2007 Buyers’ Guide Buying for Ultra-Broadband The best places to buy equipment, software, construction and design services for Cable, Telcos, and Government
re you a developer seeking a Fiber-to-the-Home net- fiber to increase bandwidth. Ethernet technology is making it work provider? Are you at an independent telephone easier for vendors to mix-and-match copper technologies with Acompany, investigating ideas for serving your custom- fiber as well, especially on the side of the network closest to ers quadruple-play fiber? Are you a municipal official or Private customers – the first mile. Cable Operator having trouble with VoIP or data quality of service? Are you searching for content, or for a merger partner? We’ve arranged the guide for easy clip-and-save, but it is also on Are you a contractor thinking about blown fiber or directional line at www.bbpmag.com. Visit us there as well. drilling to avoid digging up streets for a fiber overbuild? Next month: Our expanded annual guide to programming This Buyers’ Guide is for you. content. Don’t miss it. This year’s guide is our biggest yet, 161 companies – more than double last year’s guide. The big increase is in firms offering In the index table, featured suppliers are in boldface. Fiber-to-the-Home or other fiber services specifically – 132 this year, almost triple the 49 we listed last November. Most firms About the Authors servicing the FTTx market also serve the telecommunications Staff members participating in the production of this section in- and cable industries. In fact, all broadband providers look to cluded Irene Gonzales, Phil Cook and Brooke Mercer. Buyers’ Guide Abbreviations and Technical Terms
Private Cable Operators, MSOs (Multiple or independent franchise Cable Operators, using coax at the premises, but often using fiber Cable to the neighborhood or curb.
Construction Includes design services as well as construction, for developers, property owners, and/or system builders.
Distributor Most distributors are also value-added resellers, providing design, specification, and product integration services.
Fiber, almost always to the home or premises, but also to the curb or neighborhood. Can include telephone, data, video and other FTTx services. Sells substantial volume to state or federal government. In the fiber world, Homeland Security and the Department of Defense are Government major purchasers.
Hospital Specialized, high-reliability. Does not necessarily include assisted-living facilities (see MDU).
Hospitality Typically hotel-room video and broadband data services.
MDU Multiple dwelling unit structure. In this guide, includes MTUs, assisted living, academic campus, or multi-tenant office buildings.
Municipalities Can include municipal-run systems for residents, or only for town services such as emergency response.
Private Cable Operator; typically a supplier of video to an apartment complex or college dorm, but almost always offering data PCO services and sometimes phone services as well. Usually refers to video programming, or to on-screen programming guides, but may refer to special network functions; see specific Programming listings for details.
RF Distribution of video services over cable or fiber, using an analog signal rather than direct Ethernet.
System management and billing software. Does not include software that is inherent with standard Ethernet functions such as Software remote management of a multi-service access point (MSAP). Supplier of (at a minimum) voice services, either switched or VoIP, as a RBOC (former Regional Bell Operating Company), ILEC (Incum- Telco bent Local Exchange Carrier), or CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier).
Wireless Cellular, WiFi and WiMAX systems, indoors or metro-area. Can include fiber-based backhaul.
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180 Connect Network Services ˚ ¸ : ´ w ∂ C : ✤ ▲ ✭ ■ ♣ ♠ 3M ¸ ∂ ✤ ♠ 3SAE Technologies ¸ ∂ C ▲ ♠ Adams Global Communications ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ ´ w ∂ C : ▲ ADC ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ w ∂ C : ✤ ✭ Adesta ˚ ¸ : w ∂ C : ▲ ✭ ♣ ADVA Optical Networking ¸ ▲ Advanced Media Technologies ˚ ¸ ♥ µ ´ w ∂ ▲ ♠ AFL Telecommunications ˚ ¸ : w ∂ C ✤ ▲ ✭ ■ ♣ ♠ Alcatel ¸ ♥ w ▲ Alliance Fiber Optic Products ¸ ∂ Allied Telesis ˚ ¸ : ♥ ´ w ∂ C ▲ ✭ Alloptic ˚ ¸ ♥ µ ´ w ▲ Alpha Technologies ˚ ¸ : ´ w ∂ C : Amedia Networks ¸ C ✤ ✭ American Polywater Corporation ˚ ¸ ♥ w ∂ C ✤ ♣ American Power Conversion ¸ w ✤ ♣ Anritsu Instruments ¸ : ♥ w ∂ : ♠ Antronix ˚ ¸ ´ w ∂ ▲ APA Cables & Networks ¸ : w ∂ C : ✤ Applied Micro Circuits ¸ : : ▲ ✭ Applied Optoelectronics ¸ : µ ▲ Aptiv Digital µ ■ Arnco ˚ ¸ : ♥ ´ w ∂ C ♣ Artel Video Systems µ ▲ Astec Underground ¸ w ♣ ATCi ˚ ¸ : ´ w ∂ C ♣ ♠ Atlantic Engineering Group ¸ w ∂ C ▲ ♣ ATX ˚ : ´ w ∂ C : ▲ Bechtel Telecommunications ¸ : w ∂ : ▲ ✭ ♣ ♠ Blonder Tongue Laboratories ˚ ¸ µ ´ w ∂ ▲ ♣ x Bookham ¸ ♥ ▲
˚ ¸ : µ ´ w ∂ C ✤ ▲ ♣ ♠ Bravo Communications Broadcom ˚ ¸ : ∂ C :
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BroadLight ¸ ♥ ∂ C ■ Broadweave Networks ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ ∂ ♣ C9 Networks ˚ : µ ´ w C : ▲ ✭ ■ Cable Technologies International ˚ ¸ : µ ´ w ∂ : ▲ ♠ Calient Networks ˚ ¸ : ♥ ´ w ∂ C ▲ ✭ Calix ˚ ¸ ♥ w ▲ ✭ ♣ Canon USA Broadcast & Communications Div. : : Carlon ˚ ¸ : ´ w ∂ C ✤ Casero ˚ : w ∂ : ■ ♣ CCI ˚ ¸ ´ w ∂ C ✤ ▲ ✭ ♣ C-COR ˚ ¸ ♥ µ ∂ ▲ ✭ ■ Centillium Communications ¸ ∂ C ▲ ✭ Channell ˚ ¸ ♥ µ ∂ CipherOptics ¸ : ♥ ✭ ClearMesh Networks : ∂ Codale Electric Supply ¸ w ∂ C ✤ ♠ Comverse Netcentrex Converged IP ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ ´ w : ✭ ■ Communications Condux International ¸ ∂ C Corning Cable Systems ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ ´ w ∂ C : ✤ ♣ ♠ CP Technologies ¸ : ♥ µ ´ C : ✤ Daniels & Associates ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ Direct Optical Research ¸ ♠ Ditch Witch; Charles Machine Works ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ ´ w ♣ DragonWave : w : Draka Comteq ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ w ∂ C ✤ DynamicCity ¸ w ✭ ■ ♣ EMBARQ Logistics ¸ : w ∂ C : ✤ ▲ ✭ ♣ ♠ Emerson Network Power – Energy Systems North ˚ ¸ : ´ w ∂ : ✤ ▲ ✭ ♣ America Enablence ¸ ▲ Entrisphere ˚ ¸ ♥ µ ▲ Ericsson ˚ ¸ : ♥ ´ w ∂ C : ▲ ✭ ■ ETI Software Solutions ¸ ♥ µ ´ w ■
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Evertz Microsystems ˚ ¸ µ ▲ ♠ EXFO ˚ ¸ ♥ w ♠ Fiber Optic Association, The ˚ ¸ : ♥ ´ w ∂ C ✤ ♣ Fiberdyne Labs ¸ w ∂ C ✤ ▲ ♣ ♠ Fujitsu Network Communications ¸ : ♥ µ ´ w ∂ : ▲ ✭ ■ ♣ General Machine Products ˚ ¸ w ∂ C ✤ ♣ Great Lakes Data Systems ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ ´ w ■ HDNet ♥ µ ✭ Hitachi Telecom (USA) ˚ ¸ : w ∂ C : ▲ ♣ HomeMovie Corp., dba stashSpace.com ♥ µ ✭ InfiniSys ˚ ¸ : ∂ C : ✤ ♣ JDSU ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ w ♠ JFW Industries : : ✭ ♠ Kingfisher International ˚ ¸ ♥ ´ w ♠ Krell Technologies ¸ ♥ µ w ∂ C KT Communication ♥ µ ´ w ✭ Light Brigade, The ¸ ♥ w ∂ C ▲ ♠ Light Connection, The ¸ w C ✤ Lightguide Productions ¸ ♥ w ∂ C ▲ LTS Group ¸ ♥ w ∂ C ✤ ▲ ✭ ♣ MagicBox ˚ ♥ µ ✭ Martin Group ¸ ♥ ✭ ■ ♣ Mega Hertz ¸ ♥ µ ▲ ✭ ♣ ♠ MET Laboratories ¸ : ♥ µ ∂ C : ▲ ✭ MetaSwitch ˚ ¸ ♥ w C ✭ ■ Michels Communications ¸ ♥ µ ∂ Mohawk ¸ ´ w ∂ C ✤ Montclair Fiber Optics ¸ µ w ∂ C ▲ MRV Communications ˚ : ´ w : ▲ Multicom ˚ ¸ ♥ µ ´ w ∂ C ▲ ♣ ♠ NCS Industries ˚ : µ w ∂ : ▲ ♠ NEC ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ w : ▲ NEPTCO ˚ ¸ w ∂ C North American Cable Equipment ˚ µ ∂ ✤ ♠
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Northstar ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ ´ w ■ NuVisions (a Telkonet company) ˚ : : ✤ ✭ Occam Networks ¸ ♥ w ∂ ✭ OFS ˚ ¸ ♥ µ w ∂ C ♣ Omega Optics ¸ ♥ w ∂ ▲ Optical Cable Corporation ¸ ´ w ∂ C Optical Design Manufacturing ¸ ♥ µ w ♠ Opticomm ¸ µ ´ w ∂ C ▲ ✭ ♣ Optoway Technology ¸ ♥ ∂ ▲ OZ Optics ¸ ∂ C ▲ ♠ PacketFront ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ ´ w ▲ ✭ ■ ♣ Pannaway Technologies ¸ ♥ µ w ∂ C ♣ PCT International ˚ ¸ ♥ µ ´ w ∂ C ✤ ▲ ♣ Power & Telephone Supply ¸ : ♥ ´ w ∂ C : ✤ ♠ Preformed Line Products ˚ ¸ ∂ ✤ Quanta Services ¸ : w ∂ C : ♣ RAD Data Communications ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ ´ w : ▲ ✭ Redcom ♥ ∂ ✭ ■ Remee Wire and Cable ¸ w ∂ C ✤ Sabritec : µ C SCCI w ♣ Spot On Networks ˚ : ♥ ´ w : ✭ Stratos International ˚ ¸ ♥ w ∂ ♠ Streamlined Home ¸ : : ▲ ♣ Structured Cabling Association ¸ ✤ Sumitomo Electric Lightwave ˚ ¸ ∂ C ✤ SureWest Communications ¸ : ♥ µ ∂ : ✭ SY TEK ¸ ∂ C ✤ ▲ ♣ Talley Communications : : ♠ Tandberg Television ¸ ♥ µ ✭ ♣ Team Fishel ˚ ¸ : w ∂ C : ✤ ✭ ♣ Telco Systems ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ ´ w ∂ C : ▲ Telecast Fiber Systems ¸ µ ✭ Telect ˚ ¸ : ♥ w ∂ C : ✤ ▲ ♣
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Tellabs ˚ ¸ : w ∂ : ▲ ✭ ■ TelStrat ¸ ♥ w ∂ ▲ ■ Tetra Tech ♥ w ♣ Toner Cable Equipment ˚ ¸ ´ w ∂ C ✤ ▲ ♣ ♠ Transition Networks ¸ : ♥ ▲ Trilithic µ ♠ TRT-Network Business Solutions ˚ ¸ ´ w ∂ C ✤ ▲ ♣ TT Technologies ¸ ♣ Tulsat ˚ ¸ µ ´ w ∂ C ▲ ✭ ♠ Tulsat-Atlanta ˚ µ ´ w ∂ C ▲ Tulsat-Nebraska ˚ ¸ µ ´ w ∂ C ▲ ✭ ♠ Tyco Electronics-Telecom OSP Division ˚ ¸ : ♥ ´ w ∂ C ✤ ♣ ValuePoint Networks ˚ : ´ w : VDV Works ˚ ¸ : µ ´ w ∂ C ✤ ♣ Verizon Enhanced Communities ˚ ¸ ∂ C Vermeer Manufacturing ¸ w ♣ ViewTEQ ˚ ♥ µ w C ■ ♠ Waters Network Systems ♥ w ✤ ▲ William Frick & Company ¸ ♥ µ w ∂ C ♣ World Wide Packets ˚ ¸ w ∂ ▲ ✭ Xponent Photonics ¸ ▲ Zhone Technologies ˚ ¸ ♥ µ ´ w ∂ ▲ Zoomy Communications ˚ ¸ : ´ w ∂ C ♣ ZyXEL Communications ˚ ¸ : ♥ µ ´ w : ▲
180 Connect Network Services Structured Wiring, Opto-Electronics, Network Services/Pro- 3380 Americana Terrace, Suite 230 gramming, Software, Design/Construction, Test Equipment Boise, ID 83706 P: 559-250-9564 F: 800-853-1368 Contact: Thomas Jones E: [email protected] www.180Connect.net
Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless,
38 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 3M www.adamsglobal.com Mail Stop A130-2N-14 6801 River Place Blvd. Adams Global Communications Inc. (AGC) buys and sells Austin, TX 78726 new and used surplus of excess cable and wireless equipment. P: 800-426-8688 We are a full-range premium provider of products and services F: 800-626-0329 to the broadband communications industry. Our offering in- Contact: Scott Clay cludes converters, modems, distribution and headend equip- E: [email protected] ment with a global source of supply. AGC is committed to www.3M.com/telecom providing quality products, reliable service and timely delivery at competitive prices. We also offer a warehousing program for Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-home those needing to maximize storage capabilities. Products served: Outside Plant, Structured Wiring, Test Equipment ADC 13625 Technology Drive From the headend to the fiber node to the customer premises, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 3M offers an unmatched physical media layer value propo- P: 800-366-3889 sition for CATV operators. Exploding customer demand for F: 952-917-1717 more content, greater speed and new communication proto- Contact: Diane O’Keefe cols presents new opportunities and challenges. 3M offers a E: [email protected] set of solutions to deliver reliable bandwidth and meet next- www.adc.com generation, full-service CATV network requirements. Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- 3SAE Technologies Inc. Home, Wireless, Municipalities, FTTX (fiber-to-the-curb, 318 Seaboard Lane, Suite 212 fiber-to-the-node, core fiber and copper connectivity) Franklin, TN 37067 Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, P: 615-778-8812 x109 Structured Wiring, Network Services/Programming F: 615-778-8816 Contact: Steven A. Valle ADC’s OmniReach solutions are the industry’s first platforms E: [email protected] designed from the ground up to meet the unique requirements www.3SAE.com of FTTX networks. By building network infrastructures on ADC’s OmniReach Solutions, service providers nationwide Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home are accelerating deployment and maximizing operational ef- Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Opto-Elec- ficiency from the central office to the outside plant. For more tronics, Test Equipment information about OmniReach solutions, or to download ADC’s FTTX Planning Guide, visit http://www.adc.com/ 3SAE Technologies Inc. is proud to be the North American fttx. ADC provides the connections for wireline, wireless, Service and Support Center for Ericsson Network Technolo- cable, broadcast, and enterprise networks around the world. gies as well as Master Distributor for Future Instrument Fi- ADC’s innovative network infrastructure equipment and pro- ber Optics. We provide all sales, service and support of mini fessional services enable high-speed Internet, data, video and fusion splicers and other FTTX fiber optic accessories. We voice services to residential, business and mobile subscribers. are the experts in developing and marketing new fiber optic tools and technologies for FTTX fusion splicing and related Adesta applications. We hold several patents and awards in the area 1200 Landmark Center, Suite 1300 of fiber optic preparation. Our loyal customers include the Omaha, NE 68102 world’s leading broadband contractors, fiber optic installers, P: 402-233-7700 universities, municipalities, and all CLEC, ILEC and RBOC F: 402-233-7650 providers. Contact: Joel Mulder E: [email protected] Adams Global Communications Inc. www.adestagroup.com 15445 Metcalf Avenue Overland Park, KS 66223 Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- P: 913-402-4499 Home, Wireless, Municipalities F: 913-402-4494 Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, Contact: Mark Addington Opto-Electronics, Network Services/Programming, Design/ E: [email protected] Construction
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Adesta is a systems integrator that brings innovative, flexible turer of video over IP set-top boxes. AMT’s product offerings and cost-efficient thinking to the design, construction and also include many of the industry’s leading manufacturers such maintenance of stand-alone or integrated communication net- as DX Antenna, Blonder Tongue, Drake, Olson, and Force. works and electronic security systems. For nearly two decades, Advanced Media Technologies Inc. is a wholly owned subsid- Adesta has offered commercial, industrial and governmental iary of ITOCHU International. ITOCHU International Inc. clients an efficient single point of contact for all their project is the North American subsidiary of ITOCHU Corporation, issues. A trusted partner to customers and suppliers around one of Japan’s leading companies. ITOCHU’s revenues place the world, Adesta takes great pride in delivering outstanding it among the world’s largest corporations of any type. technology and superior service. Adesta has deployed over 2 million fiber miles in more than 70 metropolitan areas and AFL Telecommunications completed over 350 electronic security systems in the United 170 Ridgeview Circle States, Europe, Asia, Central America and the Middle East. Duncan, SC 29334 P: 800-235-3423 ADVA Optical Networking Contact: Kent Brown 1 International Blvd., Suite 705 E: [email protected] Mahwah, NJ 07495 www.AFLtele.com P: 201-258-8300 F: 201-684-9200 Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Contact: Cynthia Chasse Home, Wireless, Municipalities E: [email protected] Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured www.advaoptical.com Wiring, Test Equipment, Opto-Electronics, Network Ser- vices/Programming, Software, Design/Construction Products served: Opto-Electronics An application-based solutions provider, AFL Telecommuni- ADVA Optical Networking (FSE: ADV) is at the forefront of cations delivers a tip-to-tip solution including proven Ether- providing Optical plus Ethernet solutions that advance next- net-based electronics, passive infrastructure, extensive system generation networks for data, storage, voice and video ser- engineering and FTTX business modeling expertise. AFL is vices. ADVA’s strength comes from passionate and dedicated the only provider that offers a portfolio including PON or ac- employees, all sharing a common vision: a fast, customized tive electronics and tip-to-tip passive infrastructure. Our ap- response to customers’ ever-changing needs. Our innovative plications engineering team can determine the best network Fiber Service Platform (FSP) and strong customer focus pro- solution for your application. From cost modeling for ROI to vide carriers and enterprises the ability to scale their networks the actual installation of the network, our FTTX team is here and deliver intelligent, competitive new services. ADVA’s solu- to assist you. tions have been deployed at more than 180 carriers and 5,000 enterprises in more than 40 countries worldwide. For further Alcatel information about ADVA: www.advaoptical.com. 3400 Plano Parkway Plano, TX 75075 Advanced Media Technologies Inc. P: 972-477-0138 720 S. Powerline Road, Suite G F: 972-519-5389 Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 Contact: Sayeed Rashid P: 888-293-5856 E: [email protected] F: 954-427-9688 www.alcatel.com/fttu Contact: Rob Narzisi E: [email protected] Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- www.goamt.com palities Products served: Opto-Electronics Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Home, Hospitality, Municipalities Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommuni- Products served: Outside Plant, Test Equipment, Opto- cation carriers, Internet service providers and enterprises for Electronics delivery of voice, data and video applications to their custom- ers or employees. Alcatel brings its leading position in fixed AMT is the nation’s largest stocking distributor for Motorola and mobile broadband networks, applications and services to equipment, including headend, distribution, cable modems, help its partners and customers build a user-centric broadband and DCT set-tops. In addition, AMT is the North American world. With sales of €13.1 billion and 58,000 employees in distributor for Amino Communications, a leading manufac- 2005, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more
