Alon Cohen
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Alon Cohen is the co-founder of VocalTec
Inc. (1989) and the inventor of the Audio Transceiver that enabled the creation of Voice Over Networks products and eventually the VoIP
industry, that changed the face of the telecommunication
industry. Cohen holds 4 US patents on different communications technologies.
VccalTec is recognized as the first company to provide Internet voice technology worldwide, which in 1996 was one of the earliest successful Internet IPOs (NASDAQ: vocl.
According to Om Malik
, "Two entrepreneurs barely out of their teens, Lior Haramaty
and Alon Cohen, founded VocalTec Communications in 1993 based on the promise of packet voice technology they observed as members of the Israel Defense Force.... the idea of commercializing packet voice did not occur to anyone until the arrival of Lior and Alon."
After leaving VocalTec Cohen founded and managed a successful series of business ventures, including BitWine and RemoteAbility. He currently serves as Executive Vice President and CTO at Phone.com
The recipient of many awards and accolades for his innovative work including the “VoIP Visionary Award” (2005) from Pulvermedia.
Cohen was also named, by “The Marker
”, the leading Israeli Business Newspaper, as one of the “100 Most Influential Israelis” in Israel’s High Technology history in September 2005.
Cohen represented the State of Israel in the United Nations negotiations of the ITU Study Group 16 for the development and ratification of global VoIP standards.
Cohen received an MBA and BSC.EE from Tel Aviv University, both Magna Cum Laude.
VocalTec
VocalTec Communications Inc. , is an Israeli telecom equipment provider. The company was founded in 1989 by Alon Cohen and Lior Haramaty, who invented and patented the first Voice over IP audio transceiver...
Inc. (1989) and the inventor of the Audio Transceiver that enabled the creation of Voice Over Networks products and eventually the VoIP
Voice over IP
Voice over Internet Protocol is a family of technologies, methodologies, communication protocols, and transmission techniques for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol networks, such as the Internet...
industry, that changed the face of the telecommunication
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
industry. Cohen holds 4 US patents on different communications technologies.
VccalTec is recognized as the first company to provide Internet voice technology worldwide, which in 1996 was one of the earliest successful Internet IPOs (NASDAQ: vocl.
According to Om Malik
Om Malik
Om Perkash Malik is an Indian-American web and technology writer. He is the founder of Giga Omni Media, Inc. and executive editor for technology blog GigaOM. He is also a host on a former Revision3 weekly web-business centric podcast, The GigaOm Show.- Personal life and education :Malik was born...
, "Two entrepreneurs barely out of their teens, Lior Haramaty
Lior Haramaty
Lior Haramaty is the co-founder of VocalTec Inc. and the inventor of the Audio Transceiver that enabled the creation of Voice Over Networks products and eventually the VoIP industry, that changed the face of the telecommunication industry.VocalTec is recognized as the first company to provide...
and Alon Cohen, founded VocalTec Communications in 1993 based on the promise of packet voice technology they observed as members of the Israel Defense Force.... the idea of commercializing packet voice did not occur to anyone until the arrival of Lior and Alon."
After leaving VocalTec Cohen founded and managed a successful series of business ventures, including BitWine and RemoteAbility. He currently serves as Executive Vice President and CTO at Phone.com
The recipient of many awards and accolades for his innovative work including the “VoIP Visionary Award” (2005) from Pulvermedia.
Cohen was also named, by “The Marker
TheMarker
TheMarker is the name of three different Hebrew language offerings from Haaretz Group:* Daily economic newspaper distributed as a supplement of Haaretz and standalone* Economic website TheMarker.com* Monthly TheMarker Magazine-History:...
”, the leading Israeli Business Newspaper, as one of the “100 Most Influential Israelis” in Israel’s High Technology history in September 2005.
Cohen represented the State of Israel in the United Nations negotiations of the ITU Study Group 16 for the development and ratification of global VoIP standards.
Cohen received an MBA and BSC.EE from Tel Aviv University, both Magna Cum Laude.