private industry telecommunications founded 1981 ; 35 years ago 1981 founders yehuda zisapel zohar zisapel headquarters tel aviv israel area served worldwide key people chairman yehuda zisapel ceo dror bin products service assured access solutions for service providers and service assured networking solutions for power utilities transportation systems and government agencies website www.rad.com rad the registered trademark of rad data communications ltd. is a privately held corporation headquartered in tel aviv israel which designs and manufacturers specialized networking equipment . rad is a member of the 1.25 billion rad group of companies . contents 1 history 2 products 3 markets 4 awards 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit see also rad group rad was founded by brothers yehuda and zohar zisapel in 1981 as a spin off from bynet a networking hardware distribution company founded by yehuda in 1973 . their goal was to develop their own products ; the company was simply named rad for research and development . 1 rad first successful product was a miniature by 1980s standards modem for telephone lines that did not require a separate power source . this novel concept quickly became a commercial success and by 1985 rad annual revenues reached 5.5 million . this initial product line evolved into rad data communications the largest company within the rad group . 1 in 2014 rad opened a new 32 million advanced r & d center for developing nfv and sdn solutions in the southern israeli city of beersheba . 2 the company is active in industry standardization bodies such as the broadband forum etsi nfv isg international telecommunication union itu internet engineering task force ietf and metro ethernet forum mef . 3 products edit rad s research development and engineering includes hardware virtualization operations administration and management oam and performance management ; service assurance ; traffic management ; fault management ; synchronization and timing over packet ; tdm pseudowire ; asic and fpga development ; hardware miniaturization ; sfp form factor solutions ; and business dsl . an early rad modem the srm 3 was recognized as the world s smallest in the 1992 guinness book of world records . used for connecting asynchronous terminals to host computers it measured 2.4 in 6.1 cm by 1.2 in 3.0 cm by .08 in 0.20 cm . 4 in 1998 rad invented tdm over ip tdmoip technology 5 and in 2013 it pioneered distributed network function virtualization d nfv . 6 at mobile world congress 2015 rad introduced the world s first sfp based ieee 1588 grandmaster clock with a built in gnss receiver . 7 in 2015 rad also launched a virtual customer premises equipment vcpe device for ip and carrier ethernet services with a field pluggable module for hosting virtual network functions vnfs 8 and in 2016 it added a whitebox option that is license upgradable for network functions such as routing service demarcation and performance monitoring . 9 rad s portfolio includes the smallest nfv empowered device yet invented . 10 rad has also been cited as an industry leader in developing communications platforms and security solutions for public utilities . 11 markets edit the company s installed base now exceeds 15 000 000 units 12 and includes more than 150 telecommunications carriers and service providers in addition to a large number of public transportation systems power utilities governments homeland security agencies and educational institutions . rad solutions are distributed through approximately 300 partner channels in over 150 countries . the company itself maintains 30 offices across six continents . awards edit 2015 fierce innovation award for cybersecurity 2014 tele.sintese innovation award fierce innovation award for cybersecurity and network virtualization industry award for nfv innovation of the year 2013 telecom asia s 2013 readers choice award in the broadband innovation category and netevents telecoms product innovation award 2012 best carrier ethernet aggregation product emea award 2011 best carrier ethernet demarcation product award and best carrier ethernet demarcation product award 2010 global frost & sullivan award for price performance value leadership 2008 gsm association global mobile award for best network quality initiative 2000 israel quality award 1994 israel export award 13 see also edit science and technology in israel silicon wadi economy of israel references edit a b levav amos 1998 . sipurehem shel yazame ta a iyat ha hai e ha yi ra elit the birth of israel s high tech industry . zemorah bitan tel aviv . pp. 143 170 . rad commits 32 million for negev telecom r & d center . telecom lead . may 28 2014 . retrieved march 18 2015 . rad data communications . retrieved september 8 2015 . rad data gets its smallest modem into the guinness book of world records . computer business review . august 10 1992 . access date requires url help mpls the core . 23 july 2010 . retrieved 13 january 2014 . wilson carol 3 october 2013 . rad rolls out distributed nfv strategy . light reading . retrieved 2 january 2014 . rad demonstrates world s first ieee 1588 grandmaster on an sfp . march 2 2015 . retrieved september 13 2016 . rad launches vcpe platform for hosting vnfs . light reading . march 17 2015 . retrieved september 13 2016 . rad adds whitebox option to vcpe . light reading . september 8 2016 . retrieved september 13 2016 . haestrategia hahadasha shel rad pitronot bimkom mutsarim . techtime . august 15 2014 . retrieved december 24 2014 . o shea dan august 27 2015 . critical infrastructure why telecom is taking a renewed interest in the utility sector . light reading . retrieved september 8 2015 . rad enhances award winning etx 2i product line with whitebox option an innovative vcpe solution telecommunications industry awards . retrieved april 26 2015 . external links edit official corporate website article at rad data it s all about the partners article zohar zisapel the rad dad of the world s telecom industry rfc 5087 by rad tdm over ip rfc 5287 by rad control protocol extensions for the setup of time division multiplexing tdm pseudowires in mpls networks rfc 4553 authored jointly with rad structure agnostic time division multiplexing tdm over packet satop v t e companies of the rad group nasdaq listed ceragon networks radcom radware silicom privately held bynet packetlight networks rad data communications radiflow radwin securitydam former members armon sold in 1996 to bay networks today avaya lannet sold in 1995 to madge networks which in 1998 sold it to lucent radlan now marvell software radlinx sold in 1998 to vocaltec radnet sold in 1997 to siemens and newbridge networks radview software radvision sold in 2012 to avaya radwiz sold in 1999 to terayon communication systems rit technologies sold in 2008 to stins coman corporation rnd sold in 2003 to usr electronics retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rad data communications & oldid 742547451 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