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2009
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www.bbpmag.com
Our new listing includes municipal and research network providers for the
first time – along with plenty of private-sector innovators.
A BBP Staff Report
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Broadband
TOP
2009
Properties
his year’s Top 100 includes many
familiar names – vendors that
were “present at the creation” of
fiber to the home, like Corning Cable
Systems; service providers with large
FTTH deployments, such as Verizon
and SureWest; as well as dozens of others
that have been consistently innovative in
developing new products, new methods
and new ways to provide customers with
advanced broadband services.
As always, space opens up on the list
when our top 100 companies merge with
one another (such as Enablence and Pannaway), refocus their offerings (such as
Nokia Siemens Networks), or – this year
especially – succumb to difficult market
conditions. So we’ve had an opportunity
to add some new entries. This year, for
the first time, we’ve expanded the list beyond private companies to include other
types of organizations.
We have added three municipal
FTTH providers, each of which has
been a leader in some way: UTOPIA, a
consortium of 16 Utah cities – the only
one of its kind in the United States – has
succeeded at running an open access
FTTH network, making a remarkable
turnaround after overcoming financial
and operating difficulties. Bristol Virginia Utilities has been so successful at
providing both business and residential services that it launched a consulting arm to help other municipalities do
the same thing. And Lafayette Utilities
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System in Louisiana, which began offering FTTH services just this year, has
made extraordinary efforts to involve
citizens in the development and planning of its network, and to use the network to improve the quality of life in
its community.
We’ve also included two consortia
that operate academic research networks: Internet2 in the United States
and its Canadian equivalent, CANARIE. Internet2 is developing the infrastructure and applications that will
make tomorrow’s broadband networks
possible – and in the here and now, it
is enabling university research and K-12
education. CANARIE, too, supports
university research, and in addition it
sponsors innovations in “green computing” and demonstration projects in such
fields as customer-owned fiber.
Other new additions to the list include private companies with innovative
products that enable fiber deployments –
such as TraceSpan and ADVA Optical,
whose GPON testing and WDM-PON
technologies (respectively) were featured in last month’s “Game-Changing
FTTH Technology” section – as well
as service providers such as Smithville,
which recently launched an ambitious
fiber-to-the-home project.
CRITERIA
In selecting the Top 100, the editors
look for organizations that are advancing the cause of fiber to the premises in
one of several ways:
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• Deploying fiber networks. We look
for large deployments, or for innovative business plans and technology
configurations.
• Helping others deploy networks by
supplying key hardware, software,
design services, construction services
and so forth.
• Introducing innovative technologies, even if the technologies have not
been commercially deployed at the
time the list is compiled. We’re always on the lookout for technologies
that change the rules – by reducing
early deployment costs, for instance,
or making builds significantly
cheaper overall.
To be listed among the Broadband
Properties Top 100, organizations may
About the Author
Our Top 100 list was researched by Marianne Cotter, Rachel Ellner and Kassandra
Kania, overseen by Editor Masha Zager, with recommendations and advice
from Corporate Editor Steve Ross. Suggestions for next year? E-mail masha@
broadbandproperties.com.
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be based anywhere in the world, but
must do at least some business in North
America. A few companies on last year’s
list didn’t reappear this year because
they no longer seemed to be doing business on this continent.
Corporate form and overall size are
not important. As we mentioned, several
municipal fiber network operators and
two nonprofit research network operators are on this year’s list. Though individuals are not eligible, companies with
as few as three full-time employees have
been selected in the past; others on the
list are giant multinational companies.
Some companies on the list are entirely
focused on fiber to the premises, but
most deliver or support a mix of broadband technologies. For some, such as
Tetra Tech, broadband represents only
a small part of their overall business –
but the issue for us isn’t how important
broadband is to them, but how important they are to advancing broadband.
Because more than 600 organizations are deploying FTTH now, deployers must either be rolling out a great deal
of fiber or showing business innovation
on the fiber front to make the cut. For
example, Connexion Technologies has
Company
TOP 100 AT A GLANCE
High-Speed Broadband Providers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 42
Private Cable Operators and Fiber Optic Amenity Providers. . . . . . . . | 46
Network Testing, Monitoring and Management Services. . . . . . . . . . . | 50
Video Programming Aggregators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54
Network Planning, Design, Engineering, Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . | 56
Fiber-to-the-Home Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 58
Customer Premises Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 66
Fiber Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 68
Fiber and Fiber Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 70
Network Management Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 72
Test and Measurement Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 74
successfully responded to the downturn
in new housing construction by developing an expertise in retrofitting multifamily properties with fiber.
We publish a separate listing for
distributors later in the year. But several distributors such as AMT, KGP
Logistics, Graybar, Pace International,
Multicom and Toner Cable Equipment
make the Top 100 as well, by offering
VAR services and particularly compelling product lines – or even by developing their own products.
Web Address
Phone
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
For us, the key tiebreaker question, as
always, was this: Will this company
make a difference in the fiber broadband
industry in the coming year? To put it
another way: Would the industry suffer
if this company did not exist?
Judge for yourself. And let us know
about organizations – large and small –
that you think might make a difference
a year from now. Your nominations have
led us to a number of companies we might
not otherwise have known about. BBP
Description
3M Company/Communication www.3M.com/telecom
800-426-8688 Interconnection, fiber management and
Markets Divisionfacilities protection products for broadband networks
A-D Technologies
Actiontec Electronics
www.adtechnologies.com
www.actiontec.com
800-847-7661Materials and equipment for installation and protection of telecom and other
cables
408-752-7700
Broadband customer-premises equipment
ADC
www.adc.com
952-938-8080; Fiber and copper connectivity products,
800-366-3889structured cabling solutions, wireless
equipment, professional services
Adesta
402-233-7700Design, construction and maintenance of
communications networks
ADTRAN
ADVA Optical
www.adestagroup.com
www.adtran.com
256-963-8000Solutions for broadband access, outside
plant, carrier Ethernet, optical access,
mobile backhaul and network management
www.advaoptical.comOptical+Ethernet systems for long-haul,
metro core, backhaul and access networking, including WDM-PON
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Company
Web Address
Phone
Description
Advanced Media Technologies
www.amt.com
954-427-5711; Distributor of fiber optic transmission
888-293-5856equipment, headend, IP & QAM
set-tops, cable modems
AFL Telecommunications
www.afltele.com
864-433-0333; System integration including FTTx
800-235-3423electronics, outside plant, fiber optic
cable, video solutions, wireless, network
management platforms, fusion splicers
and test equipment, training
Alcatel-Lucent
www.alcatel-lucent.com
908-582-3000Fiber and copper access equipment,
IPTV solutions, network management
tools, fiber cable, connecting hardware
and accessories
www.afop.com 408-736-6900Fiber optic components and integrated
modules
www.alliedtelesis.com
408-519-8700Broadband access equipment including
GePON, active Ethernet, wireless
Alliance Fiber Optic Products
Allied Telesis
Alloptic
www.alloptic.com
925-245-7600; 866-255-6784
Alpha Technologies
360-647-2360Fiber-to-the-home powering options
for single-family, multiple-dwelling and
small office-home office (SOHO) premises
www.alpha.com
Astec Underground
www.astecunderground.com
865-408-2100; 800-527-6020
AT&T, AT&T Connected www.att.com/communities
888-899-9048
Communities Fiber access equipment including RF
Over Glass (RFOG) and GePON
Trenchers, vibratory plows and
directional drilling equipment
Voice, video, data and wireless services
for residential and business customers
Atlantic Engineering Group
www.atlantic-
706-654-2298
Fiber optic design, engineering,
engineering.comconstruction, technical services and
construction management
Aurora Networks
www.aurora.com
408-235-7000Products supporting cable providers’
migration to advanced HFC, fiber deep
and FTTH networks
Blonder Tongue Laboratories
www.blondertongue.com
732-679-4000; 800-523-6049
Bristol Virginia Utilities
276-669-4112Broadband services over an FTTP network; broadband consulting
Calient Networks www.bvu-optinet.com
www.calient.net
Headend equipment, encoders,
systems design and engineering
408-232-6400Automated fiber optic cross-connect
systems
Calix
www.calix.com
877-766-3500; Multiservice access platforms and
707-766-3000software; FTTP and Ethernet equipment; enclosures
CANARIE
613-943-5454Operation of an advanced research network; research and development related
to high-performance networking
www.canarie.ca
Canon Broadcast and www.canobeam.com
Communications
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201-807-3300; 800-321-4388
Free space optics
Company
Charles Industries
Web Address
www.charlesindustries.com
Phone
847-806-6300Fiber optic distribution pedestals and
enclosures
Cisco Systems
www.cisco.com
770-236-5000
Clearfield CommScope
Connexion Technologies
Description
Fiber access equipment, set-top boxes, cable modems, headends, network management systems
www.clearfieldconnection.com 763-476-6866Fiber distribution systems and associated
components
www.commscope.com
800-982-1708Fiber enclosures, HFC cable, fiber optic
and wireless integration products
www.connexiontechnologies.net 919-535-7329Construction 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.comcabinets and splitters, fiber connectors,
splice and test equipment
Design Nine
www.designnine.com
DIRECTV
www.directv.com
Dish Network
Ditch Witch
commercial.dishnetwork.com
www.ditchwitch.com
540-951-4400Broadband planning, design and project
management
888-777-2454Satellite TV solutions for residential
(including multifamily) and business
customers
800-454-0843Satellite TV solutions for business, hospitality and multifamily housing
800-654-6481
Construction equipment for laying fiber
Draka Communications - www.drakaamericas.com
800-879-9862
Americas
Optical fiber, cabling and connectivity
solutions
Emerson Network Power
www.emerson
networkpower.com
440-246-6999; 800-800-1280
Outside plant enclosures and equipment,
power systems and turnkey services
Enablence Technologies
www.enablence.com
613-270-7860 Fiber access equipment, PLC-based
FTTH triplexers and diplexers
Ericsson
www.ericsson.com/us
972-583-0000Fiber and copper access equipment,
cables and interconnect products, network management tools, switches, IPTV
middleware
ETI Software Solutions www.etisoftware.com
770-242-3620Software for billing and provisioning,
prepaid subscriber services, and ad insertion
EXFO
www.exfo.com
418-683-0211; 800-663-3936
Telecom test and measurement solutions
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
Graybar
www.graybar.com
800-GRAYBAR
(472-9227)
