articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . july 2013 amtelco type privately held founded wisconsin headquarters wisconsin website www.amtelco.com amtelco is a manufacturer of telecommunications equipment and telephone answering service and call center systems founded in 1976 . contents 1 history 2 eve 3 additional amtelco divisions 4 references history edit amtelco was founded in 1976 by bill curtin in the wake of the 1968 u.s. federal communications commission fcc ruling in the carterphone case which struck down existing tariffs prohibiting connection to the public telephone network of equipment not supplied by telephone operating companies . following the release of its tas telephone answering service video system amtelco soon became a common name in the telecommunications service industry its product being one of the first computerized telephone switching system in the marketplace following the 1ess switch and one designed by the british gpo post office research station in the late 1960s http www.connected earth.com galleries frombuttonstobytes intothedigitalera anelectronicfuture index.htm . and now in the science museum in london . the tas system soon was succeeded by the eve system ; more powerful and taking advantage of early model pcs and dumb terminals . by the late 1980s amtelco s eve electronic video exchange system grew to become the most widely used business telephone answering equipment in the industry . today infinity has replaced eve as the flagship telephone switching system . eve edit eve s best use is with a network on a dumb terminal . each operator has a log in with then can be given permission and routed calls based on experience . the screen is separated into 4 parts . the top which states the operator name whether the operator is turned on for receiving calls or not the terminal number and a date time group . below that is a space that is capable of displaying 3 lines at once with the ring count call status greeting and what type of call it is . the bottom portion of the screen is split with individual account information contained on the left side while the area to take a message is located on the right side . the operator must read the information on left side to decide how to dispatch a message which will include instructions to e mail fax print and snail mail alpha page text message call patch employees on call or to even ignore messages from individuals . eve is a system that can run 64 serial ports at one time taking messages for up to 10 000 accts and with only 1 pc strapped to it fax to 8 machines at one time while emailing paging and mirroring it s scsi drives all while switching 255 live calls . it can run for 6 months at a time without so much as a restart . additional amtelco divisions edit 1call red alert xds misecuremessages new product mioncall new product references edit full text of fcc carterfone decision amtelco website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title amtelco & oldid 743922373 categories telecommunications companies of the united statescompanies based in wisconsinhidden categories orphaned articles from july 2013all orphaned articles 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 12 october 2016 at 01 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view