ENENSYS History and Founders

ENENSYS was founded in 2004 by Regis LE ROUX, Nicolas FANNECHERE and Patrick AUFFRAY. Project was initiated by Regis LE ROUX in 2003 with the simple vision that the Digital TV world and the Telecom world convergence was about to speed up. Nicolas FANNECHERE and Patrick AUFFRAY immediatly joined the project, and the 3 founders started to work on Business Plan, specifications and first product development.

Creation was made easy by co-founder's previous experiences, which included Hardware and Software Development, international project management, marketing, business development and sales, all in the MPEG-2/DVB/ATSC field. The three of them hold a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) in Rennes, France.

The company was established on April 2004 as a self-financed company, remained private for a couple of years, and then went public in February 2006, and coming back to private by end 2009

Key Dates:

1989: The 3 founders discover student life at National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) in Rennes
1991: Patrick breaks the 100km/h limit with the world's first SOLEX with embedded electronics during Rock'n'Solex race. Solex stops after 1 round.
1996: Although trying hard, Regis (Lead Vocals and crappy guitars) and Nicolas (Drummer) failed in becoming pop-stars with their band, and have to consider getting a "real" job.

2003: ENENSYS project ignition
2003/09: Founders joined ENST EMERGYS Start-up incubator
2004/04: ENENSYS Company is created with a capital of 55,000 euros, and first customer, based in spain.
2004/07: ENENSYS projet gets French Government award for innovative company creation (Concours de Création d'Entreprises de Technologies Innovantes - Ministere de la Recherche)
2004/09: First exhibition (IBC in Amsterdam)
2005/01: Shipping of ENENSYS first Mobile TV product. Order intake picks up.
2006/02: IPO. ENENSYS goes public on NYSE Euronext Stock Market
2007/04: ENENSYS releases its 1st patent
2007/04: ENENSYS is awarded the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Award for the Global DVB-H Enabling Technology of the Year.
2007/06: ENENSYS invents patented Seamless SFN technology
2007/07: Shipping of first IP Distribution products
2007/09: Complete DVB-H pilot in TF1 premises for Rugby World Cup
2008/06: DVB-T Transmission in Swiss stadiums for Euro2008 enabled thanks to ENENSYS equipment
2008/06: Patrick AUFFRAY quits his operational job at ENENSYS
2008/08: Nicolas quits his operational job at ENENSYS, and starts working on Bio-Housing project
2008/09: First complete ENENSYS Mobile TV Head-end on air at customer premises. The pioneer phase is over.
2009/02: Release of world's first DVB-T2 modulator
2009/12: World's first DVB-T2 commercial deployment in UK thanks to ENENSYS DVB-T2 modulator to cover 40% of UK population
2009/11: ENENSYS ranks 8th at Deloitte Technology Fast 50
2009/11: ENENSYS withdraws from NYSE Euronext stock market
2010/06: World's first DVB-T2 Multi-PLP live broadcast at DVB plug fest in Berlin
2010/08: ENENSYS launches two brands: ENENSYS Networks and ENENSYS TestSystems
2010/09: Launch of T2Edge, world’s first DVB-T2 Local Content inserter based on PLP SubstitutionTM
2011/01: Launch of enensystest.com, the website dedicated to the ENENSYS TestSystems Product Line
2011/02: ENENSYS releases ReFeree, the world's first portable DVB-T2 Analyzer / RF Measurement Receiver
2011/04: ENENSYS ranks 3rd at the “Loading the Future” award for collaborative innovative projects
2011/06: MediaCorp selects ENENSYS for DVB-T2 MPLP trial in Singapore
2011/08: Velister, the Broadcaster in Cyprus, chooses ENENSYS Seamless SFN solution for their DVB-T network
2011/09: Multichoice, the pan-African giant selects ENENSYS for the world’s biggest DVB-T2 roll out
2011/09: ENENSYS wins the start-up price at the Rennes Atalante Olympiades