Snom

Snom was founded in 1997 in Berlin, Germany, by Christian Stredicke and Nicolas-Peter Pohland, former computer scientists at Technische Universität Berlin.{{cite web|title=Device Profile: snom 100 VoIP phone|url=https://linuxdevices.org/device-profile-snom-100-voip-phone-a/|publisher=LinuxDevices|date=2002-05-15|access-date=2020-06-20}} In 1999, the company began producing VoIP telephones with the introduction of the snom 100 model.{{cite web|url=http://www.snom.com/en/company/history/|title=snom's milestones|publisher=snom|access-date=2009-05-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128193722/http://www.snom.com/en/company/history/|archive-date=2013-01-28|df=}} By 2000, the company focussed on a vision to make interoperable components for enterprise communication systems. Instead of selling one telephony platform solution, the company emphasized stand-alone VoIP phones that are compatible across standards-based platforms from different vendors, which became possible with the introduction of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) that had recently been standardized in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

In 2001, Snom started a joint venture in Bangalore, India. After some attempts to develop parts of the product in India, this office shifted to a focus in sales. In 2006, Snom opened an office in North Andover, Massachusetts to enter the North American market. In 2008, Snom Italy SRL was founded,{{cite web|url=http://www.snom.com/en/company/history#c23012|title=snom Italy SRL founded|publisher=snom|access-date=2012-12-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128193722/http://www.snom.com/en/company/history/#c23012|archive-date=2013-01-28|df=}} in 2009 Snom France SARL{{cite web|url=http://www.snom.com/en/company/history#c23013|title=snom France SARL founded|publisher=snom|access-date=2012-12-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128193722/http://www.snom.com/en/company/history/#c23013|archive-date=2013-01-28|df=}} and in 2010 snom UK Ltd.{{cite web|url=http://www.snom.com/en/company/history#c23014|title=snom UK Ltd. founded|publisher=snom|access-date=2012-12-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128193722/http://www.snom.com/en/company/history/#c23014|archive-date=2013-01-28|df=}} Distributors network include companies in EMEA, CIS region, North America and Australia.

In late 2016, Snom Technology AG was acquired by VTech Holdings Limited. The transaction was completed on 21 November 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.vtech.com/en/press_release/2016/vtech-completes-acquisition-german-based-snom-technology-ag/|title=VTech Completes Acquisition of German-based Snom Technology AG|publisher=VTech|accessdate=2017-01-19}}{{cite web|url=https://www.snom.com/press/vtech-completes-acquisition-german-based-snom-tech/|title=VTech Completes Acquisition of German-based Snom Technology AG|publisher=Snom|accessdate=2017-01-19}}

The company is headed by Gernot Sagl, Chi Hoi Tong, Ka Hung Tong and Chi Keung Wong. Members of the Supervisory Board include Allan Chi Yun Wong, King Fai Pang and Hon Kwong Leung.{{cite web|url=https://www.snom.com/impressum/|title=snom's imprint|publisher=snom|accessdate=2017-01-19}}

The snom 100 VoIP desk telephone was one of the first commercial voice-over-IP telephones in the telecommunication sector.{{cite web|url=http://www.snom.com/en/company/history/|title=snom's milestones|publisher=snom|access-date=2009-05-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128193722/http://www.snom.com/en/company/history/|archive-date=2013-01-28|df=}} The phone was initially based on the H.323 protocol, but was equipped with support for the Session Initiation Protocol the following year, as SIP matured technologically, and gained international recognition in the IETF community. A followup model was the snom 105, which added a second Ethernet interface to permit chaining the telephone to a desk top computer to use only a single network drop cable at the office station.

The snom 105 was followed by a series of 200-type desk telephones that featured a major dimensional redesign with a new handset and two sizes of LCD displays. Produced were the model 200 and 220.{{cite web|title=Device Profile:Snom 220 enterprise VoIP phone|url=https://linuxdevices.org/device-profile-snom-220-enterprise-voip-phone/|publisher=LinuxDevices|date=2004-08-10|access-date=2020-06-20}} Another 100-series set, the snom 190, with the same form factor of the 200, concluded this technology level in the Fall of 2004, and paved the way for the 300-series released in Winter 2004.{{cite web|title=Snom embeds Linux in business VoIP phone|url=https://linuxdevices.org/snom-embeds-linux-in-business-voip-phone/|publisher=LinuxDevices|date=2005-02-03|access-date=2020-06-20}}

All of snom's software exists in the firmware of its phones, and VoIP telephones support all common standards, as well as the latest technologies for traversal of network address translators (NAT), telephone number mapping (ENUM), and virtual private networks (VPN).

All snom phones are compatible with SIP-based telephone systems and system components, including open source platforms such as Asterisk, SER, sipXecs, and IP-PBX systems offered by companies such as BroadSoft, Epygi (Quadro IP PBX), MetaSwitch, Pandora (Worksmart), ADTRAN (NetVanta UC Server), pbxnsip, Sylantro, Sangoma Technologies Corporation, and others.

Snom's phones include security features based on the two VoIP security standards SIPs ([https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5246 RFC 5246]) and SRTP ([https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3711 RFC 3711]). Some devices also support virtual private networking and wireless encryption (WEP/WPA).

• TMC Labs 2003 Innovation Awards{{cite web|url=http://www.abptech.com/news/press072903.html|title=Press Releases - snom 200 IP Phone receives TMC Labs Innovation Award|date=10 July 2003|publisher=snom|accessdate=2008-10-15}}
• Internet Telephony 2006 Excellence Award{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services/4000915-1.html|title=snom Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's 2006 Product of the Year Award.|date=24 January 2007|publisher=Business Wire|accessdate=2008-10-15}}
• Internet Telephony's 2006 Top 100 Voices in IP Communication- Dr. Christian Stredicke {{cite web|url=http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/10/09/1962112.htm|title=TMC's INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine Names 'Top 100 Voices' of IP Communications Industry|date=10 October 2006|publisher=Business Wire|accessdate=2008-10-15}}
• Pulver 100, 2007{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_March_20/ai_n27244590/pg_1|title=snom technology Named to the 2007 'Pulver 100'|date=20 March 2007|publisher=Business Wire|accessdate=2008-10-15}}

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Category:VoIP companies

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