IDEA Cellular is the nation's third-largest carrier (behind Airtel and Reliance). It is one of the few providers that offer wireless services across the country, even in India's hard-to-reach rural areas. IDEA offers contract and pre-paid cellular service options in addition to a number of value- added services such as mobile Web browsing, video streaming, and multimedia messaging. The company operates almost 400 retail stores and sells its products at Indian Oil and BPCL gas stations. IDEA Cellular is controlled by Indian industrial manufacturing conglomerate Aditya Birla Group.

ALAXALA Networks develops, sells, and supports network routing and switching equipment that enables voice and data tranmission over large communications networks. The company's AX series of network switches is designed for metropolitan-area and backbone networks used by large corporations, telecommunications carriers, and government agencies. A joint venture between Hitachi (which owns 60%) and NEC (40%), ALAXALA Networks was formed in 2004 and began shipping products early the following year.

Though the Greek government's telecommunications monopoly might have come to a tragic end, Hellenic Telecommunications (OTE) is still the biggest player on its home stage. OTE has about 7 million fixed access lines in service and provides local, long-distance, and international telephone calling. It also offers broadband Internet services (through ISP OTEnet) to more than 800,000 residential and business customers. Other wired services include leased lines, data hosting, and wholesale telecom services. Subsidiary Cosmote provides wireless service to more than 6 million subscribers on its GSM-based network. OTE's international holdings include subsidiaries in Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia.

Verizon West Virginia provides telecommunications services for residents in the "Wild and Wonderful" state. Verizon West Virginia is an operating unit of New York City-based incumbent carrier Verizon Communications. Verizon Communications is a leading telecom services provider in the US with services in 29 states and Washington, DC providing local exchange access, long-distance, Internet services, data services and systems integration, customer premises equipment (CPE), billing and collections, and inventory management services. Verizon Wireless , the company's joint venture with Vodafone Group, is the #2 US wireless provider.

Verio is the recognized industry leader in delivering online business solutions to SMBs worldwide. Distributed through its network of OEM and viaVerio channel partners, Verio’s solutions provide web hosting, application hosting and SaaS applications that enable SMBs to drive online success. Incorporated in 1996, the company launched a successful public offering in 1998. This IPO set the stage for a series of acquisitions of rapidly growing hosting and Internet companies which resulted in Verio emerging as the preeminent provider of web hosting services worldwide. In 2000, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications, one of the largest companies in the world and supports its operations through NTTs highly reliable and scalable Global IP Network. Through this network, customers and partners can extend their global reach with access to business solutions around the globe and in more than 200 countries.

Callers, clickers, and cable aficionados connect with Tele2. The pan-European telecommunications network operator provides fixed-line and mobile phone services, data transmission, and Internet access to nearly 30 million customers in 11 countries. Outside of Sweden, its top markets are Russia and the Netherlands, while nations in the Nordic, Baltic, and northern European regions round out Tele2's service area. Wireless services make up well over half of total sales. Other Tele2 units provide systems integration services (Datametrix) and cable television broadcasting (Kabelvision). Swedish investment group Investment AB Kinnevik owns 30% of the company and controls 48% of the voting rights.

Denselight Semiconductors is a Singapore-based privately held photonics company. We design, manufacture, and deliver leading photonic optical light source products and solutions to the communications, medical, instrumentations, industrial, defense, and security industries. DenseLight processes Indium Phosphide (InP) and Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) based optoelectronic devices and photonic integrated circuits through its in-house wafer fabrication and assembly & test facilities. DenseLight Semiconductors Private Limited company is recognized worldwide for its technological innovations in high performance semiconductor infrared superluminescent light sources and lasers, with a proven track record in deployed applications.

For Afone, you're never alone if you've got a phone. The company offers small businesses and retail companies in France its telecom services, electronic banking services, and telesurveillance services. Afone has agreements and partnerships with major French telecoms Completel Europe, Neuf Cegetel, and France Telecom. In 2006, the group launched the Afonebox, used to connect consumer telecom equipment with Completel's network in 110 cities across France. It branched out into the world of cell phones a year later with a joint venture wireless service sold through supermarket retailer Leclerc. Chairman Philip Fournier owns 41% of the company, which was established in 1997.

The Champaign Telephone Company and its subsidiary CT Communications provide telecommunications services to residential and business customers in Champaign County, Ohio, and in the Village of West Liberty in Logan County, Ohio. Services provided by the company include landline telephone, wired and wireless Internet access, and cable television. It also offers Web hosting, as well as managed data storage services for businesses. The company's CT Wireless Service Division provides cellular phone service through a partnership with Telispire which resells wireless service provided over the Sprint Nextel network.

DSL for Deutschland could be the slogan for QSC (formerly QS Communications). Capitalizing on European telecommunications deregulation, QSC is taking on Deutsche Telekom by offering high-speed Internet access via DSL to residential and business customers in Germany. QSC's network, upgraded in 2005 to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) capability, extends to more than 200 cities. Although the company does serve residential customers, its primary segments consist of commercial businesses and wholesalers and retailers. CEO Bernd Schlobohm and supervisory board member Gerd Eickers founded the company in 1999, and each owns 10%; Baker Capital owns about 25% of the company.

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