TOP BROADBAND 20102010 PROPERTIES www.bbpmag.com
Throughout a difficult year, these companies have continued to innovate, driving the buildout of true broadband in the United States and beyond.
A BBP Staff Report
he Broadband Properties Top ARRIS, was on the list in 2008, though deployment costs, for instance, or 100 list celebrates companies that not in 2009); four firms specializing in making builds significantly cheaper Thave contributed to the maga- various combinations of planning, design overall. and engineering services; one distributor; zine’s mission of “Building the Fiber- To be listed among the Broadband and one wild card – Google, whose major Connected Community.” In 2010, we Properties Top 100, organizations may contribution to fiber to the home so far again honor both the pioneers of fiber be based anywhere in the world, but has been to stir up public enthusiasm for to the home and more recent entrants to must do business in North America. A it but that has the potential to influence the industry. We are encouraged that, a few companies on last year’s list didn’t the industry profoundly. decade into the industry’s existence and reappear this year because they no lon- in the midst of a severe economic down- SELECTION CRITERIA ger seemed to be doing business on this turn, so many companies continue to In selecting the Top 100, the editors continent. innovate in so many ways. looked for organizations that advance Because close to 700 organizations Most of us take for granted that elec- the cause of fiber to the premises in one are deploying FTTH in the United tronics improve according to Moore’s of several ways: States, deployers on the list must either Law. But components don’t magically • Deploying fiber networks. We looked be rolling out a great deal of fiber or become faster, better, cheaper and more showing business innovation on the fiber integrated; they do so because of the for large deployments or for innova- tive business plans and technology front. The three deployers added to the efforts of engineers, product managers list this year – Cincinnati Bell, EPB and and many other creative people. configurations. • Helping others deploy networks by Optimum Lightpath – are all engaged Besides, many of the innovations in ambitious deployments; in addition, that put these companies on the list had supplying key hardware, software, design services, construction ser- EPB has a major smart-grid project and nothing to do with electronics. There vices, integration and VAR services. Optimum Lightpath provides a variety of are new ways to put fiber in the ground, • Introducing innovative technologies, innovative business services. new ways to wire MDUs cost-effectively, even if the technologies had not been Corporate form and overall size are new designs for outside plant, new types commercially deployed at the time not important. Several municipal fiber of cable and new ways to provision, mar- the list was compiled. We’re always network operators are on this year’s list, ket and manage broadband services. So- on the lookout for technologies that and nonprofit organizations have been lution vendors, distributors, design and change the rules – by reducing early included in the past. Though individu- engineering firms and service providers are working together to bring the ben- efits of true broadband to communities About the Authors across the United States. Our Top 100 list was researched by Marianne Cotter, Rachel Ellner and Kassandra Companies added to the Top 100 Kania, overseen by editor Masha Zager, with recommendations and advice list this year include three service pro- from corporate editor Steve Ross. Suggestions for next year? E-mail masha@ viders (two private and one municipal); broadbandproperties.com. three equipment vendors (one of them,
30 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 2010 Additions To TOP 100 AT A GLANCE The Top 100 List Deployers of High-Speed Residential Broadband...... | 41 • ARRIS Private Cable Operators and Fiber Optic Amenity Providers. . . . . |. 42 • BEC Technologies Network Testing, Monitoring and Management Services...... |. 44 • Cincinnati Bell Video Programming Aggregators...... |. 46 • Columbia Network Planning, Design, Engineering, Construction...... | 48 Telecommunications Corp. Fiber-to-the-Home Electronics...... |. 50 • EPB Customer-Premises Equipment...... | 53 • Google Passive Network Components...... |. 56 • Miniflex Fiber and Fiber Cable...... |. 58 • Optimum Lightpath Network Management Solutions...... |. 61 • SDT Test and Measurement Equipment...... |. 66 • UniTek Global Services Video Distribution Equipment...... | 71 • Vantage Point Solutions • Walker and Associates broadband technologies. For some, such make a difference in the fiber broadband as Tetra Tech, broadband represents industry in the coming year? To put it only a small part of their business – but another way: Would the industry suffer als are not eligible, companies with as we considered how important they are if this company did not exist? Judge for few as three full-time employees have to advancing broadband, not how im- yourself. And let us know about orga- been selected in the past; others on the portant broadband is to them. nizations – large and small – that you list are giant multinational companies. think might make a difference a year Some companies on the list are en- MAKING A DIFFERENCE from now. Your nominations have led us tirely focused on fiber to the premises, As in previous years, the key tiebreaker to a number of companies we might not but most deliver or support a mix of question was this: Will this company otherwise have known about. BBP
Company Web Address Phone Description
Actiontec Electronics www .actiontec .com 408-752-7700 Broadband customer-premises equipment A-D Technologies www .adtechnologies .com 800-847-7661 System for installing and protecting cables ADC www .adc .com 952-938-8080; Fiber and copper connectivity products, 800-366-3889 structured cabling solutions, wireless equipment, professional services Adesta www .adestagroup .com 402-233-7700 Network design, construction and maintenance ADTRAN www .adtran .com 256-963-8000 Solutions for FTTx, DSL, Carrier Ethernet, mobile backhaul and IP business networks ADVA Optical Networking www .advaoptical .com 888-340-4885 Optical+Ethernet systems for long-haul, metro core, backhaul and access networking, including WDM-PON Advanced Media Technologies (AMT) www .amt .com 954-427-5711; Distributor of fiber optic transmission 888-293-5856 equipment, headends, IP and QAM set-top boxes, cable modems AFL Telecommunications www .afltele .com 864-433-0333; System integration, including FTTx 800-235-3423 electronics, outside plant, fiber optic cable, video solutions, wireless, network management platforms, fusion splicers and test equipment, training Alcatel-Lucent www .alcatel-lucent .com 908-582-3000 Fiber and copper broadband access equipment, IPTV solutions, network management tools, fiber cable, connecting hardware and accessories
July 2010 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 31 20102010 BROADBAND PROPERTIES Company Web Address Phone Description
Allied Telesis www.alliedtelesis.com 408-519-8700 Ethernet-based broadband access solutions Alpha Technologies www.alpha.comTOP 360-647-2360 Powering solutions for communications 2010 networks ARRIS www.arrisi.com 678-473-2000; Equipment for cable operators, 866-362-7747 including RFoG and GEPON solutions Astec Underground www.astecunderground.com 865-408-2100; Trenchers, vibratory plows and directional 800-527-6020 drilling equipment AT&T, AT&T Connected Communities www.att.com/communities Voice, video, data and wireless services for residential and business customers Atlantic Engineering Group www.atlantic-engineering.com, 706-654-2298 Design and construction services for FTTP, www.aeg.cc smart-grid, metro-area and wide-area networks Aurora Networks www.aurora.com 408-235-7000 Products supporting cable providers’ migration to advanced HFC, fiber-deep and FTTH networks BEC Technologies www.bectechnologies.net 714-890-0201; Broadband gateways for FTTH 972-422-0877 deployments Blonder Tongue Laboratories www.blondertongue.com 732-679-4000; Headend equipment, encoders, systems 800-523-6049 design and engineering Bristol Virginia Utilities www.bvu-optinet.com 276-669-4112 Broadband services over an FTTP network; broadband consulting Calient Networks www.calient.net 805-562-5500 Automated fiber optic cross-connect systems Calix www.calix.com 707-766-3000; Multiservice access platforms and software; 877-766-3500 FTTP and Ethernet equipment; enclosures Canon Broadcast www.canobeam.com 201-807-3300; Free-space optics and Communications 800-321-4388 Charles Industries www.charlesindustries.com 847-806-6300 Fiber optic distribution pedestals and enclosures, extended-reach DSL systems CHR Solutions www.chrsolutions.com 713-351-5111 BSS/OSS solutions, consulting and engineering services Cincinnati Bell www.cincinnatibell.com 513-397-9900 Telephone , data, video and wireless services Cisco Systems www.cisco.com 770-236-5000 FTTH solutions, set-top boxes, cable modems, headends, network management systems Clearfield www.clearfieldconnection.com 763-476-6866 Fiber distribution systems and associated components Columbia Telecommunications www.ctcnet.us 301-933-1488 Broadband network planning, design, Corporation (CTC) implementation and project management CommScope www.commscope.com 828-324-2200; Fiber enclosures; HFC, fiber optic and 800-982-1708 wireless integration solutions Communications Test Design Inc. www.ctdi.com 610-436-5203 GEPON, RFoG, FTTN and wireless network (CTDI) solutions Connexion Technologies www.connexiontechnologies.net 919-535-7329 Construction and operation of FTTH networks, management of service providers Corning/Corning Cable Systems www.corning.com; 828-901-5000 Optical fiber, optical fiber cable, fiber www.corningcablesystems.com cabinets and splitters, fiber connectors, splice and test equipment
32 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 Company Web Address Phone Description
Design Nine www.designnine.com 540-951-4400 Broadband planning, design and project management DIRECTV www.directv.com 888-777-2454 Satellite TV solutions for residential (including multifamily) and business customers Dish Network commercial.dishnetwork.com 800-454-0843 Satellite TV solutions for business, hospitality and multifamily housing Ditch Witch www.ditchwitch.com 800-654-6481 Construction equipment for laying fiber Draka Communications www.draka.com/ 828-459-8895; Optical fiber and fiber cabling Americas communications 800-879-9862 Emerson Network Power www.emersonnetworkpower.com 440-246-6999; Outside plant enclosures and equipment, 800-800-1280 power systems and turnkey services Enablence Technologies www.enablence.com 613-270-7860 FTTH central office and customer-premises equipment, FTTH components EPB www.epb.net; www.epbfi.com 423-648-1372 Voice, video, data and smart-grid services provided over an FTTH network Ericsson www.ericsson.com/us 972-583-0000 VDSL2 and FTTx solutions, cables and interconnect products, network management tools, switches ETI Software Solutions www.etisoftware.com 770-242-3620 Software for subscriber management, flow-through activation and provisioning EXFO www.exfo.com 418-683-0211; Telecom test and measurement solutions 800-663-3936 FiberZone Networks www.fiberzone-networks.com 301-941-1928 Automated fiber management systems Finley Engineering www.fecinc.com 417-682-5531 Network design and engineering services Foxcom www.foxcom.com 609-514-1800 Broadband fiber optic MDU distribution systems, satellite signal transport over fiber Google www.google.com 650-253-0000 Construction and operation of FTTH networks, management of service providers (still in planning stages) Graybar www.graybar.com 800-GRAYBAR Fiber connectivity and test equipment, (472-9227) VAR services Great Lakes Data Systems www.glds.com 800-882-7950 Billing and provisioning software for video and broadband services Greenfield Communications www.egreenfield.com 949-248-8898 FTTH design, construction and service provision GVTC Communications www.gvtc.com 800-367-4882 Video, high-speed Internet, security monitoring, local and long-distance telephone and advanced data services Harmonic www.harmonicinc.com 408-542-2500; Video delivery solutions 800-788-1330 Hiawatha Broadband www.hbci.com 888-474-9995 Voice, video, data and wireless services Communications over high-speed networks Hitachi Communication www.hitachi-cta.com 770-446-8820 FTTH solutions including GPON, RFOG and Technologies America GEPON; wireless infrastructure products IneoQuest www.ineoquest.com 508-339-2497 Digital video quality assurance technology
July 2010 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 33 20102010 BROADBAND PROPERTIES Company Web Address Phone Description
JDSU www.jdsu.com 408-546-5000 Fiber optic communications components TOP and testing equipment KGP Logistics www.kgplogistics.com2010 800-755-3004 Value-added distributor of outside-plant, central-office, transmission, customer- premises and broadband products Leviton Manufacturing www.leviton.com 718-229-4040 Premises wiring, outside plant, central office solutions and home automation products LUS Fiber www.lus.org; 337-993-4237 Voice, video and data services delivered www.lusfiber.com over an FTTH network Michels Corporation www.michels.us 920-583-3132 Fiber optic network planning, design and construction Miniflex www.miniflex.co.uk 330-495-2296 Solutions for fiber protection, management and installation Montclair Fiber Optics www.montclairfiber.com 608-831-4440 Optical splitters, CWDMs, WDMs and amplifiers Motorola www.motorola.com 847-576-5000 FTTH, RFoG, metro Wi-Fi, WiMAX and LTE solutions; modems, VoIP, home entertainment and networking Multicom www.multicominc.com 800-423-2594 Distributor of broadband products for end-to-end communications solutions; design; VoIP services Multilink www.gomultilink.com 440-366-6966 Network power supplies, enclosures and cabinets, fiber distribution, cable management, raceways Occam Networks www.occamnetworks.com 805-692-2900 IP- and Ethernet-based broadband loop carrier, FTTH and DSL solutions OFS www.ofsoptics.com 770-798-4000; Optical fiber, optical cable, fiber 888-342-3743 management and connectivity products for homes, businesses and MDUs; splicers; network design services On Trac www.ontracinc.net 423-317-0009 FTTx consulting, design and installation services Optical Cable Corporation www.occfiber.com 540-265-0690 Fiber optic and copper cabling and connectivity solutions Optimum Lightpath www.optimumlightpath.com 877-LIGHTPATH Ethernet-based data, Internet, voice, video and managed services Pace International www.paceintl.com 507-288-1853; Products and services for commercial- 800-444-7223 grade satellite TV, cable TV, home theater and audio Preformed Line Products www.preformed.com 440-461-5200 Cable anchoring and control hardware and systems, fiber optic and copper splice closures, high-speed cross-connect devices Prysmian www.prysmian.com 803-951-4800; Optical fiber and telecommunication 800-713-5312 cables Quanta Services www.quantaservices.com 713-629-7600 Design, construction, installation and maintenance of broadband fiber optic, copper, coaxial cable and wireless networks SDT www.sdt-1.com 601-823-9440 Telecommunications infrastructure services
34 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 Company Web Address Phone Description
SENKO Advanced Components www.senko.com 508-481-9999 Fiber distribution and connectivity equipment Smithville www.smithville.net; 812-876-2211 Residential broadband services and fiber www.smithvilledigital.net connectivity for businesses and government agencies Steeplechase Networks www.scnets.com 413-229-0030 Network application aggregation, back-end support Sumitomo Electric Lightwave www.sumitomoelectric.com 919-541-8100; Optical fiber cable, fiber management, 800-358-7378 cable assemblies, fusion splicers, test equipment, interconnect assemblies and components SureWest Communications www.surewest.com 866-787-3937 Video, voice and data services delivered over FTTH, HFC and DSL access networks Suttle www.suttleonline.com 800-852-8662 Structured cabling solutions, FTTx enclosures and connectors Team Fishel www.teamfishel.com 614-274-8100; Utility construction and network 800-347-4351 installation services Telco Systems www.telco.com; 800-227-0937 Solutions for Carrier Ethernet and active www.active-eth.com Ethernet FTTH Telect www.telect.com 800-551-4567 Network power management, outdoor enclosures, optical connectivity, cables and patch cords, cable management, home networking Tellabs www.tellabs.com 630-798-8800 Transport and access solutions including FTTH, digital cross-connects, network management TeraSpan Networks www.teraspan.com 877-VI-FIBER Microtrenching fiber optic deployment solutions Tetra Tech www.tetratech.com 626-351-4664 Network assessment and planning, project management, property rights acquisition, zoning and permitting, design and engineering, operations and maintenance 3M Company/ Communication www.3M.com/telecom 800-426-8688 Interconnection, fiber management and Markets Division facilities protection products for broadband networks Toner Cable Equipment www.tonercable.com 215-675-2053; Distributor of video distribution 800-523-5947 equipment, fiber optic and coaxial cable, fiber links and systems, passives, connectors, tools, test equipment, amplifiers TT Technologies www.tttechnologies.com 800-533-2078 Trenchless equipment, including piercing tools, guided boring tools, pipe bursting systems, winches, drills Tyco Electronics www.tycoelectronics.com 610-893-9800 Fiber optic cabling and the complete range of FTTH equipment between the optical line terminal and optical network terminal UniTek Global Services www.unitekglobalservices.com 267-464-1700 Engineering, construction management and installation fulfillment services UTOPIA www.utopianet.org 801-613-3800 Construction and operation of an open- access, active Ethernet, FTTP network
July 2010 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 35 20102010 BROADBAND PROPERTIES Company Web Address Phone Description
Vantage Point Solutions www.vantagepnt.com 605-995-1777 Network design, project management, RUS loan and grant applications, business TOP modeling 2010 Verizon Communications, Verizon www.verizon.com/communities TV, Internet and phone services delivered Enhanced Communities over an all-fiber network Vermeer Corporation www.vermeer.com 641-628-3141; Horizontal directional drilling equipment, 888-837-6337 utility and pedestrian trenchers and plows Walker and Associates www.walkerfirst.com 800-925-5371 Products and services for deploying communications networks Westek Electronics www.westek.com 800-526-2673 Telecom test and measurement test cords, patch and hardwire cable connectivity Zhone Technologies www.zhone.com 510-777-7000; Multiservice broadband access equipment 877-946-6320 integrating FTTx, Ethernet in the First Mile and wireless access technologies ZyXEL Communications Corp. www.us.zyxel.com 714-632-0882; FTTH central-office and customer-premises 800-255-4101 electronics; digital home equipment; DSL, Wi-Fi and WiMAX electronics; Ethernet switches; VoIP equipment
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36 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 Actiontec Electronics installations. In December 2009, A-D Technologies announced www.actiontec.com a joint venture between Dura-Line India and Al-Jassar, located 408-752-7700 in Oman. The new company will be called Dura-Line Middle East LLC and will be located in Oman. Key Products: Broadband customer-premises equipment
Summary: Actiontec Electronics develops broadband con- nectivity solutions for communications, entertainment, home management and more. Offerings range from IPTV-capable broadband home gateways to DSL modems, wireless network- ADC ing devices, routers and digital entertainment devices. The www.adc.com company sells its carrier-class products, which it designs to 952-938-8080; 800-366-3889 be easy to install, manage and use, through both retail chan- Key Products: Fiber and copper connectivity products, nels and broadband service providers. Actiontec’s in-home structured cabling solutions, wireless coverage and broadband networking router is the basis of the digital home capacity equipment, professional services architecture for Verizon’s FTTH deployment, providing con- nectivity at speeds of up to 100 Mbps and supporting remote Summary: ADC provides network infrastructure products and management and troubleshooting. Recent products include services that enable the delivery of high-speed Internet, video, the MoCA Network Adapter, a wired home networking alter- data and voice services to residential, business and mobile sub- native for home theater installers; Ethernet-over-coax MoCA scribers worldwide. Many of these products are deployed in and HomePNA Network Adapters that enable connections next-generation wireline networks, including OmniReach FTTx to set-top boxes and other Internet-ready devices over coaxial solutions for the outside plant, FiberGuide cable management cable; and the V1000H Wireless N VDSL Modem Router, a systems and TrueNet structured cabling products. ADC’s Inter- versatile CPE solution supporting wireless, Gigabit Ethernet Reach in-building distributed antenna systems deliver reliable and HPNA networking. Founded in 1993, Actiontec is head- wireless services indoors, and its FlexWave Prism solution pro- quartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and maintains branch offices in vides microcellular coverage and capacity in outdoor environ- Colorado Springs, Colo.; Shanghai; and Taipei. The company ments. ADC employs more than 9,000 professionals worldwide, has more than 200 employees. holds thousands of patents and had sales of $1.15 billion in fiscal year 2009. Headquartered in Minneapolis, the company sells in A-D Technologies more than 130 countries and occupies facilities in 14 countries www.adtechnologies.com in addition to the United States. As we went to press, ADC an- 800-847-7661 nounced that it would be acquired by Tyco Electronics.
