Table of Contents
48 relations: AAC-LD, Accel (company), Advanced Video Coding, American City Business Journals, API, Bandwidth (computing), Brian Hinman, Canada, Chief executive officer, Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications, Echo suppression and cancellation, Forbes, H.323, High-definition television, HP Inc., Latency (audio), Latency (engineering), Microsoft RoundTable, Mitel, Multinational corporation, Oak Investment Partners, Obihai Technology, Ottawa, Pan–tilt–zoom camera, PictureTel, Plain old telephone service, Plantronics, Poly Inc., San Francisco, San Jose, California, Santa Cruz, California, Session Initiation Protocol, Speakerphone, Subsidiary, Sun Capital Partners, Tax inversion, Telecommunications, The Wall Street Journal, United States, United States Department of Justice, United States dollar, Voice over IP, VoIP phone, Wi-Fi, Wideband audio, 1080p, 3D audio effect, 720p.
- Electronics companies established in 1990
- Telecommunications companies established in 1990
AAC-LD
The MPEG-4 Low Delay Audio Coder (a.k.a. AAC Low Delay, or AAC-LD) is audio compression standard designed to combine the advantages of perceptual audio coding with the low delay necessary for two-way communication.
Accel (company)
Accel, formerly known as Accel Partners, is an American venture capital firm.
See Poly Inc. and Accel (company)
Advanced Video Coding
Advanced Video Coding (AVC), also referred to as H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10, is a video compression standard based on block-oriented, motion-compensated coding. Poly Inc. and Advanced Video Coding are Videotelephony.
See Poly Inc. and Advanced Video Coding
American City Business Journals
American City Business Journals, Inc. (ACBJ) is an American newspaper publisher based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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API
An is a way for two or more computer programs or components to communicate with each other.
Bandwidth (computing)
In computing, bandwidth is the maximum rate of data transfer across a given path.
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Brian Hinman
Brian L. Hinman (born August 22, 1961 in Bethesda, Maryland) is an entrepreneur and investor in high technology businesses, especially the computer-based communications industry.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.
See Poly Inc. and Chief executive officer
Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) is a cordless telephony standard maintained by ETSI.
See Poly Inc. and Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications
Echo suppression and cancellation
Echo suppression and echo cancellation are methods used in telephony to improve voice quality by preventing echo from being created or removing it after it is already present.
See Poly Inc. and Echo suppression and cancellation
Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
H.323
H.323 is a recommendation from the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) that defines the protocols to provide audio-visual communication sessions on any packet network. Poly Inc. and H.323 are Videotelephony.
High-definition television
High-definition television (HDTV) describes a television or video system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies.
See Poly Inc. and High-definition television
HP Inc.
HP Inc. is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, that develops personal computers (PCs), printers and related supplies, as well as 3D printing services. Poly Inc. and hP Inc. are technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Latency (audio)
Latency refers to a short period of delay (usually measured in milliseconds) between when an audio signal enters a system, and when it emerges.
See Poly Inc. and Latency (audio)
Latency (engineering)
Latency, from a general point of view, is a time delay between the cause and the effect of some physical change in the system being observed.
See Poly Inc. and Latency (engineering)
Microsoft RoundTable
Microsoft RoundTable was a videoconferencing device with a 360-degree camera that was designed to work with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 or Microsoft Office Live Meeting. Poly Inc. and Microsoft RoundTable are Videotelephony.
See Poly Inc. and Microsoft RoundTable
Mitel
Mitel Networks Corporation is a Canadian telecommunications company. Poly Inc. and Mitel are 2018 mergers and acquisitions, companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq and telecommunications equipment vendors.
Multinational corporation
A multinational corporation (MNC; also called a multinational enterprise (MNE), transnational enterprise (TNE), transnational corporation (TNC), international corporation, or stateless corporation,with subtle but contrasting senses) is a corporate organization that owns and controls the production of goods or services in at least one country other than its home country.
See Poly Inc. and Multinational corporation
Oak Investment Partners
Oak Investment Partners is a private equity firm focusing on venture capital investments in companies developing communications systems, information technology, new Internet media, healthcare services and retail.
See Poly Inc. and Oak Investment Partners
Obihai Technology
Obihai Technology was a company that manufactures analog telephone adapters that supported Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), XMPP, and Google Voice compatible Internet telephony.
See Poly Inc. and Obihai Technology
Ottawa
Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.
Pan–tilt–zoom camera
A pan-tilt-zoom camera (PTZ camera) is a robotic camera capable of panning horizontally (from left to right), tilting vertically (up and down), and zooming (for magnification).
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PictureTel
PictureTel Corporation was one of the first commercial videoconferencing product companies. Poly Inc. and PictureTel are Videotelephony.
