This Year's FTTH Top 100 List Recognizes the Shift of Momentum

This year’s FTTH Top 100 list recognizes the shift of momentum from fiber-to-the-home deployers to communities.

A BBC Staff Report

he broadband industry is growing publicized municipal successes – that tions that inspire and help communities and changing – and so is Broad- they can take active roles in developing to undertake such projects. Tband Communities’ annual Top broadband infrastructure. This doesn’t Last year, one such organization, 100 list. In fact, it has grown to two necessarily mean building public net- the Blandin Foundation, was added to lists. This issue debuts the FTTH Top works, a route effectively outlawed by the list. This year’s list also includes the 100, which celebrates organizations for a number of states. Alternative paths to US Ignite Partnership, Gig.U and the their contributions to “Building a Fiber- FTTH involve forming public-private Institute for Local Self-Reliance, along Connected World.” The October 2012 partnerships, negotiating with tradi- with a law firm (the Baller Herbst Law issue will present the MDU Top 100, tional deployers in nontraditional ways Group) and a consulting firm (Gigabit which celebrates companies that provide and encouraging nontraditional de- Squared) that focus on helping commu- technology amenities for multifamily ployers (rural electric co-ops, ISPs, tech nities deploy broadband for economic housing. The two lists will overlap, but companies and others) to build fiber in revitalization. separating them allowed Broadband their communities. To tip the scales to- October’s MDU Top 100 list, by Communities to track the evolution of ward fiber, communities are also volun- contrast, will showcase the development the industry in two different directions. teering to become test beds for advanced of technology amenities in multifam- In the FTTH industry, momentum applications and services by using their is shifting from deployers to communi- broadband networks for smart-grid ap- ily housing. Though fiber to the home ties themselves. This is occurring for plications (or vice versa), by sponsoring is steadily gaining a foothold in the two reasons. First, communities with- application development contests or by MDU world – the reason for the overlap out fiber broadband see that “help is not participating in broad-based efforts such – the MDU Top 100 will include other on the way,” as Christopher Mitchell as US Ignite. broadband technologies as well as solu- of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance Because of this shift to community- tions for in-building cellular coverage, put it in his article in the May-June is- led projects, the 2012 FTTH Top 100 mobile-device connectivity, communi- sue of Broadband Communities. Large list includes not only more community cations with residents, home automation deployers have reached the final stages broadband networks than the 2011 and other amenities that today’s MDU of their planned buildouts, broadband BBC Top 100 but also more organiza- residents demand. stimulus funds have all been awarded and recent changes to the Universal Ser- vice Fund rules make FTTH financially About the Authors challenging for small deployers. The FTTH Top 100 list was researched by Marianne Cotter, Rachel Ellner and Kas- Second, communities have become sandra Kania and overseen by editor Masha Zager, with added research and analysis aware – thanks to the broadband stimu- from corporate editor Steve Ross. To nominate a company for next year’s FTTH lus program, to Google’s Fiber for Com- Top 100 or for the MDU Top 100 in October, email [email protected]. munities program and to some well-

28 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home SELECTION CRITERIA In selecting the FTTH Top 100, the FTTH TOP 100 AT A GLANCE editors looked for organizations that advance the cause of ﬁber-based broad- Fiber and Fiber Cable...... | 38 band by Network Testing, Monitoring and Management Services...... | 39 • Deploying FTTH networks that are Network Planning, Design, Engineering, especially large or ambitious, have Construction, Installation...... | 42 innovative business plans or are in- Customer-Premises Equipment tended to transform local economies Other Than Network Interface Devices...... | 54 or improve communities’ quality of Network Management Solutions...... | 59 life Fiber-to-the-Home Electronics...... | 60 • Supplying key hardware, software or Test and Measurement Equipment...... | 61 services to deployers Passive Components for FTTH Networks • Introducing innovative technologies (Outside Plant and Inside Plant)...... | 62 that have game-changing potential, Optical LAN Solutions...... | 64 even if they have not yet been com- Carrier Ethernet Solutions...... | 72 mercially deployed Distributors of Fiber Optic Products...... | 76 • Providing key conditions for fiber builds, such as early-stage support or demand aggregation. phone cooperative and several nonprof- of broadband technologies. For some its, some of which themselves include companies, broadband represents only a To be listed among the FTTH Top both public and private partners. small part of their business. In making 100, an organization may be based anywhere in the world but must do busi- Although some companies on the these selections, the editors considered ness in North America. Overall size is list focus entirely on ﬁber to the prem- how important the organizations are to unimportant, as is corporate form – the ises or other fiber-based broadband tech- advancing true broadband rather than list includes government agencies, a tele- nologies, most deliver or support a mix how important broadband is to them.

Company Web Address Phone Description 3M Company/ www.3M.com/telecom 800-426-8688 Interconnection, connection protection, Communication Markets fiber management and facilities protection Division products for broadband networks Actiontec Electronics www.actiontec.com 408-752-7700 Broadband customer-premises equipment ADTRAN www.adtran.com 256-963-8000 Solutions for ultra-broadband, FTTH, Optical Networking Edge, mobile backhaul, Ethernet, service migration and service management ADVA Optical Networking www.advaoptical.com 888-340-4885 Optical+Ethernet systems for long- haul, metro core, backhaul and access networking, including WDM-PON Advanced Media www.amt.com 954-427-5711; Distributor of fiber optic transmission Technologies 888-293-5856 equipment, headends, IP and QAM set-top boxes, cable modems AFL www.AFLglobal.com 864-433-0333; FTTx electronics, outside plant, fiber 800-235-3423 optic cable, video solutions, network management platforms, fusion splicers, test equipment, training, systems integration, service provision Alcatel-Lucent www.alcatel-lucent.com 908-582-3000 Broadband access equipment, IP routing platforms, optical switching and transport solutions, next-generation network and IMS solutions, network management, service integration, right-of-way solutions

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 29 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 Company Web Address Phone Description Allied Telesis www.alliedtelesis.com 800-424-4284 FTTH equipment, aggregation switches and routers, multiservice access platforms, multiservice gateways, media converters, network management and provisioning systems Anritsu Company www.anritsu.com 800-ANRITSU Network test and measurement (267-4878) instruments, optical and RF components, service assurance solutions ARRIS www.arrisi.com 678-473-2000; Optical and RF equipment for HFC and 866-362-7747 fiber networks, including RFoG; modems and gateways; software for remote workforce management and network management Astec Underground www.astec 865-408-2100; Trenchers, vibratory plows and directional underground.com 800-527-6020 drilling equipment AT&T, AT&T Connected www.att.com/ Voice, video, data and wireless services Communities communities Atlantic Engineering Group www.aeg.cc 706-654-2298 Design and ﬁeld engineering, aerial and underground construction and professional services for FTTH and smart- grid networks Aurora Networks www.aurora.com 408-235-7000 Optical transport products that support operators’ evolution to FTTP, Fiber Deep and advanced HFC architectures Baller Herbst Law Group P.C. www.baller.com 202-833-5300 Legal services, public policy advocacy BEC Technologies www.bectechnologies.net 972-422-0877 FTTH optical network terminals and solutions for home networking and smart home energy management Blandin Foundation www.blandin 877-882-2257 Grant making, community leadership foundation.org development and public policy programs BVU Authority www.bvu-optinet.com 276-669-4112 Broadband voice, video and data services; consulting services Calix www.calix.com 707-766-3000; Broadband access platforms for ﬁber 877-766-3500 and DSL networks, network and services management software, value-added software as a service Charles Industries www.charles 847-806-6300 Fiber optic distribution enclosures industries.com and cabinets, fiber aggregation and demarcation interconnects and hubs, fiber cross-connects CHR Solutions www.chrsolutions.com 713-351-5111 BSS/OSS solutions, consulting and engineering services, IT managed services Cincinnati Bell www.cincinnatibell.com, 513-397-9900 Telephone, data, video, wireless and data www.cincinnatibell.com/ center colocation services Fioptics Cisco Systems www.cisco.com 770-236-5000 FTTH hardware, set-top boxes, cable modems, headends, network management systems Clearfield www.clearfield 763-476-6866; Fiber distribution systems for inside plant, connection.com 800-422-2537 outside plant and access networks

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www.designnine.com Call us at 540.951.4400 DESIGN NINE we build networks that perform Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 Company Web Address Phone Description Columbia Telecommuni www.ctcnet.us 301-933-1488 Broadband network planning, design, cations Corporation implementation and project management CommScope www.commscope.com 828-324-2200; FTTH electronics, fiber cables, fiber 800-982-1708 enclosures, conduit, subscriber-premises connectivity and wireless integration solutions Corning, Corning Cable www.corning.com; 828-901-5000 Optical fiber, optical fiber cable, fiber Systems www.corningcable cabinets and splitters, fiber connectors, systems.com splice and test equipment Design Nine www.designnine.com 540-951-4400 Broadband planning, design and project management DISH Network commercial.dishnetwork. 800-454-0843 Video packages for business, hospitality com and multifamily housing Ditch Witch www.ditchwitch.com 800-654-6481 Construction equipment for laying fiber Dura-Line www.duraline.com 800-847-7661 Systems for installing and protecting telecom cables EPB Fiber Optics www.epb.net; www.epbfi. 423-648-1372 Voice, video, data and smart-grid services com provided over a fiber optic network Ericsson www.ericsson.com/us 972-583-0000 GPON, WDM-PON, point-to-point and DSL equipment; blown-ﬁber systems for FTTx; IPTV middleware and encoders; network management services ETI Software Solutions www.etisoftware.com 770-242-3620; Software for subscriber management, 800-332-1078 flow-through activation and provisioning EXFO www.exfo.com 418-683-0211; Telecom test and service assurance 800-663-3936 solutions Finley Engineering www.fecinc.com 417-682-5531 Network design and engineering services G4S Technology www.g4stechnology.com 402-233-7700 Network design, construction and maintenance Genexis www.genexis.eu 609-751-5810; Customer-premises equipment for FTTH +31 40 747 networks, service provisioning software 0233 Gigabit Squared www.gigabitsquared.com 888-594-5520 Systems planning and integration Google www.google.com 650-253-0000 FTTH networks, GPON equipment, YouTube, mobile devices and software Graybar www.graybar.com 800-GRAYBAR PON electronics, optical transport, fiber (472-9227) cabinets/enclosures, fiber cable, splice closures and pedestals, outdoor fiber terminals Great Lakes Data Systems www.glds.com 800-882-7950 Billing and provisioning software for video and broadband services GVTC Communications www.gvtc.com 800-367-4882 Video, high-speed Internet, security monitoring, local and long-distance telephone and advanced data services Hiawatha Broadband www.hbci.com 888-474-9995 Voice, video, data and wireless services Communications over high-speed networks InfiniSys Electronic www.electronic 386-236-1500 Telecommunications network design for Architects architect.com multifamily buildings, technology amenity engineering

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Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 Company Web Address Phone Description Institute for Local www.ilsr.org; 612-276-3456 Broadband policy research and advocacy Self-Reliance www.MuniNetworks.org JDSU www.jdsu.com 408-546-5000 Fiber optic communications components and testing equipment KGP Logistics www.kgplogistics.com 800-755-1950 Value-added distributor of products for FTTH, including outside plant, central office, datacom, transmission and customer premises Leviton Manufacturing www.leviton.com 718-229-4040 Premises wiring, outside plant, central office and home automation products Lite Access Technologies www.liteaccess.com 604-247-4704 FTTx microduct and blown-ﬁber solutions

LUS Fiber www.lusfiber.com 337-993-4237 Voice, video and data services delivered over an FTTH network m2fx www.m2fx.com 847-325-5454 Armored polymer microduct and fiber cables for FTTH and MDU markets Mapcom Systems www.mapcom.com 804-743-1860 Visual operations system software, database administration, training and consulting MasTec www.mastec.com 218-785-3030 FTTx deployment, cabling, construction, installation, splicing, testing, systems integration, maintenance Michels Corporation www.michels.us 920-583-3132 Structured cabling; splicing; design, engineering, construction and testing of fiber optic networks MRV Communications www.mrv.com 978-674-6800 Optical communications network infrastructure equipment and services Multicom www.multicominc.com 800-423-2594 Distributor of fiber optic products for end- to-end communications solutions, design, VoIP services Multilink www.gomultilink.com 440-366-6966 Fiber distribution and cable management solutions; network power supplies, enclosures and cabinets; MDU enclosures; raceways and pathways nDanville www.ndanville.net 434-773-8138 Open-access community fiber network NEO Fiber www.NEOfiber.net 970-309-3500 Consulting, feasibility analysis, business planning, RFP writing and vendor management, project management, grant compliance, program management and appraisal OFS www.ofsoptics.com 770-798-2000; Optical fiber, optical cable, fiber 888-342-3743 management and connectivity products for homes, businesses and MDUs; splicers; network design services On Trac www.ontracinc.net 423-317-0009 FTTx consulting, design, installation and splicing services Optimum Lightpath www.optimum 877-LIGHTPATH Ethernet-based data, Internet, voice, video lightpath.com (544-4872) and managed services

34 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home Company Web Address Phone Description Pace www.pace.com/americas 561-995-6000 Customer-premises equipment for fiber, Ethernet, xDSL and cable networks Pace International www.paceintl.com 507-424-4900; Distributor of DISH content, hardware, 800-444-7223 materials and accessories, including DISH Optical Network Pacific Broadband Networks www.pbnglobal.com 703-579-6777 Ethernet switches and customer-premises equipment for FTTH; optical HFC transport platforms Power & Tel www.ptsupply.com 800-238-7514 Distributor of fiber optic products and cable, optical networking electronics, test gear, IPTV, home networking solutions Preformed Line Products www.preformed.com 440-461-5200 Cable anchoring and control hardware and systems, fiber optic and copper splice closures, high-speed cross-connect devices Prysmian Group www.prysmian.com 803-951-4800; Optical fibers and telecommunications 800-713-5312 cables Pulse Broadband www.pulsebroadband.net 314-825-2154 Planning, design, construction management and operation of rural FTTH networks Quanta Services www.quantaservices.com 713-629-7600 Design, construction, installation and maintenance of fiber optic, copper, coaxial cable and wireless networks Santa Monica City Net www.smcitynet.com 310-458-8411 Open-access fiber-to-the-premises network available to businesses SDT www.sdt-1.com 601-823-9440 Telecommunications infrastructure services, including structured cabling; engineer, furnish and install services; design and engineering Senko Advanced www.senko.com 508-481-9999 Fiber distribution and connectivity Components equipment, fiber optic components Smithville, Smithville Digital www.smithville.net; 812-876-2211; Residential broadband services and www.smithvilledigital.net 800-742-4084 fiber connectivity for businesses and government agencies Sonic.net www.sonic.net 707-522-1000 Data, voice and video services for residences and businesses; colocation and business networking SPATIALinfo www.spatialinfo.com 720-873-6880 Software for network and facilities management Sumitomo Electric www.sumitomo 919-541-8100; FTTH equipment, fiber cable, fiber Lightwave electric.com 800-358-7378 management, cable assemblies, fusion splicers, test equipment, interconnect assemblies and components Superior Essex www.SuperiorEssex.com/ 770-657-6000 Fiber and copper cable products, FTTH Comm enclosures SureWest Communications www.surewest.com 866-787-3937 Video, voice and data services delivered over FTTH, HFC and DSL access networks Suttle www.suttleonline.com 800-852-8662 Structured cabling solutions, FTTx enclosures and connectors, home networking products

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 35 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 Company Web Address Phone Description TE Connectivity www.te.com 610-893-9800 Fiber optic cabling and connectivity products from the central office to the customer premises and from the data center to the desktop Team Fishel www.teamfishel.com 614-274-8100; Network design, construction and 800-347-4351 installation services Telco Systems www.telco.com 781-551-0300; Carrier Ethernet/MPLS demarcation, 800-227-0937 aggregation and cloud gateway service switches for mobile backhaul, business services and residential service aggregation Telect www.telect.com 509-926-6000; Fiber optic and copper connectivity, 800-551-4567 equipment racks and cabinets, outdoor enclosures, cable management systems, cables and patch cords, home networking solutions Tellabs www.tellabs.com 630-798-8800 Access networking equipment, digital cross-connects, managed access, network management, packet optical networking TeraSpan Networks www.teraspan.com 877-VI-FIBER Microtrenching fiber optic deployment (843-4237) solutions Tetra Tech www.tetratech.com 626-351-4664 Network assessment and planning, project management, property rights acquisition, zoning and permitting, design and engineering, operations and maintenance TT Technologies www.tttechnologies.com 800-533-2078 Trenchless equipment, including piercing tools, guided boring tools, pipe bursting systems, winches, drills UniTek Global Services www.unitekglobalservices. 267-464-1700 Engineering, construction management, com command and control centers and installation fulfillment services University Community Next www.gig-u.org 855-337-5150 Test beds for next-generation networks, Generation Innovation applications and services Project (Gig.U) US Ignite Partnership www.us-ignite.org 202-365-9219 Coordinating development and testing of next-generation broadband services UTOPIA www.utopianet.org 801-613-3800 Open-access fiber-to-the-premises network Vantage Point Solutions www.vantagepnt.com 605-995-1777 Telecom engineering and consulting services Verizon Communications, www.verizon.com; TV, Internet and phone services delivered Verizon Enhanced www.verizon.com/ over an all-fiber network; application Communities communities services for amenity management and home monitoring and control Vermeer Corporation www.vermeer.com 641-628-3141; Horizontal directional drilling equipment, 888-837-6337 utility and pedestrian trenchers and plows Viamedia www.viamediatv.com 859-977-9000 TV ad sales and production Walker and Associates www.walkerfirst.com 800-925-5371 Products and services for deploying communications networks