Key Products: Integrated system of materials and equipment for installation and protection of power, CATV, data communications, electrical and telecom cables Adesta Summary: A-D Technologies supplies fiber optic conduit to www.adestagroup.com companies in the telecom, cable TV, power and other markets. 402-233-7700 The company’s customers include AT&T, Cablevision, Qwest, Telmex, Time Warner Cable and Verizon. Based in Knoxville, Key Products: Design, construction and maintenance of Tenn., and employing about 400 people, A-D Technologies op- stand-alone or integrated communications networks and erates manufacturing plants in the United States, India, Mexico electronic security systems and the Czech Republic and sells its products in more than 30 countries. In 1981, one of its predecessor companies, Dura-Line, Summary: Headquartered in Omaha, Neb., Adesta is a sys- became the first manufacturer to develop a duct for the installa- tems integrator and project manager for communications net- tion and protection of fiber optic cables; in 2004, Dura-Line in- works and security systems. Adesta was acquired at the close of troduced a complete line of fiber optic microduct products. A-D 2009 by G4S Technology, part of the global security solutions Technologies provides infrastructure solutions for water, gas and company G4S. Adesta has deployed more than 2 million miles power utilities in addition to telecommunications and is com- of fiber in more than 150 metropolitan and rural areas and mitted to addressing new applications of nonmetallic conduit. completed more than 1,000 electronic security systems in the A-D Technologies has emerged as an industry leader in micro- United States, Asia, Europe, Central America and the Middle technology with the development of FuturePath, a method of East. The company maintains 12 regional offices throughout prepackaging up to eight microducts into a single bundled unit the United States and specializes in first-mile and broadband to meet a customer’s specific project requirements. FuturePath solutions for ILECs, CLECs, utilities, municipalities, large deployments are cheaper, faster and greener than typical HDPE integration firms and rural associations. Adesta was recently
July 2010 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 37 20102010 BROADBAND PROPERTIES awarded a contract by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission enterprise Ethernet optical transport. It provides solutions for for an ITS upgrade, and the Nebraska Rural Healthcare Net- telecommunications service providers, financial institutions, work announced a pending transaction with Adesta to design health care, government and research/education campus net- and build an advanced fiber optic medical network. OtherTOP re- works. Products include solutions for carriers building metro cent projects include network deployment and customer fulfill2010- fiber rings; metro and regional core networks; access backhaul ment services for EPB in Chattanooga, Tenn., and the design, networks; and cellular backhaul. Globally, ADVA Optical engineering and construction of phase I of a wide-area fiber Networking has a strong business delivering Ethernet demar- optic network for Stafford County Public Schools in Virginia. cation technology for business services along with reconfigu- Adesta’s revenue in 2009 was $104 million, and its employee rable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) functionality for count was 400. triple-play backhaul and storage data center connectivity. The FSP 150CC-825, which provides gigabit Ethernet over fiber, is designed for delivering retail Ethernet services to businesses; the FSP 3000 WDM-PON solution provides high-bandwidth fiber-to-the-building connectivity for residential and business ADTRAN applications. After more than 15 years in the industry, ADVA www.adtran.com Optical Networking serves more than 250 carriers and 10,000 256-963-8000 enterprises worldwide. ADVA Optical Networking markets and sells its products worldwide through a dedicated direct Key Products: Solutions for FTTP, FTTN, FTTC, DSL, sales force, OEMs, value-added resellers and systems integra- Carrier Ethernet, mobile backhaul and IP business tors. Trading publicly in Europe, ADVA Optical Networking networks reported 2009 revenue of about $287.5 million. Summary: Founded in 1985, ADTRAN is a global provider of networking and communications equipment for service pro- Advanced Media Technologies (AMT) viders and enterprises. With a portfolio of more than 1,700 www.amt.com products, ADTRAN, headquartered in Huntsville, Ala., is 954-427-5711; 888-293-5856 equipped to address almost every networking need: carrier- class voice, video and Ethernet services delivery, business-class Key Products: Fiber optic transmission equipment, headends, routing, switching, IP telephony, network monitoring and IP and QAM set-top boxes, cable modems management. ADTRAN has approximately 1,700 employees, Summary: and its sales for 2009 were approximately $484 million. Advanced Media Technologies Inc. (AMT) is a value-added reseller of high-performance broadband products, targeting emerging technology applications with a complete line of products for CATV, IPTV and FTTH. It specializes in prebuilt headends that range from small DSS systems to fully digital, high-definition headends. AMT offers products ADVA Optical Networking from such leading manufacturers as Motorola, Amino, Blonder www.advaoptical.com Tongue, Pacific Broadband Networks, EGT, RGB Networks, 888-340-4885 Adtec, Drake, Olson Technology and Emcore. Customers in- Key Products: Optical+Ethernet systems for long-haul, metro clude major MSOs in the United States and Latin America as core, backhaul and access networking, including WDM- well as telcos, private cable operators and entertainment and PON multimedia content delivery companies around the world. Located in Deerfield Beach, Fla., AMT is a wholly owned Summary: ADVA Optical Networking is a global provider of subsidiary of ITOCHU International, the North American telecommunications equipment that specializes in carrier and subsidiary of ITOCHU Corporation of Japan.
“We continue to see the demand for bandwidth grow at an unprecedented rate, due to the popularity of mobile devices and Internet applications. To meet this demand, service providers are turning to Ethernet as the cornerstone of their network.” – Kevin Morgan, director of product marketing, ADTRAN Carrier Networks Division
38 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 AFL Telecommunications of fixed-broadband subscribers around the world are served www.afltele.com through access networks provided by Alcatel-Lucent; these 864-433-0333; 800-235-3423 networks encompass a range of access technologies (xDSL, VDSL, GPON, P2P fiber) and deployment models (FTTN, Key Products: FTTx electronics (PON, point-to-point FTTB, FTTH). With operations in more than 130 countries and DIRECTV MFH3), wireless solutions, network and 77,000 employees, Alcatel-Lucent reported revenue of $22 management platforms, fiber optic cable, fiber and copper billion in 2009. Incorporated in France, it has executive offices interconnect products, optical connectivity, outside-plant in Paris and in Murray Hill, N.J. hardware, fusion splicers, test equipment, training and comprehensive system integration services
Summary: Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Spartan- burg, S.C., AFL is a manufacturer and service provider en- abling high-speed delivery of voice, video and data commu- Allied Telesis nications to a variety of markets. AFL’s product line includes www.alliedtelesis.com fiber optic cable, connectivity, fiber management, outside-plant 408-519-8700 closures, demarcation devices, Fujikura fusion splicers, Noyes test equipment and The Light Brigade training and educa- Key Products: IP switching and Ethernet access platforms tion. AFL plans, designs, implements and maintains commu- that provide connectivity over fiber, copper or wireless for nications networks, offering solutions for private MDU and service provider and enterprise networks master-planned community networks as well as telephone, ca- Summary: Allied Telesis sells secure IP/Ethernet access so- ble TV, utility, hospitality, enterprise and wireless companies. lutions for enterprise and service provider markets. Founded As a DIRECTV Master System Operator, AFL offers end-to- in 1987 as Allied Telesyn Inc., the company later changed its end solutions that include access to DIRECTV programming name to Allied Telesis. It is part of the Allied Telesis Group, and services for MDUs, master-planned communities, and headquartered in Bothell, Wash., and Tokyo, which operates hospitality and university applications. AFL’s bandwidth man- agement and conditional Internet access solutions enable sys- in 39 countries, with globalized R&D and vertically integrated tem operators to offer DIRECTV video and Internet packages. ISO 9000 manufacturing. The company employs nearly 2,500 AFL also provides mesh wireless solutions for MDU, munici- people and had global revenue of $438 million in 2009. Allied pality, hospitality and enterprise applications. AFL has more Telesis’ end-to-end FTTx solutions, which include both PON than 3,300 employees worldwide and is a division of Fujikura and point-to-point active Ethernet, deliver up to 1 Gbps to the Ltd., with manufacturing, sales and administrative offices lo- premises. Nearly 300,000 living units are connected to ac- cated in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, tive Ethernet FTTH networks powered by Allied Telesis. The Japan, Mexico and China. company’s indoor and outdoor iMG multiservice gateways are designed for residential, MDU and business applications, and its operating and unified management software work across switching, carrier access and service gateway products to facili- tate emerging content and services. Allied Telesis technology was used in the first two commercial deployments of IPTV, Alcatel-Lucent and today the company is pioneering eco-friendly technology, www.alcatel-lucent.com data virtualization and over-the-top video applications. 908-582-3000
Key Products: Wireline and wireless broadband access Alpha Technologies equipment, IP routing platforms, optical switching and www.alpha.com transport solutions, next-generation network and IMS 360-647-2360 solutions, IMS applications, IPTV solutions, network management, service integration capabilities, optical fiber, Key Products: Power systems for communications networks, connecting hardware and accessories, right-of-way solutions including power supplies, surge suppressors, enclosures, batteries, inverters, status monitors, building systems and Summary: Alcatel-Lucent, a telecommunications giant formed generators in 2006 by a merger between Lucent and the French telecom equipment vendor Alcatel, is a leader in fixed, mobile and Summary: Founded in 1976, Alpha Technologies is a ma- converged broadband networking and IP technologies, ap- jor supplier of power systems to the broadband communica- plications and services. The company leverages the technical tions industry worldwide. Alpha’s line of products provides and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innova- critical power conditioning and emergency backup to cable, tion powerhouses in the communications industry. One-third FTTH, wireless and other networks. Rapid growth in global
July 2010 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 39 20102010 BROADBAND PROPERTIES founded by Paul Allen and best known for its Moxi consumer “Solving the puzzle of connectivity whole-home HD DVR and cable DVR technology platforms. ARRIS is headquartered in Suwanee, Ga., and operates R&D in the home is often one of the bestTOP centers in the United States, Ireland and China, as well as a 2010 worldwide network of sales and support. ARRIS has 1,890 em- ways service providers can more ployees and reported 2009 revenue of $1.1 billion. quickly improve take rates.” – Jay Kilby, director of marketing Astec Underground www.astecunderground.com and product development, Suttle 865-408-2100; 800-527-6020
Key Products: Trenchers, vibratory plows and directional communications, as well as the relationship between system drilling power and overall network reliability, has created a demand for Alpha’s products across an array of communications ap- Summary: Astec Underground, a subsidiary of Astec Indus- plications. Alpha’s customers include major cable television tries, manufactures and markets underground-construction system operators, telecommunications service providers and equipment used to construct, maintain and repair telecommu- full-service communications providers in 50 countries. In- nications networks, including basic copper and fiber optic plant ternational markets include Europe, Latin America, Africa, and cable television systems. Product lines include Astec utility the Middle East, Australia and the Far East. With more than trenchers and horizontal directional drills as well as Trencor 1,000 employees, Alpha currently has sales and service centers heavy-duty mechanical chain trenchers and specialty rock ex- in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, China cavation machines. In late 2009 and early 2010, Astec intro- and Australia. Alpha Technologies is a member of The Alpha duced three new heavy-duty trenchers and the DD-4045 hori- Group, a global alliance of independent companies dedicated zontal directional drill. Customers include small contractors to creating powering solutions for communications, commer- operating a single trencher; large utility providers and contrac- cial, industrial and renewable-energy markets. tors with fleets of underground construction equipment; hori- zontal directional drilling specialists; and contractors build- ing giant cross-country pipelines. Headquartered in Loudon, Tenn., with 150 employees, Astec operates a 330,000-square- foot facility that includes corporate offices, a new research and development center, training facilities, a manufacturing plant ARRIS and a custom paint facility. Astec Underground is one of 15 www.arrisi.com companies owned by Astec Industries, which had revenue of 866-362-7747; 678-473-2000 $738 million in 2009. Key Products: Equipment for cable operators, including RFoG and EPON solutions, cable modem termination AT&T, AT&T Connected Communities systems, voice and data modems and gateways, on- www.att.com/communities demand video and interactive advertising platforms, universal edge QAMs, advanced video encoding and Key Products: Voice, video, data and wireless services for processing, whole-home DVR, HFC access and transport residential and business customers systems, fixed-mobile convergence, software for remote workforce management and network management Summary: AT&T is the largest communications holding company in the world by revenue. Based in Dallas, Texas, Summary: ARRIS aims to provide broadband operators with it employs nearly 280,000 people worldwide and had more a complete portfolio of solutions to support voice, demand- than $123 billion in revenue for 2009. As a leader in deliver- driven video, next-generation advertising, IP video and high- ing IP-based services to residential and business customers in speed data services. The company’s new RFoG solution can the United States and around the world, AT&T serves more serve up to 32 subscribers on a single fiber, using splitters or than 17.3 million high-speed Internet subscribers and owns optical taps, on networks spanning up to 20 km between and operates the nation’s largest Wi-Fi network. The compa- headend and subscriber. This architecture allows EPON to be ny’s U-verse initiative is bringing voice, video and data services implemented later over the same fiber network – an important over fiber-to-the-node and fiber-to-the-home networks in 122 consideration for the future as PON-style networks replace markets across 22 states. The AT&T Connected Communities HFC in greenfield projects. In late 2009, ARRIS made two key program is a strategic marketing initiative between AT&T and acquisitions to bolster its video product portfolio: EG Tech- regional or national single-family builders, developers, real es- nologies, a supplier of encoding, decoding and video process- tate investment trusts, apartment ownership and management ing technologies for digital networks, and Digeo, the company groups and homeowners associations to provide voice, video
40 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 and broadband services to rental properties and residential Deployers of High-Speed developments. AT&T Connected Communities recently an- Residential Broadband nounced that it will provide U-verse services to The Broadway – San Antonio, a 20-story residential luxury high-rise with re- These firms are raising the bar for residential access sort amenities and services, via a fiber-to-the-node network. to high-speed broadband. Wireline operators listed here offer 24 Mbps or higher (sometimes much higher) Internet downstream speeds in at least some Atlantic Engineering Group markets. Some of those with fiber-to-the-home net- www.atlantic-engineering.com, www.aeg.cc works offer equally high upstream speeds. Satellite 706-654-2298 providers are bringing broadband to areas unserved by other broadband providers. BBP Top 100 compa- Key Products: Design and construction services for FTTP, nies are listed in bold in this and other tables. smart-grid, metro-area and wide-area networks
Company Name Web Address Summary: Atlantic Engineering Group (AEG), founded in AT&T www.att.com 1996, designs and builds communications networks. This out- Bright House Networks www.brighthouse.com side-plant specialist is headquartered in Braselton, Ga., but de- Cablevision www.cablevision.com ploys in-house personnel and on-site project managers around Campus Technologies www.campus the country and overseas. AEG has completed more than 75 technologies.net networks, including 21 fiber-to-the-premises projects as well as Canby Telecom www.canbytel.com Charter Communications www.charter.com many HFC builds, metropolitan networks, and wide-area net- Cincinnati Bell www.cincinnatibell.com works. Clients include municipalities, electric utilities, cooper- CityLink Fiber www.citylinkfiber.com atives and government agencies; a recent client is Vermont’s 22- Comcast www.comcast.com town ECFiberNet. The company is an “all in” service provider Connexion Technologies www.cnxntech.com for fiber optic networks, with the ability to provide mapping, Cox Communications www.cox.com design, construction and materials control. EATEL www.eatel.com En-Touch Systems www.entouch.net EPB Fiber Optics (Chattanooga) www.epbfi.com Fibernet Monticello www.monticellofiber.com Greenfield Aurora Networks Communications www.egreenfield.com www.aurora.com GVTC www.gvtc.com 408-235-7000 Hiawatha Broadband Communications www.hbci.com Key Products: Optical transport products that support cable HughesNet www.hughesnet.com operators’ evolution from hybrid fiber-coaxial networks to LUS Fiber www.lusfiber.com advanced HFC, fiber-deep and RFoG architectures that Mediacom www.mediacomcc.com deliver fiber to the premises and support future migration Paxio www.paxio.com Qwest www.qwest.com to PON technologies. Suddenlink Summary: Aurora Networks, founded in 1999 and headquar- Communications www.suddenlink.com Smithville www.smithville.net tered in Santa Clara, Calif., specializes in helping the cable in- Sunset Digital dustry evolve with solutions that build future-proof networks. Communications www.sunsetcom.com Using its understanding of cable networks, Aurora Networks SureWest Communications www.surewest.com delivers solutions such as fiber-deep and RFoG architectures TDS Telecom www.tdstelecom.com and Node PON technology and offers a line of optical trans- Time Warner Cable www.timewarner port products designed to address issues specific to the cable cable.com broadband industry. The company’s node platform, introduced UTOPIA www.utopianet.org in 2002, is optimized for scaling bandwidth to each subscrib- Verizon Communications www.verizon.com/fios er through support for multiple segmentation technologies Westel Fiber www.westelfiber.com WildBlue www.wildblue.com (LcWDM, DWDM and CWDM). Aurora Networks’ node Wilson, NC, Greenlight www.greenlightnc.com platform also supports the company’s fiber-deep architecture, Windstream fiber on demand for dedicated fiber-based Ethernet services, Communications www.windstream.com end-to-end RFoG and RFPON (RFoG plus PON) implemen- tations and Node PON for migration to the all-IP world.
