11.   The venture will provide an online marketplace for member companies and their customers to buy and sell components used in consumer electronics, computers and telecom equipment.

12.   This could mean resurrection for companies such as Lucent Technologies and Nortel Networks, two of the leading makers of telecom equipment.

13.   Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies on Wednesday denied reports that its software center in India may have helped the Taliban upgrade their communications network.

14.   Ericsson is one of the oldest suppliers of telecom equipment in Thailand with a competitive presence in both wireless and fixed-line markets.

15.   French telecoms equipment giant Alcatel announces China expansion,

16.   In February, the company sold its share in Kopin Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of telecom equipment used in pagers and cellphones.

17.   It will be used to pay for the purchase of telecom equipment from Siemens AG.

18.   The report also predicted a growing demand for telecoms equipment, providing a boon to the manufacturing sectors.

19.   Within the electronics sector, higher export demand boosted the output of disk drives and telecom equipment.

20.   But it predicted comsumer demand and the supply of telecoms equipment would be sufficient to push the number of lines up to the target.