36 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home Company Web Address Phone Description Zhone Technologies www.zhone.com 510-777-7000; Equipment for all-IP multiservice broadband 877-946-6320 access, including integration of FTTx, Ethernet in the First Mile and wireless access technologies ZyXEL Communications www.us.zyxel.com 714-632-0882; FTTH central-office and customer-premises 800-255-4101 electronics; digital home equipment; DSL, Wi-Fi and WiMAX electronics; Ethernet switches; VoIP equipment

“Lafayette is a progressive town with visionary people, and a true fiber-to-the-home network has given our community advantages that very few cities in the country have. The benefits of LUS Fiber will be enjoyed for generations to come. This network is an integral part of our future.” – Terry Huval, director, LUS Fiber

3M Company/Communication Markets Division Actiontec Electronics www.3M.com/telecom www.actiontec.com 800-426-8688 408-752-7700

Key Products: Interconnection, connection protection, Key Products: Broadband customer-premises equipment fiber management and facilities protection products for Summary: Smart homes are becoming a reality for millions broadband networks of subscribers as Actiontec and Verizon team up to bring remote home monitoring and energy control services to FTTH Summary: This year, 3M introduced another innovation to customers. Actiontec’s SG200 Service Gateway is provided the One Pass family of products: The MPO Connector for the to Home Monitoring and Control service customers as part 3M One Pass Fiber Pathway eliminates the need for numerous of each purchased equipment package. The device integrates fiber distribution terminals, discrete adapters and ribbon-to- 802.11n Wi-Fi access, Z-Wave home control support and dual SC connector fan-outs. According to the company, this prod- USB 2.0 ports, along with a high-performance processor and uct further reduces costs beyond the 35 percent savings already abundant memory. Actiontec Electronics develops broadband- powered solutions that connect people to the Internet, ap- realized when using the standard One Pass solution. 3M is a plications and content. The company’s products, including world leader in communications technology, connecting prod- high-speed bonded VDSL2 gateways, DSL modems, home ucts, people and companies by harnessing the power of more networking solutions and gigabit Ethernet fiber routers that than 45 technology platforms to create customer-centric in- enable broadband HDTV to be distributed to multiple devices novations. From FTTx to xDSL to wireless, 3M’s network of in the home over coaxial cable, are deployed by some of the networks connects smart grids to smartphones, wind farms to largest telecom carriers in North America. Founded in 1993, server farms, greenfield to brownfield, wireline to wireless and Actiontec is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and maintains customers to their goals. The 3M Communication Markets branch offices in Colorado Springs, Shanghai and Taipei. Division is headquartered in Austin, Texas. With $30 billion in sales, 3M employs 84,000 people worldwide and has opera- ADTRAN tions in more than 65 countries. www.adtran.com 256-963-8000

Key Products: Solutions for ultra-broadband, FTTH, Optical Networking Edge, mobile backhaul, Ethernet, service migration and service management

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 37 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 “Multiscreen video and the network overhead that comes with it are causing many operators to ask two critical questions: First, how do I, as a small operator, participate in multiscreen? Second, how do I ensure my revenue modules keep pace with the way my customers are using my products?” – Garrick A. Russell, president and COO, Great Lakes Data Systems

Summary: More than 1,700 of ADTRAN’s IP/Ethernet-based options. ADTRAN is based in Huntsville, Ala., and had 2011 products are used throughout the global communications in- sales of approximately $717 million. frastructure, both wireline and wireless. ADTRAN solutions enable video deployments, broadband expansion, Ethernet ser- ADVA Optical Networking vice delivery and converged network services. The advanced www.advaoptical.com packet network infrastructure of the company’s flagship To- 888-340-4885 tal Access 5000 platform can deliver multiple services across a pure Ethernet core. The new Total Access 1600 Series is a fam- Key Products: Optical+Ethernet systems for long-haul, ily of 1RU optical line terminals that support either GPON metro core, backhaul and access networking, including or active Ethernet. The 1600 Series OLTs are a compact ad- WDM-PON dition to ADTRAN’s FTTH product line, designed to offer efficient solutions for deployments where lower port counts are Summary: Some of the world’s most advanced networks are required. Though small in size, they offer a full feature set, based on ADVA Optical Networking technology. Low-latency including 40 Gbps per system network uplink capability, Eth- financial networks, in which millions of dollars in trading ernet ring support, multisystem link aggregation and stacking profits depend on a few nanoseconds’ edge, rely on ADVA Op- tical Networking software-automated Optical+Ethernet transmission; so do research and educational networks that support Fiber and Fiber Cable such demanding applications as remote surgery. Founded in 1994, ADVA Optical Networking consistently outperforms These firms supply optical fiber for fiber access the market; in 2011, it earned revenue of more than $400 mil- deployments. In this and subsequent tables, FTTH lion. The company has executive offices in Munich and Atlanta Top 100 companies are in bold. and a global team of more than 1,400 employees, including one of the industry’s largest R&D divisions. Customers in- Company Name Web Address clude more than 250 service providers and 10,000 enterprises. AFL www.aflglobal.com Belden www.belden.com Advanced Media Technologies CommScope www.commscope.com www.amt.com Corning, Corning www.corning.com, 954-427-5711; 888-293-5856 Cable Systems www.corningcable systems.com Key Products: Fiber optic transmission equipment, headends, Ericsson www.ericsson.com IP and QAM set-top boxes, cable modems General Cable www.gepco.com m2fx www.m2fx.com Summary: Advanced Media Technologies (AMT) is a value- Nexans www.nexans.com added reseller of high-performance broadband products with OFS www.ofsoptics.com a complete line of FTTH, IPTV and CATV products. AMT Optical Cable Corporation www.occfiber.com specializes in prebuilt headends that range from small DSS sys- Prysmian www.prysmian.com tems to fully digital, high-deﬁnition headends. It offers prod- Sumitomo Electric www.sumitomo ucts from such leading manufacturers as Motorola, Amino, Lightwave electric.com Blonder Tongue, ZeeVee, ATX Networks, Paciﬁc Broadband Superior Essex www.Superior Networks, EGT, RGB Networks, Adtec, Drake, Olson Tech- Essex.com/Comm nology and Emcore. Customers include major cable companies Telect www.telect.com in the United States and Latin America as well as telcos, private Timbercon www.timbercon.com cable operators and entertainment and multimedia content delivery companies around the world. Recently, AMT added the

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“Operators will continue to look for new and high-quality FTTH solutions that enable a seamless delivery of fiber to businesses and homes. It is important for broadband’s future that operators continue to evolve networks to meet the ever-growing demand for capacity per subscriber.” – John Dahlquist, vice president of marketing, Aurora Networks

Motorola Mobility Passive Optical LAN (POL) solution to Alcatel-Lucent its value-added reseller program in North America and Latin www.alcatel-lucent.com America. AMT resellers can now provide POL technology and 908-582-3000 associated design, deployment and support capabilities, of- Key Products: Wireline and wireless broadband access fering an alternative to traditional enterprise LAN networks. equipment, IP routing platforms, optical switching and Located in Deerﬁeld Beach, Fla., AMT is a subsidiary of ITO- transport solutions, next-generation network and IMS CHU International, the North American subsidiary of ITO- solutions, IMS applications, IPTV and IP video solutions, CHU Corporation of Japan. network management, service integration capabilities

Summary: One-third of ﬁxed broadband subscribers world- AFL wide are served by access networks that use Alcatel-Lucent www.AFLglobal.com 864-433-0333; 800-235-3423

Key Products: FTTx electronics (PON, point-to-point and Network Testing, Monitoring DIRECTV MFH3), network management platforms, and Management Services fiber optic cable, fiber and copper interconnect products, optical connectivity, outside-plant hardware, fusion Company Name Web Address splicers, test equipment, training and systems integration AFL www.AFLglobal.com Alcatel-Lucent www.alcatel- Summary: AFL is a triple threat: a manufacturer, integrator lucent.com and service provider that enables delivery of voice, video and Aricent www.aricent.com high-speed data communications. Its product line includes Atlantic Engineering Group www.aeg.cc fiber optic cable, connectivity, fiber management, outside- Bluemile www.bluemile plant closures, demarcation devices, Fujikura fusion splicers, cloud.com BVU Authority www.bvufocus.com NOYES test equipment and The Light Brigade training and CHR Solutions www.chrsolutions.com education. AFL plans, designs, implements and maintains Communication www.cts1.com communications networks, offering solutions for MDU and Technology Services master-planned community networks as well as for telephone, Emerson Network Power www.emerson cable TV and wireless providers; utilities; hospitality compa- networkpower.com nies and enterprises. With recent deployments in the villages Ericsson www.ericsson.com of Hambleton and Ashby de la Launde in Rutland, U.K., AFL IBBS www.ibbs.com is fast establishing its expertise in rural community FTTH iGLASS www.iglass.net projects. The company planned and designed the Hambleton Ineoquest www.ineoquest.com fiber infrastructure and is connecting the fiber in distribution INOC www.inoc.com cabinets. As a DIRECTV master system operator, AFL offers Korcett Holdings www.korcett.com MasTec www.mastec.com end-to-end solutions that include access to DIRECTV pro- Michels Communications www.michels.us gramming and services, along with bandwidth management On Trac www.ontracinc.net and conditional Internet access solutions. Founded in 1984, SDT www.sdt-1.com headquartered in Spartanburg, S.C., and now a division of Fu- Source Technology www.source-t.com jikura Ltd., AFL has more than 2,700 employees. It has manu- Steeplechase Networks www.scnets.com facturing, sales and administrative offices located in the United Tellabs www.tellabs.com States, the U.K., Germany, Japan, Mexico and China.

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 39 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 “There is yet again a paradigm shift occurring in our industry. NEO’s customers are now building gigabit-enabled networks, and we need to be more creative on the sustainability model. The old methods of relying on triple-play services to sustain the financial model are being replaced by over-the-top applications and money saved by health care, government, education and energy management systems.” – Diane Kruse, CEO, NEO Fiber technology, including EPON, GPON and point-to-point fiber gateways are designed for residential, MDU and business ap- as well as xDSL and VDSL2. The company is among the top plications. The AlliedView management software, available in two or three vendors in all communications categories. Alcatel- both service provider and enterprise editions, supports switch- Lucent benefits from the technical and scientific expertise of ing, access and gateway products to facilitate emerging con- Bell Labs, the largest innovation powerhouse in the commu- tent and service delivery. Allied Telesis technology was used in nications industry (the Lucent part of Alcatel-Lucent was a the first two commercial deployments of IPTV, and today the spinoff of the original Ma Bell), which helps it continue to in- company pioneers eco-friendly technology that enables data troduce new broadband technologies. In 2011, Alcatel-Lucent virtualization, IP video security and over-the-top video appli- was first to commercialize vectored VDSL2, which promises cations in addition to the IP triple play. Sales for 2011 were higher bandwidth for FTTN solutions by eliminating cross- $424 million worldwide. Allied Telesis operates in 60 countries talk. This year brought the announcement of Bit-Interleaved and maintains global R&D centers and vertically integrated Passive Optical Network (Bi-PON) technology, which will manufacturing centers. dramatically reduce energy consumption in FTTH networks, enabling a power reduction 30 times over current technologies Anritsu Company while improving performance and reducing cost. With opera- www.anritsu.com tions in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent reported rev- 800-ANRITSU (267-4878) enue of euro 15.3 billion ($19.2 billion) in 2011. Incorporated in France, the company has executive offices in Paris and in Key Products: Network test and measurement instruments, Murray Hill, N.J. optical and RF components, service assurance solutions

Summary: Anritsu was founded in 1895, the year Marconi demonstrated the first wireless telegraph, and it has been at the forefront of the evolution of information and communications networks ever since. Its core business is test and measurement instruments for communications, and its products are used in Allied Telesis the design, manufacture and maintenance of wired and wire- www.alliedtelesis.com less solutions, RF and microwave solutions and optical solu- 800-424-4284 tions. Fiber network installers use Anritsu equipment for such Key Products: FTTH optical line terminals and optical critical measurements as optical time-domain reflectrometry, network terminals, L2/L3 aggregation switches and chromatic dispersion, polarization mode dispersion, loss test set routers, multiservice access platforms, multiservice and optical return loss. In addition, Anritsu manufactures a gateways, media converters and network management and line of optoelectronic components for optical communications provisioning systems systems and fiber optic sensing applications. The company also offers solutions for network troubleshooting, network and ser- Summary: Celebrating 25 years in the telecommunications vice performance management and service intelligence. Anritsu business, Allied Telesis provides solutions for service provider Company, the U.S. subsidiary of Anritsu Corporation, is head- and enterprise networks that include IP/Ethernet-based core, quartered in Richardson, Texas, and has operations in Morgan access and customer-premises products. End-to-end FTTH so- Hill, Calif. Anritsu Corporation, headquartered in Atsugi, Ja- lutions, including both PON and active Ethernet, deliver up to pan, has about 3,700 employees and posted revenue of about 1 Gbps to customer premises. Indoor and outdoor multiservice $1.2 billion for the year ending in March 2012.

40 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home ARRIS in Suwanee, Ga., ARRIS operates R&D centers in the United www.arrisi.com States, Ireland and China and has a worldwide sales and sup- 678-473-2000; 866-362-7747 port network. ARRIS has more than 1,900 employees and reported 2011 revenue of $1.1 billion. Key Products: Optical and RF equipment, including RFoG, for HFC and fiber networks; voice and data modems and Astec Underground gateways; on-demand video and interactive advertising www.astecunderground.com platforms; whole-home DVR; fixed-mobile convergence; 865-408-2100; 800-527-6020 software for remote workforce management and network management Key Products: Trenchers, vibratory plows and directional drilling equipment Summary: ARRIS offers service providers a complete portfolio of broadband solutions to support IP video and high-speed Summary: Astec Underground manufactures and markets data services, voice, on-demand content, targeted advertising equipment used to construct, maintain and repair telecom- and network and workforce assurance solutions. The compa- munications networks, including basic copper and fiber optic ny’s FTTMAX RFoG solution can serve between 32 and 64 plant and cable television systems. Product lines include utility subscribers with a single fiber, using splitters or optical taps. trenchers and horizontal directional drills. In February 2012, This architecture allows EPON technology to be implemented Astec Underground was acquired by The Toro Company, a later over the same fiber network, an important consideration worldwide provider of turf and landscape maintenance equip- for the future as PON-style networks replace HFC in green- ment and precision irrigation systems. Recently, the company field projects. With its leadership position as a cable TV equip- introduced the Astec RT600, a powerful, midsize trencher de- ment supplier, ARRIS has been able to marry the benefits of signed for use in tight residential settings. Customers include two cable-friendly fiber technologies – RFoG for residential small contractors operating single trenchers, large utility pro- services and Gigabit EPON for commercial services – to en- viders and contractors with fleets of underground construction able video delivery over fiber through a traditional RF head- equipment, horizontal directional drilling specialists and con- end, precluding the need for an all-IP solution. Headquartered tractors building giant cross-country pipelines.

