Telecoms

The telecom sector in Rhône-Alpes is one of the more important European poles of expertise with more than 20,000 people and generates an annual revenue of € 5.2 billion. It covers the entire range of the telecom value chain, from the electronic and optoelectronic industries, to equipment and software providers, embedded systems and smart devices, and finally to professional services dedicated to telecom networks.

Technological leaders: Acterna, Alinto, Arkoon, Ascom HPF, Eloquant, France Telecom R&D, Hewlett Packard, Ifotec, Inovatel, Mecelec, Nexans, Pirelli Telecom, Purple Labs, Radiall, Sagem Monetel, Scal Agent, Swapcom, Teem Photonics, VDL and Volubill are leaders in this domain.

Telecom operators: Cegetel, Colt Telecom, Completel, France Telecom and Ldcom/9Télécom.

Targeted fields: Optic, wireless networks, embedded systems, telecom software and supervision centers.