Sphairon
| Sphairon Technologies GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1948, founded in 2010 |
| Seat | Bautzen , Germany |
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| Number of employees | 60 (May 2013) |
| sales | EUR 21.069 million (2010) |
| Branch | Telecom equipment supplier |
| Website | www.sphairon.com |
Sphairon is a supplier and manufacturer of products in the field of telecommunications and network technology (including DSL , ISDN , WLAN , WLL and Internet telephony ). The headquarters are in Bautzen , where the company's development is concentrated.
History of the company
The company emerged from the VEB Fernmeldewerk Bautzen , founded in 1948 , into which the AEG production of carrier frequency systems, which began in 1941, was incorporated . In 1990 the company was converted into RFT Fernmeldewerk Bautzen GmbH . In 1991, Philips Communication Industry AG, Nuremberg, acquired the company and renamed it to Philips Fernmeldewerk Bautzen GmbH , and in 1996 to Philips Multimedia Network Systems GmbH with a new product focus. In 2000, Professional Multimedia Network Systems GmbH (PMNS) took over the Philips activities in Bautzen.
Another part of the company goes back to Krone AG, which was founded in Berlin in 1928 and which was involved in the expansion of fiber optic networks in the new federal states from 1992 to 1996. From 1996 the business field Wireless Local Loop (WLL) was taken over by Jenoptik Communication GmbH in connection with the takeover of Krone AG by Jenoptik AG. In 2000 PMNS bought part of the wireless business. In 2003, the PMNS Group was finally renamed Sphairon Access Systems GmbH .
On December 17, 2009, Sphairon Access Systems GmbH filed for insolvency at the Dresden District Court under AZ 531 IN 3208/09. A complaint was filed against the two managing directors Uwe Bartsch and Mohamed Al-Sady in January 2010 on suspicion of delaying bankruptcy . You should have filed for bankruptcy in mid-November 2009.
Due to the participation of the Indian investment company Sandalwood, there was a transfer of operations in March 2010 according to § 613 BGB, which preserved around 200 jobs at the Bautzen location. The insolvent Sphairon Access Systems GmbH iI is being handled by the lawyer Bettina Schmudde (White & Case Insolvenz GbR). With the transfer of operations, the company was renamed to Sphairon Technologies GmbH on April 1, 2010.
As of December 31, 2010, the company employed 193 people in development and production.
At the beginning of 2012, Sphairon gave up its production at the Bautzen location and is now having various partners manufacture. The number of employees fell from 200 to 90. In May 2013, 60 people were still employed.
On March 14, 2013, the company filed for insolvency due to insolvency. The number of employees had been reduced to around 60 by this time. The bankruptcy proceedings were opened on April 30, 2013.
In May 2013, the takeover by the Taiwanese network equipment supplier ZyXEL was announced. He took over 30 of the 60 Sphairon employees. The terminated employees should, however, be employed for a transitional period of a maximum of nine months.
Products (selection)
Brilink NT1 + split
The Brilink NT1 + split is a device with emergency power supply that can be used to connect telephones , faxes , modems and similar devices to an ISDN connection using the DSS1 protocol. An NT 1+ split combines the functions of several individual devices such as DSL splitter , NTBA , ISDN terminal adapter and telephone system . There are several different product revisions and variations (depending on the ISDN provider) with different names and functions on the market. For example, For example, the VersatelBox, which is still available and in use at Versatel, has a voice-controlled configuration menu and internal telephony that is usually only offered by telephone systems.
Layout and function
A Brilink NT1 + split can combine the following individual devices:
- an NTBA converts the connection line from the exchange (two wires) to an S 0 interface (four wires).
- a terminal adapter converts an ISDN connection into an analog telephone connection (two wires, a / b interface ).
- a DSL splitter separates the ISDN signals and the DSL signals
The Brilink NT1 + web models, which are currently no longer in use, still contain an ISDN modem with channel bundling function for Internet access .
In addition to the starter box, you need either analogue end devices (e.g. analogue telephones) or ISDN end devices for connection to the internal S 0 bus, e.g. B. a telephone system or an ISDN modem.
configuration
As a rule, the configuration takes place via an analog telephone with multi-frequency dialing .
Provider & designation
- Arcor [incorporated in Vodafone] - "Arcor StarterBox"
- Vodafone - "Vodafone StarterBox"
- Versatel - "VersatelBox"
- GELSEN-NET - "Gelsen-Net Box"
- HanseNet [merged into Telefónica Germany (O 2 )] - "Alice Box"
- NetCologne - "NetConnect DeLuxe"
Wired Access (wired)
The company is an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) that develops and manufactures devices, but does not sell it itself, but supplies Internet service providers such as AOL , Arcor , Vodafone , Telefonica , NetCologne , HanseNet and Deutsche Telekom . Abroad Swisscom , Telefónica ( Spain ), Telekom Austria .
Product classes
- Brilink ISDN NTs: ISDN - network termination for end customers, some with fragments and / or terminal adapter for analog telephones
- Primelink router / modems: SHDSL modems for realizing symmetrical data transmission
- Turbolink routers / IADs : ADSL gateways for digital home networking and internet access via ADSL
- Speedlink IADs / modems: VDSL2 gateways with high-speed VDSL network access up to 100 Mbps
- Homelink series: Devices for home networking using various technologies (e.g. WLAN , Powerline )
Company name
Sphairon originated from the terms Sphaira (Greek for sphere, encompassing the world, global) and On (electron, technology).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c teltarif.de: After Sphairon insolvency: Zyxel takes over network equipment supplier
- ↑ a b Bundesanzeiger.de: Sphairon Technologies GmbH (formerly: LK Dreihundsechzigste Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH) Bautzen (formerly: Dresden): Annual financial statements for the financial year from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
- ↑ High-tech from salt forest. (No longer available online.) Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 16, 2009 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Investment in Bautzen. (No longer available online.) Punkteins oberlausitz TV, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 16, 2009 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ December 18, 2009 Bautzen-based telecommunications supplier is bankrupt. Sächsische Zeitung, accessed on December 21, 2009 .
- ↑ heise.de. Retrieved January 13, 2010 .
- ↑ Indians buy telecom equipment supplier Sphairon . In: Sächsische Zeitung , March 31, 2010, accessed on April 27, 2010
- ↑ 02.08.2012 Modem manufacturer Sphairon stops production. (No longer available online.) MDR Sachsen, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 2, 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bautzener Sphairon Technologies successfully completes renovation . ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. hww.eu
- ↑ Zyxel takes over Sphairon Technologies. IT-BUSINESS, accessed on May 14, 2013 .
- ↑ NT1 + split. Retrieved August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ October 27, 2006 - AOL Phone Box comes exclusively from Sphairon in Bautzen. (No longer available online.) Saxxess.com, archived from the original on July 4, 2008 ; Retrieved July 16, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ October 24, 2006 - Sphairon's VDSL modems exclusively for Deutsche Telekom. (No longer available online.) Saxxess.com, archived from the original on July 4, 2008 ; Retrieved July 16, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