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July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 41 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 AT&T, AT&T Connected Communities family builders, developers, real estate investment trusts, apart- www.att.com/communities ment ownership and management groups, and homeowners associations to provide next-generation communications and Key Products: Voice, video, and data services for residential entertainment services. AT&T Inc. is the largest communica- customers tions holding company in the United States, offering wireless, Wi-Fi, high-speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. In Summary: AT&T launched its next-generation, IP-based net- 2011, its consolidated revenues totaled $126.7 billion. work, U-verse, using a combination of fiber-to-the-node and fiber-to-the-home technologies to deliver triple-play services. Though the predominant technology in U-verse is fiber to the Atlantic Engineering Group node and the exact breakdown between the two technologies www.AEG.cc has not been published, AT&T is now regarded as one of the 706-654-2298 larger deployers of fiber to the home in the United States. As of Key Products: Design and ﬁeld engineering, aerial and the end of ﬁrst quarter 2012, the total number of U-verse cus- underground construction and professional services for tomers was 6.2 million. U-verse TV is the fastest growing TV FTTH and smart-grid networks provider in the country, with 4 million customers in service. In addition, U-verse has 2.4 million voice connections and 5.9 Summary: Atlantic Engineering Group (AEG), known as million Internet customers. Through AT&T Connected Com- a pioneer of fiber to the home, today is leading the drive to munities, the company works with multifamily and single- combine FTTH and smart-grid technologies into a single

Network Planning, Design, Engineering, Construction, Installation (Excludes companies that provide these services only for networks they will own or manage.) Company Name Web Address Company Name Web Address AFL www.AFLglobal.com KiS Communications www.kis-comm.com Atlantic Engineering Group www.aeg.cc Ledcor Technical Services www.ltscompany.com BVU Authority www.bvu-optinet.com MasTec www.mastec.com CHR Solutions www.chrsolutions.com Michels Communications www.michels.us Columbia Telecommunications www.ctcnet.us Mid-State Consultants www.mscon.com Corporation MPNexlevel.com www.mpnexlevel.com Communications Test www.ctdi.com Multicom www.multicominc.com Design Inc. (CTDI) NEO Fiber www.neofiber.net Corning Cable Systems www.corningcable OFS www.ofsoptics.com systems.com On Trac www.ontracinc.net Design Nine www.designnine.com Pulse Broadband www.pulse DSI Technologies www.dsifiber.com broadband.net Emerson Network Power www.emersonnetwork Quanta Services www.quanta power.com services.com Fiber-Tel Contractors www.fibertel SDT www.sdt-1.com contractors.com Source Technology www.source-t.com Finley Engineering www.fecinc.com Spectrum Engineering Corp. www.spectrumeng.com G4S Technology www.g4technology.com Steeplechase Networks www.scnets.com Gibson Technical Services www.gibsontech.com TCS Communications www.tcscomm.com Gigabit Squared www.gigabit Team Fishel www.teamfishel.com squared.com Tellabs www.tellabs.com HunTel Engineering www.htleng.com Tetra Tech www.tetratech.com InfiniSys Electronic Architects www.electronic Turnkey Network Solutions www.tkns.net architect.com UniTek Global Services www.unitekglobal Inteleconnect www.inteleconnect.com services.com J&R Underground www.jrunder U-reka Broadband www.u-reka groundllc.com broadband.com Kabel-X USA www.kabelxusa.com US Metronets www.usmetronets.com KGP Logistics www.kgplogistics.com Vantage Point Solutions www.vantagepnt.com

42 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 ® 30 YEARS Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 “The transition from coax connectivity to all-fiber service delivery is accelerating, and the industry is witnessing an exciting transition as all-fiber connectivity accelerates for new projects.” – Bill Dawson, vice president for business development and product strategy, ARRIS Access and Transport business plan for municipalities and rural electric cooperatives. that includes an element management system integrated with The company, founded in 1996, designs and builds ﬁber com- flow-through provisioning, billing and inventory features and munications networks. Though this outside-plant specialist is customer care applications. headquartered in Braselton, Ga., it deploys in-house personnel and on-site project managers globally. AEG performs project management, business modeling, service planning, engineering, underground and aerial construction, splicing, premises installation, headend activation, testing and many other professional and technical services. The company has completed design or build commissions for more than 100 networks, in- Baller Herbst Law Group P.C. cluding more than 30 FTTH projects as well as many HFC, www.baller.com metropolitan and wide-area networks. Clients include munici- 202-833-5300 palities, electric utilities, cooperatives and government agen- Key Products: Legal services, public policy advocacy cies. Among its current FTTH projects are Co-Mo Coopera- tive in upstate New York, Kit Carson Electric Co-op in New Summary: Though Washington, D.C., is filled with commu- Mexico and Google in Kansas City. nications law firms, the Baller Herbst Law Group has consistently promoted the development of fiber to the home through its representation of clients and through public policy advocacy. The firm represents the American Public Power Association, the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and -Ad visors (NATOA), regional and state municipal electric associations, state municipal leagues, local governments, public power Aurora Networks systems and other organizations on a wide range of matters in- www.aurora.com volving telecommunications. It is best known for representing 408-235-7000 the rights of public entities to build and operate their own com- Key Products: Optical transport products that support munications networks. Baller Herbst consulted with Google operators’ evolution to FTTP, Fiber Deep and advanced on its Fiber for Communities initiative and is now counsel HFC architectures to Gigabit Squared’s RFP initiative as part of Gig.U. As the founder and president of the US Broadband Coalition – a con- Summary: Aurora Networks specializes in helping broadband sortium of communications providers, high-tech companies, operators evolve to support next-generation services. Founded unions, public-interest groups, educational institutions, state in 1999 and headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Aurora has and local government agencies, foundations and others – firm a history of firsts in optical broadband technology and further president James Baller was a major contributor to the develop- strengthened its product offering last year through its acquisi- ment of the National Broadband Plan. The Baller Herbst Law tion of the Trident FTTP portfolio from Enablence. The Tri- Group, which was founded in 1983, is based in Washington, dent solution was used recently in DISH Network’s first fiber- D.C., and Minneapolis, Minn., and has four attorneys. to-the-home deployment, in Coronado, Calif. Aurora designs, engineers and commercializes FTTP solutions that enable BEC Technologies standards-based delivery of services – including open-access www.bectechnologies.net services – to single-family and MDU properties and small 972-422-0877 to medium-sized businesses. Aurora’s standards-based FTTP product portfolio includes the Trident OLT, Compact OLT, Key Products: FTTH optical network terminals and Node PON technology and a diverse selection of ONTs. Com- solutions for home networking and smart home energy pleting the portfolio is an open-standard management solution management

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312056AE Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 “By 2015, there will be 3 billion Internet users, 15 billion global network connections and four times more data traffic globally. With this rapidly growing global demand of broadband connectivity worldwide, consumers and enterprises are expecting to be able to access and deploy high-speed data wherever they go, on whatever device they are using. We must be innovative and leverage cutting-edge technology, such as fiber optics, to be able to satisfy this demand and seamlessly connect different industries, from automotive to aerospace to military applications, to one another in order to navigate this extreme environment where rugged, reliable and mission-critical access and connectivity are needed.” – Trevor Smith, executive director for business and market development, TE Connectivity, Telecom Networks

Summary: BEC Technologies specializes in customer-premises of robust, high-speed broadband networks; supported imple- equipment for advanced broadband networks. BEC designs, mentation of broadband applications from schools, health care manufactures and markets broadband equipment for GPON, facilities and other institutions to home-based users; and pro- active Ethernet, xDSL, HomePlugAV, HPNA, Wi-Fi, cloud- moted broadband adoption in rural communities. In 2011, the based CPE management, rugged industrial Ethernet, 3G/4G foundation began a feasibility study to help Redwood County, and smart home monitoring and energy management solu- one of the 10 most underserved counties in Minnesota, deter- tions. BEC solutions have been deployed by more than 200 mine how to improve broadband service. The foundation leads U.S. service providers that range from rural and independent the Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities coalition – a providers to multistate telephone companies. A new solution, group of educational, job training and economic development smart home energy management, allows users to monitor, organizations – in a BTOP-funded program to enhance broad- track and analyze energy usage and lower bills up to 20 per- band adoption and use by small businesses, unemployed resi- cent. With offices in Plano, Texas; Huntington Beach, Calif.; dents and local governments; support community broadband and Fargo, N.D., BEC is the U.S. subsidiary of Taiwan’s Bil- initiatives; and promote high-value broadband applications in lion Electric Company, which was established in its current health care, education, government and business. form in 2004 but has roots going back to 1973. Billion operates in 22 countries and serves more than 250 carriers and service BVU Authority providers worldwide. www.bvu-optinet.com 276-669-4112 Blandin Foundation www.blandinfoundation.org Key Products: Broadband voice, video and data services; 877-882-2257 consulting services

Key Products: Grant making, community leadership Summary: The city of Bristol, Va., was one of the first to show development and public policy programs that a municipally owned FTTH network could help turn around a troubled local economy. Its municipal utility, now Summary: A private foundation based in Grand Rapids, BVU Authority, provided electricity, water and wastewater to Minn., the Blandin Foundation has been dedicated since 1941 Bristol and surrounding areas for many years and launched a to strengthening rural Minnesota communities. Its Broadband telecommunications division, BVU OptiNet, in 2001. BVU Initiative, launched in 2003, helps communities educate citi- was the first municipal utility in the United States to deploy an zens about the need for ultra-high-speed broadband and plan all-fiber network that offered the triple play of video, voice and and execute broadband projects. The foundation has published data services, and OptiNet now serves about 9,500 customers informational guides; sponsored conferences and educational in southwestern Virginia. As part of its commitment to pro- events; supported many feasibility studies for the development vide the most technologically advanced telecommunications

46 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home

“Rural markets throughout the United States are building broadband networks as part of their mission to improve the quality of life for residents and promote economic development opportunities for their communities. To be successful, they require advanced technologies, solutions and expertise that are cost-effective for rural markets.” – Bill Shreffler, president and CEO, Pulse Broadband services in the area, BVU recently expanded OptiNet to serve Charles Industries the nearby town of Hiltons, Va. BVU FOCUS, a consulting, www.charlesindustries.com operations and management venture of BVU, offers assistance 847-806-6300 to other municipalities in meeting their communities’ needs Key Products: Fiber optic distribution enclosures and for telecommunications, information services and traditional cabinets, fiber aggregation and demarcation interconnects utility operations. BVU, with a workforce of 158 people, pro- and hubs, fiber cross-connects vides 50 percent of the funding for Bristol’s economic development department and is deeply involved in promoting the Summary: A fiber pioneer, Charles Industries designs and area’s economic development. manufactures buried distribution pedestals and remote cabi- net enclosures for fiber optic applications. The company, which serves telecommunications, CATV, municipal, utility and government service providers, introduced nonmetallic fiber pedestals in 2001 and continues to provide new solutions for nearly all fiber deployment architectures. Charles Fiber Distribution Point pedestals offer closed-architecture protection for ribbon Calix fiber and loose buffer-tube fiber, and the Buried Distribution www.calix.com Optical open-architecture fiber pedestals offer a lower-cost 707-766-3000; 877-766-3500 alternative. Charles Universal Broadband Enclosures provide environmental protection of remotely deployed electronics for Key Products: Broadband access platforms for fiber and wireless backhaul, AMI/AMR, DSLAMs and other remote ap- DSL networks, including multiservice access platforms, plications. In 2011, the company introduced its new Charles Ethernet service access platforms and nodes, OLTs and Fiber Interconnect Terminals and Charles Fiber Building Ter- ONTs, network and services management software, value- minals product lines, which include compact indoor and out- added software as a service door terminals and hubs for fiber aggregation and demarcation at MDUs, business parks, cell sites and other multiuser appli- Summary: Calix serves more North American FTTx providers cations of up to 96 subscribers. These new terminals are distin- than any other equipment vendor. The Calix Unified Access guished by their flexible splicing areas and bulkhead designs portfolio of broadband communications access systems and that allow for splicing or termination of all fiber types and con- software enables communications service providers to deploy nectors. Founded in 1968, Charles Industries is a privately held virtually any service to residential and business subscribers over company headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Ill. fiber- and copper-based network architectures. Calix has more than 1,000 communications service provider customers worldwide and is widely recognized as the North American leader in deployments of fiber access and multiservice access platforms. Calix has shipped more than 14 million ports to providers that have more than 50 million subscriber lines. Headquartered in CHR Solutions Petaluma, Calif., Calix had 2011 revenue of $345 million. www.chrsolutions.com 713-351-5111

Key Products: Billing/operations support solutions; engineer, furnish and install services; IT managed services

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 47 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 “Open-access infrastructure creates economies of scale and efficiencies. The more the system is used by private or government sectors, the more efficient the economies of the project will be. Foundational open-access, non-shared-connectivity infrastructure undoubtedly represents this century’s critical infrastructure endeavor, analogous to the last century’s electrical infrastructure.” – Todd Marriott, executive director, UTOPIA

Summary: CHR offers assistance to service providers in FTTH dant power and cooling solutions. To complement the coloca- network design, staking, construction, mapping, facilities man- tion products, Cincinnati Bell also offers complex information agement, data creation, conversion and implementation. The technology solutions such as managed services and technology company has experience with active and passive optical elec- staffing. Cincinnati Bell’s revenue in 2011 was $1.5 billion. tronics, spliced and connectorized outside-plant fiber cable design, implementation of customer-premises electronics and wir- Cisco Systems ing systems and implementation of central-office fiber frames www.cisco.com and electronics, along with end-to-end project management. 770-236-5000 CHR’s clients include providers of telephone, Internet, cable TV and wireless services and municipalities. The company em- Key Products: Active Ethernet, DPoE and RF video overlay ploys more than 500 team members and has 12 offices and two solutions for fiber-to-the-home deployments; digital set- network operating centers in five states and two countries. CHR top boxes and accessories; cable modems; wireless routers; is a single-source provider of business process outsourcing, en- headend equipment; network management systems gineering services, software solutions and technology managed services to communications service providers across the globe. Summary: Cisco’s Ethernet FTTH, or active Ethernet solution, which has been deployed globally, includes Ethernet access switches, aggregation routers and optical network terminals. The company’s Prisma D-PON solution delivers an FTTH option for cable service providers by enabling a PON architecture in the outside plant while maintaining existing HFC back- office systems, providing for incremental FTTH growth on a Cincinnati Bell future-flexible, low-maintenance architecture. Cisco also sup- www.cincinnatibell.com plies set-top boxes and cable modems, transmission networks www.cincinnatibell.com/Fioptics for home broadband access and digital interactive subscriber 513-397-9900 systems for video, high-speed Internet and VoIP networks. In Key Products: Telephone, data, video, wireless and data 2011, the company launched Videoscape, an open platform center colocation services that uses the cloud, the network and client devices to deliver new video experiences over the Internet. Cisco Systems, head- Summary: Households and businesses in greater Cincinnati are quartered in San Jose, Calif., reported 2011 revenue of $43.2 benefiting from Cincinnati Bell’s integrated communications billion. The company has about 68,000 employees worldwide. solutions. Offerings include local, long-distance, data, Internet, entertainment and wireless services. The company’s fiber-based Clearfield services, branded as Fioptics, include advanced high-speed data, www.clearfieldconnection.com digital television and telephone service. Fioptics Internet offers 763-476-6866; 800-422-2537 speeds up to 100 Mbps, currently the fastest available in the Cincinnati area. Fioptics TV includes an expanded selection Key Products: Fiber distribution systems for the inside plant, of digital channels as well as more than 100 high-definition the outside plant and access networks channels, DVR, whole-home DVR and video on demand. As of March 2012, there were 43,000 Fioptics TV customers in Summary: Headquartered outside Minneapolis, Minn., Cincinnati and northern Kentucky. In addition, Cincinnati Clearfield designs and manufactures the FieldSmart fiber man- Bell provides data center colocation services with fully redun- agement platform, which includes a fiber crossover distribution

48 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home system for the inside plant, a fiber scalability center for the out- band feasibility studies in Allegany and Garrett counties in side plant and a fiber delivery point series for access networks. rural western Maryland. Abroad, for the past two years, CTC All three product lines center on the Clearview Cassette, an in- has provided technology planning support to the New Zealand tegrated, 12-fiber management system. For environments that government to lead its national FTTH initiative, developing the require only a few fibers, Clearfield offers the Clearview xPAK reference architecture and working on technology evaluation cassette, the foundation of the FieldSmart small-count deliv- and procurement. A technology and energy consulting firm, ery series. The new CraftSmart product line provides physical CTC provides business and engineering consulting services fiber protection, completing a turnkey passive solution from for public-sector and nonprofit clients. Its expertise includes central offices or headends to customer premises. In Febru- feasibility analysis, business plan development, network design, ary, the company announced the multifiber push-on (MPO) network deployment, RFP development and negotiations with equipped Clearview Cassette and the Half-Wide LGX Blade. private-sector providers. CTC also provides support for strate- Teamed with the MPO connector, the Clearview Cassette now gic planning, engineering, network design, business planning delivers 12 times more fiber connectivity, and the Half-Wide and application preparation for federal and state broadband LGX Blade doubles optical component density for an LGX grants. Founded in 1983, CTC is headquartered in the Wash- footprint. The company also announced its entry into Latin ington, D.C., area and has satellite offices in many other states. American markets with pilot and early-stage developments in Costa Rica, Panama, Grenada, Trinidad, Jamaica, Guatemala and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Clearfield, which has 165 employees, is a public company with $35.2 million in revenue for the year ending September 2011.