Plain old telephone service
Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), or Plain Ordinary Telephone System, is a retronym for voice-grade telephone service employing analog signal transmission over copper loops.
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Plantronics
Plantronics, Inc. is an American electronics company — branded Poly to reflect its dual Plantronics and Polycom heritage — producing audio communications equipment for business and consumers.
Poly Inc.
Poly Inc., formerly Polycom, is an American multinational corporation that develops video, voice and content collaboration and communication technology. Poly Inc. and Poly Inc. are 1990 establishments in California, 1996 initial public offerings, 2016 mergers and acquisitions, 2018 mergers and acquisitions, American companies established in 1990, companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq, electronics companies established in 1990, technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area, telecommunications companies established in 1990, telecommunications equipment vendors, Teleconferencing and Videotelephony.
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
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San Jose, California
San Jose, officially the paren), is the largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2022 population of 971,233, it is the most populous city in both the Bay Area and the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland Combined Statistical Area—which in 2022 had a population of 7.5 million and 9.0 million respectively—the third-most populous city in California after Los Angeles and San Diego, and the 13th-most populous in the United States.
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Santa Cruz, California
Santa Cruz (Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the largest city and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, in Northern California.
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Session Initiation Protocol
The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a signaling protocol used for initiating, maintaining, and terminating communication sessions that include voice, video and messaging applications. Poly Inc. and session Initiation Protocol are Videotelephony.
See Poly Inc. and Session Initiation Protocol
Speakerphone
A speakerphone is a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker provided separately from those in the handset.
See Poly Inc. and Speakerphone
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the company.
Sun Capital Partners
Sun Capital Partners, Inc., is an American private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts.
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Tax inversion
A tax inversion or corporate tax inversion is a form of tax avoidance where a corporation restructures so that the current parent is replaced by a foreign parent, and the original parent company becomes a subsidiary of the foreign parent, thus moving its tax residence to the foreign country.
See Poly Inc. and Tax inversion
Telecommunications
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information with an immediacy comparable to face-to-face communication.
See Poly Inc. and Telecommunications
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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Voice over IP
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also called IP telephony, is a method and group of technologies for voice calls for the delivery of voice communication sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. Poly Inc. and voice over IP are Videotelephony.
See Poly Inc. and Voice over IP
VoIP phone
A VoIP phone or IP phone uses voice over IP technologies for placing and transmitting telephone calls over an IP network, such as the Internet.
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves.
Wideband audio
Wideband audio, also known as wideband voice or HD voice, is high definition voice quality for telephony audio, contrasted with standard digital telephony "toll quality".
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1080p
1080p (1920 × 1080 progressively displayed pixels; also known as Full HD or FHD, and BT.709) is a set of HDTV high-definition video modes characterized by 1,920 pixels displayed across the screen horizontally and 1,080 pixels down the screen vertically; the p stands for progressive scan, i.e. non-interlaced.
3D audio effect
3D audio effects are a group of sound effects that manipulate the sound produced by stereo speakers, surround-sound speakers, speaker-arrays, or headphones.
See Poly Inc. and 3D audio effect
720p
720p (720 lines progressive) is a progressive HD signal format with 720 horizontal lines/1280 columns and an aspect ratio (AR) of 16:9, normally known as widescreen HD (1.78:1).
See also
Electronics companies established in 1990
- ASBIS
- Advanced Network and Services
- Arm Holdings
- Cellularline
- Coby Electronics Corporation
- DTS (company)
- Definitive Technology
- International Game Technology
- K-array
- Lanix
- Merging Technologies
- PO KSI
- Peregrine Semiconductor
- Poly Inc.
- SOHOware Incorporated
- Sat Nusapersada
- Silicon Valley Microelectronics
- Sylvania (brand)
- TRENDnet
- Thrustmaster
- Unimicron
- VTI Instruments
- Valve Amplification Company
- Wintek
Telecommunications companies established in 1990
- ASAHI Net
- Advanced Network and Services
- BT Ireland
- IDT Corporation
- Millicom
- Net2Phone
- Poly Inc.
- PrimeStar
- SSi Canada
- Sky Cable Corporation
- Socatel
- Türksat (company)
- T-Mobile (brand)
- TalkSwitch
- Telecentro
- Telecom Argentina
- Telus
- Telus Corporation
- True Corporation
- Unicel
- Vodafone Germany
- Zaykabar Company
References
Also known as Accord Networks, Atlas Communications Engines, DST Media (company), Destiny Conferencing, Kirk Telecom, MeetU, Poly (company), Polycom, Polycom Inc., SpectraLink Corporation, ViaVideo, Voyant Technologies.