Telcordia Technologies, Inc. | Introduction
Introduction
445 South Street
Morristown, New Jersey 07960-6438
U.S.A.
Telephone: (973) 829-2000
Fax: (973) 829-3172
Web site: http://www.telcordia.com
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Science Applications
International Corporation
Incorporated: 1984
Employees: 5,000
Sales: $1.08 billion (2003)
NAIC: 517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers
Telcordia Technologies, Inc., based in Morristown, New Jersey, is the former research unit of the Baby Bells, the seven regional telephone companies that resulted from the breakup of AT&T. Although it is now owned by San Diego-based Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Telcordia continues to serve many of its erstwhile owners as well as other telecommunications customers. The company is involved in network systems, operations support systems, and business support systems, serving both wireline and wireless service providers as well as cable operators. Telcordia is little known by the general population, but its products and services are widespread. It is estimated that 80 percent of all U.S. telecommunications networks rely on Telcordia software. The company holds hundreds of significant patents, many connected to such broadband data communications technologies as ASDL, ATM, ISDN, Frame Relay, SONET, and video-on-demand. Through a wholly owned subsidiary, Telcordia Venture Capital Corporation, the company is able to spin off start-up companies to take full advantage of Telcordia's intellectual property.