CommScope www.commscope.com 828-324-2200; 800-982-1708

Key Products: EPON and RFoG FTTH electronics; cable Columbia Telecommunications Corporation and connectivity products, including fiber, coax and www.ctcnet.us twisted-pair cables, fiber enclosures, conduit, subscriber- 301-933-1488 premises connectivity and wireless integration solutions; universal wideband edge QAM Key Products: Fiber and wireless broadband network design, assessment, review and implementation; business plan Summary: To support the adoption of broadband in under- development; market and industry planning; technology served areas, CommScope has been involved recently in several planning; integration of smart-grid, institutional, public BTOP projects, helping deployers expand advanced broadband safety and public-facing network requirements services such as HDTV, video on demand, high-speed Internet access, VoIP telephony and other interactive services. Comm- Summary: On the home front, to address slow Internet speeds Scope works with these customers to customize and design that stifle educational and economic development, Columbia the right infrastructures for their particular projects. Comm- Telecommunications Corporation (CTC) is conducting broad- Scope’s BOS solution is an end-to-end FTTH portfolio of ac-

“We’re seeing significant FTTH projects and DAS connectivity for wireless, combined with the U.S. stimulus program, fueling the fiber deployment market in the United States. Today, every business and every city competes in the global economy. Just like a business, a city must have a competitive edge and strategic focus. Local ownership of network infrastructures can lead to an improvement to the local tax base, which will impact the ability to retain and attract residents and businesses.” – Mike Plotnikoff, CTO, Lite Access Technologies Inc.

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 49 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 “The relentless demand for bigger, faster data has enterprises and service providers alike rebuilding their networks to accommodate more users, more bandwidth and greater mobility. Fiber continues to dominate connectivity technologies, as the industry remains devoted to developing intelligent networking solutions for next-generation cloud computing, data centers and business and residential services.” – David Stehlin, president, MRV Optical Communications Systems tive and passive components that offers multiple fiber architec- provide members with complete access to Corning product in- tures compatible with EPON, GPON and RFoG standards. formation. TAP Installer members can offer their end custom- Founded in Hickory, N.C., CommScope has been deeply ers extended warranties because of their training and relation- involved in the broadband and cable TV industry since 1976 ship with Corning. Sales were $7.9 billion in 2011, of which and has played a role in nearly all the world’s most advanced telecommunications accounted for $2.1 billion. telecommunications networks. It is the largest manufacturer of coaxial and fiber cable for HFC applications and is a major supplier of subscriber-premises connectivity products and rugged conduit products for the communications industry. CommScope became a private company in 2011 after The Car- lyle Group acquired it. Design Nine www.designnine.com Corning, Corning Cable Systems 540-951-4400 www.corning.com www.corningcablesystems.com Key Products: Broadband planning and feasibility studies, 828-901-5000 network business and financial planning, broadband project management, broadband network design, network Key Products: Optical fiber, optical fiber cable, FTTH buildout and operations planning and design cabinets, splitters, terminals, connectors, cable assemblies, MDU products, other telecommunications hardware and Summary: The broadband planning and engineering firm equipment, splice and test equipment, engineering services Design Nine is well known for its expertise in – and commit- and training ment to – open-access and open-services networks. The successful open-access networks it has planned and designed in- Summary: Corning developed the first commercial fiber optic clude Palm Coast FiberNET in Florida, nDanville and Wired cable for communications in 1970 and remains a world leader Road in Virginia and Cortez Fiber Network in Colorado. De- in specialty glass and ceramics, creating and manufacturing sign Nine’s services include ﬁber and wireless network design, components that enable high-technology systems. Sustained grant-writing assistance, needs assessment, broadband network investment in R&D, more than 160 years of materials sci- buildout assistance, financial modeling, business planning, ence and process engineering knowledge and a collaborative and legal and organizational design of community broadband culture distinguish the company. Corning Cable Systems, systems and project management. Headquartered in Blacks- based in Hickory, N.C., develops and manufactures optical burg, Va., Design Nine works on projects throughout North cable, hardware, and equipment for FTTH outside and in- America. Recent projects include assisting New Hampshire side plant. Corning Cable Systems’ preconnectorized solu- FastRoads with a stimulus-funded FTTP middle-mile and tions, such as the OptiTap Connector, introduced a new way last-mile buildout in 22 towns in rural New Hampshire, man- to deploy FTTH networks, and its ClearCurve product suite, aging a buildout of 120 miles of ﬁber and a $3 million data based on ultrabendable optical fiber, opened the way for cost- center for the Rockbridge Area Network Authority and serving effective installation of fiber in MDUs and other challenging as project lead for the Eagan, Minn., plan to provide an open- environments. Corning builds relationships with consultants access FTTP network to serve local businesses. Design Nine is and installers through The Total Access Program (TAP) for currently assisting clients in British Columbia and the Carib- Consultants and Installers. TAP Consultant and TAP Installer bean with network design, equipment specifications, pricing

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DISH Network Key Products: Integrated systems of materials and equipment commercial.dishnetwork.com for the installation and protection of telecom cables 800-454-0843 Summary: A leader in the protection of fiber optic cables, Key Products: Video packages for business, hospitality and Dura-Line Corporation (formerly A-D Technologies), which multifamily housing private equity firm CHS Capital acquired in January, supplies fiber optic conduit and related products to the telecom/data, Summary: DISH Network offers triple-play services to multi- cable TV, power and other markets. Customers include Ve- tenant buildings, single-family neighborhoods, hospitals and rizon, AT&T, Cablevision, Telmex, Time Warner Cable and assisted-living properties, using distribution technology based Bharti. Dura-Line developed the first ducts for installing and on fiber optics, L-band and QAM. DISH just deployed its protecting fiber optic cables in 1981; it introduced a complete first fiber-to-the-home network in three towers of the Coro- line of fiber optic MicroDuct products in 2001 and followed nado Shores condominium in Coronado, Calif., using FTTH up in 2003 with FuturePath, a fast, inexpensive, green method equipment from Aurora Networks along with the DISH Op- of bundling as many as 24 MicroDucts. In 2011, the company tical Network system for video distribution. DISH solutions acquired BoreFlex Industries, a manufacturer of pipes and include bulk programming delivered to an entire complex or conduits. Based in Knoxville, Tenn., Dura-Line has revenue to individual subscriber accounts with the ability to upgrade. of more than $700 million and more than 2,300 employees. Properties and consumers can enhance entertainment packages with robust video content, including sports, movies and more. DISH’s recent purchase of Blockbuster, combined with its advanced technology offerings, positions the company to meet its customers’ demanding video and data needs. Headquartered in Englewood, Colo., DISH Network makes its services available nationwide. A publicly traded company, it posted $14.05 EPB Fiber Optics billion in revenue for 2011. www.epb.net, www.epbfi.com 423-648-1372 Ditch Witch Key Products: Voice, video, data and smart-grid services www.ditchwitch.com provided over an all-fiber-optic network 800-654-6481 Summary: Chattanooga, Tenn., has gained fame as the “Gig Key Products: Construction equipment for laying fiber City” since its municipal telecom provider, EPB Fiber Optics, began offering 1 Gbps Internet access to all residences and busi- Summary: Ditch Witch dates from 1949, when its founder nesses. EPB’s fiber-to-the-home network not only delivers Inter- invented a service line compact trencher. The Ditch Witch net, voice and video services but also serves as the backbone for organization specializes in the design and manufacture of its smart grid. In addition to increasing power reliability, reduc- high-quality underground construction equipment. It sells ing outage duration and improving operational efficiency, the trenchers, vibratory plows, backhoes, electronic tracking and smart grid will soon offer energy tools and resources for electric- locating tools, horizontal directional drilling systems, drill ity customers. EPB has distributed electric power to the Chatta- pipe, downhole tools, vacuum excavation systems, excavator- nooga area since 1935 and now serves 170,000 homes and busi- tool carriers, mini skid steers and the Zahn family of power nesses in a 600-square-mile area that includes eight counties in utility equipment. Ditch Witch Financial Services offers a vari- Tennessee and Georgia. In 2000, it launched EPB Telecom to ety of financing and lease options. Recent product launches in- provide business communications solutions; in 2008, it began clude a high-frequency locating system, an economy-size vac- building a fiber-to-the-home network, and it launched EPB Fi- uum excavator, a compact drill and ground-penetrating radar. ber Optics in 2009. EPB’s 1 Gbps broadband service helps po- The Ditch Witch organization’s manufacturing headquarters is sition Chattanooga as an innovation and technology hub and located in Perry, Okla., and the company has more than 1,200 furthers economic development opportunities. In collaboration employees. Its equipment is distributed through a worldwide with organizations such as the Chattanooga Area Chamber of dealer organization. Commerce and the Lyndhurst Foundation, the community launched a summer program, called the Gig Tank, aimed at spurring innovation. The program hosts students and entrepre- neurs in Chattanooga to develop next-generation apps and dis- ruptive business ideas using the nation’s largest gigabit network.

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www.bbcmag.com/subscribe • 877.588.1649 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 Ericsson more than 180 countries. The networks Ericsson manages for www.ericsson.com/us operators serve more than 800 million subscribers around the 972-583-0000 world. With more than 30,000 patents, Ericsson has one of the industry’s most comprehensive intellectual property portfolios. Key Products: Fiber access portfolio, including GPON, The company was founded in 1876 and has global headquar- WDM-PON, point-to-point and DSL equipment; ters in Stockholm and North American headquarters in Plano, Micronet and Ribbonet blown-ﬁber systems for FTTx; Texas. Ericsson has more than 90,000 employees worldwide IPTV middleware and encoders; network management and generated net sales of $226.9 billion in 2011. services

Summary: Ericsson is the world’s largest provider of telecommunications technology and services. Its IP networking solutions include broadband access equipment, passive ﬁber solutions and comprehensive service offerings. Some of the world’s leading operators have deployed Ericsson’s GPON, active Ethernet ETI Software Solutions or WDM-PON solutions in more than 150 FTTx networks – www.etisoftware.com including AT&T in the United States, all three wireline op- 770-242-3620; 800-332-1078 erators in China, du in the United Arab Emirates and Covage in France. Overall, Ericsson equipment is found in more than Key Products: Software for subscriber management, flow- 1,000 networks that serve more than 2 billion subscribers in through activation and provisioning

Summary: For 20 years, ETI Software Solutions has delivered Customer-Premises Equipment billing and operational software solutions to telecommunications, broadband and satellite service providers worldwide. Other Than Network Interface ETI’s products integrate back-office systems with FTTH and Devices IPTV technologies, allowing instantaneous provisioning and billing of voice, video and data services. The company’s flag- These companies provide set-top boxes, modems, ship product, Triad, provides out-of-the-box, automated provi- routers, residential gateways, home networking gear sioning support for FTTx, IPTV and softswitch technologies and related equipment. preintegrated with solutions from multiple vendors, including ADTRAN, Alcatel-Lucent, Calix, Cisco, Huawei, MetaSwitch, Company Name Web Address Microsoft, Minerva, Motorola and Tellabs. Modules include Actiontec www.actiontec.com order entry, work order management, rating, inventory man- Advanced Digital Broadcast www.adbglobal.com agement, provisioning, mediation and billing. Recently, the Alcatel-Lucent www.alcatel-lucent.com company integrated its products with Clearleap’s cloud-based Amino Communications www.aminocom.com streaming services, enabling video service providers to create ARRIS www.arrisi.com operator-branded streaming services, and deployed its éncon- BEC Technologies www.bec cert billing system in the Russellville, Ky., FTTH network. ETI technologies.net has also seen increasing demand for its products overseas. ETI Cisco Systems www.cisco.com is a privately owned company headquartered in Norcross, Ga. Comtrend www.comtrend.com D-Link www.dlink.com EchoStar www.echostar.com Entone www.entone.com Genexis www.genexis.eu Leviton Manufacturing www.leviton.com Motorola Mobility www.motorola.com/ EXFO (Google) mobility www.EXFO.com NETGEAR www.netgear.com 418-683-0211; 800-663-3936 Pace www.pace.com Suttle www.suttleonline.com Key Products: Telecom test and service assurance solutions Telect www.telect.com Technicolor www.technicolor.com Summary: Headquartered in Quebec City, Quebec, EXFO Tilgin www.tilgin.com provides test and service assurance solutions for wireless and ZyXEL Communications www.us.zyxel.com wireline network operators and equipment manufacturers. EXFO accounts for an estimated 35 percent of the market for

54 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home portable fiber optic test devices, and its product range includes Company has more than 300 employees in 10 offices nation- solutions for developing, installing, managing and maintaining wide and is one of the largest telecom network design compa- converged, IP fixed and mobile networks from the core to the nies in the United States. The company specializes in end-to- edge. Technologies supported include 3G, 4G/LTE, IMS, Eth- end engineering consulting for telecommunications, wireless, ernet, OTN, FTTx and more. In 2011, the company launched cable television and electric power transmission and distribu- EXFO Connect, a suite of cloud-based software applications tion networks, as well as project management and right-of-way designed to interoperate with EXFO’s established base of smart services. Finley develops specific design criteria for clients’ test platforms. EXFO’s staff of approximately 1,800 employees projects and follows through with detailed designs, construc- in 25 countries supports more than 2,000 telecom customers tion documents, contracts, contract administration and ma- worldwide. In fiscal 2011, the company reported revenue of terials lists. Once a project is under way, Finley can provide $269.7 million. construction observation and project management.

Finley Engineering G4S Technology www.fecinc.com www.g4stechnology.com 417-682-5531 402-233-7700

Key Products: Network design and engineering services Key Products: Design, construction and maintenance of communications networks and electronic security systems Summary: To date, Finley Engineering has completed more than 10,000 miles of FTTH projects and passed more than Summary: Headquartered in Omaha, Neb., with 13 re- 75,000 homes with fiber. Founded in 1953, Finley Engineering gional offices throughout the United States, G4S Technology

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 55 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 “NOC personnel need tools to manage their access networks effectively from the top down to the device. Because the highest quality of service must be maintained across a multitude of platforms, network provisioning and management of both the physical plant and bandwidth capacity is a critical business function.” – Pete Pifer, chairman and CEO, ETI Software Solutions

(formerly Adesta) is a systems integrator and project manager capable residential gateways on the market. Recently, Genexis for security systems and advanced communications networks, introduced its Hybrid product line, a modular FTTH gate- including SONET, IP/Ethernet, DWDM/CWDM, wireless, way that enables innovative services for point-to-point, GPON last-mile fiber and broadband. G4S Technology specializes in and WDM-PON networks. Based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, last-mile and broadband solutions for ILECs, CLECs, utilities, Genexis employs 45 people and has offices in Sweden, - Ger municipalities, large integration ﬁrms and rural associations. It many, Spain and the United States. In 2011, Genexis posted has deployed more than 2 million miles of ﬁber in more than revenue of $18 million. 200 metropolitan and rural areas. G4S Technology is currently installing a 90-mile portion of a fiber optic network for Health Gigabit Squared Information Exchange of Montana. This $3.3 million project www.gigabitsquared.com is expected to be completed by August 2012. Other current or 888-594-5520 recent projects include a 600-mile fiber optic backbone and distribution network for SLIC Network Solutions’ FTTH deploy- Key Products: Systems planning and integration ment in St. Lawrence County, N.Y.; design and construction of MassBroadband 123, a fiber optic network that will con- Summary: Gigabit Squared (GB2) is driven by a “passion to nect more than 120 communities in western and north-central help communities compete in the 21st-century economy.” This Massachusetts; deployment and customer fulfillment services team of broadband experts designs and develops sustainable for LUS Fiber in Lafayette, La.; design and construction for the broadband networks through innovative economic models and EAGLE-Net Alliance Network, a statewide Colorado broad- public-private partnerships. Its holistic approach creates and band network; and construction of a fiber optic medical net- nurtures balanced, sustainable digital ecosystems in which all work for Illinois Rural HealthNet. G4S Technology’s revenue partners have stakes – and share the potential to grow together. in 2011 was $ 147.7 million, and its employee count was 445. Founded as a digital economic development corporation, GB2 champions both what is now and what is possible for civic and economic transformation. The firm helps communities develop smart IT infrastructure and integrated services, break down institutional silos and use technology to create efficiencies, coinvestment opportunities and new revenue streams and to develop next-generation workforces. The GB2 team has devel- Genexis oped and acquired billions of dollars in infrastructure funding www.genexis.eu through government, quasi-government, private and nonprofit 609-751-5810; +31 40 747 0233 sources. Recently, the company gained national attention when it announced the Gigabit Network Gateway Program (GNGP) Key Products: Customer-premises equipment for FTTH in collaboration with Gig.U. The GNGP will contribute up to networks, service provisioning software $200 million to create demonstration projects in six selected Summary: Genexis is a trendsetting European company dedi- Gig.U communities that will serve as models for maximizing cated to developing home gateways for fiber-to-the-home net- the impacts of regional broadband networks. Each project will works. With the goal of delivering the lowest cost of owner- use an open-architecture network to create long-term value and ship, Genexis follows a design philosophy that takes the full growth for the Gig.U university and community. product life cycle into account, from investment and installation through to operation. At the same time, the company focuses on developing innovative products aimed at taking full advantage of optical fiber – it had one of the first gigabit-

