Cambridge Consultants Ltd
Cambridge Consultants Ltd is one of Europe's leading multidisciplinary innovation companies employing over 230 people in the design and development of all kinds of consumer and industrial products ranging from healthcare devices domestic appliances and telecoms equipment to industrial tools and instruments. It also develops the machinery on which products are made and builds complex electronic and software systems for purposes ranging from communications in financial markets to preventive maintenance on the London Underground. CCL provides a range of consultancy services from training in structured idea management to complete technology audits and strategic planning.

BCE, Inc.
BCE, Inc. is a Canadian communications company. With 24 million residential and business customer connections, BCE provides wireline, wireless, data, Internet and satellite entertainment services, principally under the Bell brand. The Company's activities are conducted through Bell Canada (Canadian connectivity), Bell Globemedia (content), Teleglobe (global connectivity), BCE Emergis (commerce) and BCE Ventures (other BCE investments). In May 2002, Teleglobe Inc. filed protection from creditors in a Toronto court under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, the Canadian equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In addition, its United States subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.

Angola Telecom
Angola Telecom (Empressa Publica de Telecommunicatoes de Angola), the national operator and mobile operator, was converted from a government department to a corporation on February 11, 1997. INACOM - Angolan National Institute of Telecommunications has been created as a public institution by Ordinance No. 12/99 of June 25. Its mission is to regulate and monitor the telecommunciation activities of non-basic services. Presently Angola Telecom is working on changing all the telephone networks in Luanda to make use of digital technology. It is also working in the provinces, changing parts of the infrastructure.

Telef?nica Comunicaciones Personales (TCP)
A subsidiary of fixed line incumbent Telef?nica de Argentina, TCP originally provided mobile services in ten provinces in the south of the country. When it won its PCS licence in 1999, it expanded its operations to the north and assumed the brand name Unif?n. TCP has worked aggressively throughout 2002 to combat the economic crisis and retain customers, cutting costs and embarking on schemes aimed at increasing customer loyalty. Like Telecom Personal, TCP is suffering from the knock-on effects of its parent's indebtedness, and in December 2002 it signed a letter of understanding with Swedish equipment supplier Ericsson to restructure USD130 million of debt. TCP is 97.93% owned by Telef?nica M?viles.

Telecom Italia S.p.A.
Telecom Italia S.p.A. is a fixed telecommunications operator, with approximately 27.4 million subscriber fixed-lines installed, including integrated services digital network equivalent lines, as of December 31, 2001. Through its subsidiary, TIM, the Company is a mobile telecommunications operator in Italy and worldwide, with approximately 50.7 million mobile lines, which includes 31.9 million proportionate lines. Telecom Italia also had 5.3 million mobile lines (1.9 million proportionate lines) through companies indirectly owned through Stet International Netherlands NV., now Telecom Italia International N.V. In Italy, TIM is the sole provider of analog mobile telecommunications services, one of four operators with the right to provide global standard for mobile (GSM) communications digital mobile telecommunications services, and one of four operators with the right to provide data communications services (DCS) 1800 digital mobile telecommunications services.