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Redback Networks

Type	Subsidiary of Ericsson
Founded	1996
Headquarters	San Jose, California
Key people	CEO: Georges Antoun
Industry	Telecommunications Equipment
Website	www.redback.com

Redback Networks is a telecommunications equipment company, specialising in hardware and software used by ISPs to manage broadband services.

History

Redback Networks was founded in August, 1996 by Gaurav Garg and Asher Waldfogel, and traded on NASDAQ under the symbol RBAK. It was acquired by Ericsson in January 2007.^[1]

Products

Redback's major products include the SmartEdge (Multi Service Edge Router), the SMS (Subscribers Management System) and NetOp (Element Manager and Policy Manager).

• The SmartEdge Multi Service Edge Router (MSER) integrates edge routing, ethernet aggregation and subscriber management into one platform. Current models are SE100, SE400, SE800 and SE1200.
• The SMS (Subscribers Management System) platform for provisioning, aggregating and managing broadband subscribers and services through a single, unified platform (BRAS). The only current model is the SMS 1800, which is going obsolete as it does not support IPv6.^[2]
• The NETOP family of network and service management software for advanced per-subscriber and per-session policy management, including NetOp Element Server and NetOp Policy Manager.

External links

• Official website

References