40 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: Alloptic, Inc. http://www.alcatel.com. 2301 Armstrong Street, Suite 101 Livermore, CA 94551 Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. P: 925-245-7600 275 Gilbraltar Drive F: 925-245-7601 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Contact: Cathy Cunha P: 408-736-6900 E: [email protected] F: 408-736-4882 www.alloptic.com Contact: Helen Chan E: [email protected] Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- www.afop.com Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities Products served: Opto-Electronics Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home Products served: Outside Plant Alloptic is an industry leader in the development and deploy- ment of IEEE Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (Ge- Founded in 1995, Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. designs, PON) technology. Alloptic’s access network solution has been manufactures and markets a broad range of high-performance deployed around the world and offers the only GEPON solu- fiber optic components and integrated modules. AFOP’s tion with four years of field hardened, operational history. The products are used by leading and emerging communications Alloptic solution leverages a standard ITU PON architecture, equipment manufacturers to deliver optical networking sys- while delivering a gigabit of bandwidth. With a native abil- tems to the long-haul, enterprise, metropolitan and last mile ity to support traditional TDM voice over an Ethernet-based access segments of the communications network. AFOP of- platform, Alloptic is able to provide today’s worry free tele- fers a broad product line of passive optical components in- phone services while seamlessly supporting next-generation cluding interconnect systems, couplers and splitters, thin film services like IP HDTV. CWDM and DWDM components and modules, fixed and variable optical attenuators and micro optics. AFOP is head- Alpha Technologies quartered in Sunnyvale, California, with manufacturing and 3767 Alpha Way product development capabilities in the United States, Taiwan Bellingham, WA 98226 and China. AFOP’s Web site is located at www.afop.com. P: 360-647-2360 F: 360-671-4936 Allied Telesis Inc. Contact: Nadia Boulos 19800 North Creek Parkway, Suite 200 E: [email protected] Bothell, WA 98011 www.alpha.com P: 800-424-6596 F: 425-481-3899 Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- E: [email protected] or [email protected] Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities www.alliedtelesis.com Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless
Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Alpha Technologies is a world-leading provider of power con- Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities version products. Widely used in cable television, telecommu- Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Opto-Elec- nications and data network worldwide, Alpha products have tronics, Network Services/Programming earned a reputation for reliability and performance. Alpha has a wider array of power products for FTTX applications in- Allied Telesis is a global provider of secure Ethernet/IP access cluding: headend or central office, premises, neighborhood or solutions and an industry leader in the deployment of IP triple- network. Alpha’s product offering includes a complete line of play networks over copper and fiber access infrastructure. Our both AC and DC UPS systems, line conditioners, batteries, POTS-to-10G iMAP integrated Multiservice Access Platform enclosures and accessories for indoor or outdoor applications. and iMG intelligent Multiservice Gateways, in conjunction with advanced switching, routing and WDM-based transport Amedia Networks Inc. solutions, enable public and private network operators and 2 Corbett Way service providers of all sizes to deploy scalable, carrier-grade Eatontown, NJ 07724 networks for the cost-effective delivery of packet-based voice, P: 732-440-1992 video and data services. Contact: JD Gardner E: [email protected] www.amedia.com
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Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home leading provider of global, end-to-end solutions for real-time Products served: Network Services/Programming infrastructure. APC’s comprehensive products and services for home and corporate environments improve the availabil- Amedia Networks Inc. (OTC BB: AANI) provides media gate- ity, manageability and performance of sensitive electronic, ways and other broadband access point appliances to distrib- network, communication and industrial equipment of all ute and manage high-quality voice, high-definition video, and sizes. APC offers a wide variety of products for network-criti- high-speed data services throughout the home. A development cal physical infrastructure including InfraStruXure, its revo- stage company, Amedia is backed by a leadership team with lutionary architecture for on-demand data centers, as well as a long and proven history in the voice, data, and telecom in- physical threat management products through the company’s dustries. Amedia’s newest development, Broadband Entertain- NetBotz division. These products and services help compa- ment Center platform, will provide the collective functionality nies increase the availability and reliability of their IT systems. of a modem, wireless access point, router, VoIP adapter, com- Headquartered in West Kingston, Rhode Island, APC report- puter workstation, multimedia server, and a family firewall in ed sales of $2 billion for the year ended December 31, 2005. one. Through its unique vision and unmatched innovation, At press time, Schneider Electric, the giant French power firm, Amedia is bringing about a new era of ultrabroadband media announced it was purchasing APC for $6.1 billion. The deal experiences for carriers and homeowners alike. should be final this winter.
American Polywater Corporation Anritsu Instruments Company PO Box 53 Center Green, Building Four, 6 Rhoads Drive Stillwater, MN 55082 Utica, NY 13502 P: 651-430-2270 P: 315-266-5000 or 1-800-ANRITSU F: 651-430-3634 Contact: Stephen Colangelo Contact: Tom Fredericks E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.anritsu.com www.polywater.com Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Wireless, Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Municipalities, Full range of test and measurement products Home, Municipalities for telecom and IP based networks Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured Products served: Outside Plant, Wireless, Test Equipment Wiring, Design/Construction Anritsu Instruments Company is a subsidiary of Anritsu Cor- Bonduit conduit adhesive for joining together HDPE conduits poration (www.anritsu.com), which has been a global pro- and other dissimilar conduits, fittings or elbows like PVC, vider of innovative communications solutions for more than rigid steel or fiberglass. Bonduit makes an airtight, watertight 110 years. With the recent acquisition of NetTest (www.net- seal. New spray lubricants for FTTX applications. Specialty test.com) and offices throughout the world, Anritsu provides cable pulling lubricants for installing telecommunication ca- solutions for existing and next-generation wired and wireless bles into conduit systems. Aerosol maintenance cleaners for communication systems and operators. The company’s mea- cleaning contacts, cables and central office equipment. Clean- surement solutions include wireless, optical, microwave/RF ers for removing gel-filled fiber and for cleaning cable end and digital instruments, Operations Support Systems and faces, connectors and the glass fiber itself. IceFree gel to keep solutions that can be used during R&D, manufacturing, in- water out of your conduits and keep your fiber optic cables stallation and maintenance. Anritsu also provides precision from freezing. Multipurpose cleaners for tools. microwave/RF components, optical devices and high-speed devices for design into communication products and systems. American Power Conversion The recently combined companies sell in over 90 countries 132 Fairgrounds Road worldwide and have approximately 4,000 employees. West Kingston, RI 02892 P: 401-789-5735 F: 401-789-3710 www.apc.com
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Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion (APC) is a
42 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 Antronix Inc. Applied Micro Circuits Corporation 440 Forsgate Drive 215 Moffett Park Drive Cranbury, NJ 08512 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 P: 609-860-0160 P: 408-542-8600 F: 609-860-1687 F: 408-542-8601 Contact: Mike Horwitz Contact: Kim Eller E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.antronix.net www.amcc.com
Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Wireless Home, Hospitality, Municipalities Products served: Wireless, Opto-Electronics, Network Ser- Products served: Outside Plant, Opto-Electronics vices/Programming
Antronix is the market leader in providing passives to the AMCC provides the essential building blocks for the process- CATV industry. The offering includes line and subscriber pas- ing, moving and storing of information worldwide. AMCC is sives, amplifiers, grounding hardware and much more. Most a global leader in network and embedded PowerPC process- include patented CamPort® auto-seizing F-connectors with ing, optical transport and storage solutions. Our products en- over 2,000 grams of pull force. The Milenium taps include E- able the development of converged IP-based networks offering Option, plug-in modules providing signal conditioning. Also high-speed secure data, high-definition video and high-qual- available are retrofit taps, which fit into existing housings, ity voice for carrier, metropolitan, access and enterprise appli- enabling upgrades without replacing the entire unit. Recent cations. AMCC provides networking equipment vendors with introductions include Drop Amplifiers with Bypass for VoIP, industry-leading network and communications processing, a family of “flat top” splitters for use in NIDs, and a Fiber Ethernet, SONET and switch fabric solutions. AMCC is also Node, featuring the highest RF output versus optical input the leading vendor of high-port-count SATA RAID control- in its class. lers enabling low-cost, high-performance, high-capacity stor- age. APA Cables & Networks 5480 Nathan Lane, Suite 120 Applied Optoelectronics Inc. Plymouth, MN 55442 13111 Jess Pirtle Blvd. P: 800-422-2537 Sugar Land, TX 77478 F: 763-475-8457 P: 281-295-1800 Contact: Cheri Podzimek F: 281-295-1891 E: [email protected] Contact: Willis Chen www.apacn.com E: [email protected] www.ao-inc.com Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Wireless, Municipalities Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Wireless, Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, CATV Structured Wiring Products served: Opto-Electronics
APA Cables & Networks (APACN) is a leading provider of AOI is a world-leading supplier of diode lasers, photodiodes, fiber connectivity systems designed to meet the unique and and related modules and equipment. We manufacture our demanding requirements of today’s independent telephone, devices in our own semiconductor fabrication facility near cable television and municipal networks. The APACN product Houston, Texas, using the advanced Molecular Beam Epitaxy line, including fiber frames and panels, outside plant cabinets (MBE) technique. After the epitaxial process, we also com- and optical components, offers an innovative, modular and plete the device fabrication, packaging and testing in the same scalable platform designed for use in central office and outside facility. As an end-to-end provider of devices and services, we plant architectures and has successfully been deployed in some have the unique capability to control all aspects of the produc- of the harshest of FTTH environments. A full line of fiber and tion process, ensuring the highest quality, shortest lead times, copper assemblies complements the APACN solution. lowest price and quickest response to customized requests available in the industry.
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Aptiv Digital Inc. Artel Video Systems Corp. 2210 W. Olive Avenue 330 Codman Hill Road Burbank, CA 91506 Boxborough, MA 01719 P: 818-295-6650 P: 978-263-5775 F: 818-295-6797 F: 978-263-9755 Contact: Dan Ward Contact: Joanne Pederson & Lois Wisman E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.aptivdigital.com E: [email protected] www.artel.com Segments of industry served: Cable Operators Products served: Software Segments of industry served: Cable operators, telecommu- nications Aptiv Digital Inc. is a leading provider of interactive applica- Products served: Opto-Electronics, Performance-Broadcast tions for digital cable TV. Aptiv has deployed millions of cop- quality video transport hardware ies of its Passport®, Passport® DCT and Passport® Echo navi- gation and application products on a variety of digital cable Founded in 1981, Artel is the pre-eminent supplier of broad- set-top platforms, from standard definition digital set-tops to cast-quality video transport systems to leading telecommu- high-definition digital video recorder set-tops. Today it is the nications service providers worldwide. Artel DigiLink and only company offering interactive applications on both Sci- MegaWav products are used by major telecommunication entific Atlanta and Motorola platforms, and on the forefront companies and cable operators worldwide for critical video of application and interactive program guide development for contribution applications. Artel video transport solutions set the new OCAP platform. Aptiv Digital Inc. is headquartered the quality and dependability standard for video over dedicat- in Burbank, California. For more information, visit www.ap- ed fiber optic transmission. Artel recently expanded its prod- tivdigital.com. uct offering by acquiring the DV6000® digital video transport system. Arnco Corp 860 Garden Street Astec Underground Elyria, OH 44035 9600 Corporate Park Drive P: 800-321-7914 Loudon, TN 37774 F: 440-322-1001 P: 865-408-2116 Contact: Dave Pampush F: 865-458-8575 E: [email protected] Contact: Glen Liford www.amcocorp.com E: [email protected] www.astecunderground.com Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Home, Hospitality, Municipalities Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- Products served: Outside plant, Inside Plant, Design/Con- palities struction Products served: Design/Construction
Arnco Corporation manufactures products used in the place- Astec Underground offers the industry’s broadest and most ment of cable as well as products used in the water and gas dis- complete line of underground construction solutions through tribution market. Arnco’s family of quality products include: three proven brands: Astec utility trenchers, vibratory plows HDPE duct and pressure pipe in sizes ranging from 13MM to and horizontal directional drilling systems; American Augers 24”; Bull-Line® - aramid and polyester pull tapes; cable lubri- boring machines, drilling fluid systems and maxi-rig HDD cants; cleaners and sealants; couplers; cable blowing and push- systems; and Trencor specialty trenchers and heavy-duty rock ing equipment; duct rodders and cable grips and a variety of excavation machines. These tools are favorites of contractors accessories to compliment these product lines. Plants are in worldwide due to their quality, durability, reliability, versatil- Elyria, Ohio; Salt Lake City, Utah; Aiken, South Carolina and ity and productivity. San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
44 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 ATCI ATX Incorporated 450 N McKerny 501 Clements Road West, Suite 1 Chandler, AZ 85226 Ajax, Ontario, L1S 7H4 P: 480-844-8501 P: 905-428-6068 F: 480-898-7667 F: 905-427-1964 Contact: Kristen Love Contact: Ken Wildgoose E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.atci.com www.atxincorporated.com
Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Wireless, Hospi- Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities tality, Municipalities Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Test Equip- Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, ment, Design/Construction Opto-Electronics
ATCi offers complete systems integration and technical ser- ATX Incorporated is a global technology company serving the vices. From front-end consulting, planning, to integrating, cable television and broadcast industries. ATX supplies inno- installing and managing technology solutions, ATCi has the vative products, services and systems integration. Cable prod- depth and experience to respond to unique challenges and op- ucts are manufactured for the headend to the home. Broadcast portunities. ATCi offers many products that offer customers products include analog and digital transmitters. expanded capacity, design excellence and value. ATCi’s flag- ship Simulsat multibeam antenna has the capacity to receive Bechtel Telecommunications signals from 35 satellites simultaneously. Other ATCi prod- 5295 Westview Drive ucts include: uplinks, teleports, headend components, para- Frederick, MD 21703 bolics, test equipment, matrix switches and satcom fiberoptics P: 301-228-6269 solutions. ATCi’s turnkey services: Teleport and Broadcast F: 301-228-8856 Services, Webcasting, Digital Headend Services, Uplink and Contact: Brandy Culbertson Systems Integration. E: [email protected] www.bechteltelecoms.com Atlantic Engineering Group 1136 Zion Church Road Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Wireless, Braselton, GA 30517 Municipalities, Broadband (WiMAX) P: 706-654-2298 Products served: Outside Plant, Wireless, Opto-Electronics, F: 706-654-0803 Network Services/Programming, Design/Construction, Test Contact: Leonard Ray Equipment E: [email protected] www.atlantic-engineering.com Bechtel Telecommunications, a business unit of Bechtel Cor- poration, provides design, engineering, project management, Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- construction and construction management for a full range palities of telecommunications services supported by our global net- Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Opto-Elec- work of offices. Bechtel Telecommunications has successfully tronics, Design/Construction completed 160 major telecommunications projects world- wide, including more than 23,000 kilometers of wireline fi- Atlantic Engineering Group (AEG) provides design, engi- ber; 96,000 wireless sites; and communications centers such neering, construction, construction management, installa- as POPs, NOCs and data centers. Bechtel Corporation is a tion, and contract operation services to communications pro- privately held company with approximately 40,000 employees viders. AEG has built more citywide FTTP networks with worldwide. It had 2005 revenues of $18.1 billion and has been more FTTP electronic solutions than any other firm. AEG’s ranked as the No. 1 U.S. telecommunications contractor for citywide FTTP projects include Bristol Tennessee Essential five consecutive years. Services, Bristol Virginia Utilities, Crawfordsville Power and Light, Dalton Utilities, Jackson Energy Authority, Borough of Kutztown, Morristown Utility Systems, North Kansas City, MO, Provo Power, Pulaski, TN, Quincy, FL, and Sallisaw Municipal Authority. AEG has passed 175,000 homes and businesses and built over 12,000 fiber route miles. AEG is not an integrator but has significant in-house design resources.