July 2010 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 41 20102010 BROADBAND PROPERTIES BEC Technologies municipally owned system providing electric, water, wastewater 714-890-0201; 972-422-0877 and fiber optic telecommunication and information services www.bectechnologies.net to the city of Bristol, Va., the town of Abingdon, and Wash- ington County. These combined systems employ 158 people. Key Products TOP : Ultra-broadband gateways for homes and 2010 BVU OptiNet, a nonprofit division of BVU, was launched in businesses, Ethernet switches and routers, smart-grid 2003 to provide digital cable, telephone service and high-speed interfaces Internet; it now serves 8,500 customers in southwestern Virgin- Summary: BEC Technologies provides customer-premises ia. BVU FOCUS is a consulting, operations and management equipment for GPON and active Ethernet networks, partner- firm operating under the umbrella of the city of Bristol, Va., ing with such FTTH equipment vendors as Enablence, Calix and Occam to provide end-to-end network solutions. BEC’s CPE includes broadband gateways and smart-grid solutions. Private Cable Operators and Its Wireless-N point-to-point fiber gateway supports up to 100 Fiber Optic Amenity Providers Mbps symmetrical. Additional solutions include AV-compliant Powerline Homeplug (Ethernet over in-home wiring) and These companies work with property owners and stand-alone switch/router solutions. BEC solutions have been developers to provide telecommunications networks deployed by more than 140 service providers in the United or services to multifamily housing, homeowner as- States, ranging from multistate telephone companies to rural sociations, resorts, the hospitality industry or student utility cooperatives. BEC Technologies, with offices in Hun- housing, over either fiber or copper. tington Beach, Calif., and Plano, Texas, is the U.S. arm of Tai- wan’s Billion Electric Company, which was established in its Company Name Web Address current form in 2004 but has roots going back to 1973. Billion AiroLink Communications www.airolink.tv operates in 22 countries. Airwave Networks www.airwave-networks.com American Cable Services www.americable.us Blonder Tongue Laboratories AT&T Connected www.blondertongue.com Communities www.att.com/communities 732-679-4000; 800-523-6049 BroadStar Communications www.broadstar.com Key Products: Analog products supporting CATV headend Campus Technologies www.campus and distribution applications; digital products supporting technologies.net 8VSB/QAM applications; encoder products supporting Connexion Technologies www.cnxntech.com standard- and high-definition TV applications; systems Consolidated design and engineering, technical support and technical Smart Systems www.consolidatedsmart.com training Crystal Clear Technologies www.crystalclear Summary: Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc., based in Old technologies.net Bridge, N.J., provides system operators and integrators serv- DirecPath www.direcpath.com ing the cable, broadcast, satellite, IPTV, institutional and pro- Front Door Networks www.frontdoornet.com fessional video markets with comprehensive solutions for the HLS Communications www.hls provision of content contribution, distribution and video deliv- communications.com ery to homes and businesses. With 60 years of experience, the InnCom Cable www.icubedinc.com company designs, manufactures, sells and supports an equip- MDU Communications www.mduc.com ment portfolio of standard- and high-definition digital video Multiband www.multibandusa.com solutions, as well as core analog video and high-speed data so- Pavlov Media www.pavlovmedia.com lutions for distribution over coax, fiber and IP networks. Prime Time www.primetime Communications communications.net Private Cable Systems www.pvtcable.com Bristol Virginia Utilities Road9 www.road9.net www.bvu-optinet.com Satellite Management Services www.smstv.com 276-669-4112 TCI www.tcintegration.com Key Products: Broadband voice, video and data services; Verizon Enhanced www.verizon.com/ consulting services Communities communities Westel Fiber www.westelfiber.com Summary: Bristol Virginia Utilities was the first municipal Ygnition Networks www.ygnition.com utility in the United States to deploy an all-fiber network offer- Zial Networks www.zial.com ing the triple play of video, voice and data services. BVU is a
42 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 and BVU. With 63 employees, 40 of whom operate a remote Headquartered in Petaluma, Calif., Calix had 2009 revenue of facility in Mooresville, N.C., BVU FOCUS offers assistance $233 million. to municipal entities in meeting their communities’ needs for telecommunications and information services and traditional utility operations. BVU provides 50 percent of the funding for Bristol’s Economic Development Department and is heavily involved in promoting economic development to prospective Canon Broadcast and Communications Division and existing industrial and commercial establishments. In www.canobeam.com 2009, the city of Bristol, Va., was named the only U.S. final- 201-807-3300; 800-321-4388 ist for the world’s Top Seven Intelligent Communities by the Intelligent Community Forum, with BVU recognized for the Key Products: Free-space optics data transceivers contributions of its broadband network to economic growth. Summary: Canon U.S.A.’s Broadcast and Communications Di- vision, based in Ridgefield Park, N.J., offers the Canobeam line of free-space optics digital transceivers, which transmit data over the air on beams of infrared light. Like optical fiber, free-space optics equipment is protocol-independent and requires no radio- Calient Networks frequency permits or licenses. Canobeam products are used in www.calient.net FTTH deployments in logistically challenging situations where 805-562-5500 fiber optic cables are impractical, for network redundancy, and to get networks up and running quickly. The models in the Cano- Key Products: Optical switching and fiber management beam series deliver data speeds from 25 Mbps to 1.5 Gbps and solutions for telecommunications providers and other cover distances from 20 meters to 1,000 meters. Canobeam’s markets auto tracking function constantly maintains beam alignment and compensates for vibrations in the installation base caused Summary: Calient Networks has its headquarters and manu- by weather and other factors. Canon U.S.A. is a leading provider facturing facility in Santa Barbara, Calif. Its flagship product of consumer, business-to-business and industrial digital imaging is the FiberConnect FC320X Optical Switch and FiberMoni- solutions. Its parent company, Canon Inc., a top technology pat- tor, which performs automated fiber management and real- ent holder, ranked fourth overall in the United States in 2009, time, dynamic, nonintrusive fiber monitoring. These products with global revenue of $35 billion. are designed to allow network operators to intelligently man- age their fiber infrastructure in a fully automated, native all- Charles Industries optical, bandwidth-agnostic manner. Calient’s customers in- www.charlesindustries.com clude AT&T, Verizon, Qwest, Cisco, Fujitsu and others. Cali- 847-806-6300 ent sells globally through a direct sales team as well as through a partnership with Gales Technology. Key Products: Outside-plant fiber optic distribution pedestals and enclosures, fiber terminals and interconnects, extended-reach DSL systems Calix www.calix.com Summary: Charles Industries designs and manufactures 707-766-3000; 877-766-3500 buried distribution pedestals for fiber optic applications. The company, which serves telecommunications, CATV, munici- Key Products: Broadband access platforms for fiber and pality, utility and government service providers, introduced DSL networks, including multiservice access platforms, Ethernet service access platforms and nodes, OLTs and ONTs, outside plant, network and services management software “The future of broadband is fiber
Summary: Calix is a provider of broadband communications all the way – everywhere – access systems and software for copper- and fiber- based net- eventually with two or more FTTH work architectures. Its access portfolio, designed to help com- munications service providers evolve their networks to Ethernet service providers serving each home and deep fiber efficiently and cost-effectively, enables the deliv- across our great nation.” ery of revenue-generating services from basic voice and data to advanced broadband services over legacy and next-generation – John George, director, systems and networks. Calix has shipped more than 6 million ports to applications engineering, OFS more than 500 North American and international customers.
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“A gigabit to the desktop and home is rapidly emerging as table stakes in bandwidth services. Faced withTOP this reality, many forward-thinking operators are turning to next-generation2010 access strategies leveraging wavelength-division multiplexing technology. WDM-PONs leverage existing technology and standard protocols to efficiently deliver indefinite scalability without distance limitations for both business and residential applications.” – Jim Theodoras, director of technical marketing, ADVA Optical Networking nonmetallic fiber pedestals in 2001 and continues to pro- Key Products: BSS/OSS solutions, consulting and vide new solutions for nearly all fiber deployment architec- engineering services tures. Charles Fiber Distribution Point (CFDP) pedestals of- Summary: CHR Solutions provides consulting and IT man- fer closed-architecture protection for ribbon fiber and loose aged services/infrastructure to the rural telecommunications, buffer-tube fiber. The Buried Distribution Optical (BDO) line energy and finance market segments. Offerings include - en of open-architecture fiber pedestals offers a lower-cost alterna- gineering, financial, regulatory, compliance and marketing tive for cost-conscious deployments. Charles Universal Broad- services; association management; wireless strategies; strategic band Enclosures (CUBE) provide compact environmental planning and operational optimization; IT managed services; protection for electronics at cell sites, automatic meter reading remote infrastructure management; data center services; secu- and other remote equipment deployment and equipment con- rity and disaster recovery; applications development and in- solidation applications. Charles Industries, which is headquar- frastructure development; and a network operations center. In tered in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has about 350 employees and September 2009, the company merged with Martin Group, a manufactures all its products in four U.S. facilities. global provider of enterprisewide business support systems/op- erations support systems (BSS/OSS) solutions, next-generation engineering services and consulting services. CHR Solutions is headquartered in Houston, with offices in Dallas; Austin, Texas; Lubbock, Texas; Camden, Ark.; Columbia, Mo.; Min- neapolis, Minn.; and Springfield, Ill. CHR Solutions www.chrsolutions.com 713-351-5111
Cincinnati Bell Network Testing, Monitoring www.cincinnatibell.com And Management Services 513-397-9900 (Other Than Private Cable Operators) Key Products: Telephone, data, video and wireless services
Company Name Web Address Summary: With headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincin- Alcatel-Lucent www.alcatel-lucent.com nati Bell provides integrated communications solutions – in- Aricent www.aricent.com cluding local, long distance, data, Internet, entertainment CHR Solutions www.chrsolutions.com and wireless services – to residential and business customers Communication Technology Services www.cts1.com in Greater Cincinnati. Cincinnati Bell is revamping its copper Ericsson www.ericsson.com network to allow delivery of services over a fiber optic network. IBBS www.ibbs.com Its fiber-based services, branded as Fioptics, include advanced Korcett Holdings www.korcett.com high-speed data, digital television and telephone service. Fiop- Source Technology www.source-t.com tics services provide customers with alternatives to broadband Steeplechase Networks www.scnets.com and television services offered by traditional cable companies. TCI www.tcintegration.com Fioptics Internet offers speeds up to 30 Mbps – currently the Tellabs www.tellabs.com fastest available in the Cincinnati area. Fioptics TV includes an expanded selection of high-definition and digital channels
44 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 as well as parental control features, HD DVR and video on tive subscriber systems for video, high-speed Internet and VoIP demand. Fioptics services can be bundled with other Cincin- networks. Cisco Systems, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., nati Bell services, allowing customers to receive a single bill for reported revenue of $36.1 billion in 2009. The company has all their communications and entertainment needs. Cincinnati about 68,000 employees worldwide. Bell’s 2009 revenue was $1.34 billion.
