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Company Profile > Brief History
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In 1991 Sparnex pioneered DSL transmission technology with the
launch of a pre-ETSI HDSL transmission system based on its own
proprietary chip design.
In 1994 Sparnex aligned its design and products on the standards
set for DSL in Europe. Anticipating the
testing issues and problems that would surround DSL deployment. Sparnex ventured out into the Test & Measurement market.
Today, the company develops advanced, high-end installation, performance
and compliance test solutions that have become the reference in this sector.
1998 has been a key year in the company’s history with the move to a new head
office, the raising of additional growth capital through a private placement
and a considerable increase in human resources. 1998 also saw an impressive
growth of the Test & Measurement range - both through new product development
and acquisition - as well as the launch of the second generation of SDSL
transmission solutions.
In 2002
the focus on DSL Test & Measurement has lead to the launch of
the new physical layer simulator platform LSX 2025.x. Covering
ITU, ETSI, ANSI, DSL-Forum standards according European, American and
Japanese networks.
Today, the company has a staff of 35 engineers specialised in
physical layer aspects. With
head office in Antwerp (Belgium) Sparnex now has Offices in
Wülfershausen (Germany) and
Singapore; an R&D facility in Bulgaria and a Development and Manufacturing
unit in Germany.
Sparnex invests annually 17% of Turnover in R&D.
Seeking to benefit from the increasing complexity
of Telecommunications Networks Sparnex will continue to leverage its know-how into
innovative and superior Test & Measurement solutions for Copper Networks and beyond.
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