ECI Telecom
{{Short description|Company in Petah Tikva, Israel}}
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ECI Telecom Ltd is an Israel-based manufacturer of telecommunications equipment that provides packet optical transport products, software-defined networking applications, cybersecurity and professional services.
History
The Electronics Corporation of Israel (ECI) was founded in 1961. It specialized in telephone 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.{{Citation
| title = ECI Telecom Ltd Completes Acquisition by Private Equity Group
| url = http://www.ecitele.com/News/Pages/September282007.aspx
| accessdate = 2009-10-06
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080625054529/http://www.ecitele.com/News/Pages/September282007.aspx
| archive-date = 2008-06-25
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In November 2019, Ribbon Communications agreed to acquire ECI Telecom, through a merger, for $486 million.{{Citation
| title = Ribbon Communications to buy ECI Telecom for $486m
| url = https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-ribbon-communications-to-buy-eci-telecom-for-486m-1001307363
| journal = Globes
| date= 14 November 2019}}
ECI serves carriers and service providers in various sectors: cable/multiple system operators, 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.
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.{{cn|date=August 2021}}
ECI has over 3,000 employees with offices in over 20 countries and development centers in India, China, and Israel.
Former holdings and spin-offs
- ECtel - provider of revenue assurance software sold to cVidya in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.vanillaplus.com/news/integrated_revenue_intelligence_solutions_iris_suite_launched_by_cvidya|title=Integrated Revenue Intelligence Solutions (IRIS) suite launched by cVidya - VanillaPlus - The global voice of Telecoms IT|date=15 March 2010|publisher=}}
- Veraz Networks - provider of Softswitch technology merged with NexVerse Networks to form a new company called Veraz Networks in 2002.{{Citation
| title = ECI subsidiary NGTS to merge with US company Dialogic Corporation |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-69279280.html
| author = Laing, Yehezkel
| journal = Jerusalem Post
| date=November 1, 2002
| accessdate = 2009-11-11
}}
- InnoWave ECI Wireless Systems Ltd - sold to Alvarion in 2003{{cite web|title=Alvarion Closes Acquisition Of InnoWave, ECI's Fixed Wireless Subsidiary|url=http://www.alvarion.com/index.php/en/news-a-events/global-press-releases/931-alvarion-closes-acquisition-of-innowave-ecis-fixed-wireless-subsidiary|access-date=2011-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421061457/http://www.alvarion.com/index.php/en/news-a-events/global-press-releases/931-alvarion-closes-acquisition-of-innowave-ecis-fixed-wireless-subsidiary|archive-date=2012-04-21|url-status=dead}}
- Celtro communication Ltd - provider of cellular network Backhaul (telecommunications) 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-1000585552|title=ECI spin-off Celtro raises $2.7m - Globes|website=Globes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20030910005425/en/ECI-Telecom-Momentum-Management-Announce-Spin-Off-Celtro#.U4yUF3KSzNs|title=ECI Telecom and Momentum Management Announce Spin-Off of Celtro Inc.|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/cellular-infrastructure-firm-celtro-spins-off-from-eci-1.100002|title=Cellular Infrastructure Firm Celtro Spins Off From ECI|date=12 September 2003|publisher=|via=Haaretz}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.ecitele.com Company website]
- [http://www.ecitele.com/News/Pages/July22007.aspx Acquisition of the company in 2007]
- [http://www.ecitele.com/AboutECI/OurHistory/Pages/default.aspx ECI Telecom history]
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Category:Technology companies established in 1961
Category:Manufacturing companies of Israel
Category:Telecommunications equipment vendors
Category:Telecommunications companies of Israel