Born in Texas, with roots a decade old, Grande Communications is a Texas-based communications company providing residential and business customers with high-speed Internet, local and long-distance telephone and digital cable services over a single network. Grande is building a new, high capacity, fiber-optic network from the ground up, using the latest technological advancements in broadband communications.Grande is the first broadband company in the region to build such a network from the ground up and the first to offer service in Austin, San Antonio and San Marcos. Grande believes its customers find value not only in better service and cost savings, but also in the convenient one call for customer service and one itemized bill.

Sandvine develops equipment used by broadband service providers to better manage peer-to-peer network traffic. In addition to traffic management, the company's products enable network administrators to manage network security features. Sandvine serves clients including Hughes Network Systems and has sales partnerships with companies such as Telindus. The company received private funding from such investors as BDC Venture Capital, Tech Capital Partners, and VenGrowth. Sandvine was co-founded by veterans of former digital video distribution systems developer Pixstream, which was acquired by Cisco Systems.

Callers, clickers, and cable aficionados connect with Tele2. The pan-European telecommunications network operator provides fixed-line and mobile phone services, data transmission, and Internet access to nearly 30 million customers in 11 countries. Outside of Sweden, its top markets are Russia and the Netherlands, while nations in the Nordic, Baltic, and northern European regions round out Tele2's service area. Wireless services make up well over half of total sales. Other Tele2 units provide systems integration services (Datametrix) and cable television broadcasting (Kabelvision). Swedish investment group Investment AB Kinnevik owns 30% of the company and controls 48% of the voting rights.

NetNation Communications is determined to ease the burden of maintaining a corporate outpost in cyberspace. The company provides managed Web hosting, e-mail, and server colocation services primarily to small and midsized business in about 130 countries. NetNation also provides domain name registration and renewal services through affiliate DomainPeople. The company has sales partnerships with software vendors including Oracle and Macromedia. In addition to operations in Canada, it has a US data center facility in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1997, NetNation is a subsidiary of US-based Web-hosting services company Hostway Corporation.

Beceem Communications company is a designer, developer, and supplier of semiconductors used in 4G wireless and mobile broadband devices, including smartphones, modems, gateways, mobile routers, and laptops. Beceem Communications company, which partners with Clearwire, Sprint Nextel, and other companies for development of its products, sells to OEMs and telecom equipment makers like Motorola (about half of sales), Accton, Quanta, Uniquest Corp. (12% of sales), and ZTE. It gets most of its sales in Asia. Founded in 2003, Beceem filed for an IPO in 2010. The company agreed to be acquired by Broadcom for $316 million later that year.

Reliance Communications is one of India's largest providers of integrated communications services. With more than 90 million customers, the company serves consumers and enterprises with a digital network supporting data, voice, and video. While Reliance's core wireless communications services business (Reliance Telecom) is its largest segment, the company also provides fixed line domestic and international voice services, Internet access, messaging, and videoconferencing. It provides wholesale capacity, infrastructure, and managed enterprise services through its Reliance Globalcom division. The company is part of the Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, controlled by chairman Anil Ambani.

Funkwerk is getting its groove on the move.Funkwerk company makes mobile communications products used in transportation and logistics applications. Its Traffic & Control Communication segment makes wireless terminals, logistics management systems, and video monitors used in airports and train stations to provide information and security to passengers. Its Automotive Communication unit makes products for use in vehicles, including hands-free kits, amplifiers, and the KomBox -- an integrated communications platform that provides automobiles with fax and Internet access. Funkwerk's Enterprise Communication unit makes paging and messaging systems for companies and institutions such as hospitals and prisons.

SpiriTel Plc is a leading and an award winning communications business whose focus is to supply a complete and fully integrated range of traditional and Internet Protocol (IP) based products and services to approximately 4,000 businesses. SpiriTel Plc operates through two divisions: SpiriTel Business provides a full suite of communication products that answers the complete communications requirements of small privately owned businesses to multinationals. SpiriTel Technologies focuses on infrastructure, advanced IP engineering support and network services to leading UK telecommunications network operators.

Call Kabul thanks to Telephone Systems International (TSI). The company provides phone and Internet services in Afghanistan. Founded in 1998 by CEO, Afghan emigre Ehsan Bayat, TSI has been involved in efforts to rebuild the Afghani infrastructure and bring telecom services to the country. The company operates in Afghanistan through a joint venture with the Afghan government known as Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC); the Afghan state owns 20% of the business which was founded in 1999 and began offering wireless and Internet communications services in 2002. AWCC has sales and administrative offices in several major cities across the country including Kabul, Jalalabad, and Kandahar.

Law Enforcement Associates Corporation manufactures and markets products for law enforcement, military, security, and corrections markets worldwide. The company offers audio intelligence gathering equipment, including radio frequency disguised transmitters, receivers, and repeaters for use by law enforcement agencies. It offers video surveillance products ranging from disguised miniature cameras to video transmission and recording systems. The company provides audio surveillance receivers, wireless synthesized audio transmitters and repeaters, digital voice recorders, and overt or covert self-contained video recording devices, as well as wireless and wired video surveillance and monitoring systems, including cameras, wireless transmitters, and receivers under the AidVision brand. It also offers under vehicle inspection systems, under vehicle inspection screening software, and mobile specialty surveillance platforms. In addition, the company distributes global positioning system (GPS) vehicle tracking systems, security products, thermal imaging systems, night vision equipment, peerless handcuff and chains, defensive shields, and CCTV cameras. Law Enforcement Associates Corporation markets and distributes its products directly to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; state correctional facilities; the United States and allied military forces; private security personnel; and non-governmental agencies, and public and private companies. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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