Spirent
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| Type | Public limited company |
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| Traded as | LSE: SPT, OTCBB: SPMYY |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Headquarters | Crawley, United Kingdom (Corporate) Sunnyvale, California, United States (Operational) |
| Key people | Edward Bramson (Chairman of the board) Bill Burns (CEO) |
| Products | Network diagnostics |
| Revenue | £482.2 million (2010)[1] |
| Operating income | £112.7 million (2010)[1] |
| Profit | £79.1 million (2010)[1] |
| Employees | 1,460 (2010)[1] |
| Website | www.spirent.com |
Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT, OTCBB: SPMYY) is a multinational telecommunications testing company headquartered in Crawley, United Kingdom.
It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
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[edit] History
The company was founded by Jack Bowthorpe in 1936 as Goodliffe Electric Supplies. In 1949 it changed its name to Bowthorpe. It acquired Optima Electronics in 1987 and disposed of its defence businesses in 1990. The company's electronics business grew rapidly during the dot-com boom of the 1990s, with the 1997 purchase of businesses such as Adtech, a digital test equipment concern based in Hawaii,[2] and the company was a member of the FTSE 100 index from time to time. It disposed of its automotive industry businesses in 1999, the same year that it bought Netcom Systems, a US telecoms testing business,[3] and DLS, a Canadian telecoms testing business.[4] In 2000 it also bought Hekimian, a major Operations Support Systems business,[5] Zarak Systems, another communications software business[6] and Net-Hopper, an access systems specialist.[7]
In 2000 it changed its name to Spirent.[8] The name is derived from the words "inspired" and "innovation."
In 2006 the company acquired Scientific Software Engineering, a United States based developer of software for testing the performance and functionality of wireless network infrastructure.[9]
In 2011 the company acquired Fanfare Software, a United States-based developer of the iTest automation software.[10]
[edit] Operations
Spirent Communications PLC is a communications and network testing company. Spirent mainly consists of the former Consultronics (later DLS Testworks) (of Ottawa, Canada), Netcom Systems (of Chatsworth and later Calabasas, CA), Adtech (of Honolulu, HI), Zarak Systems (of Sunnyvale, CA), Caw Networks (of San Jose, CA), Hekimian (of Rockville, MD), Telecom Analysis Systems (of Eatontown, NJ), Global Simulation Systems (of Paignton, UK) and a number of other small network test equipment providers that it has acquired such as Imperfect Networks (of Burlington, MA).
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Annual Report 2010
- ^ UK Business Park
- ^ Bowthorpe ups test role with US buy Electronics Times, 21 June 1999
- ^ Bowthorpe buys DLS for $11.1m Electronics Times, 5 July 1999
- ^ Spirent buys Hekimian Company Business and Marketing, January 2001
- ^ Spirent Acquires Zarak Systems Light Reading, 11 September 2000
- ^ Spirent buy is optics boost - Net-Hopper Systems Electronics Times, 23 October 2000
- ^ Spirient: the test is yet to come The Independent, 24 January 2001
- ^ Spirent Acquires 3G Player - Scientific Software 3G, 10 July 2006
- ^ [1] SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC SIGNS DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE THE FANFARE GROUP, INC
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