Telecommunications equipment (also telecoms equipment or communications equipment) is a hardware which is used for the purposes of
telecommunications. Since the 1990s the boundary between telecoms equipment and IT hardware has become blurred as a result of the growth of the internet and its increasing role in the transfer of telecoms data.
Types
Telecommunications equipment can be broadly broken down into the following categories:
*Public switching equipment
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Analogue switches
**Digital switches
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Voice over IP switches
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Virtual Reality (VR)
*Transmission equipment
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Transmission lines
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Optical fiber
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Local loops
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Base transceiver stations
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Free-space optical communication
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Laser communication in space
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Multiplexers
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Communications satellites
*Customer premises equipment (CPE)
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Customer office terminal
**Private switches
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Local area networks (LANs)
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Modems
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Mobile phones
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Landline telephones
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Answering machines
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Teleprinters
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Fax machines
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Pagers
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Routers
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Wireless devices
Semiconductors
Most of the essential elements of modern telecommunication are built from
MOSFETs (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors), including
mobile devices,
transceivers,
base station modules,
routers,
RF power amplifiers,
microprocessors,
memory chips, and
telecommunication circuits.
As of 2005, telecommunications equipment account for 16.5% of the annual
microprocessor market.
Vendors
The world's largest telecommunications equipment vendors by revenues in 2017 are:
See also
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Networking hardware
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List of networking hardware vendors
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List of telephone switches
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Network equipment provider
References
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