| Type | Aktiengesellschaft |
|---|---|
| Traded as | FWB: GGS |
| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Munich, Germany |
| Key people | Maik Brockmann (CEO and chairman of the executive board), Rudi Lamprecht (Chairman of the supervisory board) |
| Products | Cordless, VoIP and corded telephones |
| Revenue | €1.009 billion (2010)[1] |
| Operating income | (€83.3 million) (2010)[1] |
| Profit | (€99.2 million) (2010)[1] |
| Total assets | €345.6 million (end 2010)[1] |
| Total equity | €35.0 million (end 2010)[1] |
| Employees | 2,330 (end 2010)[1] |
| Website | www.gigaset.com |
Gigaset AG, formerly known as Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices is a multinational corporation based in Munich, Germany. Its main business is in home electronics, including corded and cordless phones, voice over ip (VoIP) phones.
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Gigaset Communications was established on October 1, 2008, when Arques Industries, a private equity firm acquired 80.2% equity interest in Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices GmbH & Co. KG (SHC) from Siemens AG.[2][3]
Gigaset creates numerous products for home and small office use:
Gigaset.net is a free phone service provided by the company to customers who acquire certain VoIP phones. Users can edit a nickname in the phone, search for buddies and make free calls to other users. The only requirement is that the customer has broadband connection.
Furthermore, the Gigaset.net network offers free RSS subscription to a number of services called Info Service. The basic services provided are weather and horoscope, which are shown scrolling on the phone display. Users can add custom RSS feeds, and watch them on phone screen. More recently, the company started offering ability to monitor e-Bay auctions.
Gigaset created ECO DECT technology whereby radio wave transmission is switched off when the handset is charging in its base station and 60% of the energy is saved by using low-energy switched mode power supply units.
ECO DECT consists of two elements:
A "green home" logo is often used to show that the product is eco-friendly. The company employs a marketing campaign with the slogan "Make a little difference".[4]
Gigaset created High Sound Performance (HSP) to provide higher sound quality to normal analog land-line phones. Many of the company's newest phones incorporate this technology.
High Definition Sound Performance (HDSP) enables with an even higher sound quality than HSP, although for "normal" land-line phone users there is no sound difference, since this is a service available only to VoIP customers with the G.722 codec.[5] Also, phones require a broadband connection and are limited to the company's VoIP phones such as the A580IP and users of other phones that use the G722 codec. HDSP technology uses the G.722 wideband audio (or HD audio) codec which provides audio with a frequency response up to 7kHz.
Gigaset has also integrated CAT-iq technology on several VoIP phones and all phones supporting HDSP are CAT-iq compliant.
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