Telesonic
The history of our company
Telesonic family-run company that has been guided by three different generations of the same family: José Olano Sarasola, Tomás Olano Tellería and Andoni Olano Cabaleiro have directed and direct, indeed, this company that has been working on technology for about eighty years.
Nowadays, Telesonic is a business group that works with three different aspects that are related to high-technology: audiovisual installations, security and vigilance and audiovisual services. But, it has not been always this way.
The story of this company starts in 1935 when José Olano Sarasola opens a little shop, called Altavoces Eguía, dedicated to sound equipments. The establishment is located on the street Narrica, in the Old Part of San Sebastián. There is only few people working there and the business is focused on the creation and rental of the sound technology.
A couple of illustrative examples. On the one hand, Altavoces Eguía is the company that broadcasts the Big Prize of Spain of the Formula 1 which happened in Lasarte. On the other hand, it installs the public-address system of the soccer stadium of Atocha, in San Sebastián.
Little by little, the company grows. More job, more workers, new commercial establishments.
Since 1966, the second generation of the Olano’s, Tomás Olano Tellería, becomes de business manager of the company. He discovers an urgent need in several public and private institutions: they want to have sophisticated technology but they are not able to manage it properly. That means that they need someone, an expert technician, to install and control these systems. This commitment with innovation makes Tomás Olano Tellería create an audiovisual service, helping Altavoces Eguía be at the forefront of the business of technology.
The appearance of the television is a new challenge for Altavoces Eguía. The image has been put aside until that moment, but with television it starts to become a necessity in the new audiovisual era. Tomás Olano Tellería is conscious of this importance decides to face this challenge, diversifying his business, including several systems that are related to the image.
In 1985, Altavoces Egía is updated in a public limited company, and it changes its name to TELESONIC S.A.
Tomás Olano is aware of another vital need of the society. That is why the company starts to produce other kind of technological systems: the ones that are related to the security and vigilance.
At the same time, Telesonic starts to offer audiovisual services: specialized technicians that help to manage technological systems during audiovisual conferences. These technicians organise the events and manage the systems, helping the conferences that require audiovisual technology be fluent.
The demand of audiovisual and security systems grows, the business is going well and the staff of Telesonic grows too.
Since 1998, Andoni Olano, in collaboration with Mikel Eguren, is the manager of the group Telesonic. With them, the company has entered a new era, the communication era.
Firstly, the Information and Communication technology is much more relevant nowadays. Because of the constant innovation and investigation, Telesonic has reached its total integration and automation. That is how Telesonic guarantee an easy, fast, intuitive, reliable and friendly use of this technology. The real revolution has been possible due to the computerisation of these systems. The audio, video and data are in a net and this makes an easier use possible. Due to this progress in the audiovisual installations, Telesonic has spread over several markets, exceeding the regional and national frontiers.
Secondly, we have developed security and vigilance systems because their demand is increasing day by day in nowadays world. Telesonic have created economical systems that are easy to use and extremely reliable and efficient, so that the companies can guarantee their workers safety.
Telesonic has developed and improved the audiovisuals services also. Nowadays, Telesonic is the company in charge of the most audiovisual events that take place in the Basque Country. Thirty one people are working exclusively in this area of the company. They are technicians who are specialised in congresses and press conferences. They know how to use the technology and they are totally aware of the organisational aspects and the protocol of these events. They help the organizer and media too.