Gigaset Communications

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Gigaset Communications GmbH
FormerlySiemens Home and Office Communication Devices GmbH & Co. KG (2005-2008)
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Telecommunications
FoundedOctober 1, 2005;20 years ago (2005-10-01)
Founder Siemens
Headquarters
Munich
,
Germany
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products Cordless, VoIP and corded telephones as well as Smart Home
Revenue€280 million (2018) [1]
Decrease2.svg (€8.5 million) (2018) [1]
Decrease2.svg €3.4 million (2018) [1]
Total assets Decrease2.svg €213.1 million (2018) [1]
Owner
Number of employees
888 (2018) [1]
Parent
Website www.gigaset.com

Gigaset Communications GmbH [2] (formerly known as Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices GmbH & Co. KG) is a multinational corporation based in Munich, Germany.

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Founded in 2005 by Siemens, it was acquired by Arques Industries, later renamed Gigaset, in 2008, it is more active in the area of communications technology and in the manufacturing of DECT telephones.

In 2024 VTech acquired the company. [3]

History

Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices was established on 1 October 2005 by Siemens.

On 1 October 2008 Arques Industries, a private equity firm, acquired the company for 45 million euros. [4] [5]

In January 2024 it was announced that Gigaset and its assets would be acquired by VTech; [6] [7] that transaction was completed three months later.

On 5 April 2024, the VTech subsidiary Snom completed its acquisition of the company. [3]

Products and services

Gigaset creates numerous products for home and small office use:

Recent Gigaset and Gigaset pro cordless phones support Cat-iq 2.0 with HD Voice, allowing high-quality calls with a frequency response up to 7 kHz on VoIP/SIP phones and home gateways, using the G.722 wideband audio codec (dubbed High Definition Sound Performance (HDSP) by Gigaset).

Eco Dect and Eco Dect Plus are power-saving technologies used by Gigaset. [11] Energy savings of 60-80% are available using a combination of low-energy switched-mode power supply unit, reduction of transmission power by adjusting transmission power according to the handset's distance to the base station, and switching off radio wave transmission completely when the handset is docked and charging or in standby mode. A green home logo indicates that the product has these features.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Gigaset. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Impressum". www.gigaset.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 "VTech Completes Acquisition of Assets of Gigaset Communications GmbH". PR Newswire. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Siemens Plans to Cut Up to 7,000 Jobs Archived 2022-04-26 at the Wayback Machine . New York Times, February 26, 2008
  5. ↑ A Home Network Where Your TV Talks to Your Fridge Archived 2022-04-26 at the Wayback Machine . New York Times, August 24, 2008
  6. ↑ "VTech to Acquire Assets of Gigaset Communications GmbH". VTech. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "VTech to Acquire Assets of Gigaset Communications GmbH". Gigaset. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Gigaset presents new GS270 smartphone | Gigaset". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Discover the Gigaset GL7 flip phone". www.gigaset.de. Gigaset. 11 March 2023. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Radikale Minimalisten c't 2023 issue 07 page 67ff73 Feature-Phones with Messenger". www.ct.de. c't. 11 March 2023. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "Eco Dect Green Home". GigaSet. Archived from the original on 14 December 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
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