please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message oscilloquartz sa osa type limited company industry telecommunications founded 1949 headquarters neuch tel switzerland products caesium clocks maser clocks ssu also called tsg sase or bits ntp time servers ptp ieee 1588 2008 grandmaster & slaves gps & glonass based synchronization equipment revenue number of employees website www.oscilloquartz.com oscilloquartz a company of adva optical networking is a manufacturer of frequency sources such as gps & glonass receivers or caesium clocks for telecommunications applications and has been producing similar products for about 60 years . it also providers synchronization solutions for turnkey synchronization projects in e.g. pdh sdh sonet and all kind of mobile telecom networks e.g. gsm x cdma tetra 2 . xg 3g 4g umts wimax . it also offers a wide range of technology including its proprietary syncview management software and including as syncview agents or embedded solutions q3 snmp tl1 interfaces . it also manufactures a range of products including single oven and double oven oscillators targeted at the synchronisation of mobile base stations and other telecommunication equipment . the company headquarters is in neuch tel switzerland . history edit oscilloquartz began its operations as a department of ebauches sa in 1949 during the pioneering days of time and frequency measurement . in 1950 oscilloquartz equipped the observatory of neuch tel where the first quartz clocks were installed . further quartz clocks were delivered to the observatory of paris in 1955 . in 1958 oscilloquartz began their activity in atomic frequency standards . an ammoniac maser designed by the lsrh was built and shown at the universal exhibition of brussels . subsequently a hydrogen maser was developed and until 1988 nine units were manufactured and delivered to several observatories and institutes worldwide . in 1962 it developed of a complete redundant frequency generating system for swisscom formerly named swiss ptt of which more than 50 were delivered in the 1960s and 1970s . in 1964 it focussed on the field of caesium frequency standards and in 1966 delivered its first commercial atomic clock to the esro the predecessor of the european space agency esa . in 1967 the swiss atomic clock oscillatom was shown at expo 67 montreal . during that same year transport and transfer of precise time was carried out in the united states canada far east and south america . in 1971 oscilloquartz sa was officially registered as a corporation . in 1978 swisscom formerly swiss ptt commissioned oscilloquartz to supply a new generation of plesiochronous and synchronous equipment for hierarchy levels i and ii of their digital communications network . over thirty similar synchronization systems were subsequently installed worldwide . in 1988 in a joint venture with sercel france oscilloquartz developed the new european digital caesium standard eudics with fully digital control loops and remote capabilities via rs 232 interface . in 2014 adva optical networking acquired oscilloquartz sa from the swatch group . external links edit oscilloquartz sa retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oscilloquartz & oldid 734086342 categories manufacturing companies of switzerlandhidden categories articles lacking sources from june 2007all articles lacking sourcespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 01 52 . 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