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Blonder Tongue Laboratories Inc. Bravo Communications Inc. 1 Jake Brown Road 3463 Meadowlands Lane Old Bridge, NJ 08857 San Jose, CA 95135 P: 800-523-6049 P: 408-297-8700 F: 732-679-4353 F: 408-297-8701 Contact: Lynne Russo Contact: Dennis L. Mozingo E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.blondertongue.com www.bravobravo.com
Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Home, Hospitality, Municipalities, Educational/Campus Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities, Construction/ Environments Builders Products served: Outside Plant, Test Equipment, Opto- Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured Electronics, Design/Construction Wiring, Opto-Electronics, Design/Construction, Test Equip- ment Blonder Tongue Laboratories designs, manufactures and distributes a comprehensive line of high-quality broadband, Manufacturer and distributor of all types of surge and light- voice, video and data equipment for the franchised and private ning protection products including coax, modular, building cable television market. Product lines include headend, data, block stackable modules, rackmount, AC/DC, UPS sytems, distribution, microwave, IP Video, fiber optic, interdiction, power strips and network protection products. We also make test equipment and digital/analog cable solutions. Our engi- data signal amplifiers/extenders, data switching products, Eth- neers continue to develop and launch new products to meet ernet switches and hubs, Ethernet/fiber converters, fiber and the evolving demands of the market. Service is a key function Cat6 patch cables of all sizes, colors and type. and the Technical Solutions Group employs some of the most highly trained technical service, system design and engineer- Broadcom ing specialists in the industry. Our popular training seminars 16215 Alton Parkway include: Broadband Basics, QAM, Fiber Optic, and a two-day Irvine, CA 92619 Hands-On Broadband course. P: 949-450-8700 F: 949-450-8710 Bookham Inc. Contract: Laura Brandlin 2584 Junction Avenue E: [email protected] San Jose, CA 95134 P: 408-383-1400 Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- F: 408-919-6083 Home, Wireless E: [email protected] Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless www.bookham.com Broadcom offers manufacturers a range of broadband - com Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home munications and consumer electronics SoCs that enable voice, Products served: Opto-Electronics video and data services over residential wired and wireless networks. These highly integrated silicon solutions continue Bookham Inc. (NASDAQ: BKHM) is a global leader in the to enable the most advanced system solutions on the market, design and manufacture of optical components, modules and which include digital cable, satellite and IP set-top boxes and subsystems and provides solutions for the transmission, regen- media servers, broadband modems and residential gateways, eration and routing of optical signals in fiber optic networks. high-definition and digital televisions, HD-DVD players and personal video recorders. Bookham products – lasers, optical amplifiers, transmitters, receivers, transceivers and thin-film filters – support metro, re- gional and long-haul applications as well as FTTP. Bookham transmitters and receivers enable 10Gbps signal overlay on existing 2.5Gbps networks; Bookham transceivers provide MSA-compliant hot-pluggable reconfigurability at 2.5Gbps (SFP) and 10Gbps (XFP); the company’s thin-film filters are designed for the FTTP market and are extensively deployed in PON applications.
46 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 BroadLight over a single fiber optic line. Businesses in a Broadweave com- 1300 Crittenden Lane, Suite 203 munity order bandwidth by the slice at speeds up to 10 Gbps, Mountain View, CA as well as enhanced data services such as messaging and col- P: 650-937-1137 laboration, voice services such as unified communications and F: 650-937-1125 hosted Telephony, and even video services like business TV Contact: Dan Parsons and video telephony. Broadweave’s long distance and 1-800 E: [email protected] number rates are competitive with any carrier. www.broadlight.com C9 Networks Inc. Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home 341 Cobalt Way, Suite 205 Products served: Opto-Electronics, Software Sunnyvale, CA 94085 P: 408-746-0400 BroadLight Inc., the leading provider of integrated compo- F: 408-730-9441 nent solutions for ITU-T passive optical networks (PONs), is Contact: Vaskie Turner driving the rapid deployment of FTTX broadband technolo- E: [email protected] gies for voice, data and video services. BroadLight leads deliv- www.c9networks.com ery of end-to-end (E2E) PON technology through its com- prehensive product solutions consisting of highly integrated Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Wireless, Hospi- semiconductor devices, embedded and application software, tality, Municipalities reference designs and support tools. BroadLight is the only Products served: Wireless, Network Services/Programming, company delivering complete E2E BPON and GPON com- Software ponent solutions for the central office (CO) and customer premises equipment (CPE). These solutions help equipment C9 Networks Inc. is the leading provider of cable and wire- companies bring standards-based PON products quickly to less broadband access solutions. C9 Networks provides the in- market and with low risk. dustry’s most user-friendly and cost-effective CMTS solution for the cable, PCO, MDU/MTU and hospitality markets. Broadweave Networks Inc. C9 Networks is the market leader with innovative products 3940 North Traverse Mountain Blvd., Suite 100 to support advanced services like Video on IP and Voice over Lehi, UT 84043 IP (VoIP). C9 Networks products are user friendly with Web P: 801-407-6000 browser/GUI-based interface for local and remote control of F: 801-407-6005 the network. All necessary software for configuration, moni- Contact: Jason Cowdell toring and subscriber management system (SMS) is provided E: [email protected] in a single box. With our integration/distribution partners we www.broadweave.com provide end-to-end services.
Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Cable Technologies International Inc. Home, Wireless, Triple-Play Telephone, Internet and Televi- 460 Oakdale Avenue sion to Master-Planned Communities Hatboro, PA 19040 Products served: Outside Plant, Design/Construction P: 216-672-5400 F: 215-672-0440 Broadweave’s value proposition is simple: “Why build today’s Contact: Pete Morse cities on yesterday’s infrastructure?” Broadweave deploys its fi- E: [email protected] ber-to-the-subscriber (FTTS) networks in greenfield planned www.cabletechnologies.com communities and delivers over its networks a suite of voice, video, and data services under the brand “Triple-Weave Ser- Segments of Industry Served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- vices.” In 1999, Broadweave became the first service provid- Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities er to reach a full-service FTTH contract with a greenfield Products Served: Outside Plant, Wireless, Test Equipment, planned community and has since been adding to its list of Opto-Electronics firsts. Broadweave was the first carrier to deploy primary-line VoIP (Voice over IP); the first to deploy primary-line Ether- Cable Technologies is a leading distributor of new and refur- net; and the first carrier to deploy primary-line voice, video bished products and components for the hardline and wire- and data over a single IP connection to the subscriber. Hom- less industries. Products include digital converters, headend eowners in a Broadweave community receive their telephone, equipment and adaptors, amplifiers, passives, power inserters, television, broadband Internet, movies on demand, enhanced satellite products, tools, wireless accessories, installation acces- data services, and much more via an IP network, delivered sories, computer products, telephony products, low-cost char-
NOVEMBER 2006 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 47 2007 Buyers’ Guide acter generators and video and audio cables including Cat5 FSAN/ITU standards for GPON, including interoperability and DVI/HDMI. In addition, CTI is a leading repair house of 2.4 GPON. With the introduction of the revolutionary for all manufacturers of headend equipment, distribution 700-series ONTs, Calix offers a family of ONTs that ensure equipment, power supplies, fiber optics, modems and both smooth migration to 2.4 GPON. Calix offers GPON in two digital and analog converters. OLT platforms, its flagship C7 multi-service platform and the F5, a purpose-built GPON platform. Calient Networks 6620 Via Del Oro Canon U.S.A Inc. Broadcast San Jose, CA 95119 and Communications Division P: 408-972-3600 65 Challenger Road F: 408-972-3800 Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 Contact: Jim Diestel P: 201-807-3300 E: [email protected] F: 201-807-3333 www.calient.net Contact: Gordon Tubbs E: [email protected] Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- www.canobeam.com Home, Wireless, Municipalities, Demarcation/Carrier Hotels and Lab Automation Segments of industry served: Wireless Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, Products served: Wireless Structured Wiring, Test Equipment Canon Broadcast and Communications’ Canobeam DT-100 Calient Networks is a leader in fiber optic cross-connection series optical wireless data transceivers provide secure, high- systems. The company addresses critical access network and speed (up to 1.25 Gbps) digital networking at a range of up central office fiber deployment challenges faced by service pro- to 1.24 miles. All Canobeam models feature auto-tracking to viders, government agencies and optical network equipment maintain beam alignment despite vibrations in the installation providers. Calient’s cost-shattering DiamondWave® systems base caused by wind, weather or other environmental factors. make dynamic fiber management inexpensive and reliable, Canon U.S.A. Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business lower operations expenses and enable new revenue-generating and industrial imaging solutions. The Company is rated No. optical services at the speed of the market. Shipping Diamond- 35 in Business Week’s Top 100 Brands. Its parent company, Wave® products to production networks since 2002, Calient Canon Inc., is a top patent holder of technology, ranking sec- has one of the largest installed fiber switch bases worldwide. ond overall in the U.S. in 2005, with global revenues of $31.8 The company provides its cost and performance benefits to the billion. highly demanding access, backhaul, and central office fiber management markets. Carlon 25701 Science Park Drive Calix Cleveland, OH 44122 1035 N. McDowell Blvd. P: 800-322-7566 Petaluma, CA 94954 F: 216-831-5579 P: 707-766-3000 Contact: Lori Franceschini F: 707-283-3100 E: [email protected] Contact: David Russell www.carlon.com E: [email protected] www.calix.com Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured Home, Municipalities, Independent Telephone Operators, Wiring Master Planned Communities Products served: Opto-Electronics Carlon is an industry-leading manufacturer and marketer of nonmetallic premises and outside plant wire and cable man- Calix is the market leader in GPON fiber-to-the-premises agement products for the electrical, utility and telecommuni- systems for independent telephone companies, developers and cations markets. The company has the world’s broadest line of municipalities. Calix has deployed over 350 fiber-to-the-home nonmetallic cable management products specifically designed communities in the United States and Canada, including over for ease of installation, greater performance and lower installed 80 deployments of IPTV services. Committed to standards- cost. Carlon also provides technical assistance, field support, based GPON, Calix has taken a leadership position in the and training. And with more than 50 years’ experience design-
48 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 ing, engineering and manufacturing innovative products for C-COR wire and cable management, you know you’ll be working with 60 Decibel Road a company you can trust. State College, PA 16801 P: 814-238-2461 Casero F: 814-238-4065 20 Toronto Street, Suite 600 Contact: Tim Gropp Toronto, ON M5C 2B8 E: [email protected] P: 416-913-6180 www.c-cor.com F: 416-913-6141 Contact: Arif Hirani Segments of industry served: Cable TV, Telecommunica- E: [email protected] tions. www.casero.com Products served: Outside Plant, Opto-Electronics, Network Services/Programming, Software, Broadband Access Prod- Segments of industry served: Wireless, Broadband Service ucts, On Demand Systems, and Operations Support Systems Providers, Community Networks Products served: Outside Plant, Wireless, Software, Design/ C-COR offers world-class, market-focused, integrated solu- Construction tions for cable operators and other service providers around the world that put subscribers in personal control of their en- Casero is at the forefront of broadband value-added services tertainment and communication needs. C-COR’s interoper- with its white-label Digital Media Suite, Social Networking able software and hardware help network operators provide Solution and Broadband Application Platform. The company reliable on-demand voice, video, and data today while expe- enables broadband operators to reclaim their broadband audi- diting their migration to all-IP intelligent networks. The com- ences by delivering value-added services that allow subscrib- pany’s solutions include C-COR broadband access technology ers to store, manage and share user-generated content (UGC). to extend bandwidth capacity; C-COR On Demand for VOD Casero’s Digital Media Suite gives operators a single solution and advertising; C-COR OSS for bandwidth and resource to deliver networked photos, videos, music and storage to management; and C-COR Network Services for a variety of broadband subscribers. outsourced field services that help keep networks operating at peak performance. CCI 105 Kent Street Centillium Communications Iron Mountain, MI 49801 255 Fourier Avenue P: 906-776-2612 Fremont, CA 94539 F: 906-774-6117 P: 510-771-3700 Contact: Jeff Murano F: 510-771-3500 E: [email protected] Contact: Vivian Chen www.cciinc.us E: [email protected] www.centillium.com Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Home, Hospitality, Municipalities Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Opto-Elec- Wiring, Opto-Electronics, Network Services/Programming, tronics, Network Services/Programming Design/Construction Centillium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: CTLM) is a lead- CCI is an employee-owned, full-service turnkey provider of ing innovator of high-performance, cost-effective semiconductor engineering, mapping, construction, and integration servic- solutions that give consumers, enterprises and service providers es for converging video, voice, data, transportation and utility the winning edge in broadband access. The company’s complete, networks. end-to-end SoC solutions accelerate development time-to-mar- ket for last-mile products with Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) and VoIP technologies. Centil- lium products include digital and mixed-signal integrated cir- cuits and related software for DSL and FTTP central office and customer premises equipment and VoIP solutions for carrier- and enterprise-class gateways and consumer telephony. Centillium is a global company with headquarters in Fremont, CA. Additional information is available at www.centillium.com.
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Channell ClearMesh Networks enables property owners and their man- PO Box 9022 aged service provider partners to deploy centrally managed Temecula, CA 92589 high-speed networking solutions across many buildings, at a P: 800-423-1863 fraction of the cost of using legacy copper or fiber services. F: 951-296-2322 The Metro Grid wireless optical mesh solution can distribute E: [email protected] up to several gigabits of Ethernet service capacity across metro www.channell.com areas and business parks to deliver from 5 to 100 Mbps per individual customer. With the Metro Grid solution, property Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Outside managers can offer high bandwidth services, centralize build- Plant Construction for Broadband, Outside Plant Construc- ing management and surveillance, and create revenue sharing tion for Telecommunications opportunities with local service providers. Products served: Outside Plant Clifford of Vermont Channell is a global designer and manufacturer of equipment Route 107 supplied to telephone companies and cable television network PO Box 51 operators worldwide. Major product lines include a complete Bethel, VT 05032 line of thermoplastic and metal fabricated enclosures, advanced P: 800-451-4381 copper connectivity products, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) bur- F: 802-234-5006 ied plant applications, sealed fiber optic enclosures and heat Contact: Cyrus Parker shrink. Headquartered in Temecula, California, Channell E: [email protected] currently operates sales and customer service centers, manu- www.cliffordvt.com facturing and distribution facilities in Southern California; London, UK; Sydney, Australia; and Toronto, Canada. Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- palities CipherOptics Inc. Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured 701 Corporate Center Drive Wiring, Opto-Electronics, Test Equipment Raleigh, NC 27607 P: 877-878-6655 National distributor of wire, cable, installation hardware, tools F: 919-233-9751 and test equipment for communications, network and control Contact: Peggy Stanley applications. Products include aerial, duct, buried and self- E: [email protected] supporting Figure-8 communications cable; fiber optic cable www.CipherOptics.com and supplies, CATV/broadband cable; small-diameter Neo- prene flexible control cable; security, alarm and data cables; Segments of industry served: IT Network Security underbridge and underground supplies, pole line hardware; Products served: Network Services/Programming termination and protection products.
