Topic summary
Pace Micro Technology
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Pace plc.
History
The company was founded by Yorkshire born businessmen Barry Rubery, David Hood and Robert Fleming in 1982, taking the name Pace Micro Supplies in 1983, eventually being renamed to Pace Micro Technology plc in 1987. It introduced the first low cost commercially available modems in 1985. In 1987, it started selling its first analoguesatellite set top receivers. In 1996, it introduced the world's first DVB decoders, for Australian satellite company Galaxy.