Jabra
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Jabra develops, manufactures and markets wireless
and corded headsets for mobile phone
users, contact centres and office-based users. It is owned by GN Netcom. The Jabra subsidiary is based in Nashua, New Hampshire
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corporation, by inventor/entrepreneur Elwood "Woody" Norris. From its inception, it was engaged in the development of ear-radio and ear-microphone technologies.
In September 1984, American Technology Corporation (ATC), a publicly traded corporation also founded by Woody Norris, acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Norcom Electronics.
In March 1988, ATC sold Norcom Electronics to Norris Communications, Inc. (NCI), another publicly-traded corporation founded by Woody Norris, in return for 700,000 shares of NCI common stock and a 1% royalty on gross sales of its EarPHONE product.
NCI subsequently changed the name from Norcom Electronics to Jabra Corporation and began a process of spinning it off to two senior NCI employees; Randy Granovetter and Jennifer Blome. In September 2000, Jabra Corporation was acquired by GN Netcom, a division of the Danish company GN Great Nordic. In that same year, GN Netcom under the Jabra brand launched the world’s first Bluetooth
headset for mobile phones, the Jabra BT100.
In 2006, GN Netcom consolidated its Contact Centre and Office (CC&O) headset division under the Jabra brand. This was followed by a restructuring in 2008, which established two distinct divisions within Jabra; CC&O and Mobile. This restructuring thus facilitated a greater focus on business to business and consumer markets respectively.
er Timothy Jacob Jensen
and the Frost & Sullivan Innovation Award 2009 for the Jabra Pro 9400 Series.
Wireless
Wireless telecommunications is the transfer of information between two or more points that are not physically connected. Distances can be short, such as a few meters for television remote control, or as far as thousands or even millions of kilometers for deep-space radio communications...
and corded headsets for mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
users, contact centres and office-based users. It is owned by GN Netcom. The Jabra subsidiary is based in Nashua, New Hampshire
Nashua, New Hampshire
-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...
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History
Jabra Corporation was founded in 1983 as Norcom Electronics Corporation, a UtahUtah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
corporation, by inventor/entrepreneur Elwood "Woody" Norris. From its inception, it was engaged in the development of ear-radio and ear-microphone technologies.
In September 1984, American Technology Corporation (ATC), a publicly traded corporation also founded by Woody Norris, acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Norcom Electronics.
In March 1988, ATC sold Norcom Electronics to Norris Communications, Inc. (NCI), another publicly-traded corporation founded by Woody Norris, in return for 700,000 shares of NCI common stock and a 1% royalty on gross sales of its EarPHONE product.
NCI subsequently changed the name from Norcom Electronics to Jabra Corporation and began a process of spinning it off to two senior NCI employees; Randy Granovetter and Jennifer Blome. In September 2000, Jabra Corporation was acquired by GN Netcom, a division of the Danish company GN Great Nordic. In that same year, GN Netcom under the Jabra brand launched the world’s first Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
headset for mobile phones, the Jabra BT100.
In 2006, GN Netcom consolidated its Contact Centre and Office (CC&O) headset division under the Jabra brand. This was followed by a restructuring in 2008, which established two distinct divisions within Jabra; CC&O and Mobile. This restructuring thus facilitated a greater focus on business to business and consumer markets respectively.
Key Jabra product milestones
- 2000 Jabra launches the world’s first mobile Bluetooth headset (Jabra BT100)
- 2002 Jabra qualifies the world’s first Bluetooth 1.1 headset
- 2003 Jabra launches its top-selling Bluetooth headset, the BT200/Freespeak
- 2003 Jabra launches world’s first wireless headset with built-in conference call functionality
- 2004 Jabra qualifies world’s first Bluetooth 1.2 headset
- 2004 Jabra launches the industry’s first all-digital, multi-purpose amplifier incorporating Digital Signal ProcessingDigital signal processingDigital signal processing is concerned with the representation of discrete time signals by a sequence of numbers or symbols and the processing of these signals. Digital signal processing and analog signal processing are subfields of signal processing...
(DSP) technology - 2005 Jabra qualifies the world’s first Bluetooth 2.0 headset
- 2006 Jabra launches the world’s first dual-connection wireless headset for traditional and IP telephony
- 2008 Jabra headsets are the first to qualify for Microsoft’sMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Office Communicator communication software - 2009 Jabra launches the first contact center headset with FreeSpin 360 degrees rotation noise canceling boom arm
Awards
Jabra headsets have won numerous awards for sound and design, including the Red Dot Best Product Design Award 2009 for the Jabra JX20 – designed by Danish industrial designIndustrial design
Industrial design is the use of a combination of applied art and applied science to improve the aesthetics, ergonomics, and usability of a product, but it may also be used to improve the product's marketability and production...
er Timothy Jacob Jensen
Timothy Jacob Jensen
Timothy Jacob Jensen is an industrial designer and design strategist. He is the CEO and chief designer of Jacob Jensen Holding, Jacob Jensen Design and Jacob Jensen Brand based in Hejlskov, Denmark...
and the Frost & Sullivan Innovation Award 2009 for the Jabra Pro 9400 Series.