Motorola invests in Tango Networks

Motorola, Inc. through Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capital arm, has made an equity investment in Tango Networks, Inc., a privately held supplier of hardware and software that integrates mobile phones with corporate telephone networks.

Tango Networks is developing the Abrazo, a mobility solution, which enables any mobile phone to become a PBX extension on an enterprise network in order to manage mobile communications through a corporate-wide mobility policy while enabling end-users to effectively integrate their desk and mobile phones into one experience.

“The Tango Networks solution can enable enterprise customers to take full advantage of both IP and legacy PBX equipment in their networks, extending its reach to employees’ cellular phones,” said Reese Schroeder, managing director, Motorola Ventures. “Additionally, the robust product offering allows enterprises to manage their growing mobile workforce more effectively.”

Founded in 2005, Tango Networks ‘cellularizes’ the enterprise voice and data network, enabling corporations to manage mobility while improving the way employees communicate. With the Tango Abrazo communications server, enterprises benefit from cost savings and control over mobile service while enabling employees to be more responsive to business needs by providing advanced desk phone capabilities on any mobile device. Two phones. One solution. That’s Tango.