Odisei S.A. was a French company based in

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, France that developed the first Internet protocol private branch exchange (IP-PBX) software solution hosted by carriers.Frédéric Artru launches Odisei in

It was founded by

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in 1998 based on his work at the

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. Odisei was acquired by

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in May 1999. It is likely the highest

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on a time-basis for a French-based technology company (50 to 1 ROI for seed investors). Odisei offered the IntraSwitch IP-PBX, a Java-based solution that runs on a carrier-grade server located at a telephony service provider's site and provides voice and data services to individuals, small and large businesses, local exchange carriers and

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s. IntraSwitch is to this date the sole complete implantation strictly following the Versit CTI ENcyclopedia specifications. After acquisition by

, Odisei changed its name to Netergy Networks Software Division then to Centile. In 2003, Centile was bought out from

by Eurotel, a Nordic countries private investor group.Centile becomes independent again after being bought out from

Centile has since focused its activities on premises-based IP-PBX products.

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