CipherOptics is the leading innovator of Compliance-Grade® Codale Electric Supply network security solutions, providing transparent security 3150 South 900 West overlays that solve the fundamental problems of scalable data Salt Lake City, UT 84119 protection. Trusted by the most security-conscious enterprises P: 801-975-7300 and government agencies in the world, CipherOptics provides F: 801-977-8833 a Safe Passage® for data in motion with the lowest installation, Contact: Chad Smith management and operational costs. E: [email protected] www.codale.com ClearMesh Networks 116 W. Del Mar Blvd. Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- Pasadena, CA 91105 palities P: 626-535-2800 Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured F: 626-396-9420 Wiring, Test Equipment Contact: Kelly Williams E: [email protected] Codale Electric Supply is a leader in distribution services and www.clearmesh.com material management in the FTTX and outside-plant tele- phone markets. With multiple facilities in the Intermountain Segments of industry served: Wireless West, Codale is involved in several major municipal and inde- Products served: Outside Plant pendent telco fiber-to-the-home projects, providing material
50 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 and logistics solutions for their customers. Contact: Dana McEntire E: [email protected] Comverse Netcentrex Converged IP Communications www.corning.com/cablesystems 75 Perseverance Way Hyannis, MA 02601 Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- P: 508-771-4747 Home, Wireless, Municipalities, Fiber to the Business, Curb, F: 508-771-5747 Node Contact: Tim Phillips Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, E: [email protected] Structured Wiring, Test Equipment, Design/Construction www.netcentrex.net Corning Cable Systems Evolant® Solutions for Access Net- Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- works includes a broad range of innovative optical cable, Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities hardware and equipment products designed to make FTTX Products served: Wireless, Network Services/Programming, deployments faster, easier, more reliable and less costly. Corn- Software ing also offers a variety of customer-driven services focused on FTTX, such as comprehensive training, engineering sup- Comverse Netcentrex Converged IP Communications is the port and network modeling. Through its Corning Connected worldwide leader in VoIP application feature servers and the Community™ Program, Corning partners with the best home- leading enabler of converged voice-video-data services and builders in the country to bring the life-enhancing benefits next-generation networks with over 4 million VoIP lines in of FTTH to homebuilders. Corning’s Total Access Program™ service. Over 1 million of those are triple-play subscribers to- (TAP) provides highly qualified design, engineering, furnish- day. The pre-integrated triple-play solution supports a smooth ing and installation companies with the tools necessary to en- transition from VoIP to video switching, VoD and IPTV with sure successful FTTH deployments. personalization of video and IPTV services for each service zone offered. Our market-leading consumer VoIP and Video CP Technologies services platform works in multiple architectures (FTTN, 17110 Armstrong Avenue FTTC, FTTP and FTTH) and is flexible, scalable and avail- Irvine, CA 92614 able at a lower cost. P: 800-876-8889 or 949-231-5000 F: 949-231-5019 Condux International Inc. Contact: Kit Ly 145 Kingswood Road E: [email protected] Mankato, MN 56001 www.cptechusa.com P: 507-387-6576 F: 507-387-1442 Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Wireless, Contact: Eric Cope Fiber Optics, Cable Assemblies, Copper Ethernet E: [email protected] Products served: Inside Plant, Wireless, Structured Wiring www.condux.com CP Technologies was established in 1986, with the vision of Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home creating a company that delivers technology products to the Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant world focused on quality, reliability and value. CP Technolo- gies is an ISO 9001:2000–certified stocking manufacturer Condux’s LW Fiber Optic Cable Blower installs cable into in- and a Certified Corning Gold Partner that designs, engineers ner ducts at speeds approaching 300 feet per minute. Instal- and distributes copper and fiber optic cable assemblies includ- lation distances range from 1,000 to 10,000 feet. The blower ing passive and active networking devices. CP Technologies accommodates cable diameters from 0.23 to 1.13 inches and primary goal is to exceed our customers’ expectations and to- innerduct outside diameters from 0.98 to 1.90 inches. A pat- tal satisfaction for our products through our quality, reliability ented traction-control system automatically shuts down the and value-plus superior customer service. blower if the problems occur. The blower and all accessories fit into a lightweight job box. Daniels & Associates, L.P. 3200 Cherry Creek South Dr.,. Ste. 500 Corning Cable Systems Denver, CO 80209 800 17th Street NW P: 303-778-5555 Hickory, NC 28601 F: 303-778-5599 P: 828-901-5000 Contact: Mike Talamantes F: 828-901-5973 E: [email protected]
NOVEMBER 2006 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 51 2007 Buyers’ Guide www.danielsonline.com are sold through a worldwide dealer organization specially equipped to assist customers with the best service and training Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-To-The- in the industry. For more information, call 1-800-654-6481 Home, Wireless or visit www.ditchwitch.com. Products served: Financial Services, Investment Banking DragonWave Inc. Daniels & Associates is a leading financial advisor to the cable, 600-411 Legget Drive telecommunications, media and technology industries. Since Kanata, Ontario, Canada, K2K 3C9 1958, Daniels has been providing expert mergers and acquisi- P: 613-599-9991 tions, corporate finance and financial advisory services to the F: 613-599-4225 cable industry, including MSOs, private cable operators and Contact: Chris Russell rural system owners. According to Thomson Financial Secu- E: [email protected] rities Data, Daniels completed more mergers and acquisitions www.dragonwaveinc.com transactions in the U.S. cable and telecommunications sectors than any other advisor from 2000 through 2005. For more in- Segments of industry served: Wireless, Municipalities formation, please contact Mike Talamantes at 303-778-5555 Products served: Wireless or visit www.danielsonline.com DragonWave Inc. is a next-generation wireless equipment Direct Optical Research Company manufacturer focusing on the evolution of broadband wire- 8725 115th Avenue North less networks to provide high-capacity IP-based services. Largo, FL 33773 DragonWave’s products are designed to meet the network re- P: 727-319-9000 quirements of pseudowire and Ethernet backhaul for broad- F: 727-319-9006 band wireless access equipment such as WiMAX as well as Contact: Jamie Chivers for 3G and 4G cellular networks. AirPair is a point-to-point E: [email protected] Ethernet radio providing scalable, ultra-low-latency, native www.dorc.com Ethernet connectivity up to 500 Mbps full duplex in both li- censed and unlicensed frequencies, and supporting ring and Segments of industry served: Test Equipment mesh architectures for carrier-grade delivery of next-genera- Products served: Test Equipment tion IP services. DragonWave has been widely deployed with thousands of systems across a range of customers in more than DORC specializes in the design and manufacturing of desk- 20 countries. top and field portable noncontact interferometers for the fiber optic connector industry. DORC’s range of ZX-1 Interferom- Draka Comteq eters and Windows XP Professional® based PMS software have 2512 Penny Road been designed to meet the increasing need for accurate, auto- Claremont, NC 28610 mated, high-volume surface topography testing of connectors P: 828-459-8443 and single and multifiber ferrules. Contact: Todd Jennings E: [email protected] Ditch Witch – The Charles Machine Works Inc. www.drakacomteq.us PO Box 66 Perry, OK 73077 Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- F: 800-654-6481 Home, Wireless, Municipalities F: 580-336-3458 Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured www.ditchwitch.com Wiring
Segments of industry served: Construction Equipment Broadband cabling leader and the second-largest optical fi- Products served: Design/Construction ber supplier worldwide, Draka Comteq provides optical fi- ber cabling and connectivity solutions for network operators, In 1949, Ed Malzahn developed the first commercial com- installers and enterprises to deliver broadband services. We pact trencher, laying the foundation for The Charles Machine enable our clients to deploy simple, cost-effective broadband Works Inc. The company today is better known by the equip- fiber infrastructure that stands the test of time. For 96 years, ment it designs and manufactures -- Ditch Witch underground Draka has delivered real-world cabling solutions, keeping our construction equipment, known throughout the world for its customers and their customers a step ahead. A jointly owned advanced design, rugged construction, long-term durability, company of Draka and Alcatel, Draka Comteq is the second- ease of use and reliability. Ditch Witch equipment and parts largest optical fiber supplier worldwide, with more than 20
52 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 million miles of fiber deployed in North America alone. industry-leading manufacturers of broadband, fiber-to-the- premises and VoIP equipment. EMBARQ Logistics is com- DynamicCity Inc. mitted to ensuring that customers are provided the latest in 384 South 400 West, Suite 210 technology options. Lindon, UT 84042 P: 801-443-6500 Emerson Network Power – F: 801-443-6501 Energy Systems North America Contact: Joel Sybrowsky 4350 Weaver Parkway E: [email protected] Warrenville, IL 60555 www.dynamiccity.com P: 800-800-1280 F: 440-246-4171 Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- Contact: TBD palities E: [email protected] Products served: Network Services/Programming, Software, www.EmersonNetworkPower.com/EnergySystems Design/Construction Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- DynamicCity is the catalyst for digital revitalization of mar- Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities kets across America. It creates community-owned Open Ser- Products served: Outside Plant, Wireless, Structured Wir- vice Provider Networks that bring complete availability of true ing, Opto-Electronics, Network Services/Programming, broadband connections, service provider independence, eco- Design/Construction nomic infusion, and life-enhancing services to residents and businesses. As an Open Access Architect, DynamicCity brings Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE: unmatched expertise in designing, financing, implementing EMR), is the global leader in enabling Business-Critical and managing transformational fiber-to-the-home projects. Continuity™. Preparing customers for high-stakes opportu- Open Service Provider Networks enable communities to pro- nities and threats, Emerson Network Power provides reliable vide generally accessible, affordable, reliable and unified voice, power, precision cooling, connectivity and embedded solu- video and data at unprecedented speeds from 100 Mbps to 1 tions for computer, communications, healthcare and indus- Gbps and beyond from a range of competing content, com- trial systems. Backed by the largest global services organiza- munications and application service providers. tion in the industry, Emerson Network Power offers network reliability programs encompassing engineering, installation, EMBARQ Logistics project management and support services. NetSpan™ FTTX 600 New Century Parkway Integrated Solutions from Emerson Network Power provide New Century, KS 66031 a comprehensive range of fiber distribution hubs (FDH) and P: 800-755-3004 pedestals that will allow you to maximize your copper net- F: 800-776-3952 work and help you decide how, when and which technology to E: [email protected] use when deploying a fiber infrastructure to handle the ever- www.embarqlogistics.com growing market for broadband services. For more information on the full spectrum of NetSpan Solutions, visit www.Emer- Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Wireless, sonNetworkPower.com/NetSpan. Municipalities Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, Enablence Inc. Structured Wiring, Opto-Electronics, Network Services/Pro- 400 March Road gramming, Design/Construction, Test Equipment Kanata, Ontario K2K 3H4 P: 613-270-7888 EMBARQ Logistics is a supply-chain solution provider serv- F: 613-270-7850 ing carriers, manufacturers and contractors throughout North Contact: Mike Inskip America. With TL 9000 certified groups, EMBARQ Logis- E: [email protected] tics offers solutions recognized for innovation, effectiveness www.enablence.com and efficiency in network deployments, logistics and telecom equipment. EMBARQTM Logistics’ network, comprising Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home best-in-class IT systems and national distribution network, Products served: Opto-Electronics provides customers a highly reliable infrastructure to meet a variety of supply-chain needs. Products include network Enablence Technologies supplies planar lightwave circuit–based electronics, outside plant, customer premises, and network triplexers and diplexers for the global rollout of fiber-to-the- installation equipment. This broad product portfolio includes home. Located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Enablence is pub-
NOVEMBER 2006 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 53 2007 Buyers’ Guide licly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ETI Software Solutions Inc. ENA. For more information, visit www.enablence.com. 6065 Atlantic Blvd., Suite B Norcross, GA 30071 Entrisphere Inc. P: 770-242-3620 2770 San Thomas Expressway F: 770-242-9197 Santa Clara, CA 95051 Contact: Sabrina Porter P: 408-970-2000 E: [email protected] F: 408-970-2001 www.etisoftware.com Contact: Michael Gronovius E: [email protected] Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Hospital- www.entrisphere.com ity, Municipalities Products served: Software Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Home Founded in 1992, ETI Software Solutions Inc. is a leading Products served: Opto-Electronics developer of software products deployed by over 100 telecom carriers, utility providers, private FTTH network builders and Entrisphere makes the premier access system for triple-play cable system operators, serving millions of subscribers world- services. Our access network solutions allow telecom carriers wide. The ability to automate provisioning of FTTH networks to offer their customers a full range of voice, video and data has made ETI’s latest product Triad™ system unique in today’s services. Deployed, proven and backed with 24/7 customer marketplace. Triad™ also provides order entry and manage- support, Entrisphere products include the BLM 1500 multi- ment, work order management and scheduling, activation and service access platform, a comprehensive management solution billing modules to support advanced video, high-speed data, called EntriView EMS and a suite of ONTs and ONUs for voice, Pay-Per-View (PPV) and Video-On-Demand (VOD) FTTH, MDU, FTTN and FTTC applications. Carriers are services. Since its inception in 2004, over two dozen FTTH using Entrisphere solutions to deliver GPON, BPON, POTS, network services providers nationwide have deployed Triad. ADSL2+, VDSL2, TDM, SONET, Ethernet and VoIP. Evertz Microsystems Ltd. Ericsson 5288 John Lucas Drive 6300 Legacy Drive Burlington, Ontario L7L 5Z9 Plano, TX 75024 P: 905-335-3700 P: 972-583-0000 x.5974 F: 905-335-3573 Contact: Cliff Pumphrey E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.evertz.com www.ericsson.com Segments of industry served: Broadcasters Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Products served: Opto-Electronics, Test Equipment Home, Wireless, Municipalities Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, EXFO Opto-Electronics, Network Services/Programming, Software 400 Godin Avenue Quebec, QC, Canada, GIM 2K2 Ericsson is the largest supplier of mobile systems in the world P: 418-683-0211 and supports all major standards for wireless communication. F: 418-683-2170 It is helping to shape the future of mobile and broadband Contact: Patrice Belmonte internet communications through continuous technology E: [email protected] leadership. The world’s largest mobile operators are among its www.EXFO.com customers; Ericsson provides total solutions – from systems and applications to services and core technology for mobile Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- handsets. Ericsson has been providing innovative solutions in Home, Municipalities, Telecommunications Test Equipment more than 140 countries. Products served: Test Equipment
EXFO is a recognized test and measurement expert in the global telecommunications industry through the design and manufacture of advanced and innovative solutions as well as best-in-class customer support. The Telecom Division, which represents the company’s main business activity, offers fully
54 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 integrated and complete test solutions to network service pro- tion centers, cable assemblies, Ethernet switches, transceivers, viders, cable TV operators, telecom system vendors and com- repeaters, converters, and Ethernet assemblies, fiber optics ponent manufacturers in approximately 70 countries. EXFO transmitter, multiplexer, fiber connectors, terminators, and is the global market leader for portable optical test solutions fiber switches. Services include blown fiber installations, con- and a leading supplier of protocol and access test solutions to ventional fiber installations, category 5e installations, fusion enable triple-play deployments over converged IP networks. splicing services, electronic contract manufacturing, metal For more information about EXFO, visit www.EXFO.com. fabrication services, surface mount pc boards, passive device assemblies, complex fiber assemblies, complex chassis, and fi- Fiber Optic Association, The ber optics manufacturing. 1119 S. Mission Road, #355 Fallbrook, CA 92928 Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. P: 760-451-3655 2801 Telecom Parkway F: 781-207-2421 Richardson, TX 75082 Contact: Karen Hayes P: 800-777-FAST E: [email protected] F: 972-479-6990 www.thefoa.org Contact: Jeff Kopang E: [email protected] Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities, Training Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Wireless, Wiring, Design/Construction Municipalities, Carrier Ethernet, WiMAX, Wireless Back- haul, Optical Transport The FOA is an international nonprofit educational organiza- Products served: Outside Plant, Wireless, Opto-Electronics, tion that is dedicated to promoting professionalism in the field Network Services/Programming, Software, Design/Con- of fiber optics. Founded in 1995 by a dozen prominent fiber struction optics trainers and industry personnel, it is now involved in setting standards for and administering technical certification Fujitsu is an innovator and strategic partner with more than programs; evaluating and approving training schools; devel- 20 years of experience as a leading provider of wireline and oping textbooks, courses and training programs that are given wireless networking solutions that solve critical business issues to schools for their use; training and certifying instructors; and enable new services. Fujitsu enables customers to build or participating in industry standards activities; publishing an seamlessly migrate to fully converged networks that improve online newsletter of industry news; and promoting fiber optics network performance and profitability. More than 320,000 applications and education. Fujitsu network elements have been deployed by all major carriers across North America. Fujitsu maintains a well-estab- Fiberdyne Labs Inc. lished and highly regarded position as a market leader by pro- 127 Business Park Drive viding the best-in-breed data networking solutions that drive Frankfort, NY 13340 next-generation access, core and wireless networks. For more P: 315-895-8470 information, please visit http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom. F: 315-895-8436 Contact: Peter Polus General Machine Products E: [email protected] 3111 Old Lincoln Highway www.fiberdyne.com Trevose, PA 19053 P: 215-357-5500 Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- F: 215-357-6216 palities Contact: Ted Clemens, Director of Sales Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured E: [email protected] Wiring, Opto-Electronics, Design/Construction, Test Equip- www.GMPtools.com ment Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Fiberdyne Labs, Inc. manufactures fiber-optic networking Home, Municipalities products and photonic devices and provides manufacturing Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured and installation services for the CATV, telecommunications, Wiring, Design/Construction enterprise industries and Fiber to the Home. Products include splitters, couplers, Ethernet fiber media converter, attenua- GMP is a leading manufacturer of fiber optic cable blowers. tors, metro WDM, dense WDMs, edfa’s, fiber optic distribu- Our Breeze machine is for mini cable (up to 72 fibers) and
NOVEMBER 2006 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 55 2007 Buyers’ Guide air-blown fiber. The Tornado is used for traditional fiber cable HDNet up to 1.25 inches in diameter. It can also be field converted for 2909 Taylor Street blowing in microtubes. Our Accelair is used exclusively to de- Dallas, TX 75226 ploy air-blown fiber cable. It offers a buckle detector for added P: 214-651-1446 cable safety. Compressors are available for all three models of F: 214-571-9225 blowers. Our hydraulically limited fiber cable pullers are an Contact: Rowena Sapunto alternative to the blowing technology. Finally, GMP is known E: [email protected] worldwide as the unequalled provider of cable lashers for aerial www.hd.net cable deployments. Segments of industry served: HDTV Great Lakes Data Systems Products served: Network Services/Programming 5954 Priestly Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008 HDNet is the first national television network broadcasting P: 800-882-7950 all of its programming in 1080i HD, the highest-quality for- F: 760-602-1928 mat of high-definition television (HDTV). Cofounders Mark Contact: Laura Rosado Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and Philip Garvin E: [email protected] of Colorado Studios launched HDNet in September 2001. www.glds.com HDNet produces and televises more hours of HDTV sports, news and entertainment programming each week than any Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- other network providing the highest level of digital broadcast Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities quality available, delivering crystal-clear resolution in a wide- Products served: Software screen 16:9 theater-like format (16 units wide by 9 units high, compared with the 4:3 format of standard television sets). For WinCable® sets a new standard for cable billing and subscriber more information, visit www.hd.net. management software. WinCable’s client/server architecture, attractive Windows design, and robust SQL database provide Hitachi Telecom (USA) Inc. optimal features, benefits and value. Digital, analog and IPTV 3617 Parkway Lane set-top boxes, conditional access satellite receivers, cable mo- Norcross, GA 30092 dems, VOD and VoIP can all be provisioned directly from the P: 770-797-2521 WinCable® billing system. GLDS also offers web-enabled cus- F: 770-797-2550 tomer self-care including bill view, subscriber self-upgrades, Contact: Peter Westafer PPV ordering, and online credit card payment. E: [email protected] • Designed for the requirements of private and municipal www.hitachitelecom.com cable • Exclusive “address based” features Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- • Full support for Interdiction, FTTP, Digital Video, VoIP Home, Wireless, Municipalities and more Products served: Wireless, Opto-Electronics, Design/Con- • Landlord/tenant billing options struction • Low-cost online solutions for small systems • Full-service call center options with online management Hitachi Telecom (USA) Inc. offers fiber-to-the-premises solu- reports tions that enable service providers to deliver triple-play ser- Currently serving small and mid-size operators, GLDS has vices to residences and businesses over a single optical fiber. implemented its solutions for over 300 cable systems in 49 In 2006, Hitachi’s AMN1220 became the first full-rate ITU U.S. states and 36 countries worldwide. standards-compliant GPON system to be placed into com- mercial service in the United States, providing video, data and voice services to residential and business subscribers. The Hitachi AMN1220 GPON system supports revenue-produc- ing services such as HDTV and other premium video services for residential subscribers and T1 connections for enterprise customers. Network operators can address multiple markets, including single-family residential and small business, multi- dwelling-unit residential, multitenant and medium business applications. For developers, Hitachi’s AMN1220 GPON sys- tem can help to increase the value of their communities by supporting higher sales prices and faster property turnover.