56 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home Google tions. A Fortune 500 company with net sales of $5.4 billion www.google.com in 2011, Graybar employs 7,400 people at more than 240 dis- 650-253-0000 tribution centers throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. It is one of North America’s largest and oldest Key Products: FTTH networks, GPON equipment, employee-owned companies. YouTube, mobile devices and software

Summary: Google, founded in 1998, is one of the few companies with the will and resources to profoundly change the FTTH industry. With $37.9 billion in revenue and $44 billion in cash on hand at the end of 2011, Google has been trying to broaden its revenue base away from direct dependence on Great Lakes Data Systems advertising (96 percent of sales in 2011). Its $12 billion pur- www.glds.com chase of Motorola Mobility, finalized in May, gave Google 800-882-7950 large stakes in the manufacture of mobile devices, set-top boxes and GPON equipment (including a successful optical LAN, Key Products: Subscriber management, billing and or fiber-to-the-desk, offering, which continues to be upgraded) provisioning software for convergent broadband services, and provided it with a strategic patent portfolio. In February, including support for FTTH, IPTV, OTT and legacy Google began construction of a 1 Gbps FTTH network in delivery systems Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo. – possibly the first of many FTTH builds for the company. It expects to begin Summary: Great Lakes Data Systems (GLDS) says it “helps offering services there in summer 2012. Google originally con- small operators look big” by providing reliable, full-featured ceived the Kansas City build as an open-access network but billing and management software at affordable prices. The recently indicated that it expects to act as the service provider, company serves more than 400 small to mid-sized broadband at least at the outset; it obtained video franchises for the rel- providers, including private cable operators and FTTH provid- evant jurisdictions and FCC approval for an IP set-top box. ers. Customers range from startup operations to systems with Google has also said Kansas City will be an experimental test more than 250,000 subscribers. GLDS’s two largest offices are bed for new services. One of these may be Google’s YouTube, in Carlsbad, Calif., and Beaver Dam, Wis., but it operates in once a home for uploaded cat videos and now in the process 49 states and 44 countries. Key products include WinCable for of becoming a true competitor to traditional pay-TV service. subscriber management and billing and SuperController for YouTube’s support for 4K (ultra-high-definition) video and its multiservice automated provisioning. New this year is Win- investment of $100 million in original content may put it on Force tech, a workforce management platform that empowers a path to becoming fiber-to-the-home’s long-sought killer app. field techs with some of the same tools previously available only to office staff. Available in native Android and browser-based platforms, WinForce tech is fully integrated with WinCable. Graybar www.graybar.com 800-GRAYBAR (472-9227) GVTC Communications www.gvtc.com Key Products: PON electronics, optical transport, fiber 800-367-4882 cabinets/enclosures, single-mode fiber optic cable, fiber splice closures and pedestals, DC power, outdoor fiber Key Products: Video, high-speed Internet, security terminals, FTTx drop cable and hardened MSTs monitoring, local and long-distance telephone and advanced data services Summary: Graybar specializes in supply-chain management services – getting the right parts to the right places at the right Summary: A large telephone cooperative based in the Texas time so construction moves ahead and inventory doesn’t pile hill country, GVTC made a name for itself through its aggres- up in warehouses. The company is a leading North American sive rollout of fiber to the home and its close collaboration with distributor of components, equipment and materials for tele- the economic development agencies that use its fiber network communications and other industries. FTTH and related solu- to recruit and retain businesses. Responding to the growing tions represent a significant portion of its broadband business. demand for broadband capacity driven by high-bandwidth Independent telephone companies, competitive phone compa- applications, GVTC is now expanding its FTTH network nies, municipalities, RUS plow contractors, wireless backhaul outside its established service area to reach 4,350 premises in providers, central-office contractors and cable companies all the cities of Blanco and Gonzales, where services will become depend on Graybar. Established in 1869, Graybar stocks and available in the summer of 2012. All customers will have access sells nearly 1 million items from thousands of manufacturers; to broadband speeds up to 80/20 Mbps. GVTC is now enter- its value-added services include kitting and integrated solu- ing the final year of its $35 million fiber overbuild project and

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 57 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 expects to add FTTH to an additional 2,200 premises in its master-planned communities. InfiniSys represents developers traditional service area this year. By year-end, GVTC expects and property owners in negotiations with service providers to be able to serve 98 percent of its 2,000-square-mile service and contractors and creates social media and online market- area with broadband. GVTC has 220 employees, and its rev- ing campaigns that enable property owners to engage residents enue for 2011 was $80.3 million. and connect communities. The company is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Institute for Local Self-Reliance www.ilsr.org www.MuniNetworks.org Hiawatha Broadband Communications 612-276-3456 www.hbci.com Key Products: Broadband policy research and advocacy 888-474-9995 Summary: Since 1974, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance Key Products: Voice, video, data and wireless services over (ILSR) has championed local self-reliance, based on human- high-speed networks scaled institutions and widely distributed ownership. The nonprofit organization, which has offices in Minnesota and Summary: Hiawatha Broadband Communications (HBC), Washington, D.C., conducts research, advocacy and educa- a competitive service provider in southeastern Minnesota, is tion supporting local control of energy, recycling, financing, forging ahead with its most ambitious expansion program to broadband and other subjects. ILSR explicitly challenges the date: The company recently completed construction of fiber view that localism and regionalism represent a misguided de- optic networks in Dover, Eyota, Elgin and Plainview and is sire to turn back time; rather, it promotes the intelligent use scheduled to bring full fiber-to-the-home service to Red Wing of advanced technology to achieve locally determined goals. and Lake City this summer. Founded in 1997, HBC operates Its Telecommunications as Commons Initiative is one of the both hybrid fiber-coax and fiber-to-the-home networks – its most important sources of information and analysis about mu- first few networks were HFC, and recent builds have all been nicipal fiber-to-the-home projects in the United States. ILSR’s FTTH. The company provides a video service selection of publications, including its Community Broadband Networks more than 100 TV channels (including high-definition pro- blog, have been instrumental in showing communities that gramming), digital music, pay-per-view where available and controlling their broadband destinies is feasible and has the extensive local programming produced by HBC Productions. potential to improve local economies and quality of life. Digital video service is available in nine service areas. The company has 106 employees, 15 retail communities and a wholesale division. Annual revenue is $17 million. JDSU www.jdsu.com 408-546-5000

Key Products: Fiber optic communications components and testing equipment

InfiniSys Electronic Architects Summary: JDSU provides test and measurement solutions and www.electronicarchitect.com other optical products for telecommunications service provid- 386-236-1500 ers, cable operators, network equipment manufacturers and enterprises. The company’s communications test solutions provide Key Products: Telecommunications network design for the visibility and intelligence needed to deliver a high-quality multifamily buildings, technology amenity engineering end-user experience. Optical communications solutions include attenuators; circulators; couplers; splitters; wavelength-division Summary: Multifamily developers and property owners that multiplexers; detectors/receivers; subsystems for transmission, want to differentiate their communities by leveraging tech- ampliﬁcation and wavelength management; circuit packs and nology – especially broadband technology – call on Infini- optical test platforms. All are designed to enable systems that Sys Electronic Architects for help. InfiniSys also works with can be managed remotely and respond dynamically to chang- electronics manufacturers and service providers to create new es in network traffic patterns as demand increases. JDSU is a product and service offerings. As independent technology ad- leader in the evolution of 40G and 100G networks, offering visors, the company creates comprehensive, standards-based both optical components and test equipment. Its recent acquisi- amenity solutions for new and existing apartments, condomin- tions of Agilent Technologies’ Network Solutions Division and iums, student housing, hotels, mixed-use developments and Dyaptive Systems enabled it to offer an end-to-end wireless test

58 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home portfolio and support wireless network capacity planning and Lite Access Technologies performance quality. Based in Milpitas, Calif., JDSU had more www.liteaccess.com than 5,000 employees in April 2011, and revenue for the fiscal 604-247-4704 year ending June 2011 was $1.8 billion. Key Products: FTTx microduct and blown-ﬁber solutions

Summary: Lite Access Technologies (LAT) specializes in microduct and blown-fiber technologies designed for all types of

KGP Logistics Network Management Solutions www.kgplogistics.com These companies provide OSS or software for 800-755-1950 network monitoring, optimization, provisioning, Key Products: Products for FTTH, including outside plant, service management, subscriber management, billing and related functions. central office, datacom, transmission and customer premises; supply-chain and distribution services Company Name Web Address Summary: KGP Logistics, headquartered in Faribault, Minn., ADTRAN www.adtran.com Advance Fiber Optics www.ospinsight.com has provided the telecommunications industry with supply Alcatel-Lucent www.alcatel-lucent.com chain and distribution services for more than 30 years. Its na- Allied Telesis www.alliedtelesis.com tional distribution network includes seven regional distribution Allot Communications www.allot.com centers and eight product-manufacturing facilities. It provides Amdocs www.amdocs.com fiber and copper factory-terminated cable; custom assemblies; Anritsu Company www.anritsu.com assembly, wire and test services; and engineer, furnish and in- Arbor Networks www.arbornetworks.com stall services. KGP Logistics distributes voice, video, data and Aricent www.aricent.com wireless products from more than 1,500 manufacturers, rang- ARRIS www.arrisi.com ing from basic tools and supplies to broadband network equip- Bivio Networks www.bivio.net ment. Markets served include RBOCs, independent telephone Calix www.calix.com companies, municipalities, public utilities, contractors, instal- Capanis Networks www.capanis.com lation companies, OEMs and Internet service providers. Cheetah Technologies www.cheetahtech.com CHR Solutions www.chrsolutions.com Cisco Systems www.cisco.com Leviton Manufacturing Comarch www.comarch.com www.leviton.com Communications Data Group www.cdg.ws 718-229-4040 Comverse www.comverse.com COS Systems www.cossystems.com Key Products: Premises wiring, outside plant, central-office ECI Telecom www.ecitele.com solutions and home-automation products Ericsson www.ericsson.com ETI Software Solutions www.etisoftware.com Summary: Government agencies, health care facilities and ed- Great Lakes Data Systems www.glds.com ucational institutions must store, process and distribute huge HP www.hp.com/go/ism amounts of data – and Leviton Manufacturing helps them IBBS www.ibbs.com achieve this goal with secure, high-bandwidth fiber and copper Ineoquest www.ineoquest.com/ connectivity solutions for enterprise, data center and service Logisense www.logisense.com provider networks. It’s not all about business, though. Residen- Mapcom Systems www.mapcom.com tial customers use Leviton’s lighting controls, wiring devices MRV Communications www.mrv.com and home automation products, which allow homeowners to Openet www.openet.com Procera Networks www.procera create smart living environments that deliver energy savings, networks.com safety and convenience. The company has more than 20 years Sandvine www.sandvine.com of experience developing solutions for high-speed networks SPATIALinfo www.spatialinfo.com and offers a full line of custom-configurable products along Tellabs www.tellabs.com with layout and design support services for data centers. Pri- TraceSpan www.tracespan.com vately held and based in Melville, N.Y., Leviton has a portfolio Weird Solutions www.broadband of more than 25,000 products and 600 patents, employs more provisioner.com than 7,000 people and has sales in 80 countries.

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 59 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 “We are very proud to continue to bring communities together through the universal solution of broadband. It’s an honor to be working on projects that truly make a difference to great causes such as improved education, expanded health care, enhanced public safety and the overall improvement of economic development.” – Bob Sommerfeld, president, G4S Technology fiber connectivity, including last-mile, long-haul and large- University and municipal and enterprise fiber deployers. The fiber-count backbone deployments. LAT trains and certifies company’s cable-in-duct technology has been adopted globally engineering firms and network designers to deploy its technol- for microtrenching, aerial deployments and backbone applica- ogy; when installed by certified construction partners, LAT so- tions. In the last 12 months, LAT has seen significant adop- lutions enable fiber optic networks to be deployed quickly and tion of its large-fiber-count ducts for backhaul networks. These at low cost. Customers include Bell Canada, NTT, Stanford minicables, in combination with larger multitubed microducts, enable operators to deploy seamless blown-fiber network solutions from customer premises to POP sites. Founded in Fiber-to-the-Home Electronics Richmond, British Columbia, in 2003, LAT is privately owned and employs 13 people. These companies provide FTTH electronic equipment for the central office/headend, customer premises or both.

Company Name Web Address ADTRAN www.adtran.com ADVA Optical www.advaoptical.com LUS Fiber Networking www.lusfiber.com Alcatel-Lucent www.alcatel-lucent.com 337-993-4237 Allied Telesis www.alliedtelesis.com ARRIS www.arrisi.com Key Products: Video service, including IPTV; local and Aurora Networks www.aurora.com long-distance phone service; and Internet access with a BEC Technologies www.bec community Intranet, delivered over an FTTH network technologies.net Summary: The only community-owned, all-fiber-optic net- Calix www.calix.com work in Louisiana, LUS Fiber recently made news by introduc- Cisco Systems www.cisco.com ing 1 Gbps service – making Lafayette, La., a member of an elite Commscope www.commscope.com group of U.S. cities. Like all Internet speeds provided by LUS ECI Telecom www.ecitele.com Fiber, the gigabit service is symmetrical, so businesses can enjoy Ericsson www.ericsson.com 1 Gbps both upstream and downstream. LUS Fiber, which is Genexis www.genexis.eu operated by Lafayette Utilities System, a department of the lo- Hitachi Communication www.hitachi-cta.com cal municipal government, reached a major financial milestone Technologies America this year by becoming cash-flow positive. Just three years af- Multicom www.multicominc.com ter the network began serving its first customer, managers say Pacific Broadband www.pbnglobal.com LUS Fiber now brings in enough revenue from selling services Networks to pay its operating expenses and make some debt repayments, ReadyLinks www.ready-links.com although it is not expected to be profitable until 2015. Reaching Sumitomo Electric www.sumitomo this milestone so soon is an early indicator that community- Lightwave electric.com Telco Systems www.telco.com owned networks, such as this one, can be successful. Tellabs www.tellabs.com Zhone Technologies www.zhone.com ZyXEL Communications us.zyxel.com

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“The slow housing recovery is driving our customers to explore brownfield FTTP for multiple-dwelling-unit properties in order to create revenue growth. Although the emphasis has been on reduced-labor solutions, the variables involved with MDU deployments require flexible solutions that accommodate a number of different fiber types and adapters/ connectors, so our focus as a manufacturer has been to work with providers to develop a select set of products with extreme flexibility.” – Minesh Patel, vice president – OSP business unit, Charles Industries m2fx Service providers use M4 to manage fiber, wireless, coax and www.m2fx.com copper networks, including both outside and inside plant, at 847-325-5454 physical and logical levels. They can integrate and correlate data Key Products: Armored polymer microduct and fiber cables from billing, accounting, GPS tracking, element management, for FTTH and MDU markets network monitoring and vehicle-tracking applications in a

Summary: m2fx (formerly Miniflex) was founded in 1994 by a former British Telecom technical director to solve problems Test and Measurement that company was having with fiber optic technology, and it got its start developing fiber protection systems for BT. Today, Equipment still based in the U.K., m2fx sells a wide range of products Company Name Web Address worldwide. The company specializes in designing and manufacturing optical fiber installation systems and products for fi- 3M Company/Communication www.3M.com/ Markets Division telecom ber deployments in FTTx, telecommunications, data commu- Alcatel-Lucent www.alcatel- nications and MDU networks. Its pretermination solution set lucent.com provides customers with a variety of methods for connecting AFL www.AFLglobal.com fiber systems. Miniflex fiber cable range offers protection to Anritsu Company www.anritsu.com optical fibers and cables, and Miniflex technology makes very Corning Cable Systems www.corningcable hard materials flexible, resulting in extremely light, small, mul- systems.com tifiber armored cable. The company’s DVC Microduct range EXFO www.exfo.com combines high crush resistance with an innovative bore lining Fiber Instrument Sales www.fiberinstrument that enables long fiber installation distances in all conditions. sales.com Fluke www.fluke.com GAO Tek www.gaotek.com IneoQuest www.ineoquest.com JDSU www.jdsu.com SENKO Advanced www.senko.com Mapcom Systems Components www.mapcom.com Spirent Communications www.spirent.com 804-743-1860 Sumitomo Electric www.sumitomo Lightwave electric.com Key Products: Visual operations system software, database Sunrise Telecommunications www.sunrise administration, training and consulting telecom.com Symmetricom www.symmttm.com Summary: To help service providers manage operations better, Tektronix www.tek.com Mapcom has developed new ways to visualize systems without Trilithic www.trilithic.com a geographic tie and has repositioned its M4 Solutions from a Westek Electronics www.westek.com geographic operations platform to a visual operations platform.

