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If listening in on a call serviced by Orange Switzerland, you are likely to hear a conversation in French, German, or Italian. Officially known as Orange Communications SA, the subsidiary of Paris-based Orange SA provides a variety of wireless telecommunications services to business and consumer customers in trilingual Switzerland. In addition to voice service, the company offers mobile messaging services, including email, Internet, and text-messaging. Parent company Orange is the leading mobile provider in France serving more than 110 million callers. The company agreed to merge with rival Sunrise Communications in 2009, but the deal was was blocked by the Swiss Competition Commission in 2010.

Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) provides wireless communications services in the Middle East and beyond. Its serves about 80 million subscribers with GSM-based mobile networks in Algeria (market-leading Djezzy), Bangladesh (Banglalink), Egypt (Mobinil), Pakistan (Mobilink), Tunisia (Tunisiana), as well as in central and southern Africa, North Korea, and Canada. Orascom's mobile service operations account for the majority of its revenues, but the company also provides Internet service and other wired communications services, as well as network installation and support, procurement, and distribution services. The family of company founder and executive chairman Naguib Sawiris owns a controlling stake in Orascom.

Palm, once a leading provider of handheld computers, now develops and markets Internet-enabled mobile phones (known as smartphones). Its product line focuses on the Pre and Pixi wireless devices, which use Palm's webOS mobile operating system software. webOS is designed to wirelessly access the Web and take advantage of the phones' touchscreen interface. The company sells directly and through partnerships with such wireless carriers as AT&T, Sprint Nextel, and Verizon Wireless, as well as other distributors and retailers. While its products are sold globally, the majority of its revenue is made in the US. In 2010 Palm was acquired by top global computer maker Hewlett-Packard for about $1.2 billion.

The name Panasonic Mobile Communications rings in many ears. The company makes Panasonic-brand mobile phones and wireless base stations and terminals for building cellular communications networks. Panasonic also makes automotive electronics (such as car stereos and navigation systems), professional audio and video equipment, disk drives, electronic measurement equipment, and giant Astrovision video screens for sports arenas worldwide. Panasonic Mobile Communications is owned by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (60%) and Matsushita Electric Industrial (40%).

As a former maker of doll's eyes, Panorama Antennas really has a bird's-eye view of the wireless communications market. The company was founded after WWII and now manufactures products used to build wireless communications networks. It sells its wireless equipment primarily to communications and electronics manufacturers. The company's antennas, adaptors, and associated hardware are used in voice and data network applications including cellular, GPS, mobile radio, LAN and WAN.

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