Frans Frielink

BridgeCo, a networked entertainment pioneer, offers the world’s most comprehensive, cost-effective and highly integrated processor IC and software platforms for connecting Internet media sources, computers and consumer electronics throughout the home. BridgeCo platforms are targeted at the multi-billion dollar global market for stand-alone after-market and embedded audio applications. BridgeCo platforms are the core technologies underlying digital media players (DMPs), audio/video receivers (AVRs), musical instruments and external multi-channel sound cards.

Qorvo Utrecht BV develops radio frequency communication technology for wireless connected home applications. The firm offers wireless data communication controller chips for smart home applications for remote controls, energy efficiency, lighting, heating and HVAC, access control and security. The company was founded by Cees Links in 2004 and is headquartered in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Agere Systems, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures integrated circuits used in communications networks and computer equipment

Lucent Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and software that drive next-generation communications networks.

RF Micro Devices, Inc. designed, developed and marketed proprietary radio frequency integrated circuit products. It offered products used in mobile device, wireless infrastructure, wireless local area network, cable television/broadband, Smart Energy/advanced metering infrastructure and aerospace and defense markets. The company was founded by William J. Pratt, Powell T. Seymour and Jerry D. Neal in 1991 and was headquartered in Greensboro, NC.

Pozyx NV is a company that provides flexible real-time location systems for indoor tracking based on ultra-wideband technology. The company helps in finding lost assets and equipment and gives insights on movements of goods and workflows based on real-time location data to make processes more efficient. The company is based in Ghent, Belgium and was founded in 2015 by Samuel van de Velde. The Belgian company's system was extensively tested on accuracy, update rate, and ranging duration. The company offers a two-step validation project to increase efficiency on the floor. Pozyx's RTLS products lend themselves to various research projects. Rick Graham has been the CEO of the company since 2022.