Ipsilon Networks

Ipsilon Networks, Inc., was a computer networking company which specialised in IP switching during the 1990s.

Ipsilon Networks, Inc.

Industry	Computer networking
Founded	1994; 31 years ago (1994) in Sunnyvale, California
Defunct	1997 (1997)
Fate	Acquired by Nokia

The first product called the IP Switch ATM 1600 was announced in March 1996 for US$46,000.^[1] Its switch used Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) hardware combined with Internet Protocol routing.^[2] The company had a role in the development of the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network protocol.^[3] The company published early proposals^[4] related to label switching,^[5] but did not manage to achieve the market share hoped for and was purchased for $120 million by Nokia in December 1997.^[6] The president at the time was Brian NeSmith, and it was located in Sunnyvale, California.^[6]