Private company

Telit

Logo: Telit Cinterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Internet of things communications company

Telit Cinterion (known as Telit prior to January 1, 2023) is an Internet of Things (IoT) Enabler company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. It is a privately held company with key operations in the US, Brazil, Italy, Israel, and Korea.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1986Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications1
  • HeadquartersLondon1
  • Founded inTrieste1
  • Websitewww.telit.com
  • Legal formpublic limited company1
  • LEI213800FR4VJWKM1Z38363
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressCANNON PLACE, EC4N 6AF London, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withCompanies House, 053006933

Telit Cinterion (known as Telit prior to January 1, 2023) is an Internet of Things (IoT) Enabler company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. It is a privately held company with key operations in the US, Brazil, Italy, Israel, and Korea.2

Corporate structure

Telit sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Telit London, United Kingdom
    • TELIT WIRELESS SOLUTIONS LTD. Subsidiary · Tel Aviv, Israel

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

The story

In 2006, with the acquisition of Bellwave, a regional headquarters was opened in Seoul. In 2008, it further expanded with regional operations in São Paulo, Brazil; Johannesburg, South Africa and Ankara, Turkey.

In 2009 Telit acquired France-based One RF. It also launched Infinita Services to simplify M2M solution deployment and maintenance of device software, and a short-range GSM/GPRS module, the GE865-QUAD.

In March 2011, Telit acquired Motorola Solutions' M2M modules business unit In January 2012 Telit acquired California-based Navman Wireless OEM Solutions.

In July 2012, Telit formed a new business unit, m2mAIR, to offer M2M services. m2mAIR offers module and subscription lifecycle management via a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform and global wireless coverage in partnership with Telefónica. It also includes the Jupiter SL869 multi-constellation GNSS receiver supporting GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and QZSS; followed by the 3D-SiP based SE880.

In 2013, the company acquired Florida-based ILS Technology LLC, a provider of industrial automation and IoT cloud platform. It also acquired Illinois-based CrossBridge Solutions and NXP B.V., NXP’s ATOP business and a fully owned subsidiary of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Nasdaq: NXPI) adding to the company's company’s OEM automotive products unit. The OEM automotive product business unit was sold in 2019.

In 2017, Telit acquired GainSpan for US$ 8 million.

In 2022, the company announced its acquisition of Thales Cinterion for a 25% stake in Telit. In 2022, the company also announced the acquisition of California-based Mobilogix Inc.

From Wikipedia’s article on Telit Cinterion, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

  • telecommunications

Listed on Wikidata.1

The company has R&D centers in, Boca Raton - Florida, Trieste - Italy, Seoul - Korea, and Bangalore - India. The Trieste R&D center is complemented with facilities in Cagliari. This center focuses on the advancement of 4G LTE Categories 4, 1, Mobile IoT standards LTE-M and NB-IoT and hardware design for short range wireless and Wi-Fi products. It is also the R&D base for the Telit simWISE integrated SIM (iUICC) product and Telit OneEdge, software suite and tools for IoT deployment management. The facility also houses the company's advanced RF lab.

The Florida center in Boca Raton, houses software engineering and R&D in charge of advancing AI, cloud and platform technologies. It is the lead software development center for Telit Connectivity, Telit simWISE, Telit OneEdge and deviceWISE IoT/Industrial IoT platform. Boca Raton is also the Global Headquarters for Telit's secureWISE platform—the leading remote connection solution for the semiconductor industry.

The R&D center in Seoul (Korea) is the company’s primary APAC hardware R&D center is located in Seoul, South Korea, and is the development site for the cellular broadband products in 5G, and in 4G LTE Categories 1 and above.

The Bangalore (India) software competence hub is for short-range wireless technologies. The Bangalore center develops system and application software for the company's cellular, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules.

From Wikipedia’s article on Telit Cinterion, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

  1. 1986Founded Founded in Trieste1

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