Tekelec, Inc. is a US company (NASDAQ

NASDAQ

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:TKLC), founded 1971 in California, but now headquartered in Morrisville

Morrisville

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, North Carolina

North Carolina

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. Tekelec produces hardware and software solutions for telecoms - land line, mobile and data.
In 1961, Jean-Claude Asscher founded Tekelec-Airtronic, SA, a French electronics company with emphasis on the aviation industry.