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1953:
Founded by Bram Appel and Morris Olfman, Electroline begins
its operations in Montréal, Québec selling and
installing external antennas for better television signal reception.
1954: Distributes products for the construction of TV signals
to apartment buildings for use by the first cable service providers.
1967: Manufactures passive products to distribute signals to
apartment buildings and the first cable networks.
1978: Electroline shifts its focus toward quality manufacturing
and research and development activities.
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1982:
Launches a cutting-edge technology, the Addressable
System, placing Electroline among the first companies to manufacture
affordable broadband addressable control systems for the CATV marketplace.
Today, it is the world's most widely used cable TV off-premises
control system.
1987:
Develops expertise in broadband passive
devices with 600 MHz bandwidth products: filters, multitaps,
splitters, directional couplers, and addressable equipment for
MDUs.
1989:
Electroline develops a patented interdiction system for jamming
selected television signals.
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1992:
Launches its first 1 GHz bandwidth products: the addressable CAT™,
splitters, and directional couplers
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1993:
Launches the world's first drop
amplifier with a 3dB noise figure by incorporating gallium arsenide
(GaAs) technology in its design. |
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1996:
Faced with the challenges posed by the wide-scale changes in cable
technology, it develops the first complete solution to detect, isolate,
and locate ingress in a matter of minutes by introducing its CLEARPath™
technology. |
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1998:
Launches latest addressable tap technology, the RetroPlate™,
a product with a unique design to allow fast and simple conversion
from passive taps to addressable taps.
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2001:
Introduces two application-specific drop amplifiers. The EDA-EQ has a built-in forward equalizer, ideal for long cable drops. The EDA-UG unity gain drop amplifier splits signals in both 4 or 8 ways with a 0 dB loss. |
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2001:
Electroline acquires VisionTeq, a Florida-based corporation offering a broad range of headend and field management products for the cable telecommunications marketplace. |
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2003:
Electroline celebrates 50 years in business.
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