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- Electronic Tele-Communications, Inc. (ETCIA) designs, manufactures, markets, leases and sells digital voice information systems and related services for telecommunications networks. The company offers central office digital voice announcers, call processing systems, time and temperature announcement services, weather forecasting, enhanced call service peripherals for circuit and packet-switched networks, professional recording services, turn-key installations, on-site training and 24-hour technical support; its products serve incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs), businesses in health care, finance, education, transportation, theaters and hospitality, providing revenue-generating applications such as custom messages and call handling capabilities via telephone, computer networks and the Internet. Founded in 1980 by George Danner and headquartered at 1915 MacArthur Road in Waukesha, Wisconsin, with additional facilities in Norcross, Georgia for recording and weather services, ETCIA operates primarily in the United States within the communications equipment industry. The company traces its roots to the 1949 invention of the Electronic Secretary telephone answering device, followed by acquisitions of The Audichron Company in 1989 and Automation Electronics Corporation in 1991 to expand its announcement and call sequencer offerings. No major acquisitions, partnerships, funding rounds, new product launches or strategic shifts have been reported in the last one to two years.