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 61 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 “Companies need solutions that will help them transition to full IP networks.” – Gerhard Nederlof, president, Pacific Broadband Networks powerful visual interface. M4’s fiber tools facilitate network MasTec design, implementation and management, allowing providers to www.mastec.com manage fiber alone or to integrate the management of fiber and 218-785-3030 copper networks. Circuit tools enable management of physical Key Products: FTTx deployment, outside-plant cabling, and logical circuits across networks. M4 provides instant inside-plant construction and installation, joint trench views of available fiber and capacity; customizable reports systems, splicing and testing, systems integration, ongoing show available and in-use fiber. Workforce tools give trouble maintenance tickets and service orders an immediate graphic reality. Since 1971, Mapcom has worked with independents, cooperatives, Summary: MasTec has installed countless miles of outside- fiber communities and campus telecommunications providers plant cable systems, and its expertise now extends to next- across the United States, Canada, Central America and generation wireless, wireline and broadband networks. MasTec the Caribbean. works with network development teams to design headend-to-

Passive Components for FTTH Networks (Outside Plant and Inside Plant) These companies provide distribution frames, cross-connect panels, splitters, enclosures, connectors, ducts, conduits and related equipment for fiber access networks. Company Name Web Address Company Name Web Address 3M Company/ www.3M.com/ Multicom www.multicominc.com Communication telecom Multilink www.multilinkone.com Markets Division OFS www.ofsoptics.com AFL www.aflglobal.com Optelian www.optelian.com Alliance Fiber Optic Products www.afop.com Opterna www.opterna.com Belden www.belden.com Optical Cable Corporation www.occfiber.com Calix www.calix.com Pencell Plastics www.pencell.com Channell Commercial www.channellcomm.com Preformed Line Products www.preformed.com Corporation Prysmian www.prysmian.com Charles Industries Ltd. www.charles Radiant Communications www.rccfiber.com industries.com SENKO Advanced www.senko.com Clearfield www.clearfieldconnection. Components com Sumitomo Electric www.sumitomo CommScope www.commscope.com Lightwave electric.com Corning Cable Systems www.corning Superior Essex www.Superior cablesystems.com Essex.com/Comm Dura-Line www.duraline.com Suttle www.suttleonline.com Emerson Network Power www.emersonnetwork TE Connectivity www.te.com power.com Telect www.telect.com Ericsson www.ericsson.com Tellabs www.tellabs.com General Cable www.gepco.com TeraSpan www.teraspan.com Leviton Manufacturing www.leviton.com Timbercon www.timbercon.com Lite Access Technologies www.liteaccess.com Westek Electronics www.westek.com m2fx www.m2fx.com Westell www.westell.com Montclair Fiber Optics www.montclairfiber.com Zhone Technologies www.zhone.com

62 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home home systems. The company constructs a wide variety of resi- the last year, MRV expanded activity for its cloud-based data dential, commercial and MDU networks, securing easements center optical interconnect services and developed a Carrier and coordinating with municipalities as necessary. Its crews Ethernet 2.0 portfolio with provisioning software to simplify perform scheduled updates and emergency repairs both over- new packet optical services. MRV’s global infrastructure in- head and underground and are on call 24/7 to correct service cludes R&D centers in North America and Europe, along with interruptions quickly. Revenue for 2011 was more than $3 bil- support centers and sales offices around the world. Located in lion, of which nearly half was in the communications field. Chatsworth, Calif., with 300 employees, MRV Communica- FTTH revenue for 2011 was more than $100 million. tions, which includes the Optical Communications Systems division, posted 2011 revenue of $266 million.

Multicom www.multicominc.com 800-423-2594 Michels Corporation Key Products: Fiber optic components, including FTTH www.michels.us actives and passives, fiber optic cable, transmitters, 920-583-3132 receivers, amplifiers, nodes, attenuators, enclosures, Key Products: Fiber optic network design, engineering splitters, fusion splicers and tools and construction, including outside-plant construction, Summary: Headquartered in Orlando, Fla., since 1982, Mul- structured cabling and fiber splicing and testing ticom is a full-line stocking distributor and manufacturer of Summary: In 1983, Michels, based in Brownsville, Wis., was products used for end-to-end integration of voice, data and one of the first companies to construct fiber lines. Today, it video over fiber, coax and copper. The company has a multi- constructs thousands of miles of fiber optic and broadband million-dollar inventory of more than 13,000 products from networks per year. Its Michels Communications division serves more than 270 of the world’s major manufacturers and pro- all sectors of the communications industry – local telephone vides all active and passive components required for complete companies, broadband and cable TV providers, schools and FTTH end-to-end solutions. Multicom recently announced an enterprises. Plowing, trenching, splicing, terminating, test- RFoG solution, including a 1550nm transmitter, a high-power ing, constructing aerial lines, directional boring, rail plowing, EDFA, optical splitters, a nano-node and a high-sensitivity re- installing cable, conducting site work and providing FTTx turn path receiver. The company’s newest addition to its fiber solutions are some of the services Michels Communications optic product line is a wavelength-division multiplexer. Mul- offers. Another division, Mi-Tech Services, is a full-service ticom also sells retail and wholesale VoIP services through its engineering firm whose FTTx services include cable restora- Mconnect subsidiary as well as a complete HDTV hospital- tion, outside-plant planning and design, project management ity solution that includes a 24/7 active monitoring and issue and right-of-way acquisition. Last year, the company booked resolution application accessible from a smartphone. Multi- $1.1 billion in new construction to rank 50th on the Engineer- com maintains sales offices, rep agencies and subdistributors ing News-Record list of top 400 contractors and in the top 20 throughout the Americas. among firms doing communications construction. Multilink MRV Communications www.gomultilink.com www.mrv.com 440-366-6966 978-674-6800 Key Products: Fiber distribution and cable management Key Products: Optical communications network solutions; network power supplies, enclosures and infrastructure equipment and services cabinets; MDU enclosures; raceway and pathway solutions

Summary: The Optical Communications Systems division of Summary: Multilink, founded in 1983, is a manufacturer of MRV Communications is a global provider of carrier Ethernet, telecommunications network components that expanded to WDM transport and infrastructure management solutions. become a worldwide supplier and integrator of end-to-end so- MRV products enable the delivery of next-generation optical lutions as it focused its new product development on fiber op- transport and Carrier Ethernet services over any fiber infrastruc- tic–based solutions. Multilink’s customers include independent ture. Since the company’s inception in 1988, multinational ser- telcos, RBOCs, utilities, local-area network providers and cable vice providers, wireless operators, cable MSOs and mission-crit- TV MSOs. Its products are designed to meet the needs of both ical enterprises in government, finance, military, transportation legacy plant and new technology applications. Based in Elyria, and utility sectors have deployed MRV solutions worldwide. In Ohio, Multilink is privately owned and has 170 employees.

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 63 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 nDanville consulting, business planning and design, engineering and www.ndanville.net construction services for both middle-mile and last-mile fiber 434-773-8138 networks. In the last year, NEO, which is based in Glenwood Springs, Colo., has consulted with many recipients of BTOP Key Products: Open-access community fiber network and BIP stimulus grants, including the Virgin Islands Next Generation Network, Sho-Me Technologies, Bluebird Net- Summary: The nDanville network plays a key role in the works, the Florida Regional Broadband Alliance and UC2B. economic redevelopment of Danville, Va., a city in transition NEO has also worked with Atlantic Engineering Group and from the textile and tobacco industries to the new knowledge Gigabit Squared on many of their projects and recently began economy. nDanville was launched in 2004 as an institutional providing business and financial consulting to companies in network to improve communications for municipal and school the solar and green energy businesses. buildings. It began providing fiber to local businesses in 2007, enabling the city to market itself successfully as a high-tech region. Third-party providers offer services over the network and OFS share revenue with the city. In the next phase, nDanville plans www.ofsoptics.com to expand to serve residential users as well as additional busi- 770-798-2000; 888-342-3743 ness customers. Funding has already been approved for a small residential pilot project, for which service provider Gamewood Key Products: Optical fiber; optical cable; fusion splicers; plans to offer high-speed data, voice, IPTV and security ser- fiber management and connectivity products for homes, vices. The Danville Utility Commission, which operates the businesses and MDUs; network design services network, has recommended a citywide expansion that could Summary: OFS’s heritage, which goes back to Alexander Gra- ultimately reach nearly 44,000 subscribers. Throughout its his- ham Bell and the original Bell Labs, includes pioneering re- tory, nDanville has been self-funded, relying solely on revenues search and development in fiber optics. In 2001, Japan-based brought in by the city. Furukawa Electric acquired OFS from Lucent Technologies. Today, OFS designs, manufactures and supplies optical fiber, NEO Fiber optical fiber cable, specialty photonics and optical connectiv- www.NEOfiber.net ity solutions. Products include ultra-bend-insensitive opti- 970-309-3500 cal cables for MDU and in-home wiring applications; full- spectrum, zero-water-peak, bend-optimized fiber; all-dry DT Key Products: Consulting services, feasibility analysis, and DC cables; an end-to-end fiber connectivity solution; a business planning, financing, RFP writing and vendor spool-and-play solution for MDUs; fusion splicers and fiber management, project management, grant compliance, management cabinets. OFS also helps optimize network de- program management and appraisal services signs with its OptiCost FTTx Modeling Services. Furukawa Electric reported revenue of $11.4 billion in fiscal 2010 (ending Summary: Telecom veteran Diane Kruse, whose Zoomy Cor- March 31, 2011), with about $120 million from its telecommu- poration was one of the preeminent FTTH amenity builders nications businesses. Headquartered near Atlanta, Ga., OFS is during the housing boom, founded NEO to help stimulus grant a global provider with facilities in North America and Europe recipients, real estate developers, municipalities and service and sales offices around the world. providers build gigabit broadband networks. NEO provides

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The following companies sell fiber-to-the-desk solutions for corporate or campus LANs. On Trac www.ontracinc.net Company Name Web Address 423-317-0009 Cisco Systems www.cisco.com Corning Cable Systems www.corningcable Key Products: FTTH splicing, FTTH installations systems.com (residential/commercial), mainline fiber splicing, MDU Motorola Mobility www.motorola.com/ design and installation, structured cabling, consulting, (Google) mobility project management, warehousing, back-office structure TE Connectivity www.te.com Tellabs www.tellabs.com Summary: Based in eastern Tennessee, On Trac provides tele- Zhone Technologies www.zhone.com communications services and special projects to network operators nationwide. Core services include FTTH splicing and

64 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home FTTH installation. Additional services include consulting; including FTTH, ADSL, VDSL and cable. The company’s project management; training, service and repair; materials open gateway software can be integrated into multiple gate- management/warehousing; scheduling processes and back- way designs and used across networks to standardize the ap- office structure. Clients include municipal network operators plication layer. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Pace, as well as cooperatives. On Trac serves ongoing FTTH deploy- with 2,300 employees worldwide, also has major offices in the ments by Auburn Essential Services in Indiana, Bristol Ten- United States, France and India. Revenue in 2011 was $2.3 nessee Essential Services in Tennessee, GVTC in Texas, BVU billion. Authority in Virginia, Clarksville Department of Electric- ity in Tennessee, Dalton Utilities in Georgia and LUS Fiber Pace International in Louisiana. Over the past 10 years, On Trac has connected www.paceintl.com more than 130,000 installations, including aerial drops, under- 507-424-4900; 800-444-7223 ground drops, mainline fiber splicing and bidirectional testing. Key Products: DISH content, hardware, and associated materials and accessories; EchoStar ViP-TV solutions; fiber products; hardware and tools for commercial-grade satellite TV, cable TV, home theater, and audio; tools and kitting services; meters and test equipment; QAM distribution equipment; billing and back-office support services Optimum Lightpath www.optimumlightpath.com Summary: Pace International is an automation and procure- 877-LIGHTPATH (544-4872) ment specialist that has expertise in supporting communication systems worldwide. As the authorized PCO hardware and Key Products: Ethernet-based data, Internet, voice, video and content distributor for DISH Network, Pace offers complete managed services solutions for operators, including the DISH Optical Network, Summary: Optimum Lightpath is satisfying bandwidth-hun- a high-capacity, wave-division-multiplexing optical transport gry businesses in the New York City metropolitan area with its system that can deliver up to four 950-2150MHz L-band dual- latest offering: private fiber service. An alternative to dark fiber polarity satellite networks to an end user on a single strand of for financial services and large enterprises, private fiber service single-mode fiber cable. This system was designed for fiber-to- delivers dedicated, managed bandwidth with throughput up to the-unit deployments in MDUs and uses standard PON ar- 390 Gbps. Other recent service introductions include a confer- chitecture for analog video carriers. The DISH Optical Net- ence bundle, managed video service and specialized health care work is compatible with all digital modulation schemes used and government service suites. With headquarters in Jericho, for direct-to-home satellite services. Pace International also N.Y., Optimum Lightpath, a division of Cablevision Systems carries a wide variety of communications hardware (including Corporation, provides Ethernet-based communications solu- fiber optic products) and all the equipment and tools needed tions for large and mid-sized businesses. The company’s reli- to perform successful installations. Complete solutions include able, resilient and scalable fiber-to-the-business-premises net- system design, technical support, SBCA certification, “Built, work extends more than 4,700 route miles and is connected Balanced, and Burned” SMATV, QAM headends, tool kitting to more than 5,000 buildings. The company serves customers and integrated billing. Founded in 1972, Pace International has in the health care, government, education, finance and media/ its corporate headquarters in Rochester, Minn., and additional entertainment sectors. Optimum Lightpath’s revenue for 2011 offices in Denver, Colo.; Orlando, Fla.; and Ningbo, China. was $310 million. Pacific Broadband Networks Pace www.pbnglobal.com www.pace.com/americas 703-579-6777 561-995-6000 Key Products: Carrier-grade Ethernet switches and customer- Key Products: Customer-premises equipment for fiber, premises equipment for FTTx deployments; optical HFC Ethernet, xDSL and cable networks transport platforms, including TXs, RXs, deep-fiber nodes, optical passives and RFoG micronodes Summary: More than a third of the world’s top 100 telco and cable TV providers choose Pace equipment for their digital TV Summary: Pacific Broadband Networks (PBN) provides a and broadband solutions. Over the past 25 years, Pace has be- broadband-access portfolio of affordable and reliable solutions come the global market leader in set-top boxes, and it has the that enable operators to bridge the gap between existing and largest market share for U.S. residential gateways. Pace gate- emerging technologies. PBN’s FTTH product line offers both ways are available for a variety of broadband infrastructures, EPON and active Ethernet solutions that include the ability

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 65 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 to overlay RF video. Its headend equipment, network manage- and educational institutions all rely on PLP products. Head- ment and access products are suitable for HFC, RFoG and quartered in Cleveland, Ohio, the company operates domestic DOCSIS applications. Customers range from major telcos and manufacturing centers in Rogers, Ark.; Albuquerque, N.M.; MSOs that serve tens of millions of subscribers to small and and Albemarle, N.C. PLP serves worldwide markets through medium start-up operators. PBN offers transport and outside- operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Mex- plant technology that ranges from a high-density 4 RU mul- ico, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Spain and Thailand. tiservice transport platform and low-power-usage 1550 and Net sales for 2011 were $424.4 million. 1310 nm optical TXs and RXs to WDMs, optical splitters and RFoG/DPON micronodes. EPON-based FTTH OLT/ONU Prysmian Group solutions support both point-to-multi-point and point-to-point www.prysmian.com active Ethernet architectures to enable voice, video and data 803-951-4800; 800-713-5312 networks. With more than 200 employees, PBN is headquartered in Hong Kong and has R&D facilities in Melbourne and Key Products: Optical fiber and telecommunications cables Beijing with offices in Australia, China, Europe and the Amer- icas. PBN is also well represented by channel partners globally. Summary: Formed in 2011 from the merger of Prysmian and Draka, Prysmian Group is the world’s largest cable supplier. Its product portfolio includes optical fiber, optical cable, cop- Power & Tel per cable, FTTx solutions and premises/data cables. With sub- www.ptsupply.com sidiaries in 50 countries, the Prysmian Group has 97 plants, 800-238-7514 17 R&D centers and approximately 22,000 employees. The Key Products: Fiber optic products and cable, optical company’s FTTH projects range from individual municipali- networking electronics, test gear, IPTV and home ties to large-scale rollouts. Recent product offerings include networking solutions LT20, a compact loose-tube design featuring bend-insensitive fiber. Prysmian Group also offers ADSS and OPGW cables for Summary: Power & Tel specializes in the procurement, sales FTTH and middle-mile builders that have access to electrical and logistics of communications products. By cost-effectively utility poles or transmission infrastructure. Prysmian’s sales in and efficiently managing the supply chain, Power & Tel lets its 2011 exceeded $5.3 billion. customers – service providers, contractors and other entities large enough to maintain their own communications networks Pulse Broadband – focus on building and maintaining the fiber networks that www.pulsebroadband.net serve us all. The company also provides material management 314-825-2154 services that make use of state-of-the-art distribution technology to accommodate the industry’s rapidly changing supply Key Products: Planning, design, construction management needs. Founded in 1963, Power & Tel is headquartered in and operation of fiber-to-the-home networks for rural Memphis, Tenn., with locations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico markets and underserved communities and Brazil. Summary: Pulse Broadband is a full solutions provider that assists clients in evaluating, justifying, building and operating broadband networks using FTTH infrastructure. Pulse helps organizations evaluate whether FTTH is a financially viable option for their market. If it is, Pulse offers a distributed-tap architecture that is less costly to build and maintain than tra- Preformed Line Products ditional fiber architectures, making it a perfect fit for rural www.preformed.com markets. As part of its service, Pulse designs the fiber network, 440-461-5200 manages construction and optionally offers voice, video and data services once the FTTH network is completed. In the last Key Products: Cable anchoring and control hardware and 12 months, Pulse, which has 50 employees, began design and systems, fiber optic and copper splice closures, high-speed construction work on more than $150 million worth of FTTH cross-connect devices projects in Missouri, New Mexico and Minnesota that will Summary: Founded in 1947, Preformed Line Products (PLP) bring advanced broadband and telecom services to more than is an international designer and manufacturer of products and 36,000 underserved homes. systems used to construct and maintain overhead and underground networks. Telecommunications network operators, cable television and broadband service providers, power utilities, corporations and enterprise networks, government agencies