Distributor of fiber connectivity and test equipment, VAR services
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Company
Web Address
Great Lakes Data Systems
www.glds.com
Greenfield Communications
GVTC
Phone
Description
800-882-7950Billing and provisioning software for
video and broadband services
www.egreenfield.com
949-248-8898FTTH design, construction and service
provision
www.gvtc.com
800-367-4882Voice, data, video and security services
over a high-speed network
Harmonic
www.harmonicinc.com
408-542-2500; 800-788-1330
Digital video and fiber optic solutions
Hiawatha Broadband
www.hbci.com
888-474-9995
Communications
Voice, video, data and wireless services
over high-speed networks
Hitachi Communication
Technologies America
www.hitachi-cta.com
770-446-8820
Fiber access solutions including GPON, RF Over Glass (RFOG) and GePON; wireless infrastructure products
IneoQuest
InfiniSys Electronic Architects
Internet2
JDSU
KGP Logistics
Leviton Manufacturing
LTS Group
LUS Fiber
Martin Group
MetaSwitch
Michels Corporation
Montclair Fiber Optics
www.ineoquest.com
508-339-2497Digital video quality assurance technology
www.electronicarchitect.com
386-236-1500Multifamily network design, engineering, assessment, planning, integration
www.internet2.edu
734-913-4250Research and development of new networking technologies
www.jdsu.com
408-546-5000Fiber optic communications components
and testing equipment
www.kgplogistics.com
800-755-3004Value-added distributor of outside plant,
central office, transmission, customerpremises and broadband products
www.leviton.com
718-229-4040Premises wiring, outside plant, central
office solutions and home automation
products
www.LTSCompany.com; 858-566-6030
Development, design, deployment,
www.mycomspan.com; maintenance and operation of fiber-towww.ledcor.comthe-premises and wireless communications networks
www.lus.org;www.lusfiber.com 337-993-4237Voice, video and data services delivered
over an FTTH network
www.martin-group.com
877-996-9646BSS/OSS solutions, business and engineering services
www.metaswitch.com
510-748-8230Softswitch, application suite, network
management system and subscriber interface
www.michels.us
920-583-3132Fiber optic network planning, design and
construction
www.montclairfiber.com
608-831-4440Optical splitters, CWDMs, WDMs and
amplifiers
Motorola
www.motorola.com
888-944-HELP; Fiber access equipment including GPON 866-515-5825
and RFOG; metro WiFi, WiMAX, LTE
solutions; modems; home networking
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Company
Web Address
Multicom
www.multicominc.com
800-423-2594Distributor of broadband products for
FTTx, MFH2 and the digital transition;
design and VoIP services
Multilink
www.multilinkone.com
440-366-6966Network power supplies, enclosures and
cabinets, fiber distribution, cable management, enclosures, raceways
www.occamnetworks.com
805-692-2900IP- and Ethernet-based Broadband Loop
Carrier and related fiber and copper access equipment
Occam Networks
Phone
Description
OFS www.ofsoptics.com
770-798-5555; Optical fiber, optical cable, fiber
888-342-3743management and connectivity products
for homes, businesses and MDUs, splicers, network design services
On Trac
www.ontracinc.net
423-317-0009FTTx consulting, design and installation
services
Optelian
www.optelian.com
877-225-9428; Optical transport systems for access,
770-690-9575metro and regional networks, test equipment
Optical Cable Corporation
www.occfiber.com
540-265-0690Fiber optic and copper cabling and connectivity solutions
Pace International
www.paceintl.com
507-424-4900; Products and services for commercial800-444-7223grade satellite TV, cable TV, home theater and audio
Pacific Broadband Networks Preformed Line Products
www.pbnglobal.com; 703-579-6777
Ethernet and RF optical products to
www.pbnamericas.comsupport FTTx and HFC; network design, construction and maintenance
www.preformed.com
440-461-5200Cable anchoring and control hardware
and systems, fiber optic and copper splice
closures, high-speed cross-connect devices
Prysmian
www.prysmian.com
803-951-4800; 800-713-5312
Quanta Services
713-629-7600Design, construction, installation and
maintenance of broadband fiber optic,
copper, coaxial cable and wireless networks
Senko Advanced Components
Smithville
www.quantaservices.com
www.senko.com
Optical fibers and telecommunication
cables
508-481-9999Fiber distribution and connectivity
equipment
www.smithville.net; 812-876-2211
Residential broadband services and fiber
www.smithvilledigital.netconnectivity for businesses and government agencies
Spirent Communications
www.spirent.com
408-752-7100 Tools for remote and field testing of nextgeneration networks
Steeplechase Networks www.scnets.com
413-229-0030Network planning and management,
application aggregation
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave
www.sumitomoelectric.com
919-541-8100; Optical fiber cable, fiber management,
800-358-7378cable assemblies, fusion splicers, test
equipment, interconnect assemblies and
components
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Company
SureWest Communications
Suttle
Web Address
Phone
Description
www.surewest.com
866-787-3937Digital TV, high-speed Internet access,
voice and security services
www.suttleonline.com
800-852-8662Structured cabling solutions; enclosures
and connectors for voice, data and video
equipment
Team Fishel
www.teamfishel.com
614-274-8100; 800-347-4351
Utility construction and network
installation services
Telco Systems
www.telco.com
800-227-0937Fiber access and Carrier Ethernet
solutions
Telect
www.telect.com
800-551-4567Network power management, outdoor
enclosures, optical connectivity, cables
and patch cords, cable management,
home networking
Tellabs
www.tellabs.com
630-798-8800Transport and access solutions including
FTTH, digital cross-connects, network
management
TeraSpan
www.teraspan.com
877-VI-FIBERMicro-trenching solutions for fiber optic
deployment
Tetra Tech
www.tetratech.com 626-351-4664 Network assessment and business planning, program and project management,
property rights acquisition, zoning and
permitting, design and engineering,
operations and maintenance
Toner Cable Equipment
www.tonercable.com 215-675-2053; Distributor of video distribution
800-523-5947equipment, fiber optic and coax cable,
fiber links and systems, passives,
connectors, tools, test equipment,
amplifiers
TraceSpan Communications
734-846-0549
www.tracespan.com
Monitoring and analysis systems
TT Technologies
www.tttechnologies.com 800-533-2078 Trenchless equipment including piercing
tools, guided boring tools, pipe bursting
systems, winches, drills
Tyco
www.tycoelectronics.com 610-893-9800Fiber optic cabling and the complete
range of FTTH equipment between the
optical line terminal and optical network
terminal
UTOPIA
www.utopianet.org
801-613-3800Deployment and operation of an open
access FTTP network
Verizon Communications, www.verizon.com/
Verizon Enhanced
communities
Communities
FiOS telecommunications services,
including TV, Internet and phone,
delivered over Verizon’s all-fiber network
Vermeer Corporation
www.vermeer.com 641-628-3141; Horizontal directional drilling
888-837-6337equipment, utility and pedestrian trenchers and plows
Westek Electronics
800-526-2673Telecom test and measurement test
cords, patch and hardwire cable
connectivity
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www.westek.com
Company
Windstream Communications
Web Address
www.windstream.com
Phone
Description
866-961-9463Voice, data and digital TV services
Zhone
www.zhone.com
510-777-7000; Multiservice broadband access
877-946-6320equipment integrating FTTx, Ethernet
in the First Mile and wireless access
technologies
Zoomy Communications
970-928-7722Design, engineering, planning, project
management, construction management,
operation and maintenance of FTTH
networks
www.zoomyco.com
ZyXEL Communications Corp
www.us.zyxel.com
714-632-0882; Fiber access equipment; digital home
800-255-4101equipment; DSL, WiFi and WiMAX
electronics; Ethernet switches; VoIP
equipment
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the appetite of their subscribers for high-speed data, VoD and the
growing quantities of high-definition content.”
– John Dahlquist, VP Marketing, Aurora Networks
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3M Company/Communication Markets Division
www.3M.com/telecom
800-426-8688
Key Products: Interconnection, fiber management and
facilities protection products for broadband networks
Summary: With more than 40 years in the telecommunications
industry, 3M Communication Markets Division offers a suite of
scalable solutions to communications service providers around
the world, ranging from underground and buried plant to the
central office and customer premises. 3M systems optimize network testing, construction, locating and maintenance for faster,
more reliable high-bandwidth transmissions; enable physical
media-layer capabilities for FTTP and DSL deployments from
central office to customer premises; and deliver fiber optic technologies to leverage existing infrastructure or install new networks. Recent product releases include the SLiC Fiber Aerial
Terminal Closure 530 for factory-terminated external cable assembly module (ECAM) FD drop; the SLiC Fiber Aerial Terminal Closure 530 with Internal Drop Termination for direct
splice drops; the Fiber Dome Closure FDC 10S for protecting fiber splice joints; the Quick Connect System 2810, an insulation
displacement connector termination system; and the Ladder Kit
710/MS2-TMK-LK for line-splicing operations in aerial applications. The Communication Markets Division also introduced
new fiber distribution boxes and terminals for service providers
installing FTTH networks in multi-dwelling units (MDUs).
3M’s revenue for 2008 was $25.3 billion; the Communication
Markets Division is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
A-D Technologies
800-847-7661
Key Products: Integrated system of materials and equipment
for installation and protection of power, CATV, data
communications, electrical and telecom cables
Summary: A-D Technologies (formed from a merger of DuraLine and ARNCO) supplies fiber optic conduit to companies
in the telecom, cable TV, power and other markets. The com-
pany’s customers include AT&T, Cablevision, Qwest, Telmex,
Time Warner Cable and Verizon. Based in Knoxville, Tennessee, and employing about 400 people, A-D Technologies
operates manufacturing plants in the US, India, Mexico and
the Czech Republic, and sells its products in more than 30
countries. In 1981 Dura-Line became the first manufacturer
to develop a duct for the installation and protection of fiber
optic cables, and in 2004 it introduced a complete line of fiber
optic microduct products. A-D Technologies provides infrastructure solutions for water, gas and power utilities in addition
to telecommunications, and is committed to addressing new
applications of nonmetallic conduit. Recent products include
Pinpoint, an HDPE resin locatable conduit.
Actiontec Electronics
www.actiontec.com
408-752-7700
Key Products: Broadband customer-premises equipment
Summary: Actiontec Electronics develops broadband connectivity solutions for communications, entertainment, home
management and more. Offerings range from IPTV-capable
broadband home gateways to DSL modems, wireless networking devices, routers and digital entertainment devices.
The company designs its carrier-class products to be easy to
install, manage and use, and sells them through both retail
channels and broadband service providers. Actiontec’s inhome broadband networking router is the basis of the digital
home architecture for Verizon’s FTTH deployment, providing connectivity at speeds of up to 100 Mbps and supporting remote management and troubleshooting. In 2008, the
company introduced new DSL gateways intended to lower
operating expenses for Tier 2 and 3 providers. Actiontec
also unveiled its environmentally friendly DSL modem at
NXTcomm08. In early 2009, in conjunction with Entropic
Communications, the company debuted the Actiontec MoCA
Network Adapter, a wired home networking alternative for
home theater installers. Actiontec also launched new Ethernetover-Coax MoCA and HomePNA Network Adapters, which
enable broadband connection to set-top boxes and other Inter-
“For the fiber-to-the-home industry, the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring
connectivity vitality to all of the country. It is incumbent upon all of us
who work in this space to make certain we get it right!”
