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Teem Photonics*
Private company based in Meylan, France
• CEO: Antoine Kevorkian
• What it does: Produces highly compact fiber-network components, such as Erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers.
• Why it's hot: One of the first companies to recognize that amplifier arrays can generate enormous cost savings on networking costs within cities.
teemphotonics.com
ThreeFive Photonics
Private company based in Houten, the Netherlands
• CEO: Wouter Deelman
• What it does: Makes chips that integrate multiple optical functions on a single piece of indium phosphide.
• Why it's hot: The integration of active and passive components is key to cutting the scale and the cost of optical networks.
threefivephotonics.com
WIRELESS
These companies are focusing on technologies that will help us connect in more innovative ways.
Anoto Group
Public company based in Lund, Sweden
• CEO: Christer Fåhraeus
• What it does: Converts handwriting into digital information, allowing anything inscribed with a digital pen on digital paper to be sent directly to any mobile phone or computer worldwide.
• Why it's hot: Anoto is creating a de facto global standard for paper-based digital communications. It recently signed a deal with Logitech and 3M's post-it notes division and also has strategic alliances with Ericsson, Microsoft and Hitachi.
anotogroup.com
Digital Bridges
Private company based in Edinburgh, Scotland
• CEO: Brian Greasley
• What it does: Produces interactive, multi-user wireless entertainment and also covers delivery, distribution, publishing and content design.
• Why it's hot: It is building the technology and developing partnerships to help kick start the global wireless entertainment industry.
digitalbrid.com
Esmertec
Private company based in Zurich, Switzerland
• CEO: Hansruedi Heeb
• What it does: Develops Java software applications for the mobile world.
• Why it's hot: Its Java Virtual Machine (JVM) technology claims to be smaller and more than 10 times faster than that of competitors, keeping the cost of handsets down and increasing battery life. There are estimates that by 2003, one-quarter of the 660 million new mobile phones sold worldwide will be equipped with JVM technology.
esmertec.com
Hantro
Private company based in Oulu, Finland
• CEO: Eero Kaikkonen
• What it does: Develops coding and decoding technologies and video applications for handheld devices.
• Why it's hot: Hantro's technology is used by manufacturers developing video-capable products such as cell phones, still cameras, personal digital assistants, camcorders, PC cameras and Web pads.
hantro.com
Hotsip
Private company based in Stockholm, Sweden
• CEO: Jens Lundström
• What it does: Develops software products for broadband and mobile networks and terminals.
• Why it's hot: Its technology supports both the Session Initiation Protocol (sip) and the Wireless Village industry standards, allowing for interoperability of instant messaging, among other services.
hotsip.com