ECI Telecom
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1961 |
| Headquarters |  Petah Tikva, Israel |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Industry | Networking Hardware |
| Products | Transport, Carrier Ethernet, Broadband Access, Network Management Systems, Services |
| Website | http://www.ecitele.com |
ECI Telecom Ltd is a global telecom networking infrastructure provider headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel. It provides communications platforms and solutions to carriers and service providers, cable/multiple system operators, wireless/cellular service providers, utilities and carrier of carriers, and government and defense entities worldwide. The company focuses on solutions for multi-play services, business services, voice services, wireless, cellular backhaul, optical networking, Carrier Ethernet networks, TDM to Ethernet evolution, migration to all IP, network security, carrier of carriers and wavelength services.
Central to the company’s philosophy is 1Net, a business framework that facilitates the optimal transition to Next-Generation Networks. 1Net is based on multi-functional networking equipment extending from the access to the core of transport networks, integrated solutions and managed services.
A market leader in many emerging markets, including India, parts of South East Asia and the former Soviet Union, ECI’s customer base includes Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Telecom Italia, Vodafone, Bezeq, Virgin Media (formerly NTL), KPN, UPC, Orange SA (formerly Wanadoo), Enertel, TeliaSonera, Svyaz Invest, VimpelCom, MGTS, Ukrtelecom, Kievstar, Tata, Bharti, China Telecom, Hutchison, SK Telecom, KT Corp. (formerly Korea Telecom), Chunghwa Telecom, Globe Telecom, Vtel, Intelsat, Telmex, ICE and many others.
ECI has over 2,000 employees, offices in more than 20 countries and development centers in India, China, the United States and Israel.
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[edit] History
The company was founded as the Electronics Corporation of Israel in 1961 for the purpose of manufacturing advanced electronic equipment. It specialized in telephone transmission products that manipulated the signals carried on telephone lines. In 1977, the company released the telephone line doubler, a device that enabled for the first time two conversations over one phone line. The Electronics Corporation of Israel became ECI Telecom in 1981, and had its first trading on NASDAQ in 1982. The company became ECI Telecom Ltd. in 1984. Since that time, ECI has undergone a number of mergers and acquisitions, most recently an acquisition in 2007 by Swarth Group, a private equity group, making ECI a private company once again.[1] In addition to the telephone line doubler (1977), recent achievements for the company include HDSL (1993), optical ring-based networks (2000), toll-quality Voice over IP (2002), coarse wavelength division multiplexing (2003), 10-degree reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (2007), the first Carrier Ethernet switch/router built with a transport mindset (2008), Dynamic Spectrum Management Level 3 (2009) and Network Design Platform (2009).
[edit] Solutions and Services
Transport – Multi-service provisioning and transport platforms from access to core, supporting legacy TDM/packet technology to IP/MPLS functionality, fully integrated with WDM/ROADM optics.
Carrier Ethernet – Carrier-grade metro transport and IP/MPLS solutions and platforms.
Broadband Access – Multi-service access nodes for broadband access delivery of voice, video and data.
Network Management – Unified network management for end-to-end metro access to long haul provisioning.
Services – Network lifecycle services including network planning and design, implementation and integration, maintenance, optimization and operations. Managed services sourcing strategies and end-to-end turnkey programs.
[edit] Awards and Recognition
In October 2009, ECI, as part of the iSMART Consortium, was a Light Reading 2009 Top Pick, Telecom Software (EMEA), for Dynamic Spectrum Management Level 3 (DSM L3), which aims to extend the useful life of copper networks for high-speed broadband. Top Picks are the communications technologies, services and products that Light Reading’s editors think best indicate where the communications industry is headed in the next 12 months.[2] In 2008, ECI’s 9700 Series of Carrier Ethernet Switch/Routers won Light Reading’s Leading Lights Award for the 2008 ‘Best New Product’ category. The award recognizes innovation, engineering and technical excellence.
India’s leading telecom magazine, Voice & Data, has ranked ECI as the top transmission vendor in India for four years in a row.
ECI also led the transport segment in Russia in 2008, according to leading market research company Frost & Sullivan.
Also in 2008, ECI’s Hi-FOCuS™ multi-service access node (MSAN) was named the top central office access platform by Current Analysis, based on five major buying criteria: scalability, standards, capacity, QoS support and pricing.
ECI is one of the leaders in the access infrastructure IPTV market, according to MRG Research.
In addition, Frost & Sullivan awarded ECI the 2008 Global Product Differentiation Innovation Award for IPTV access infrastructure.
[edit] Management Team
Rafi Maor, President and CEO
Aviel Tenenbaum, Head of Global Sales and Marketing
Itzik Zion, Chief Financial Officer
Eyal Shaked, Head of Network Solutions Division
Tony Scarfo, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Sales Channels and Partners
Laura Howard, Chief Marketing Officer
Eran Talmon, Head of Global Services Division
Hezi Basok, Head of Global Business Operations
Adi Bildner, Head of Global Human Resources