– Gary Evans, President and CEO,
Hiawatha Broadband Communications
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net-ready entertainment devices using existing coaxial cable.
Founded in 1993, Actiontec is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California, and maintains branch offices in Colorado Springs,
Colorado; Shanghai, China; and Taipei, Taiwan. The company
has more than 200 employees.
ADC
www.adc.com
952-938-8080; 800-366-3889
Key Products: Fiber and copper connectivity products,
structured cabling solutions, wireless equipment and
professional services
Summary: Communications service providers around the
world use ADC products to deliver high-speed, high-quality
video, data and voice services to consumers and businesses. The
company’s network infrastructure solutions and services include OmniReach FTTx and Next Generation Network Fiber
solutions supporting fiber-to-the-premises networks for central
office, distribution, access and MDU/CPE applications. The
TrueNet portfolio provides copper and fiber cable, connectivity
and cable management solutions for data centers and local area
networks. The IP-based wireless portfolio includes InterReach
in-building solutions and FlexWave outdoor solutions for coverage and capacity in places where carriers and enterprises have
difficulty delivering wireless voice and data services to their
customers. ADC employs about 9,500 professionals worldwide,
holds thousands of patents, and had sales of $1.46 billion in
fiscal year 2008. Headquartered in Minneapolis, the company
has sales in more than 130 countries and occupies facilities in
Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany,
Hong Kong, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, South
Africa and the United Kingdom as well as the United States.
“During periods of economic
slowdown, there are certain
industries that are positioned
and poised to realize significant
growth opportunities. I believe
broadband and fiber optic
communications is one
of those industries.”
– Mike Powers, President and CEO,
East. The company maintains 12 regional offices throughout the
US. Adesta specializes in last-mile and broadband solutions for
ILECs, CLECs, utilities, municipalities, large integration firms
and rural associations. Customers include Maryland Broadband
Cooperative, Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative, Five College Net, Northern Enterprises/North-Link, CBN Connect,
Boulder Valley (CO) School District, Colorado Springs School
District #11, Chicago Transit Authority, Connecticut Telecommunication System and the State of Iowa. Adesta’s revenue in
2008 was $92 million and its employee count was 375.
ADTRAN
www.adtran.com
256-963-8000
Key Products: Solutions for FTTP, FTTN, FTTC, DSL,
carrier Ethernet, mobile backhaul and IP business
networks
Adesta
www.adestagroup.com
402-233-7700
Key Products: Design, construction and maintenance of
stand-alone or integrated communications networks and
electronic security systems
Summary: Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, Adesta is a
systems integrator and project management company for communications networks and security systems. The company
specializes in the design, implementation and maintenance of
communications networks and infrastructure for public and
private customers. Adesta has deployed more than 2 million
miles of fiber in more than 150 metropolitan and rural areas
and completed over 1,000 electronic security systems in the
United States, Asia, Europe, Central America and the Middle
Summary: Founded in 1985, ADTRAN is a global provider
of networking and communications equipment for service providers and enterprises. With a portfolio of more than 1,700
products, ADTRAN, headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama,
is equipped to address almost every networking need from
carrier-class voice, video, and Ethernet services delivery to
business-class routing, switching, IP telephony, network monitoring and management. ADTRAN solutions are designed to
minimize both initial and ongoing expenses, resulting in lower
total cost of ownership and an accelerated return on investment. The company has approximately 1,600 employees, and
sales for 2008 were approximately $501 million.
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ADVA Optical
www.advaoptical.com
Key Products: Optical+Ethernet systems for long-haul, metro
core, backhaul and access networking, including WDMPON
Summary: ADVA Optical Networking is a global provider
of telecommunications equipment specializing in carrier and
enterprise Ethernet optical transport. It provides solutions for
telecommunications service providers, financial institutions,
health care, government and research/education campus networks. Products include solutions for carriers building metro
fiber rings; metro and regional core networks; access backhaul
networks; and cellular backhaul. Globally, ADVA Optical Networking has a strong business delivering Ethernet demarcation
technology for business services along with Reconfigurable
Optical Add Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) functionality for
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, introduced last fall, provides
high-bandwidth, cost-effective fiber-to-the-building connectivity for both residential and business applications. After more
than 15 years in the industry, ADVA Optical Networking is a
trusted partner to more than 200 carriers and 10,000 enterprises
around the world. ADVA Optical Networking markets and sells
its products worldwide through a dedicated direct sales force,
OEMs, value-added resellers and systems integrators. Trading
publicly in Europe, ADVA Optical Networking reported 2008
revenues of about $280 million (218 million euro).
Advanced Media Technologies (AMT)
www.amt.com
954-427-5711; 888-293-5856
Key Products: Fiber optic transmission equipment, headends,
IP and QAM set-top boxes, cable modems
Summary: Advanced Media Technologies (AMT) is a CATV
and broadband electronic equipment provider. As a value-added reseller of high-performance products from the world’s most
recognized manufacturers, AMT targets emerging technology
applications in broadband with a complete line of products for
CATV, IPTV and FTTH. AMT’s product offerings include
many of the industry’s leading manufacturers such as Motorola, Amino, Blonder Tongue, Pacific Broadband Networks,
EGT, RGB Networks, Adtec, Drake, Olson Technology and
Emcore. AMT customers include major MSOs in the United
States and Latin America as well as telcos, PCOs and entertainment and multimedia content delivery companies around
the world. Started in 1985 as DX Communications, AMT has
a large staff of industry veterans. Located in Deerfield Beach,
Florida, Advanced Media Technologies Inc. is a wholly owned
subsidiary of ITOCHU International, the North American
subsidiary of ITOCHU Corporation of Japan.
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High-Speed Broadband Providers
From among the thousands of great ISPs in North
America, these firms have shown particular vision in
expanding residential access to higher-speed broadband. Wireline operators listed here are offering 15
Mbps or higher (sometimes much higher) Internet
downstream speeds in at least some markets. Satellite and wireless providers are bringing the benefits
of broadband to areas unserved by other broadband
providers. BBP Top 100 companies are in bold.
Company Name AT&T Bright House Networks Bristol Virginia Utilities
Broadweave Networks Cablevision
CenturyLink (merger
of CenturyTel and EMBARQ)
Web Address
www.att.com
www.brighthouse.com
www.bvu-optinet.com
www.broadweave.com
www.cablevision.com
www.centurytel.com
Charter Communications www.charter.com
ClearWire
www.clearwire.com
Comcast
www.comcast.com
Connexion Technologies www.cnxntech.com
Cox Communications www.cox.com
EATEL
www.eatel.com
Greenfield
Communications
www.egreenfield.com
GVTC
www.gvtc.com
Hiawatha Broadband
Communications www.hbci.com
HughesNet
www.hughesnet.com
Insight Communications
www.insight-com.com
LTS Group/ComSpanUSA www.comspanusa.net
LUS Fiber
www.lusfiber.com
Mediacom
www.mediacomcc.com
Paxio www.paxio.com
Qwest
www.qwest.com
RCN
www.rcn.com
Suddenlink
Communications
www.suddenlink.com
Smithville
www.smithville.net
SureWest www.surewest.com
Time Warner Cable www.timewarnercable.com
UTOPIA
www.utopianet.org
Verizon
Communications
www.verizon.com/fios
Westel Fiber
www.westelfiber.com
WildBlue www.wildblue.com
Wilson, NC Greenlight
www.greenlightnc.com
Windstream
Communications www.windstream.com
“Network operators find themselves dealing with rapidly increasing
quantities of fiber, particularly in the access and metro regions of
the network. Network operators are actively seeking the benefits of
automation to deal with the expanding fiber infrastructure. At the same
time, they insist on retaining the basic reliability and performance
characteristics of manual connectivity.”
– Sandy Roskes, VP Marketing and Business Development, FiberZone
www.afltele.com
864-433-0333; 800-235-3423
Alcatel-Lucent
908-582-3000
Key Products: FTTx electronics (PON, point-to-point,
and DIRECTV MFH3), wireless solutions, network
management platforms, fiber optic cable, fiber and copper
interconnect products, optical connectivity, outside plant
hardware, fusion splicers and test equipment, training and
comprehensive system integration services
Key Products: Wireline and wireless broadband access
equipment, IP routing platforms, optical switching
and transport solutions, NGN and IMS solutions, IMS
applications, IPTV solutions, network management,
service integration capabilities, optical fiber, connecting
hardware and accessories, and right-of-way solutions
Summary: Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, AFL is a manufacturer and service provider enabling high-speed delivery of voice, video and data
communications to a variety of markets. AFL’s product line
includes fiber optic cable, connectivity, fiber management,
outside plant closures, demarcation devices, Fujikura fusion
splicers, Noyes test equipment and The Light Brigade training
and education. AFL plans, designs, implements and maintains
communications networks, offering solutions for private MDU
and master-planned community networks as well as telephone,
cable TV, utility, hospitality, enterprise and wireless companies. As a DIRECTV Master System Operator, AFL offers
end-to-end solutions including access to DIRECTV programming and services for MDUs, master-planned communities,
and hospitality and university applications. AFL’s bandwidth
management and conditional Internet access solutions enable
system operators to offer the best in video from DIRECTV and
innovative Internet packages. AFL also provides mesh wireless
solutions for MDU, master-planned community, municipality and enterprise applications, and recently provided an endto-end managed WiFi solution with BelAir Networks for the
newly renovated Hyatt Regency Newport. In May 2009 AFL
Network Services was selected for the wireless integration of
the Omni Hotels. AFL has more than 3,000 employees worldwide and is a division of Fujikura Ltd., with manufacturing,
sales and administrative offices located in the United States,
United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Mexico and China.
Summary: Alcatel-Lucent, a telecommunications giant formed
in 2006 by a merger between Lucent and the French telecom
equipment vendor Alcatel, is a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking and IP technologies, applications and services. The company leverages the technical and
scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation
powerhouses in the communications industry. Alcatel-Lucent
partners with service providers, enterprises and governments
worldwide to deliver voice, data and video communication services. One out of three fixed broadband subscribers around the
world are served through access networks provided by AlcatelLucent; these networks encompass a range of access technologies (xDSL, VDSL, GPON, P2P fiber) and deployment models
(FTTN, FTTB, FTTH). With operations in more than 130
countries, Alcatel-Lucent reported revenues of $12.6 billion in
2008. It is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris and in Murray Hill, New Jersey.
Alliance Fiber Optic Products (AFOP)
www.afop.com
408-736-6900
Key Products: Fiber optic components and integrated modules
Summary: Alliance Fiber Optic Products (AFOP) designs,
manufactures and markets high-performance fiber optic components and integrated modules for the optical network equipment market. These include passive optical components such as
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interconnect systems, couplers and splitters; thin-film CWDM
and DWDM components and modules; fixed and variable optical attenuators; and integrated subsystems. Based in Sunnyvale, California, the company serves communications equipment manufacturers that deliver optical networking systems
to all three segments of the communications network: longhaul, metropolitan and first-mile access. AFOP was founded
in 1995, has 800 employees, and maintains manufacturing and
product development facilities in the US, Taiwan, and China.
