Telect has the hook-ups that enable hang-ups. The company makes network connectivity and power distribution hardware for telecommunications service providers. Local telephone, long-distance, and wireless carriers use Telect's mainframe termination units, patch bays, fuse bays, and circuit panels. Telect also sells copper wire and fiber-optic cables. The company works directly, through resellers, and through agreements with other telecom equipment makers, primarily in the US. Distributors include ALLTEL, Graybar, Sprint, and Verizon. Chairman Bill Williams and his wife, vice chairman Judi Williams, founded Telect in 1982. The Williams and their son, CEO Wayne Williams, own a controlling stake in the company.

Insight may think of us as a cable company and that's certainly where our roots are, as we were founded in 1985 by a couple of entrepreneurial guys who went on to spend over 30 years in the cable business. But in the last decade we have become much more than a cable company. We're now a full service telecommunications company providing phone, high- speed Internet and video services to more than 750,000 customers in the Midwest.

Anaren is hot for wireless.Anaren company makes microwave and radio-frequency (RF) components, assemblies, and subsystems used in signal processing devices for defense, satellite, and wireless communications applications. Its products include the Xinger line of surface mount passive microwave components, RF power amplifiers, ferrite devices, signal splitters, and backplanes that are incorporated into amplifiers, receivers, and cellular base station gear. Other products range from RF measurement devices to beamformers (used to locate fixed beams from antennas) and switch matrices (used to route RF signals). The company counts Lockheed Martin, Nokia Siemens, Northrup Grumman, and Raytheon among its customers.

The Great Dane of telecom, TDC is the leading telecommunications network operator in Denmark. The company provides wireless, domestic local and long-distance landline, international, Internet, and cable television services to about 12 million consumer and commercial customers. TDC's international holdings include stakes in telecommunications companies in the Nordic region, but the bulk of sales are made in Denmark. The company serves 3 million customers in Switzerland (its second largest market in terms of sales) through its Sunrise Communications subsidiary. Investment group Nordic Telephone Company owns 88% of TDC; Nordic Telephone Company is a subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Angel Lux Parent.

Radio Frequency Systems has radio antennas and related products to enable everything from the rush hour traffic report to battlefield communications. The company, which does business as RFS, designs and manufactures a wide range of wireless and radio network infrastructure equipment used by broadcasters, telecommunications service providers, network equipment manufacturers, and government agencies. Products include radio-frequency (RF) systems, antennas, filters and combiners, cables, connectors, accessories, and related software. The company operates globally from 32 sales and support offices and nine manufacturing facilities located in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.

Fusion Telecommunications International understands that modern communications is a blend of old and familiar processes with new technologies.Fusion Telecommunications International provides VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephone and other Internet-based communications services primarily to larger US carriers. Its other clients include businesses with a need to outsource the hosting and management of their computer-based corporate telephony systems. Fusion offers also such services as call termination and broadband Internet access.Fusion Telecommunications International also provides ISP and hosted PBX services to its enterprise customers. Top clients include Qwest and Verizon. Fusion was founded in 1997.

Founded in 2002 by CTO Kris Pister, the company has received funding from venture capital firms including Cargill Ventures, Foundation Capital, and Institutional Venture Partners. Dust Networks makes wireless sensor systems that are used to monitor and control industrial systems. The company's SmartMesh platform wirelessly connects electronic sensors with in-building climate control, equipment monitoring, and surveillance systems, enabling greater building automation and security. Its products are also used for such applications as keeping tabs on sensitive manufacturing processes in harsh industrial environments and monitoring the integrity of equipment used to generate electricity.

ORBCOMM is a leading provider of global satellite and cellular data communications solutions for asset tracking, management, and remote control. Our global network and unique management tools enable delivery of small quantities of information to and from virtually any place in the world on a near real-time basis—simply and affordably.It’s our mission to provide reliable satellite and cellular data communications for remote assets anywhere by

Ulticom makes signaling software used to connect Internet and telecom service providers' switching and messaging systems and manage routing and billing information. Ulticom's Signalware software lets communications providers offer such services as voice-activated dialing, text messaging, and Internet call-waiting. The company has served clients including Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Siemens. Ulticom gets about three-quarters of its sales outside the US. Comverse Technology owns about two-thirds of Ulticom, which it spun off in 2000. The company agreed to be acquired by buyout firm Platinum Equity for about $90 million.

RF Monolithics, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets wireless solutions and wireless components for various applications in the industrial, medical, automotive, consumer, and telecommunications markets in the United States and internationally. Its wireless solutions product line comprises RF module products, including proprietary, custom, and standard-based radio modules; and gateway and network bridge products to connect different network types. The company’s wireless solutions product line also consists of Virtual Wire and RFIC short-range radio products, including proprietary hybrid transmitter, receiver, and transceiver modules; and various RFICs to complement the Virtual Wire product family comprising transmitters, receivers, and transceivers. RF Monolithics’ wireless components product line consists of filters for satellite radio, global positioning systems, and telecommunications base stations and repeaters, as well as includes RF filters and duplexers. Its wireless components product line also comprises frequency control products for analog and digital applications; crystal based products, such as multiple series of surface mound devices, including resonators, oscillators, filters, temperature compensated oscillators, and voltage controlled temperature compensated oscillators; low-power components, such as resonators used in low-power wireless transmitter and receiver applications. RF Monolithics, Inc. markets its products through manufacturers’ representatives and distributors in the United States; and markets its products internationally through manufacturers’ representatives acting as distributors, as well as through direct sales. RF Monolithics, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

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