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Type
  
Public (TSX: VCM)

Website
  
Vecima Networks Inc.

Founder
  
Surinder Kumar

Number of employees
  
555 (2013)

Area served
  
Worldwide

Headquarters
  
Victoria, Canada

Founded
  
1988

Parent organization
  
684739 B.C. Ltd.

Vecima Networks wwwmarketwirecomlibraryMwGo20163411G085886

Industry
  
CATV Telecommunications Telematics

Key people
  
Sumit Kumar (CEO & President) Dr. Surinder Kumar (Chairman) John Hanna (CFO) Mark Briggs (SVP Cable Sales)

Products
  
QAM modulation & conversion IP video Wireless Broadband CATV Telematics

Stock price
  
VCM (TSE) CA$ 10.26 +0.14 (+1.38%)31 Mar, 4:00 PM GMT-4 - Disclaimer

Subsidiaries
  
YourLink, Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima

Vecima Networks Inc. is a Canadian company that was founded in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1988. Vecima has offices in Saskatoon, Burnaby, and Victoria. Vecima also has a software development facility in Mangalore, India. Vecima sells its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), system integrators, MSOs and other service providers.

Sumit Kumar is the CEO and president. Surinder Kumar is the founder of the company and is the chairman of the board.

History

  • 2006 – Rebranded and changed company name to Vecima Networks Inc.
  • 2005 – VCom transitioned to a public company and was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol VCM.
  • 2003 – Changed name to VCom Inc and continued as a federal corporation pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act.
  • 1998 – Relocated head office to Victoria, BC.
  • Mid-1990s – Opened a microwave research facility in Victoria, BC.
  • 1990 – Introduced its first commercial products, a line of modulators for the cable television industry.
  • 1988 – Dr. Surinder Kumar founded and incorporated Wavecom Electronics Inc in Saskatoon, SK.

    • References

    Vecima Networks Wikipedia
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