L-3 GCS believes a satellite communications system is more than the sum of its parts. The systems integrator resells satellite telephones and videophones, as well as VSATs (very small aperture terminals), from such manufacturers as Inmarsat and Iridium, and reconfigures them into complete systems for military and commercial clients. L-3 Global Communications Solutions, Inc. also acts as a broker of satellite airtime. Formerly called Global Communications Solutions (GCS), L-3 Global Communications Solutions, Inc. was acquired by L-3 Communications and renamed L-3 GCS in 2007. It counts the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security among its customers.

Scintera Networks is a designer of optical network transmission components. The fabless semiconductor company has its Gigahertz Signal Processing (GSP) devices manufactured with a CMOS process, a common silicon-based method of fabrication; many developers of optical components resort to exotic compound semiconductors, such as silicon germanium, to boost the speed of their parts. The company's products were used to upgrade legacy fiber networking equipment; it divested its wireline networking business in late 2007 to focus on wireless applications. Scintera Networks was established in 2001.

The Night Shift Answering Service burns the midnight oil in service of sensitive communications issues. The company (which does business as Directors' Choice) provides round- the-clock telephone support services for the funeral service industry in North America. It handles initial contact calls, schedules funerals, and relays information to client businesses. Customers have included funeral homes in the Atlantic region of Canada and in the northeastern and midwestern US. The Night Shift Answering Service is owned by its founder, a former funeral director from British Columbia, Gary Darychuk.

Celcom trades ringtones for ringgits. Celcom company is the second largest provider of wireless voice and data communications services in Malaysia. It serves about nine million consumer and businesses customers and provides international roaming network access in about 100 countries. Celcom uses partnerships with global communications and technology providers to expand the range of services available to its customers. Celcom company has product and marketing agreements with international mobile provider Vodafone, Google, and Malaysia's top bank Maybank. Celcom is a subsidiary of Malaysia-based mobile telecommunications and consulting holding company Axiata Group.

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.

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides Internet Protocol (IP) based digital satellite communication and networking products and services worldwide. The company engages in the design, production, and marketing of very small aperture terminals (VSATs) and related VSAT network equipment. Its VSAT products include SkyEdge IP + SkyEdge II IP, a compact IP VSAT; SkyEdge PRO, a multi-service VSAT; SkyEdge ACCESS + SkyEdgeII PRO, a multi-service VSAT; SkyEdge II Extend, an enterprise VSAT; and SkyEdge Armadillo Pro + SkyEdge Armadillo, a VSAT for outdoor applications. The company’s VSAT solutions comprise SkyAbis for cellular traffic backhaul that enables operators to expand their market reach; emergency response/rapid deployment that are transportable and man-pack communication solutions; Cisco VSAT NM, a satellite-based networking for Cisco router with Cisco VSAT NM; and Satellite communication on the move for the ground and maritime markets. In addition, it offers StarBand, an VSAT Internet access service; Connexstar Transaction, a low-bandwidth VSAT network; Connexstar Broadband, a broadband VSAT network; Connexstar Performance, a high-bandwidth VSAT network; and Spacenet Custom Networks that are VSAT and hybrid terrestrial WANs. Further, the company provides various solutions, including project management, network design, deployment logistics, implementation and integration, operational services, and maintenance and support. Additionally, it offers NetEdge, a satellite communications solution for corporations and cellular backhaul applications. The company offers its products under the Gilat, Connexstar, SkyAbis, SkyEdge, Spacenet, and StarBand brands. It sells its products primarily to communication service providers and operators that use VSATs to serve enterprise, government, and residential users, as well as directly to end-users. Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel.

Terabit hopes to build a better router (or at least cobble a better one together).Terabit company, which is conducting research and development for the US Department of Defense (through DARPA), is developing a commercial products it calls "metarouters" that combine off-the-shelf network data routers into larger systems using its proprietary network switches and software. Based on an IP standard, metarouters provide the architecture for a scalable network that handles integrated data, voice, and video without requiring specialized hardware.

Telkonet, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells energy efficiency and smart grid networking technology products and platforms in the United States and Canada. Its powerline communications technology (PLC) utilizes a building’s internal electrical wiring as a data communications network, turning power outlets into data ports while leaving the electrical functionality unaffected. The company offers Telkonet SmartEnergy products, including thermostats, sensors, controllers, and wireless networking products, as well as Networked Telkonet SmartEnergy platforms that incorporate Recovery Time technology for the monitoring of climate conditions and automatically adjust a room’s temperature accounting for the presence or absence of an occupant.

Wi-LAN hopes that its wireless technology patents translate into a license to print money. Prviously a manufacturer of wireless equipment, the company has shifted its efforts to primarily focus on licensing its technology to equipment manufacturers. Wi-LAN has licensed its patents to more than 200 clients who incorporate it into wireless, wireline, and V-Chip (used to filter out inappropriate television programming) technology. Clients have included Cisco, Nokia, Panasonic, and Samsung. The company's portfolio includes over 750 patents.

Packet Design, Inc., develops and markets network solutions that leverage the distributed intelligence of the Internet Protocol (IP) to enhance the reliability, efficiency and predictability of IP networks. Our unique IP routing and traffic analysis solutions enable unprecedented visibility, analysis and diagnosis of an enterprise or service provider’s IP network, improving network availability and performance while reducing operating costs and delivering a strong ROI.Packet Design, Inc., was spun out in March 2003 from Packet Design, LLC, the fourth networking startup of entrepreneurs Judy Estrin and Bill Carrico. The Estrin- Carrico team had previously founded Bridge Communications, Network Computing Devices and Precept Software; and Estrin served as chief technology officer at Cisco Systems from 1998 to 2000. Packet Design, Inc., has raised $24 million in private funding from Advanced Technology Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Allegis Capital, Masthead Venture Partners and parent company Packet Design, LLC.

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