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2007
  • Acquired by Swarth Group, a Private Equity Group
  • Ranked #1 Transmission Equipment Vendor in India for Second Year in a Row
  • Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in SDH Equipment by Gartner Group
  • Achieves Metro Ethernet Forum Certification of Multi-Service Provisioning Platforms
  • Announces Support of 1 Million IPTV Subscribers Worldwide on Hi-FOCuS MSAN Platform
  • First to Integrate IMS Architectural Elements into Access Node
  • First MSAN to Feature Virtual Routing in the Access Network
  • First to Demonstrate 43 Gbps Transmission over 1,000 Km via 50 GHz-Spaced Multi-Degree WSS ROADM
  • Creates New Network Solutions and Global Services Divisions
  • Opens New Office in Novosibirsk
2006
  • Ranked #1 DSLAM Broadband Access Platform by Current Analysis
  • Ranked #1 Transmission Equipment Vendor in India by Cyber Media
  • Ranked #1 Vendor in Europe for IPTV Subscribers, #2 Worldwide by Multimedia Research Group
  • Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in Next-Generation SDH Equipment by Gartner Group
  • Deploys Broadband Solution in First Commercial VDSL2 Network in Europe
  • Included in New NASDAQ Global Select Market
  • Announces Proposed IPO for Veraz Networks, a Global Provider of Next-Generation Telephony Solutions
  • Opens ECITY, a Display of ECI Solutions and Products as They Function in Real-Time
2005
  • Ranked #2 Worldwide for Multiple Services DSL Platforms by Dell’Oro Group
  • Announces Over 1 Million Hi-FOCuS Lines Used by Carriers to Deliver Video over DSL
  • Acquires Laurel Networks, Provider of IP Multiservice Edge Routers
  • Acquires Eastern Communications Co. Inc., an Optical Technology Business in China
  • Grows to over 3,000 employees
  • Opens New R&D center in India
  • Opens New Moscow Office
2004
  • First Mass Commercial Deployment of FTTH PON in Europe
  • Achieves TL 9000 Quality Certification
  • Creates Broadband Access and Optical Network Divisions
2003
  • First to Market CWDM
  • Sets New Record for Capacity and Connectivity with Launch of Hi-FOCuS 4, a Multi-Service Access Gateway Platform
  • Completes OSMINE for Telcordia System Integration
  • ECI Subsidiary NGTS and NexVerse Networks Merge to Form Veraz Networks, a Global Provider of Next-Generation Telephony Solutions
  • Reconsolidates ECI Subsidiaries and Operating Companies Back into the ECI Corporate Framework
2002
  • First to Market Toll Quality VoIP
  • XDM Cited as Best Converged Metro Optical DWDM and Next-Gen SONET/SDH Product on Market by Morgan Stanley
  • Launches Industry’s First Global Intelligent Optical Switch
  • Merges NGTS Business with NexVerse Networks to Create Chorale Networks, a Global Leader in Next-Generation Telephony Solutions
2001
  • First to Market MSPP
  • Named Best of Show at INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & Expo
  • InnoWave Accredited and Certified for the ISO 14001 Standard - EMS (Environmental Management System)
  • Announces New Fully Owned Subsidiaries: Lightscape Networks (Optical Networking), Inovia Telecoms (Access Solutions), Enavis (Transport Bandwidth Management), InnoWave ECI Wireless Systems (Fixed Wireless Access), NGTS (Next-Generation Telephony Solutions, VoIP, VoATM), ECtel, Business Systems
2000
  • First to Market Optical Rings
  • Receives 'Networks As Advertised' Award From MierComms
  • Acquires Wavepacer
  • Splits into Several Companies: Transport Bandwidth Management Solutions, Access Solutions, Optical Networking Solutions, InnoWave Fixed Wireless Access Solutions and NGTS IP Solutions
1999
  • Completes Merger with Tadiran Telecommunications
  • Receives ISO 14001 Environmental Quality Certification
  • Establishes Local Office in Japan
1998
  • First to Market Quality of Service in xDSL
  • Wins BT Supplier Award
  • Participates in Historic High-Definition Television Broadcast of Texas Rangers’ 1998 Opening Game
  • Signs Agreement with Tadiran Telecommunications to Merge
  • Finalizes Purchase of NKO’s R&D Division
1997
  • Wins BT Product Quality Award
  • Launches Industry's First Broadband ATM Multiplexer and Network Terminal Optimized for High-Quality Television Communications Services
1996
  • Announces Joint Venture with China’s Hangzhou Communications Equipment Factory (HCEF)
1995
  • Establishes Customer Support Center
  • Opens R&D Operation in China via Joint Venture with Eastern Communications Co. Inc.
  • Opens Branches Across Israel
1994
  • One of First Western Vendors to Enter China; Establishes Sales Office in Beijing
  • Installs China’s First SDH Network
  • Establishes HiTV Unit to Enable the Broadcast of Video over the Internet
  • Acquires Telematics, a Leader in Data Communications
1993
  • First to Market Operational HDSL
  • First to Market Managed Global Networks
  • Merges with Telematics International, Inc.
1992
  • Deutsche Telekom Announces ECI as Winner of “Vision” Project
1991
  • First to Market Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
1990
  • First ECI DCME User Group Meeting
1989
  • Moves Headquarters to New Premises
1988
  • First to Market Digital Circuit Multiplication Equipment (DCME)
1986
  • Selected for First Atlantic Fiber Optic Telecommunications Cable (TAT-8)
1984
  • Becomes ECI Telecom Ltd.
  • Acquires First CNC Machine
  • Opens Offices Around the Globe
1982
  • First Public Trading on NASDAQ
  • Awarded Rothschild Prize for Outstanding Technical Achievement
1981
  • Electronics Corporation of Israel Becomes ECI Telecom
  • Awarded Kaplan Prize for Improvements in the Industry
1977
  • Develops Telephone Line Doubler for Conducting Two Conversations over One Phone Line
1976
  • Enters Civilian Market
1970
  • Produces Products for the Military
1961
  • Electronics Corporation of Israel Is Established, a Pioneer in the Field of Advanced Electronic Equipment 
 
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