Hardware materials mainly include various metal fasteners, sheet metal parts, stamping parts and cutting parts; Plastic materials mainly include ABS, nylon and other plastic raw materials and products; Electronic components mainly include resistance, capacitance, inductance, etc. At present, the leading listed enterprises in this field include Xintian Technology, Guangxun Technology, Canqin Technology and Chuangyuan Instrument; As a supplier of raw materials, the impact of the manufacturing of electronic components, plastic and hardware structures and communication equipment parts on the communication equipment manufacturing industry is mainly reflected in the procurement cost. As a small part of IT industry, communication equipment manufacturing industry has relatively limited impact on upstream raw materials.

As an important part of the whole industrial chain, the middle reaches of the communication equipment manufacturing industry mainly include the manufacturing of core network equipment, access network equipment and network terminal application equipment; At present, the representative listed enterprises in this field include Fenghuo Communication, Changfei Optical Fiber, Hengtong Optoelectronics and Tongding Interconnection;

The downstream industries of the communication equipment manufacturing industry mainly include the specific applications of communication operators and communication equipment integrators, government and public security, public utilities, industry and commerce, etc. At present, in terms of telecom operation service, China's current telecom operation service market is dominated by oligopoly competition among three major telecom operators; Communication equipment integrators mainly include ZTE and other enterprises.