Thorlabs Quantum Electronics (formerly Covega Corporation) makes optical components, modules, and subsystems used in the telecommunications, industrial, medical, defense, and test and measurement industries. Covega's intensity modulators, laser diode controllers, optical amplifiers, and semiconductor lasers are incorporated into equipment such as Internet routers and network test equipment. Its products are sold through distributors, including Mitsui and Laser2000.Thorlabs Quantum Electronics company was acquired in 2008 by Fremont, California-based Gemfire Corporation and again in 2009 by Thorlabs Inc. of Newton, New Jersey. Covega was formed in 2003 by the merger of CODEON Corporation and Quantum Photonics.

NeoPhotonics develops and manufactures optical network components using laser-reactive deposition. Products include amplifiers, glass substrates, laser modules, passive optical components, photodiodes, and transceivers. Applications include optical networks for data communications and passive optical networks for fiber-to-the-home broadband access. NeoPhotonics Corporation has manufacturing facilities in China and the US. It gets about two-thirds of its sales in China, primarily from communications equipment maker Huawei , which accounts for about half of sales. NeoPhotonics filed for an IPO in 2010; it plans to use proceeds from the offering to expand its business potentially through acquisitions or to repay some of its debt.

Dialog Semiconductor keeps all sorts of electronic devices talking to each other. Dialog Semiconductor develops mixed- signal (analog plus digital) chips used in wireless communications, audio, automotive, industrial, and other applications. Dialog, which outsources its manufacturing, specializes in audio codecs (coder/decoders) and power management chips for mobile phones, including smartphones. Customers include Apple, Bosch, and Sony Ericsson. Dialog Semiconductor has operations in Austria, China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the UK, and the US; about two- thirds of sales come from from the Asia/Pacific region, primarily China.

Boingo Wireless tries to answer a question that springs to many a traveler's mind when on the road with a computer -- "Is wireless Internet available around here?" Boingo Wireless company sells access to a global Wi-Fi network of about 100,000 public hot spots through wholesale agreements with wireless network and hot spot operators. Access is offered mainly in such venues as hotels, convention centers, airports, and restaurants, including McDonalds. Additionally, Boingo offers its roaming network and software to ISPs and managed network service providers. Fiberlink, and Verizon Business are among the company's corporate customers. Boingo was established in 2001 by chairman and Earthlink founder Sky Dayton.

Talk is cheap but doesn't go far without a phone, especially in one of the world's largest continents. That's where Vodacom Group comes in. Through its various subsidiaries, the company provides contract and prepaid cellular phone services to more than 34 million customers in southern African countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Lesotho, Tanzania, and Mozambique. The company primarily targets businesses and corporations for its contract services; however, a majority of Vodacom Group's customers use its prepaid services. About two-thirds of the company's shares are owned by UK-based Vodafone Group.

SK Telecom, a member of the SK Group chaebol, is the #1 wireless communication services provider in South Korea in terms of subscribers. The company serves about 24 million mobile customers (50% of the domestic market share). In addition to cellular and wireless data services, the company provides broadband Internet access through a controlling stake in the #2 South Korean alternative local-exchange carrier and ISP SK Broadband. It also offers international, long distance, computer, and business telephony services (SK Telink); mobile satellite video broadcasting (TU Media); and it operates Internet portal NATE.com. SK Telecom has international offices in Beijing, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, London, and Tokyo.

Virgin Mobile is an experienced cellular phone service provider. The holding company for Virgin Mobile Telecoms offers wireless communications services to more than 3 million customers in the UK. Virgin Mobile also offers phone service in Australia, Canada, France, India, Qatar, South Africa, and the US (through Virgin Mobile USA). The company, which operates as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), does not have a cellular infrastructure of its own and provides its service through T-Mobile International. The company's phones and plans are sold at more than 4,300 UK retail locations, including Best Buy and Carphone Warehouse. Virgin Mobile is a subsidiary of Virgin Media.

Established in 1981, MilesTek sells its products through catalogs and online to clients including contractors, systems integrators, corporate IT departments, and institutional clients. MilesTek Corporation is a distributor of voice and data networking equipment, as well as security, home entertainment, and other electrical products. The company supplies such items as custom cable assemblies, switches and routers, closed-circuit TV cameras, speakers and intercom systems, and network testing equipment.

WebTech Wireless develops, manufactures and delivers proven GPS vehicle tracking and telematic solutions to large and small scale commercial fleets and consumer vehicles around the world. Our suite of applications integrates GPS, wireless communications technologies and the Internet to provide real-time information about the location and status of vehicles and mobile resources.WebTech Wireless GPS fleet management solutions are used by over 1000 customers worldwide to efficiently monitor, track and manage their mobile resources and vehicles. Our solutions are based upon industry best practices, and offer unparalleled breadth of functionality to support the diverse needs of vehicle management, including automatic vehicle reporting, mapping, vehicle maintenance, driver status, in-vehicle telemetry, reporting, messaging, in-vehicle navigation, and Internet connectivity.

Nicholville Telephone Company is an independent phone company serving a 200-square mile area of northwestern St. Lawrence County in New York. The company offers local dial- tone, long-distance service, and paging, as well as wireless mobile service from AT&T Mobility (formerly Cingular Wireless). Through its Slic.net and Slic Network Solutions subsidiaries, it provides dial-up and high-speed DSL Internet access.

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