Background

Novero is a wireless

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...

 company making 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...

 products for consumer and automotive clients. Novero has customers including Audi

Audi

Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer, from supermini to crossover SUVs in various body styles and price ranges that are marketed under the Audi brand , positioned as the premium brand within the Volkswagen Group....

, Bentley

Bentley

Bentley Motors Limited is a British manufacturer of automobiles founded on 18 January 1919 by Walter Owen Bentley known as W.O. Bentley or just "W O". Bentley had been previously known for his range of rotary aero-engines in World War I, the most famous being the Bentley BR1 as used in later...

, BMW

BMW

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...

, Ford of Europe, Jaguar

Jaguar

The jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Southern United States and Mexico...

, Land Rover

Land Rover

Land Rover is a British car manufacturer with its headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom which specialises in four-wheel-drive vehicles. It is owned by the Indian company Tata Motors, forming part of their Jaguar Land Rover group...

, Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...

, Volkswagen

Volkswagen

Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...

, Nokia

Nokia

Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...

 and others.

Founded in 2008 by Romanian entrepreneur Razvan Olosu, via a management buyout of Nokia

Nokia

Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...

’s Automotive Group, novero is headquartered in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

, Germany with offices, design labs and manufacturing facilities across Europe, North America and Asia.

Products

Product Name	Date	Description
TheFirstOne	Feb. 2009	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
TheTalkyOne	Feb. 2010	Bluetooth Speakerphone Speakerphone A speakerphone is a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker provided separately from those in the handset. This device allows multiple persons to participate in a conversation...
TheTravelOne	Feb. 2010	Universal Wall Charger
TheCarOne	Feb. 2010	Car Charger
TheTrustyOne	Feb. 2010	Aftermarket, in-car Bluetooth Audio Solution
TheTrulyOne	Mar. 2010	Aftermarket, in-car Bluetooth Audio Solution
Victoria	May 2010	Luxury Bluetooth jewelry accessory
Lexington	Sep 2010	Fashion Bluetooth headset
Madison	TBD 2011	Video eyewear
Tour	Apr 2011	Headphones

Company Timeline

• June 2008 – Management buyout from Nokia completed
• June 2008 – novero founded
• Feb. 2009 – TheFirstOne Bluetooth earpiece announced
• July 2009 – TheFirstOne, Bluetooth earpiece launched
• Nov. 2009 – Acquisition of MobinTech
• Dec. 2009 – TheTalkyOne, Bluetooth speakerphone announced

• Dec. 2009 – TheTravelOne & TheCarOne, wireless accessories announced

• Dec. 2009 – TheTrustyOne & TheTrulyOne, aftermarket, in-car Bluetooth products announced
• Feb. 2010 – Lexington, Bluetooth headset announced
• Mar. 2010 – TheTalkyOne, TheTravelOne, TheCarOne launched
• May 2010 – Victoria announced
• Jan 2011 – Madison announced

External links

• Not Brad Pitt? Here's TheFirstOne WirelessWeek
• TheFirstOne Product Review CNET