Wireless Communications
Motorola
Manufacture of cellular infrastructure for mobile phones; global centre for research into GSM technology; GSM Products Division World HQ.
www.motorola.com
Motorola (formerly Orthogon Systems)
Point-to-point broadband wireless Ethernet bridge products for non-line-of-sight access systems.
www.orthogonsystems.com
IPWireless
R&D centre for US developer of advanced next generation mobile broadband and multimedia technology.
www.ipwireless.com
Orange
Headquarters of mobile telecommunications group.
www.orange.co.uk
Lucent Technologies
Research and development of 3G and mobile wireless solutions for operators worldwide.
www.lucent.com
picoChip
Fabless semiconductor company specialising in developing 3G, mobile wireless communications systems.
www.picochip.com
Toshiba Telecommunications Research Laboratory
Development of next generation mobile phone technology.
www.toshiba.co.uk
Photonics and optoelectronics
Bookham Technology Plc
Optoelectronic products.
www.bookham.com
Sifam Fibre Optics
High Specification Fused Fibre Solutions.
www.sifamfo.com
Arima Optoelectronics Research Centre
LED & laser diode technology.
Thales Optronics
Manufacture of optical instruments for the military.
www.thalesgroup.com
QinetiQ
Developers of a range of fibre-optic based components & technologies.
www.qinetiq.com
Optoelectronic Manufacturing Corporation
Specialising in fibre optic cable and LED component development, manufacture and assembly.
www.omc-uk.com
Qioptiq
Development and manufacture of specialist optical solutions.
www.qioptiq.com
Phyworks
Fabless semiconductor company supplying integrated circuits into fibre optic modules.
www.phyworks-ic.com
Gooch & Housego
Manufactures acousto-optic devices and precision optical components for scientific, medical and research applications.
Gooch & Housego
Semiconductors
X-Fab Semiconductor Foundries GmbH
UK site of X-FAB group. 150mm and 200mm CMOS advanced mixed-signal custom wafer foundry.
www.xfab.com
ST Microelectronics
The firm's largest digital VLSI design centre; specialising in high performance graphic and video accelerators.
www.st.com
Zarlink Semiconductors
A bipolar semiconductor fab in Swindon and testing facility in Plymouth.
www.zarlink.com
Clearspeed Technology
Solutions for embedded parallel processing and Network Processing above 40Gbit/s.
www.clearspeed.com
Broadcom
Design centre for xDSL business group, system chip micro architecture, digital and analogue blocks.
www.broadcom.com
Eltek Semiconductors
Procures and processes semiconductor components in wafer, die and packaged form.
www.eltek-semi.com
Software
Cramer Systems Ltd
Inventory management systems for telecoms industry.
www.cramer.com
Message Labs and Star Internet
Email security and management services Internet solutions provider.
www.messagelabs.com
Vertex
Software solutions for the financial services sector.
www.vertex.co.uk
SciSys
Leading provider of IT software and services to global markets including space and defence, government , public services and transport.
www.scisys.co.uk
AudioSoft
Provides data recording and analysis solutions into markets such as air traffic control, government, law enforcement and defence.
www.audiosoft.co.uk
Digita
Integrated software solutions for the accountancy and taxation profession
www.digita.com
High performance computing
ClearSpeed
World leader in acceleration technology.
www.clearspeed.com
Quadrics
Provides the hardware and software expertise behind some of the world's fastest supercomputers.
www.quadrics.com
HP Labs Bristol
Premier research labs and centre for significant HPC clusters.
www.hpl.hp.com
Nallatech
FPGA computing products, with its UK Design Centre in Bristol.
www.nallatech.com
Met Office
The strength of the ICT industry and infrastructure in the region is epitomised by the location of the Met Office - the world's leading provider of environmental and weather-related services, attracted to the South West due to the strong support environment right across the ICT arena.
www.metoffice.gov.uk
