Hikari Tsushin means "brilliant communication" in Japanese, and when the company was founded in 1999 it rode the dot-com bubble and boom quite brilliantly. Since then Hikari Tsushin has evolved into a cell phone and Internet service provider and distributor, a life insurance agency, and a seller of office equipment, such as copiers, fax machines, and telephones. The company's e-machitown subsidiary provides Web hosting services in Japan, and Newton Financial Consulting sells medical insurance policies to individiuals. CEO Yasumitsu Shigeta founded Hikari Tsushin in 1988, when he was 21 years old. The billionaire is consistenly listed among the world's richest people.

DataWave Systems makes the point. Point-of-sale, that is. The company sells prepaid long-distance and cellular phone cards, as well as prepaid Internet products and services and prepaid cash cards. DataWave Systems offers its cards through point-of-sale-activation terminals, through free-standing vending machines, and at cash registers and Internet-based transaction services at certain major retail chains. The company sells its services primarily in North America via reseller agreements with major telecom carriers and financial institutions. DataWave is a subsidiary of Atlanta-based gift and phone card marketer and distributor InComm Holdings.

NSGDatacom is a privately owned company, incorporated in Maryland, USA, with offices in Virginia, Maryland, and England. The company develops, manufactures, markets and supports industry leading, carrier quality voice and data communication products for wire-line and wireless networks. Using technology obtained through strategic acquisitions and from internal development, we provide solutions that are reliable, innovative, cost effective, and flexible. We are entrusted to transmit critical data in corporate, airport, financial, government, military, carrier, satellite, and cellular networks worldwide. NSGDatacom also has a solid reputation for providing unparalleled network design, implementation and post-sales support.Originally founded as Network Services Group in 1991, the company has acquired ownership of many firsts in the industry. In 1989, Netrix Corporation brought to market the first truly integrated switching system, the #1-ISS, and was a founding member of the Frame Relay Forum. In 1994 Netrix acquired Republic Telecom, holder of a number of patents, including packetized voice. This technology was incorporated into access products used to build some of the first Voice over Frame Relay (VoFR) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks. Proteon (later known as OpenRoute) the first U.S. router company and inventor of OSPF merged with Netrix in 1999 to form Nx Networks. In March of 2002, NSGDatacom acquired the assets of Nx Networks, retaining all product technology rights and many employees. Previously, the company had acquired Frederick Electronics in 1998 and the product lines of Assured Digital Inc. (ADI) and Dynetcom (formerly Dynatech Communications) in 2001. In July of 2002 NSGDatacom acquired the product technology rights of Advanced Switching Communications, a manufacturer of broadband access products.

BLOOMBERG TRADEBOOK® is a leading global agency broker that provides direct market access and a breadth of trading analytics and algorithms to institutional traders that seek maximum alpha on every market transaction. Founded in 1996, Tradebook offers its customer base multi-asset, multi- currency trading solutions to actively manage complex trading strategies in over 60 global markets.

Vicorp Group PLC provides call processing software systems to telecommunications providers, wireless carriers, and ISPs worldwide. The Vicorp.xMP suite of products enables providers to manage customer calls by matching them to computerized information and centralizing network phone and e-mail support. Its technology also allows for voice-activated dialing and automated menu navigation. The company sells its products through distribution partnerships with Genesys and Nuance, among others. Vicorp's customers include AES and Bell Canada. The company was publicly held until 2009, when its shares were delisted from the London Stock Exchange.

Birch Communications, over the past 13 years, has built a solid foundation for delivering great service with a very strong commitment to customer satisfaction. Birch Communications, headquartered in Atlanta, GA has customers in 32 states across the nation. Birch was the first in its class to deploy its own private IP network utilizing soft switch technology to deliver innovative, high quality, affordable communications services to small & medium business customers.

Mio Technology was established in 2002 and is a subsidiary of MiTAC. Mio Technology can't afford to fall behind the times. The electronics manufacturer makes and markets mobile navigation products including pocket pcs, auto and handheld navigation systems, GPS (global positioning system) phones, and GPS PDAs (personal digital assistants). The company is one of the top personal navigation device vendors in the world, along rivals Garmin and TomTom. Its operations are spread across Taiwan, China, Europe, North America, Australia, Japan, and South Korea, and it sells and markets its products (under both the Navman and Mio DigiWalker brands) in approximately 50 countries globally.

MTN Group offers cellular phone service in the mountains and the plains of Africa. The continent's largest wireless network operator has almost 130 million subscribers across Africa and the Middle East, through a network of subsidiaries. MTN has operations in more than 20 countries and enjoys a 50% market share in Nigeria and a 40% share in Iran, its two largest markets. Eighty percent of its customers have prepaid, no-contract plans. MTN earns the bulk of its sales from airtime and subscription fees, but it generates about 20% of revenues from interconnect fees.MTN Group company offers mobile banking services with Standard Bank and money transfer services for clients without bank accounts.

Numerex Corp. operates as the single source machine-to- machine (M2M) product and service provider to various organizations delivering the foundational components of device, network, and application used by its customers in the development of their M2M solutions. The company’s customers subscribe to Numerex network and application services that are delivered through its hosted platforms. Its offerings enable its customers to build reliable and secure solutions that are used to monitor and manage assets remotely whenever and wherever needed. The company’s Numerex DNA offerings include hardware devices, network services, and software applications that are delivered through its Numerex FAST (Foundation Application Software Technology) platform. Numerex Corp. distributes its products through value added resellers, system integrators, and original equipment manufacturers. It serves commercial and residential security, energy and utilities, healthcare, financial services, government, and transportation markets. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Systems Engineering & Management Company (SEMCO) makes wireless communications equipment used in satellite communications, telemetry, surveillance, and other military and commercial applications. Its radio-frequency equipment line includes telemetry and video transmitters and receivers. The company also makes surveillance systems and other security equipment used in law enforcement and tactical military operations. Additionally, SEMCO provides weapon system development and testing services to the US military. Founded in 1984, the company operates from facilities in California and Florida.

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