Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted transformation partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic industries such as defense, energy, healthcare, transportation,  and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 15.2 billion in 2009 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris.

Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government and home communications, and Cisco Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of these networks.

Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen competitive advantage. The Cisco name has become synonymous with the Internet, as well as with the productivity improvements that Internet business solutions provide. At Cisco, our vision is to change the way people work, live, play and learn.

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections - whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible - providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time.

Corning invented the first low-loss optical fiber in 1970, which helped launch the age of optical communications.  Corning is the worldwide market leader and is the most widely deployed brand of fiber. Corning offers a full line of single-mode and multimode optical fibers for all network applications. Corning’s entire family of optical fiber boasts industry-leading geometrical properties for low splice loss and high splice yields, supported by an unparalleled, proprietary manufacturing process designed to produce the highest quality products. Corning fibers are recognized in the industry for their excellence and innovation. Learn more at www.corning.com/opticalfiber

Ericsson is the world’s leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. Ericsson is the leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobile technologies, and provides support for networks with over 1 billion subscribers and has a leading position in managed services. The company’s portfolio comprises of mobile and fixed network infrastructure, telecom services, software, broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and the media industry. The Sony Ericsson and ST-Ericsson joint ventures provide consumers with feature-rich personal mobile devices.Ericsson is advancing its vision of “to be the prime driver in an all-communicating world” through innovation, technology, and sustainable business solutions.

Huawei is a leading telecom solutions provider, owned entirely by its employees. Through continuous customer-centric innovation, we have established end-to-end advantages in telecom network infrastructure, application & software, devices and professional services. With comprehensive strengths in wireline, wireless and IP technologies, Huawei has gained a leading position in the All-IP convergence age. Our products and solutions have been deployed in over 100 countries and have served 45 of the world's top 50 telecom operators, as well as one third of the world's population.

Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of telecommunications services. With its focus on innovation and sustainability, the company provides a complete portfolio of mobile, fixed and converged network technology, as well as professional services including consultancy and systems integration, deployment, maintenance and managed services. It is one of the largest telecommunications hardware, software and professional services companies in the world. Operating in 150 countries, its headquarters are in Espoo, Finland - www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com 

ZTE is a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions. The ZTE product range is the most complete in the world – covering virtually every sector of the wireline, wireless, service and terminals markets. The company delivers innovative, custom-made products and services to customers in more than 140 countries, helping them to achieve continued revenue growth and to shape the future of the world’s communications. ZTE commits around 10% of annual turnover to research and development and takes a leading role in a wide range of international bodies developing emerging telecoms standards. ZTE was recognized as the fastest-growing telecom equipment provider in 2008 (Source: IDC report), and is China’s only listed telecoms manufacturer, with shares publicly traded on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. ZTE was awarded the “Most Promising Vendor of the year” by Frost & Sullivan in its 2007 Asia Pacific ICT Awards, and was reported as the fastest growing telecom equipment and solutions provider among the major telecom vendors worldwide by IDC in 2007. In the face of the global financial crisis in 2009, ZTE has adopted proactive strategies to pursue strong growth against the odds. please visit www.zte.com.cn

Ciena Corporation is a leader in communication network infrastructure, associated software and professional services. We specialize in helping customers transition to service-driven networks that fundamentally change the way they compete. With expertise in optical and Ethernet networking, Ciena combines software-programmable hardware, a common operating system, and unified service and transport management to enable our customers to adapt and scale with any emergent business model. Our solutions form the foundation of many of the largest, most reliable and sophisticated service provider, enterprise, government, and research and education networks across the globe.

Cyan is a provider of powerful next generation packet optical transport systems and associated network planning and management tools. Cyan takes a holistic approach to transport planning, implementation and operations to optimize the network and equipment design to achieve maximum scalability, with some of the industry’s lowest capital and operational life cycle costs. Cyan’s award winning Z-Series of multi-layer optimized, packet optical transport systems provide scalable transport solutions ranging from basic Carrier Ethernet services and transport to SONET/SDH, OTN, wavelength, DWDM and ROADM services scaling from 10G to 400G per fiber. Cyan’s revolutionary CyMS multi-layer management system and web based planning tools work in harmony with Z-Series platforms to create network designs which are cost optimized for today’s transport demands, yet modularly and incrementally scalable in capacity and functionality to meet the multi-terabit capacities of rapidly scaling metro and regional transport networks. For more information visit www.cyanoptics.com .

