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Tekelec

Tekelec, Inc. was a Morrisville, North Carolina–based telecommunications company. It developed hardware and software for networks that are fixed, wireless, or packet-based. It provided IP services to help mobile carriers with network signaling, policy control, and subscriber data management.

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North AmericanSanta Monica, CaliforniaIPONASDAQSymbol
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Frost & Sullivan
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MorrisvilleNorth CarolinaTelecommunicationsPacketIP
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Founded
Calabasas, California (1971)
Industry
telecommunication-equipment manufacturing
Headquarters
Morrisville, North Carolina
Defunct
2013
Key people
Philip Black, President and CEO Michael Leigh, COO and Vice President Sales & Marketing Joseph Noble, Vice President-Sales Hubert de Pesquidoux, Chairman Ronald J. de Lange, Pre…
Number of employees
1140 (2012)

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Tekelec

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Edges31
Triples132
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
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Tekelec

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related to Shareholder class action lawsuit · 21
Tekelec → At, By, CEO Ron, GSO Capital Partners LP, In November, India, Lange, LLC, Morrisville, North Carolina, On January, Q2, Q4, Sankaty Advisors LLC, Siris, Siris Capital Group, The, The ComVest Group, TKLC, US
related to Franco (Frank) Plastina · 18
Tekelec → Board, California, Cary, CEO, CEO Fred Lax, Directors, Eagle, February, Franco Plastina, IEX Corporation, In April, In May, Interim President, January, Krish Prabhu, Lax, Plastina, President
related to Founding by Jean-Claude Asscher · 14
Tekelec → Calabasas, California, California Tekelec, French, In, Inc, It, Jean-Claude Asscher, North American, Philip Black, SA, Santa Monica, Tekelec-Airtronic, The Company
related to Peter N Vicars as CEO · 14
Tekelec → Based, Chief Executive Officer, During, In March, January, July, Peter, President, Protocol Technologies, SS7, Tekelec Canada, Tekelec's, The Eagle, Vicars
related to Philip Black spinoff and going public · 14
Tekelec → Asscher, Atlantic Research, CEO, Chameleon, Chameleon II, Idacom, In, Japan, Peter Vicars, Philip Black, Signalling System, Tekelec Airtronic, The, Tokyo
related to Ronald J. de Lange · 14
Tekelec → CEO, Czech-based, German, Global Business Solutions, GmbH, IMS, IP Multimedia Subsystem, July, Lange, May, On August, Ronald, Session Initiation Protocol, SIP
related to Recognition · 10
Tekelec → Diameter, Diameter Routing, Frost, In March, In October, LTE, MetroPCS, New Product Innovation Award, Sullivan, Tekelec's Diameter Signaling Router
related to Acquisitions · 9
Tekelec → Estacado Systems, In, LLC, March, On February, Session Initiation Protocol, SIP, T-Mobile Germany, Tekelec's
related to Acquisition by Oracle · 3
Tekelec → On March, Oracle, Oracle Communications
Defunct · 1
Tekelec → 2013

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TekelecDefunct20131.00infobox
TekelecFoundedCalabasas, California (1971)1.00infobox
TekelecHeadquartersMorrisville, North Carolina1.00infobox
TekelecIndustrytelecommunication-equipment manufacturing1.00infobox
TekelecKey peoplePhilip Black, President and CEO Michael Leigh, COO and Vice President Sales & Marketing Joseph Noble, Vice President-Sales Hubert de Pesquidoux, Chairman Ronald J. de Lange, Pre…1.00infobox
TekelecNumber of employees1140 (2012)1.00infobox
TekelecProductsChameleon 32 Protocol Simulator/Analyzer, Session Management, Diameter Signaling Router, Policy Management, Subscriber Data Management, Performance Intelligence Center, Mobile M…1.00infobox
TekelecSuccessorOracle Corporation1.00infobox
TekelecTypePublic1.00infobox
TekelecWebsitetekelec.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-02-03)1.00infobox
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