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Our History

TANDBERG has shaped the development of the videoconferencing industry

From our roots as a Norwegian radio factory and a pioneer of videoconferencing technology, TANDBERG is now a global leader in the communication industry. Below are some of the major milestones in TANDBERG's history.

Milestones





	•	1933 Start of the TANDBERG Radio Factory.
	•	1979 Tandberg splits into Tandberg Data, Tandberg Television and TANDBERG asa.
	•	1989 First small group video system launched in the European market.
	•	1993 Launch of the Vision classic small group product.

1997-1998





	•	Vision series successful in Europe.
	•	Enter into the North American market.
	•	Extend portfolio to include large group products and solutions for Telemedicine and Education products.

1997-1999





	•	Acquisitions in North America.
	•	Extended sales to Asia.
	•	Launched new group products.

2000





	•	Launched new product line and a series of innovative functions.
	•	Leading the industry with the most complete product range.
	•	Global distribution network and service program.

2001





	•	Launched the TANDBERG Management Suite.
	•	Launched the TANDBERG 8000 and TANDBERG 1000.

2002





	•	Over 50,000 TANDBERG systems installed around the world.
	•	Collaborative communications redefined by TANDBERG ACE, an open architecture for best-in-class solutions.

2003





	•	First provider of video communications to support a new standard (H.264) for video quality across all video endpoints and video infrastructure over IP or ISDN networks.
	•	TANDBERG See&Share customer premise solution introduced to enable data conferencing for video and audio participants.
	•	Tactical, a briefcase-sized portable state-of-the-art video system, introduced.

2004





	•	TANDBERG announces a strategic partnership with Cisco Systems.
	•	First to ship IP video solutions for Cisco CallManager, making video as simple as a phone call.
	•	First in industry to include advanced security as standard in all products.
	•	Introduced instant messaging for business-quality video.

2005





	•	TANDBERG introduces Expressway™ technology that securely overcomes corporate network firewalls to make face-to-face interaction convenient and cost-effective.
	•	Integration with Microsoft Live Communications Server and Office Communicator expanded.
	•	TANDBERG acquires Ivigo, a 3G innovator, to provide unprecedented mobile visual communications.
	•	TANDBERG acquires Ectus, positioning TANDBERG to be the first company to deliver "anytime, anywhere" streaming and archiving of business-quality video
	•	Integration with IBM expanded to enable IBM® Lotus® Sametime® users to launch ad-hoc video calls.
	•	TANDBERG delivers the world's first IPv6, (next-generation Internet protocol) implementation of videoconferencing
	•	Integration with Nortel, supporting Nortel's Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

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