Ekinops is a leading designer and supplier of next generation optical transport equipment for service providers and enterprise customers. The Ekinops 360 Dynamic, Multi-Reach Transport System provides DWDM and CWDM on a single platform that addresses Metro, Regional, and Long Haul applications. The Ekinops 360 system relies on the innovative, programmable Ekinops T-Chip® (TRANSPORT ON-A-CHIP TECHNOLOGY) that enables Fast, Flexible, and Cost-effective service delivery for building high speed optical networks. Using the Ekinops 360 carrier-grade system, operators can increase transport capacity of their networks – CWDM, DWDM, Ethernet, ESCON, Fiber Channel, SONET/SDH, and uncompressed video (HD-SDI, SD-SDI, ASI) – through the industry’s most efficient aggregation of services. The company is headquartered in Lannion, France, with offices in Europe, the USA and Asia.

Based in Sunnyvale, California, Infinera builds optical telecommunications systems based on the first large scale Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs). Just as the electronic Integrated Circuit enabled a digital revolution in electronics, so too will the PIC herald the age of the "Digital Optical Network" in telecommunications. The Infinera DTN is the first optical system with 100 Gb/s of transmission capacity on every line card. Based on the Digital Optical Networks architecture, it offers industry-leading capabilities in deployment time, service delivery, and cost-effectiveness. The Infinera DTN combines the scalable bandwidth of DWDM, the flexibility of reconfigurable optical switching, and the power of GMPLS service intelligence in one platform. In 2005, its first full year of shipping product, Infinera took the market-leading position in shipments of 10Gb/s long-haul DWDM wavelengths.

JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU; and TSX: JDU) enables broadband and optical innovation in the communications, commercial and consumer markets. JDSU is the leading provider of communications test and measurement solutions and optical products for telecommunications service providers, cable operators, and network equipment manufacturers.  JDSU is also a leading provider of innovative optical solutions for medical/environmental instrumentation, semiconductor processing, display, brand authentication, aerospace and defense, and decorative applications.

MRV is a global communications player, who provides WDM Optical Transport and Optical Metro Ethernet solutions since 1988. MRV provides a complete communication solution at the speed of light from long-haul high distance networks to optical Metro Ethernet access that has been supplying leading edge networks to carriers and enterprise customers worldwide. MRV integrates Photonics and MPLS Ethernet packets with advanced end-to-end GMPLS management control plan, and thus addresses the next generation Packet Optical Networks requirements. With world-class service and support, aiming at customer-oriented partnership, MRV operates eight R&D centers in the US, Europe, and the Far East, along with 50 support centers, and 21 sales offices around the world.

Tellabs helps customers succeed through innovation. That’s why 43 of the top 50 global telecom service providers choose our mobile, optical and business solutions.  We help telecom service providers, independent operating companies, MSO/cable TV companies, enterprises and government agencies get ahead by adding revenue, reducing expenses and optimizing networks. With wireless and wireline networks in more than 90 countries, we enrich people’s lives by innovating the way the world connects™. Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB) is part of the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Ocean Tomo 300™ Patent Index, the S&P 500 and several corporate responsibility indexes including FTSE4Good and eight KLD indexes.

Transmode is a leading provider of optical networking solutions for transport of data, voice and video traffic, based on CWDM and DWDM technology (Coarse/Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing).  Transmode's unique Intelligent WDM (iWDM®) approach has lead to widespread deployment of over 10000 systems in a customer base consisting of more than 250 fixed and mobile network operators, service providers, large enterprises and public institutions across Europe, the Americas and Asia. Transmode's comprehensive product portfolio and strong global organization enable our customers to grow the capacity and to improve service level of their regional, metro and metro access networks, on a cost-efficient basis without compromising on functionality.

ADVA Optical Networking (FSE: ADV) is a global provider of intelligent telecommunications infrastructure solutions. With software-automated Optical+Ethernet transmission technology, the Company builds the foundation for high-speed, next-generation networks. The Company’s FSP product family adds scalability and intelligence to customers’ networks while removing complexity and cost. With a flexible and fast-moving organization, ADVA Optical Networking forges close partnerships with its customers to meet the growing demand for data, storage, voice and video services. Thanks to reliable performance for more than 15 years, the Company has become a trusted partner for more than 250 carriers and 10,000 enterprises across the globe.

BTI Systems simplifies packet-based service delivery with the range, reach and capacity of optical networking by expanding a single fiber pair up to 400 Gbps. BTI Systems helps over 200 customers converge, transition and connect voice, video and data services at their network’s edge. The BTI Systems portfolio consists of the BTI 7000 Series packet optical networking platform, the BTI 700 Series Carrier Ethernet access device portfolio, and the proNX Management Suite offering element, network, service management and strategic planning capabilities. BTI Systems has 180 employees at its headquarters in Ottawa and throughout its regional offices in Boston, Belfast and China.

