O. Gene Gabbard

Digital Communications Corp. develops satellite related products. The private company is based in St. Paul, MN. The company was founded by John G. Puente.

COLT Telecom is pan-European provider of business communications services. COLT supplies customers across the full spectrum of industry, service and government sectors with unrivalled end-to-end network security, reliability and service.

ITC DeltaCom, Inc. provided integrated communications services. Its services included high-speed or broadband data communications, local exchange, long-distance, mobile data and voice and equipment services. The company was founded on March 1, 1997 and was headquartered in Huntsville, AL.

Knology, Inc. provides interactive communications and entertainment services. It provides video, voice, data and advanced communications services to residential and business customers. The firm offers analog and digital cable television, local and long-distance telephone, high-speed internet access and broadband carrier services. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in West Point, GA.

ClearSource, Inc. manufactures and sells single-serve bottled water products. It offers spring water and flavored water products. The company has operations in Vermont, Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois, Arkansas, and Texas. ClearSource was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Natick, MA.

Trillion Partners, Inc. provides information technology services. Its services offers wide area networks, internet access, voice over internet protocol, and managed network services. It connects to students, health practitioners, and life saving medical applications. The company is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Hughes Communications, Inc. provides satellite communications services. It offer broadband satellite network services and systems to the enterprise market through four segments, the North America Broadband segment, the International Broadband segment, the Telecom Systems segment and the Corporate and other segment. The company was founded on July 23, 2005 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

ITC Holdings Corp. operates as an independent electricity transmission company. The firm's operations performed by its regulated operating subsidiaries fall into the following categories: asset planning; engineering, design and construction; asset protection and performance; cyber security operations and engineering; maintenance; and real time operations. The asset planning group uses detailed system models and load forecasts to develop its system expansion capital plans. The engineering, design and construction group is responsible for design, equipment specifications, maintenance plans, and project engineering for capital, operation, and maintenance work. The asset protection and performance group is responsible for safety, human performance, security, and emergency preparedness and response. The cyber security operations and engineering group is responsible for protecting its digital assets and data by deploying advanced tools, techniques and monitoring systems designed to counteract and neutralize cyber threats. The maintenance category develops and track preventive maintenance plans to promote safe and reliable systems. The real time operations engages in the transmission system operators continuously monitor the performance of the transmission systems of its regulated operating subsidiaries, using software and communication systems to perform analysis to plan for contingencies and maintain security and reliability following any unplanned events on the system. The company was founded in November 2003 and is headquartered in Novi, MI.

PRE Holdings, Inc., along with its subsidiaries PRE Solutions, Inc. and ITC Financial Services LLC, provided prepaid transaction processing solutions. PRE's product line included prepaid wireless airtime, long-distance cards, gift cards, music downloads, ringtones and games, online games, the Mio(TM) Money Prepaid MasterCard(R) and the Mio(TM) Now Card. The firm was located in Norcross, GA.