In 2008 AFOP generated revenues of $38.7 million, up from
$33.8 million in 2007.
Allied Telesis
408-519-8700
Key Products: Devices and solutions for running Ethernet/
IP networks over fiber and copper, including Layer 3
Ethernet switches, GePON customer premises equipment
amd multiservice access platforms, NICs, media
converters and wireless access points
Summary: Allied Telesis, headquartered in Tokyo with a
network management subsidiary in Bothell, Washington, is a
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Outdoor Deployment offers up to 1 Gbps per customer. This
spring the company announced the world’s first Fast Ethernet
fiber Network Interface Card (NIC) in ExpressCard format
for consumer TV. The company has pioneered an “Eco” product line engineered to reduce power consumption. Products
in this line use centralized power management features that
automatically place idle circuitry into a lower power mode to
save energy (and battery life in laptops). The parent company
had 2008 revenue of almost $500 million (48 billion yen) and
ended the year with 2,300 employees. The company, which
was established in 1987, has been particularly prominent in
P2P Ethernet solutions in the United States.
Alloptic
www.alloptic.com
925-245-7600; 866-255-6784
Key Products: FTTH solutions including RF Over Glass
(RFOG) and Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network
(GePON)
Summary: Alloptic develops and delivers optical access solutions that are used by CATV, telecom, and private network
operators to offer converged communications, entertainment,
security, and automation services for business and residential
customers. The company is the clear market leader in RFOG
(RF Over Glass) solutions and worldwide deployments and also
provides GePON solutions. Alloptic’s history of innovation,
dating to its founding in 1999, includes numerous patents that
have fundamentally advanced the capabilities and performance
of passive optical networks. With its 10GePON technology,
Alloptic is well prepared for the transition to next-generation
access networks. Headquartered in Livermore, California, Alloptic has customers in 20 countries worldwide.
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www.alpha.com
360-647-2360
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Key Products: Fiber-to-the-home powering options for
single-family, multiple-dwelling and small office home
office (SOHO) premises
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800-882-7950
SALES@GLDS.COM
Summary: Founded in 1976, Alpha Technologies is a major
player in power systems to the broadband communications
industry worldwide. Alpha’s line of products provides critical
power conditioning and emergency backup to cable television,
data and voice networks. Rapid growth in global communica-
tions as well as the connection between system power and overall network reliability have created a demand for Alpha’s products across an array of communications applications. Alpha’s
customer base is in 50 countries and includes major cable television system operators, telecommunications service providers
and full-service communications providers. Currently Alpha,
with more than 1,000 employees, has sales and service centers
in the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, China and Australia. Alpha Technologies is a member of The Alpha Group, a
global alliance of independent companies that share a common
philosophy: to create powering solutions for communications,
commercial, industrial and renewable energy markets.
“We believe the next “killer app”
of broadband usage may be
using [the] home connection
to make our electric energy
grid much more reliable and
efficient by interacting with smart
appliances. The world of ‘The
Jetsons’ is upon us.”
– James H. Salter, PE, Chairman,
Astec Underground
www.astecunderground.com
865-408-2100; 800-527-6020
Key Products: Trenchers, vibratory plows and directional
drilling equipment
Summary: Astec Underground, a subsidiary of Astec Industries, offers a complete line of underground construction equipment used to construct, maintain and repair telecommunications networks, including basic copper and fiber optic plant
and cable television systems. The company manufactures and
markets Astec utility trenchers and horizontal directional drills
as well as Trencor heavy-duty mechanical chain trenchers and
specialty rock excavation machines. In 2008 Astec introduced
its EarthPro Raptor Series, a new line of low-profile digging
chains highly resistant to wear and tear, as well as its Trencor T1760 mechanical drive chain trencher for rock trenching,
utility installation and pipeline work. Customers include small
contractors operating a single trencher; large utility providers
and contractors with fleets of underground construction equipment; horizontal directional drilling specialists; and contractors building giant cross-country pipelines. Headquartered
in Loudon, Tennessee, with 160 employees, Astec operates a
330,000-square-foot facility that includes corporate offices,
a new research and development center, training facilities, a
manufacturing plant and a custom paint facility. Astec Underground is one of 15 companies owned by Astec Industries,
which had revenues of $974 million in 2008.
AT&T, AT&T Connected Communities
www.att.com/communities
888-899-9048
Key Products: Voice, video, data and wireless services for
residential and business customers
Summary: AT&T is the largest communications holding
company in the world by revenue. Based in Dallas, Texas, it
employs 296,000 people worldwide and had more than $124
billion in revenues for 2008. AT&T serves 16.7 million highspeed Internet subscribers, including about 1 million on its new
fiber-enabled network, which also provides U-verse TV, an allIPTV television service. The AT&T Connected Communities
program is a strategic marketing initiative between AT&T and
regional or national single-family builders, developers, real estate investment trusts, apartment ownership and management
groups and homeowners’ associations to provide next-generation
communications and entertainment solutions to residents and
homebuyers and increase the value of their communities. The
initiative involves marketing and delivering AT&T voice, video
and broadband services – including fiber-based technology and
AT&T U-verse services, where available – to rental properties
and residential developments. AT&T Connected Communities has completed contracts with properties representing several million homes, condominiums and rental properties. AT&T
Connected Communities recently announced that it had built
a fiber-to-the-premises network to support U-verse services in
the Bluestone Apartments community, a master-planned rental
development in Greenfield, Indiana.
www.atlantic-engineering.com
706-654-2298
Key Products: Fiber optic design and engineering (central
office and outside plant), construction (headend, aerial
and underground), technical services (splicing, testing and
turn-up) and construction management
Summary: Atlantic Engineering Group (AEG), based in Braselton, Georgia, and founded in 1996, provides design, engineering,
construction, technical services and construction management
for telecommunications providers including municipalities,
utilities and independent telcos, and for governmental and
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Smart Grid projects. Services include outside plant design and
construction. AEG has completed more than 65 fiber projects,
including 17 fiber-to-the-premises projects.
Aurora Networks
www.aurora.com
408-235-7000
Key Products: Optical transport products, including RFOG
solutions, to support cable providers’ migration from
hybrid fiber cable to advanced HFC, Fiber Deep and
DOCSIS-friendly fiber to the premises, including PON
Summary: Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Santa
Clara, California, Aurora Networks specializes in helping the
cable industry evolve with solutions for building future-proof
networks. Aurora Networks delivers technology optimized for
cable operators. Using its understanding of cable networks,
Aurora Networks delivers unique solutions – such as its Fiber
Deep architecture and digital return technology – and offers
a line of optical transport products designed to address specific issues of the cable broadband industry. Its node platform,
first introduced in 2002, is optimized for scaling bandwidth
to each subscriber through support for multiple segmentation
technologies (LcWDM, DWDM and CWDM). Aurora’s solutions include its Fiber Deep architecture, Fiber on Demand for
dedicated fiber-based Ethernet services, BitCoax tool to boost
coax capacity, end-to-end RFOG and RFPON (RFOG plus
PON) implementations, and Node PON for migration to the
all-IP world.
Blonder Tongue Laboratories
732-679-4000; 800-523-6049
Key Products: Analog products supporting CATV headend
and distribution applications; digital products supporting
8VSB/QAM applications; encoder products supporting
standard- and high-definition TV applications; systems
design and engineering, technical support and technical
training
Summary: Blonder Tongue, based in Old Bridge, New Jersey,
is a technology development and manufacturing company that
delivers encoding, digital transport and broadband product solutions to cable, including the multi-dwelling unit market, the
lodging/hospitality market and the institutional market (hospitals, prisons and schools).
For nearly 60 years Blonder Tongue has been providing
real-world solutions based on advanced technology designs
that have enabled the company to maintain its position as a
market leader in the private cable industry. Although the com-
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Fiber Optic Amenity Providers
These companies specialize in working with property
owners and developers to provide tele-communications networks and/or services to multi-family housing, homeowner associations, resorts, hotels or student housing over fiber, copper or coax.
Company Name Web Address
Airwave Networks www.airwave-networks.com
American Cable Services www.americable.us
AT&T Connected
Communities
www.att.com/communities
BroadStar
Communications
www.broadstar.com
Connexion
Technologies www.cnxntech.com
Consolidated
Smart Systems
www.consolidatedsmart.com
Crystal Clear Technologies www.crystalclear
technologies.net
DirecPath
www.direcpath.com
Front Door Networks
www.frontdoornet.com
FTTH Communications www.ftthcom.com
MDU Communications
www.mduc.com
Multiband www.multibandusa.com
Pavlov Media www.pavlovmedia.com
Porchlight
www.porchlight
communications.com
Prime Time Communications www.primetime
communications.net
PrimeVision
Communications
www.myprimevision.net
Private Cable Systems
www.pvtcable.com
Road9
www.road9.net
Satellite Management
Services
www.smstv.com
Shenandoah
Telecommunications
www.shentel.com
TCI
www.tcintegration.com
TotalVision www.total-vision.net
Verizon Enhanced www.verizon.com/
Communities
communities
Westel Fiber
www.westelfiber.com
Ygnition Networks www.ygnition.com
Zial Networks
www.zial.com
Zoomy
Communications www.zoomyco.com
pany’s core products are designed to primarily serve traditional
CATV markets, the recent release of several encoding products
has allowed the company to expand its position in the HDTV
and IPTV markets as well.
“The excitement and buzz created
by the broadband stimulus plan
has served well to prevent a
downward spiral congruent with
the overall economy. However, as
an industry, we cannot lose focus
on the fact that we create value
for America when we are out
building networks, and not sitting
around slicing up Stimulus pie.”
Bristol Virginia Utilities
www.bvu-optinet.com
276-669-4112
Key Products: Broadband services, consulting services
Summary: Bristol Virginia Utilities was the first municipal
utility in the United States to deploy an all-fiber network offering the triple play of video, voice and data services. BVU is a
municipally owned system providing electric, water, wastewater and fiber optic telecommunication and information services
to Abingdon, Washington County, and the city of Bristol, Virginia. These combined systems employ 158 people. BVU OptiNet, a nonprofit division of BVU, was launched in 2003 to
provide digital cable, telephone service and high-speed Internet
and now serves 9,500 customers in Southwest Virginia. BVU
FOCUS is a consulting, operations and management firm
operating under the umbrella of the City of Bristol, Virginia,
and BVU. With 63 employees, 40 of whom operate a remote
facility in Mooresville, North Carolina, it offers assistance to
– Minesh Patel, VP Outside Plant
Business Unit, Charles Industries
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
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and existing industrial and commercial establishments. This
year the City of Bristol, Virginia, was named the only US finalist for the world’s Top Seven Intelligent Communities by the
Intelligent Community Forum, with BVU recognized for the
contributions of its broadband network to economic growth.
