ECI Telecom Ltd is an
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
-based manufacturer of telecommunications equipment that provides packet optical transport products,
software-defined networking
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applications,
cybersecurity
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and professional services.
History
The Electronics Corporation of Israel (ECI) was founded in 1961. It specialized in
telephone
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transmission products that manipulated the signals carried on telephone lines. The Electronics Corporation of Israel became ECI Telecom in 1981, and had its first trading on
NASDAQ in 1982. Since that time, ECI has undergone a number of mergers and acquisitions. An acquisition in 2007 by the
Swarth Group and the Ashmore Group, private equity firms, making ECI a private company once again.
In November 2019,
Ribbon Communications
Ribbon Communications US LLC is a public company that makes software, IP and optical networking solutions for service providers, enterprises and critical infrastructure sectors. The company was formed in 2017, following the merger of Genband and S ...
announced agreed to acquire ECI Telecom, through a merger, for $486 million.
ECI serves carriers and service providers in various sectors: cable/
multiple system operator
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s,
wireless/cellular service providers, utilities, carrier of carriers, data centers, government and defense entities..
It markets
multi-play services, business services,
voice services,
cellular backhaul,
utelco and
network security
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.
Facebook in its phase five has given transport core network deployment to Ciena and worldwide metro packet network deployment to ECI telecom which will be completed by 2022.
ECI has over 3,000 employees with offices in over 20 countries and development centers in
India
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,
China, and
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
.
Former holdings and spin-offs
*
ECtel - provider of
revenue assurance software sold to
cVidya in 2010.
* Veraz Networks - provider of
Softswitch
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technology merged with NexVerse Networks to form a new company called Veraz Networks in 2002.
* InnoWave ECI Wireless Systems Ltd - sold to
Alvarion
Alvarion Technologies is a global provider of autonomous Wi-Fi networks designed with self-organizing capabilities for carrier-grade Wi-Fi, enterprise connectivity, smart city planning, smart hospitality, connected campuses, and connected even ...
in 2003
*
Celtro communication Ltd - provider of
cellular network Backhaul (telecommunications)
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The most common network t ...
optimization and compression technology, worked as an independent business unit within the NGTS division was spun off to a private investor group led by the Momentum Venture Management fund in 2003.
See also
*
Economy of Israel
References
External links
Company websiteAcquisition of the company in 2007ECI Telecom history
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Technology companies established in 1961
Manufacturing companies of Israel
Telecommunications equipment vendors
Telecommunications companies of Israel
Companies based in Petah Tikva
2007 mergers and acquisitions