56 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 HomeMovie Corp., dba stashSpace.com JDSU 31 West Chewuch One Milestone Center Court Winthrop, WA 98862 Germantown, MD 20876 P: 877-576-8777 P: 301-353-1500 F: 509-996-4287 Contact: Patrick Kiernan Contact: Steve Smallman E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.jdsu.com www.stashspace.com Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Products served: Network Services/Programming Home, Wireless, Municipalities Products served: Test Equipment Founded in 1999, stashSpaceTM is a Web-based video encod- ing, editing, storage and sharing service designed as a one- JDSU is committed to enabling broadband and optical in- stop platform for the creation and sharing of consumer-owned novation in the communications, commercial and consumer content. Through its proprietary stashSpace™ software, the markets. JDSU Communications Test & Measurement is a company differentiates itself with the ability to convert and leader in testing and service assurance for service providers edit analog media (VHS, beta, 8mm, slides, etc.) and digi- and network equipment manufacturers. JDSU has a global tal content (video, photos, and music) into long- or short-for- presence with a direct sales force and distributors worldwide. mat movies or snapshot albums. Once the content is created, The award-winning JDSU product portfolio includes solutions stashSpace facilitates publishing it online via private sharing for metro Ethernet, fiber optics, copper, xDSL, voice, video, on stashSpace’s site or third-party sites such as MySpace and IP, home networking and wireless. JDSU produces industry- YouTube, downloading it to iPods and other portable devices icon brands including T-BERD®, Wavetek®, SmartClass™, and burning it to DVDs. NetComplete™ and Test-um™, and all products are backed by superior after-sales support and services. InfiniSys Inc. 482 Fentress Blvd., Suite N JFW Industries Inc. Daytona Beach, FL 32114 5134 Commerce Square Drive P: 386-236-1500 Indianapolis, IN 46237 F: 386-238-1555 P: 317-887-1340 Contact: Richard Holtz F: 317-881-6790 E: [email protected] Contact: Connie Ventress www.electronicarchitect.com E: [email protected] www.jfwindustries.com Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Home, Wireless Segments of industry served: Wireless Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, Products served: Wireless, Network Services/Programming, Structured Wiring, Design/Construction Test Equipment
InfiniSys is a leading consultant and designer of innovative JFW Industries is a leading designer and manufacturer of in- technology amenities and low-voltage systems for multifam- novative RF solutions that include attenuators, terminations, ily, mixed-use and student housing communities nationwide. switches, power dividers, matrix switches and specialized test Its designs have won numerous awards, and it has created systems. JFW has more than 100 team members working in the FTTA™ Fiber-to-the-Apartment system, the Networke- an ISO 9001:2000 certified environment to exceed the quality dApartment™, In-Unit Wireless and the iPod®-Ready Apart- and service expectations of every single customer. Our dedi- ment Home. Other new products currently offered include the cated engineering team works together with our unsurpassed Cellular Network Repeater system, which brings the mobile customer service department to provide application-specific phone network indoors, improving sound quality and reduc- solutions at a price you can afford. The ability to respond to ing dead spots and dropped calls, and the industry-first Multi- the specific needs of the customer has JFW devices being used Provider Telephone Modules, which enable residents to select in applications from broadband and cable TV to cellular/PCS from their choice of phone providers without extensive rewir- signal verification and site installations. ing by the property owner.
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Kawasaki Microelectronics America Inc. Krell Technologies 2570 North First Street, Suite 301 1126 Campus Drive West San Jose, CA 95131 Morganville, NJ 07751 P: 408-570-0555 P: 732-617-7091 F: 408-570-0567 F: 732-617-7092 Contact: Joel Silverman Contact: Al Cheswick E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.k-micro.us www.krelltech.com
Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home Home Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant Products served: Wireless, Opto-Electronics, Design/Con- struction Manufactures automated and integrated connector polishing and inspection systems for high volume production, portable K-micro is a leading supplier of ASICs for the passive optical field polishers for FTTH/LAN/CATV installation and repair, networking (PON) market. The company’s innovative tech- waveguide polishers, in-line video inspection equipment, in- nologies and world-class design support are used in a wide terferometers and precision cleaving systems. Also offers lens- variety of consumer electronics, computer, office-automation, ing systems for processing bare fiber into conical, chisel and storage and networking products. K-micro has developed the angle shapes. Manufactures the CleanTouch Connector key IP blocks necessary for the PON market including sev- Cleaner and SATWipe 100% alcohol wipes. eral high-speed SERDES utilizing K-micro’s fast-lock CDR, as well as a variety of GPON MACs, switch and PHY macros. KT Communication K-Micro’s innovative approach to SoC chip design enables our 2409 N Stadium customers to rapidly develop and deploy their products. K- Columbia, MO 65202 micro is also developing key IP for MoCA, PLC and HPNA P: 877-485-3557 needed for the home networking market. F: 573-446-9054 Contact: Kristy Thurman Kingfisher International E: [email protected] 15055 SW Sequoia Parkway www.ktcom.tv Portland, OR 97224 P: 503-403-4200 Segments of industry served: Programming aggregator F: 503-403-4205 Products served: Network Services/Programming Contact: Roy Lewis E: [email protected] KT Communication specializes in providing video content www.kingfisherinternational.com through many different technologies such as C band, DBS transport and digital overlay. Our extensive experience, supe- Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- rior customer service and our customer management tools as- Home, Hospitality, Municipalities sist in every aspect to save money and simplify your business Products served: Test Equipment for video content.
Since 1986, Kingfisher International has been recognized as Light Brigade Inc. (The) a leader in the fiber optic test instrument and measurement 837 Industry Drive industry. Kingfisher International test instruments are used Tukwila, WA 98188 by major telcos in 70 countries. The entire test instrument line P: 206-575-0404 incorporates 20 years of field-tested innovation to produce the F: 206-575-0405 most advanced fiber optic testing equipment available. King- Contact: Joe Wendler fisher International testers offer practical specifications for fiber E: [email protected] optic testing, backed by a three-year warranty with an option- www.lightbrigade.com al five- to seven-year extended warranty. All test instruments have three-year calibration cycles with an ILAC MRA-1982, Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- NATA-NIST traceable calibration, ISO9001, ISO 17025, and palities a record of superior reliability. Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Test Equip- ment, Opto-Electronics
Since 1987, The Light Brigade has instructed more than
58 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 30,000 attendees in its public and custom classes. The compa- LTS Group ny offers courses nationwide covering basic fiber optic design, 9466 Black Mountain Road maintenance and testing, as well more advanced courses on San Diego, CA 92126 topics such as fiber-to -the-home/PON. The Light Brigade -of P: 949-720-1466 fers two options that focus on FTTX disciplines, applications F: 858-527-6410 and products: FTTH/PON for Installers and Planners, a four- Contact: Ashwin Chitamun day training course; or FTTP/PON computer-based training E: [email protected] (CBT). In addition, TLB creates customized courses, DVDs, www.Ledcor.com videos and CD-ROMs. Visit www.lightbrigade.com/pon/ for more information or to review the “Best of PON” demo. Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- palities Light Connection, The Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured 132 Base Road Wiring, Opto-Electronics, Network Services/Programming, Oriskany, NY 13424 Design/Construction P: 315-736-7384 F: 315-736-1927 LTS Group consists of three divisions that together provide a Contact: Randy Tuttle full range of services offering our customers a North America- E: [email protected] wide full-service program. The Managed Services Group fo- www.thelightconnection.com cuses on the telecommunications sector and provides field and central office maintenance, electronics installation and con- Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- struction management services. The Infrastructure Services palities, Any Fiber Optic Cable Group provides engineering and construction services to the Products served: Inside Plant, Structured Wiring telecommunications, utilities and industrial sectors. The Net- work Development Group provides a full suite of products to TLC manufactures standard and customized simplex, duplex, bring FTTP triple-play (voice, data, and TV) services, using tight buffer, distribution, indoor/outdoor and ribbon cable, as state-of-the-art fiber, to residential and businesses customers well as furcation tubing to fit a variety of fanout applications. in mid to small rural communities across the nation. TLC’s gigabit cables are designed with Corning® InfiniCorR Laser-Optimized™ Optical Fiber or Singlemode Corning® MagicBox Inc. SMF28eR or the new enhanced NexCorR. 1600 SW Western, Suite 130 Corvallis, OR 97333 Lightguide Productions P: 541-752-5654 431 Brookmill Road F: 541-752-5614 Oakville, ON, Canada, L6J 5K6 Contact: Tom Searcy P: 905-849-5922 E: [email protected] F: 905-849-6188 www.magicboxinc.com Contact: Dennis Towell E: [email protected] Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU www.lightguidesystems.com MagicBox Inc. manufactures character generators for satel- Segments of industry served: Fiber Optics Training lite, cable TV and CCTV applications. Ideal for PCOs and Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Opto-Elec- MDUs, the Aavelin System is designed to be a community tronics bulletin board. Aavelin is remotely accessible via a modem or network connection. The RT Model has a built in 4x1 video Lightguide can help with information about fiber optics tech- switcher so that video can pass through either full screen or nology, training for personnel, supporting materials such as picture in picture. Standard features include flexible sched- videotapes and computer based training. The company will uling, four independent crawl/overlay regions, Macromedia work with clients to design a complete custom program to Flash and True Type Font support. Available options include meets specific needs, quickly and economically. Its “Fiber weather and VCR/DVD control. A training DVD is included Optic Expertise Audit” helps identify the key areas to help with each unit. For more information, contact MagicBox at increase profits from fiber optics. 541-752-5654 or [email protected].
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Martin Group MET Laboratories Inc. 1515 N Sanborn Blvd. 914 W. Patapsco Avenue Mitchell, SD 57301 Baltimore, MD 21230 P: 605-996-9646 P: 410-354-3300 F: 605-995-2577 F: 410-354-3313 Contact: Hannah Walters Contact: Kevin Harbarger E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.martin-group.com www.metlabs.com
Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Wireless, Products served: Network Services/Programming, Software, NEBS testing Design/Construction Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, Opto-Electronics, Network Services/Programming Martin Group is the nationwide leader in software, business services and engineering that address operational and market- MET is a full-service test and certification laboratory provid- place challenges faced by communications providers. Martin ing EMC, environmental, product safety, NEBS, and telecom Group’s advanced OSS/BSS software provides communica- testing on both coasts. SAR, Bluetooth (BQTF), RFID, fi- tions providers with the tools to manage revenue effectively ber optic component testing are also provided. MET tests to and efficiently. Martin Group’s Business Services help commu- regulatory, commercial and military standards, both U.S. and nications providers minimize exposure to capital, human and international. A Verizon-certified ITL. technological risks associated with in-house solutions. Martin Group’s Engineering team has been helping service providers Multicom, Inc. plan and engineer their infrastructure for 35 years with inno- 1076 Florida Central Parkway vative solutions, practical designs and expert implementations. Longwood, FL 32750 Martin Group is headquartered in Mitchell, South Dakota, P: 407-331-7779 and has regional offices spanning the United States. F: 407-339-0204 Contact: Scott Brietz Mega Hertz E: [email protected] 4100 International Plaza, Suite 150 www.multicominc.com Ft. Worth, TX 76109 P: 800-883-8839 Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- F: 817-529-9883 Home, Hospitality, Municipalities Contact: Steve Grossman Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Test Equip- E: [email protected] ment, Opto-Electronics, Design/Construction www.megahz.com Multicom, headquartered in Orlando, Florida since 1982, is Segments of industry served: FTTH, IPTV and Cable a full-line stocking distributor and manufacturer of products Television used for end-to-end integration of communication solutions, Products served: Opto-Electronics, Design/Construction, including cable TV, traffic signal equipment and VoIP ser- Headend/Video Processing Equipment, Test Equipment vices. Multicom stocks over 7,000 products from more than 85 of the world’s major manufacturers to completely build Mega Hertz is a value-added reseller (VAR) of unique multi- and maintain communication systems at cost-effective prices. vendor system solutions (MVSS) that support the deployment These products are used to acquire, process and distribute sig- of advanced video technologies in fiber- and coax-based broad- nals over coax, fiber optics and copper cable. As a value-added band IP networks. MHz is focused on the all-digital-network supplier, Multicom designs headend and distribution systems transition taking place within the U.S. cable television and using AutoCAD. The company also assembles headend sys- broadband markets. MHz Integrated Services provides engi- tems for a complete Plug and Play solution. In addition, Mul- neering, design, project management, training, installation ticom’s affiliate company, Mconnect Inc., offers VoIP phone and turn-up, as well as Level 1 product support. services for SOHO, small business, and enterprise customers. It also extends resellers an opportunity to participate in the growing VoIP industry. Options include, private label brand- ing or reselling of the MCONNECT Brand.