Calient Networks
www.calient.net
408-232-6400
“We expect a frenzy of FTTH
construction activity with the
stimulus program. We believe we
have weathered the worst of the
housing market and economic
crisis, and are now positioned
to help build better connected
communities.”
– Diane Kruse, CEO,
Key Products: Automated fiber optic cross-connect systems
(AFOCS) providing fiber management solutions for
telecommunications providers and other markets
Summary: Calient Networks, which is headquartered in San
Jose, California, with additional engineering and manufacturing operations in Santa Barbara, California, manufactures the
DiamondWave family of automated fiber optic cross-connect
systems (AFOCS) for telecommunications service providers
worldwide. The DiamondWave family consists of FiberConnect (automated fiber optic cross-connect system), FiberMoni-
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“The traffic in the exhibit hall was very good
with operators, integrators, telcos and CATV operators
asking lots of good questions, looking for the right
solutions for their buildings and properties. There
were also lots of networking opportunities and great
customer sit down meetings.”
– Sam Tagliavore, Sales Manager
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tor (automated fiber management plus real-time dynamic
nonintrusive fiber monitoring) and PONConnect (automated
PON fiber management for FTTx deployments). These products are designed to allow network operators to intelligently
manage their fiber infrastructure in a fully automated, native “all optical” and bandwidth-agnostic manner. Calient’s
customers include AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Terremark,
Deutsche Telekom, KDDI, NTT, Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Juniper, Fujitsu and national research and education
networks around the world. Calient sells worldwide through
a direct sales force as well as through partners including Tyco
Electronics, MRV, Cornet and Gale Technologies. The company recently secured $5 million in financing to continue its
expansion into the global Tier 1 service provider market.
Calix
www.calix.com
877-766-3500; 707-766-3000
Key Products: Software and equipment for deploying
FTTH and DSL networks, including multiservice access
platforms, OLTs and ONTs, outside plant and network
management software
Summary: Calix is the world’s largest equipment supplier focused solely on access, and is North America’s most widely deployed fiber-to-the-premises solutions provider. The Calix Unified Access Infrastructure allows providers to deploy any service
over any media type and protocol, via a form factor that fits
their deployment needs. The company has equipped many rural systems and pioneered long-range OLTs. The Calix C7 multiservice access platform enables the deployment of legacy and
advanced broadband services, including GPON. Its E-Series
includes Ethernet platforms for delivering copper- and fiber-
based services, including a new residential active Ethernet platform, and its P-Series offers a broad portfolio of optical network
terminals for residential, business and MDU deployments. All
Calix products are managed by the Calix Management System,
which provides a single network view and advanced management capabilities across an entire unified access infrastructure.
Founded in 1999, Calix is headquartered in Petaluma, California, with offices in Boston and Minneapolis.
CANARIE
www.canarie.ca
613-943-5454
Key Products: Operation of an advanced research network;
research and development related to high-performance
networking
Summary: CANARIE is Canada’s advanced research and
innovation network. Established in 1993, the nonprofit corporation serves more than 50,000 researchers at almost 200
Canadian universities and colleges, government labs, research
institutes, hospitals and other private and public sector organizations, and connects them to innovators around the corner,
across the country and around the world. With major funding from the Government of Canada, CANARIE provides
advanced networking capability that enables scientists to manage, analyze and exchange very large volumes of data. It also
enables researchers and their partners to develop new tools that
harness the power of the network. Recent initiatives include
the Green IT program, which will develop advanced computing and networking technologies that reduce carbon and
greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s ICT infrastructure
and enable collaboration on promising green IT solutions; and
the promotion of a market-based demonstration project that
aims to provide residential users with the opportunity to own
or control their own fiber connections to the Internet.
Canobeam
Canon Broadcast and Communications
www.canobeam.com
201-807-3300; 800-321-4388
Key Products: Free space optics
Summary: Canon, a global $30 billion company operating
in many markets, pioneered the technology for the Free Space
Optics line of optical transceivers, which transmit data over
the air on beams of infrared light. The models in the Canobeam series deliver data speeds from 25 Mbps to 1.5 Gbps and
cover distances from 20 meters to 1,000 meters. Canobeam’s
Auto Tracking function constantly maintains beam alignment
and compensates for vibrations in the installation base caused
by weather and other factors. Like optical fiber, Canobeam systems are protocol-independent and require no radio-frequency
permits or licenses, and they are used in FTTH deployments
in situations where fiber optic cables are impractical. Canon
recently introduced the Canobeam DT-150 HD for wireless
uncompressed bidirectional high-definition and standard-definition SDI transmission. The 1.5 Gbps link transmits digital
HD/SD video, audio and control signals via Free Space Optics
at up to one kilometer for sports and other productions.
Canobeam is marketed by Canon USA’s Broadcast and
Communications Division, headquartered in Ridgefield Park,
New Jersey.
Charles Industries
www.charlesindustries.com
847-806-6300
Key Products: Outside plant fiber optic distribution pedestals
and enclosures, fiber terminals, extended-reach DSL
systems
Summary: Charles Industries designs and manufactures buried distribution pedestals for fiber optic applications, serving
telecommunications, municipality, utility, marine and industrial markets worldwide. The company introduced nonmetallic
“Due to economic conditions, the sales environment continues
to be challenging as cost savings and value have understandably become
our customers’ main priorities….Our strategy to transform into an
advanced broadband service provider has been a successful and critical
decision, because we are subject to the significant loss of telephone
access lines that is so common in the telecommunication industry
today due to wireless and new voice competition.”
– Steve Oldham, President and CEO, SureWest
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fiber pedestals to the industry in 2001 and has continued to
provide new solutions for nearly all fiber deployment architectures. Charles Fiber Distribution Point (CFDP) pedestals offer GR-771-compliant closed architecture protection of both
ribbon fiber and loose buffer tube fiber. CFDP pedestals can
accommodate loop-through and stub-out distribution cable,
branch and drop splices, and fusion, mechanical or preconnectorized splicing. BDO open-architecture fiber pedestals offer
a lower-cost alternative for cost-conscious deployments. This
year the company introduced Charles Universal Broadband
Enclosures (CUBE), a line of compact metallic OSP Fiber Terminals designed for backhaul, automatic meter reading, remote
equipment deployment and equipment consolidation applications. Charles Industries, which is headquartered in Rolling
Meadows, Illinois, has about 350 employees and manufactures
all of its products in five US facilities.
Cisco Systems
www.cisco.com
770-236-5000
Key Products: Active Ethernet and DOCSIS-PON solutions
for fiber-to-the-home deployments; digital set-top boxes
and accessories, cable modems, headend equipment and
network management systems
Summary: Cisco Systems has long provided much of the
equipment that supports the Internet backbone, but recently
it has moved into the access network as well. Cisco’s E-FTTH
Network Testing, Monitoring
and Management Services
(Other than private cable operators)
Company Name Alcatel-Lucent
Aricent
Communication
Technology Services
Ericsson
www.aricent.com
www.cts1.com
www.ericsson.com
Source Technology
www.source-t.com
Steeplechase Networks
www.scnets.com
UTStarcom
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(Ethernet fiber to the home) solution, which has been deployed
by several European providers, includes Ethernet access switches, aggregation routers and optical network terminals. Cisco
SPVTG (Service Provider Video Technology Group), formerly
Scientific Atlanta, supplies set-top boxes and cable modems,
transmission networks for home broadband access, and digital interactive subscriber systems for video, high-speed Internet
and VoIP networks. SPVTG is focused on the convergence of
the PC and TV and is extending multimedia broadband applications to new platforms. In April 2009, SPVTG introduced
tru2way hardware and software, including its Digital Network
Control System Release 4.0 series, Axiom middleware implementation and set-top boxes. Cisco also recently announced
new compact, high-density Prisma II optics products to improve the performance of existing fiber in cable networks, as
well as a DOCSIS Passive Optical Network (D-PON) architecture that is intended to help cable operators upgrade to FTTH
technology. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Cisco reported revenues of $39.5 billion in 2008, an increase of 13 percent over 2007. The company has about 66,000 employees.
www.korcett.com
Tellabs
– John Hewitt, VP Cable and Headend Sales,
Alpha Technologies
Web Address
Korcett Holdings
TCI
“We believe that FTTx is still an
emerging market with significant
future growth and we are
committed to ongoing research
and development to deliver costeffective and highly efficient
powering solutions.”
www.tcintegration.com
www.tellabs.com
www.utstar.com
Clearfield
www.clearfieldconnection.com
763-476-6866
Key Products: Fiber distribution systems and associated
components
Summary: Clearfield, headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota,
provides fiber management and connectivity systems for independent telephone, cable television and municipal networks.
Products include the WaveSmart platform of powered optical
signal products and the FieldSmart Fiber Management Platform,
which includes the Fiber Distribution System, Fiber Scalability
Center and Fiber Delivery Point series. The Field-Smart product
lines, centered around the Clearview Cassette of integrated fiber
protection, support a wide range of panel configurations, densities, connectors and adapter options, and are offered alongside
an assortment of passive optical components. Clearfield provides
a complete line of fiber and copper assemblies for inside plant,
outside plant and access networks. Clearfield had revenues of
$23.5 million for the fiscal year ending September 2008.
