Racom
Czech radio and microwave transmission equipment company
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RACOM is a Czech company specializing in design and production of radio modems,[1][2] GPRS/EDGE/UMTS routers and microwave links. Its headquarters is located in Nové Město na Moravě in the Czech Republic.[3]
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| Industry | information and communications technology |
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| Founded | 10 April 1992 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Revenue | 273,176,000 Czech koruna (2021) |
| 26,152,000 Czech koruna (2021) | |
| 20,721,000 Czech koruna (2021) | |
| Total assets | 325,784,000 Czech koruna (2021) |
Number of employees | 127 (2021) |
| Website | www |
History
The core of company started even before the Velvet revolution in 1989 with design and production of equipment for radio amateurs.[3] Radio modems for UHF and VHF licensed bands and wireless data networks became RACOM's main focus shortly afterwards, the first radio modem has been developed in 1991.[4]
Specialization
RACOM specializes to implement types of communication above to SCADA & Telemetry, Fleet management and transaction & financial networks.
RACOM has developed MORSE system where is possible to combine both technologies in one network.[1]
Communication protocols
There are many automation protocols implemented on user interfaces (RS-232, RS-485, RS-422, Ethernet) of RACOM equipment. The implementation is optimized for radio narrow band in terms of maximum throughput and for GPRS/EDGE/UMTS in terms of minimum data volume, which is charged by networks providers.