Lior Haramaty
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Lior Haramaty 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.
VocalTec 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).
In 2006 Lior was Selected by Internet Telephony Magazine as one of the "Top 100 Voices of IP communications" for his contributions to the VoIP industry and in 2005 he was awarded the "VON Visionary Award" by Pulver.com .
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."
TMCnet's Internet Telephony Magazine -, "In fact, at that time the company's CTO, Lior Haramaty, knew more about VoIP than just about anyone else, and we were fortunate to have him as a columnist in this magazine for a number of years.
"
NTIA New Directions in Telecom A Conversation with Assistant Secretary Larry Irving -, "Lior Haramaty, co-founder and Vice President of technical marketing of VocalTec Communications"
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
Transceiver
A transceiver is a device comprising both a transmitter and a receiver which are combined and share common circuitry or a single housing. When no circuitry is common between transmit and receive functions, the device is a transmitter-receiver. The term originated in the early 1920s...
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 Internet voice technology worldwide, which in 1996 was one of the earliest successful Internet IPOs (NASDAQ: vocl).
In 2006 Lior was Selected by Internet Telephony Magazine as one of the "Top 100 Voices of IP communications" for his contributions to the VoIP industry and in 2005 he was awarded the "VON Visionary Award" by Pulver.com .
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 and Alon Cohen
Alon Cohen
Alon Cohen 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...
, 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."
TMCnet's Internet Telephony Magazine -, "In fact, at that time the company's CTO, Lior Haramaty, knew more about VoIP than just about anyone else, and we were fortunate to have him as a columnist in this magazine for a number of years.
"
NTIA New Directions in Telecom A Conversation with Assistant Secretary Larry Irving -, "Lior Haramaty, co-founder and Vice President of technical marketing of VocalTec Communications"