U-blox
Internet of Things (IoT) | |
Founded | 1997 |
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Headquarters | Thalwil, canton of Zürich, Switzerland |
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Revenue | SFr 624 million (2021)[1] |
SFr 121.8 million (2021)[1] | |
SFr 101.8 million (2021)[1] | |
Number of employees | 1,300 (2023)[2] |
Website | www |
u-blox is a Swiss company that creates wireless semiconductors and modules for consumer, automotive and industrial markets. They operate as a fabless IC and design house. The company is listed at the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX:UBXN) and has offices in the US, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, India, Pakistan, Australia, Ireland, the UK, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Italy and Greece.
History
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u-blox is a spin-off of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH)[3][4] and was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Thalwil, Switzerland. Thomas Seiler served as chief executive officer of u-blox AG from 2002 until his retirement on Dec 31, 2022. Stephan Zizala, who joined the company in 2022, succeeded Seiler.[5]
In 2016, u-blox opened a new office in Taipei, Taiwan.[6]
Products and technology
u-blox provides starter kits which allow quick prototyping of variety of applications for the Internet of Things.
Acquisitions
They acquired a dozen companies after their
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- ^ "Smallest LTE Cat 4 Module with Global Coverage and 2G/3G Fallback". nasdaq.com. 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
- ^ "u-blox acquires connectBlue; adds Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity" (PDF). www.connectblue.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "u-blox acquires automotive short range modules business from Lesswire". u-blox. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ u-blox acquired Rigado's Bluetooth Modules Business
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