CommScope
www.commscope.com
800-982-1708
Key Products: Cable and connectivity products including
fiber enclosures, hybrid fiber coaxial cable, fiber optic and
wireless integration products
Summary: Founded in Hickory, North Carolina, more than
30 years ago, CommScope had 2008 revenues of $4.01 billion
and is a leader in the design and manufacture of connectivity
solutions for communications networks. CommScope is the
world’s largest manufacturer of coaxial cable for hybrid fiber/
coax applications and a major supplier of coaxial, fiber optic
and twisted-pair cables, as well as rugged conduit products and
broadband equipment solutions for wireless plant, FTTH and
commercial services applications. CommScope has a global
manufacturing and distribution network supporting customers of its four major businesses. In December 2007, CommScope completed the acquisition of Andrew Corporation,
broadening the range of its infrastructure solutions for wireless, enterprise and broadband communications networks; in
2008 it announced a collaboration with Harmonic to provide
an integrated FTTH solution for cable operators. Recent product innovations include the 2008 launch of a new line of fiber
distribution hub cabinets as well as new customer-premises
equipment for its cable FTTH solution. The US Department
of Agriculture’s Rural Development Telecommunications Program accepted CommScope’s BrightPath fiber-to-the-home
solution in April 2009.
www.connexiontechnologies.net
919-535-7329
Key Products: Design, customization and management of
telecommunications networks
Summary: Connexion Technologies customizes and manages
state-of-the-art communications networks in single-family,
multifamily, high-rise, resort and hospitality properties nationwide. Its award-winning networks are designed to optimize the
communications experience and value of properties for residents and property owners. Connexion Technologies is not a
service provider; rather, it manages a suite of providers that
offer entertainment and communications applications, including enhanced television, telephone, Internet and other services,
over Connexion’s carrier-neutral networks. The company is
based in Cary, North Carolina. It was established in 2002 to
target greenfield developments with fiber to the home but has
broadened its market to include existing properties as well. It
serves properties in 17 states.
www.corning.com;
www.corningcablesystems.com
828-901-5000
Key Products: Optical fiber, optical fiber cable, FTTH
cabinets, splitters, terminals, connectors, cable assemblies,
MDU products, other telecommunications hardware and
equipment, splice and test equipment, engineering services
and training
Summary: Corning developed the first fiber optic cable for
communications in 1970 and remains a world leader in special-
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“In contrast to the overall tenor of the times, we continue
to see customer demand for new network capabilities, as
telecommunications infrastructure improvements remain high
on priority lists worldwide, whether prompted by government
initiatives or fundamental customer needs and competition.”
– Steven Glapa, VP Product Management and Marketing, Zhone
ty glass and ceramics, creating and manufacturing components
that enable high-technology systems. The company, whose
2008 sales totaled nearly $5.9 billion, is distinguished by sustained investment in R&D, more than 150 years of materials
science and process engineering knowledge and a distinctive
collaborative culture. Corning Cable Systems develops and
manufactures optical cable, hardware and equipment designed
to make fiber-to-the-x deployments faster, easier, more reliable
and less costly. Its patented OptiTap Connector has become
the industry standard in preconnectorized, environmentally
hardened technology. The ClearCurve product suite, based on
ultrabendable optical fiber, opened the way for cost-effective
installation of fiber-to-the-home networks in multidwelling
units (MDUs) and other complicated deployments. Corning
Cable Systems Evolant Solutions for Carrier Networks delivers
tip-to-tip product and service offerings for FTTx, CATV and
wireless applications, and its preconnectorized solutions have
revolutionized the way FTTx networks are deployed. Consultants and network designers have access to a variety of design
tools and resources as part of Corning’s FTTxpert Program.
The Corning Total Access Program provides design, engineering, furnishing and installation companies with the tools necessary to ensure successful FTTH and wireless deployments,
while the Corning Connected Community Program helps
homebuilders and developers market FTTH to consumers.
Design Nine
www.designnine.com
540-951-4400
Key Products: Broadband planning, broadband project
management, broadband network design and
implementation
Summary: Design Nine offers broadband planning and engineering services such as fiber and wireless network design,
stimulus grant assistance, needs assessment and fiber/wireless
broadband build-out assistance to communities, developers
and local governments, including financial modeling, legal and
organizational design of community broadband systems and
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project management. The firm’s network designs include open
access and open service broadband networks. Design Nine is
heavily involved in assisting clients with stimulus funding requests, and is working directly for the state government of New
Mexico, coordinating the development of all its broadband
stimulus funding. Headquartered in Blacksburg, Virginia, Design Nine has sales and project management offices in Raleigh,
North Carolina, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. The company’s
many public and private sector clients include the City of Danville, Virginia, where Design Nine has provided assistance with
network architecture, vendor selection, business and financial
planning, and service provider development to nDanville, the
first municipal open access, Layer 3 open services network in
the US. Another major Design Nine project, The Wired Road,
for the city of Galax, Virginia, is the first municipal integrated
fiber and wireless open access, open services network in the
United States.
DIRECTV
www.directv.com
888-777-2454
Key Products: Satellite TV services to residential and
business customers; network installation and integration
Summary: Headquartered in El Segundo, California, DIRECTV delivers satellite TV service to US residential and
business customers with a strong emphasis on multifamily solutions. DIRECTV offers two multifamily solutions, MFH2
and MFH3. MFH2, which is appropriate for properties of all
sizes, and for existing as well as new construction, uses single-wire multiswitch technology. MFH3, designed for properties with 150 or more units and including remote network
monitoring, uses IP-based technology and requires the new “I”
series DIRECTV receivers. MFH2 and MFH3 can be implemented as a single property headend, providing a one-dishper-building solution. Both solutions provide access to all of
DIRECTV’s programming and services, including DVR, all
of DIRECTV’s current and planned HD channels, interactive
services and more. DIRECTV offers more than 130 HD channels and has enriched its content experience with the launch
of DIRECTV on DEMAND, a new service that offers both
instant access to movies and TV shows pushed to the cus-
tomer’s DVR, as well as broadband access to more than 7,000
titles that can be downloaded to customers’ set-top boxes. DIRECTV also recently extended its exclusive agreement to offer
the NFL Sunday Ticket to DIRECTV customers through the
2014 season. DIRECTV has 16,000 employees in the US and
revenues were $17.3 billion in 2008.
Dish Network
800-454-0843
Key products: Video programming packages for business,
hospitality and multifamily housing delivered via satellite
Summary: EchoStar Commercial Services, the division that
offers Dish Network for business, hospitality and multifamily
housing, provides satellite solutions for apartments and condos,
office and retail locations, bars and restaurants, hotels, hospitals
and assisted living facilities, universities, government and military facilities as well as creating custom solutions. Dish offers
two bulk programming options for MDUs: The Digital Home
Plan is a shared-dish system that allows residents to create their
own accounts and select preapproved programming packages
and equipment of their choice. The residents are billed directly
from DISH Network at standard residential rates. Bulk Programming with Digital Upgrades/Neighborhood Value Plan
delivers a low-cost bulk package to the entire complex with
individual upgrade options. In 2007 EchoStar launched ViPTV, a wholesale video IP transport and distribution platform
that can transport more than 300 channels of programming to
providers. Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, Dish Network had 13.7 million subscribers in 2008, a loss of 102,000
subscribers from 2007, the first loss of customers in the company’s history. Revenues, however, were $11.6 billion in 2008,
up from $11.1 billion in 2007.
Ditch Witch
www.ditchwitch.com
800-654-6481
Key Products: Construction equipment for laying fiber
Summary: Ditch Witch dates from 1949, when the founder
invented a workable compact trencher. The Ditch Witch or-
ganization specializes in the design and manufacture of highquality underground construction equipment. It sells trenchers,
vibratory plows, pneumatic piercing tools, backhoes, electronic
tracking and locating tools, horizontal directional drilling systems, drill pipe, downhole tools, vacuum excavation systems,
excavator-tool carriers, mini skid steers pipebursting systems,
and the Zahn family of power utility equipment. In April 2009,
the organization released two new low-cost trenchers: the RT10
and the RT12. In May 2009, the company announced the release of the Ditch Witch 980 fault system, a new and improved
system for locating faults in direct-buried, unshielded power and
communications cables typically found at streetlight circuits and
meter risers, and across driveways, sidewalks, and streets. Ditch
Witch Financial Services (DWFS) offers a variety of financing
and lease options. The Ditch Witch organization’s manufacturing headquarters is located in Perry, Oklahoma, and has more
than 1,000 employees, with a dealer organization worldwide.
Draka Communications – Americas
www.drakaamericas.com
800-879-9862
Key Products: Optical fiber cable solutions for network
operators, telecommunications carriers, utilities, installers
and enterprises
Summary: Draka Communications – Americas, founded in
1910 and based in Claremont, North Carolina, provides cabling solutions for a wide range of applications. It is a division
of the multinational firm Draka, one of the world’s largest optical fiber producers with more than 25 million miles of fiber deployed in North America alone. Draka, headquartered in Amsterdam, had net sales of $4.15 billion and 10,005 employees in
2008. In December 2007, Draka purchased the minority share
of its subsidiary Draka Comteq from Alcatel-Lucent, merged
the two head offices and is now using the name Draka Communications for this part of the business. Draka Communications’ single-mode fiber, BendBright, is a bend-insensitive fiber
that combines the unlimited transmission capacity of optical
fiber with copper-like flexibility and handling. Because it can
“Applications such as HDTV are moving beyond 1080p to higher
2D resolutions, and even 3D imaging in the home is becoming a reality,
creating exponential bandwidth growth…We also anticipate growth
in applications areas such as cellular backhaul and commercial
services where copper cabling is increasingly limited.”
– Dr. Bernhard Deutsch, Director of Marketing and Market Development, Corning Cable Systems
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withstand repeated bending to very small radii and is backward compatible with older fiber, BendBright facilitates bending, connecting and storing fibers in real-world FTTH and
business situations. In September 2008 Draka surpassed the
150,000-mile mark for sales of BendBright-XS. Its groundwire
fiber business was recently sold to AFL Telecommunications.
www.emersonnetworkpower.com
440-246-6999; 800-800-1280
Key Products: AC and DC power, outside plant enclosures,
precision cooling systems, embedded computing and
power, integrated racks and enclosures, power switching
and controls, monitoring and connectivity
Summary: Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson, is a
global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity from grid
to chip for telecommunication networks, data centers, health
care and industrial facilities. Business-Critical Continuity is the
assurance that critical technology investments will not fail due
Video Programming Aggregators
(Linear, VoD and interactive)
Company Name 4Com
Web Address
www.4com.com
Accedo Broadband www.accedobroadband.com
Avail Media/TVN
www.availmedia.com
Cloverleaf Digital
www.cloverleafdigital.com
Comcast Media
Center (HITS)
www.comcastmediacenter.com
CSI Digital
www.csidigital.net
DIRECTV
www.directv.com
Dish Network
Eagle Broadband KT Communications www.eaglebroadband.com
National Rural Telecommunications
Cooperative
www.nrtc.coop
Skyway Connect
Telechannel
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Enablence Technologies
www.enablence.com
613-270-7860
Key Products: PLC-based FTTH triplexers and diplexers,
FTTH central office and customer-premises equipment
Summary: Founded in 2004 and with corporate headquarters
in Ottawa, Ontario, Enablence Technologies is a publicly traded
company that designs, manufactures and sells optical components, subsystems and systems. Enablence’s Network Division
provides the TRIDENT 7 Universal Optical Line Terminals
(OLTs), Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) and Element
Management System. Its Optical Components & Subsystems
Division provides FTTx access products such as integrated triplexers and diplexers for BPON, GPON and GePON splitters.
It also offers solutions for the metro and long-haul markets.