Proximion is established around a team of experienced and multi-disciplinary engineers with world-class core knowledge in fabrication and design of Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG), related hardware, software, packaging and applications.

Proximion’s portfolio of proprietary methods for writing high-quality FBG enables a unique capacity to tailor spectral characteristics with a short realization time.

In our automated production facility built for mass production we design and manufacture world-class FBGs and turn them into optical modules and sub-systems, such as dispersion compensators and optical layer monitors. By combining these unique optical engines with the truly innovative skills of our team, we contribute to our partner’s success in a variety of markets.

Proximion is a fast growing company, recognized by Deloitte as one of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies across EMEA. With our core competence in FBG manufacturing and the market opportunities ahead of us we believe in many more strong years to come.

Beyond the traditional role of a telecom vendor, ECI Telecom has become the partner for growth to our customers worldwide. Through our networking infrastructure solutions, we focus on addressing the challenges and needs that affect providers today and in the future. ECI's platforms enable key revenue-generating applications, such as business services, voice, video and wireless backhaul. Our service expertise facilitates service deployment, maintenance and on-going operations, while optimizing capex and reducing opex.

We are our customers' Partner for Growth. What sets ECI apart from the rest of the market is ECI's 1Net - our customers' Path for Growth. 1Net defines our total focus on optimal transition to next-generation networks through the unique combination of innovative and multi-functional networking equipment, fully-integrated solutions and all-around services. ECI has brought to the market the first carrier Ethernet switch router built with a transport mindset. ECI brings our expertise in metro transport and advanced MPLS-TP and IP/MPLS software to deliver a Carrier Ethernet solution with the manageability, reliability and deterministic performance that carriers require.

Launched in April of 1998, the OIF unites representative from data and optical networking disciplines, including the world's leading carriers, component manufacturers and system vendors. The OIF promotes the development and deployment of interoperable networking solutions and services through the creation of Implementation Agreements for optical networking systems and optical, interconnect, network processing and component technologies. The OIF actively supports and extends the work of standards bodies with the goal of promoting worldwide compatibility of optical internetworking products.

CONECtrónica is a connectivity specialized magazine which includes in its topics: Fiber optic devices, structured cabling, connectors for all applications, racks and enclousure systems, networking devices, data centers infrastructures, lasser devices for connectivity, test and measurement equipment for networks and more.
CONECtrónica is published monthly and reaches more than 5,000 companies in Spain and Portugal with its print edition and also has an online version completely updated at www.conectronica.com which receives more than 10,000 visits per month from Spain, Portugal and South America.

Published quarterly, European Communications provides unrivalled analysis of the latest technology and business challenges facing network operators, service providers, carriers, content providers and their suppliers. Now in its 22nd year of publication, European Communications continues to report on the revenue-generating opportunities, real-life applications, legislative issues and initiatives that impact on this ever changing sector - www.eurocomms.co.uk 

Infonetics Research is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete more effectively.

For well over a decade, Mobile Europe Magazine and www.mobileeurope.co.uk has reported on and analysed the major developments in wireless technologies and markets. It reaches the decision makers that count within operators, service providers and OEMs, as well as the large user corporations that have helped drive demand in the world’s leading mobile market. Offering regular news, news analysis, product and diary sections, combined with in-depth articles, Mobile Europe covers all the issues that matter. As we move into the next generation, the value of impartial, reliable information is greater than ever before. Mobile Europe has a proven track record in delivering just that.

Point Topic is the primary websource for DSL, cable, FTTx and other broadband supplier and user statistics, databases, information and reports. Our range of online services provide the most up-to-date, accurate and cost effective worldwide and UK specific broadband data sets available.

Telecom Strategy Partners is a market analysis and consulting firm providing service operators and vendors worldwide with a trusted partner and credible source with extensive, real-world marketing expertise and a practical focus.

We work to provide valuable input to our clients' product or service strategy and tactics, clarifying market direction and competitive position, providing pros and cons to help optimize development prioritization, and maximize client profitability.

Teyf Scientific & Analytical Group as the think tank of Iran Telecommunications is an Iranian market research and consulting company specialized in technologies and business models for regulator, operators, service providers, vendors and the whole industry, in the broadband, 3G, fixed/mobile convergence and other telecommunications markets. It provides published market reports, customized research projects, and holds prestigious telecoms events in the country.

In this regard, Teyf Group considers the following goals:

• Promoting Management Approaches
• Recognizing Local Capabilities & World Development Processes of ICT
• Strengthening Roles of Trade Unions, Civil Establishments & Research Centers in Decision-Making
• Handling Consultancy Projects by Having High Intelligence on Iran Communication Market
• Holding the most cited sources in the Telecom business media