60 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 MetaSwitch Mohawk 1001 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 100 9 Mohawk Drive Alameda, CA 94502 Leominster, MA 01453 P: 510-748-8230 P: 800-422-9961 F: 510-748-8236 F: 978-537-4358 Contact: Carol Daniels Contact: Denise Markert E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.metaswitch.com www.mohawk-cable.com
Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-home, Hospital- Home, Municipalities ity, Municipalities Products served: Inside Plant, Network Services/Program- Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured ming, Software Wiring
MetaSwitch is an industry-leading vendor of IP Multimedia Mohawk is an ISO 9001 manufacturer of plenum and riser Subsystem (IMS) switching and applications solutions for both listed Category 6e+ GigaLAN through Category 3 ETL veri- packet- and circuit-switched networks. Its widely deployed fied copper products, including high pair count. Mohawk pro- call agent, media/signaling gateway and application server vides industry-leading UTP and ScTP designs for high-speed platform supports a full range of legacy Class 4/5 capabilities LAN applications including Gigabit Ethernet. We support an and hosted unified communications services, and scales from open architecture philosophy and offer an open solution to ca- a few hundred to millions of subscribers in both integrated bling. Additionally, a complete line of fiber cables is available and distributed configurations. Customers include incumbent in both single-mode and laser-optimized multimode fiber for and competitive local exchange carriers, as well as operators multigigabit Ethernet applications, including indoor/outdoor of broadband wireless, cable and fiber networks. MetaSwitch designs, traditional plenum and riser listed breakout, distribu- is a division of established telecom technology provider Data tion and OSP loose tube designs. For more information visit Connection. For more information: www.metaswitch.com. our Web site, www.mohawk-cable.com, or call us at 1-800- 422-9961 or 978-537-9961. Michels Communications 817 West Main Street Montclair Fiber Optics Inc. Brownsville, WI 53006 2320 Pleasant View Road P: 920-583-3132 Middleton, WI 53562 F: 920-583-3429 P: 608-831-4440 E: [email protected] F: 608-831-4679 www.michels.us Contact: Albert Chang E: [email protected] Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home www.montclairfiber.com Products served: Outside Plant Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home Michels Communications constructs and places all types of Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Opto-Elec- communications networks including copper, coax and fiber tronics optics in buried, underground and aerial outside plant envi- ronments. Michels has deployed last-mile technology, includ- Since 1995, Montclair Fiber Optics Inc. has offered a wide ing FTTC and FTTH, to tens of thousands of subscribers range of products that are specifically designed and environ- across North America. We offer our clients seamless, turnkey mentally tested to meet the industry standard requirements capabilities. for fiber-to-the-premises applications. Our products – splitters and CWDM filters – are installed throughout North Ameri- ca, enduring some of the harshest climates and providing the field-proven performance and reliability you can count on. For more information about our products, please visit our Web site, www.montclairfiber.com.
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MRV Communications Inc. NEC 20415 Nordhoff Street 14040 Park Center Road Chatsworth, CA 91311 Herndon, VA 20171 P: 818-773-0900 P: 703-834-4000 F: 818-773-0960 F: 703-834-4207 Contact: Chris Tenes, VP Sales Contact: Rich Moran E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.mrv.com www.nec.com
Segments of industry served: Wireless, Hospitality, Munici- Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- palities Home, Wireless, Municipalities Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, Products served: Wireless, Opto-Electronics Opto-Electronics NEC Corporation of America is a leading technology pro- Founded in 1988, MRV Communications Inc. is a leading vider of IT, network and visual display solutions. Headquar- provider of network services, equipment and optical compo- tered in Irving, Texas, NEC Corporation of America is the nents. MRV meets the needs of PCOs, MDUs and munici- North America subsidiary of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: palities along with wireless and hospitality services providers NIPNY). NEC Corporation of America delivers technology through a diverse product line that includes the OptiSwitch and professional services including server and storage solu- series of demarcation switch devices, the Fiber Driver family tions, digital presentation and visual display systems, biomet- of physical layer media converters, MegaVision network man- ric identification, IP voice and data solutions, optical network agement software and the TereScope line of free space optics and microwave radio communications. NEC Corporation (FSO) products. of America serves carrier, SMB and large enterprise clients across multiple vertical industries. NCS Industries Inc. 375 Ivyland Road, #11 NEPTCO Warminster, PA 18974 30 Hamlet Street P: 800-523-2342 Pawtucket, RI 02861 F: 267-803-0788 P: 401-722-5500 Contact: Fred Baker F: 401-722-6378 E: [email protected] Contact: Barbara Cioffi www.ncsind.com E: [email protected] www.neptco.com Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Wireless, Mu- nicipalities Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Products served: Outside Plant, Wireless, Test Equipment, Home, Municipalities Opto-Electronics Products served: Outside Plant
NCS supplies the cable television (CATV) and multiple- NEPTCO’s outside plant products are ideal for bringing fi- dwelling-unit (MDU) industries with a comprehensive line ber to the home, the curb, the node, or just about anywhere of system-critical network equipment, hardware and technical else. MULETAPE® lubricated pulling tape allows contractors repairs for headend, line equipment and test equipment. NCS to install fiber optic cable without damaging innerduct, while offers products that are used to acquire, distribute, and protect Detectable MULETAPE® enables precise locating of an all-di- the broad range of communications signals carried on fiber electric network long after it’s installed. The MULETAPE Ca- optic, coaxial cable and wireless distribution systems. NCS ble Manager prevents tape from wrapping around cable when is a “Stocking Distributor” for Motorola current and legacy both are installed simultaneously, and the MULEGUN® can products. be used to install tape, microduct or textile duct in occupied conduit, without damage to the cable or duct. Contact us to see how NEPTCO is revolutionizing the way you work!
62 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 North American Cable Equipment Inc. everything from payment processing and collection servicing 1085 Andrew Drive, Suite A to strategizing new ways to turn customer satisfaction into an West Chester, PA 19380 effective sales tool that can increase revenue. A satisfied cus- P: 800-688-9282 tomer has unlimited potential. Our job is to help you tap it. F: 610-429-3060 Contact: Kirk Davies NuVisions (a Telkonet company) E: [email protected] 259-263 Goffle Road www.northamericancable.com Hawthorne, NJ 07506 P: 919-469-8529 Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU F: 919-342-5935 Products served: Outside Plant, Structured Wiring, Test Contact: Ben Tuorto Equipment E: [email protected] www.nuvisions.tv/ North American Cable Equipment Inc. (NACE) is a full line stocking manufacturer and distributor of commercial and Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU residential satellite and CATV installation materials. NACE Products served: Wireless, Structured Wiring, Network has stocking locations in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Nevada and Services/Programming Florida and sales offices in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Florida. Product lines include: commercial NuVisions, a Telkonet company, has been providing cable headend electronics, coaxial cables, multimedia cables, secu- television programming since 1982 to MDU and commercial rity cables, category cables, residential satellite and CATV in- properties. NuVisions is the New York area’s first and only stallation materials, surge protectors, residential digital agile quad-play service provider offering data, voice, video, and modulators with infrared capabilities, tools, patch cords, tele- WiFi. NuVisions’ video service is powered by Dish Network, a vision mounts and much more. NACE also has a fully staffed state-of-the-art service offering the absolute best in program- headend assembly laboratory that builds professional-quality ming options. NuVisions offers a variety of broadband solu- private cable systems. tions that are delivered utilizing cable modem as well as power line communications technology, which provides an Internet Northstar connection at any electrical outlet in an apartment, condo, or 125 Airport Parkway office. Greenwood, IN 46143 P: 800-466-0900 Occam Networks F: 317-865-2426 77 Robin Hill Road Contact: Josh Thackery Santa Barbara, CA 93117 E: [email protected] P: 805-692-2900 www.northstartele.com F: 805-692-2999 Contact: Sales – Greg Dalforno Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- E: [email protected] Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities www.occamnetworks.com Products served: Software Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- Our goal at NorthStar is to allow you to focus on your core palities, Telco business objectives by providing solutions that enable you to Products served: Outside Plant, Network Services/Program- meet your customer’s needs, even as you expand the number of ming products and services you make available to them. At North- Star we cater exclusively to providers in the telecommunica- Occam Networks’ innovative telecommunications products tions sector. Nobody is better equipped to handle your op- and solutions are changing the way service providers deliver erations efficiently and affordably, enabling you to focus your new services. Hundreds of service providers across the United energy on promoting new products and services in the mar- States and Canada use Occam BLC 6000 products to cost- ket. That’s what makes NorthStar the industry’s first choice effectively build simple, flexible and scalable access networks for handling its subscriber management needs. Our suite of that reduce operating costs, simplify network management, products and services includes: accelerate advanced services deployment, maintain high cus- • Billing and Subscriber Management Software tomer loyalty and, most importantly, generate new revenue • Completely Outsourced Customer Care streams that improve bottom line results. Occam products • Overflow and After Hours Answering Service are built on two key technologies, IP and Ethernet, enhanced Our full-service support team can help your business handle for telco reliability.
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OFS Optical Cable Corporation 2000 Northeast Expressway 5290 Concourse Drive Norcross, GA 30071 Roanoke, VA 24019 P: 1-888-FIBERHELP P: 540-265-0690 Contact: Calvin Martin F: 540-265-0724 E: [email protected] Contact: Susan S. Adams www.ofsoptics.com E: [email protected] www.occfiber.com Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Home, Municipalities, Telcos, service providers, OEMs Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Hospital- Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Design/Con- ity, Municipalities, LANs, campus environments, Mining, struction Industrial, etc. Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant As a leading innovator and supplier of optical fiber products and solutions, OFS can help you to fiber-connect your commu- Founded in 1983, Optical Cable Corporation is a leading man- nity with the Access ADVANTAGE™ System, a high-perfor- ufacturer of fiber optic cables primarily sold into the enterprise mance, end-to-end FTTH solution that delivers fiber directly market, and the premier manufacturer of military land tacti- to homes, businesses and MDUs. The Access ADVANTAGE cal fiber optic cable for the U.S. military. The company’s cur- System can support HDTV, on-demand video, voice, online rent broad product offering is built on the evolution of these gaming and many other services. Its key components include fundamental military tactical technologies, and is designed bend-insensitive AllWave® FLEX ZWP fiber, AllWave FLEX to provide end-users with fiber optic cables that are easy and Jumpers and Fanouts, Orbital™ 288 and 576 fiber distribution economical to install, provide a high degree of reliability and systems, and Fortex™ and AccuRibbon© cables. OFS can also offer outstanding performance characteristics. The company help you customize your network design with its OptiCost™ manufactures its high-quality tight-buffered fiber optic cables FTTX Modeling services. at its ISO 9001:2000 registered facility located in Roanoke, Virginia. Omega Optics Inc. 10435 Burnet Road, Suite 108 Optical Design Manufacturing Inc. Austin, TX 78758 143 Lake Street P: 512-996-8833 Laconia, NH 03246 F: 512-873-7744 P: 603-524-8350 Contact: Hai Bi F: 603-524-8332 E: [email protected] Contact: Michael Schneider www.omegaoptics.com E: [email protected] www.odm-inc.com Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home Products served: Outside Plant, Opto-Electronics Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home Products served: Test Equipment Omega Optics provides reliable passive and active products that can meet the needs of individual applications. The prod- ODM designs and manufactures high-quality fiber optic test ucts include passive patch cords and adapters that provide the equipment for the broadband optical fiber marketplace. Prod- most flexibility and reliability in connecting varieties of opti- ucts include optical power meters, LED and laser light sources, cal fiber cables with low insertion loss, attenuators that are visual fault finders, fiber identifiers and inspection and clean- used to simulate corresponding attenuation of optical signals, ing test kits. Optical power meters include USB data transfer splitter and WDM couplers that are easy to install and re- features for archival purposes. move. We also provide active devices such as 155Mbps BIDI to 2.5G SFP, with 500m to 80km reach.
64 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 Opticomm Corp. OZ Optics Limited 6827 Nancy Ridge Drive 219 Westbrook Road San Diego, CA 92121 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada P: 858-450-0143 P: 613-831-0981 F: 858-450-0155 F: 613-836-5089 Contact: Peter Walters Contact: Omur Sezerman E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.opticomm.com www.ozoptics.com
Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Hospital- Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home ity, Municipalities, Broadcast, Institutional, Government, Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Opto-Elec- Healthcare, Security, Traffic/Rail tronics Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Opto-Elec- tronics, Network Services/Programming, Design/Construc- Smart patch cords and wireless fiber for power and wavelength tion monitoring, stable LED and LD light sources, collimators/fo- cusers, directional taps and power monitors, EDFAs, educa- The Optiva™ digital daisy-chained fiber optic transmission tional kits, environmental test sets, extinction ratio meters, platform is a result of Opticomm’s successful developmental Faraday mirrors and rotators, fault-finders, fiber lasers, fixed initiative to significantly improve upon existing solutions for and tunable filters, fixed/variable/digital attenuators, hermeti- video, audio and data fiber optic networking. The benefits of cally sealable patch cords, high-power patch cords, isolators, this new system include customizable multi-oriented video, mini-power meters, optical amplifiers for CATV applications, audio and data input configuration. Practically any signal de- optical delay lines, PDL test sets, PM/SM/MM fused fiber riving from commercially available video, audio and/or data couplers, polarization maintaining patch cords, connectors equipment is supported by Optiva™, in virtually any config- and splitters, rotators/controllers/analyzers, polarizing split- uration. The system can be configured online at www.opti- ters/combiners, polarization laser-to-fiber delivery systems, comm.com. polarizers, RGB combiners, tapered fibers, termination kits, turnkey laser diode sources, U-Brackets, V-Grooves, vacuum/ Optoway Technology Inc. hermetic feedthroughs. No. 38, Kuang Fu South Road, Hukou HsinChu, Taiwan 303 PacketFront Inc. P: 886-3-5979798 98 Spitbrook Road, Suite 304 F: 886-3-5979737 Nashua, NH 03062 Contact: Isabella Chien P: 603-888-5100 E: [email protected] F: 603-888-5101 www.optoway.com.tw Contact: Tim Scott E: [email protected] Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home www.packetfront.com Products served: Opto-Electronics Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Optoway offers a wide range of integrated optoelectronic com- Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities, Private Public ponents and modules for fiber optic communication. With Partnerships, Financing Options our vertically integrated structure, Optoway is dedicated to Products served: Opto-Electronics, Network Services/Pro- meeting customer demands for FP/DFB lasers, Analog/Digi- gramming, Software, Design/Construction tal PD, PIN TIA receivers, SLED 1 x 9m SFF m GBIC, SFP, Bi-Directional and CWDM transceivers. Optoway also offers PacketFront is the world leader in developing, engineering and one-stop shopping for OLT/ONU transceivers for the FTTH operating solutions for open-access fiber networks. Winner of market. the 2006 International Engineering Consortium’s InfoVision Award for its innovative approach to creating and managing open access networks, PacketFront’s clients include the largest and most successful municipal and utility fiber networks in the world. Capitalizing on our extensive experience in delivering triple-play and open-access networks, we have proven technol- ogies and expertise to ensure that our customers successfully navigate the business and technical challenges of delivering profitable broadband networks. PacketFront’s broadband solu-
NOVEMBER 2006 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 65 2007 Buyers’ Guide tions support various types of business models, whether you PCT International, Inc. are a property owner, utility company, community, CLEC/ 1715 West Sunrise Blvd. ILEC, or cable TV operator. As your business partner we work Gilbert, AZ 85233 together with you to maximize your investment by building P: 281-374-6297 successful broadband networks for today and into the future. F: 281-374-6298 At the heart of PacketFront’s solution is BECS™, our award- Contact: Neil Brasfield winning control and provisioning system that allows end users E: [email protected] to self-provision services from service providers of their choice. www.pctusa.net Furthermore, the full automation functionality of BECS™ al- lows network owners to manage the network with a minimum Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- of resources. PacketFront’s solution includes a series of core Home, Hospitality, Municipalities software products, broadband routers and multiservice cus- Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured tomer premises switches. PacketFront was founded in 2001 Wiring, Opto-Electronics, Design/Construction and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with operations in Boston, Japan and South Korea. PCT International is a leading worldwide manufacturer of high- performance optical networking and RF products for broadband Pannaway Technologies communication networks. PCT’s family of products provide 215 Commerce Way complete connectivity in one source for cable, patented torque Portsmouth, NH 03801 retaining “F” connectors, multimedia taps and power distribu- P: 603-766-5100 tion units, digital splitters, multimedia drop amplifiers, fiber F: 603-766-5150 optic actives, and CWDM media converters. PCT’s EQ Linktm Contact: Kevin Brown product line offers optical Ethernet transport and distribution E: [email protected] platforms, and is the complete product solution for the service www.pannaway.com provider’s next generation first-mile access needs. Providing a reliable and cost effective delivery mechanism for broadband Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Ethernet data services over optical fiber, EQ Link offers advance product Transport, Copper Access Solution features such as in-band management and diagnostics, avail- Products served: Remote Terminal, Central Office and ability of 24/7 support, and complete end-to-end products of all premises active and passive components. Recent product innovations in- clude the Genesys 2M mini digital splitter, the AVR automatic Pannaway delivers customer-proven broadband access and voice router, and the bypass drop amplifier. PCT International Ethernet transport solutions that enable telecommunications is headquartered in Gilbert, AZ. service providers to offer new advanced services to their rural subscribers. Based on industry-standard IP (Internet Proto- Power & Telephone Supply Co. col), Ethernet and SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) technolo- 2673 Yale Avenue gies, Pannaway’s Service Convergence Network (SCN™) archi- Memphis, TN 38112 tecture allows telcos to increase revenue and compete more P: 901-324-6116 effectively through the delivery of converged digital Primary F: 901-320-3082 Line VoIPSM, high-speed Internet and broadcast-quality IPTV Contact: Keith Cress services. The privately held company is headquartered in E: [email protected] Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and has been building multi- www.ptsupply.com award-winning IP broadband solutions and service/support programs to fit the specific needs of telecom service providers Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Wireless, since 2002. Hospitality, Municipalities Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, Structured Wiring, Test Equipment
Power & Telephone Supply offers the complete product solu- tion for today’s telecom and CATV service provider. Wheth- er you need electronics, outside plant material, or customer premises equipment, Power & Tel stocks the products to build your entire network, from the manufacturers you know and trust. Allow our extensive distribution network to be your in- ventory. Call: 800-238-7514; fax: 901-320-3082; Web: www.ptsupply.com.
