please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . june 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message gigaset ag type aktiengesellschaft traded as fwb ggs industry consumer electronics founded 2008 headquarters munich germany key people klaus we ing ceo and chairman of the executive board bernhard riedel chairman of the supervisory board products cordless voip and corded telephones as well as smart home revenue 326 1 million 2014 1 operating income 16.7 million 2013 1 profit 36.1 million 2013 1 total assets 303.5 million end 2013 1 total equity 24.3 million end 2013 1 number of employees 1 250 end 2015 1 website www.gigaset.com gigaset ag formerly known as siemens home and office communication devices is a multinational corporation based in munich germany . the company is most active in the area of communications technology . gigaset manufactures dect telephones . it has around 1 250 employees and sales activities in approximately 70 countries . under the name gigaset pro the company develops and markets business telephony solutions for small and medium sized enterprises . the company also sells products for the smart home under the name gigaset elements . gigaset ag is listed on the prime standard of deutsche b rse and its shares are traded on the frankfurt stock exchange under the symbol ggs isin de0005156004 . contents 1 history 2 products and services 2.1 gigaset.net 2.2 eco dect eco dect plus 2.3 high sound performance 2.4 high definition sound performance 2.5 cat iq 3 references 4 external links history edit gigaset communications was established on october 1 2008 when de geschichte der arques industries a private equity firm acquired 80.2 % equity interest in siemens home and office communication devices gmbh & co. kg shc from siemens ag for 45 million euros . 2 3 products and services edit gigaset creates numerous products for home and small office use cordless phones specializing in dect technology gigaset is the european market leader and offers a wide variety of wireless phones 900mhz 2.4 ghz and dect and isdn phones . voip phones a variety of cordless dect voip products are available . certain products offer free calls using gigaset.net sip network . corded phones the company sells their analog phones by the brand euroset . smart home security sensors the line is called gigaset elements . as of february 2016 elements is offering a base station motion door and window sensors as well a siren a camera . the system also offers a plug and a button that can be used to control electrical devices in the house . the devices are connected to the base station thru dect ule and the base is connected to the internet thru lan . the user has the ability to get notifications on his smartphone by using a dedicated app available for android and ios . gigaset.net edit gigaset.net is a free phone service provided by the company to customers who acquire certain voip phones . users can edit a nickname in the phone search for buddies and make free wideband audio calls to other users . the only requirement is that the customer has broadband connection . furthermore the gigaset.net network offers free rss subscription to a number of services called info service . the basic services provided are weather and horoscope which are shown scrolling on the phone display . users can add custom rss feeds and watch them on phone screen . more recently the company started offering ability to monitor e bay auctions . eco dect eco dect plus edit gigaset created eco dect and eco dect plus technology where radio wave transmission is switched off when the handset is charging in its base station and 60 80 % of the energy is saved by using low energy switched mode power supply units . it consists of two elements less power consumption by using switched mode power supply unit psu . reduction of the transmission power . this is done in two forms . firstly transmission power is adjusted according to the handset s distance to the base station . secondly transmission power is turned off when the handset is docked and charging . consequences of use 4 standby time and talk time on handsets is reduced by around 50 % using either or both modes due to the additional scanning the handsets therefore have to do . range is also reduced by around 50 % for both modes eco dect plus to 50m indoors 300m outdoors ; eco dect or both modes to 25m indoors 150m outdoors . a green home logo is often used to show that the product is eco friendly . the company employs a marketing campaign with the slogan make a little difference . 5 high sound performance edit gigaset created high sound performance hsp to provide higher sound quality to normal analog land line phones . many of the company s newest phones incorporate this technology . high definition sound performance edit high definition sound performance hdsp enables with an even higher sound quality than hsp although for normal land line phone users there is no sound difference since this is a service available only to voip customers with the g. 722 codec . 6 citation needed also phones require a broadband connection and are limited to the company s voip phones such as the a510 ip c610a ip and users of other phones that use the g722 codec . hdsp technology uses the g. 722 wideband audio or hd audio codec which provides audio with a frequency response up to 7 khz . cat iq edit gigaset has also integrated cat iq technology on several voip phones and all phones supporting hdsp are cat iq compliant . references edit a b c d e f annual report 2014 pdf . gigaset . retrieved 26 march 2015 . siemens plans to cut up to 7 000 jobs . new york times february 26 2008 a home network where your tv talks to your fridge . new york times august 24 2008 eco dect green home . gigaset . retrieved 2014 01 15 . make a little difference siemens gigaset eco dect company marketing campaign http www.webopedia.com term h hd voice.html external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gigaset communications & oldid 735025875 categories technology companies established in 2008electronics companies of germanymobile phone manufacturersgerman companies established in 2008siemenshidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2009all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from june 2016all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2009 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aisitalianoportugu srom n suomi edit links this page was last modified on 18 august 2016 at 05 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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