RAD Data Communications

RAD Data Communications
Private
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 1981
Headquarters Tel Aviv, Israel
Key people

Chairman: Yehuda Zisapel

CEO: Dror Bin
Products

Service Assured Access solutions for service providers and Service Assured Networking solutions for power utilities, transportation systems and government agencies

Web site = www.rad.com
Number of employees
 1,000

RAD (the registered trademark of RAD Data Communications Ltd.) is a privately held corporation, headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, which designs and manufacturers specialized networking equipment.

RAD is a member of the $1.2 billion RAD Group of companies.

History

See also: RAD Group

RAD was founded by brothers Yehuda and Zohar Zisapel in 1981 as a spin-off from Bynet, a networking hardware distribution company founded by Yehuda in 1973. Their goal was to develop their own products; the company was simply named RAD, for Research And Development.[1]

RAD first successful product was a miniature (by 1980s standards) modem for telephone lines that did not require a separate power source. This novel concept quickly became a commercial success, and by 1985, RAD annual revenues reached $5.5 million. This initial product line evolved into RAD Data Communications, the largest company within the RAD Group.[1]

In 2014, RAD opened a new $32 million advanced R&D center for developing NFV and SDN solutions in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.[2]

Products

RAD's research, development and engineering includes hardware virtualization, operations, administration and management (OAM) and performance management; service assurance; traffic management; fault management; synchronization and timing over packet; TDM pseudowire; ASIC and FPGA development; hardware miniaturization; SFP form-factor solutions; and business DSL.

In 1998, RAD invented TDM over IP (TDMoIP®) technology[3] and in 2013 it pioneered Distributed Network Functions Virtualization (D-NFV®).[4] RAD's portfolio includes the smallest NFV-empowered device yet invented.[5]

Markets

The company's installed base now exceeds 13,000,000 units[6] and includes more than 150 telecommunications carriers and service providers, in addition to a large number of public transportation systems, power utilities, governments, homeland security agencies, and educational institutions. RAD solutions are distributed through approximately 300 partner channels in over 150 countries. The company itself maintains 30 offices across six continents.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Levav, Amos, ""Shevavim shel tiḳṿah" -The Story of the Birth of Israel’s High-Tech Industry", Published in 1998, Zemorah-Bitan (Tel-Aviv): 143–170
  2. ↑ "RAD commits $32 million for Negev telecom R&D center". Telecom Lead. May 28, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ "MPLS: The Core". 23 July 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Carol Wilson (3 October 2013). "RAD Rolls Out Distributed NFV Strategy". Light Reading. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Haestrategia hahadasha shel RAD: Pitronot bimkom mutsarim". TechTime. August 15, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ T-Mobile selects RAD's HSDPA transport solution - Israel Money, Ynetnews
  7. ↑ "Telecommunications Industry Awards". Retrieved April 26, 2015.

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