Growth in the number of cellular subscribers combined with the surge in demand for mobile broadband services are the drivers of higher transport capacity requirements in cellular networks. However, since revenues will not scale linearly with traffic increases, investments to optimize backhaul expenses are becoming as critical as investments in the cellular infrastructure itself.
ECI Telecom is one of the only vendors that offers a genuine variety of advanced, sophisticated, and field-proven transport platforms and solutions that enable:
Backhauling over any media
Backhauling any Wireless technology
ECI’s XDM and Broadgate product lines are optimized according to cellular operators' needs for a smooth and low cost migration from TDM-based to IP-centric They consolidate GSM, GPRS, UMTS and WiMax traffic on a common backhaul infrastructure while reducing backhaul bandwidth costs. ECI's Hi-FOCuS series of access products offers options for various xDSL and GPON last mile access technologies. The 9000 Carrier Ethernet family offers Ethernet infrastructure for backhaul and core to lower the cost per bit even further. ECI also offers an efficient transport solution with Ethernet/SDH microwave over the air.