IMC Networks is a master of mixed media. The company makes media conversion, optical access, and bandwidth management products. Its media converters translate signals that run on the copper wiring typically employed in LANs to signals that can be transported over fiber optic cables. Other products include repeaters, remotely managed access points, and wavelength division multiplexers (WDM). Its products support multiple networking protocols, including asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and T1/E1. Customers include government and education installations and ISPs in more than 60 countries. Chairman and CEO Jerry Roby founded IMC Networks in 1988.

The Great Dane of telecom, TDC is the leading telecommunications network operator in Denmark. The company provides wireless, domestic local and long-distance landline, international, Internet, and cable television services to about 12 million consumer and commercial customers. TDC's international holdings include stakes in telecommunications companies in the Nordic region, but the bulk of sales are made in Denmark. The company serves 3 million customers in Switzerland (its second largest market in terms of sales) through its Sunrise Communications subsidiary. Investment group Nordic Telephone Company owns 88% of TDC; Nordic Telephone Company is a subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Angel Lux Parent.

Xfone USA offers alternative local and long-distance services to residential and business customers primarily in the south central and eastern US. The company is certified as a competitive local-exchange carrier in Louisiana, Texas, and its home state of Mississippi. In addition to traditional phone services, Xfone USA offers cable TV and broadband Internet access. Commercial clients include planned communities and apartment buildings. The company also provides such business-oriented services as Web design and hosting, as well as data network maintenance and support. Xfone USA is a subsidiary of Texas-based Xfone Inc.

RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. provides content management and distribution services to television and radio broadcasting industries. The company, through its proprietary RRsat Global Network comprising satellite and terrestrial fiber optic transmission capacity and the public Internet, offers distribution services for content providers. Its content distribution services consist of worldwide transmission of video and audio broadcasts. The company also offers content management services, including digital archiving and compilation of customers programming and advertising content into various broadcast channels. In addition, RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd.

TCL Corporation brings ringtones to the ears of the people. The company, which does most of its business in China, is one of that country's leading makers of cell phones and televisions. It also makes other household appliances, computers, wireline telephones, and components such as light switches and cabling. TCL has technology partnerships with Microsoft and Intel. The company, established in 1981 as maker of cassette tapes, is owned primarily by the Chinese city of Huizhou. Other investors include Philips and Toshiba. TCL sells its products in more than 40 countries under its own brand, as well as the Alcatel, RCA, and THOMSON brands. TCL is adding sales of Toshiba-brand products through a JV with that company.

HM Electronics (HME) specializes in wireless communications and other electronics devices used in various businesses, including casinos, retail stores, and drive-through operations in fast-food restaurants. Its products, which are in use in more than 80 countries worldwide, include drive- through intercom systems, speed-of-service timers, and surveillance systems. HME also offers wireless intercom products for professional audio, sports, and public safety applications. Harrison Miyahira (whose initials provided the firm's name) founded the company in 1971; he is the majority owner.

Microwave Transmission Systems (MTSI) constructs and maintains wireless communications transmitting and receiving facilities. In addition to building and erecting microwave towers and installing and testing cellular equipment, the company's services include planning related to feasibility studies and FCC radio frequency licensing. It also provides site and project management services. Founded in 1987, MTSI has offices and subsidiaries in Florida, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. Affiliated companies include Viper Communications and Site Communications.

SITA is the world's leading specialist in air transport communications and IT solutions They deliver and manage business solutions for airline, airport, GDS, government and other customers over the world's most extensive network, which forms the communications backbone of the global air transport industry.Created and owned by the air transport community, SITA is the community's dedicated partner for information and communications technology. As a team of industry experts, our know-how is based on working with customers across the global air transport community. Almost every airline and airport in the world does business with SITA.

Hikari Tsushin means "brilliant communication" in Japanese, and when the company was founded in 1999 it rode the dot-com bubble and boom quite brilliantly. Since then Hikari Tsushin has evolved into a cell phone and Internet service provider and distributor, a life insurance agency, and a seller of office equipment, such as copiers, fax machines, and telephones. The company's e-machitown subsidiary provides Web hosting services in Japan, and Newton Financial Consulting sells medical insurance policies to individiuals. CEO Yasumitsu Shigeta founded Hikari Tsushin in 1988, when he was 21 years old. The billionaire is consistenly listed among the world's richest people.

A next step toward convergence, NextiraOne Europe provides voice, data, and video systems integration, network infrastructure assessment and outsourcing, and call center applications. The company consults with clients on one-time projects or in an ongoing capacity. It also manages and monitors networks, and offers security programs for networks, data, mobile operations, content, and voice. The company sells directly in nearly 20 countries and it has service partners worldwide. Customers operate primarily in the finance and health care industries, as well as the public sector. NextiraOne is owned by ABÉNEX Capital and some of its executives

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