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Redline is a multinational wireless communications network designer and manufacturer headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It also maintains offices and operations in Florida, California, Romania and Oman.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Redline - Contact Redline )〕 Redline Communications develops and sells wide-area industrial networks that operate over wide geographic areas. Redline sells wireless terminals that provide TCP/IP transport for fixed, portable and full-motion terrestrial and seaborne deployments as well as software, tools and services. Redline Communications’ products and technologies are used in a variety of markets and industries, including Oil and Gas, Military, Government and Telecom Service providers. The company's networks are sold directly to end customers, and its wireless terminals are sold indirectly though resellers. == History == Redline was founded in 1999. Redline's first product, the AN-50 point-to-point wireless Ethernet bridge, was launched in February 2002.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Redline Communications Starts Work on WiMAX )〕 In October 2007, Redline Communications was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. While Redline's value grew quickly in its earlier years, growth tapered off shortly after their 2007 IPO, with shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange falling from a 2007 high of $6.50 to under $0.30 by 2009. With the discovery of accounting irregularities in April 2010,〔 Redline’s stock was cease-traded.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Redline Communications Group Inc. - Redline general cease trade order )〕 In August 2010 it restated its revenues for the four years 2006 to 2009. Also in 2010, Redline Communications, along with KPMG LLP, its accountants at the time, was served with a class action lawsuit by investors alleging Redline overstated profits and downplayed costs in its financial statements.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Redline Communications Group Inc. in Class Actions - Siskinds Law Firm )〕 The case settled in Sept 2011 and in November 2011 the Ontario Superior Court approved the agreement of a $3.1 million payment by Redline Communications and $500,000 by KPMG, neither of which admitted liability.〔 Eric Melka, formerly president of Redline shareholder Telemedia Inc., became the company’s permanent CEO in January 2011,〔 replacing the management team and reducing overall staff. The company’s market emphasis shifted to oil and gas which by the end of 2012 represented 50% of the company’s revenue.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Redline Communications sees growth in wirelessly connected oil fields )〕 Melka's departure was announced in October 2012, citing health reasons. In December 2013, Robert Williams was appointed Redline CEO. On September 9, 2014, Redline Communications announced its purchase of the assets of PureWave Networks for $2 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Redline - News )〕 Based in Santa Clara, California, the company was a developer of advanced, 4G LTE and WiMAX-based stations.〔https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/pure-wave-networks〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Redline Communications」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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