Communication equipment are those components that are used to disseminate information from one place to the other. These equipments help in transmission of voice, video and data application signals from one place to the other. These equipments are used in various communication devices like mobile phones, pagers, radio systems and telephones. Communications equipment include devices like antenna, ethernet, network switches, network routers, network switches, signal conditioners, transceivers, signal receivers, signal transmitters and signal transmission mediums.

The worldwide communications industry is growing rapidly. In the year 2006, the revenue of the communications industry was US $ 1.79 trillion, which is 6.6 % more than 2005. According to a report by 'Datamonitor' USA is the largest market in the world for communications equipment and the figures indicate this trend perfectly. In 2006, the communications equipment market grew at the rate of 7% in US generating total revenues of around US$ 95 billion. The different types of communication equipments are explained below.