Allied Telesis is a telecommunications company, formerly Allied Telesyn. Headquartered in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, their North American headquarters are in San Jose, California

San Jose, California

San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

. Founded in 1987, the company is a global provider of secure Ethernet

Ethernet

Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....

 & IP

Internet Protocol

The Internet Protocol is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite...

 access solutions and an industry leader in the deployment of IP triple play

Triple play (telecommunications)

In telecommunications, triple play service is a marketing term for the provisioning of two bandwidth-intensive services, high-speed Internet access and television, and a less bandwidth-demanding service, telephone, over a single broadband connection. Triple play focuses on a combined business...

 networks over copper and fiber

Optical fiber

An optical fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made of a pure glass not much wider than a human hair. It functions as a waveguide, or "light pipe", to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber. The field of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of...

 access infrastructure.

According to a Dell Oro Group report, Allied Telesis ranked 4th in the world for shipments of fast Ethernet ports in Q4 2005.

Company history

• Mar. 1987 System Plus Co. is established with 1 million Yen capital stock.
• Sep. 1987 The company is renamed Allied Telesis K.K.
  ATKK
  Allied Telesis Holdings KK is the Japanese parent-company of Allied Telesis, located in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1987 by Takayoshi Oshima who is the current CEO....
  
  
• Apr. 1990 Capital stock is increased to 99 million Yen.
• Feb. 1991 Allied Telesyn Intl. (Asia) Pte., Ltd. is established in Singapore.
• Jun. 1995 Allied Telesyn Intl. Pty Ltd. is established in Australia.
• Nov. 1995 Malaysia Sales Office opens.
• Jun. 1997 Capital stock is increased to 734 million Yen.
• Jul. 1997 Taiwan Representative Office is launched.
• May 1999 Acquires a networking division from Teltrend Ltd., US.
• May 1999 Centrecom Systems Ltd. is established in UK.
• Jun. 2000 Allied Telesyn Europe Service S.r.l. is established in Italy.
• Jun. 2000 Allied Telesyn Korea Co., Ltd. is established in the Republic of Korea.
• Jul. 2000 Allied Telesis K.K. is listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
  Tokyo Stock Exchange
  The , called or TSE for short, is located in Tokyo, Japan and is the third largest stock exchange in the world by aggregate market capitalization of its listed companies...
  
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• Oct. 2000 Allied Telesyn Labs New Zealand Ltd., an R&D center, is established in Christchurch, New Zealand
• Mar. 2001 Allied Telesyn Philippines Inc. is established in the Philippines as a software development base.
• Mar. 2001 Allied Telesyn International m.b.H is established in Austria.
• Sep. 2001 Allied Telesis (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. is established in China.
• Oct. 2001 Allied Telesyn Networks Inc., an R&D center, is established in North Carolina, U.S.A.
• Jan. 2002 Allied Telesis International SA is established in Switzerland.
• Feb. 2002 Allied Telesyn International S.L.U. is established in Spain.
• Jul. 2004 Allied Telesis K.K. is renamed Allied Telesis Holdings K.K.
• Mar. 2005 Allied Telesis K.K. acquires ROOT Inc, a wireless networking company.
• May. 2005 Allied Telesis Capital Corp is established in Washington state, USA.
• Dec. 2006 Allied Telesis Capital Corp opens branch on Yokota Air Base
  Yokota Air Base
  , is a United States Air Force base in the city of Fussa, one of 26 cities in the Tama Area, or Western Tokyo.The base houses 14,000 personnel. The base occupies a total area of and has a runway...
  
  , Japan
• Jun. 2007 Allied Telesis launches Switchblade x908.
• Jul. 2007 Allied Telesis Yokota AFB Branch rolls out IPTV as part of its IVVD contract with AAFES to the Yokota Community.
• May 2008 Allied Telesis Yokota AFB Branch disables IPTV services due to technical issues posed with providing services to the Yokota Community.
• Summer 2008 Allied Telesis Yokota AFB Branch adds 23 channels to its video lineup
• Sep 2008 Allied Telesis Yokota AFB Branch loses external voice carrier services due to a contract dispute over service/payment with IP Triple.
• Sep 2008 Allied Telesis Yokota AFB Branch upgrades to a tier one voice carrier for telephony calls to the states
• Oct. 2008 Allied Telesis Yokota AFB Branch still seeks stability after the series of setbacks from VoIP to IPTV services.
• Nov. 2008 Allied Telesis launches "Green" Eco-friendly networking products to the market.

Products

Allied Telesis is primarily a provider of equipment for enterprise customers, along with educational and government segments. They also serve moderate and small businesses. Their POTS

Plain old telephone service

Plain old telephone service is the voice-grade telephone service that remains the basic form of residential and small business service connection to the telephone network in many parts of the world....

-to-10G iMAP (integrated Multiservice Access Platform) and iMG (intelligent Multiservice Gateways), in conjunction with advanced switching, secure VPN

Virtual private network

A virtual private network is a network that uses primarily public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or traveling users access to a central organizational network....

 routing solutions, enable public and private network operators and service providers of all sizes to deploy scalable, carrier-grade networks for the cost-effective delivery of packet-based voice

Voice over IP

Voice over Internet Protocol is a family of technologies, methodologies, communication protocols, and transmission techniques for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol networks, such as the Internet...

, video and data services.

The current product range includes:

• integrated Multiservice Access Platforms available as multi-slot chassis or a 1RU "miniMAP", provide FTTx or xDSL "last mile" access to end-customers
• intelligent Multiservice Gateways (iMG) deliver voice, video and data over the "last mile"
• SwitchBlade chassis products are high-capacity stackable switches designed for the enterprise core or high-density wiring closet
• x900 and x600 switches are advanced layer 3 stackable 1RU switches
• Switches range from the SBx908 advanced layer 3 gigabit switches to the AT-8000S layer 2 managed fast Ethernet stackable switches. Smart switches and Unmanaged switches are also available in the portfolio. Many of the switches are designed for low power Eco-friendly operation, significantly reducing customer OPEX, and the impact on the environment.
• Routers range from the AR700 series of central site routers for terminating multiple VPNs with system redundancy, to the AR200 series of home office routers with ADSL broadband connections and WLAN options
• Media Converters, the range includes the Converteon - an 18-slot managed media conversion system, a multi-channel media converter, and a range of stand-alone media converters
• Wireless LAN products cover a range of access points and wireless coverage for "last mile" solutions
• Network Adapter Cards, a comprehensive range of fiber and copper 10/100/1000 plug'n'play NICs
• Internet Service Provider, Contracted by AAFES (Army Air Forces Exchange Service) to provide Triple Play Services

External links

• Official website
• Allied Telesis Capital Corp Service Yokota