segment.
Kontron Kaufbeuern will continue the existing Gespac business with leading company clients such as Alstom, Bombardier, Siemens Transportation and Technicatom.
Niederhauser adds: "As Gespac and Kontron are both active in embedded computer railway technology, we will be increasing our French market shares by a considerable measure".
"Based on this acquisition we expect to achieve a sales gain of around Eur 2 million in the year 2004 and up to Eur 10 million in the year after next".
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