Spain's #2 mobile phone group, Vodafone España was one of the first carriers to challenge incumbent Telefónica and its market-leading Telefónica Móviles unit. The company, a subsidiary of UK-based global communications provider Vodafone Group, has about 16 million wireless customers making it the fourth largest geographic segment by subscribers for its parent company. In addition to wireless voice services, which account for the bulk of sales, Vodafone España also provides text messaging and other data services such as the wireless news and multimedia programming. The company's fixed-line operations include broadband DSL services for business customers which are sold under the Vodafone Office banner.

HF Company may not necessarily be sending you signals, but it sure hopes you receive them. For businesses, the firm designs and markets signal processing equipment for high- speed network access. For individual customers, it makes equipment for terrestrial and satellite TV reception (cables, plugs, connectors, amplifiers, antennas); digital peripheries to interconnect TV, HiFi, and IT equipment (cables, connectors, interface boxes, wireless boxes); and security products (alarms, intercoms, automatic door devices). Nearly two-thirds of its annual sales come from France. Chairman and managing director Yves Bouget formed HF company in 1988 and controls a nearly 20% stake.

Qwest Communications International Inc. provides data, Internet, video, and voice services in the United States and internationally. The company offers its products and services using telecommunications network, which consists of voice and data switches, copper cables, fiber optic broadband cables, and other equipment to mass markets, business, and wholesale customers. It provides various data and Internet services, including private line, multi-protocol label switching, broadband, VoIP, and data integration services, as well as Web hosting and related services comprising provision space, power, bandwidth, and managed services in data centers; and server and application management, back-up, disaster recovery, and Web design services. Its data and Internet services also consist of traditional wide area network products, such as ATM, frame relay, dedicated Internet access, and virtual private network;

Pervasip is a new generation communications company providing wholesale Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. Pervasip is focusing current and future resources on the growth of its wholly owned subsidiary, VoX Communications. Using its own nationwide VoIP network, VoX offers scalable and reliable broadband voice, origination and termination services to cable, wireless and wireline operators, as well as enhanced VoIP telephone service to the small business and residential marketplaces. VoX's proprietary IP platform enables superior quality and service at very low fixed costs, which is expected to translate into a faster break even threshold as the Company capitalizes on accelerating market demand for its VoIP services.

ANDA Networks products strive for ubiquity. ANDA Networks company provides equipment for fiber and copper-based networks that service providers use to deliver voice and data services to their subscribers. Its EtherTone product line enables services such as high-speed Internet access and voice-over-IP. ANDA makes sales through relationships with such equipment makers as Ciena and Nortel Networks to communications service providers worldwide. The company's investors include Venrock Associates (28%), Highland Capital Partners (21%), ADC Telecommunications, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Crimson Ventures, Franklin Templeton, InveStar Capital, and Saints Venture.

Plasticomm Industries (PCI) provides a wide range of engineering and installation services for the deployment of telecommunication networks. These services include network planning and engineering, cable manufacturing and laying, network auditing, warehousing and distribution, and program management. The company also offers consulting services related to communications networks, Internet commerce services , and wireless services. PCI distributes, installs, and maintains networking equipment from such information technology vendors as Cisco. Its clients have included ADTRAN, Verizon, and the State of Colorado.

Nortel Inversora S.A., through its subsidiary, Telecom Argentina S.A., provides telecommunication services in Argentina and Paraguay. It offers voice, data, and Internet services that include local area, national long-distance, and international communications; supplementary services comprising call waiting, itemized invoicing, and voicemail; interconnection with other operators; data transmission consisting of private networks, point-to-point traffic, radio, and TV signal transmission; outsourcing of IT solutions; and Internet services. The company also provides wireless services, including high-speed wireless, videoconferencing, full track download, multimedia messaging, online streaming, corporate mailing, and BlackBerry solutions over various networks; and involves in the sale of wireless communication devices, such as cellular phones, 3G modems, 3G hotspots, wireless Internet, and netbooks. Nortel Inversora S.A. was founded in 1990 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Triformix makes injection-molded optical components and modules used in communications and imaging applications for fiber optic, computer peripheral, medical device, and instrumentation markets. It also provides design, packaging, tooling, testing, and diagnostic services. Customers include Agilent, Honeywell, and Tyco Electronics. Triformix's acquisition of the molded-optics business unit of JDS Uniphase in 2004 tripled its injection molding capabilities. Triformix was founded in 2000 by former CEO Dave Whitney, Russ Stiles (CEO), and Tim March (COO). Triformix investors include American River Ventures, Pacifica Fund, SBV Venture Partners, and Selby Venture Partners. Triformix has offices in Asia and the US.

GreatCall caters to those who get the jitters using cell phones.GreatCall company offers Jitterbug easy-to-use cell phones, accessories, and services (on the Sprint network) that target the senior citizen market. Its flagship phone, the Jitterbug Dial, has a large keypad and basic features such as voicemail, speakerphone, and contact lists. The Jitterbug OneTouch model features three preprogrammed buttons for calls to a Jitterbug operator, a preset contact, and 911. GreatCall sells Jitterbug direct to consumers and through retailers that include Best Buy, RadioShack, Sears, and direct marketer firstSTREET. The privately-held company was co-founded in 2006 by chairman Arlene Harris and Martin Cooper.

Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, with a technology center in Richardson, Texas, Overture Networks is leading the transformation to Carrier Ethernet services and infrastructure at the network edge. We are relentlessly focused on “Making Ethernet Easier” for our customers by offering flexible and manageable solutions that support and enhance the deployment of both Ethernet and legacy services to any size location – over optical or copper networks. These solutions enable service providers and enterprises to increase revenues, decrease costs and respond to the rapid growth and demand for high quality, effectively managed services at the access edge and first level aggregation points in the network. Our revolutionary product families, the ISG, UTX and UTS converged packet access platforms, are designed to help our customers offer consistent service delivery, manageability and reach. No other company can match the product breadth, performance and value.

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