Tele2 Netherlands is a communications network operator serving residential, enterprise, and government customers. In addition to local and long-distance telephone connections, the company offers such data and network services as high-speed Internet access and Web-hosting. Its broadband network primarily connects commercial centers in the Benelux region. Tele2 Netherlands serves corporate clients in a range of industries through its Tele2 Zakelijk division. It offers network services including colocation to other smaller carriers through its Tele2 Wholesale division. The company also offers Internet television subscriptions, computer telephony, and resells mobile phone service. It is controlled by Sweden's Tele2

Hitachi Kokusai Electric is all about technology that moves. Hitachi Kokusai Electric company developed Japan's first mobile phone for cars in 1963 and today makes wireless communications and broadcasting equipment -- from radio intercoms, antennas, and cordless phones to TV transmitters and receivers, amplifiers, and surveillance cameras. Hitachi Kokusai Electric company runs four manufacturing facilities in Japan, one of which makes semiconductor production machinery for Intel, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, and other chip makers around the world. Most of Hitachi's Kokusai Electric's sales are to customers in Japan.

Sonim Technologies makes products that make mobile voice- over-IP communications better. The company manufactures servers and software that allow mobile wireless carriers to provide features like push-to-talk (walkie-talkie) and direct voice messaging. The company has also produced a rugged GSM mobile phone designed for use in harsh environments. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and has additional offices in India, Italy, Sweden, and the UK. It has also acquired a software development center in Bangalore, India. Investors include 3i, Accel Partners, Apax Partners, and BV Capital.

EF Johnson is secure with how it communicates. EF Johnson Technologies makes radio and radio-security systems for police departments, government agencies, the military, and service providers. Its EF Johnson-branded products include handheld and mobile radios, base stations, and signal repeaters. Sold as aftermarket add-ons, its Transcrypt- branded products include security modules that encrypt and decode radio and wireless phone signals to prevent eavesdropping. The company's 3e Technologies line consists of secure Wi-Fi and software products, primarily for government and military customers. In 2010 Francisco Partners took EF Johnson private in a deal valued at about $40 million.

CEO Jim Litton capitalized on a 30-year career in the senior management of numerous electronics firms to found NavCom Technology in 1992. Every move you make, every step you take, NavCom Technology could be watching you -- if you want it to. The Deere & Company subsidiary provides wireless and Global Positioning System (GPS) communications equipment. Its GPS technology is used for land, marine, and aeronautical uses. The company's equipment is used in surveying, construction, agriculture, and mining, among other uses. It also offers engineering consulting for precise positioning, wireless communications, and robotics, as well as the StarFire Network, a satellite-based system for precision positioning.

Polatis was founded in 2000 by research director Andrew Dames; investors include 3i, Alta-Berkeley, and Prelude Ventures. Polatis, Inc. expanded in 2005 when it combined its operations with those of Continuum Photonics. Polatis believes in photonics for the mass(es). Polatis develops optical switches based on its micro-actuation and sensing system (MASS) technology. Polatis, Inc. touts its MASS platform as being more reliable and scalable than other optical switching systems, particularly because of its minimal insertion loss (light leakage). Initial products include modular and rack-mount switches for use in automated test, military, telecommunication, and video switching applications.

Shin Corporation has holdings in dozens of businesses in the wireless telecommunications, transportation, media, and finance sectors. Flagship business Thaicom operates commercial communication satellites; Internet service provider CS Loxinfo, with more than 300,000 subscribers, is 40%-owned by Thaicom. Shin owns 43% of Advanced Info Service, Thailand's leading mobile telephone service provider. Other holdings include budget airline Thai AirAsia and advertising agency SC Matchbox. Shin was founded in 1983 by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who sold his stake in 2006 to a foreign company.

DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc. company was founded in 1986; in 1999 Global Fiberoptics (Taiwan-based manufacturing and sales subsidiary) was formed. CEO Ho-Shang Lee owns about 24% of DiCon Fiberoptics. DiCon is an icon when it comes to filtering, splitting, attenuating, switching, combining, and monitoring. DiCon Fiberoptics makes passive optical components (including MEMS devices), modules, and test instruments for the fiber optics communication industry. Market focus is in Optical Communications, Test/Measurement, Military/Defense, Biomedical, and Fiberoptic Sensing/Lighting. Customers include Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, and Tellabs.

GVTC began more than half a century ago as a telephone cooperative with the purpose of providing modern phone service to remote parts of the Texas Hill Country and other rural areas to the north of San Antonio.Today, GVTC has evolved into a comprehensive communications provider with offerings that go well beyond residential and business telephone service. The products and services also include cable TV, high-speed Internet, security, long distance, advanced data services and more.GVTC remains true to its roots as a cooperative. In fact, it is the largest telephone cooperative in Texas, whose service area spans 2,000 square miles and eleven counties.

Wireless phones have usurped Hermes' role as messenger to the Greeks, and WIND Hellas Telecommunications may need to sprout winged sandals of its own to keep up with market leader Hellenic Telecommunications (OTE). WIND Hellas provides mobile voice and data services to about 6 million consumer and business customers throughout Greece. The company enables international roaming in 155 countries for travelling subscribers through agreements with other carriers. It also provides cellular and satellite-based vehicle management and tracking services. WIND Hellas is owned by investment firm Weather Investments, a company led by Cairo-based Orascom Telecom's founder and chairman, Naguib Sawiris.

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