Zeineddine Chair

StratumOne Communications developed key technologies for broadband communications semiconductor components targeted at high performance optical communication systems. The company pioneered the use of multi-service SONET/SDH framing and traffic management techniques and developed OC-48 and OC-192 standard products for efficiently processing and transporting multiple services (IP Packets, ATM, TDM circuits, …) over a SONET-based infrastructure

Part of Cisco Systems, Inc., AuroraNetics, Inc. develops silicon technology for fiber networks. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Vaseghi Nader. AuroraNetics was acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. on August 23, 2001 for $150 million.

Nortel Networks Ltd. provides communications networks and services for data & telephony industry. Its networks use innovative packet, wireless, voice and optical technologies. The company's solutions are designed and developed at laboratories in Harlow, Monkstown & Galway. Nortel Networks does business in more than 150 countries. The company is headquartered in Maidenhead, UK.

Bell Laboratories provides research and development services. It provides communications technologies including transistors, digital networking, signal processing, lasers and fiber-optic communications systems, communication satellites, cellular telephony, electronic switching of calls, touch-tone dialing and modems. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Murray Hill, NJ.

Cortina Systems, Inc. provided communications semiconductor solutions. The company was founded by Amir Nayyerhabibi, Zeineddine Chair, and Hojjat Salemi in 2001 and was headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.