Brightstar was founded in 1997 by CEO Marcelo Claure. Brightstar is hoping to outshine rival telecom distributor Brightpoint. The company distributes wireless products such as cell phones and accessories, wireless data equipment, and prepaid wireless products. Brightstar offers inventory management, logistics, fulfillment, customized packaging, and assembly services, as well as supply chain and reverse logistics services. It distributes cell phones made by Motorola, Kyocera, Samsung, LG, and Sony Ericsson, among others. With operations in more than 45 countries, the company serves network operators, retailers, and resellers in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region.

COM DEV International Ltd company designs and manufactures a variety of space hardware subsystems, including microwave and optical components for use in communications, space science, remote sensing, and military satellites. COM DEV's equipment and instruments enable telecommunications services, geographic mapping, and pollution monitoring. The company's blue-chip client roster includes major aerospace and communications companies, such as Alcatel-Lucent, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Mitsubishi Electric, Northrop Grumman, and Space Systems/Loral. COM DEV gets about 45% of its sales in North America.

AVI-SPL is recognized as an innovative leader in the collaboration and AV industry, the result of a 2008 merger between Audio Visual Innovations (AVI) and Signal Perfection Ltd (SPL). Our core value lies in a depth of well-blended expertise, which includes a genuine passion for working with the industry's most advanced collaboration and audiovisual technologies. Our goal is making complex, advanced audio video communications solutions easy to use and effective for our clients. In a challenging global economy and changing industry landscape, we are firmly dedicated to meeting the unique needs of our customers. As your true partner, we translate our expertise into your success, tailoring a dynamic range of advanced video conferencing, Telepresence systems and more towards your distinct initiatives.

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.

C2 Global Technologies Inc. ("C2”) is focused on licensing its patent portfolio, which includes two foundational patents in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). C2 plans to continue to realize value from its intellectual property by offering licenses to service providers, equipment companies and end-users that are using C2's patented VoIP technologies by deploying VoIP networks for phone-to-phone communications. C2 began investing in technology-based businesses in 2007. Its most recent investments are BuddyMedia.com, Knight's Bridge Capital Partners Internet Fund No. 1 GP LLC and Polaroid Corporation. In February 2009 the Company established Counsel RB Capital LLC (“Counsel RB”). Counsel RB is owned 75% by the Company and 25% by its Co-CEO’s. It specializes in the acquisition and disposition of distressed and surplus assets throughout the United States and Canada, including industrial machinery and equipment, real estate, inventories, accounts receivable and distressed debt. In addition to purchasing various types of assets, Counsel RB also arranges traditional asset disposition services such as on-site and webcast auctions, liquidations and negotiated sales. Counsel RB commenced operations in the second quarter of 2009.

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.

Telekom Austria keeps the hills alive with the sound of conversation. The country's largest telecommunications provider offers fixed-line telephone and Internet access to more than 2 million individuals and businesses, and cable TV to more than 100,000 homes. With nearly 5 million wireless subscribers, Telekom Austria counts more than half the country's population as customers. The company also has more than 14 million additional wireless subscribers through holdings in seven other companies across central and southeastern Europe, including mobilkom Liechtenstein and VIPnet in Croatia. The Austrian government owns 28% of Telekom Austria; Capital Research & Management, a Capital Group company, follows with 15%.

CapRock delivers uncompromising communications solutions to customers anywhere in the world. The company's end-to-end solutions provide customers with integrated fixed and mobile satellite communications and network services. With nearly three decades of experience and projects completed in over ninety countries, CapRock has become the trusted leader for reliable communications to remote and harsh environments. CapRock serves its customers through three primary markets: Energy, Government and Maritime.

Optelecom-NKF, Inc. develops video network solutions for traffic monitoring and security of airports, seaports, casinos, prisons, utilities, public transit, city centers, hospitals, and corporate campuses. It offers video over Internet protocol (IP) solutions under the Siqura name comprising codecs/servers for high-quality video compression; boxed, fixed dome, mini-dome, and high-speed dome cameras; single and multi-server video management systems, operator solutions, development kit for integration with third-party software applications, and versatile management and configuration tools; network video recording; and video network equipment, such as gigabit Ethernet switches, fast Ethernet switches, and models with built-in video encoders. Optelecom-NKF, Inc. also provides video over fiber optics comprising MC Series for safety, security, and transportation applications; and 9000 Series for government and transportation applications. In addition, Optelecom-NKF offers interferometric fiber optic gyro coils; optical devices; and precision wound coils for applications in optical fiber dispensers used in remote vehicle control systems to precision optical fiber coils for communications systems. Optelecom-NKF sells its products through direct sales, commercial integrators, and resellers in the United States and internationally. Optelecom-NKF, Inc. was formerly known as Optelecom, Inc. and changed its name to Optelecom- NKF, Inc. in April 2005 as a result of acquisition of NKF Electronics B.V. Optelecom-NKF, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Germantown, Maryland.

Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications, LLC company As a leading provider in undersea optical networking, SubCom has played a leading role connecting people from all parts of the globe for more than half a century. In fact, the history of undersea telecommunications reads much like a list of SubCom’ own achievements. Not only was SubCom part of the team that was responsible for the first transatlantic telephone cable system in 1956, the company also developed and implemented the first transatlantic fiber-optic system in 1988. More recently, SubCom pioneered a number of new technologies to enable fiber optics to satisfy the rapidly growing demands of the Internet Age.

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