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Redback Networks

American technology company

Redback Networks provided hardware and software used by Internet service providers to manage broadband services. The company's products included the SMS (Subscriber Management System), SmartEdge, and SmartMetro product lines. In January 2007, the company was acquired by Ericsson.2 It ceased to exist in 2010.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1996Founded1

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Redback Networks provided hardware and software used by Internet service providers to manage broadband services. The company's products included the SMS (Subscriber Management System), SmartEdge, and SmartMetro product lines.2

Corporate structure

Redback Networks is part of a group headed by Ericsson. 56 entities, 27 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Ericsson Stockholm, Sweden
    • iconectiv 100% · Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
    • Ericsson (Denmark) Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Ericsson Limited Guildford, United Kingdom
    • Ericsson Radio Systems Stockholm, Sweden
    • Redback Networks San Jose
    • Vonage Holmdel, New Jersey, United States
    • Ericsson Hewlett Packard Telecom Subsidiary · 60%
    • Ericsson (Germany) Subsidiary · Düsseldorf, Germany
    • Ericsson (Italy) Subsidiary · Rome, Italy
    • Ericsson (Norway) Subsidiary
    • Ericsson Canada Subsidiary · Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
    • Ericsson Nikola Tesla Subsidiary · Zagreb
    • Ericsson-LG Subsidiary · Anyang
    • Ericsson (Finland) Subsidiary · Finland
    • Ericsson (Hungary) Subsidiary · Hungary
    • Ericsson (Netherlands) Subsidiary
    • ERICSSON AG Subsidiary · Stockholm, Sweden
    • ERICSSON AS Subsidiary · Fornebu, Norway
    • ERICSSON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Subsidiary · Stockholm, Sweden
    • Ericsson Corporation JSC Subsidiary · Moscow, Russia
    • Ericsson Credit AB Subsidiary · Stockholm, Sweden
    • ERICSSON EESTI AKTSIASELTS Subsidiary · Tallinn, Estonia
    • ERICSSON ESPANA SA (ERICSSON ESPAÑA SA) Subsidiary · Madrid, Spain
      • ERICSSON NETWORK SERVICES S.L Subsidiary · Madrid, Spain
    • ERICSSON GMBH Subsidiary · Düsseldorf, Germany
    • ERICSSON HELLAS S.A. Subsidiary · Athens, Greece
    • and 29 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Redback Networks was founded in August 1996 by Gaurav Garg, Asher Waldfogel, and William M. Salkewicz. The company received seed money from Sequoia Capital.

In May 1999, during the dot-com bubble, the company became a public company via an initial public offering. After pricing at $23 each, shares soared 266% on the first day of trading.

In November 1999, the company acquired Siara Systems, which at the time only had products in the prototype stage, for $4.3 billion in stock.

In 2000, its share price peaked at $198 but fell to $0.27 in October 2002, after the burst of the dot-com bubble.

In August 2000, the company acquired Abatis Systems.

In October 2000, the company opened a regional headquarters in Hong Kong.

In January 2007, the company was acquired by Ericsson for $1.9 billion, or $25 per share.

From Wikipedia’s article on Redback Networks, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

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Owners

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Timeline

  1. Jun 2010Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1996Founded Founded1

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