Israel India | Business Guide | 2017

076 > ICT > Communication Israel-India > Business Guide > 2017 ‏ I sraeli companies have traditionally been at the forefront of the global IT and communications industry. Over 64 years of innovation in civilian andmilitary applications have resulted in the emergence of several world-renowned Internet,IT and communications powerhouses in Israel,along with hundreds of smaller tech companies and over 1,000 active Israeli communications start-ups.Companies like VocalTec, Comverse, NDS and Alvarion have changed the face of global communications – voice over IP, voicemail, conditional access, instant messaging and Mobile WiMAX are all attributed to Israeli research and development. ‏ Israel's Communications Firsts 1981 ‏ - ECI Telecom first gained world prominence by introducing the concept of toll-quality international compression and was the first to develop technology enabling two calls on the same phone line. ECI was also the first company to deploy HDS. 1986 ‏ - Comverse was the first company to integrate voice,fax and call processing functions into a single system.Today,Comverse leads the multimedia messaging market. 1993 ‏ - Checkpoint Software Technologies created the modern commercial computer network firewall, offering vital protection to computers worldwide from the dangers of cyberspace.  1995 ‏ - Vocaltec  first commercialized VoIP technology with its release of the 1995 Internet Phone. 1996 ‏ - Mirabilis was the first company to introduce a consumer product for instant communication and chat, ICQ. 1997 ‏ - Radvision developed the H.323 Protocol,the core standard of VoiP that enables voice,picture and data to be transmitted via the Internet.Today,it is a world leader in technology for video conferencing and multimedia over IP. 2000 ‏ - Nice Systems became the first company to utilise VoIP recording technology. Nice has emerged as a world leader in multimedia digital recording solutions for business interaction management and security. 2005 ‏ - Comsys was the first to offer base band IP for EDGE solutions,for both handsets and base- stations, and is now a leader of 4G chipsets for the next generation cellular infrastructure Linking the World with Groundbreaking Technology 2006 ‏ – Runcom was the first to introduce a Mobile WiMax compliant ASIC. ‏ R&D Centers: Multinationals in Israel ‏ Over half of the 120 foreign R&D Centers operating in Israel develop information and communication technologies,includingmultinationals such as Cisco, IBM, HP, Intel, Microsoft and Google ‏ Motorola - Israel’s (MIL) R&D centers have produced major breakthroughs in the field of mobile and cellular communications and pioneered the world’s first car phone.MIL completed the construction of a new R&D Center in Israel in 2007 and currently employs over 3,000 people in its four Israeli plants. ‏ Intel - Israel employs about 10,000 workers in four R&D and three manufacturing facilities and is responsible for the development of leading technology solutions. ‏ IBMR&DLabs in Israel was established in 1972 and now encompasses about 1,000 employees. ‏ Microsoft has two R&D Centers in Israel and employs around 1,000 people.In 2012, the company added a start-up incubator to one of its R&D Centers. ‏ Apple opened an AT&T Foundry innovation center in Israel in cooperation with Amdocs, a collaborative environment where the companies work with local start-ups and developers. ‏ Source: Invest in Israel ‏ Voice over IP, Voicemail, Conditional Access, Instant Messaging and Mobile WiMAX - Israeli Communications companies have changed the face of global communications