Cisco Systems www.cisco.com 770-236-5000 Clearfield www.clearfieldconnection.com Key Products: Active Ethernet, RFoG and RF video overlay 763-476-6866 solutions for fiber-to-the-home deployments; digital set- top boxes and accessories; cable modems; wireless routers; Key Products: Fiber distribution systems for the inside plant, headend equipment; network management systems outside plant and access networks
Summary: Cisco’s Ethernet FTTH, or active Ethernet solu- Summary: Headquartered outside Minneapolis, Minn., Clear- tion, which has been deployed globally, includes Ethernet field designs and manufactures the FieldSmart Fiber Manage- access switches, aggregation routers and optical network ter- ment Platform, which includes its latest-generation Field- Smart minals. The company’s Prisma D-PON solution delivers an Fiber Crossover Distribution System for the inside plant, FieldS- FTTH option for cable service providers by enabling a PON mart Fiber Scalability Center for the outside plant and FieldS- architecture in the outside plant while maintaining existing mart Fiber Delivery Point series for access networks. The three HFC back-office systems, providing for incremental FTTH product lines are built on the Clearview Cassette, an integrated growth on a future-flexible, low-maintenance architecture. 12-fiber management system that can be replicated whenever Cisco also supplies set-top boxes and cable modems, transmis- and wherever it is required in the network. For environments sion networks for home broadband access and digital interac- requiring only a few fibers, Clearfield offers the Clearview xPAK
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Columbia Telecommunications Corporation (CTC) CommScope www.ctcnet.us www.commscope.com 301-933-1488 828-324-2200; 800-982-1708
Key Products: Broadband network design, assessment, Key Products: Cable and connectivity products including review, and implementation; business plan development; fiber enclosures, subscriber premises connectivity, hybrid technology planning; project management services fiber-coaxial cable, fiber optic and wireless integration solutions Summary: Founded in 1983, Columbia Telecommunications Corporation (CTC) provides communications engineering Summary: Founded in Hickory, N.C., more than 30 years consulting services for public-sector and nonprofit clients na- ago, CommScope had 2009 revenue of $3 billion and is a lead- tionwide. The company’s expertise includes feasibility analysis, er in the design and manufacture of infrastructure solutions for business plan development, network design, network deploy- communications networks. CommScope is the world’s largest ment, RFP development and negotiations with private-sector manufacturer of coaxial cable for hybrid fiber-coax applica- tions and a major supplier of coaxial, fiber optic and twisted- providers. CTC also provides support with strategic planning, pair cables, subscriber premises connectivity products, rug- engineering, network design, business planning and applica- ged conduit products; and optical infrastructure solutions to tion preparation for federal and state broadband grants. CTC serve residential and commercial customers. CommScope has is not affiliated with any equipment manufacturers, communi- a global manufacturing and distribution network supporting cations carriers, cable operators or service providers. Using its customers of its four major businesses. In 2010, CommScope expertise and independence, the company evaluates the advan- introduced two significant additions to its BrightPath FTTH tages and lifetime costs of different approaches, makes inde- solution that expand its availability into global markets and pendent recommendations, explains and justifies conclusions make it compatible for use in PON applications. to policymakers and decision makers, oversees engineering and Communications Test Design Inc. (CTDI) www.ctdi.com Video Programming Aggregators 610-436-5203 (Linear, VoD and Interactive) Key Products: PON, RFoG, FTTN and wireless network Company Name Web Address and customer-premises equipment; legacy telco and cable Accedo Broadband www.accedobroadband.com management and equipment services Avail Media/TVN www.availmedia.com Cloverleaf Digital www.cloverleafdigital.com Summary: In 2008, the 35-year-old CTDI, based in West Comcast Media Chester, Pa., started its transformation from a company con- Center (HITS) www.comcastmediacenter.com centrating mainly on legacy network maintenance to a fiber CSI Digital www.csidigital.net powerhouse. In July 2009, it purchased Motorola’s FTTN DIRECTV www.directv.com business. This spring, it acquired PON and RFoG pioneer Al- Dish Network commercial.dishnetwork.com loptic – its fifth major acquisition in two years. The company 4Com www.4com.com can now equip, build and manage modern packet-switched and National Cable Television DOCSIS networks from the first mile to the central office and Cooperative www.cabletvcoop.org on to national trunks. Its Home4000 ONT can mix legacy National Rural and DOCSIS services; the Edge200 delivers voice, video, and Telecommunications data services for 64 ONTs while maintaining legacy network Cooperative www.nrtc.coop/pub/us/ management capabilities. CTDI, which is privately held, has 5,500 employees in 45 facilities worldwide. Satellite Management Services www.smstv.com Skyway Connect www.skywayconnect.com Connexion Technologies Telechannel www.telechannel.tv www.connexiontechnologies.net 919-535-7329
46 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 “Advances in video distribution technology have enabled residents of apartments, condos and co-ops to experience the full breadth of video entertainment services and opened the door for business opportunities for providers such as DIRECTV to offer their services to the 28-million-unit MDU market. Living in a large apartment or condo complex no longer means consumers have to settle for only one provider for video entertainment and telecommunications services.” – Mike Olson, vice president, MDU sales, DIRECTV
Key Products: Design, customization and management of proximately 24,000 employees worldwide. Corning Cable Sys- telecommunications networks tems develops and manufactures optical cable, hardware and equipment designed to make FTTx deployments faster, easier, Summary: Connexion Technologies customizes and manages more reliable and less costly. Corning Cable Systems Evolant state-of-the-art communications networks in single-family, Solutions delivers tip-to-tip product and service offerings for multifamily and high-rise properties nationwide. Its award- FTTx, CATV and wireless applications; these preconnector- winning networks are designed to optimize the communica- ized solutions have revolutionized the way FTTx networks are tions experience and value of properties for residents and prop- deployed. The OptiTap Connector, part of the Evolant Solu- erty owners by creating “A Better Connection,” the company’s tions, has become the industry standard in preconnectorized, service mark. Connexion Technologies is not a service provider; environmentally hardened technology. The ClearCurve prod- rather, it manages a suite of providers that offer entertainment uct suite, based on ultrabendable optical fiber, opened the way and communications applications, including enhanced televi- for cost-effective installation of fiber-to-the-home networks in sion, telephone, Internet and other services, over carrier-neutral MDUs and other complicated deployments. Consultants and networks. The company is based in Cary, N.C. It was estab- network designers have access to a variety of design tools and lished in 2002 to target greenfield developments with fiber resources as part of Corning’s FTTxpert Program. The Corn- to the home but has broadened its market to include existing ing Total Access Program provides design, engineering, fur- properties as well. It operates in all major markets. nishing and installation companies with the tools necessary to ensure successful FTTH and wireless deployments, and the Corning Connected Community Program helps homebuilders and developers market FTTH to consumers.
Corning, Corning Cable Systems www.corning.com; www.corningcablesystems.com 828-901-5000 Design Nine www.designnine.com Key Products: Optical fiber, optical fiber cable, FTTH 540-951-4400 cabinets, splitters, terminals, connectors, cable assemblies, MDU products, other telecommunications hardware and Key Products: Broadband planning and feasibility studies, equipment, splice and test equipment, engineering services fiber business and financial planning, broadband and training project management, broadband network design and implementation Summary: Corning developed the first fiber optic cable for communications in 1970 and remains a world leader in special- Summary: Design Nine offers broadband planning and engi- ty glass and ceramics, creating and manufacturing components neering services, including fiber and wireless network design, that enable high-technology systems. The company, whose grant writing assistance, needs assessment and fiber/wireless 2009 sales totaled nearly $5.4 billion, is distinguished by sus- broadband buildout assistance to communities, developers and tained investment in R&D, more than 150 years of materials local governments. Design Nine specializes in financial model- science and process engineering knowledge and a distinctive ing, business planning and legal and organizational design of collaborative culture. At the end of 2009, Corning had ap- community broadband systems and project management. The
July 2010 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 47 20102010 BROADBAND PROPERTIES firm’s network designs include open-access and open-service broadband networks. Headquartered in Blacksburg, Va., De- Network Planning, Design, sign Nine is currently working in Virginia, Florida, Massachu- Engineering, Construction setts, Minnesota, New Hampshire and New Mexico. The com- Excludes companies that provide these services only pany’s many public- and private-sector clients include theTOP city 2010 for networks they will own or manage. of Danville, Va., where Design Nine has provided assistance with network architecture, vendor selection, business and fi- Company Name Web Address nancial planning and service provider development to nDan- Adesta www.adestagroup.com ville, a municipal, open-access, Layer 3 open services network. AFL Telecommunications www.afltele.com Another major Design Nine project, The Wired Road, covers Atlantic Engineering Group www.atlantic- 1,000 square miles in southwestern Virginia. Design Nine re- engineering.com cently won a company contract to manage a major expansion of Bristol Virginia Utilities www.bvu-optinet.com The Wired Road that will take fiber to three additional towns, CHR Solutions www.chrsolutions.com including a rural FTTH deployment. The company also rolled Columbia Telecommunications out a carrier-class, open-access network for the city of Palm Corporation (CTC) www.ctcnet.us Coast, Fla., which included financial planning, designing net- Corning Cable Systems www.corningcable work architecture (with an MPLS backbone), designing a colo- systems.com cation facility, and attracting service providers and customers Design Nine www.designnine.com to the new network. DSI Technologies www.dsifiber.com Emerson Network Power www.emerson networkpower.com DIRECTV Fiber-Tel Contractors www.fibertel www.directv.com contractors.com 888-777-2454 Finley Engineering www.fecinc.com Gibson Technical Services www.gibsontech.com Key Products: Satellite TV services to residential and InfiniSys Electronic Architects www.electronic business customers; network installation and integration architect.com Inteleconnect www.inteleconnect.com Summary: Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., DIRECTV i3 Group www.i3-group.co.uk delivers satellite TV service to residential and business cus- J&R Underground www.jrunderground tomers with an increasing focus on multifamily solutions. llc.com DIRECTV’s satellite distribution technologies for the multi- Kabel-X USA www.kabelxusa.com dwelling market include MFH2, which is appropriate for prop- KGP Logistics www.kgplogistics.com erties of all sizes and uses single-wire multiswitch technology, KiS Communications www.kis-comm.com and MFH3, now known as DIRECTV IPAdvantage, which is LTS Group www.ltscompany.com designed for properties with 150 or more units, includes remote Michels Communications www.michels.us network monitoring, uses IP-based technology and requires “I” Mid-State Consultants www.mscon.com series DIRECTV receivers. MFH2 and MFH3 can be imple- MPNexlevel.com www.mpnexlevel.com mented as a single property headend, single roof-mounted dish Multicom www.multicominc.com solution. Both solutions provide access to all DIRECTV pro- OFS www.ofsoptics.com gramming and services. In the United States, DIRECTV offers On Trac www.ontracinc.net its 18.6 million customers more than 130 HD channels and Pulse Broadband www.pulsebroadband.net Dolby Digital 5.1 theater-quality sound (when available), ac- Quanta Services www.quanta cess to exclusive sports programming, such as NFL SUNDAY services.com TICKET, and such advanced technology as the DIRECTV Source Technology www.source-t.com DVR Scheduler and the DIRECTV Whole Home DVR expe- Spectrum Engineering rience. New in 2010 are 30 additional HD channels, national Corp. www.spectrumeng.com channels dedicated to 3-D, the first 3-D broadcast of the MLB Steeplechase Networks www.scnets.com All-Star game, an expansion of DIRECTV Cinema service TCS Communications www.tcscomm.com to more than 400 pay-per-view titles, and whole-home DVR Team Fishel www.teamfishel.com technology. DIRECTV revenue, including its U.S. and Latin Tellabs www.tellabs.com America operations, was $21.5 billion in 2009. Tetra Tech www.tetratech.com Turnkey Network Solutions www.tkns.net UniTek Global Services www.unitekglobal DISH Network services.com commercial.dishnetwork.com US Metronets www.usmetronets.com 800-454-0843
48 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 Key Products: Video programming packages for business, Summary: Draka Communications Americas is part of one of hospitality and multifamily housing delivered via satellite the largest optical fiber producers in the world – the 100-year- old Draka, based in Amsterdam. It is a leader in optical fiber Summary: DISH Network offers video programming for and cable solutions, with more than 15,000 cables for indoor, multitenant buildings, single-family neighborhoods, hospitals indoor-outdoor, outdoor and specialty applications. Its bend- and assisted-living properties. Services range from low-cost insensitive BendBright fiber line, first introduced in 2002, is bulk programming delivered to an entire complex to custom- available in single-mode and multimode cables. Draka’s re- ized triple-play accounts for each resident’s upgrade choices. gional headquarters, located in Claremont, N.C., is the only DISH brings the best in television programming, including colocated fiber and cable facility in North America; its 128- high-definition, international, movies and sports program- acre campus is home to a 1.2-million-square-foot manufac- ming packages, together with the most advanced technology turing facility dedicated to the development, delivery and available, including 1080p VoD and the ViP 722 HD DVR. deployment of optical fiber and fiber cable networks. Draka, DISH Network will be the first video partner for Google TV which has 9,600 employees and more than 68 factories, sales when that service launches this fall. Google TV is an open and support offices in 31 countries, had revenue of about platform that will integrate multichannel television with Web $3 billion in 2009. media content, allowing subscribers to search for content across DISH Network, the Internet and their DVRs. Headquartered in Englewood, Colo., Dish Network had more than 14.1 mil- lion satellite TV customers as of March 2010. Emerson Network Power Ditch Witch www.emersonnetworkpower.com www.ditchwitch.com 440-246-6999; 800-800-1280 800-654-6481 Key Products: AC and DC power, outside-plant enclosures, Key Products: Construction equipment for laying fiber precision cooling systems, embedded computing and power, integrated racks and enclosures, power switching Summary: Ditch Witch dates from 1949, when its founder and controls, monitoring and connectivity invented a workable compact trencher. The Ditch Witch or- ganization specializes in the design and manufacture of high- Summary: Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson, quality underground construction equipment. It sells tren- is a global leader in enabling business-critical continuity – the chers, vibratory plows, pneumatic piercing tools, backhoes, assurance that critical technology investments will not fail be- electronic tracking and locating tools, horizontal directional cause of power loss – from grid to chip for telecommunications networks, data centers, health care and industrial facilities. drilling systems, drill pipe, downhole tools, vacuum excavation Based in Columbus, Ohio, Emerson Network Power provides systems, excavator-tool carriers, mini skid steers, pipe bursting solutions and expertise for AC and DC power and precision systems and the Zahn family of power utility equipment. Ditch cooling systems, embedded computing and power, integrated Witch Financial Services offers a variety of financing and lease racks and enclosures, power switching and controls, infrastruc- options. New products in 2009 included two low-cost tren- ture management and connectivity. Emerson Network Power’s chers; a ride-on trencher; and an improved system for locating suite of solutions for supporting communications network in- faults in direct-buried, unshielded power and communications frastructure includes outside-plant enclosures and equipment, cables. The Ditch Witch organization’s manufacturing head- NetSure DC power systems and turnkey services. quarters is located in Perry, Okla., and has more than 1,000 employees. The equipment is distributed through a worldwide dealer organization.
Enablence Technologies www.enablence.com 613-270-7860 Draka Communications Americas www.draka.com/communications Key Products: PLC-based FTTH triplexers and diplexers, 828-459-8895; 800-879-9862 FTTH central office and customer-premises equipment
Key Products: Optical fiber cable solutions for network Summary: Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Enablence is a global operators, telecommunications carriers, utilities, installers supplier of optical networking systems, subsystems and com- and enterprises ponents. Enablence Systems Division’s fiber-to-the-home and
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“Open-access networks are really beginning to deliver the results that have been promised. They are attractingTOP service providers, and as those providers compete for customers, prices for2010 services such as Internet access and VoIP telephone are dropping as much as 50 to 70 percent.” – Andrew Cohill, president, Design Nine fiber-to-the-business solutions have been implemented by more funding by the Department of Energy to expedite the buildout than 420 service providers, including, most recently, Cam- of the smart grid. bridge Telephone in rural Nebraska. The Optical Components and Subsystems Division is a global leader in planar lightwave circuit technology, which integrates dozens of components into a single optical chip; this division’s products have been inte- grated widely into networks around the world and are serving Ericsson tens of millions of subscribers. In April 2010, Enablence signed www.ericsson.com/us an agreement to merge Israel-based broadband access vendor 972-583-0000 Teledata into its Systems Division. Teledata’s multiservice ac- cess platform and VDSL capabilities will broaden Enablence’s Key Products: Deep-fiber access portfolio including VDSL2, product line, providing international customers with a path to point-to-point and point-to-multipoint products; Ribbonet evolve their copper networks to fiber. Enablence’s revenue for air-blown fiber solution for FTTx; cables and interconnect fiscal 2009 was $45 million.
