With Eagle Teleconferencing Services, being out of town isn't an excuse to miss a meeting. The company provides reservationless and operator-assisted audio- and video- conferencing services in the US and in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK. It also offers media streaming services and Web collaboration solutions, allowing users to make presentations and broadcast video over the Internet. Eagle Teleconferencing serves such industries as software, business consulting, and telecommunications. The company was founded in 1986.

DSL for Deutschland could be the slogan for QSC (formerly QS Communications). Capitalizing on European telecommunications deregulation, QSC is taking on Deutsche Telekom by offering high-speed Internet access via DSL to residential and business customers in Germany. QSC's network, upgraded in 2005 to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) capability, extends to more than 200 cities. Although the company does serve residential customers, its primary segments consist of commercial businesses and wholesalers and retailers. CEO Bernd Schlobohm and supervisory board member Gerd Eickers founded the company in 1999, and each owns 10%; Baker Capital owns about 25% of the company.

As Australia's #1 telecommunications carrier, Telstra provides fixed-line services to about 9 million access lines, and it serves 10 million mobile phone customers. It is also the country's leading ISP, through BigPond, with more than 3 million broadband subscribers. Telstra's largest market is consumer and residential customers, but its business and government segment comes in a close second. The company also provides wholesale network services to other communications companies, while its Sensis telephone directory unit specializes in print, online, and wireless advertising. Telstra owns half of pay-television operator FOXTEL, while News Corp. and Consolidated Media Holdings each own 25% of the joint venture.

Founded in 1981 by president Dannie Simons, ICS has additional Texas offices in Dallas, Houston, Pharr, and San Antonio, and an office in Piscataway, New Jersey. Innovative Communication Systems (ICS) sells and installs voice and data communications systems primarily to businesses in central and southern Texas; it also does business in New Jersey. The company deals in equipment made by such vendors as Nortel, Toshiba, and ADTRAN. It installs phone, messaging, and conferencing systems and lays cable for voice and data applications. ICS also resells phone service and Internet access from AT&T in Texas and PayTech in New Jersey. Its other consulting services include bill analysis and systems design.

Neutral Tandem helps telecom providers stay in sync with customers.Neutral Tandem company provides third-party interconnection services to competitive carriers via tandem switches, which allow wireline, wireless, and broadband phone providers to exchange traffic between networks without direct connections. Marketed as an alternative to incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs), Neutral Tandem offers services in more than 60 US metropolitan markets. The company's customers include Sprint Nextel, Comcast Cable, and AT&T. Doll Capital Management and New Enterprise Associates each own about 18% of the company.

KiloLambda Technologies, Ltd. was founded in 2001, offers a variety of power control devices, including optical limiters, fuses, and terminators. It also makes optical pulse generators and other light sources, as well as proximity sensors. The company touts its devices as protecting electronic gear from power surges. Molex has packaged KiloLambda components into LC-plug attenuators, replacing standard fixed attenuators in controlling optical power. KiloLambda carries out research at its facility in Israel; its investors include Yozma Group and Skypoint Capital. It wouldn't kill you to know that KiloLambda Technologies makes optical components used in telecommunications, medical, and military applications.

BCE is Canada's largest communications company, providing the most comprehensive and innovative suite of communication services to residential and business customers in Canada. Operating under the Bell brand, the Company's services include Bell Home Phone local and long distance services, Bell Mobility and Solo Mobile wireless, high-speed Bell Internet, Bell TV direct-to-home satellite and VDSL television, IP-broadband services and information and communications technology (ICT) services.

FWT, Inc. company makes communications antenna towers disguised as church steeples, palm and pine trees (TREE- CELL), light poles, and flagpoles. Other products include monopoles, equipment shelters, antenna arrays, and Communication-Sites on Wheels (COWs), which combine antennas and temporary power supplies in mobile enclosures such as trucks and trailers. The company divides its operations between two divisions that serve the communications and utilities markets. Founded in 1959, the company is controlled by the family of founder Tommy Moore.

International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) is a manufacturer of hardware and developer of software used to enable broadband satellite connections. Products include satellite receivers, satellite broadcasting systems for digital audio, and content distribution software. IDC company is also a systems integrator and a provider of data broadcasting services. Established in 1984, IDC serves customers in such industries as broadcasting, education, entertainment, and telecommunications, including Cinedigm, NPR, and PBS. While it does nearly half of its business in North America, the company is active in Europe through its Netherlands-based PROFline subsidiary. IDC has distributors and resellers around the world.

Ambient wants to put real power behind communications. Ambient company develops technology that allows power lines to serve as high-speed data communications networks. Ambient's products -- including nodes, couplers, and network management software -- utilize Broadband over Power Line (BPL) and other technologies to create advanced power grids (also known as smart grids) with two-way communication capabilities. Its systems are designed to be used by utility companies for such applications as demand management, direct load control, meter reading, and real-time pricing. Ambient has partnerships with utilities such as Con Ed and Duke Energy to develop its technology.

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