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Tekelec Global, Inc. provides mobile broadband solutions. The company was founded by Jean-Claude Asscher in December 1971 and was headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Transaction Network Services, Inc. provides payments, financial services, and telecommunications solutions. It offers managed processing services, security, global connectivity, identity and protection, and market data. The firm provides services to many organizations in the global payments and financial communities, as well as a provider of extensive telecommunications network solutions to service providers The company was founded by John J. McDonnell, Jr. in 1990 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Founded in 1976, Apax Partners, Inc. is a venture capital/private equity firm located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners LLP

TNS, Inc. provides networking and data services. It offers payment, financial and telecom solutions. The company was founded by John J. McDonnell Jr. in 1990 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Clearwire Corp. provided fourth generation wireless broadband services. It built and operated next generation mobile broadband networks that provided mobile internet and residential Internet access services. The company was founded by Craig O. McCaw in October 2003 and was headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Walt Disney Studios provides film production services. The firm produces and distributes through the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone and Hollywood banners. It also runs Walt Disney Feature Animation. The company was founded in 1939 and is located in Burbank, CA.

Peerless Network, Inc. provides carrier and enterprise interconnection solutions. It focuses on simplifying the interconnection process for telecommunication companies, service providers and enterprises via innovative end office, tandem, and advanced routing services. The firm provides originating and terminating calling services to telecom providers via its all IP network. The company was founded by John R. Barnicle and Douglass B. Lee in 2008 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Associated Partners LP invests in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of infrastructure, telecommunications, internet, media and related technologies. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Education Networks of America, Inc. provides network and communication services to the education, library and government sectors. It offers managed network and communications services, connectivity and voice (VoIP), E-mail and E-mail archiving, web hosting, and video teleconferencing solutions, as well as instructional, administrative, and productivity applications. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Prestige-Internet LLC provides telecommunication services. It offers Internet access, telephony, cloud solutions, video surveillance, and deployment of multiservice corporate networks. The company was founded by Lee Sparkman, Theodore Schell, and Viktor Ratnikov on October 9, 2003 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

ER-Telecom Holding CJSC provides telecommunication services. Its services include Internet access, multiservice network, remote workplaces, video surveillance, video conferencing, transfer of technological data, telephony, and cable television. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russian Federation.

SIRIS Capital Group LLC (SIRIS Capital Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2011 by Frank Baker, Peter Berger and Jeffrey Hendren. The firm is headquartered in New York, the United States.

TCL-IMAX Entertainment Co. Ltd. is a Chinese company that manufactures home theater systems. The joint venture company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The company was founded in 2014.

Mavenir Private Holdings II Ltd. operates as an investment holding company, which engages in the provision of software applications for digital transformation of mobile networks. Its cloud-native software applications are embedded in wireless service provider networks that provide mobile services such as voice, messaging, video, and connectivity. The company was founded on May 3, 2016 and is headquartered in Richardson, TX.

Upper90 Capital Management LLC (Upper90 Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in New York.

MetaMedia Inc. provides a cloud-based entertainment platform that delivers movies, content, and live events to cinemas and other venues. The private company is based in Pasadena, CA. The company was founded by Jason Brenek, who has been the CEO since incorporation.