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ENMR-Plateau Telecommunications is a telephone cooperative providing wireless and wired communications services in about two dozen communities in eastern New Mexico and western Texas. Mobile services are offered through its Plateau Wireless unit while Plateau Internet provides Internet access and other services including Web hosting. ENMR-Plateau has about 75,000 wireless users, 12,000 landline customers, and 15,000 Internet subscribers. Area farmers, ranchers, and other residents founded the company in 1949 as Eastern New Mexico Rural Telephone Cooperative. It operates from offices in Roswell and Carlsbad, New Mexico, as well as in Levelland and Plainview, Texas among other cities.

LXE develops wireless data communications hardware and software for logistics, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, and health care applications. The company's systems, which include radio-frequency terminals, handheld and vehicle-mounted computers, bar code scanners, and communications software, enable wireless interaction between mobile computers and terminal operators. Applications include inventory management and shipment tracking. LXE also makes network access devices used to connect with wireless LANs.

DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc. company was founded in 1986; in 1999 Global Fiberoptics (Taiwan-based manufacturing and sales subsidiary) was formed. CEO Ho-Shang Lee owns about 24% of DiCon Fiberoptics. DiCon is an icon when it comes to filtering, splitting, attenuating, switching, combining, and monitoring. DiCon Fiberoptics makes passive optical components (including MEMS devices), modules, and test instruments for the fiber optics communication industry. Market focus is in Optical Communications, Test/Measurement, Military/Defense, Biomedical, and Fiberoptic Sensing/Lighting. Customers include Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, and Tellabs.

Vicon Industries is an industry-leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of video systems and components used for security, surveillance, safety and control purposes. Celebrating over 40 years in business, the company is unrivalled in experience developing video surveillance technologies. Vicon systems are employed worldwide in high- profile, enterprise-scale installations by a diverse range of customers, including governments, Fortune 500 companies, private and public institutions, and global transit and commerce hubs. Vicon oversees its worldwide operations from its main headquarters located on New York’s Long Island and its European headquarters in the UK. Sales, distribution and customer support are also provided from offices in Hong Kong and in Germany. An extensive network of highly trained installing dealers, system integrators and distributors is responsible for product sales. The company is publicly traded on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol “VII”. Vicon is a full security systems provider offering:

Fusion Telecommunications International understands that modern communications is a blend of old and familiar processes with new technologies.Fusion Telecommunications International provides VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephone and other Internet-based communications services primarily to larger US carriers. Its other clients include businesses with a need to outsource the hosting and management of their computer-based corporate telephony systems. Fusion offers also such services as call termination and broadband Internet access.Fusion Telecommunications International also provides ISP and hosted PBX services to its enterprise customers. Top clients include Qwest and Verizon. Fusion was founded in 1997.

PowerNet Global provides high quality communications services to businesses and residents nationwide. A leader in the telecommunications industry for nearly two decades and a multi-award winning company, we are a premier provider of voice, data, SIP, and managed services. Headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, PowerNet Global was built on a foundation of strong business ethics and integrity. Offering an expanding array of progressive products, our services are supported by a consistently expanding footprint, strong network, expert sales professionals, and support teams that are dedicated to providing our partners and customers with the service they really need to be able to focus on their business and leave the details to us.

8x8, Inc. develops and markets telecommunications services for Internet protocol (IP), telephony, and video applications, as well as provides Web-based conferencing and unified communications services. The company offers the 8x8 VoIP voice and video digital phone service, 8x8 Virtual Office hosted private branch exchange (PBX) service, 8x8 Complete Contact Center service, 8x8 Trunking service, 8x8 Hosted Key System service, 8x8 MobileTalk service, 8x8 Virtual Meeting Web conferencing service, and the 8x8 Virtual Office Pro unified communications solution. The 8x8 Virtual Office suite of business phone services offers high definition audio-enhanced communications services that eliminate the need for traditional telecommunications services and business phone systems. The 8x8 Virtual Office solution replaces an on-premise PBX telephone system with a hosted, Internet-based business phone service that is delivered over a managed or unmanaged Internet connection. The company also sells pre-programmed IP telephones with speakerphones and a display screen in conjunction with its Virtual Office service plans, which enable its business customers to access additional Virtual Office features through on-screen phone menus. Its 8x8 Virtual Office Pro unified communications solution bundles the 8x8 Virtual Office hosted PBX phone service with other businesses software communications services, such as Web conferencing, call recording and archiving, Internet fax, chat, voicemail, presence management, and a mobile iPhone/iPad extension. 8x8, Inc. also offers 8x8 Managed Hosting and Cloud-Based Computing solutions to business customers through its subsidiary, Central Host, Inc. The company markets its services under the 8x8 brand in the United States and internationally. As of March 31, 2010, it had approximately 20,000 business customers who use its services as their primary business telephone system. 8x8, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Check Communications Limited company was established in 1990 by managing director Geoff Wellings. Computer telephony systems. Check. High-speed data delivery services. Check. Systems maintenance. Check. Or more specifically, Check Communications. The company distributes, installs, and maintains telecommunications systems for such businesses as auto dealers, retailers, and utilities providers. Services include systems design, project management, and on-site maintenance for voice and data communications equipment, as well as audio visual and video surveillance gear. Check Communications supplies products from such manufacturers as Aastra and Inter-Tel.

New Focus exhibits signs of optical fixation. New Focus company makes photonics (application of electromagnetic energy) products, including tunable lasers, opto- electronics, high-resolution actuators, optomechanics, and vacuum and ultraclean systems, which are used in aerospace and defense, semiconductor metrology, life sciences and biomedical instrumentation, industrial manufacturing, inspection, and test and measurement applications. New Focus also manufactures motorized components and provides engineering services. Like many California-based technology startups, New Focus made its start in a garage, in 1990. Parent Oclaro sold New Focus company in 2009 to rival Newport.

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