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Broadband
Access equipment (2157), Access technologies (2366), Broadband loop carriers / multiservice access nodes (386), Cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) (1102), Cable TV chips (284), DSL (2405), DSL chips (227), DSLAMs (701), Free-space optics (35), FTTx (3237), Gaming consoles (58), Gaming servers (22), Media adapters (22), Municipal networks (106), PON (1354), PON chips (217), Satellite (492), WiMax (879), Wireless LAN (353)

Cable Digital
Cable Modems (676), Cable/MSO equipment (2799), CableLabs (463), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (275), Docsis (1038), Embedded multimedia terminal adapters (E-MTAs) (211), Head-ends (233), PacketCable (129), QAM (304)

Chips, Components & Subsystems
ASICs & FPGAs (100), ATCA (475), ATM chips (13), Comm chips (2354), Dispersion compensators (149), Lasers (919), Modulators (163), Mux/demuxes (299), Network processors (931), Optical amplifiers (349), Optical channel monitors (92), Optical components (2816), Speciality fiber (94), Switches & OADMs (397), Transceivers (1242), Transmission fiber (419), Variable optical attenuators (139)

Ethernet
10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1453), Access devices (271), ATM switches (333), Circuit emulation (16), Converged access (101), Ethernet chips (570), Ethernet equipment (2191), Ethernet over copper (230), Ethernet PONs (160), Ethernet services (1896), Ethernet technologies (566), Multipoint (129), Multiservice edge equipment (143), Multiservice provisioning platforms (621), Multiservice switches (389), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (254), Point-to-point (137), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (132)

IP & Convergence
B-RASs (229), Cell/WLAN (77), Compression equipment (13), Core routers (1293), DNS (56), Edge routers (1682), ENUM (53), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (484), GMPLS (76), IMS (1078), IMS Control Layer (27), IMS Service Layer (27), IP equipment (1213), IP software (379), IP technologies (1477), IPv6 (96), Layer 3 VPNs (193), MPLS (687), MPLS (1768), Multicast (35), P2P (257), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (132), QOS (350), SIP (393), Traffic managers (804), Wireline/Wireless (58)

Mobile/Wireless
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Optical Networking
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Services Software
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Test & Measurement (Sponsored by Etaliq Inc)
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Video (Sponsored by Ericsson Televisionary)
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VOIP
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