As was widely reported, GENBAND recently acquired Tekelec’s Switching Solutions Group, part of which was the Tekelec 7000 product line, which itself was originally a product line launched at Taqua.

 

Does everyone remember Taqua?

 

Taqua was founded in 1998 and the company developed a fully integrated next-generation Class 5 switch: the Taqua 7000 Switching System (T7000), a product that now enjoys over 250 deployments at carriers in North America.

 

In an effort to provide the optimum long-term sales, marketing, R&D and support to existing and prospective T7000 customers, GENBAND is spinning out the T7000 business to the new Taqua. Many of the new management and employees have been affiliated with Taqua since its inception in 1999.

 

“We are confident that the Taqua management team and its employees have the sufficient depth to effectively operate and grow the Taqua business, which has been our primary focus for this transaction,” said Charles Vogt, president and CEO of GENBAND.