Buzzinbees
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Buzzinbees is a privately-owned company that develops software and sells it to telecommunication equipment and software vendors. It is based in Seyssinet-Pariset near Grenoble
Grenoble
Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...

 in France. It was founded in 2009 by its current CEO Jean-René Bouvier. Buzzinbees's products are currently active in more than 135 countries worldwide.

History

Buzzinbees was spun-off from Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...

 in October 2009. A strategic licensing agreement with the IT giant allows Buzzinbees to continue to develop and enhance products that have been deployed for more than 20 years by HP (it is acknowledged that HP started to provide telecommunication operators and equipment providers with carrier grade signaling
Signalling (telecommunications)
In telecommunication, signaling has the following meanings:*the use of signals for controlling communications...

 as soon as 1988).

HP has become one of Buzzinbees's customers, buying signaling platforms as well as other products to embed them into its telecommunication solutions.

In February 2010, Buzzinbees announced its collaboration with PT on a messaging server: Bee-IRON. The Bee-IRON platform is a flagship product from Buzzinbees which can deliver and route 2,500 SMS
SMS
SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...

 per second in a single node. It complements PT's MicroTCA server.

Products

Buzzinbees's portfolio encompasses network nodes
Node (networking)
In communication networks, a node is a connection point, either a redistribution point or a communication endpoint . The definition of a node depends on the network and protocol layer referred to...

 built atop a comprehensive suite of signaling products providing complete development platforms based on global telecommunication standards and protocols.

These products work indeed with SS7 (signaling system #7), IMS
IP Multimedia Subsystem
The IP Multimedia Subsystem or IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem is an architectural framework for delivering Internet Protocol multimedia services. It was originally designed by the wireless standards body 3rd Generation Partnership Project , as a part of the vision for evolving mobile...

 (IP multimedia subsystem) and LTE
3GPP Long Term Evolution
3GPP Long Term Evolution, usually referred to as LTE, is a standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals. It is based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA network technologies, increasing the capacity and speed using new modulation techniques...

 (long term evolution) protocols. They augment networks with intelligent functions (intelligent network
Intelligent network
The Intelligent Network , is the standard network architecture specified in the . It is intended for fixed as well as mobile telecom networks...

).

Buzzinbees's distribution channel is very specific: it sells to independent software vendors and equipment providers, as opposed to selling directly to operators.

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