Tandberg to acquire Codian

Tandberg, a global leader in visual communication, today announced the acquisition of Codian, an award-winning developer of high-definition videoconferencing infrastructure products. The acquisition, subject to conventional closing conditions, is expected to close in the third quarter of 2007.

Codian's experienced research and design, and sales teams give Tandberg access to additional resources for accelerating technology innovation and capturing current opportunities within core markets — videoconferencing and telepresence — as well as targeting new opportunities in the broader IP communications marketplace.

As a part of Tandberg's total solution, Codian's state-of-the-art infrastructure products will provide customers a robust platform for large scale deployments of high-definition videoconferencing systems. The joint solution will greatly improve video quality and ease-of-use for multi-party conferences, enhancing customer experience and increasing meeting productivity.

The Codian product line includes enterprise and carrier-class Multipoint Control Units (MCUs), gateways, videoconferencing content servers, and management software. Tandberg will continue to develop and support the Codian and Tandberg product lines, including both the Codian MCU platforms and the Tandberg MPS line of MCUs.

Founded in 2002 and headquartered in the United Kingdom, Codian is a privately held company with service and support in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Tandberg is a leading global provider of visual communication products and services with dual headquarters in New York and Norway. Tandberg designs, develops and markets systems and software for video, voice and data in more than 90 countries worldwide.