In 1982, Kapsch CarrierCom, then called Austria Telecommunication (AT), was established in the form of a 50%-joint venture of the leading Austrian telecommunication companies Kapsch and Schrack. Then, the telecom market was strictly regimented and AT received the order to digitalize the Austrian telephone system.
A lot has changed since then.
Today, the telecom market is open and an enabler of mobility for all. Kapsch CarrierCom has evolved and become a global manufacturer and independent system integrator of telecommunication solutions for railway operators and providers of fixed, mobile, transportation and access networks.
Find out more about our milestones that led to our success.
1982-1991 - Foundation and first steps
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The company is founded in 1982 as a joint-venture. The first telecommunication field trial of the Kapsch/Schrack joint venture takes place in 1985 at Dreihufeisengasse in Vienna, Austria and includes 5000 trunks and 10.000 lines. Soon the firsts step towards a centralized OAM for the then DMS100 based fixed network of Telekom Austria follows.
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1991-1995 - Installation of packet data network and beginning of GSM
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For the Austrian Savings Bank, Kapsch/Schrack sets up an X.25 packet data network on behalf of Spardat Austria. It also further develops DMS and starts with the GSM development.
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1995 - Acquisition of the Ericsson-Schrack-shares
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Kapsch CarrierCom acquires the 50% share of the Austria Telecommunication stocks and thus becomes the sole owner of the joint-venture of Austria Telecommunication.
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1996-2000 - Substantial voice-data networks contracts
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For Austrian Airlines, Kapsch installs and integrates a voice/data network to connect all of Austrian Airlines’ locations as well as 700 travel agencies to the worldwide computer reservation network Galileo.
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For A1, the Austrian public mobile operator, Kapsch equips the entire GSM network with DMS-MSC-switches, whereas the Siemens MSCs are replaced. Furthermore prepaid telephone cards, billing servers, and Intelligent Network are introduced.
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For 2,500 branches of the Austrian commercial and savings banks, Kapsch implements an IP-network in order to connect each branch office to the respective data processing centers.
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For Wienstrom, the Viennese electricity provider, Kapsch retrofits the entire transmission network of the energy provider to SDH-technology.
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UTA, another telecommunications provider, commissions the Austrian-wide rollout of an SDH-network from Kapsch. In a later stage, Kapsch installs the first nationwide STM-64 (10 GBit/s) network in Europe for UTA.
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For a series of Austrian commercial banks Kapsch retrofits the Austrian-wide network of iT-Austria (formerly Spardat) to ATM for Bank Austria, Creditanstalt, Erste Bank and österreichische Sparkasse. Subsequently, Kapsch also sets up and integrates voice/data network for Erste Bank Hungary.
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Kapsch also installs the entire Vienna Education Network based on Ethernet and glass fiber on 600 locations.
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In the year 2000, during the reorganization of Kapsch, Austria Telecommunications is officially renamed as Kapsch CarrierCom.
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2000-2002 - First successful GPRS field trial
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These years are marked by technological advance. Internet Provisioning and Provisioning Mediation, among others, play a large role. Kapsch introduces Broadband STP to Austria and starts the developments for succession solutions. Also, the first successful GPRS field trial takes place, together with Nortel Networks. Kapsch then proceeds to installing the UMTS Core and UTRAN for Mobilkom Austria.
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2002-2004 - Kapsch CarrierCom AG becomes independent
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Kapsch CarrierCom AG becomes an independent subsidiary company of Kapsch AG on 1 July, 2002. The first large contract for Kapsch CarrierCom is the installation and start-up of the very first European UMTS-network for Mobilkom Austria.
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Also, Kapsch CarrierCom equipps the Slovak state railways with GSM-R, the railway radio communication system.
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2003 Kapsch CarrierCom moves into the EURO PLAZA office buildings in Vienna, Austria – an innovative building for innovative ideas.
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2004-2010 - Breaking technological boundaries
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Kapsch CarrierCom further consolidates its position on the Public Operators market.
Continuing the path of technological advancements, Kapsch CarrierCom becomes reachable over ENUM or Telephone Number Mapping in 2004 as the first enterprise world-wide. Kapsch CarrierCom develops and launches new fixed and mobile network solutions such as the VILMA KCC Mediation solution and the R4 Network Solution for Mobilkom Austria Group. It also develops and installs the all IP Core Network and Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) for Telekom Austria in 2009. Furthermore, T-Mobile Austria is equipped with MissisSIPpi mobilePBX in 2007.
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Kapsch CarrierCom intensifies its activities in the Railways segment.
In 2005, Kapsch CarrierCom equips Czech Railways with a digital radio system, allowing faster and safer railway traffic in the country. A year later, a contract with the Slovak Railways follows. After signing an R&D assignment for the development of innovative Software for GSM-R from Nortel, in 2007 Austrian Railways (ÖBB) hands Kapsch CarrierCom a large contract for digital radio.
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Kapsch CarrierCom becomes increasingly international.
New branch offices in Zagreb, Croatia and Sofia, Bulgaria are opened to strengthen business activities in South-East Europe. Additionally, Kapsch CarrierCom participates in the US-American technology enterprise jNetX which brings innovative network architecture to Europe.
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2010 - Nortel acquisition
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With the acquisition of Nortel’s GSM-R and GSM business parts, the increasing internationalization of Kapsch CarrierCom receives a large push.
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Today
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With more than 20 branch offices and six development centers in Europe and Asia, Kapsch CarrierCom continues on its path of staying ahead in the constantly evolving world of telecommunications.
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