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Advantage Partners LLP, through three of its private equity investment funds, is the principal owner of GTA. Advantage Partners is the largest private equity investment firm based in Japan. Founded in 1992, Advantage Partners services several funds with total capital commitment exceeding USD $4.6 billion (JP¥ 380 billion), with approximately two-thirds of which are funded by international investors. The firm has made investments in about 30 companies to date and has achieved the highest level of returns in the Japanese market. Its operating philosophy is to create value not only for the funds and their investors but also for all related parties including shareholders, employees and their families, business partners and financial institutions. To achieve optimal results, Advantage Partners places great importance on supporting operational improvement and strategic planning based upon extensive management consulting experience. Advantage Partners focuses on creating companies that are successful for the long-term. It takes a medium to long-term approach and provides multi-faceted support that enables portfolio companies to be competitive and maintain growth long after the funds have exited. Companies in Advantage Partners` portfolio include both private and publicly traded firms in various market segments including: IT/communications/software development, finance/services, consumer products/manufacturing, and distribution/retail.
Telefónica is a company that is aware of the new challenges posed by today’s society. This is why we offer the means to facilitate communication between people, providing them with the most secure and state of the art technology in order for them to live better, and for them to achieve whatever they resolve. An innovative and attentive spirit with an immense technological potential that multiplies the ability to choose of its more than 350 million clients in 21 countries. Telefónica is a 100% listed company with more than one and a half million shareholders, traded in several of the most important stock markets around the world.
Consolidated Communications, Inc. (CCI) is a leading business and broadband communications provider serving customers across its 11-state service area. The company provides advanced communication solutions to residential and business customers across its fiber-rich network which extends across California, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Texas, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Iowa, and North Dakota. CCI offers a wide range of services including residential Digital TV, high-speed Internet, phone, home automation and security services. CCI also offers commercial solutions serving businesses of all sizes with voice, IP, managed and hosted services, data connectivity, equipment solutions and cloud services. We are dedicated to listening to our customers and consistently meeting expectations with forethought and flexibility while delivering reliable services and exceptional customer care. The company prides itself in being responsive, local and committed to its customers and the communities it serves. CCI is proud to have strong local ties in the communities it serves as the company provides support through employee volunteerism, company sponsorships and philanthropic giving. Founded more than a century ago in Mattoon, Illinois, CCI (Nasdaq: CNSL) has a long history of providing reliable communications solutions and local support throughout its service area.
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. is a Chicago-based telecommunications service company providing wireless, local- and long-distance telephone, broadband and video services to approximately 7 million customers in 36 states through its business units TDS Telecom and U.S. Cellular. The company began as a rural phone company in Wisconsin in 1969. In 1983 it founded U.S. Cellular as a subsidiary.
Founded in 1985, NYSERNet is a private not-for-profit corporation created to foster science and education in New York State. Its mission is to advance network technology and related applications to satisfy needs common to the institutions comprising New York State`s research and education community, providing a forum for exploration of the opportunities and challenges these innovations present. An Internet pioneer, NYSERNet has delivered next-generation Internet services to New York State`s research and education community for more than twenty-five years. NYSERNet members include New York State`s leading universities, colleges, museums, healthcare facilities, primary and secondary schools, and research institutions. NYSERNet`s Board of Directors is composed of CIO`s and other senior personnel drawn from and representing New York`s leading research universities and institutions.