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{{Short description|American networking equipment manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name             = Terayon Communication Systems
| logo             = [[Image:Terayon-logo.png|center|140px|Terayon logo]]
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| type             = [[Public company|Public]] ({{NASDAQ|TERN}})
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| fate             = Acquired by [[Motorola ]]
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| foundation       = 1993
| founder          = Zaki Rakib and [[Shlomo Rakib]]<ref>{{Citation
| title = Terayon Modem Enters Race For High-Speed Internet Access
| url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB892071289313984500
| publisher = The Wall Street Journal
| date = April 9, 1998
| first = Dean
| last  = Takahashi
}}</ref>
| defunct          = 2006
| location_city    = [[Santa Clara, California]]
| location_country = United States
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| industry         = Communications and networking
| products         = Video, voice, and data solutions
| services         =
| revenue          = $136.48m (2004)
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| homepage         = [https://web.archive.org/web/20001110135900/http://www.terayon.com/ www.terayon.com]
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}}
'''Terayon Communication Systems, Inc.''' was a company that vended equipment to [[broadband]] [[Internet service provider|service providers]] for delivering broadband voice, video and data services to residential and business subscribers.
==History==
Terayon was founded by Israeli brothers Zaki Rakib and Shlomo Rakib in 1993; both brothers graduated from high school at age 16 and went on to university. Shlomo studied electrical engineering, and Zaki did a PhD in mechanical engineering and post-doctorate studies in applied mathematics. He taught for a while at [[Tel Aviv University]]’s computer science faculty, and then joined Helios. After Helios was sold to [[Cadence Design Systems]], Zaki moved to the US, and urged his brother to join him and set up the company. Terayon held an [[Initial public offering|IPO]] on [[NASDAQ]] in August 1998.<ref>{{Citation
| title = Terayon Communication Systems Announces Initial Public Offering.
| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-50251760.html
| publisher = Business Wire August 18, 1998
}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
In 1999, the company initiated a strategy to expand its offerings to the [[telecommunication]] and [[satellite]] industries but later refocused its business on the cable industry in 2000. During 1999 and 2000 the company acquired seven other companies, including: Imedia, a video processing startup founded by [[Efi Arazi]] (founder of [[Scitex]]) for $100m;  Radwiz for $64m from the [[Rad Group]], [[Teledata Networks]] (which was later sold) <ref>{{Citation
| title = Terayon Founders Helm Stealthy Startup
| url = http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=131792&site=cdn
| journal = Cable Digital News
| accessdate = 2009-11-03
}}</ref> and Ultracom Communications for $32m in March 2000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Terayon Acquires Ultracom for Broadband Systems-on-Silicon; Expands Terayon's Broadband Silicon Portfolio to Wireless and DSL|url=http://www.wirelessdesignonline.com/article.mvc/Terayon-Acquires-Ultracom-for-Broadband-Syste-0001|newspaper=Wireless Design Online|date=March 29, 2000}}</ref>
In 2004, Terayon recentered its strategy on [[digital video]] solutions, marketing to television [[broadcasting|broadcasters]], telecom carriers and satellite television providers. Terayon also decided to phase out equipment for home access, such as [[cable modem]]s and [[home network]]ing devices.
In April 2006, Terayon was delisted from [[NASDAQ]] due to outstanding financial reports.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2006/04/03/daily5.html?from_rss=1 | title = NASDAQ to delist Terayon on Tuesday| date = April 3, 2006 | publisher = Silicon Valley San Jose Business Journal }}</ref> [[Motorola|Motorola Inc.]] acquired Terayon for $140 million in June 2007.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/20/ap3936659.html | title = Motorola Completes Terayon Acquisition | date = July 20, 2007 | publisher = Associated Press }}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Motorola|Motorola Inc.]]
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[[Category:Defunct networking companies]]