Philippe Germond

Alcatel Alsthom Cie Generale D'Electricite SA is an international group whose core businesses are telecommunications systems & railroad and energy transportation systems. The group's cable subsidiaryis the largest producer of power transmission cables in the world. The company also produces batteries and has electrical engineering activities. Telecommunications accounted for 44% of 1996 revenues; telecommunication cables, 21%; energy and transportation, 18%; electrical systems, 13%; batteries, 3%, and other, 1%.

Vivendi Telecom International SA provides telecommunications services. The company is headquartered in Paris, France.

Société Française de Radiotélécommunications SA provides wireless and fixed-line telecommunication, television, and internet services. SFR offers post and prepaid mobile telephony and multimedia services such as music, television, video, and games. It also offers mobile data transmission solutions to its residential, professional, and corporate customers in France and French overseas territories including Reunion and Mayotte. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Qosmos Tech SAS provides internet protocol classification and deep packet inspection technology solutions. It offers Qosmos ixEngine, a software development kit (SDK) composed of software libraries and tools that are integrated into new or existing solutions. The company was founded by Serge Fdida, Eric Horlait, Guy Pukolle, Gautier Harmel, and Jerome Tollet in August 2000 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Cegetel SA used to provide broadband telecommunication services. The company's services included internet and broadband access and mobile phone services. It used to provide its services to residential business and wholesale customers in France. The company was headquartered in Puteaux, France.