Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) maintains a long-distance relationship with many of its customers. The company provides wireless and fixed-line communications services to consumer and enterprise subscribers in more than 20 countries, primarily in the Asia/Pacific region. SingTel is Singapore's largest phone company, but subsidiary Optus, Australia's #2 carrier (behind Telstra), accounts for about two-thirds of the company's revenue. SingTel primarily provides mobile and broadband Internet services, but it also offers wireline telephony, information technology, as well as pay television services under the mio TV brand. It provides Internet services domestically through SingNet, the leading ISP in Singapore.

Established in 1981, MilesTek sells its products through catalogs and online to clients including contractors, systems integrators, corporate IT departments, and institutional clients. MilesTek Corporation is a distributor of voice and data networking equipment, as well as security, home entertainment, and other electrical products. The company supplies such items as custom cable assemblies, switches and routers, closed-circuit TV cameras, speakers and intercom systems, and network testing equipment.

China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited has brought competition to the world's largest telecommunications market. The Chinese government set up China Unicom in 1994 as the first competitor to another government-owned telecommunications monopoly. The state-controlled company provides long- distance, broadband data, and mobile communications services in 31 provinces, cities, and other regions throughout China. It is the country's #2 mobile phone operator behind former monopoly China Mobile Communications. Subsidiary China Netcom is China's #2 provider of fixed-line communications carrier behind China Telecom. It operates primarily in the northern provinces; major cities served include Beijing and Tianjin.

An expert at cold calling, TeliaSonera offers telecommunications services primarily in the chilly Nordic regions where it is a leading telecom company. It provides wireless phone services to about 135 million subscribers in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. With more than 2.6 million Internet customers, TeliaSonera is also the leading ISP in the Baltic and Nordic regions. Additionally, the company provides television services over Internet connections to some 867,000 subscribers. Other TeliaSonera activities include the sale of telecom equipment and the provision of wholesale network capacity to other carriers.

SkyCross makes sure that wireless signals don't get crossed. The company designs and makes antennas for a wide range of wireless applications, including cellular phones, wireless broadband (UWB), wireless LANs, and global positioning systems (GPS). The firm uses Meander Line Antenna (MLA) technology originally developed for military applications by BAE Systems. SkyCross has offices in China, South Korea, and the US. The company was founded in 2000.

Mitec Telecom manufactures active and passive radio- frequency (RF) components and subsystems for cellular base stations and satellite earth stations, used by satellite, wireless, military/aerospace, and other types of companies. The company's major customers include Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens, and ZTE; its two largest customers account for more than 40% of sales. To reduce costs, Mitec Telecom closed some facilities in the UK and the US, and consolidated most operations in Montreal and Suzhou, China. The company gets most of its sales in North America and Asia.

New Edge Networks, Inc. Company Profile New Edge Networks caters to businesses that want to sharpen their information technology tools. The company builds and manages networks for corporate customers and communications carriers. Areas of specialty include private networks, secure public networks, and business Internet access. It offers broadband connectivity for customers throughout the US over its own nationwide backbone network. New Edge also installs network equipment and provides engineering services. Customers have included American Express, T- Systems North America, and First Data. New Edge is a subsidiary of Atlanta-based ISP EarthLink.

XIUS-bcgi hopes US wireless carriers find some of that outsourcing religion. Formerly Boston Communications Group (BCGI), the company offers software and services that help wireless network operators and mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) manage their billing and payment processes, as well as other back-office functions. Its Voyager Billing and Real-Time Billing products enable customers to track both prepaid and postpaid calling plans, while other systems allow payment using the Web or ATMs. The company also provides software that blocks access to inappropriate content. Megasoft acquired BCGI in 2007 for about $65 million, combining the company with its XIUS telecom division almost immediately.

Bright lights and big cities are not necessarily for CenturyTel. The company (which does business as CenturyLink) mainly provides local telephone services in rural areas, as well as network access to other carriers and businesses. It also offers long-distance and Internet access. CenturyTel serves about 7 million local voice lines and provides Internet access to about 2 million subscribers in 33 US states. The company's core service areas include Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Washington, and Wisconsin. Additionally, it provides paid television service to residential customers through a deal with DIRECTV. CenturyTel's other services include commercial printing, database management, and direct mail advertising.

Con-Space Communications designs and manufactures radio communications equipment for people working in confined spaces and for public safety personnel. The company's products include miniature two-way radios with throat microphone attachments for use inside face masks and other protective clothing. Con-Space serves clients including municipal fire and law enforcement departments and the military. The company operates from offices in the UK and the US. Turret Oy AB, the company's majority shareholder, bought out Con-Space's remaining shares in 2009, taking the company private. Con-Space operates as part of the SAVOX Communications Group, which includes affiliated companies in Finland and the UK.

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