66 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home Quanta Services several UCLA Health System facilities and many other enter- www.quantaservices.com tainment, technology and health care companies. 713-629-7600

Key Products: Design, construction, installation and SDT maintenance of ﬁber optic, copper, coaxial cable and www.sdt-1.com wireless broadband networks 601-823-9440

Summary: Quanta offers comprehensive broadband instal- Key Products: Telecommunications infrastructure services, lation and maintenance services for inside- and outside-plant including structured cabling; engineer, furnish and install facilities and residential and commercial FTTx networks. Its services; design and engineering customers include AT&T, Verizon and many other leading Summary: Headquartered in Brookhaven, Miss., with 200 service providers. Services include rack installation, engineer- employees, SDT provides a diversified package of services to ing and design, long-term site and system planning, project telecommunications carriers, developers and integration pro- management, procurement and warehousing, infrastructure viders. SDT supports many facets of network planning, design, construction, headend and central-office installation, content acquisition, marketing and premises installation. Quanta’s Q- development, installation, testing, turn-up and maintenance Trench microtrenching solution reduces crew requirements by on all network environments, from ultra-long-haul fiber net- two-thirds, cuts project timelines in half and reduces costs up works to FTTH, wireless and LAN. Over the last year, SDT to 75 percent, compared with other solutions on the market. has also been involved in numerous fiber-to-the-cell-site proj- Quanta also leases point-to-point communications through ects. With its integrated project delivery strategy, SDT can take ﬁber optic licensing to provide private networks for education- individual products from its separate business units (outside- al and health care institutions and enterprises. Headquartered plant engineering and construction, inside-plant and wireless in Houston, Quanta has approximately 19,000 employees. In services, real estate and right-of-way and managed services) 2011, it reported revenue of $4.6 million. and bundle them as turnkey solutions. In association with its strategic partner,gldsad-qrtrpageFINAL.pdf Clearion Software, 6/18/09 SDT 10:39:16pioneered AM the use of

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Key Products: Open-access fiber-to-the-premises network available to businesses C

Summary: What began as a broadband initiative by the cityM of Santa Monica to connect its government agencies, schoolsY and libraries is now an award-winning 10 Gbps fiber network CM that supports an environment for local businesses to compete in the global economy with cutting-edge network solutions. SantaMY Monica City Net provides businesses the opportunity to inte-CY grate data, voice and video and efficiently manage data exchangCMY- es with business partners. The city’s fiber optic network assetsK extend throughout the downtown area and cover the majority of multiple-tenant commercial buildings. City Net provides access to local businesses directly and through ISPs that service Santa Monica. It also provides fiber optic connections up to 10 Gbps from Santa Monica City Net On-net buildings to any of the 160-plus ISPs connected to the Santa Monica City Net Lit Fiber Optic Network in downtown Los Angeles, which provide services that include IP transit, virtual private networks, cloud services and others. Local businesses that have opted in to City WWW.GLDS.COM 800-882-7950 [email protected] Net include Google, eHarmony, the Fairmont Miramar Hotel,

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 67 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 “We believe that modern fiber and wireless networks capable of delivering gigabit bandwidth capacity affordably are needed by most communities to support economic growth and job creation. New financing strategies and reduced costs for construction and network equipment are making fiber to the premises much more affordable to build and to finance.” – Andrew M. Cohill, president, Design Nine

GIS in fiber network design, which greatly reduces the time to of the fastest connectivity available in Indiana. Its $90 million engineer and design networks, speeds network buildouts and fiber-to-the-premises buildout, which includes homes, busi- achieves cost savings for owners. nesses, educational institutions and government buildings in the Smithville service area, is now more than half completed, SENKO Advanced Components with the remainder scheduled to be finished in the second www.senko.com quarter of 2013. The company’s subsidiary, Smithville Digi- 508-481-9999 tal, provides fiber-based connectivity, data consulting, network management and managed services for businesses, university Key Products: Fiber distribution panels, network access campuses, biotechnology companies, health care providers and terminals, fiber protection equipment, fiber cleaning government offices in southern and central Indiana. Smithville and inspection equipment, splitter modules, couplers, Digital has expanded fiber access to hospitals and statewide attenuators, connectors and adapters health care networks, utility and wireless companies, technology parks and technology incubators, financial institutions Summary: Many companies that sell FTTH technology inte- and industrial operations. The company is active in telemedi- grate SENKO into their product offerings. SENKO Advanced cine and telehealth initiatives, particularly in rural areas, and Components develops, manufactures, markets and distrib- it provides customized videoconferencing solutions, dark fiber utes more than 1,000 fiber optic products for the telecom and customization services and a broad array of managed IT ser- datacom industries. Its Intelligent Building Solution facilitates vices related to fiber-based broadband. Founded in the 1920s, the distribution of advanced, high-bandwidth services, such privately owned Smithville is Indiana’s largest independent as HDTV and telemedicine, within commercial buildings, telecom company, with 220 employees. multi-family buildings, hotels, hospitals and educational institutions. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Boston, SEN- KO Advanced Components is a subsidiary of SENKO Group in Japan. It has 1,500 employees and is privately held.

Sonic.net www.sonic.net 707-522-1000

Smithville, Smithville Digital Key Products: Data, voice and video services for residences www.smithville.net and businesses; colocation and business networking www.smithvilledigital.net Summary: 812-876-2211; 800-742-4084 Sonic.net may be one of the smallest fiber-to-the- home providers – its initial deployment last year covered only Key Products: Voice, Internet, managed services, cellular, a single neighborhood in Sebastopol, Calif. – but it is one of home security services, videoconferencing; design, the most ambitious and creative. The company, based in Santa construction, installation and maintenance of broadband Rosa, Calif., was founded in 1994 as an Internet service pro- ﬁber optic and wireless networks vider and was one of the first ISPs to bring DSL access to the California wine country. Because of its reliable, inexpensive Summary: Smithville supplies FTTH services to more than connectivity and excellent customer service – as well as its com- 30,000 businesses and residences in the southern half of In- mitment to transparency and user privacy, which has been rec- diana and now offers Internet speeds of up to 1 Gbps – some ognized by the Electronic Frontier Foundation – Sonic.net sur-

68 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home vived an era during which most independent ISPs collapsed. In networks. New product introductions include automatic blade- 2010, Google chose Sonic.net to manage its “beta” FTTH net- rotation cleavers and a fusion splicer with a fully navigational work in Stanford University faculty housing. When Sonic.net touch screen; SEL has also significantly expanded its data cen- began deploying FTTH technology, it prioritized its buildout ter connectivity product line. Growing demand for Sumitomo’s in neighborhoods where it already had high demand for its ad- products and services in Central and Latin America has led the vanced DSL service and it could deploy relatively inexpensively. company to increase its presence in these areas. Worldwide sales The company quickly won acclaim for offering 1 Gbps Internet of communications and information systems for Sumitomo service for $70 per month – a price-performance ratio unheard Electric Industries amounted to $2.4 billion in 2011. of elsewhere in the United States. Currently, it is expanding fiber service in Sebastopol and preparing to launch services in San Francisco’s Sunset district. Its goal is to make fiber broadband available to most San Francisco premises in five years.

SPATIALinfo Superior Essex www.spatialinfo.com 720-873-6880 www.SuperiorEssex.com/Comm 770-657-6000 Key Products: Software for network and facilities management Key Products: Fiber and copper cable products, FTTH enclosures Summary: SPATIALinfo is a network-management software company with offices in North America, Europe and Australia. Summary: Superior Essex designs, manufactures and sup- In the late 1990s, it began developing software to plan and man- plies communications and cable products, focusing primarily age physical and logical networks for cable, broadband, telecom- on outside-plant and indoor fiber optic cable and copper cable munications and utility companies. Since then, it has pioneered products. The company supplies many of the largest telecom- databases for mapping applications and developed expertise munications service providers in North America, and its cable in fiber optical network design and management solutions. Its spatialSUITE product suite provides enterprisewide access to network information, tracking everything from physical loca- tion to equipment specifications, connectivity, and capacity. SpatialNET allows network engineers, planners and technicians to design and manage fiber, coax and twisted-pair networks, and spatialWEB is a Web application for displaying complex combinations of CAD/GIS map data and network information. SpatialOFFLINE is a field-friendly application for technicians to use on their laptops while disconnected from the corporate database, and ADDRESSmanager processes and reconciles address and business intelligence data from multiple sources.

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave www.sumitomoelectric.com 919-541-8100; 800-358-7378

Key Products: Optical ﬁber, optical ﬁber cable, fusion splicers and accessories, connectivity solutions, splitters and other passive components, air-blown fiber solutions, EPON optical line terminals and optical network terminals

Summary: Established in 1984, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave (SEL) is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries, a global leader in communications and information technologies. In fact, Sumitomo Electric Industries was the only provider of optical fiber and cable to appear on Fortune magazine’s Top 500 Global Companies list for 2011. SEL develops and manufactures outside- and inside-plant optical ﬁber cable as well as a variety of connectivity solutions for communications and enterprise

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 69 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 products are installed in thousands of enterprises around the than 166,500 of its 330,000 marketable homes with fiber. Its globe. It recently introduced a line of FTTH closures as well as FTTH offering features symmetrical Internet speeds of up to the Dri-Lite Loose Tube OSP Fiber Cable product line. 50 Mbps. The company’s Advanced Digital TV service (avail- In March, Superior Essex announced a new fiber distri- able in the Sacramento region) is powered by Microsoft Media- bution hub enclosure and redesigned families of fiber dome room IPTV middleware and includes features such as whole- closures and fiber in-line closures. Headquartered in Atlanta, home DVR. SureWest, which has about 800 employees, posted Ga., the company, which has 1,100 employees, has its product revenue of $248 million in 2011. The company was acquired by development center in Kennesaw, Ga., and manufacturing fa- Consolidated Communications in July 2012. cilities in Brownwood, Texas; Tarboro, N.C.; and Hoisington, Kan. Suttle www.suttleonline.com 800-852-8662 SureWest Communications www.surewest.com Key Products: Structured cabling solutions; FTTx enclosures 866-787-3937 and connectors for premises voice, data and video equipment; xDSL splitters; home networking products Key Products: Video, voice and data services delivered over fiber-to-the-home, hybrid fiber-coaxial and DSL access Summary: Wiring a home for service can be costly and time- networks consuming, but with the right equipment and connectivity solutions, Suttle is helping customers lower installation costs. Summary: One of the earliest FTTH providers, SureWest has Founded in 1910, Suttle manufactures communications con- now deployed more fiber to the home than almost any other nectivity products for major service providers and installers. U.S. operator. Headquartered in Roseville, Calif., the com- The company supplies a complete premises connectivity offer- pany has more than 128,500 residential customers and 15,900 ing for voice, data and video communications with advanced business customers in the Greater Sacramento and Kansas FTTx, xDSL and home networking technologies. Headquar- City regions. As of March 2012, SureWest had passed more tered in Hector, Minn., Suttle is a wholly owned subsidiary of Communications Systems Inc. The company’s quality management systems are ISO 9001 and TL9000 registered.

TE Connectivity www.te.com 610-893-9800

Key Products: Fiber optic cabling and connectivity products from the central office to the customer premises and from the data center to the desktop

Summary: TE Connectivity is a fiber connectivity powerhouse. It designs and manufactures some 500,000 products that connect and protect the flow of data and power in communications networks as well as in consumer electronics, energy, health care and automotive and aerospace systems. Its products include connectors, above- and belowground enclosures, heat- shrink sleeves, cable accessories, surge arrestors and fiber optic and copper cabling. The ﬁber optic product line offers solutions for central offices, data centers, FTTx and optical LANs (fiber- to-the-desk networks). Formerly known as Tyco Electronics, TE Connectivity has its U.S. headquarters in Berwyn, Pa., and has 100,000 employees worldwide. In 2011, TE had net sales of $14.3 billion in more than 150 countries, of which about 8 percent was for products used by communications service providers to facilitate the delivery of high-speed services from

70 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home central offices to customer premises. Another 6 percent was for FTTH construction costs and provides new revenue opportu- products used in enterprise networks. nities for greenfield deployments. Established in 1936, Team Fishel now has 28 offices nationwide and 1,400 “teammates,” or employees. The company is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Telco Systems www.telco.com Team Fishel 781-551-0300; 800-227-0937 www.teamfishel.com Key Products: 614-274-8100; 800-347-4351 Carrier Ethernet/MPLS demarcation, aggregation and cloud gateway service switches for Key Products: Design, construction and installation services mobile backhaul, business services and residential service aggregation Summary: Team Fishel specializes in designing and constructing last-mile residential fiber optic networks. Customers Summary: This year, NebraskaLink, a consortium of seven include telecommunications and broadband communications Nebraska telephone companies, chose Telco Systems’ Carrier providers, gas distribution companies, electrical utility com- Ethernet end-to-end solution for its state-of-the-art, statewide panies, government agencies, public and private enterprises, fiber optic network. The new network will serve community commercial and residential developers, general contractors and institutions, businesses, mobile operators and other service educational institutions. Team Fishel’s Corning-certified FTTx providers across the state. Founded in 1972 and based in Mans- designers and network engineers work closely with customers field, Mass., Telco Systems offers multiservice Carrier Ethernet to design optical access architecture, secure rights-of-way and access and demarcation solutions. The product suite includes municipal permits and coordinate with developers and other Metro Ethernet Forum–certified solutions for business Ether- utilities. By designing residential duct systems and using joint- net services and mobile backhaul applications as well as for trench installation techniques, Team Fishel helps minimize cloud connectivity. The company’s solutions are all Ethernet/

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 71 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 MPLS and offer unmatched density and QoS service manage- ernet patching systems, power distribution, equipment racks ment capabilities, combined with MPLS, at Ethernet solution and cabinets, and superstructure and cable racks. For outside- prices. In 2012, Telco Systems announced a new cloud gateway plant applications, Telect offers enclosures and power systems, and service aggregation switch, T-Metro 8000, which offers small-form-factor and multifunctional connectivity platforms, the densest solution in its class in the market and provides a and distribution and connectivity solutions for rural carriers. mini-core for Tier 2 and 3 service providers. Telco Systems’ Headquartered in Liberty Lake, Wash., with 600 employees, parent company, BATM Advanced Communications, report- Telect also operates facilities in Plano, Texas, and Zapopan, ed revenue of $127.6 million in 2011. Mexico.

