Customers have voted with their phones to make Vodafone Group one of the world's top wireless phone services carriers with about 300 million customers in more than 20 countries. In terms of subscribers, Vodafone trails only China Mobile. The company does most of its business in Europe, where it is a leader in the wireless markets of the UK and Germany. It also provides data, broadband Internet, and fixed-line phone services; in Germany, these services are overseen by subsidiary Arcor. Vodafone increasingly serves callers in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Pacific region through subsidiaries and joint ventures. In the US, the group holds a 45% stake in the leading US wireless provider Verizon Wireless.

Active Communication Company Limited (ACCL) stays busy providing network support for wired and wireless computer systems. The company's services include the design and installation of network equipment and cabling systems. It also provides consulting, facilities management, and network support services. ACCL serves customers in the financial, construction, and education sectors. Clients include the Chapelfield Shopping Centre in Norwich. Managing director and owner Wayne Connors founded ACCL in 1998.

TruePosition is the leading provider of location determination and intelligence solutions for the safety and national security markets worldwide. TruePosition offers a portfolio of industry-leading location technologies, future- proof platform products, innovative applications, and comprehensive networking and systems services to enable the creation of carrier-grade location solutions for private enterprise and government agencies to protect citizens, combat crime, and save lives.

ACN founded in 1993 by four entrepreneurs: Greg Provenzano, Robert Stevanovski, Mike Cupisz and Tony Cupisz, ACN has grown into the world's largest direct selling telecommunications company. ACN now operates in 21 countries spanning North America, Europe, Asia and Asia Pacific.For ACN, it's all in how you sell it. The telecommunications reseller uses multilevel marketing (the selling strategy used by consumer goods distributors Tupperware and Amway). Its commission-based independent distributors operate in 20 countries, reselling local and long-distance phone service, as well as Internet and wireless access, satellite TV, digital telephony, and home security services.

Axsun Technologies, founded in 1999, is developing a bold new approach to the design and manufacture of miniaturized optical micro-instruments for a variety of industries. The Axsun™ Packaging Platform combines proprietary Micro-Optics lens technology, and patented micro-alignment structures with a highly scalable, automated assembly process to create the foundation of a new class of miniature optoelectronic products. Axsun optoelectronic products provide higher levels of performance in much less space than bulk optical solutions while consuming less material, labor, and power. At Axsun, we're making great strides in a new direction for mechanical-optical integration of instruments by thinking small, and we see no end to the possibilities.

CapRock Government Solutions helps soldiers and other government employees around the globe to keep in touch with each other. It specializes in building, maintaining, and managing satellite and terrestrial wide-area and international networks for the US Department of Defense, as well as other government and commercial clients. Additionally, it provides information technology and professional services, including systems and application integration, consulting, and training. Clients have included the US Army, the US Space Command, and various intelligence agencies. CapRock Government Solutions is a subsidiary of satellite communications provider CapRock Communications.

ADVA AG Optical Networking advances the cause of high-speed communications. The company provides optical transport and Ethernet equipment to telecommunication carriers and enterprise customers. ADVA's products, which include multiplexers and Ethernet access devices, help telecom carriers and businesses transform older networks with singular functionality into multi-purpose systems that support voice, data, video, and wireless traffic. Its customers include Comcast, Cox Communications, Deutsche Telekom, Telstra, and Time Warner. In addition to the carrier market, it targets the academic, automotive, financial services, government, insurance, and technology sectors.

Merrimac Industries is a manufacturer of microwave and radio-frequency (RF) components, subsystem assemblies, and branded Multi-Mix micro-multifunction modules, including beam formers, couplers, and phase shifters. Its components are used for aerospace, missile guidance, and satellite applications as well as homeland security. Customers include medical equipment and communications industries. The company's top customers are Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin; collectively, these companies represent almost 60% of total sales. Merrimac nets sales largely in North America.Merrimac Industries company has facilities in the US, and Costa Rica. Merrimac was acquired by Crane in February 2010.

Eutelsat was originally set up in 1977 as an intergovernmental organisation (IGO) to develop and operate a satellite-based telecommunications infrastructure for Europe.Eutelsat started operations 20 years ago with the launch of its first satellite in 1983, followed by a further 30 satellite launches, creating one of the leaders in the Fixed Satellite Services industry with a 14% global market share at the end of 2005 (source: Euroconsult 2006).Initially established to address satellite communications demand in Western Europe, Eutelsat rapidly developed its infrastructure to expand coverage to additional markets, such as Central and Eastern Europe in 1989, and the Middle East, the African continent, and large parts of Asia and the Americas from the 1990s.Eutelsat was the first satellite operator in Europe to broadcast television channels direct-to-home. It developed its premium neighbourhood of five HOT BIRD™ satellites in the mid-1990s to offer capacity that would be able to attract hundreds of channels to the same orbital location, appealing to widespread audiences for consumer satellite TV.

Alcatel-Lucent was formed from the 2006 merger of telecom rivals Alcatel and Lucent Technologies. Alcatel-Lucent Holding, a regional US subsidiary of France-based Alcatel- Lucent, designs, develops, and builds communications networks. It supplies equipment, software applications, and related services to telecom carriers and network service providers, as well as enterprise and government customers. A leading supplier of broadband Internet access products, the company pioneered the development of digital subscriber line (DSL) technology for residential and small business end users.

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