Hector Communications may not operate in Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon, but it does serve up local phone service in about two dozen rural communities in Minnesota and nearby states (powdermilk biscuits are optional). The holding company operates through nine facilities-based rural local- exchange carriers (RLECs) located in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. These operating subsidiaries maintain about 30,000 local access lines and offer Internet access. Hector and Alliance also provide cable TV service. Hector is owned by a consortium made up of three Minnesota local- exchange carriers: Arvig Enterprises, Blue Earth Valley Communications, and New Ulm Telecom.

TVC Communications provides the stuff that cable companies are made of. A distributor of communications equipment, TVC offers cable TV and similar industries an array of products made by electronics and other manufacturers, including fiber-optic cables; cables, poles, and related equipment for above-ground installation; and products used by cable- company customers like set-top boxes and Wi-Fi modems. Operating primarily in North America, it distributes products made by hundreds of manufacturers such as Belden, Motorola, Tyco Electronics, and Thomas & Betts. TVC also makes specialty cable TV, broadcast, and telecom products through its Marathon, White Sands, Maxcell, and Vikimatic divisions.

Falcon was founded in 1967 as an installation contractor and it sells primarily to independent phone companies. Falcon Communications company has satellite offices in Reno, Nevada and Abilene, Texas. Falcon Communications resells new and refurbished telecommunications equipment from such manufacturers as ADTRAN, Occam Networks, and THOMSON. Falcon Communications company deals in products including modems, multiplexers, network switches, and power equipment. It also provides outsourced network services, including design, installation, conversion, and testing, as well as maintenance and technical support.

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.

Working Assets was founded in 1985 to give people an easy way to make a difference in the world, just by doing the things they do every day. Each time our members use one of our services — CREDO Mobile, CREDO Long Distance and the Working Assets credit card — we automatically send a donation to nonprofit groups working for peace, human rights and the environment. To date we've raised over $65 million for groups like Greenpeace, Doctors Without Borders, Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. But we're not just raising donations for progressive causes, we're making change. Our CREDO Action Web site plugs you into a network of like- minded citizen activists and provides easy and effective ways to take action on the issues you care about.

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company provides telecommunication services in Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine. It offers local, domestic, and international long distance telephone services to fixed line subscribers; directory inquiry services; and private branch exchange services through voice over Internet protocol. The company also provides Internet services based on asymmetric digital subscriber line and very high bitrate digital subscriber line technologies, as well as cable television, and optical Internet. In addition, it offers data transmission and related services, information technology and telecommunications services, mobile voice and non-voice services, and mobile telecommunications services, as well as call origination and termination, broadband Internet, Internet protocol television, data and IP, infrastructure, and interactive mobile services. Further, the company involves in the sale of telecommunications equipment. As of December 31, 2009, it operated approximately 2.1 million fixed access lines and served 5.1 million mobile subscribers in Hungary. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company operates as a subsidiary of MagyarCom Holding GmbH.

Convergent Media Systems is the world leader in video integration services to the enterprise market. Founded in 1980, Convergent incorporates best-in-class technologies to deliver solutions that drive business objectives. Our customers rely on us to deliver high quality media efficiently, effectively and securely to their customers, employees and stakeholders around the world. We provide integrated solutions to some of the most recognized companies including: Kroger, Wachovia and Volkswagen. We enable our customers to drive business objectives through digital signage, digital audio and enterprise video communications. Today we service over 45 media networks spanning over 24,000 locations.

Blackfoot Telecommunications Groups began as a rural telephone cooperative in 1954. Today, with the region’s largest private Voice over IP network, our four companies offer state-of-the-art telecommunications services to 20,000 customers. Our 160 employees are dedicated to customer support and still deliver it from here in Western Montana. In short, we’re a well-balanced business: deep-rooted, yet forward-looking.

The Night Shift Answering Service burns the midnight oil in service of sensitive communications issues. The company (which does business as Directors' Choice) provides round- the-clock telephone support services for the funeral service industry in North America. It handles initial contact calls, schedules funerals, and relays information to client businesses. Customers have included funeral homes in the Atlantic region of Canada and in the northeastern and midwestern US. The Night Shift Answering Service is owned by its founder, a former funeral director from British Columbia, Gary Darychuk.

Sarantel's revolutionary ceramic filtering antennas offer dramatically improved performance over existing antenna designs, resulting in a clearer signal, better range and a 90 per cent reduction in the amount of signal radiation absorbed by the body. Because of their smaller size and higher capabilities, Sarantel's antennas enable manufacturers to create innovative wireless products for the GPS, WiMax, Satellite Radio and Satellite phone markets.Sarantel has developed an intellectual property portfolio comprising of over a dozen core patents with hundreds of international filings on the design and production of dielectrically loaded antennas.

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