Chairman Michael Birck, a 60-year-old electrical engineer, cofounded Tellabs in 1975 after stints at Bell Labs and two small Chicago-area telecom equipment firms.

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Chairman Michael Birck, 60, an electrical engineer, cofounded Tellabs in 1975 after stints at Bell Labs and two small Chicago-area telecom equipment firms.

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Telecom reform in particular is an important area where Mexico has lagged behind.

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Two factors, he said, had contributed to the success of the telecom industry: technological innovation in the mobile area and the adoption of liberal policies.

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Although it is still a male-dominated area, there is a lot of hope that unlike the telecom, semiconductor or computer fields, cleantech can become a sector where women become more engaged.

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