Fiber-to-the-Home Electronics These companies provide active equipment for fiber access networks. EPB www.epb.net, www.epbfi.com Company Name Web Address 423-648-1372 ADTRAN www.adtran.com Alcatel-Lucent www.alcatel-lucent.com Key Products: Voice, video, data and smart-grid services Allied Telesis www.alliedtelesis.com provided over a fiber optic network ARRIS www.arrisi.com Aurora Networks www.aurora.com Summary: EPB, the municipal utility of Chattanooga, Tenn., has provided affordable electric power to the Chattanooga area Calix www.calix.com since 1935 and now serves a 600-square-mile area that includes Cisco Systems www.cisco.com eight counties in Tennessee and Georgia. In 2000, it launched Communications Test EPB Telecom to provide communications solutions to local Design Inc. (CTDI) www.ctdi.com businesses; with more than 2,400 customers, EPB Telecom is ECI Telecom www.ecitele.com now the second largest business communications company in Enablence www.enablence.com the Chattanooga market. In 2008, EPB began building a fiber- Ericsson www.ericsson.com to-the-home network that is already available to more than Hitachi Communication www.hitachi- 100,000 homes and businesses and will be available through- Technologies America cta.com out the entire service area, nearly 170,000 homes and busi- Motorola www.motorola.com nesses, by the end of 2010. It launched services in September Occam Networks www.occamnetworks.com 2009, offering 150 Mbps symmetrical Internet access; digital ReadyLinks www.ready-links.com voice; and video services in localities where it has been awarded Telco Systems www.telco.com cable franchises. EPB also uses its fiber-to-the-home network as Tellabs www.tellabs.com the backbone for its smart grid, which will provide increased UTStarcom www.utstar.com power reliability, greater operational efficiency and more power Zhone Technologies www.zhone.com management tools for the utility’s electric customers. In 2009, ZyXEL Communications www.us.zyxel.com the company was awarded $111.5 million in federal stimulus
50 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 “Today, providers are faced with the challenge of meeting subscriber expectations for video quality service across multiple devices and can expect this to continue as the industry evolves. Whether they deliver video traditionally or through new methods, such as 3-D television, they all need solutions that help ensure and enhance quality subscriber experience while not draining resources. With all these advancements, this is an exciting time for providers and subscribers.” – Calvin Harrison, COO, IneoQuest Technologies
products, microwave networks, network management communications, broadband and satellite service providers tools, stations and broadband switches, IPTV middleware worldwide. ETI’s products integrate back-office systems with FTTH and IPTV technologies, allowing instantaneous pro- Summary: Ericsson is the world’s largest provider of technol- visioning and billing of voice, video and data services. The ogy and services to telecom operators. W ith approximately company’s flagship product, Triad sdp, has out-of-the-box 25,000 patents, it has one of the industry’s most comprehen- automated provisioning support for FTTx, IPTV and soft- sive intellectual property portfolios. It is the leader in mobile switch technologies from vendors that include Alcatel, Calix, technologies, providing support for networks with more than Cisco, MetaSwitch, Microsoft, Minerva, Motorola, Nokia 2 billion subscribers, and also the largest provider of managed Siemens Networks and Occam. Triad’s modules include or- services. The company’s portfolio comprises mobile and fixed der entry and rating; work order management and schedul- network infrastructure, telecom services, software, and broad- ing; reporting; and billing. Subsystems such as customer- band and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and premises equipment inventory, PPV/VoD management and re- the media industry. Ericsson deep-fiber access solutions range porting can also be managed via Triad sdp technology. from FTTx and VDSL2 broadband access products to air- blown fiber passive solutions. The company’s end-to-end IPTV solution encompasses everything from the video headend to middleware to quality-of-service monitoring and provision- ing – including edge, metro and deep-fiber access, as well as EXFO operation and maintenance. In April 2010, Ericsson entered www.exfo.com into an agreement to acquire Nortel’s majority shareholding 418-683-0211; 800-663-3936 in LG-Nortel; the completion of this transaction will give Er- icsson a foothold in the emerging WDM-PON market. The Key Products: Test and service assurance solutions company was founded in 1876 and has global headquarters in Stockholm and North American headquarters in Plano, Texas. Summary: EXFO, based in Quebec City, provides test and More than 86,500 employees generated net sales of $27.1 bil- service assurance solutions for wireless and wireline network lion in 2009. operators and telecommunications equipment manufacturers. It accounts for an estimated 33 percent of the portable fiber optic test market. The telecom division, which provides more than 90 percent of the company’s revenue, offers solutions that assess the performance and reliability of converged IP fixed ETI Software Solutions and mobile networks from core to edge. Key technologies sup- www.etisoftware.com ported include 3G, 4G/LTE, IMS, Ethernet, OTN, xDSL and 770-242-3620 various optical technologies. EXFO has a staff of approximately 1,600 people in 25 countries, supporting more than 2,000 cus- Key Products: Software for subscriber management, flow- tomers worldwide. In March 2010, EXFO acquired NetHawk through activation and provisioning Oyj, a privately held company headquartered in Oulu, Fin- land. NetHawk’s products include protocol analyzers for test- Summary: Since 1992, ETI Software Solutions has de- ing, troubleshooting and optimizing wireless networks as well livered billing and operational software solutions to tele- as high-performance network simulators for load generation,
July 2010 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 51 20102010 BROADBAND PROPERTIES regression and functional testing. In fiscal 2009, the company States. The company specializes in end-to-end engineering reported revenue of $172.9 million. consulting for telecommunications, wireless, cable television and electric power transmission and distribution networks, as TOPwell as project management and right-of-way services. Finley 2010 develops standard design criteria for clients’ projects and fol- lows through with detailed designs, construction documents, FiberZone Networks contracts, contract administration and materials lists. Once a www.fiberzone-networks.com project is under way, Finley can provide construction obser- 301-941-1928 vation and project management. It has completed more than 6,500 miles of FTTH projects and passed more than 35,000 Key Products: Automated fiber management systems homes. In April 2010, the company acquired Bryant Survey- ing and Mapping (BSM), a regional full-service surveying and Summary: FiberZone Networks provides automated fiber mapping company with a broad base of corporate, municipal management (AFM) solutions that allow facility operators to and private clients throughout Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, deliver new fiber-based services, design and operate networks Oklahoma and Texas. efficiently and flexibly, and improve customer service and -net work uptime. FiberZone AFM enables network operators to provision, manage and troubleshoot networks end to end with- out having to perform on-site servicing. The foundation of AFM is FiberZone’s latched optical coupling, which delivers remote Foxcom control and automation to the fiber infrastructure while main- www.foxcom.com taining the attributes and reliability of a manual patch panel. 609-514-1800 AFM technology also enables carriers to generate new revenue streams through on-demand service provisioning. In 2008, Key Products: Broadband fiber optic MDU distribution the company launched its flagship product, the AFM-360 systems for video, voice and data; satellite downlink signal and also announced sales of the AFM-360 to large carriers transport over fiber in Asia and the United States. In April 2010, FiberZone an- nounced a new software module to automate recovery from Summary: Foxcom, a division of OnePath Networks, provides fiber cuts and equipment port failures across a network. fiber optic solutions to the MDU market and the professional FiberZone Networks is a charter member of the Advanced satellite earth station and video distribution markets. Founded Fiber Connectivity and Switching Forum (AFCS), formed in in 1993, Foxcom has two product lines: point-to-multipoint dis- June 2008. The company is privately held with offices in the tribution platforms for the MDU triple-play market and point- United States and Israel. to-point transport of satellite signals in earth stations, broadcast facilities, cable TV headends and other satellite gateway applica- Finley Engineering tions. Recent products include the BsmarTV suite, an MFH- www.fecinc.com 2-ready, triple-play deployment platform for the MDU market; 417-682-5531 and SatLight/Platinum, which enables advanced RF and fiber optic link control and monitoring for the earth station market. Key Products: Network design and engineering services The addition of active Ethernet products to the BsmarTV plat- form creates a full triple-play fiber optic distribution system with Summary: Founded in 1953, Finley Engineering Company has the broadest pipe to the home. Foxcom’s corporate headquarters more than 200 employees in 10 offices nationwide and is one and its research and development are based in Israel, and it also of the largest telecom network design companies in the United has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom and South
“We believe the next boost to broadband deployment will come from creatively using today’s technologies to reduce the operational costs of installation and deployment. It’s very exciting to see that some of the most innovative service providers in the industry have the vision to prove out new concepts from emerging infrastructure vendors.” – Cheri Beranek, president and CEO, Clearfield
52 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 Africa. Foxcom currently employs more than 40 people, with are not selected. Google has promised to share with the public the majority in research and development. what it learns about new techniques for fiber deployment and about next-generation applications. Headquartered in Moun- tain View, Calif., Google has pioneered much of the software Google that makes the Web usable. Its 2009 revenue, derived primarily www.google.com from Web-based advertising, was $23.7 billion. 650-253-0000
Key Products: Construction and operation of open-access, Graybar fiber-to-the-home networks (planned) www.graybar.com 800-GRAYBAR (472-9227) Summary: Unlike the 99 other companies on this year’s Top 100 list, Google has not yet contributed to the buildout of fiber Key Products: Fiber connectors, couplers, housings, panels, to the home – other than by boosting the demand for band- splice trays, fusion splicers, cleaners, test equipment, VAR width with its quest to “organize the world’s information and services make it universally accessible and useful.” This year, however, Google drew enormous public attention to the benefits and Summary: Graybar, a Fortune 500 company, specializes in potential of FTTH. When it announced in February that it supply-chain management services and is a leading North planned to build open-access, 1 Gbps-capable networks in one American distributor of components, equipment and materials or more U.S. cities, Google energized broadband advocates for several industries. With net sales of $4.38 billion in 2009, throughout the country, inspiring more than 1,100 communi- Graybar employs about 6,900 people at more than 240 dis- ties to apply to become Google Communities. Google plans tribution centers throughout the United States, Canada and to select its fiber communities by the end of 2010, but a sig- Puerto Rico. It is one of North America’s largest and oldest nificant number of applicants have decided to continue seek- employee-owned companies. Established in 1869, Graybar ing financing for community broadband networks even if they stocks and sells hundreds of thousands of items from thou- sands of manufacturers and can procure, warehouse and de- liver almost any kind of electrical, communications or data Customer-Premises Equipment product, component or service. Fiber connectivity solutions represent a fast-growing area in its catalog. Through its dis- Other Than Network Interface Devices tribution network and value-added services, including kitting These companies provide set-top boxes, modems, and integrated solutions, Graybar is helping its customers pow- routers, residential gateways, home networking gear er and network their facilities. and related equipment.
Company Name Web Address Actiontec www.actiontec.com Advanced Digital Broadcast www.adbglobal.com Great Lakes Data Systems Alcatel-Lucent www.alcatel-lucent.com www.glds.com Amino www.aminocom.com 800-882-7950 ARRIS www.arrisi.com BEC Technologies www.bec Key Products: Billing and provisioning software for cable technologies.net TV, Internet, VoIP, VoD, pay-per-view and other Cisco Systems www.cisco.com broadband services Comtrend www.comtrend.com EchoStar www.echostar.com Summary: Great Lakes Data Systems was founded in 1980 by Entone www.entone.com cable professionals to meet the industry’s need for reliable, in- Leviton www.leviton.com telligently designed billing software. Its customers are primar- Motorola www.motorola.com ily small to midsized cable companies, ranging from startup Ruckus Wireless www.ruckuswireless.com operations to systems with more than 250,000 subscribers. Samsung www.samsung.com GLDS serves more than 300 operators, including both private Telco Systems www.telco.com cable operators and fiber-to-the-home providers such as the mu- Telect www.telect.com nicipal FTTH system in Tullahoma, Tenn., and several others. Technicolor www.technicolor.com Voice, video and data can be provisioned directly from the bill- Tilgin www.tilgin.com ing system and itemized on a single monthly subscriber bill. The 2Wire www.2wire.com company’s two largest offices are in Carlsbad, Calif., and ZyXEL Communications www.us.zyxel.com Beaver Dam, Wis., but it operates in 49 states and 40 countries worldwide. Key products include WinCable, for cable billing
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• PROVIDES registration to scheduled webinars FREE OF CHARGE! “If broadband is to be, it is up to me” www.CommunitiesforBroadband.com 20102010 BROADBAND PROPERTIES and subscriber management, and WinVoIP, which can provi- communities. The company has 11 active FTTH projects and sion, import, consolidate, manage, report and bill call detail re- more than 9,000 customers throughout California and Arizona. cords from most integrated VoIP vendors’ packages. The GLDS Greenfield is currently designing 11 more communities and has SuperController II add-on for pay-per-view can be used alongTOP secured contracts for an additional 22 projects representing more with other billing software, and it interfaces with most headend2010 than 250,000 homes. Greenfield also has contracts with UCLA, equipment and set-top boxes. GLDS also sells hosted solutions the city of Pasadena and the city of Dana Point to provide fiber for providers that choose not to run billing and provisioning optic design, cabling and communications services. The com- systems in-house. pany recently entered the existing multifamily housing market space, providing bundled voice, video and data packages. Greenfield Communications www.egreenfield.com 949-248-8898
Key Products: Fiber optic and low-voltage design, GVTC Communications construction and operations; service provider for voice, www.gvtc.com video, high-speed data and community Intranet services 800-367-4882
Summary: Based in Southern California, Greenfield Commu- Key Products: Video, high-speed Internet, security nications was formed in 2001 to provide turnkey fiber-to-the- monitoring, local and long-distance telephone and home solutions for developers of new master-planned residential advanced data services
Passive Network Components These companies provide distribution frames, cross-connect panels, splitters, enclosures, connectors, duct, conduit and similar equipment for fiber access networks. Company Name Web Address Company Name Web Address A-D Technologies www.adtechnologies.com Montclair Fiber Optics www.montclairfiber.com ADC www.adc.com MRV Communications www.mrv.com AFL Telecommunications www.afltele.com Multicom www.multicominc.com Alliance Fiber Optic Products www.afop.com Multilink www.multilinkone.com Belden www.belden.com Occam Networks www.occam Calient Networks www.calient.com networks.com Calix www.calix.com OFS www.ofsoptics.com Channell Commercial Nexans www.nexans.com Corporation www.channellcomm.com Optelian www.optelian.com Charles Industries Ltd. www.charles Opterna www.opterna.com industries.com Optical Cable Corporation www.occfiber.com Clearfield www.clearfield Preformed Line Products www.preformed.com connection.com Prysmian www.prysmian.com CommScope www.commscope.com Radiant Communications www.rccfiber.com Corning Cable Systems www.corningcable SENKO Advanced systems.com Components www.senko.com Draka Communications www.draka.com/ Sumitomo Electric www.sumitomo Americas communications Lightwave electric.com Emerson Network Power www.emerson Suttle www.suttleonline.com networkpower.com Telect www.telect.com Ericsson www.ericsson.com Tellabs www.tellabs.com FiberZone Networks www.fiberzone- TeraSpan www.teraspan.com networks.com 3M Company www.3M.com/telecom Harmonic www.harmonicinc.com Timbercon www.timbercon.com Leviton www.leviton.com Tyco Electronics www.tycoelectronics.com Lite Access www.liteaccess.com Westek Electronics www.westek.com Miniflex www.miniflex.co.uk Zhone Technologies www.zhone.com
56 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 “The competitive telecommunications landscape has created a need for bundled services now more than ever. This retention value has become a standard that will determine who leads this market today and in the future. Companies that are able to quickly provide this unique customer experience will transform themselves into true 21st-century communications providers.” – Vern Swedin, president, Pace International
Summary: GVTC is a full-service communications provider Communications, DIRECTV, EchoStar, Hearst-Argyle, Insight that offers high-speed Internet, digital cable TV, phone service Communications, Sinclair Broadcasting, Time Warner Cable and home security monitoring in a 2,000-square-mile area of and Yahoo. International customers include many Tier 1 provid- south-central Texas. The company is in the midst of a five- ers in Europe, Latin America and Asia. In May 2010, Harmonic year, $35 million FTTH expansion project and is replacing announced plans to acquire Omneon, a provider of video pro- copper lines with fiber connections in most of its established duction and playout solutions to media customers. Harmonic communities. The project is projected to add FTTH to 20,000 reported revenue of $319 million in 2009. additional premises by 2013. In December 2009, GVTC lever- aged the capabilities of its fiber network to offer customers 40 Hiawatha Broadband Communications Mbps Internet download speeds and 10 Mbps upload speeds, www.hbci.com the fastest available in southern Texas. In March 2010, GVTC 888-474-9995 introduced Total Home Networking, a managed service that helps both business and residential customers connect multiple Key Products: Internet access, cable television, telephone and computers and electronic devices so they can share a single wireless services high-speed Internet connection. GVTC has 225 employees, and revenue for 2009 was $75.7 million. Because it is a non- Summary: Founded in 1997, Hiawatha Broadband Communi- profit, any telephone-related revenue over and above operating cations (HBC) offers residential, business and wholesale televi- expenses is allocated to member-owners in the form of capital sion; Internet access; telephone; and media production services credits. This year, GVTC will disburse $4.2 million in capital in southeastern Minnesota. Wireless services were added in credits to its telephone cooperative members. 2009. HBC operates both hybrid fiber-coax and fiber-to-the- home networks and recently completed the activation of three new fiber-to-the-home networks in the towns of Rollingstone, Stockton and Lewiston. HBC provides a complete video service selection of more than 100 TV channels (including high-defi- Harmonic nition programming), digital music, pay-per-view where avail- able and extensive local programming produced by HBC Pro- www.harmonicinc.com ductions. Digital video service is available in nine service areas. 408-542-2500; 800-788-1330 The company has 68 employees, seven retail communities and a Key Products: Video delivery solutions wholesale division. Annual revenue is $14 million.
Summary: Harmonic provides video delivery solutions for many of the world’s leading broadcast, cable, satellite, Internet, mobile and telco providers. Its solutions address the growing demand for delivering high-definition and on-demand video to any de- Hitachi Communication Technologies America vice – not just the TV but also the PC and mobile devices. Har- www.hitachi-cta.com monic supports video delivery over fiber to the premises with 770-446-8820 its MAXLink Video Optical Amplifier, which provides an RF video overlay using 1550 nm signal transport. Headquartered Key Products: Optical access solutions, optical transport in Sunnyvale, Calif., the company operates R&D, sales and equipment, electronic and optical components, wireless systems integration centers worldwide. U.S. customers include infrastructure products, home networking applications Cablevision Systems, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox development and management solutions
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As the Internet evolves from websites and individuals to Web apps and communities, we are seeing the TOPDarwinian sorting of network offerings. The value of FTTH’s unparalleled2010 speed and low latency will be fully apparent and realized by new applications, smart sensors and media-rich communications and social networks. – Edward Zyszkowski, CEO, Steeplechase Networks
Summary: Hitachi develops and manufactures optical access Summary: JDSU provides test and measurement solutions equipment, including GEPON, RFoG and DePON (DOCSIS and other optical products for telecommunications service over GEPON) solutions, to support the deployment of fiber to providers, cable operators, network equipment manufactur- the premises by telecommunications and cable television net- ers and enterprises. Its portfolio of optical communications work operators, utilities and municipalities. In May, the com- solutions includes attenuators; circulators; couplers; splitters; pany announced 10 Gbps capability for its EPON platform. It WDMs; detectors/receivers; subsystems for transmission, am- also offers metro and long-haul CWDM/DWDM platforms plification and wavelength management; circuit packs and up to 10 Gbps and packet optical transport solutions up to 100 Gbps. Hitachi Communication Technologies America is head- optical test platforms. All are designed to enable agile optical quartered in Norcross, Ga., with offices in Santa Clara, Calif., networks – systems that can be managed remotely and respond and Dallas, Texas. The company is a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., dynamically to changes in network traffic patterns as demand which is the third largest technology company on Earth, with increases. JDSU is also a leader in the evolution of 40G and fiscal 2009 revenue of $96.4 billion, about 19 percent of which 100G high-speed networks, offering both optical components was in the IT and telecommunications sector. Hitachi has ap- and test equipment. Based in Milpitas, Calif., JDSU has 4,000 proximately 360,000 employees worldwide.
