RFS End of Year Message

December 16, 2025

As the year draws to a close, hear from RFS General Manager, Alec Wang, as he reflects on a milestone year for RFS and looks ahead to the next chapter of future-ready lifetime connectivity. From celebrating RFS’s 125th anniversary to investing heavily for the future, major project wins, and new technologies to support growing trends, 2025 has been a year of strong growth and momentum. Alec shares highlights from across the business and extends his best wishes for a successful and productive year ahead.

Hello customers, colleagues, and friends,

As we reach the end of another significant year, it is time to take stock and reflect on the highlights for both RFS and our customers.

A major milestone

This year, we celebrated our 125th anniversary with events for colleagues and customers worldwide. As we looked back at RFS’s history, a fundamental part of our long-term success as a business, has always been our agility to adapt and respond to change. Our commitment to evolving in line with market demands is further underscored by a multi-million Euro investment in manufacturing, testing, and innovation.

Increasing market shares in transportation

In 2025, RFS won major projects across our traditional telecom and broadcast markets, as well as cementing our position as a leader in the transport sector. Winning some of the biggest infrastructure projects across the globe – Stockholm Metro, Riyadh King Khalid Airport, Bangkok Metro, Frankfurt Airport T3, in-carriage coverage in Italy, Singapore Metro are just a few of this year’s highlights, and why more than 50% of metros operating worldwide use RFS solutions.

Expanding verticals

In vertical markets, RFS is now solving increasingly complex connectivity challenges across a broader range of industries than ever. From renewable energy sites in Italy to metro lines across Southeast Asia, religious sites in the Middle East, and data centers in Europe – our team is ready to navigate the changing communications landscape in 2026 and beyond.

New technologies

We have always closely monitored trends affecting our customers, which is why we have increased our fiber portfolio. The upsurge of AI-powered applications will only continue to increase demand for low-latency and high-capacity connectivity for telcos, enterprises, and vertical markets alike.

Most excitingly for customers, RFS is one of only a handful of businesses offering hollow-core fiber, a breakthrough optical fiber technology that delivers ultra-low latency and high-speed performance. 2026 will see us continue to work with customers who are increasingly turning to fiber to address connectivity challenges.

Connecting with customers around the world

2025 has also been filled with opportunities to reconnect with customers, partners, and industry leaders around the world, with a busy schedule of trade shows, industry meet-ups, and our own hosted events.

Thank you to everyone who met us, whether at Mobile World Congress, Critical Communications World, IBC, PMR Expo, our recent distributor day, or one of the many other events attended by the RFS team. Every meeting is an opportunity to better understand how we can best deliver our promise of customer-centric connectivity solutions.

Looking forward

We’re proud of what has been an exceptional year of wins for RFS, and we look forward to our future-focused momentum continuing in 2026

Best wishes for the new year,
Alec Wang,
General Manager, RFS