Telecom Inc.

Telecom Inc is a Myrtle Beach based Electronics and Software Corporation most known for their Essex Line of Home Computers.

History
Telecom's origins go back to the Royal-American Telecommunications Service (RATS), The Service was a British-American Joint Venture which made Radar and Morse Code Operators throughout the Second World War and was discontinued when the war ended, One of its employees was the Twenty one Year Old Henry Mutter who on July 18th 1949 founded Telecom Inc in Myrtle Beach South Carolina, Their first product line was the Commuter Line of Telephones released in 1950 and ended in 1967, The Commuter Line was very successful with in all 81 Million Units sold across the Eight Telephones with the most successful being the Commuter 505 released in 1962 and selling around 40 Million Units, In 1964 the company made the Gladiator 101 Pocket Calculator which was one of the first ever successful calculators with the first variant selling over 30 Million Units and would go on to sell four more variants, The last one however (Gladiator 505) was a commercial failure and put Telecom in major debt, It wasn't until a Technician named Harold Marvin proposed in 1980 a possible idea that could save the company, That idea would become the first Telecom Essex which would be later released on November 10th 1981 to Tremendous Sales, By July 1982 it became Telecom's bestselling product selling 38 Million Computers in its First Year and it encouraged Telecom to go into the Computer Business, In 1985 the company developed the first Essex Rotary a portable telephone made for businessmen and even the public which was a rare sight at the time. During 1990 they developed the 32 Bit successor Home Computer named the Essex II and was released on April 20th 1990 and was also a Commercial Success, Strangely in 1992 their PAL branch released a 16 Bit Cartridge Based Video Game Console named the Telecom Teleplay and was really successful but it was only released in PAL regions, In 1995 the Company released the Telecom Mino marketing it as a budget computer, Sadly the computer failed mostly because the market for the computer was tiny and it caused the Company to struggle up to the year 2000 when the released the Essex III Home Computer, The computer were able to bring Telecom from the brink of bankruptcy and back to its former glory, In 2002 Telecom released the a 128 Bit sequel to the Teleplay I as the Teleplay II in PAL regions but this time also in North America, The console did ok in North America but the Teleplay II once again succeeded in PAL Countries making the Teleplay II the only Teleplay Console to be sold in North America, Throughout the 2000s the company would mostly produce software even during the recession where it took some serious financial woes almost resulting in the company's bankruptcy, In 2011 the company would find success once again with the Essex IV releasing in late 2011 which was a surprising success for the company, In 2013 Telecom released a smartwatch named the Tele Watch to some success but wasn't a commercial juggernaut only selling around 14 Million Units but the next year they released the Essex Rotary II a sequel to the original Essex Rotary, This was pretty successful with around 25 Million Units sold and overall a sort of Third Option for people who didn't want to buy them from the main cellphone manufacturers, After exiting the market for 14 Years the Company reentered the video game market when they released the Teleplay III this time back exclusively for PAL Regions and it overall was a success for the company, In 2019 Telecom announced so far their latest product the Essex V which released in late 2020 to like the others in its series to massive commercial success despite the pandemic.

Trivia

 * 1) The Telecom Essex I was originally just be used for work purposes but was changed mid
 * 2) The Teleplay I was intended to be an Eight Bit Game Console but as time progressed it was changed.
 * 3) In 1980 Telecom developed a robot named "Piston" and would later be sold to Piper Entertainment.
 * 4) There was once a plan to make a Handheld Console nicknamed the "Azura" but was cancelled due to costs.
 * 5) Telecom OS is one of the oldest operating systems ever developed for home computers.