Fiber and Fiber Cable These firms supply optical fiber for fiber access deployments. IneoQuest Technologies www.ineoquest.com Company Name Web Address 508-339-2497 ADC www.adc.com AFL Telecommunications www.afltele.com Key Products: End-to-end video quality and service Belden www.belden.com assurance solutions CommScope www.commscope.com Corning, Corning www.corning.com, Summary: IneoQuest’s solutions audit, monitor, analyze and Cable Systems www.corningcable troubleshoot video from the headend to set-top box and across systems.com multiple devices, including television, Internet and mobile devic- Draka Communications www.draka.com/ es. The IQPinPoint platform encompasses video test and analy- communications sis solutions including the Cricket, a family of intelligent video Ericsson www.ericsson.com network probes that enable video network operators to analyze, General Cable www.generalcable.com debug and resolve video quality and MPEG errors. Established Multicom www.multicominc.com in 2001, IneoQuest is a privately held company based in Mans- Nexans www.nexans.com field, Mass. It has international sales operations in Europe, Asia OFS www.ofsoptics.com and Latin America. Optical Cable Corporation www.occfiber.com JDSU Prysmian www.prysmian.com www.jdsu.com Sumitomo Electric www.sumitomo 408-546-5000 Lightwave electric.com Telect www.telect.com Key Products: Fiber optic communications components and Timbercon www.timbercon.com testing equipment
58 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 employees. Revenue was more than $1.29 billion for the fiscal Key Products: Premises wiring, outside plant, central-office year ending 2009. solutions and home automation products
Summary: Founded in 1906 and still owned by the found- ing family, Leviton Manufacturing is located in Little Neck, N.Y. It provides voice, data and home networking products KGP Logistics for industrial, commercial, OEM and residential markets, as www.kgplogistics.com well as basic electrical infrastructure and energy management 800-755-3004 products. Leviton takes fiber connectivity all the way from the central office to the jack inside the house with fiber-to-the- Key Products: Products for the outside plant, central home solutions that include optical distribution cabinets, ped- office, datacomm, transmission, customer premises and estals, drop terminals, network interface devices, fiber optic broadband enclosures, optical splice components and accessories and fiber optic cable assemblies. The company’s voice and data division Summary: Headquartered in Faribault, Minn., KGP Logistics produces both fiber and copper products at its manufacturing has provided the telecommunications industry with supply- complex in Bothell, Wash. Residential structured cabling and chain and distribution services for more than 30 years. The company’s national distribution network, which comprises home-control products are offered to builders and homeowners seven regional distribution centers and eight product manufac- through Leviton Integrated Networks and Controls. In 2010, turing facilities, provides fiber and copper factory-terminated Leviton launched its HOME 6 and HOME 5e solutions, with cable; custom assemblies; assemble, wire and test services; and Cat 6 and 5e connectors and patch cables specifically designed engineer, furnish and install services. KGP Logistics distributes for residential applications. voice, video, data and wireless products from more than 1,500 manufacturers, ranging from basic communications craft tools LUS Fiber and supplies to broadband network equipment. Markets served www.lus.org include regional Bell operating companies, independent tele- www.lusfiber.com phone companies, municipalities, public utilities, contractors, 337-993-4237 installation companies, OEMs and Internet service providers. Key Products: Digital voice, video, Internet access and community intranet access over an FTTH network
Summary: Lafayette Utilities System, a department of the Leviton Manufacturing Lafayette, La., consolidated government, operates LUS Fiber, www.leviton.com the first community-owned, all-fiber optic network in Louisiana. 718-229-4040 The utility, which had operated a wholesale fiber network since
“The future looks bright for continued growth in this industry, which is being driven by the success of IPTV over both managed and unmanaged networks. To achieve the quality of service that people are accustomed to for TV, the networks delivering TV must be upgraded. This is happening not only with telcos, but also with cable and satellite operators. Continued demand for linear TV channels plus the advent of OTT video from independent and start-up content providers through unmanaged networks will continue to march forward. Consumer demand for video from these sources will require additional bandwidth, so service providers with the most end-to-end bandwidth will prevail. In a nutshell, it’s called progress.” – Pete Pifer, CEO, ETI Software Solutions
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“Consumer demand for rich media is growing at an exponential rate, faster than communications serviceTOP provider access networks are evolving to meet these service requirements.2010 By pushing ‘Fiber Forward’ in their networks, service providers can rapidly address this surge in demand, substantially improving access and connectivity speeds while dramatically altering their ongoing operational costs.” – Carl Russo, CEO and president, Calix
2002, began offering triple-play services to residents and small companies to construct fiber lines; now, it constructs thousands businesses in 2009 after prevailing in a legal battle that lasted for of miles of fiber optic and broadband networks each year. several years. Construction of the citywide buildout is expected to be completed in July 2010, nine months ahead of schedule. Miniflex Completed, the network passes all the premises in this city of www.miniflex.co.uk about 120,000. LUS involved the community to an unusual de- 330-495-2296 gree in planning the network and the services to be delivered over it, holding a series of public forums to discover what local Key Products: Solutions for fiber protection, management residents and businesses wanted and proactively trying to avoid and installation increasing the digital divide. Based on community input, LUS Fiber not only offers residential Internet access at symmetrical Summary: Established in 1994 and based in Suffolk, U.K., speeds up to 50 Mbps but also provides all subscribers with sym- Miniflex designs and manufactures optical fiber installation metrical 100 Mbps access to a peer-to-peer community intranet. systems and products for FTTx implementations in homes Analog video and digital video service are also provided, with and offices. Miniflex products offer a cost-effective way to the digital video service powered by Microsoft Mediaroom. Dig- protect and manage optical fiber. The product range includes ital video customers have access to whole-home DVR, instant protective tubing, ruggedized cables, installation systems and channel change and picture-in-picture browsing. Additional ap- ancillary products. Optical Fiber Protection Tubing (OFPT) plications are planned for the future. offers protection against crushing and kinking of fibers and hazardous tensile loads while limiting bends to an acceptable radius. Because of OFPT’s rigid flexibility and buckling resis- tance, pigtails made from 3mm OFPT can be easily installed in FTTH deployments by pushing them into microducts, as an Michels Corporation alternative to blowing or pulling fiber. Miniflex has provided www.michels.us fiber protection products for British incumbent BT since 2005 920-583-3132 and established a U.S. subsidiary in 2008. Key Products: Fiber optic network design, engineering and construction, including outside-plant construction, Montclair Fiber Optics structured cabling and fiber splicing and testing www.montclairfiber.com 608-831-4440 Summary: Michels Corporation, an international engineering and construction contractor based in Brownsville, Wis., began Key Products: Optical splitters, CWDMs, WDMs and in 1959 as a pipeline construction company and entered the amplifiers telecommunications industry four years later. Michels Com- munications, a division of Michels Corporation, specializes in Summary: Established in 1995, Montclair Fiber Optics pro- fiber optic network construction in all sectors of the industry, vides standard and custom passive and active optical compo- from local telephone and long-distance companies to cable TV nents to the FTTx and telecom markets. Leveraging its core providers, education and enterprise networks. Mi-Tech Servic- partnerships with OEM manufacturers, Montclair offers reli- es, another division of the company, is a full-service engineer- able lower-cost products, flexibility in custom product design, ing firm offering FTTx solutions that include cable restoration, dedicated inventories and comprehensive service and support. outside-plant planning and design, project management and For 15 years, Montclair has consistently served more than 50 right-of-way acquisition. In 1983, Michels was one of the first customers nationwide, including several leaders in the FTTx
60 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 “We humbly thank each and every community and individual for taking the time to participate. If one message has come through loud and clear, it’s this: People across the country are hungry for better and faster Internet access.” – Google Fiber for Communities project team (on website) and telecom industries. Products are Telcordia-compliant and set-top boxes, video distribution systems, broadband access in- RoHS-compliant, and the company’s manufacturing partners’ frastructure platforms, broadband gateways and wireless net- facilities are ISO- and TL9000-certified. New in June 2010 is works. The world’s leading provider of digital entertainment a ruggedized 1550 nm erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) devices, it shipped its 100 millionth digital entertainment designed for outside-plant FTTx and CATV networks. The device in 2009. Broadband delivery mechanisms include fiber amplifier is constructed for long-term weather-resistant and optics, xDSL, hybrid fiber-coax, WiMAX and LTE. Fiber so- reliable operation over a wide temperature range. lutions include GPON central-office and customer-premises equipment, a passive optical LAN enterprise solution and an Motorola RFoG solution for cable operators. In February, the company www.motorola.com acquired BitBand, a provider of content management and de- 847-576-5000 livery systems that specializes in video on demand for IPTV. Motorola is headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., and had net Key Products: Video and broadband solutions for FTTH, sales of $22 billion for 2009, of which video and broadband DSL, HFC, WiMAX, LTE, home entertainment, home technologies accounted for about $8 billion. networking
Summary: Motorola designs and manufactures digital video,
Network Management Solutions These companies provide OSS or software for network monitoring, optimization, provisioning, service management, subscriber management, billing and related functions. Company Name Web Address Company Name Web Address ADTRAN www.adtran.com Ericsson www.ericsson.com Advance Fiber Optics www.ospinsight.com ETI Software Solutions www.etisoftware.com Alcatel-Lucent www.alcatel-lucent.com Fine Point Technologies www.finepoint.com Allot Communications www.allot.com Great Lakes Data Systems www.glds.com Amdocs www.amdocs.com Highdeal (SAP) www.highdeal.com Anritsu www.anritsu.com HP www.hp.com/go/ism Arbor Networks www.arbornetworks.com IBBS www.ibbs.com Aricent www.aricent.com Logisense www.logisense.com ARRIS www.arrisi.com MetaSwitch www.metaswitch.com Bivio Networks www.bivio.net Openet www.openet.com Calix www.calix.com Procera Networks www.proceranetworks.com Capanis Networks www.capanis.com Pulse Broadband www.pulsebroadband.net CHR Solutions www.chrsolutions.com Sandvine www.sandvine.com Cisco Systems www.cisco.com Telcordia www.telcordia.com Comarch www.comarch.com Tellabs www.tellabs.com Communications TraceSpan www.tracespan.com Data Group www.cdg.ws UTStarcom www.utstar.com Comtrend www.comtrend.com Weird Solutions www.broadband Comverse www.comverse.com provisioner.com COS Systems www.cossystems.com Xangati www.xangati.com ECI Telecom www.ecitele.com Zeugma Systems www.zeugmasystems.com
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“Customer demand for higher bandwidth continues to grow, and online video streaming servicesTOP are increasing the demand even more. Communications providers must2010 be able to offer services over our networks that meet this demand.” – Steve Oldham, president and CEO, SureWest
Multicom work providers and cable TV MSOs. Its products are designed www.multicominc.com to meet the needs of both legacy plant and new technology 800-423-2594 applications; new product development targets fiber optic– based solutions, including new hinged overlay molding for Key Products: Fiber optic cables, passives, receivers, FTTH deployment in MDU buildings. Also new is the com- amplifiers, nodes, attenuators, enclosures, splitters, fusion pany’s Downspout Raceway product line, which hides cables splicers, tools and coaxial cables for hybrid fiber-coax or conduits on the side of a building in a product that looks systems; systems design; VoIP services like a downspout. Based in Elyria, Ohio, Multilink is privately Summary: Multicom is a manufacturer and full-line stock- owned and has 158 employees. ing distributor of broadband products for end-to-end integra- tion of communications solutions. Established in 1982, Mul- ticom has a multimillion-dollar inventory, stocking more than 13,000 products from more than 270 of the world’s major manufacturers. These products are used to acquire, process and Occam Networks distribute audio, video, television and data signals over fiber www.occamnetworks.com optic, copper and coaxial cable. Since the beginning of 2010, 805-692-2900 Multicom has announced three additions to its fiber optic product line: the Optical Micro-Node, the 1310 Transmitter Key Products: IP- and Ethernet-based broadband loop carrier and a return path receiver. Multicom’s design and engineering and related telecommunications access equipment team has worked throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe. Recent design projects include the Madeira Con- Summary: Occam Networks is a broadband access supplier dominiums on Marco Island, Fla.; the Norris Inpatient Tower offering multiservice access platform solutions based on pure at the University of Southern California University Hospital in packet technologies. The company’s solutions support voice, Los Angeles; the Puerto Rican Convention Center in San Juan; data and video services over copper and fiber and enable the and the National Park Seminary in Silver Spring, Md. Multi- transition from all-copper networks to copper-fiber or all-fiber com also sells retail and wholesale VoIP services through its networks. In 2009-2010, Occam added a line of six GPON Mconnect subsidiary. Multicom is headquartered in Orlando, optical network terminals with extensive configuration op- Fla., and maintains sales offices, rep agencies and subdistribu- tions for residential and business services and introduced tors throughout the Americas. the award-winning 48-port Active Ethernet BLC 6316, the BLC 6216 VDSL2 solution and a comprehensive operating sys- tem. More than 3 million of Occam’s broadband loop carrier Multilink ports have been deployed by more than 350 service providers www.gomultilink.com in North America and the Caribbean. Occam is also supplying 440-366-6966 Fairpoint Communications in its provision of Metro Ethernet Key Products: Network power supplies, enclosures and services to the Maine School and Library Network, enabling cabinets; fiber distribution and cable management solutions; mobile backhaul services for Centennial of Puerto Rico and MDU enclosures; raceway and pathway solutions supplying a GPON solution to West Whitlawburn Hous- ing Co-operative (WWHC) through its U.K.-based value- Summary: Multilink, founded in 1983, is a manufacturer of added reseller Fibre Options. Occam is based in Santa Barbara, telecommunications network components that has expanded Calif., and had revenue of $84.0 million in 2009. to become a worldwide supplier and integrator of end-to-end solutions. The company’s customers include independent tel- cos, regional Bell operating companies, utilities, local-area net-
62 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 OFS Key Products: Fiber splicing, FTTH installation, commercial www.ofsoptics.com installation, MDU design/installation, consulting, system 770-798-4000; 888-342-3743 audits, inventory management, project management, safety training Key Products: Optical fiber; optical cable; splicers; fiber management and connectivity products for homes, Summary: Based in Tennessee, On Trac provides services for businesses and MDUs; network design services the FTTH industry, including FTTH splicing, mainline fiber splicing, networking commercial installation, and MDU de- Summary: OFS, a Furukawa company, designs, manufactures sign and installation. It also offers professional services, includ- and supplies optical fiber, optical fiber cable, specialty photon- ing consulting, system audits, inventory control and project ics and optical connectivity products and solutions. Headquar- management. On Trac’s principal service areas are in Tennes- tered near Atlanta, Ga., OFS is a global provider with facili- see, Georgia, Texas, Indiana and Louisiana. Customers include ties in North America and Europe and sales offices around the telephone companies, utilities and municipalities. Recent in- world. The company’s heritage, which goes back to Alexander stallations include Auburn Essential Services in Auburn, Ind.; Graham Bell and the invention of the telephone, includes tech- Bristol Tennessee Essential Services in Bristol, Tenn.; Clarks- nology powerhouses such as Bell Labs, AT&T and Lucent Tech- ville Department of Electricity in Clarksville, Tenn.; Dalton nologies. Since 2001, OFS has been a subsidiary of Furukawa Utilities in Dalton, Ga.; and GVTC in New Braunfels, Texas. Electric, a global leader in optical communications founded in On Trac has connected more than 80,000 premises to FTTH 1884 and based in Japan. OFS ultra-bend-insensitive EZ-Bend networks using both aerial and underground drops. optical cables are designed to offer fast and easy installation for MDU and in-home wiring applications. Other OFS brands in- clude FOX (Fiber Optics to the X), an end-to-end offering for connecting homes, businesses and MDUs with fiber; the V-Linx Spool & Play solution for MDU applications; FITEL fusion Optical Cable Corporation splicers; full-spectrum AllWave FLEX ZWP bend-optimized www.occfiber.com fiber; ORBITAL fiber management cabinets; and all-dry For- 540-265-0690 tex DT and AccuRibbon DC cables. OFS also helps optimize network designs with its OptiCost FTTx Modeling Services. To Key Products: Fiber optic and copper cabling, connectors, cut the cost and complexity of multifamily deployments, over boxes, other networking solutions the past year OFS refined its MDU distribution offerings, intro- Summary: Optical Cable Corporation manufactures fiber op- duced a new line of multimode fiber (the LaserWave family) and tic and copper data communications cabling and connectiv- certified a version of its single-mode, bend-tolerant fiber to work ity solutions primarily for the enterprise market, offering an with a bend radius as small as 5 mm. Furukawa Electric reported integrated suite of products that operate as a system solution revenue of $10.5 billion in fiscal 2009, about 14.4 percent of it or integrate with other providers’ offerings. Optical Cable Cor- from its telecommunications businesses. poration pioneered the design and production of fiber optic cables for demanding military field applications, as well as fi- ber optic cables suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. Of- ferings include products designed for commercial, enterprise network, data center, residential and campus installations and On Trac customized products for specialty applications and harsh en- www.ontracinc.net vironments including military, industrial, mining and broad- 423-317-0009 cast applications. Products include fiber optic cable, copper
“Universal access to high-bandwidth broadband services remains critical for sustained economic growth and quality of life. Despite regulatory concerns, fiber-based high-speed access represents ‘must-have’ infrastructure for America to continue its competitive position and capacity for innovation. The 100 Mbps level must become the U.S. standard.” – Darby McCarty, CEO, Smithville
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“This is an exciting time to be involved in fiber to the premises. The entire landscape of broadband technologyTOP is changing around the world. We see entire countries setting ambitious2010 fiber-to-the-premises goals, Google is driving innovation here in the States, and we’re proud to be part of an increasingly dynamic and inventive culture.” – Todd Marriott, executive director, UTOPIA and fiber optic connectors, copper and fiber optic patch cords, distribution equipment; fiber products; technical support racks, cabinets, datacom enclosures, patch panels, face plates, and training, SBCA training, call center; billing services; multimedia boxes and cable and connectivity management ac- back-office support services cessories. The company’s patented modular connection system includes plug protrusions on internal and external surfaces that Summary: Pace is an automation and procurement specialist prevent improper cable connectivity options and create mul- with expertise in supporting communications systems world- tiple levels of restricted access to a network. Founded in 1983, wide. As an authorized national hardware and content dis- Optical Cable Corporation is headquartered in Roanoke, Va., tributor for DISH Network and an EchoStar IPTV reseller, with offices and manufacturing and warehouse facilities locat- the company offers complete video solutions for telcos, ISPs ed in Roanoke and near Asheville, N.C. and system operators. Pace’s support services for private cable operators include system design, DISH Network receivers and Optimum Lightpath equipment and back-office services. Pace also carries commu- www.optimumlightpath.com nications hardware and tools from major vendors, along with 877-LIGHTPATH a lineup of products sold under its brand, MVP. Founded in 1972, Pace operates from its headquarters in Rochester, Minn., Key Products: Ethernet-based data, Internet, voice, video and and through facilities in Denver and in Ningbo, China. managed services
