Italians say "pronto" to Vodafone Omnitel. The competitive wireless services carrier operates the #2 mobile phone network in Italy by the number of subscribers, after rival Telecom Italia. Vodafone Omnitel, under the Vodafone Italia brand, has more than 30 million consumer and business subscribers. The company, which also provides broadband Internet service, has more than 80 offices and eight call centers across Italy. UK-based Vodafone Group owns 77% of Vodafone Omnitel; Verizon Communications, headquartered in New York, owns the remaining 23% stake.

Princeton Lightwave was spun off from SRI International subsidiary Sarnoff Corp. in 2000. The company's financial backers include Morgenthaler, U.S. Venture Partners, and Venrock Associates. Princeton Lightwave is educated in the ways of wavelengths. The company develops distributed feedback, erbium-doped fiber amplifier, and Raman pump lasers used in optical transmission. Princeton's lines of WavePower and WaveHarp laser components are intended to be incorporated into fiber-optic equipment, such as dense wavelength division multiplexing devices, built by other manufacturers. Its WaveRider amplifier chips are used to boost the power of lasers.

Cisco Systems Hong Kong markets equipment used to link data and communications networks. The regional subsidiary sells routers and switches, including equipment based on Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and ATM technologies. Other products include remote access servers, Internet protocol telephony equipment used to transmit data and voice communications over the same network, optical networking components, and network service and security systems. It sells its products primarily to large enterprises and telecommunications service providers, but it also has products designed for small businesses and consumers. Clients include cable TV network i-Cable. The Asia/Pacific market accounts for about 15% of Cisco's sales.

Packet Design, Inc., develops and markets network solutions that leverage the distributed intelligence of the Internet Protocol (IP) to enhance the reliability, efficiency and predictability of IP networks. Our unique IP routing and traffic analysis solutions enable unprecedented visibility, analysis and diagnosis of an enterprise or service provider’s IP network, improving network availability and performance while reducing operating costs and delivering a strong ROI.Packet Design, Inc., was spun out in March 2003 from Packet Design, LLC, the fourth networking startup of entrepreneurs Judy Estrin and Bill Carrico. The Estrin- Carrico team had previously founded Bridge Communications, Network Computing Devices and Precept Software; and Estrin served as chief technology officer at Cisco Systems from 1998 to 2000. Packet Design, Inc., has raised $24 million in private funding from Advanced Technology Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Allegis Capital, Masthead Venture Partners and parent company Packet Design, LLC.

Telesat has a strong record of industry firsts. Both Telesat Canada and Loral Skynet were leaders in satellite communications from the start. In the 1960s, Telstar 1 was launched and used to deliver the first live, intercontinental satellite TV transmission. In the 1970s, Anik 1 became the first commercially operated domestic satellite in geostationary orbit. More recently, Anik F2 was the world's first satellite to successfully commercialize Ka-band for two-way high speed broadband services.

Founded in 1994, the company has offices in Brazil, Hong Kong, the UK, and the US. iDirect is a subsidiary of VT Systems, the US headquarters of Singapore Technologies Engineering. iDirect Technologies bypasses the wired world and heads straight for the heavens. The company provides networking equipment that allows broadband access over satellite networks. Service providers and network operators use its hubs, routers, and network accelerators to offer satellite-based Internet Protocol (IP) services and to optimize bandwidth usage. iDirect also sells to government agencies and large enterprises; its customers have included BT and the National Guard.

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.

Trimble is a leading provider of advanced positioning solutions that maximize productivity and enhance profitability.Though best known for GPS technology, Trimble integrates a wide range of positioning technologies including GPS, laser, optical and inertial technologies with application software, wireless communications, and services to provide complete commercial solutions. Its integrated solutions allow customers to collect, manage and analyze complex information faster and easier, making them more productive, efficient and profitable.Trimble products are used in over 100 countries around the world. Employees in more than 21 countries, coupled with a highly capable network of dealers and distribution partners serve and support our customers.

KVH Industries, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets mobile communication products for the marine, land mobile, and in-flight markets, as well as navigation, guidance, and stabilization products for the defense and commercial markets primarily in North America and Europe. Its mobile communications products and airtime services include TracVision and TracPhone systems, and mini-VSAT broadband airtime, which enable customers to receive live digital television, telephone, and Internet services in their marine vessels, recreational vehicles, automobiles, and commercial airplanes through satellite services. The company’s guidance and stabilization products consist of precision fiber optic gyro based systems that help stabilize platforms, such as gun turrets, remote weapon stations, and radar units, as well as provides guidance for munitions; and tactical navigation systems that offer access to navigation and pointing information in a range of military vehicles, including tactical trucks and light armored vehicles. In addition, KVH Industries leases its products directly to end users. Its guidance and stabilization products are used in various commercial applications, including precision mapping, autonomous vehicles, train location control and track geometry measurement systems, industrial robotics, and optical stabilization. The company sells its mobile communications products through an international network of retailers, distributors, and dealers; and guidance and stabilization products directly to the United States and allied governments, and government contractors, as well as through an international network of authorized independent sales representatives. KVH Industries, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Middletown, Rhode Island.

Lexent Metro Connect, LLC provides enterprise customers and service providers in New York City and its surrounding boroughs with state of the art, custom built, dark fiber optic networks. As a leading provider of dark fiber networks in the New York Metropolitan area, Lexent is the only fiber provider that owns, operates, builds and maintains its own dark fiber network in-house Lexent provides its customers with the option to leverage an existing dark fiber network as an extension of their own, or to build a new, dedicated private fiber network throughout the City and its surrounding areas. Lexent also provides direct connectivity to carrier-neutral colocation facilities, enabling Freedom of Choice in pursuing wholesale buying of Network Services. Lexent's ever-growing network provides diverse connectivity between regional Carrier Hotels, Central Offices and Enterprise Buildings. As a high quality, fiber network design-engineering firm, Lexent Metro Connect provides innovative solutions for carrier and enterprise networks with 24/7, in-house support and proactive network operations monitoring.

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