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Pat: What do you think of DragonWave? It looks like it has lots of growth potential.

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DragonWave Inc., $2.19, symbol DWI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 58.5 million; Market cap: $128.1 million; www.dragonwaveinc.com), makes equipment that wirelessly transmits broadband voice, video and other data. That lets customers send and receive data in places that fibre optic networks haven’t yet reached. The company’s clients are mainly high-speed Internet and wireless providers. It also sells to organizations that operate their own networks, such as universities, hospitals, cities and businesses. DragonWave prefers to focus on product design and support; it outsources most of its manufacturing to other firms. In June 2012, the company paid $18.0 million ($12.7 million in cash and $5.3 million in stock; all amounts except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars) for the microwave transport operations of Nokia Siemens Networks (now called Nokia Solutions and Networks) in China. As part of the deal, Nokia continues to distribute these products. Sales through Nokia account for about 60% of DragonWave’s total. Other distributors and direct sales provide the remaining 40%. In the…