written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message type private industry networking hardware founded 1961 headquarters petah tikva israel products transport carrier ethernet sdn nfv solutions network management systems services website http www.ecitele.com eci telecom ltd delivers comprehensive networking solutions to service providers around the globe . eci was founded in 1961 as a manufacturer of advanced telecommunications equipment . the company provides next generation packet optical transport products a variety of sdn nfv applications a comprehensive cyber security solution and a full range of professional services . today it 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 worldwide . the focus is on providing end to end solutions for multi play services business services voice services cellular backhaul utelco and network security . eci has over 1 700 employees offices in more than 20 countries and development centers in india china and israel . contents 1 history 2 former holdings and spin offs 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded as the electronics corporation of israel 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 most recently an acquisition in 2007 by the swarth group and the ashmore group private equity firms making eci a private company once again . 1 former holdings and spin offs edit ectel provider of revenue assurance solution sold to cvidya in 2010 . 2 3 veraz networks provider of softswitch solutions merged with nexverse networks to form a new company called veraz networks in 2002 . 4 innowave eci wireless systems ltd sold to alvarion in 2003 5 celtro communication ltd provider of cellular network backhaul telecommunications optimization and compression solutions worked as an independent business unit within the ngts division was spun off to a privet investor group led by the momentum venture management fund in 2003 . 6 7 8 references edit eci telecom ltd completes acquisition by private equity group retrieved 2009 10 06 http www.billingworld.com news 2010 01 cvidya wraps ectel acquisition.aspx http www.vanillaplus.com news integrated revenue intelligence solutions iris suite launched by cvidya laing yehezkel eci subsidiary ngts to merge with us company dialogic corporation jerusalem post november 1 2002 retrieved 2009 11 11 alvarion closes acquisition of innowave eci s fixed wireless subsidiary . http www.globes.co.il en article 1000585552 http www.businesswire.com news home 20030910005425 en eci telecom momentum management announce spin off celtro . u4yuf3kszns http www.haaretz.com print edition business cellular infrastructure firm celtro spins off from eci 1.100002 external links edit the company s website acquisition of the company in 2007 eci telecom history retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eci telecom & oldid 722417419 categories companies established in 1961manufacturing companies of israeltelecommunications equipment vendorstelecommunications companies of israelcompanies based in petah tikvahidden categories articles with a promotional tone from april 2015all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 28 may 2016 at 00 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view