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DragonWave Inc., $7.88, symbol DWI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 35.1 million; Market cap: $276.7 million; www.dragonwaveinc.com), makes equipment that wirelessly transmits broadband voice, video and other data. This lets customers send and receive data in locations that fibre-optic telecommunication networks have not yet reached. DragonWave first sold shares to the public for $3.95 each, and began trading in April 2007. As of November 30, 2010, it held cash of $95 million, or $2.71 a share, and had no debt. The company gets around 50% of its revenue from U.S.-based Clearwire Corp. (symbol CLWR on Nasdaq). Clearwire bought less equipment from DragonWave in the three months ended November 30, 2010. As a result, DragonWave’s revenue fell 47.7% in the quarter, to $27.0 million from $51.6 million a year earlier (all figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). The company lost $50,000, or nil per share, compared to a profit of $11.6 million, or $0.36 a share, a year…