Many of the company’s component products apply planar
lightwave circuit (PLC) technology that integrates 45+ components into a single optical chip to support the global rollout
of fiber to the home. New products and technologies include
a 40 Gbps tunable optical dispersion compensator; a multicast
switch; a high-speed DWDM for transmitter/receiver optical
subassembly and a photodiode chip with integrated bandpass
filter. Last year, Enablence’s FTTx Networks Division merged
with Pannaway, a broadband access and transport solutions
provider with nearly 300 rural telco customers. In May 2009
the Delhi Telephone Company in Delhi, New York, selected
Enablence as its exclusive supplier for FTTH deployments. The
company’s revenue for fiscal 2008 was $2.6 million.
www.ktcom.tv
National Cable Television
Cooperative
www.cabletvcoop.org
Satellite Management
Services
to power loss and disrupt a company’s business. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Emerson Network Power provides solutions and
expertise in areas including AC and DC power and precision
cooling systems, embedded computing and power, integrated
racks and enclosures, power switching and controls, monitoring
and connectivity. All solutions are supported globally by local
Emerson Network Power service technicians. The company has
an estimated 48,000 employees and fiscal 2008 revenue of $5.8
billion. It is a member of Green Grid.
www.smstv.com
www.skywayconnect.com
www.telechannel.tv
Ericsson
www.ericsson.com/us
972-583-0000
Key Products: VDSL2 and FTTH electronics, Ribbonet
air-blown fiber solution for FTTx applications, cables and
interconnect products, microwave networks, network
management tools, stations and broadband switches,
IPTV middleware
“FTTP maturation, the overall
economic market freefall earlier
this year and the government’s
stimulus package have created a
perfect storm for FTTP network
deployers who are looking for the
best price for their networks.”
– Cheri Beranek Podzimek,
President and CEO, Clearfield
Summary: Ericsson is one of the largest providers of telecommunications equipment and related services to mobile and fixed
network operators globally. Over 1,000 networks in more than
175 countries use its network equipment and 40 percent of all
mobile calls are made through Ericsson systems. Ericsson is
one of the few companies worldwide that can offer end-to-end
solutions for all major mobile communications standards. A
worldwide leader in GPON, the company recently announced
contracts with the three major Chinese telecom providers to
roll out GPON networks in nine Chinese provinces. Ericsson
invests heavily in R&D and actively promotes open standards
and systems; with more than 23,000 patents, it has one of the
industry’s most comprehensive intellectual property portfolios. Ericsson was founded in 1876. Global headquarters are
in Stockholm, Sweden, with North American headquarters in
Plano, Texas. More than 78,000 employees generated revenue
of $26.7 billion in 2008.
ETI Software Solutions
www.etisoftware.com
770-242-3620
Key Products: Back-office software for service providers
including service delivery platform, billing solution, field
technician application, ad insertion software and prepaid
services platform
Summary: Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia, ETI Software Solutions is a developer of software
products deployed by more than 120 utility systems, telecom-
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munications and private FTTH service providers serving millions of subscribers worldwide. Triad SDP systems offer the
ability to fully automate provisioning of FTTH, DSL, IPTV,
RF video, and softswitches. Triad’s modules include order entry/rating, work order management/scheduling, and reporting and billing functionality (énconcert) to support advanced
telecommunications services. Since Triad’s debut in 2004, ETI
has been deployed in 40 systems, including many of North
America’s largest FTTH services providers.
of a manual patch panel. According to the company, FiberZone’s platforms enable improved levels of service and fewer
network faults, lowering total cost of ownership of the fiber infrastructure. FiberZone AFM technology also enables carriers
to generate new revenue streams through on-demand service
provisioning. In September 2008, the company announced the
Network Planning, Design,
Engineering, Construction
(Excludes companies that only build
networks they will own and manage)
EXFO Electrical Optical Engineering
www.exfo.com
418-683-0211; 800-663-3936
Company Name Adesta
Key Products: Test and service assurance solutions for the
global telecommunications industry
Atlantic Engineering Group www.atlantic
engineering.com
Summary: EXFO, based in Quebec City, Canada, provides
test and service assurance solutions for the global telecommunications industry. The Telecom Division, representing close
to 90 percent of the company’s business, offers test solutions
and monitoring systems to network service providers, cable TV
operators, network equipment manufacturers and component
manufacturers in about 70 countries. EXFO’s modular FTB500, FTB-200, AXS-200, IQS-600 (Windows/ PC-based)
and InterWatch platforms host test solutions covering all layers
of network infrastructure and extending across the full technology lifecycle. In February 2009, EXFO acquired PicoSolve,
a privately held Swedish company that produces oscilloscopes
used in the design and production of next-generation optical
networks. In fiscal 2008 the company reported revenues of
$184 million, a 20 percent increase over 2007.
Web Address
www.adestagroup.com
www.afltele.com
Corning Cable Systems
www.corningcable
systems.com
Design Nine
www.designnine.com
DSI Technologies
www.dsifiber.com
www.emersonnetwork
power.com
Fiber-Tel Contractors
www.fibertel
contractors.com
Finley Engineering
www.fecinc.com
www.electronic
architect.com
Inteleconnect
www.inteleconnect.com
KGP Logistics
KiS Communications
www.kis-comm.com
LTS Group
www.ltscompany.com
Michels Communications
FiberZone Networks
www.fiberzone-networks.com
301-941-1928
Key Products: Automated fiber management systems
Summary: FiberZone Networks provides Automated Fiber
Management (AFM) solutions that allow facility operators to
deliver new fiber-based services, design and operate networks
efficiently and flexibly, and improve customer service and
network uptime. FiberZone AFM enables network operators
to provision, manage and troubleshoot networks end-to-end
without having to perform on-site servicing. The foundation
of AFM is FiberZone’s patented Latched Optical Coupling,
which delivers remote control and automation to the fiber infrastructure while maintaining the attributes and reliability
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MPNexlevel.com
Multicom
www.michels.us
www.mpnexlevel.com
www.multicominc.com
OFS
www.ofsoptics.com
On Trac
www.ontracinc.net
Source Technology
www.source-t.com
www.scnets.com
TCS Communications
Team Fishel
Tellabs
Tetra Tech
US Metronets
www.tcscomm.com
www.teamfishel.com
www.tellabs.com
www.tetratech.com
www.usmetronets.com
www.zoomyco.com
general availability of its flagship product, the AFM-360, and
also announced sales of the AFM-360 to large carriers in Asia
and the US. FiberZone Networks is one of the charter members of the Advanced Fiber Connectivity and Switching Forum
(AFCS), formed in June 2008. The company is privately held
with offices in the United States and Israel.
Finley Engineering
www.fecinc.com
417-682-5531
Key Products: Network design and engineering services
Summary: Founded in 1953, Finley Engineering Company
(FEC) has more than 200 employees in nine offices nationwide
and is one of the largest telecom network design companies
in the US. The company specializes in end-to-end engineering
consulting in the fields of telecommunications, cable television,
electric power transmission and distribution, project management and right-of-way services. FEC develops standard design
criteria for telecom network projects and follows through with
detailed designs, construction documents, contracts, contract
administration and material lists. Once a project is under way,
the company can provide construction observation and project
management. Finley provided the first full FTTH installation
in Missouri for Alma Communications, an independent telephone company providing services in rural Missouri.
With the explosion of HD
channels, IPTV programming
and high-speed Internet access
demanding higher bandwidth
capacity, fiber-based triple-play
distribution systems in MDUs
are becoming the infrastructure
of choice. Since fiber optic
infrastructure costs have come
down, this investment is now
cost-effective for both the
greenfield and retrofit markets.”
– Jack Hotz, CEO, Foxcom
ment are based in Israel, and it also has offices in the US, UK,
and South Africa. Foxcom currently employs more than 40
people, with the majority in research and development.
Graybar
www.graybar.com
800-GRAYBAR (472-9227)
Foxcom
www.foxcom.com
609-514-1800
Key Products: Broadband fiber optic MDU distribution
systems for video, voice and data; satellite downlink signal
transport over fiber
Summary: Foxcom, a division of OnePath Networks, provides
fiber optic solutions to the MDU market and the professional
satellite earth station and video distribution markets. Founded
in 1993, Foxcom has two product lines: point-to-multipoint
distribution platforms for the MDU triple play market, and
point-to-point transport of satellite signals in earth stations,
broadcast facilities, cable TV headends and other satellite
gateway applications. In 2008 Foxcom launched products for
both the PCO and the satellite communications markets: the
BsmarTV suite, an MFH-2-ready, triple play deployment platform for the MDU market, and SatLight/Platinum, enabling
advanced RF and fiber optic link control and monitoring, for
the earth station market. The addition of active Ethernet products to the BsmarTV platform create a full triple-play fiber
optic distribution system with the broadest pipe to the home.
Foxcom’s corporate headquarters and its research and develop-
Key Products: Fiber connectors, couplers, housings, panels,
splice trays, fusion splicers, cleaners, test equipment, VAR
services
Summary: Graybar, a Fortune 500 company, specializes in supply chain management services and is a leading North American
distributor of components, equipment and materials for several
industries. With net sales of $5.4 billion in 2008, Graybar employs approximately 8,000 people at more than 240 distribution
centers throughout the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. It is one
of North America’s largest and oldest employee-owned companies. Established in 1869, Graybar stocks and sells hundreds of
thousands of items from thousands of manufacturers and can
procure, warehouse and deliver almost any kind of electrical,
communications or data product, component or service. Fiber
connectivity solutions represent a fast-growing area in its catalog. Through its distribution network and value-added services,
including kitting and integrated solutions, Graybar is helping its
customers power and network their facilities.
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www.glds.com
800-882-7950
Key Products: Billing and provisioning software for cable
TV, Internet, VoIP, pay-per-view, video on demand and
other broadband services
Summary: Great Lakes Data Systems was founded in 1980 by
cable professionals to meet the industry’s need for reliable, intelligently designed billing software. Customers are primarily
small to midsized cable companies, ranging from startup operations to systems with more than 250,000 subscribers. GLDS
serves more than 300 operators including both private cable
Fiber-to-the-Home Electronics
(Central-office and/or
customer-premises equipment)
Company Name ADTRAN
Web Address
www.adtran.com
AFL Telecommunications www.afltele.com
Alcatel-Lucent
Allied Telesis
Alloptic
www.alloptic.com
Aurora Networks
www.aurora.com
Calix
www.calix.com
Cisco Systems
www.cisco.com
Commscope
www.commscope.com
ECI Telecom
www.ecitele.com
Enablence
www.enablence.com
Ericsson
www.ericsson.com
Hitachi Communication
Technologies America
Motorola
Occam Networks
Pacific Broadband
Networks
Telco Systems
www.packetfront.com
www.pbnamericas.com
www.telco.com
Tellabs
www.tellabs.com
TXP Corporation
www.txpcorp.com
UTStarcom
Zhone Technologies
ZyXEL Communications
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www.egreenfield.com
949-248-8898
Key Products: Fiber optic design, construction and
operations; service provider for voice, video, high-speed
data and community Intranet services
Summary: Based in Southern California, Greenfield Communications Inc. was formed in 2001 to provide turnkey fiber-to-thehome solutions for developers of new master-planned residential
communities. The company has 11 active FTTH projects and
more than 7,000 customers throughout California and Arizona.
