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Comtech traces its satellite-communications roots to 1967. In June 2026 it agreed to sell most of its Satellite and Space Communications segment to Gilat, a pending transaction that would leave the company more concentrated on public-safety communications technology.
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Digi International was founded in 1985 as DigiBoard and became known for multiport serial communications hardware that connected many terminals and devices to computers. By 2026, Digi provided industrial connectivity products and software for remotely managing routers, gateways and connected equipment.
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Energous was founded in 2012 to commercialise radio-frequency wireless power. The company developed over-the-air charging and power-network technologies for connected devices and pursued regulatory certifications and commercial partnerships across IoT applications.
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The listed company now known as Ondas Holdings was incorporated in 2014 as Zev Ventures and adopted the Ondas name after acquiring Ondas Networks in 2018. By 2026, Ondas combined industrial wireless networking with autonomous drone systems for critical infrastructure, public safety and defence-related applications.
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Ceragon was incorporated in Israel in July 1996 as Giganet and adopted the Ceragon Networks name in September 2000. The company developed high-capacity wireless backhaul and transport systems used by telecom operators and other network owners to connect cell sites and infrastructure.
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AudioCodes was co-founded in Israel in 1993, with Shabtai Adlersberg among its founders, and initially developed digital signal processing and voice-compression technology. The company became a supplier of VoIP silicon, boards and gateways, listed on Nasdaq in 1999 and later expanded into session border controllers, enterprise voice, Microsoft Teams integration and conversational voice infrastructure.
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Silicom was incorporated in Israel in 1987 and developed specialised networking adapters and acceleration products. The company expanded into network interface cards, bypass adapters, FPGA-based acceleration and edge appliances used by cloud, telecom and security customers.
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Lantronix was formed in California in June 1989 and built early products that connected terminals and printers to computer networks. The company broadened from terminal and print servers into device networking, embedded computing, IoT gateways and remote-management products.
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Harmonic was founded in 1988 as Harmonic Lightwaves around optical networking technology used to move video and communications signals. In 2026 Harmonic supplies broadband-access and video-delivery technology to service providers and media companies.
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NETGEAR was founded in 1996 by Patrick Lo as a networking business initially associated with Bay Networks. By 2026 NETGEAR focuses on Wi-Fi, networking and connected infrastructure for homes, prosumers and smaller organisations.
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