MDS Gateways is a leading designer and supplier of communications products. The company's end customers are small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and SOHO home workers. Its products are distributed by telephone operating companies and major private distributors in Europe, the US and South Africa. The MDS Gateways product family, marketed under the 'Opera' brand, comprises voice and data communications platforms for small business as well as terminal adaptors and residential gateways for installation in an ADSL, ISDN, analogue, or mixed environment. The main products are PBX platforms, VoIP gateways, digital system phones and IP system phones. MDS Gateways is based in Dublin, Ireland and has strategic alliance with ACT Venture Capital and Mentor Capital.