Vecima Networks is a

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company that develops hardware and software solutions for broadband access, content delivery, and telematics. It was founded in

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, and currently has offices in

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, and is headquartered in

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. Vecima sells its products to

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(OEMs), system integrators, MSOs and other service providers.

History

Sumit Kumar is the CEO and president.

Surinder Kumar Surinder Kumar is an academic and entrepreneur. He was a professor and holder of the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council's Industrial Chair in Telecommunications at the University of Saskatchewan from 1987 to 1997, President and ch ...

is the founder of the company and is the chairman of the board. * 1988 - Wavecom Electronics is founded and incorporated by Surinder Kumar. * 1990 - First commercial products include a line of modulators for the cable television industry. * 1998 - Corporate Headquarters relocated to

. * 2003 - Wavecom changes name to VCom. * 2003 - VCom acquires YourLink, a wireless service provider. * 2005 - VCom transitions to a public company – VCM on the TSX. * 2005 - VCom wins the Advancing Technology award at BC Export Awards. * 2006 - VCom changes its name to Vecima Networks. * 2007 - Vecima acquires

Spectrum Signal Processing Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima is a technology company and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) product provider, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Spectrum designs and builds board and system-level hardware and software solutions for signa ...

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), a signal processing hardware company. * 2008 - Vecima signs supply agreement with

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. * 2013 - Vecima announces appointment of Sumit Kumar to position of CEO. * 2016 - Vecima acquires Contigo Systems, a telematics company. * 2017 - Vecima sells YourLink to Xplornet. * 2017 - Vecima acquires

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, a video content delivery and storage company.

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