Founder, Sir Terence H. Matthews has a history of naming companies after places in South Wales, from where he originates.
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Newport Networks was a manufacturer of Voice over IP Session Border Controllers (SBCs), founded by entrepreneur Terry Matthews.
After an apprenticeship at British Telecom's research lab at Martlesham Heath, Matthews left Britain and joined MicroSystems International, a chipmaking operation affiliated with Northern Telecom (which became Nortel Networks) in Ottawa, Canada.
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Matthews had become friends with golf course architect, the late Robert Trent Jones Snr, whose family roots were in Aberystwyth, Wales.
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Notable people to have grown up in Newbridge include world-champion boxer Joe Calzaghe CBE; Kim Simmonds of Savoy Brown; Steve Strange, frontman of New Romantic band Visage; and Sir Terry Matthews OBE, high-tech entrepreneur and owner of the Celtic Manor Resort.
The name Newbridge Networks comes from Sir Terry Matthews' home town of Newbridge in south Wales.