Summary: With headquarters in Jericho, N.Y., Optimum Preformed Line Products Lightpath, a division of Cablevision Systems Corporation, pro- www.preformed.com vides Ethernet-based communications solutions for large and 440-461-5200 midsized businesses in the New York metropolitan area. The company’s reliable, resilient and scalable fiber-to-the-business- Key Products: Cable anchoring and control hardware and premises network extends more than 3,900 route miles and is systems, fiber optic and copper splice closures, high-speed connected to more than 3,800 buildings. Recent service intro- cross-connect devices ductions include hosted voice, interactive patient care, high- definition voice and virtual private ring service. New customer Summary: Founded in 1947, Preformed Line Products is wins include Wayne Township, Next Generation Radiology, an international designer and manufacturer of products and Holy Name Hospital, Medical Arts Radiology and Creskill systems used to construct and maintain overhead and under- Public School District. Optimum Lightpath’s revenue for ground networks. PLP’s customer base includes telecommu- 2009 was $255.5 million. nications network operators, cable television and broadband service providers, power utilities, corporations and enterprise Pace International networks, government agencies and educational institutions. www.paceintl.com Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, the company operates do- 507-288-1853; 800-444-7223 mestic manufacturing centers in Rogers, Ark.; Albuquerque, N.M.; and Albemarle, N.C. PLP serves worldwide markets Key Products: Distribution of DISH Network content and through operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Eng- hardware and DISH Network-approved installation land, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Spain and materials and accessories; EchoStar ViPTV IPTV Thailand. Net sales for 2009 were $257.2 million. solutions; hardware and tools for commercial-grade satellite TV, cable TV, home theater and audio; tools and kitting services; meters and test equipment; Televes QAM
64 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 Prysmian Summary: The services SDT provides to telecommunications www.prysmian.com carriers, developers and integration providers include network 803-951-4800; 800-713-5312 planning, design, development, installation, testing, turn-up and maintenance on network environments from ultra-long-haul fi- Key Products: Optical fiber and telecommunications cables ber networks to FTTx buildouts, wireless, LAN and more. Its integrated project delivery strategy enables it to bundle services Summary: Headquartered in Milan, Italy, with U.S. head- in various combinations as turnkey solutions. SDT has complet- quarters in Lexington, S.C., Prysmian has multiple production ed major FTTH projects for Telepak Networks in Mississippi facilities worldwide and supplies most of the world’s largest and Cameron Communications in Louisiana. Headquartered in telecom operators with products that include optical fiber, op- Brookhaven, Miss., SDT has a second office near Atlanta and tical cable, copper cable, FTTx passive solutions, premises/data operations in 35 states. The company has 200 employees. cable and connectivity hardware. With its two business divi- sions, Energy Cables and Systems and Telecom Cables and Sys- tems, Prysmian boasts a global presence with subsidiaries in 39 countries; 56 plants in 24 countries; seven research and devel- opment centers in Europe, North America and South America; and more than 12,000 employees. Prysmian’s projects range SENKO Advanced Components in size from individual municipalities to large-scale rollouts. www.senko.com Recent product offerings include a 1,728-fiber armored rib- 508-481-9999 bon cable, the highest fiber count cable ever installed in North America. Prysmian also offers a full line of ADSS and OPGW Key Products: Fiber distribution panels, network access cables, which can be used by FTTH and middle-mile builders terminals, fiber protection equipment, fiber cleaning that have access to electrical utility poles or transmission infra- and inspection equipment, splitter modules, couplers, structure. Prysmian’s sales in 2009 exceeded $4.5 billion. attenuators, connectors and adapters Summary: SENKO Advanced Components develops, manu- factures, markets and distributes more than 1,000 fiber optic
Quanta Services www.quantaservices.com 713-629-7600 April 26 – 28, 2011 InterContinental Key Products: Design, construction, installation and maintenance of broadband fiber optic, copper, coaxial Hotel – Dallas cable and wireless networks Addison, Texas
Summary: Quanta offers turnkey broadband installation and maintenance services for inside- and outside-plant facilities; The Leading Conference on Broadband analog and digital signals; coaxial, fiber optic and hybrid trans- Technologies and Services mission; and residential and commercial networks. Services in- clude rack installation, engineering, long-term site and system planning and project management. Customers include AT&T, Qwest, Verizon Communications and many other leading ser- “I’m not sure that I’m quite typical of most of the Summit attendees, in vice providers. Other industries Quanta serves include electric that as a consultant who is involved in the FTTH, MDU, local government power, renewable energy and natural gas and pipeline. Head- and the stimulus, nearly all of the presentations are germane. I thought quartered in Houston, Texas, Quanta has about 14,000 em- the conference was excellent and appreciated the opportunity to be ployees working across all 50 states and in Canada. Revenue there. The conference and the BBP magazine continue to get better all the for 2009 was $3.31 billion. time and that is saying something in this day and age. Reading the BBP magazine cover to cover is S.O.P., standard operating procedure!” – Terry Johnson, President Utility Communications Network
SDT To Exhibit or Sponsor, contact: Irene Prescott at www.sdt-1.com [email protected], or call 505-867-2668. 601-823-9440 For other inquiries, call 877-588-1649, or visit www.bbpmag.com. Key Products: Telecommunications infrastructure services
July 2010 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 65 20102010 BROADBAND PROPERTIES products for the telecom and datacom industries worldwide. Summary: Steeplechase Networks is a software and services Its Intelligent Building Solution facilitates the distribution of provider that partners with network operators to aggregate and advanced high-bandwidth services, such as HDTV and tele- deliver applications and content for public and private com- medicine, within commercial buildings, multifamily buildTOP- munity networks throughout North America, including mu- ings, hotels, hospitals and educational institutions. Founded2010 in nicipal networks, ILECs and others. Steeplechase’s back-end 1997 and headquartered in Boston, SENKO Advanced Com- support and technology enable network operators to deliver ponents is a subsidiary of SENKO Group in Japan. It has 1,500 advanced Web services that make the communities they serve employees and is privately held. healthier, greener and smarter. Steeplechase selects and tests best-in-class network equipment and value-added services, in- cluding essentials such as remote backup and restore services as well as special-interest features such as energy management, gaming networks, video services, online music lessons and medical monitoring. Based in Southfield, Mass., Steeplechase Smithville was founded in 2005 and is privately held. www.smithville.net www.smithvilledigital.net 812-876-2211 Sumitomo Electric Lightwave www.sumitomoelectric.com Key Products: Telephone, long distance, Internet, managed 919-541-8100; 800-358-7378 services, cellular, home security services; design, construction, installation and maintenance of broadband Key Products: Optical fiber cable, fusion splicers and fiber optic and wireless networks accessories, termination products, splitters and other
Summary: Founded in the 1920s as the Monroe County Tele- phone Company, privately owned Smithville is now Indiana’s Test and Measurement Equipment largest independent telecom company, with more than 190 employees. Smithville is deploying FTTH services – which, at Company Name Web Address 100 Mbps, provide the fastest connectivity available in Indi- ADC www.adc.com ana – to more than 30,000 businesses and residences in the AFL Telecommunications www.afltele.com southern half of the state. Its subsidiary Smithville Digital Agilent www.agilent.com provides fiber-based connectivity, data consulting, network Anritsu www.anritsu.com management and managed services for businesses, university Applied Instruments www.appliedin.com campuses, biotechnology companies, health care providers and Corning Cable Systems www.corningcable government offices in southern and central Indiana. Smithville systems.com Digital has expanded its high-speed fiber access to Indiana EXFO www.exfo.com certified technology parks and technology incubators, includ- Fluke www.fluke.com ing the new facility at Indiana University in Bloomington, the GAO Tek www.gaotek.com IneoQuest www.ineoquest.com WestGate @ Crane Technology Park associated with the Naval JDSU www.jdsu.com Surface Warfare Center and military laboratory in southern Multidyne Video & Indiana, and a number of Indiana-based financial institutions. Fiber Optic Systems www.multidyne.com The Indiana Digital Gateway operated by Smithville Digital RADCOM www.radcom.com leverages fiber optic technology for both first-mile connectiv- SENKO Advanced ity and network management solutions. The company is also Components www.senko.com active in telemedicine and telehealth initiatives, particularly in Spirent Communications www.spirent.com rural areas of Indiana. Sumitomo Electric www.sumitomo Lightwave electric.com Sunrise Telecommunications www.sunrise telecom.com Symmetricom www.symmttm.com Steeplechase Networks Tektronix www.tektronix.com www.scnets.com 3M Company/Communication 413-229-0030 Markets Division www.3M.com/telecom Trilithic www.trilithic.com Key Products: Network application aggregation, back-end Westek Electronics www.westek.com support
66 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 network passive components, FTTH solutions, air-blown and connectors for premises voice, data and video fiber infrastructure systems equipment, xDSL splitters
Summary: Sumitomo may be best known for introducing peel- Summary: Founded in 1910, Suttle is a manufacturer of com- able optical fiber ribbon and mass fusion splicing to the Unit- munications connectivity products for major service provid- ed States. Other products introduced to the North American ers and installers. Though the company’s legacy was built on market include gel-free ribbon cable, hostile-environment cable, traditional telephony connection hardware, today Suttle sup- bend-insensitive drop cables, automated cleavers and dual-heater plies a complete on-premises connectivity offering for voice, splicers. This year the company introduced the Lynx2 Custom- data and video communications. In March 2010, Firecomms, Fit splice-on connector and next-generation termination equip- a leading developer of high-speed plastic optical fiber (POF) ment for its FutureFLEX air-blown fiber system. Sumitomo transceivers, announced Suttle as a licensee of its OptoLock in- Electric Lightwave serves the major public network provider, terconnect system, an easy-to-use, low-cost housing for instant ILEC, CATV, municipal and enterprise network markets. Cus- termination of bare POF. OptoLock provides plugless termi- tomers for the FutureFLEX air-blown fiber system include the nations that allow for simple, quick connections of network Pentagon; the Mayo Clinic and other hospitals and systems; the devices. Headquartered in Hector, Minn., Suttle is a wholly National Institutes of Health; DFW, McCarran, Logan, and owned subsidiary of Communications Systems Inc. The com- many other airports; the MGM Grand; NASA; Toyota; Yale pany’s quality management systems are ISO 9001 and TL9000 University; Johns Hopkins University; Con Edison; Duke En- registered. Sales in 2009 were $42.9 million. ergy Center; and many others. A wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI), Sumitomo Electric Light- wave was established in 1984 and is located in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Its parent company generated estimated revenue of $22 billion for the year ending in March, 2010, of which more than 10 percent was attributed to communications products. Team Fishel www.teamfishel.com 614-274-8100; 800-347-4351
Key Products: Utility construction and network installation services SureWest Communications www.surewest.com Summary: With more than 75 years of experience in the tele- 866-787-3937 communications industry, Team Fishel specializes in the design and construction of first-mile residential fiber optic networks. Key Products: Video, voice and data services delivered over Customers include telecommunications and broadband com- fiber-to-the-home, hybrid fiber-coaxial and DSL access munications providers, gas distribution companies, electrical networks utility companies, government agencies, public and private en- Summary: SureWest is headquartered in Roseville, Calif., with terprises, commercial and residential developers, general con- more than 137,000 residential customers and 15,000 business tractors and educational institutions. Team Fishel’s Corning- customers in the Greater Sacramento and Kansas City regions. certified FTTx designers and network engineers work closely As of March 2010, SureWest deployed FTTH to more than with customers to design the optical access architecture, secure 147,000 of its 310,000 marketable homes; its FTTH offering rights-of-way and municipal permits, and coordinate with the features symmetrical Internet speeds of up to 50 Mbps. In Jan- developers and other utilities. By designing residential duct uary 2010, SureWest launched its Advanced Digital TV service systems and using joint trench installation techniques, Team to customers in the Sacramento region. The new service, pow- Fishel provides cost-effective FTTx delivery systems and new ered by the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software platform, revenue opportunities for greenfield deployments. Established includes features such as whole-home DVR. SureWest has also in 1936, Team Fishel now has 28 offices nationwide and 1,000 entered into wireless backhaul agreements with two national “teammates,” or employees. The company is headquartered in wireless carriers to provide service to nearly 200 cellular tow- Columbus, Ohio. ers. SureWest, which has about 900 employees, posted revenue of $241.7 million in 2009. Telco Systems www.telco.com; www.active-eth.com Suttle 800-227-0937 www.suttleonline.com 800-852-8662 Key Products: Carrier Ethernet access products, including active Ethernet CPE gateways, demarcation devices, Key Products: Structured cabling solutions, FTTx enclosures aggregation and multiservice switches
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“The demand for broadband connectivity across many vertical sectors has changed significantlyTOP in recent years as building tenants, businesses and organizations search2010 for the higher-speed bandwidth that helps people communicate, businesses succeed and community organizations better coordinate their activities. Metro Ethernet fulfills the promise of a connected future by supplying cost-effective, ultra-high- speed networks that surpass existing technologies in every way.” – Julia McGrath, senior vice president of marketing and business development, Optimum Lightpath
Summary: Founded in 1972 and based in Mansfield, Mass., Telect is a privately held company headquartered in Liberty Telco Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Lake, Wash. The company also has facilities in Plano, Texas Communications, offers multiservice Carrier Ethernet access (manufacturing and systems integration), and Guadalajara, and demarcation solutions. The product suite includes solutions Mexico (manufacturing), along with sales representatives and for residential FTTH and intelligent demarcation and Ethernet support staff around the globe. service delivery for commercial and packet backhaul applica- tions. Telco recently expanded its FTTH offerings with the in- Tellabs troduction of the EdgeGate 242W, an indoor, wireless-enabled www.tellabs.com active Ethernet residential gateway, and an enhanced EdgeGate 630-798-8800 483 outdoor CPE gateway with dual 1 Gigabit uplinks. BATM reported revenue of $135.4 million in 2009. Key Products: Access networking equipment, digital cross-connects, IP/Ethernet, managed access, network management, optical networking
Summary: Tellabs is fast evolving from a company based on Telect traditional switched-circuit TDM telephony into a major play- www.telect.com er in optical networking. Some 43 of the top 50 global com- 800-551-4567 munications service providers use Tellabs mobile, optical, busi- ness or services solutions. Customers include telecom service Key Products: Fiber optic and copper connectivity solutions, providers, independent operating companies, MSO/cable TV network power management, equipment racks and companies, enterprises and government agencies in more than cabinets, outdoor enclosures, cable management systems, 90 countries. Tellabs, based in Naperville, Ill., employs about superstructure and cable rack, cables and patch cords, 3,250 people, including 1,400 outside the United States. Last home networking solutions December, the company strengthened its 3G/4G portfolio – Summary: With more than 25 years of experience in commu- which already included fiber-borne backhaul – with the acqui- nications connectivity and power management, Telect provides sition of WiChorus, a supplier of mobile Internet infrastructure solutions for a network’s physical layer from the central office products. In 2009, Tellabs generated sales of $1.5 billion. or data center to the outside plant and into the home. Telect’s central-office communications solutions include fiber optic distribution panels and frames, copper connectivity products, cable management, Ethernet patching systems, power distri- bution, equipment racks and cabinets, and superstructure and TeraSpan Networks cable rack. For outside-plant applications, Telect also provides www.teraspan.com enclosures, small-form-factor and multifunctional connectiv- 877-VI-FIBER ity platforms and distribution and connectivity solutions for rural carriers. Telect’s structured cabling and access switching Key Products: Microtrenching fiber optic deployment systems are suitable for the home, MDU/MTU or small office. solutions
68 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 Summary: Formed in 1997, TeraSpan Networks develops Summary: Based in Pasadena, Calif., Tetra Tech employs and deploys microtrenched fiber optic networks that dra- 10,000 people in 280 offices worldwide. Tetra Tech is a leading matically improve time to market for fiber-to-the-business provider of consulting, engineering, program management, and fiber-to-the-home applications. Compared with tradi- construction, and technical services addressing the resource tional underground deployment methods, TeraSpan’s patented management and infrastructure markets. In addition to pro- microtrenched solutions are nonintrusive and less disruptive to viding water, environmental and energy solutions, Tetra Tech existing infrastructure, significantly reducing deployment time, helps develop and deploy wired communications systems. It labor and costs. With distribution in 30 countries around the plans, designs, permits, constructs and maintains cell phone, world, TeraSpan’s Vertical Inlaid Fiber (VIF) System has been coaxial cable and fiber optic networks. In 2009, the company proven in many environments. In the United States, TeraSpan had revenue of $2.29 billion. partners with construction and engineering firms such as HP Communications and Quanta Business Services to design and 3M Company/Communication Markets Division install VIF-based networks for businesses, homes, hospitals www.3M.com/telecom and municipalities. 800-426-8688
Key Products: Interconnection, fiber management and Tetra Tech facilities protection products for broadband networks www.tetratech.com 626-351-4664 Summary: With more than 40 years in the telecommunica- tions industry, the 3M Communication Markets Division of- Key Products: Communications services, including network fers a suite of solutions to communications service providers assessment and business planning, program and project that range from underground and buried plant to the central management, property rights acquisition, zoning and office and customer premises. 3M systems optimize network permitting, design and engineering, and operations and testing, construction, location and maintenance; enable physi- maintenance cal media-layer capabilities for FTTP and xDSL deployments Broadband Properties Magazine Congratulates For becoming the Wednesday Night Cocktail Reception Sponsor 2011 Broadband Properties Summit.
