The story so far

History

1990

Funkanlagen Leipoldt OHG founded by Ralf & Thomas Leipoldt.

1990

Focus on design, production and sales of quick-charging, mobile radio, dispatcher station and hand held equipment.

1994

OEM partnership with Motorola, Swissphone, AEG for quick charging equipment.

1997

FAL enters the market for GSM data. Design, production and sales of the GSM terminal family FALCOM A1.

1998

FAL introduces its first full type approved FALCOM A2 module for embedded OEM applications and the second generation of GSM terminals.

1999

FAL introduces the Dual Band GSM 900/1800 (1900) FALCOM A2D product family. Strategic partnership agreement with Wavecom S.A. about GSM core technology, applications and solutions.

2000

Founding of FALCOM GmbH. FALCOM overtakes the commercial activities of Funkanlagen Leipoldt OHG; Market expansion in the EMEA and Australia/Pacific area.

2001

Founding of FAL MALTA Ltd. Expanding the manufacturing and test capabilities of the company group. FALCOM introduces its first GPS modules based on SiRF chipset technology. Strategic partnership agreement with Siemens ICM about GSM/GPRS core technology, applications and solutions.

2002

Expanding the product portfolio including complete set of GSM/GPRS and GPS modules, terminals and higher hardware integrated solutions. Strategic partnership agreement with SiRF Inc. about GPS core technology, applications and solutions. FALCOM strengthens market positions in EMEA and reaching 25 Mio. Euro annual turnover.

2003

FALCOM introduces new range of Bluetooth enabled GPS terminals. Further enhancement of the product portfolio based on latest GSM/GPRS/GPS/Bluetooth technology. Partnership agreement with Zeevo Inc. about Bluetooth core technology, applications and solutions. New production building in Langewiesen/Germany with state-of-the-art high volume production and test line substantially contributes to the manufacturing power of the company group. R&D department is increased with additional personnel. Founded Falcom subsidiary sales and marketing office in USA; FALCOM USA, Inc. Responsible for Sales, Marketing and OEM/ODM, FALCOM USA has been very active in all market segments in the Americas.

2005

Establishment of Falcom Holding Company and installation of a group structure, new building for logistics and production, FALCOM reaches significant sales in Americas, new long-term stake holder in FALCOM to strengthens financial position for expansion of further growth

2006

Adopting of EGDE and Zigbee for new technologies, strategic partnership agreement with Telit Communications S.p.A. on GSM/GPRS core technology, applications and solutions

2007

FALCOM introduces a wire range of new products including server solution, this will enables FALCOM customers to shorten time to market rapidly, rapid growth on EDGE products