Telect Tellabs www.telect.com www.tellabs.com 509-926-6000; 800-551-4567 630-798-8800

Key Products: Fiber optic and copper connectivity solutions, Key Products: Wireline and wireless access networking network power management, equipment racks and equipment, digital cross-connects, managed access, cabinets, outdoor enclosures, cable management systems, network management, mobile routing and packet optical superstructure and cable racks, cables and patch cords, networking home networking solutions Summary: An early player in the fiber-to-the-home electron- Summary: Telect provides connectivity, power, outdoor en- ics market and one of the original Verizon FiOS equipment closures, equipment racks and cable management solutions for vendors, Tellabs currently offers GPON and Carrier Ethernet global communications networks. With nearly 30 years of ex- solutions. In addition, it offers GPON-based optical LAN – perience in development and innovation for layer 1 communi- essentially a fiber-to-the-desk solution that uses single-mode cations network infrastructure, Telect provides physical-layer fiber to deliver next-generation LANs to businesses, the federal solutions from the central office or data center to the outside government and institutions. The company supplied the PON plant and into the home. Telect’s central-office communica- equipment for the SARDANA consortium project, funded in tions solutions include fiber optic distribution panels and part by the European Commission and awarded the Global frames, copper connectivity products, cable management, Eth- Telecoms Business Innovation Award for 2011. SARDANA’s

Carrier Ethernet Solutions The following companies sell optoelectronic equipment certified by the Metro Ethernet Forum. These devices can provide fiber connectivity for enterprises, mobile backhaul, schools, MDUs, MTUs and other large users that require service providers to adhere to service-level agreements. Company Name Web Address Company Name Web Address Accedian Networks www.accedian.com Extreme Networks www.extremenetworks.com ADTRAN www.adtran.com Fujitsu www.fujitsu.com Adva Optical Networking www.advaoptical.com IMC Networks www.imcnetworks.com Alcatel-Lucent www.alcatel-lucent.com Infinera www.infinera.com Allied Telesis www.alliedtelesis.com Motorola Mobility (Google) www.motorola.com/ Aurora Networks www.aurora.com mobility Brocade Networks www.brocade.com MRV Communications www.mrv.com BTI Systems www.btisystems.com Orckit-Corrigent www.orckit.com Calix www.calix.com Overture Networks www.overturenetworks.com Canoga Perkins www.canoga.com PCT International www.pctcorporate.com Ciena www.ciena.com Rad Data Communications www.rad.com Cisco Systems www.cisco.com Sumitomo Electric www.sumitomo CTS www.ctsystem.com Lightwave electric.com Cyan www.cyaninc.com Telco Systems www.telco.com D-Link www.d-link.com Tellabs www.tellabs.com ECI Telecom www.ecitele.com Transition Networks www.transition.com Ericsson www.ericsson.com ZyXEL Communications us.zyxel.com

72 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home goal is to radically increase the capacity and reach of broad- works. It changes the way fiber optic networks are deployed, band networks with WDM-PON technology. Based in Naper- not only by reducing costs but also by maximizing versatility, ville, Ill., Tellabs employs more than 2,600 workers, more than minimizing environmental impact and accelerating time to a third of them outside the United States. In 2011, the com- market. TeraSpan’s Vertical Inlaid Fiber system is a complete pany generated revenue of $1.29 billion. Customers include microtrenching solution – a range of products designed specifi- telecom service providers, independent operating companies, cally for microtrenching, including conduits, cables, tools and MSO/cable TV providers, enterprises and government agen- fittings. TeraSpan provides products, training, network design cies in more than 90 countries. About 40 of the top 50 global and support and is field proven in more than 20 countries. It communications service providers use Tellabs optical, mobile, recently completed an installation in Cape Town, South Afri- business or services solutions. ca, the 22nd country where the VIF System has been installed.

Tetra Tech www.tetratech.com 626-351-4664

TeraSpan Networks Key Products: Network assessment and business planning, www.teraspan.com program and project management, property rights 877-VI-FIBER (843-4237) acquisition, zoning and permitting, design and engineering, and operations and maintenance Key Products: Microtrenching fiber optic deployment solutions Summary: Tetra Tech provides consulting, engineering, program management, construction and technical services to the Summary: Microtrenching – laying fiber in shallow slots in- infrastructure and resource management markets. Tetra Tech stead of full-size trenches – is one of the most promising tech- helps develop and deploy wired and wireless communications niques for reducing the capital costs of deploying FTTH net- systems by planning, designing, permitting, constructing and

AMT_SummitAd_Final Print-Ready_logoremoved.indd 1 6/18/12 10:01:14 AM July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 73 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 “Fiber-based broadband provides the critical strategic platform that energizes collaboration and allows for the free and rapid exchange of ideas. Such ideas fuel innovation, real change and growth. Government policy should therefore be focused on spurring fiber-based broadband deployment in each and every sector of American society. Barriers to such growth and deployment should be identified and lifted.” – Darby McCarty, chairman and CEO, Smithville maintaining fiber optic, cellular and coaxial cable networks. It portation, public safety and satellite industries. Headquartered also provides water, environmental and energy solutions. Based in Blue Bell, Pa., UniTek has more than 6,400 employees work- in Pasadena, Calif., Tetra Tech employs 13,000 people in 330 of- ing in more than 102 locations throughout the United States fices worldwide. In 2011, Tetra Tech had revenue of $2.6 billion. and Canada. It has been named a key vendor for several large FTTH builds, including the stimulus-funded XFONE PRIDE TT Technologies network in Texas and Louisiana and Bell Aliant’s buildout of www.tttechnologies.com fiber in Canada. In 2011, UniTek Global Services reported rev- 800-533-2078 enue of $432 million and adjusted EBITDA of $42.3 million.

Key Products: Trenchless equipment, including piercing tools; guided boring tools; pneumatic, static and lateral pipe bursting systems; pipe ramming tools; bentonite mixing systems; constant-tension winches; directional drills; mini directional drill rigs University Community Next Generation Innovation Summary: TT Technologies specializes in trenchless technol- Project (Gig.U) ogy, beginning with pneumatic boring tools. Today, with more www.gig-u.org than 200 patents worldwide, TT supports trenchless applica- 855-337-5150 tions for pipe pulling, pipe ramming, pipe bursting, sliplining and directional boring. Its customers are primarily contractors Key Products: Test beds for next-generation networks, and municipalities. In FTTH applications, trenchless tools applications and services and methods from TT Technologies help avoid costs associated Summary: For much of the last decade, communities tried to with traditional open-cut construction in residential areas. The company offers a nationwide network of regional customer ser- attract the attention of next-generation broadband deployers vice offices and distribution locations. It also presents compre- with varying degrees of success. By far the largest and most hensive, hands-on training seminars at its corporate offices in concerted such effort is the University Community Next Gen- Aurora, Ill., as well as regional shows, seminars and demonstra- eration Innovation Project, known as Gig.U. Launched in 2011, tions throughout North America each year. Gig.U is a nationwide coalition of about three dozen research universities and their surrounding communities. It seeks to accelerate the deployment of ultra-high-speed networks in those UniTek Global Services communities by aggregating demand, providing test beds for www.unitekglobalservices.com next-generation services and working to remove barriers to de- 267-464-1700 ployment. Ultimately, Gig.U participants hope to make the Key Products: Engineering, construction management, United States more competitive in developing the next gen- command and control centers and installation fulfillment eration of ultra-high-speed network services and applications. services Gig.U issued a request for information in late 2011, and its members then began detailed discussions with potential de- Summary: UniTek Global Services provides engineering, con- ployers. Deployments at the University of Maine and the Uni- struction and installation fulfillment services to the telecom- versity of Florida have been announced, and $200 million in munications, broadband cable, wireless, two-way radio, trans- funding has been secured for up to six additional projects.

74 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home US Ignite Partnership multi-pronged strategy. The partnership has already entered into www.us-ignite.org agreements that will take its efforts to 25 cities across the coun- 202-365-9219 try. More than 15 commercial partners have agreed to be part of the US Ignite Partnership, including telecommunications and Key Products: Coordinating development and testing of network powerhouses and local, single-community efforts. next-generation broadband services

Summary: To spur the development of next-generation broad- UTOPIA band applications, the US Ignite Partnership was launched in www.utopianet.org June 2012. The Partnership was formed with leadership from 801-613-3800 the National Science Foundation (NSF) in response to the Ad- Key Products: Open-access fiber-to-the-premises network ministration’s call to ensure all Americans have access to the information and tools necessary to thrive in a 21st-century Summary: A government agency created by 16 Utah cities with economy. This group will foster the creation of novel applica- a combined population of more than 500,000, the Utah Tele- tions and digital experiences with the goal of transforming communication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) builds health care, education and job skills training, public safety, en- and operates an open-access, fiber-to-the-premises network that ergy and advanced manufacturing. As coordinator and incuba- links multiple cities and fosters competition among commu- tor of this ecosystem, US Ignite aims to accelerate the adop- nications service providers that offer Internet, video, telephone tion of next-generation networks. The initiative makes use of and other services. UTOPIA has emerged as an example of how advanced technologies developed through the NSF’s Global a municipal model can bring fiber to rural areas that otherwise Environment for Network Innovation (GENI) program and by might not see it for years. Since 2008, UTOPIA has brought on US Ignite’s commercial partners. Software-defined networking nearly a dozen new service providers and strengthened relation- provides flexibility for the new applications, and symmetric, ships with others, added long-haul network capabilities, created ultra-fast connections provide speed. The US Ignite Partnership a 24/7 network operations center, increased its subscriber base is an independent nonprofit funded through member organiza- by more than 20 percent, upgraded its network and achieved tions and works collaboratively with its partners to implement a a five-nines reliability rating, and expanded service in four of

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 75 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 “BVU is proud to be able to expand our OptiNet services, including digital cable, high-speed Internet and digital voice service in Hiltons, Va. This expansion demonstrates our commitment to improving the quality of life in Southwest Virginia.” – Wes Rosenbalm, President and CEO, BVU Authority its 16 cities. Service providers now include Brigham.net, Con- fessional engineering, outside-plant engineering services, stra- nected Lyfe, Fuzecore, Fibernet, InfoWest, Integra Telecom of tegic planning, technology evaluations, network architecture Utah, Nuvont, Paetec, Prime Time Communications, Tele- design, regulatory studies and feasibility studies. It has worked sphere, Veracity, Voonami, XMission and 1Wire. UTOPIA’s on FTTP, wireless, data and transport networks as well as IPv6 16th city network buildout, in Centerville, Utah, is now about network transitions and IPTV implementations. Consulting 80 percent complete. In June, UTOPIA began to offer 1 Gbps services also include cost studies, budgeting, forecasting, acquisition reviews and USF/NECA reviews. VPS’s landmark analy- connections to residents – making it one of only a handful of sis of more than 400 FTTP projects resulted in a model for pre- communities nationwide to do so – and joined the US Ignite dicting the costs of deploying ﬁber to rural U.S. communities. Partnership, which aims to jump-start the development of next- generation applications over the next five years.

Vantage Point Solutions www.vantagepnt.com 605-995-1777 Verizon Communications Key Products: Telecom engineering and consulting services Verizon Enhanced Communities www.verizon.com Summary: Vantage Point Solutions (VPS), based in Mitchell, www.verizon.com/communities S.D., is an engineering services and telecommunications con- 866-638-6066 sulting company that serves telecom service providers. With a Key Products: Fiber optic services, including FiOS TV, staff of 140, VPS provides a full range of services, including pro- Internet and digital voice; application services for amenity management and home monitoring and control Distributors of Fiber Summary: A decade into the fiber-to-the-home era, Verizon Communications operates the only mass-market, all-ﬁber-optic Optic Products network in the United States. Verizon’s FiOS service demon- Company Name Web Address strated that FTTH could compete successfully with the most advanced cable services. As of year-end 2011, the FiOS network Advanced Media Technologies www.amt.com passed 16.5 million premises in 12 states and the District of Anixter www.anixter.com Columbia; as of April 2012, the company had more than 5 Fiber Instrument Sales www.fiberinstrument million customers for FiOS Internet and 4.4 million custom- sales.com ers for FiOS TV. FiOS offers residential connection speeds up FiberOptic.com www.fiberoptic.com to 300 Mbps downstream and 65 Mbps upstream, and FiOS Graybar www.graybar.com TV offers more than 560 digital channels along with multi- KGP Logistics www.kgplogistics.com room DVR and other advanced features. Through partnerships Metrotek www.metrotek.com with providers, the FiOS-enabled suite of applications delivers Multicom www.multicominc.com services from wellness monitoring to energy management and Pace International www.paceintl.com home monitoring. Verizon Enhanced Communities, dedicated Power & Tel www.ptsupply.com to serving multifamily residential, multitenant and mixed-use Toner Cable Equipment www.tonercable.com communities, signs access, service and marketing agreements TriNet Communications www.trinetcom.net for FiOS with owners and developers. Headquartered in New TVC Communications www.tvcinc.com York City, Verizon is a Tier 1 provider that delivers broadband Walker and Associates www.walkerfirst.com and other communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers over fiber, copper and wire-

76 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | July 2012 TOP 100 Fiber-To-The-Home less networks. A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 Summary: Viamedia is a provider of outsourced local advertis- revenue, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 192,000. ing sales. It is the largest non-MSO-affiliated video ad sales -or ganization in the United States. Headquartered in Lexington, Vermeer Corporation Ky., the company specializes in selling DMA-based advertising www.vermeer.com to local, regional and national advertisers on behalf of cable 641-628-3141; 888-837-6337 and telecom service providers, utility companies and municipalities. It counts several major FTTH providers among its Key Products: Horizontal directional drilling equipment, clients, including Bristol Tennessee Essential Services (BTES), utility and pedestrian trenchers and plows BVU Authority, LUS Fiber and Chattanooga EPB. Viamedia Summary: With the introduction of its new microtrenching offers a complete, turnkey solution; it can sell airtime on more system, which can install fiber optic lines into a roadway in than 90 cable networks, produce ads for advertisers if neces- one quick and efficient pass, Vermeer has reinforced its leader- sary and inject ads into video streams to generate revenue for ship role in the fiber buildout arena. Located in Pella, Iowa, FTTH networks. Vermeer Corporation is a manufacturer of underground installation equipment. The company’s involvement in the fiber optic installation industry began in 1991 with the launch of its Navigator horizontal directional drill product line, which can install communications lines underground without excavation or trenching to minimize environmental disruption. Walker and Associates Viamedia www.walkerfirst.com www.viamediatv.com 800-925-5371 859-977-9000 Key Products: Products and services for deploying Key Products: TV ad sales and production communications networks

July 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 77 Fiber-To-The-Home TOP 100 “A hybrid fiber-copper network with FTTN coupled with VDSL2 continues to gain more success and support from many carriers deploying fast Internet and IPTV services. What’s more, technological developments such as channel bonding and vectoring have made VDSL2 even more attractive by expanding the loop length as well as increasing speeds.” – Brian Feng, senior vice president, ZyXEL

Summary: Walker and Associates is a national distributor wireless infrastructures. Zhone’s flagship carrier-grade FTTx of network products for wireline, wireless, CATV, govern- platform, the MXK, is accompanied by a suite of smart ONTs ment and enterprise network operators. Its extensive range of – including the new zNID indoor ONTs for active Ethernet. In products from more than 250 suppliers facilitates delivery of May, Zhone launched the FiberLAN solution suite, a GPON- high-speed Internet, video, data and voice services to residen- based optical LAN that delivers high-speed data, voice and vid- tial, business and mobile users. Walker distributes equipment eo over fiber to enterprise networks. Zhone is headquartered in for Ethernet switching, Ethernet routing, GPON, active Eth- Oakland, Calif., and its MSAP products are manufactured in ernet, DSL, microwave, Ethernet demarcation, VoIP, WDM, the United States in a facility that is emission, wastewater and ROADM, packet optical networking and more. Additionally, CFC free. With more than 350 employees worldwide, Zhone Walker provides fiber and copper connectivity products, power posted revenue of $124.5 million in 2011. systems, indoor and outdoor enclosures and outside-plant products. Walker doesn’t just supply products; it simplifies network deployment by providing services such as product engineering, expert installation and systems integration. In an advisory capacity, Walker helps network designers make wise product selection decisions for optimum network performance, scale and operating cost. In a hands-on capacity, the company kits, in- ZyXEL Communications tegrates and installs products to help carriers efficiently deploy www.us.zyxel.com networks. In addition, Walker performs promotional, logisti- 714-632-0882; 800-255-4101 cal and technical support services for its manufacturer base, reaching 10 telecommunications submarkets and more than Key Products: Gigabit Ethernet wireless CPE for FTTH, 1,200 domestic customers. Walker is TL9000/ISO 9001/2008 Ethernet switches for ﬁber deployments, broadband DSL quality certified and is a certified women-owned corporation. gateways, Wi-Fi routers and media streamers, power line and HPNA adapters, indoor and outdoor WLAN access points

Summary: In operation since 1989, ZyXEL offers a complete range of multiservice broadband wireless gateways and routers, connected-home and entertainment devices and SMB network- Zhone Technologies ing solutions. The company’s global expertise and broad prod- www.zhone.com uct portfolio help service providers deliver FTTH and FTTN 510-777-7000; 877-946-6320 services to homes, buildings and entire campuses. ZyXEL’s new 802.11n media streamers now offer stable wireless connectivity Key Products: Telecommunications equipment for all-IP to deliver HD media content to set-top boxes. Over the past multiservice broadband access, including multiservice year, ZyXEL has been the broadband CPE vendor of choice for platform integration of FTTx, Ethernet in the First Mile more than 100 independent operating companies throughout and wireless access technologies the United States, and recently it announced its first end-to- Summary: Zhone Technologies’ all-IP multiservice access solu- end active Ethernet deployment with US Internet, an indepen- tions serve more than 750 network operators worldwide. With dent ISP. ZyXEL gateways, having passed UNH-IOL’s IPv6 the company’s integrated portfolio of MSAP, FTTx, EFM and interoperability tests, were certified for World IPv6 Launch in Wi-Fi access technologies, providers can deliver residential and June 2012. With North American headquarters in Anaheim, business broadband, ﬁxed and mobile voice, advanced video Calif., ZyXEL employs more than 3,000 people worldwide and and entertainment and mobile backhaul over copper, ﬁber and sells its products in 70 countries. v

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