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July 2010 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 69 20102010 BROADBAND PROPERTIES from central office to customer premises; and deliver fiber optic tractors and municipalities. The company offers a nationwide technologies to leverage existing infrastructure or install new network of regional customer service offices and distribution networks. 3M’s new One Pass Fiber Pathway enables fast in- locations. It also presents comprehensive, hands-on training stallation of FTTP networks in MDUs; this horizontal TOPcable seminars at its corporate offices in Aurora, Ill., as well as re- pathway and drop-cable solution can be installed in just2010 one gional shows, seminars and demonstrations throughout North pass around a hallway perimeter. 3M’s revenue for 2009 was America each year. $23 billion. The Communication Markets Division is head- quartered in Austin, Texas. Tyco Electronics www.tycoelectronics.com 610-893-9800
Key Products: Fiber optic cabling and the complete range of Toner Cable Equipment FTTH equipment between the optical line terminal and www.tonercable.com optical network terminal 215-675-2053; 800-523-5947 Summary: Tyco Electronics’ Network Solutions division is a Key Products: Digital television systems and solutions, global supplier of infrastructure components and systems for integration of digital headends, conditional access systems, communications service providers, building networks and en- MPEG encoders, digital signal processing products, fiber ergy providers. Products include connectors, above- and below- optic cable, fiber links and systems, FTTH, coaxial cable, ground enclosures, heat-shrink sleeves, cable accessories, surge passives, connectors, tools, test equipment and amplifiers arrestors, fiber optic cabling, copper cabling and racks for cop- per and fiber networks. The fiber optic product line includes a Summary: Toner Cable Equipment is a large stocking dis- complete range of products needed to cover the network func- tributor of television signal distribution equipment used by the tions between the optical line terminal and the optical network cable television industry, private cable operators, the hospital- terminal. Tyco Electronics also supplies passive electronic com- ity industry, government and educational facilities and business ponents to communications and other markets. In 2009, Tyco broadcasters. It has provided several large systems and educa- Electronics joined the Cisco Technology Developer Program tional facilities with hundreds of headends. Toner offers solu- as part of the program’s IP Communication/Solution Enablers tions for TV signal distribution over fiber, coax and unshielded category. The program unites Cisco with third-party develop- twisted pair. Equipment for the digital transition includes QAM ers of hardware and software to deliver tested interoperable so- demods, digital processors and MPEG encoders. Toner Cable is lutions to joint customers. In 2009, Tyco Electronics had sales the largest distributor of equipment for more than 110 manu- of $10.3 billion to customers in more than 150 countries. The facturers, including Adtec, Blonder Tongue, Pico Macom, RL company has 7,000 engineers and worldwide manufacturing, Drake, Olson Technology, Ortel, Sadelco, Middle Atlantic, Ca- sales and customer service capabilities. blematic, Sencore and Fiber Options. Founded 39 years ago and employing 35 people, Toner Cable Equipment offers expertise in international technical standards, formats and requirements. In addition to its headquarters in Horsham, Pa., Toner has divi- sions in the United Kingdom and in Latin America. UniTek Global Services www.unitekglobalservices.com TT Technologies 267-464-1700 www.tttechnologies.com 800-533-2078 Key Products: Engineering, construction management and installation fulfillment services Key Products: Trenchless equipment, including piercing tools; guided boring tools; pneumatic, static and lateral Summary: UniTek Global Services is a provider of permanently pipe bursting systems; pipe ramming tools; bentonite outsourced infrastructure services, including engineering, con- mixing systems; constant-tension winches; directional struction management and installation fulfillment services, to drills; mini directional drill rigs companies in the wireless and wireline telecommunications, broadband cable and satellite television industries. Customers Summary: TT Technologies specializes in trenchless technol- include AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Sprint Nextel and Time ogy, beginning with pneumatic boring tools. Today, with more Warner. In January 2010, UniTek and Berliner Communica- than 200 patents worldwide, TT specializes in trenchless ap- tions merged to become UniTek Global Services. Headquar- plications for pipe pulling, pipe ramming, pipe bursting, slip- tered in Blue Bell, Pa., UniTek now has a combined workforce lining and directional boring. Its customers are primarily con- of more than 5,400 people working in 110 locations through-
70 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 Over the last year, UTOPIA deployed services to Brigham Video Distribution Equipment City, Utah, where about 30 percent of the population signed up to finance connection to the FTTH network – a model Company Name Web Address unique in the United States. UTOPIA has 34 employees and ARRIS www.arrisi.com generated revenue of $3.34 million in 2009. BigBand Networks www.bigbandnet.com BLANKOM www.blankom-usa.com Vantage Point Solutions Blonder Tongue www.vantagepnt.com Laboratories www.blondertongue.com 605-995-1777 Casa Systems www.casa-systems.com Cisco Systems www.cisco.com Key Products: Design of FTTP, FTTN, and DOCSIS DIRECTV www.directv.com networks and video headends; project management; RUS EchoStar www.echostar.com loan and grant applications; business modeling Ericsson www.ericsson.com Foxcom www.foxcom.com Summary: Vantage Point Solutions is a telecommunications GoBackTV www.gobacktv.com engineering and consulting company that offers technology Harmonic www.harmonicinc.com services, regulatory expertise and financial advice to rural tel- Motorola www.motorola.com cos. In addition to feasibility studies, long-range communica- Multicom www.multicominc.com tions plans, outside-plant services and regulatory consulting, Multidyne Video & it offers revenue assurance services, such as billing reviews and Fiber Optic Systems www.multidyne.com phantom-traffic studies, to help network builders expand their Pico Macom www.picomacom.com product offerings. Vantage Point is a private company founded R.L. Drake www.rldrake.com in 2002 and headquartered in Mitchell, S.D. It employs a staff of 130. out the United States and Canada. Revenue for UniTek Global Services was $89 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2010.
Verizon Communications Verizon Enhanced Communities www.verizon.com/communities UTOPIA www.verizon.com www.utopianet.org 212-395-2121 801-613-3800 Key Products: Verizon FiOS services, including TV, Internet and phone, delivered over Verizon’s all-fiber network Key Products: Construction and operation of an open-access, active Ethernet, fiber-to-the-premises network Summary: Verizon Communications, headquartered in New York City with its operations center in Basking Ridge, N.J., Summary: A government agency created by 16 Utah cit- markets FiOS services delivered over its fiber-to-the-premises ies whose combined population exceeds 500,000, the Utah network. As of the end of March, the FTTP network had passed Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) 15.6 million premises with fiber and had 3.6 million FiOS In- builds and operates an open fiber-to-the-premises network ternet customers in about 2,000 communities – three-quarters linking multiple cities. UTOPIA fosters competition among of all FTTP customers in the United States – and more than 3 communications service providers that offer Internet, video, million FiOS TV customers. By the end of 2010, it is expected to telephone and other services. After some initial difficulty with pass about 17 million households with fiber; roughly 1 million partners and funding, UTOPIA has emerged as an example of more were spun off to Frontier. Verizon’s FiOS Internet service how a municipal model can bring fiber to rural areas that oth- offers residential connection speeds up to 50 Mbps downstream erwise might not see it for years. Since restructuring in 2008, and 35 Mbps upstream throughout the FiOS footprint. FiOS UTOPIA has focused more on business customers, brought on TV offers more than 565 channels, including up to 140 HD nearly a dozen new service providers and strengthened relation- channels and 40 international channels in more than 20 lan- ships with others, added long-haul network capabilities, created guages; multiroom DVR; an advanced interactive media guide a 24/7 network operations center, increased its subscriber base and widgets for social networking, news and entertainment; by more than 20 percent, upgraded the network and achieved and a VoD offering with 18,000 monthly titles, 70 percent of a five nines reliability rating, and expanded service in four of its them free. In addition, Verizon offers DSL-based residential and 16 cities. There are now 15 providers on the UTOPIA network. commercial Internet service. Verizon Enhanced Communities, a
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“We will find that, as in the natural world, clouds will be a local phenomenon. Community/locallyTOP relevant apps, data and communications will operate better, faster and cheaper2010 on a community cloud and be an integral subset of the massive Internet weather system.” – Edward Zyszkowski, CEO, Steeplechase Networks business unit of Verizon Communications, signs access, service service providers and resellers, including independent carriers, and marketing agreements for FiOS with owners and developers competitive service providers, wireless service providers, utilities of single-family home developments, high-rises, privatized mili- and governments. Fiber deployments constitute a growing part tary housing, off-campus student housing and small and medi- of Walker’s offerings. Walker is a certified women-owned small um-sized commercial properties. A Dow 30 company, Verizon business and is TL9000 certified. employs a diverse workforce of more than 217,000. In 2009, it generated consolidated revenue of more than $107 billion.
Vermeer Corporation www.vermeer.com Westek Electronics 641-628-3141; 888-837-6337 www.westek.com 800-526-2673 Key Products: Horizontal directional drilling equipment, utility and pedestrian trenchers and plows Key Products: Custom cable design and manufacturing, test and patch cords, line tester kits, fiber cleaning kits Summary: Located in Pella, Iowa, Vermeer Corporation is a and tools manufacturer of agricultural, construction and environmental Summary: Founded in 1986, Westek manufactures custom fi- equipment. The company’s involvement in the fiber optics instal- ber and coax test and patch cabling, cable assemblies, fiber jump- lation industry began in 1991 with the launch of its Navigator ers, attenuators, adaptors, patches, cleaning kits, multibreakouts, horizontal directional drill product line. Navigator HDD units multifiber pullers (fiber connector insertion removal tools), web are designed to install telecommunications lines underground slitter kits and tech support laptop kits, as well as patented tools without excavation or trenching in order to minimize environ- such as Tel-Line Tester & Tel-Line Tester Pro with onboard mental disruption. Vermeer drills have been instrumental in 5-pin fuse testing. Westek uses durable, lightweight, state-of-the installing fiber optics around the world. Vermeer, with 2,000 art materials to manufacture and customize cables, components employees, has 180 dealerships worldwide. and electronic test kits for communications systems. Westek can either work from client conceptual drawings or assist clients in generating designs. Clients include Qwest, Verizon, AT&T and Fortune 1000 OEM clientele. Registered with Lloyd’s Regis- ter Quality Assurance and based in Santa Cruz, Calif., Westek Walker and Associates has more than 100 employees worldwide. In July 2009, Westek www.walkerfirst.com moved into a new state-of-the-art facility that houses all its busi- 800-925-5371 ness units under one roof in Watsonville, Calif.
Key Products: Products and services for deploying Zhone Technologies communications networks www.zhone.com Summary: Headquartered in Welcome, N.C., Walker and As- 510-777-7000; 877-946-6320 sociates is a distributor of network products. It offers custom network deployment kits; engineer, furnish, install and test ser- Key Products: Telecommunications equipment for vices; virtual warehousing; and integration. Its products support multiservice broadband access, including multiservice essential carrier service delivery technologies, including FTTx, platform integration of FTTx, Ethernet in the First Mile IP, WiMAX, wireless backhaul, optical transport, Ethernet over and wireless access technologies copper, WDM, digital cross-connect and more. Walker, which was established in 1970, provides sourcing, stocking and order Summary: Zhone Technologies’ multiservice access solutions management services to more than 1,500 telecommunications serve more than 750 network operators worldwide. The com-
72 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2010 pany offers an integrated portfolio of MSAP, FTTx, EFM and switches, indoor and outdoor WLAN APs and controller Wi-Fi access technologies, allowing providers to deliver ac- system, next-generation firewalls, VoIP adapters, WiMAX cess services that include residential and business broadband, VoIP and high-definition IPTV over copper, fiber and wire- Summary: ZyXEL Communications, founded in 1989, is a less. In the second half of 2009, Zhone announced its flagship manufacturer of broadband connectivity and networking prod- ucts. Its FTTH offering includes both active Ethernet and GE- FTTx platform, the MXK, along with a comprehensive suite PON solutions, and it offers a complete range of multiservice of smart ONTs. As a direct result, Zhone added 50 new cus- broadband wireless gateways and routers, connected home and tomers worldwide, including Etisalat, making Zhone a leading entertainment devices and SMB networking solutions. Head- GPON vendor in the Middle East and Africa and increasing quartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, ZyXEL has its North American its GPON port shipments by more than 4500 percent over a headquarters in Anaheim, Calif. Globally, the company has one-year period. Zhone is headquartered in California, and its more than 3,200 employees and sells its products in more than MSAP products are manufactured in the United States in a fa- 150 regional markets in 70 countries. BBP cility that is emission, wastewater and CFC free. The company, which has 350 employees, posted revenue of $126.5 million in 2009. Cable Billing
Billing & Provisioning ZyXEL Communications 800.882.7950 Over 300 Satisfied Operators www.us.zyxel.com www.glds.com Lowest Total Cost Solutions 714-632-0882; 800-255-4101 FTTH, Voice, Video & Data Digital • VOD • VoIP Key Products: Broadband access gateways, routers, wireless Data • Hotel PPV Friendly, Expert Support routers, PON customer-premises equipment, Ethernet
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