Inventel

Inventel

Industry	telecommunications
Founded	Paris,France(1990)
Headquarters	Paris , France
Products	telecommunicationsservice, electronics, communications systems

Inventelwas a French company developing consumer electronics and communication systems, noted fordomestic gatewaysand considered one of the primary architects ofTriple playin Europe.Founded in 1990 inParisbyJacques LewinerandEric Carreel,the company was acquired byThomson SAin 2005.

History

Inventel was founded in 1990 by two researchers fromESPCI ParisTech,Jacques LewinerandEric Carreel,who later co-foundedWithings.The company was successful at commercializing scientific research, and providing full product development (software, electronics, and mechanical) in-house.

In the 90’s Inventel succeeded in thepagersmarket with Tam Tam: a paging service using theERMESstandard, which was marketed by largeoperators.

In 1997, Inventel began its engineering activities inDECT.Since then, many Inventel features for DECT phones have been distributed by the major European operators. By 1999, Inventel was working on a device integrating wired and wireless voice and data. The BlueDSL was released in 2001. In 2001, Inventel accepted a €6 million investment from Banexi Ventures andInnovacom.

Inventel became the first major manufacturer ofADSLwireless secured access, with the DWB200 released in 2002.Further ADSL modems for wireless hotspots and the consumer electronics market were developed, including theLiveboxgateway which was distributed byFrance Telecomand several other European operators.

In March 2005, Thomson announced the acquisition of Inventel.Based in the 5th arrondissement of Paris near theÉcole supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris,the company had around 75 employees when it was acquired by Thomson.