Snom

Type
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1996
Headquarters	Berlin, Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Gernot Sagl
Products	VoIP desktop phones and related OEM devices
Number of employees	55
Subsidiaries	USA, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Taiwan
Website	http://www.snom.com/

Snom Technology GmbH /snʊm/ is a German company which manufactures (VoIP) telephones, based on the IETF standard (SIP). Snom's products are targeted at the small- to medium-sized business sector, home offices, Internet service providers, carriers, and original equipment manufacturers.

Snom was founded in 1996 and is based in Berlin, Germany. In 1996, Snom commenced production of VoIP telephones with the introduction of the Snom 100 model. It was initially based on the H.323 protocol, but gained SIP support the following year. In 2000, the company saw the opportunity to make interoperable components for enterprise communication systems. Instead of selling one telephony platform solution, the company would sell VoIP phones that are compatible across standards-based platforms from different vendors. This became possible with the introduction of the (SIP).

In 2001, Snom started a joint venture in Bangalore, India. After some attempts to develop parts of the product in India, this office today focus on sales. In order to address American markets, Snom opened an office in North Andover, Massachusetts in 2006. In 2008 Snom Italy SRL was founded, in 2009 Snom France SARL and in 2010 snom UK Ltd. Distributors network include companies in EMEA, CIS region, North America and Australia.

In late 2016, Snom Technology AG was acquired by VTech Holdings Limited. The transaction was completed on 21 November 2016.

The company is headed by Gernot Sagl, Chi Hoi Tong, Ka Hung Tong and Chi Keung Wong. Members of the Supervisory Board include Allan Chi Yun Wong, King Fai Pang and Hon Kwong Leung.

All of snom's software exists in the firmware of its phones, and VoIP telephones support all common standards, as well as the latest technologies for traversal of network address translators (NAT), telephone number mapping (ENUM), and virtual private networks (VPN).