66 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 Preformed Line Products RAD Data Communications 660 Beta Drive 900 Corporate Drive Mayfield Village, OH 44143 Mahwah, NJ 07430 P: 440-461-5200 P: 201-529-1100 F: 440-442-8816 F: 201-529-5777 Contact: John Markiewicz Contact: Judi Aciego E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.preformed.com www.rad.com
Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Home Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities Products served: Outside Plant, Structured Wiring Products served: Wireless, Opto-Electronics, Network Ser- vices/Programming Preformed Line Products provides a wide array of solu- tions for non-utility customers. We provide an innovative Founded in 1981, RAD Data Communications is now mark- range of products for the agricultural, arborist, elevator, tower ing 25 years of innovation as an industry leader in the devel- and antenna, metal building and residential builder indus- opment of access solutions for data and telecommunications tries. In addition, we offer full urethane production capabili- applications. RAD’s solutions serve the data and voice access ties, which provide stock and customized solutions for mining, requirements of service providers, incumbent and new carri- rail and transit applications and beyond. The reliability of our ers, and enterprise networks by reducing infrastructure invest- quality-assured products, combined with our knowledgeable ment costs while boosting competitiveness and profitability. sales team and technical support services, make Preformed The company’s installed base exceeds 9,000,000 units and in- Line Products the connection you can count on. cludes more than 150 carriers and operators around the world. These customers are supported by 23 RAD offices and more Quanta Services, Inc. than 200 distributors in 164 countries. Visit us at www.rad. 1360 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 2100 com. Houston, TX 77056 P: 713-629-7600 REDCOM F: 713-629-7676 One Redcom Center Contact: Dan Miller Victor, NY 14564 E: [email protected] P: 585-924-6500 www.quantaservices.com F: 585-924-6585 Contact: Carlos Sanchez Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Wireless, E: [email protected] Municipalities www.redcom.com Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, Design/Construction REDCOM’s innovative new TRANSip leaps beyond first- generation softswitches, integrating VoIP and TDM Call Quanta Services offers the experienced workforce, equipment Management, Media Gateway Services, Media Gateway Con- resources, financial strength and geographic breadth necessary troller and other major features. TRANSip provides advanced to extend the nation’s fiber optic network to the homes, busi- VoIP features while retaining complete compatibility with nesses and end users who demand rapid delivery of the latest traditional TDM switching. TRANSip offers a drop-in solu- technologies and services. With more than 20 years experience tion that allows telecommunications providers to gain access in telecommunications network services, Quanta Services to revenue-generating IP features while preserving the proven companies quite literally laid the groundwork for the future’s functionality of their existing infrastructure. TRANSip also fiber optic network. Having installed thousands of miles of offers applications that create specific solutions for enterprise conduit and fiber through rural fields and the hearts of big markets. For complete information on the REDCOM TRAN- cities alike, Quanta Services is now prepared to extend the op- Sip and how it can help you effectively migrate to VoIP, please tical fiber network to residential communities and corporate call +1-585-924-7550 or visit www.redcom.com. campuses.
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Remee Wire and Cable SCCI offers feasibility studies, design, and project manage- 468 RT 17A ment of large-scale, single-mode fiber optic systems. The Florida, NY 10921 systems we develop carry traffic for power control, city de- P: 800-431-3864 partments, very-high-speed information systems, video sur- F: 845-651-4160 veillance, and water-sewer control. Located in San Ramon, Contact: Ken Pimental California, SCCI is a small, six-man engineering/design firm E: [email protected] founded in 1989. We are experts in the design and integration www.Remee.com of high-voltage power with dielectric fiber cable. We have de- signed fiber-to-the-curb projects, Municipal Area Networks, Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- and SCADA transport and are looking forward to an FTTH palities project. SCCI’s strongest talents are pictorial documentation Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured such as fiber plant maps and fiber cable splice drawings. Wiring Spot On Networks Remee Wire & Cable is an ISO-accredited, RUS-listed low- 55 Church Street voltage communications wire and fiber optic cable manufac- New Haven, CT 06510 turer located in upstate New York. With a manufacturing fa- P: 87.SPOTON.87 cility in excess of 225,000 square feet we produce premise wire F: 203-773-1947 (Category 5E & Category 6) in plenum and nonplenum coax- Contact: Don DiPalma ial cable for CATV & CCTV, RG6, RG6 Quad Shield, RG59, E: [email protected] ECT fiber optic cables (indoor and outside plant fiber optic www.spotonnetworks.com cables in either single mode or multimode), structured cable for intelligent home wiring (as outlined in TIA 570 Grade 1 Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Wireless Hospi- & 2), low-voltage communications cables in both plenum and tality, Municipalities, SpotZone-Hotspots nonplenum used in sound, perimeter security, audio, control Products served: Wireless and instrumentation. Spot On Networks provides secure, high speed WiFi Internet access and Internet based voice services to residential proper- Sabritec ties with coverage in over 30,000 residential units in 11 states 17550 Gillette Avenue across the country. Using advanced technologies, Spot On Irvine, CA 92614 provides secure, cost-effective WiFi Internet access service op- P: 949-250-1244 erating at 30 to 200 times the speed of dial up Internet access. F: 949-250-1009 Business and residential customers can use the secure service Contact: Shannon Swales in their homes and businesses, and can also roam in various E: [email protected] downtown areas serviced by Spot On. Spot On also has roam- www.sabritec.com ing arrangements with Affiliate Partners to provide subscribers service in many other states. In addition, Spot On provides Segments of industry served: Wireless residential VoIP and Vo WiFi services, as well as wireless sur- Products served: Inside Plant veillance and monitoring services to commercial properties with over 15 million square feet of commercial space under Sabritec specializes in the design and manufacture of filter con- management contract. nectors, high-speed interconnects (Fibre Channel, Ethernet, Firewire), fiber optic, coax, and triax connectors and contacts. Stratos International We design customized interconnect solutions for your unique 7444 West Wilson Ave. applications/programs. Sabritec is completely vertically inte- Chicago, IL 60706 grated, creating high-quality precision interconnect products P: 708-687-9600 from initial concept, design and development through produc- F: 708-687-4140 tion and acceptance testing. Sabritec is AS9100B Certified. Contact: Igor Stouklov E: [email protected] SCCI www.stratoslightwave.com 7172 Regional Street, Unit 260 Dublin, CA 94568 Segments of Industries Served: PCO, Fiber-To-The-Home, P: 925-829-9337 Municipalities F: 925-829-6264 Products Served: Outside Plant, Test Equipment E: [email protected] www.Sccicom.com Stratos offers a full set of outside plant (OSP) cables, outside
68 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 plant enclosures, inside plant enclosures, PLC splitter modules ing equipment, air-blown fiber systems, and FTTH/FTTP so- and cabinets, WDM modules and FTTx test equipment. lutions. Recent first-to-market products include the first and only ribbon drop cable and dual-heater splicer, which increase Streamlined Home, Inc. deployment speed, efficiency and productivity. Our Future- 13400 W Washington Blvd. #101-223 FLEX air-blown fiber system has been deployed by Maricopa Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 County, CNN, ESPN, Cardinals Stadium, Mayo Clinic, P: 877-461-5463 Johns Hopkins University, and a host of municipalities and F: 877-307-8383 utilities. Sumitomo Electric Lightwave is a subsidiary of SEI, Contact: Stephen Roney Jr. the world’s largest fiber optic cable manufacturer (according E: [email protected] to the most recent Cable Industry Analyst report). Visit us at www.streamlinedhome.com also see www.benolli.com www.sumitomoelectric.com and www.futureflex.com
Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Wireless SureWest Communications Products served: Wireless, Opto-Electronics, Design/Con- 200 Vernon Street struction. Roseville, CA 95678 P: 866-SureWest Streamlined Home offers entire turnkey solutions for Home F: 916-786-7170 Automation via IP addressable speakers, phones, TV, central Contact: Ron Rogers server, actuators, spa, HVAC, door catch, security cameras, E: [email protected] motion sensors, and All-Digital 1 Line. It is an official dealer www.surewest.com of Benolli and Smart Systems. Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Wireless Structured Cabling Association Inc. Products served: Outside Plant, Wireless, Network Services/ 926 S Andreasen, Suite 110 Programming Escondido, CA 92029 P: 760-990-4438 Serving the Northern California region for more than 90 F: 760-432-0535 years, SureWest Communications is one of the nation’s leading Contact: Mary Dempsey integrated communications providers. SureWest’s bundled of- E: [email protected] ferings include an array of advanced digital video, high-speed www.scausa.org Internet, local and long distance telephone, PCS wireless and directories services. SureWest’s fiber-to-the-premises IP-based Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Home network features high-definition video and Internet speeds of Cabling up to 20 Mbps.
The SCA is a nonprofit professional society founded to provide SY TEK Company support to the structured cabling industry through education, 13122 Via Del Toro certification and standards. Poway, CA 92064 P: 858-487-2356 Sumitomo Electric Lightwave F: 858-487-2356 78 Alexander Drive Contact: Jean Hu Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 E: [email protected] P: 800-358-7378 www.sytekco.com F: 919-541-8265 Contact: Customer Service Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home E: [email protected] Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured www.sumitomoelectric.com and www.futureflex.com Wiring, Opto-Electronics, Design/Construction
Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- SY TEK Company sells fiber optic products directly from our Home manufacturer. On-time shipment, high-quality products and Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured competitive price. Products: High-performance optical fiber Wiring patch cords, MPO/MTP cassettes, rack-mounted fiber distri- bution units, connectors and attenuators. Technology trans- Dedicated to developing first-to-market innovations for low- ferred from Japan, and products manufactured in Taiwan. cost network deployments, Sumitomo offers the industry’s Custom products, small quantities welcomed. OEM/ODM. highest quality and most reliable fiber optic cable, fusion splic-
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Talley Communications Team Fishel specializes in designing and building fiber to 12976 Sandoval Street the home networks for integrated broadband service provid- Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 ers, residential developers, and municipal utilities. With more P: 800-949-7079 or 562-906-8000 than 70 years of telecommunications experience and 30 offices F: 562-906-8080 nationwide, its 1350 Teammates have the tools, talent, and Contact: Hal Wodden technical expertise to deliver the best value, on-time solutions E: [email protected] for customers’ needs and project specifications. www.talleycom.com Telco Systems Segments of industry served: Wireless 2 Hampshire Street, Suite 3A Products served: Wireless, Test Equipment Foxboro, MA 02035 P: 781-551-0300 Talley Communications Corp. is a leading distributor of wire- F: 781-255-2344 less communications infrastructure and mobile products. E: [email protected] Serving the market for 24 years, we offer products from top www.telco.com manufacturers. Talley Communications Corp. now offers five warehouses nationwide. Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities, Utilities TANDBERG Television Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, 4500 River Green Parkway, Suite 110 Opto-Electronics Duluth, GA 30096 P: 678-812-6319 Telco Systems’ broadband access solutions offer diverse IP F: 678-812-6419 and TDM-based product lines to enable triple-play delivery Contact: Dwight Witherspoon for both enterprise and residential customers. The company’s E: [email protected] access product family provides VoIP, fiber-to-the-home/curb/ www.tandbergtv.com node, high-speed DSL, DS3, DS1 and Ethernet solutions for hi-cap offerings. The field-proven Active Ethernet FTTX solu- Segments of industry served: Cable/Telco/Broadband tion enables builders, service providers and local municipali- Products served: Network Services/Programming, Design/ ties to offer competitively priced 1G and 100M triple-play ser- Construction vices. Providing these services will increase the attractiveness of the community and the value of the houses while benefiting Whether it’s advanced compression systems, on-demand or in- the end user and giving the service providers and builders re- teractive television, TANDBERG Television delivers the tech- sidual revenues for years to come. nology and expertise that is moving digital video forward. The company’s award-winning solutions are used by the world’s Telecast Fiber Systems leading network operators, broadcasters and content owners 102 Grove Street to deliver new viewer experiences and advertising opportuni- Worcester, MA 01605 ties. With a broad suite of open, standards-based products, P: 508-754-4858 TANDBERG Television offers the highest-quality digital TV F: 508-752-1520 solutions including IPTV, HDTV, video-on-demand, adver- Contact: Richard Cerny tising-on-demand, and interactive TV applications. E: [email protected] www.telecast-fiber.com Team Fishel 1810 Arlingate Lane Segments of industry served: Manufacturer of portable and Columbus, OH 43228 fixed fiber optic video and audio systems for HDTV, SDI P: 614-274-8100 and remote television video production F: 614-274-6794 Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant Contact: Rick Keeler E: [email protected] Telecast Fiber Systems Inc. is a leader in portable and fixed www.teamfishel.com fiber optic systems for television broadcast production. The company’s video, audio, and communications systems are Segments of industry served: PCU/MDU, Fiber-to-the-Home, used worldwide by TV networks, teleproduction companies, Municipal telecommunications providers, and private and government Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, Structured institutions and facilities to extend range, simplify cabling Wiring, Network Services/Programming, Design/Construction and reduce labor costs and setup time. The company’s systems
70 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 accommodate all television production signals, including labs (NASDAQ: TLAB) is part of the NASDAQ-100 Index, NTSC/PAL video, SD and HD-SDI, analog and AES/EBU NASDAQ Global Select Market and the S&P 500. audio, triaxial wideband camera interfaces, and intercom and data signals. More information can be found at www.telecast- TelStrat fiber.com. 6900 K Avenue Plano, TX 75074 Telect Inc. P: 888-658-8572 1730 N. Madson Street E: [email protected] Liberty Lake, WA www.telstrat.com P: 509-926-6000 F: 509-926-8915 Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- Contact: Linda Johnson palities E: [email protected] Products served: Outside Plant, Opto-Electronics, Software www.telect.com TelStrat® is an award-winning global provider of leading-edge Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- communications solutions, including the Inteleflex™ BLC, Home, Wireless, Municipalities, Communications central today’s premier first-mile transport and service distribution offices, Data Centers, Remote Sites platform. Inteleflex leverages both copper and fiber, providing Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Wireless, a true, seamless route between circuit-switched networks and Structured Wiring, Opto-Electronics, Design/Construction pure IP-based converged communication and entertainment services. With simultaneous support for 2.4 GPON, 10 Giga- Telect makes connecting and powering global communica- bit Ethernet, and ADSL2+, Inteleflex provides the no-speed- tions networks simple. The company specializes in meeting limit broadband performance, choice and flexibility to future- the needs of global communications service providers in wire- enable your access network for the road ahead. line and wireless, cable and broadcast television, enterprise network, and residential home market places. Telect designs, Tetra Tech manufactures and markets fiber optic connectivity and man- 3475 E. Foothill Blvd. agement products, digital cross-connect systems, power dis- Pasadena, CA 91107 tribution and protection products, equipment racks, cabinets P: 626-351-4664 and integrated solutions. Telect sells worldwide through direct F: 626-351-5291 channels, distributors and OEM partners. Headquartered in E: [email protected] Liberty Lake, Washington, Telect operates facilities in Plano, www.tetratech.com Texas; Guadalajara, Mexico; Southampton, United Kingdom; and Wroclaw, Poland. For more information about Telect, Segments of industry served: Municipalities, Wired Com- please visit www.telect.com. munications Services Products served: Design/Construction Tellabs 1415 West Diehl Road Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, Naperville, IL 60563 and technical services. With approximately 7,500 associates P: 630-798-8800 located in the United States and abroad, Tetra Tech supports F: 630-798-2000 commercial and government clients in the areas of resource Contact: Dave Morfas management and infrastructure. Tetra Tech’s services include E: [email protected] research and development, applied science and technology, en- www.tellabs.com gineering design, program management, construction man- agement, and operations and maintenance. Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Home, Wireless, Municipalities, Toner Cable Equipment Inc. Products served: Outside Plant, Wireless, Opto-Electronics, 969 Horsham Road Network Services/Programming, Software Horsham, PA 19044 P: 800-523-5947 or 215-675-2053 Tellabs advances telecommunications networks to meet the F: 215-675-7543 evolving needs of users. Broadband solutions from Tellabs en- Contact: Sales Department able service providers to deliver high-quality voice, video and E: [email protected] data services over wireline and wireless networks around the www.tonercable.com world. Ranked among the BusinessWeek InfoTech 100, Tel-
