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Chief Executive Charlie Vogt, who joined in 2004, said Genband has no immediate plans for an IPO.
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Genband's majority investor is One Equity Partners, the private-equity arm of J.
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"There is some validity to the arguments motivating Yahoo's move away from supporting remote workers, " said GENBAND Chief Executive Charlie Vogt.
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Genband counts telecom providers like Sprint Nextel Corp.
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One MWC exhibitor GENBAND, a U.S.-based company that provides technology which can be used to create remote working environments, said Yahoo's move was understandable, but the problems it faces could be overcome with better technology.
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Diane Myers, a principal analyst with Infonetics Research, says Genband had a 15.2% revenue share of the global VOIP equipment market for telecom providers in 2011, trailing just slightly behind closely held Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies Co.
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With roughly 1, 700 employees, Genband has developed dozens of VOIP-related products and services over the years, including "Call Grabber, " which allows a user to transfer a voice or video call from a land line to a mobile device or broadband-enabled TV.
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Genband, which is based in Frisco, Texas, scored high marks due partly to its large fundraising haul from a mix of top venture capital, private equity and corporate investors, including One Equity Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds, Intel Capital, Oak Investment Partners, Siemens Venture Capital and Venrock.
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