Founded more than a century ago, Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) is a family of companies providing advanced communications services to both residential and business customers in Illinois, Texas and Pennsylvania. Consolidated Communications offers a wide range of services over its technologically advanced IP-based network, including local and long distance telephone, Digital Phone, High-Speed Internet access and Digital TV. We have a continuing commitment to offer innovative products; reliable, high-quality services and exceptional customer care. We also are dedicated to maintaining strong local ties in the same communities where our employees live and work. Serving markets in three states, Consolidated Communications is the 13th largest independent local telephone company in the nation. Our related businesses complement our core telephone business and include directory publishing and advertising services, business systems, retail and wholesale operator services, call completion services and fully integrated telemarketing and fulfillment services.

Staccato Communications keeps its message short and snappy: Ultra-wideband (UWB) is the wave of the future. The fabless semiconductor company provides microchips and related equipment and software that support Certified Wireless USB connectivity, a technology that sends large amounts of data over short distances and can be used in home networks to connect home entertainment equipment, cell phones, and personal computers. Wireless USB (WUSB) replaces the Universal Serial Bus (USB) cables most PC users know from connecting their computers to printers and other peripherals. Staccato's Ripcord products also support Bluetooth and Internet protocol connectivity. The company has offices in Japan and the US.

Stealth Microwave makes single- and multi-carrier radio frequency amplifiers used in wireless communications systems. The company was founded in 1996. Micronetics acquired Stealth Microwave in June 2005 for $6.5 million in cash, plus another $3 million in future earnout payments. Stealth Microwave operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Micronetics.

The needs of telecommunications providers are at the center of New Global Telecom's world. The company (known as NGT) offers hosted communications network management and operational services to small and midsized companies and telecom carriers in need of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) functionality. Its retail services consist mainly of telephone connectivity and messaging for businesses, while it also provides local voice and Internet access for ISPs and other resellers who rebrand the services. The company's wholesale business focuses on local exchange carriers, cable operators, and ISPs. NGT agreed to be acquired by Comcast, a key client, in 2010.

Palm, once a leading provider of handheld computers, now develops and markets Internet-enabled mobile phones (known as smartphones). Its product line focuses on the Pre and Pixi wireless devices, which use Palm's webOS mobile operating system software. webOS is designed to wirelessly access the Web and take advantage of the phones' touchscreen interface. The company sells directly and through partnerships with such wireless carriers as AT&T, Sprint Nextel, and Verizon Wireless, as well as other distributors and retailers. While its products are sold globally, the majority of its revenue is made in the US. In 2010 Palm was acquired by top global computer maker Hewlett-Packard for about $1.2 billion.

Wincomm has no problem putting its products on display. Wincomm designs, manufactures, and distributes hardware for use in the digital signage market. Products include plasma and LCD display engines, fanless waterproof Panel PC's, and fanless, antivibration micro-PCs for use in cars or mobile devices. The company's digital signage product lines range from 6 inches to 42 inch LCD and Plasma displays. Founded in 1993, Wincomm company began as a designer of digital switching and wireless PBX components, before switching focus to industrial PC production and distribution.

Wegener doesn't mind broadcasting its business. Wegener company, through its Wegener Communications subsidiary, makes transmission and receiving equipment primarily for the broadcast and data communications markets. Its products include digital and analog compression equipment that increases satellite channel capacity, cue and control products that enable cable networks to insert local commercials, devices that feed data to news and weather services, and equipment that transmits background music to businesses. Customers include MUZAK and Roberts Communications.

Customers have voted with their phones to make Vodafone Group one of the world's top wireless phone services carriers with about 300 million customers in more than 20 countries. In terms of subscribers, Vodafone trails only China Mobile. The company does most of its business in Europe, where it is a leader in the wireless markets of the UK and Germany. It also provides data, broadband Internet, and fixed-line phone services; in Germany, these services are overseen by subsidiary Arcor. Vodafone increasingly serves callers in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Pacific region through subsidiaries and joint ventures. In the US, the group holds a 45% stake in the leading US wireless provider Verizon Wireless.

American Tower (NYSE: AMT) is a leading independent owner and operator of wireless and broadcast communication sites. Our global portfolio includes approximately 30,000 owned or managed sites and is experiencing steady growth. In addition to leasing space on towers, we provide customized collocation solutions through our Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) that support seamless in-building and outdoor wireless coverage.Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, American Tower has local offices across the United States and in Mexico, Brazil, India and the United Kingdom.

ETS-Lindgren has more than 75 years of combined company experience and expertise. We were formed by joining a number of leading companies which pioneered many of today's widely accepted products and practices in our industry. Not surprisingly, ETS-Lindgren continues to maintain its reputation as a leader and innovator today. As part of ESCO Technologies Inc., we have the financial strength to meet our commitments, both today and tomorrow. A leading supplier of engineered products for growing industrial and commercial markets, ESCO is a New York Stock Exchange listed company (symbol ESE) with headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.

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