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Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Segments of industry served: Cable Networks & Systems Home, Hospitality, Municipalities Products served: Test Equipment Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured Wiring, Test Equipment, Opto-Electronics, Design/Con- Trilithic Inc. is an industry leader providing telecommunica- struction tions solutions for major broadband and RF and microwave markets around the world. It is comprised of three major divi- Toner Cable Equipment Inc. is a manufacturer and full line sions: Broadband Instruments & Systems offers test, analysis stocking distributor of cable television equipment since 1971. and quality management solutions for the major cable televi- Our services include custom built RF/CATV/SMATV built sion systems around the world; the RF & Microwave Com- headends, technical sales staff, same-day shipping and televi- ponents Division provides various components and custom sion system design assistance. Our products include modula- subsystems for companies specializing in cellular, military tors, processors, satellite receivers, character generators, fiber and other wireless applications; and the E.A.S. Division is a optic equipment, equipment cabinets, RF amplifiers, coax leading supplier of government-mandated Emergency Alert cable, taps, splitters and connectors. Our extensive in-stock Systems used by HFC service providers in the United States. inventory of more than 100 manufacturers includes compa- nies such as Blonder Tongue, Drake, Motorola, Olson Tech- TRT-Network Business Solutions nology, Videotek, Force, BNI, Gilbert CommScope, Pacific 1240 Graphite Drive Broadband Networks, Times Fiber, Sadelco and Middle At- Corona, CA 92881 lantic Products. Call for free catalog. P: 951-582-4000 F: 951-582-4016 Transition Networks Contact: Larry Atil 6475 City West Parkway E: [email protected] Eden Prairie, MN 55344 www.trtinfo.com P: 952-941-7600 F: 952-941-2322 Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Contact: Dan Gregg Home, Hospitality, Municipalities E: [email protected] Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured www.transition.com Wiring, Opto-Electronics, Design/Construction
Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Wireless TRT manufactures fiber optic, networking, and data and Products served: Wireless, Opto-Electronics telecommunication products. With over 18 years in the in- dustry, we employ more than 5,000 people worldwide with Transition Networks Inc. offers networking solutions that more than 200 engineers. We have offices in California, Tai- make possible the conversion between disparate media types. wan and Hong Kong, and eight factories in mainland China. The company designs and markets these media conversion Visit www.trtinfo.com for a better look at the products that technologies across a broad spectrum of networking protocols we manufacture. We are expanding our presence throughout including Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, ATM, Gigabit Ethernet, North America, South America and Canada. Our goal here T1/E1, DS3, and more. Transition Networks also offers trans- at TRT is simple: to provide our customers with the best pos- ceivers, fiber network interface cards, and the MiLAN brand sible selection of product solutions along with the best possible of switches and wireless access point products. Based in Min- service and competitive pricing. neapolis, Transition Networks distributes hardware-based connectivity solutions exclusively through a network of resell- TT Technologies ers in more than 50 countries. Transition Networks is a wholly 2020 E. New York Street owned subsidiary of Communications Systems Inc., a publicly Aurora, IL 60502 traded company (AMEX: JCS). P: 800-533-2078 F: 630-857-8299 Trilithic Inc. Contact: Chris Brahler 9710 Park Davis Drive E: [email protected] Indianapolis, IN 46235 www.tttechnologies.com P: 317-895-3600 F: 317-895-3613 Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home Contact: Karalee Slayton Products served: Outside Plant E: [email protected] www.Trilithic.com The compact Grundodrill 4X directional drilling unit and the Grundomat pneumatic piercing tool from TT Technologies of
72 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 Aurora, Illinois, are ideal for the fiber-to-the-home construc- end components, fiber transmitter/receiver products and out- tion industry. The highly compact and powerful design of the side plant fiber and RF amplifier products. Grundodrill 4X make it well suited for residential service and last-mile operations. The Grundomat piercing tool is avail- Tulsat-Nebraska able in 16 different models ranging in diameter from 1 3/4 701 3rd Street to 7 inches and is capable of performing accurate bores up PO Box 276 to 150 feet through rocky soil. Trenchless construction avoids Deshler, NE 68340 trenching pavement and landscaping, dramatically reducing P: 800-551-0096 social disruption and the cost of restoration. For over 40 years F: 402-365-7856 TT Technologies has led the way in manufacturing innovative Contact: John Noojin trenchless equipment. E: [email protected] www.leecatv.com Tulsat 1221 East Houston Street Tulsat-Nebraska is your link for system equipment, technical Broken Arrow, OK 74012 repair and the fast, dependable turnaround needed in today’s P: 918-251-2887 market. As an ADDvantage Technologies Group Company, F: 918-258-7658 we are a part of a nationwide network providing large product Contact: Bob Barnett inventories in both new and refurbished equipment as well as E: [email protected] technical knowledge that is second to none in today’s mar- www.Tulsat.com ketplace. Providing name brands such as Scientific Atlanta, Motorola, Blonder Tongue, Standard Communications, R.L. Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Drake, Videotek and Gilbert. Equipment solutions and repairs Home, Hospitality, Municipalities that leave nothing to chance. Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Test Equip- ment, Opto-Electronics, Network Services/Programming Tyco Electronics Corporation-Telecom OSP Division 8000 Purfoy Road TULSAT supplies the cable television (CATV) and multiple- Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 dwelling-unit (MDU) industries with a comprehensive line of P: 919-557-8900 system-critical network equipment, hardware and technical repairs F: 919-557-8498 for headend, line equipment and test equipment. TULSAT offers Contact: Kim Sears products that are used to acquire, distribute, and protect the broad E: [email protected] range of communications signals carried on fiber optic, coaxial ca- www.telecomosp.com ble and wireless distribution systems. TULSAT is a Master Stock- ing Distributor for Scientific-Atlanta current and legacy products. Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home Products served: Outside Plant Tulsat-Atlanta 49 Buford Highway ValuePoint Networks, Inc. Suwanee, GA 30024 350 Townsend Street, Suite 320 P: 866-714-3214 San Francisco, CA 94107 F: 678-714-3213 P: 415-979-0606 Contact: George McIIvain F: 415-358-4664 E: [email protected] Contact: Ryan Georgian www.tulsat.com E: [email protected] www.valuepointnet.com Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Hospitality, Municipalities Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Wireless, Hospi- Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Opto-Elec- tality, Municipalities tronics Products served: Wireless
Tulsat-Atlanta provides factory-quality repair services for ValuePoint Networks continues to be a leading manufacturer broadband systems operators focusing on all major compo- of high-power rugged access points and gateway controllers nents of the headend, fiber and RF network. All our techni- for distributed WiFi applications. ValuePoint’s products are cians are senior level, factory-trained technicians who provide designed for the Hospitality, Industrial, MTU/MDU, WISP, high-quality, reliable repair for these system critical compo- outdoor, hotspot, and municipality markets. For more infor- nents. We service all major brands of analog and digital head- mation on ValuePoint’s controllers, rugged access points, and
NOVEMBER 2006 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 73 2007 Buyers’ Guide accessories, please visit the Website. Vermeer Manufacturing Company PO Box 200 VDV Works LLC Pella, IA 50219 1119 S. Mission Road, #355 P: 888-837-6337 Fallbrook, CA 92928 F: 641-621-7734 P: 760-451-3655 E: [email protected] F: 781-207-2421 www.vermeer.com Contact: Karen Hayes E: [email protected] Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- www.vdvworks.com palities
Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Vermeer Manufacturing Company of Pella, Iowa, manufac- Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities, Training tures a full line of horizontal directional drills, compact utility Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Structured loaders, compact excavators, and utility and track trenchers for Wiring, Design/Construction broadband installation. Vermeer offers worldwide sales, sup- port, service and parts through an independent, authorized VDV Works offers tech support for the voice-data-video dealer network. (VDV) industry. We consult on technology and marketing in fiber optics and communications, create and license training ViewTEQ Corp. programs used for teaching fiber optics and copper cabling 1200 Clint Moore Road and train instructors to teach them, offer self-study and onsite Boca Raton, FL 33487 training programs through VDV Academy and provide con- P: 561-988-1340 or 800-747-3010 tent for Web sites, brochures, manuals and training. F: 561-988-1342 Contact: Lonny Aronstein Verizon Enhanced Communities E: [email protected] One Verizon Way, 1st Floor www.viewteq.com Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 P: 908-559-1433 Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Municipalities, F: 908-766-6173 CATV-MSOs, Telephone Companies, Utility Companies, Contact: Dan O’Connell Commercial E: [email protected] Products served: Inside Plant, Test Equipment, RF Headend www.verizon.com/connected Signal Management
Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home ViewTEQ Corp. designs and manufactures superior perfor- Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant mance-grade RF headend Equipment. The next-generation TEQ product line offers operators superior electrical perfor- Verizon’s powerful fiber-to-the-premises (FiOS) service deliv- mance, flexibility and value as compared to legacy models ers the speed, unsurpassed clarity and enormous bandwidth from other leading vendors. Products include extremely dense today’s residents expect—super-fast Internet, an extensive integrated forward and return path combining solutions, 1RU HDTV lineup, crystal-clear voice and video, and the abil- modular headend amplifiers, redundant RF switch and pow- ity to accommodate future technologies. Verizon Enhanced ering solutions, modular splitter/combiner passives, and other Communities has a proven track record in successful fiber de- products from 5 – 3GHz. Primarily focused on headend prod- ployments to single- and multifamily communities; you can ucts, ViewTEQ applies many years of engineering and man- benefit from our expertise. We’ll work closely together to plan agement experience to deliver high quality, performance and the fiber infrastructure at your site, design a successful on-site value to our customers. ViewTEQ is uniquely positioned to marketing plan and provide end-to-end support. Let us help offer prompt deliveries, for standard, customized and OEM- you create a community that tech-savvy consumers wish to designed products. For more information, contact ViewTEQ live in today – and for many years to come. Visit www.verizon. at 800-747-3010. com/connected.
74 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | NOVEMBER 2006 Waters Network Systems World Wide Packets 5001 American Blvd. West, Suite 605 115 North Sullivan Bloomington, MN 55437 Spokane, WA 99037 P: 952-831-5603 P: 509-242-9000 F: 952-831-5603 F: 509-242-9001 Contact: Debbie Haydock Contact: Ronda Weaver E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.watersnet.com www.wwp.com
Segments of industry served: K-12 Education, Government Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- and Commercial Home, Municipalities Products served: Structured Wiring, Opto-Electronics Products served: Outside Plant, Opto-Electronics
Waters Network Systems is a network switch manufacturer lo- World Wide Packets is a leading provider of Carrier Ether- cated in Minnesota. Our manufacturing facility is in Roches- net solutions that allow broadband service providers and tele- ter and our corporate headquarters are in Minneapolis. Prod- communications carriers to realize a new level of speed and uct offerings cover a variety of Fast Ethernet, Gigabit and PoE agility in the deployment of revenue generating Ethernet ser- switches and media converters. Modular fiber/copper switches vices. With World Wide Packets’ LightningEdge® product are available in a variety of configurations. We also offer a line family, providers can address the demand with their growing of hardened products used in industrial applications. Man- customer base by fully leveraging the power, flexibility and aged, web smart and unmanaged switches are available. Our economies of Ethernet technology, while dramatically reduc- product line includes a series of workgroup switches built in a ing the CapEx and OpEx of existing legacy networks. Only rugged sheet metal enclosure. This unique enclosure protects World Wide Packets offers the QoS, scalability, reliability and the switch and limits tampering in hostile environments. manageability necessary to making True Carrier Ethernet ser- vices such as IPTV, VoIP, mission critical data and wireless William Frick & Company transport a reality. 2600 Commerce Drive Libertyville, IL 60048 Xponent Photonics P: 847-918-3700 425 E. Huntington Drive F: 847-918-3701 Monrovia, CA 91016 Contact: Sherry Weber P: 626-599-8660 E: [email protected] F: 626-599-1650 www.fricknet.com Contact: Ramzi Sawires E: [email protected] Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home, Munici- www.xponentinc.com palities Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant Segments of industry served: Fiber-to-the-Home Products served: Opto-Electronics William Frick and Company is a leading manufacturer of identification products for the Communications and CATV Xponent is the technology leader for FTTX optical devices. industry. WFCO’s products are all aimed at asset identifica- Our patented Surface Mount Photonics technology enables tion. Our product line includes custom printed labels; reflec- triplexers and diplexers with industry-leading price, perfor- tive labeling kits; bar codes; security labels; aluminum, poly- mance and reliability. Products include bidirectional GPON/ ethylene or fiberglass signs; aerial or underground fiber optic BPON and GEPON components supported by transceiver- cable markers; domed marker posts; flexible fiberglass marker level reference designs to reduce customers’ manufacturing, posts; flush-mount markers for soil and concrete; utility mark- engineering and BoM expenses. ing flags; inverted-tip marking paint; and curb markers. We are not limited to the items listed and can custom design prod- ucts to your specifications.
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Zhone Technologies ZyXEL Communications Inc. 7001 Oakport Street 1130 N Miller Street Oakland, CA 94621 Anaheim, CA 92806 P: 510-777-7000 P: 714-632-0882 F: 510-777-7001 F: 714-632-0858 Contact: Sales E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.us.zyxel.com www.zhone.com Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities Home, Hospitality, Municipalities Products served: Wireless, Opto-Electronics Products served: Outside Plant, Opto-Electronics ZyXEL offers a complete end-to-end multi-service access solu- Zhone Technologies is a worldwide leading supplier of com- tion for FTTX deployment. With a full line of chassis-based munications network equipment for telephone companies and and standalone DSLAMs for VDSL2, ADSL2/2+, G.shdsl.bis cable operators. Zhone is enabling enhanced services by allow- and GPON technologies and corresponding modem gateways, ing network operators to offer broadband services over their ZyXEL offers feature-rich solutions to facilitate quick deployment existing networks today while simultaneously retooling for and efficient management. ZyXEL Communications is one of the packet-based VoIP and IPTV over both copper and fiber ac- world’s foremost suppliers of broadband networking and Internet cess lines. By using Ethernet and IP technology, Zhone’s prod- connectivity/routing products. ZyXEL is focused on developing ucts simplify network operations by consolidating multiple xDSL, cable access, broadband sharing, wireless networks, fire- services onto a single access line. This convergence of services wall and network security solutions for a large customer base that and networks simplifies provisioning and operations, delivers includes telecommunication companies, cable operators, ISPs, quality and reliability, and opens the door for delivering excit- institutional MxU (multi-tenant unit/multi-dwelling unit) mar- ing new services. kets,GM_6018AD.QXD small-to-medium 10/24/06 sized businesses 7:50 andAM SOHO. Page 1For more in- formation please visit www.us.zyxel.com or call 800-255-4101. Zoomy Communications 402 7th Street, Atrium Suite Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 P: 970-928-7722 F: 970-928-7723 Contact: John Miller MICRO FIBER CABLE E: [email protected] www.zoomyco.com BLOWING MACHINES
Segments of industry served: PCO/MDU, Fiber-to-the- Home, Wireless, Hospitality, Municipalities Products served: Outside Plant, Inside Plant, Design/Con- struction
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