Greenfield Connect, a division of Greenfield Communications,
provides low-voltage structured wiring, home entertainment and
automation packages and security monitoring. Greenfield also
has contracts with UCLA, the City of Pasadena and the City of
Dana Point to provide fiber optic design, cabling and communication services. The company was recently approved as a dealer
for DIRECTV and plans to deploy its MFH3 system in new and
existing multiple-dwelling-unit projects.
www.hitachicta.com
www.motorola.com
PacketFront
operators and fiber-to-the-home providers such as the municipal FTTH system in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and several others. Voice, video and data can be provisioned directly from the
billing system and itemized on a single monthly subscriber bill.
The company’s two largest offices are in Carlsbad, California,
and Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, but it operates in 49 states and
40 countries worldwide. Key products include WinCable, for
cable billing and subscriber management, and WinVoIP, which
can provision, import, consolidate, manage, report and bill call
detail records from most integrated VoIP vendors’ packages.
The GLDS SuperController II add-on for pay-per-view can
be used along with other billing software, and interfaces with
most headend equipment and set-top boxes. GLDS also sells
hosted solutions for providers that choose not to run billing
and provisioning systems in house.
www.utstar.com
www.zhone.com
www.us.zyxel.com
GVTC
www.gvtc.com
800-367-4882
Key Products: Video, high-speed Internet, security
monitoring, local and long-distance telephone and
advanced data services
Summary: GVTC was formed as a telephone cooperative in
1951 to provide phone service to rural residents of Central and
South Texas. Today it is the largest telephone cooperative in
Texas, with more than 41,000 customers in 11 counties across
an area that covers approximately 2,000 square miles. In addition to phone service, GVTC provides high-speed Internet,
digital TV and home security monitoring. GVTC was the first
telecommunications entity to provide fiber-to-the-home tech-
nology in South Texas, and its 20 Mbps residential broadband
speeds and 25 Mbps business broadband speeds are among the
fastest in the San Antonio area. GVTC is in the midst of a fiveyear, $35 million FTTH expansion project, replacing copper
lines with fiber connections in most of its established communities. The project is projected to add FTTH to 20,000 additional
premises by year-end 2012. The company was recently awarded
the FTTH Council Chairman’s Award for expansion of FTTH
connections. GVTC has 225 employees and revenues for 2008
were $75 million. Because it is a nonprofit, any telephone-related revenues over and above operating expenses are allocated to
member-owners in the form of capital credits; GVTC is issuing
$4.1 million in capital credit payouts to its members for 2008.
video delivery to TV, PC and mobile devices, and the Divicom Electra 8000 universal SD/HD MPEG-2 AVC encoder, a
1-RU encoder with multiresolution, multistandard, multiservice and multichannel capabilities. Harmonic has partnered
with Microsoft and YouTube on digital content management
and with CommScope on an FTTH solution for cable operators. In March 2009, Harmonic acquired Scopus Video Networks, increasing its presence in the contribution/distribution
market. Harmonic reported revenues of $365 million in 2008,
up 17.3 percent over 2007.
Hiawatha Broadband Communications
www.hbci.com
888-474-9995
Key Products: Internet access, cable television, telephone and
wireless services
Harmonic
www.harmonicinc.com
408-542-2500; 800-788-1330
Key Products: Digital video and fiber optic solutions for
networks
Summary: Harmonic provides digital video, HFC access and
software solutions for the world’s leading broadcast, cable,
satellite, Internet, mobile and telco providers. Headquartered
in Sunnyvale, California, Harmonic operates R&D, sales
and systems integration centers worldwide. US customers include AT&T CruiseCast, Cablevision Systems, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications, DIRECTV,
EchoStar, Hearst-Argyle, Insight Communications, Sinclair
Broadcasting, Time Warner Cable and Yahoo. International
customers include many Tier 1 providers in Europe and Asia.
Recent product introductions include the ProStream 4000
multiscreen encoder, part of Harmonic’s solution for converged
Summary: Founded in 1997, Hiawatha Broadband Communications (HBC) offers residential, business and wholesale television; Internet access; telephone; and media production services in southeast Minnesota. Wireless services will be added
soon. HBC operates both hybrid fiber/coax and fiber-to-thehome networks and has completed the activation of three new
fiber-to-the-home communities in the towns of Rollingstone,
Stockton and Lewiston. HBC provides a complete video service selection of more than 100 TV channels (including highdefinition programming), digital music, pay-per-view where
available, and extensive local programming produced by HBC
Productions. Digital video service is available in nine service areas. The company has 68 employees, seven retail communities
and a wholesale division. Annual revenues are $12 million.
“Consumer trends – led by the explosions in online video and
content sharing – are certainly the easiest factors to identify. However,
other building systems such as energy management and digital
messaging are making broadband infrastructure integral to efficient
building operations. Additionally, the always-on, always-connected
lifestyle residents now enjoy will only become even more commonplace
and more complex….Communities with the capacity to leverage new
technologies will be able to deliver incredibly rich experiences that are
personalized to each resident’s tastes, and opportunities in multifamily
go far beyond the capabilities of the typical single-family home.”
– Mike Whaling, VP Business Development, InfiniSys
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Hitachi Communication Technologies America
www.hitachi-cta.com
770-446-8820
Key Products: Optical access solutions, optical transport
equipment, electronic and optical components, wireless
infrastructure products
Summary: Hitachi develops and manufactures optical access
equipment, including EPON, GPON and RFOG fiber-to-thepremises solutions, for telecommunications service providers,
cable television network operators, utilities, municipalities and
real estate developers. In April, 2009, Hitachi merged Salira
Systems Inc., a Hitachi-owned provider of EPON technology,
into Hitachi Telecom (USA) Inc. to form Hitachi Communication Technologies America Inc. (HCTA). The company also
offers ultra-high-speed optical transport systems and multicarrier power amplifiers for wireless infrastructure applications.
Hitachi Communication Technologies America is headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, with offices in Santa Clara, California. The company is a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. of Japan.
Hitachi Ltd. has approximately 400,000 employees worldwide
and in fiscal 2008 (ended March 2009) generated sales of $102
billion (10,000 billion yen). Hitachi Ltd. is ranked No. 3 in
the electronics, electrical equipment category of the Fortune
Global 500 for 2007, and 48th overall.
IneoQuest
www.ineoquest.com
508-339-2497
Key Products: Digital video quality assurance technology
Summary: Established in 2001, IneoQuest is a privately held
company based in Mansfield, Massachusetts, with 168 employees. Its digital video quality assurance technology includes
solutions that audit, monitor, analyze and troubleshoot digital
video from the set-top box to the headend, enabling customers
in the telephony, cable, satellite, broadcast and network equipment industries to improve digital video quality and reduce
operating expenses. IneoQuest’s IQPinPoint platform encompasses video test and analysis solutions including the Cricket,
a family of intelligent video network probes that enable video
network operators to analyze, debug and resolve video quality
and MPEG errors. IneoQuest’s iVMS, the software management component of IQPinPoint, delivers a delivers a complete
view of the health of the digital video network along with
rapid, practical isolation and remote troubleshooting. The
company also launched VeriFrame, a programming verification solution that enables video providers, manufacturers and
broadcasters to automatically verify video and audio content
frame by frame, detecting black screen, luminance levels and
freeze frame, and audio levels. In February 2009, IneoQuest
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partnered with network-quality tester Spirent Communications to provide an end-to-end global video quality-testing
suite for network equipment manufacturers. Also new this year
is Cricket QAM Plus, an affordable, dual QAM and MPEG
monitoring and analysis tool that enables cable network operators to monitor, analyze, debug and resolve video quality issues
at hub sites or subscriber premises.
www.electronicarchitect.com
386-236-1500
Key Products: Multifamily technology consulting,
telecommunications network design, technology amenity
engineering, FTTA Fiber-to-the-Apartment system,
acquisition due diligence (technology assessments),
strategic technology planning, low-voltage system
integration, in-building wireless/cellular networks, resident
technical support services, product design services, service
provider contract negotiations, project management
Summary: InfiniSys helps multifamily developers and property owners leverage technology to improve operations and
differentiate their communities. As independent technology
advisors, the company creates comprehensive, standards-based
amenity solutions for new and existing apartments, condominiums, student housing, mixed-use developments and masterplanned communities. InfiniSys also represents developers and
property owners in negotiations with service providers and
contractors. Most recently, it has been creating online marketing campaigns that enable property owners to connect communities and create new revenue streams. InfiniSys also works
with electronics manufacturers and service providers to create
new product and service offerings. Offering services nationwide, InfiniSys is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Internet2
www.internet2.edu
734-913-4250
Key Products: Research and development of new network
applications and technologies that will form the basis of
the next-generation Internet
Summary: Internet2 is a research and development consortium led by more than 200 US universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy
advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating
the creation of tomorrow’s Internet. Supported by a core central staff, Internet2 activities are member focused and led. Internet2 efforts are focused on advanced network applications including interactive distance learning, remote access to unique
scientific instruments, real-time access to large databases and
streaming high-definition video; new network capabilities such
as quality of service, multicasting and IPv6 that will enable
tomorrow’s commercial Internet to provide the reliable perfor-
“Even in a tough economic
climate, consumer demand for
broadband and higher speed
continues strong.
– Steve Klein, Director Marketing &
Business Development, Allied Telesis
mance advanced applications require; middleware including
standardized security, directories and other services required
by advanced network applications; and high-performance networks linking the campuses and laboratories of more than 200
Internet member institutions. The high-performance networks
participating in the Internet2 project provide the environment
in which new network applications and capabilities can be
deployed and tested. Thousands of K-12 schools are now also
connected to Internet2, providing schoolchildren with unprecedented educational opportunities and teachers with new opportunities for professional development.
JDSU
www.jdsu.com
408-546-5000
Key Products: Fiber optic communications components
and testing equipment including attenuators, circulators,
couplers/splitters/WDMs, detectors/receivers,
transmission, amplification, wavelength management
modules, circuit packs, optical test platform
Summary: JDSU is a provider of optical products and test and
measurement solutions for telecommunications service providers, cable operators and network equipment manufacturers. It
provides the building blocks required for Agile Optical Networks (AONs) – enabling systems that can be managed remotely and respond dynamically to changes in network traffic
patterns. JDSU was formed in 1999 with the merger of JDS
Fitel, known for its passive optical components, and Uniphase
Corporation, known for its active components and lasers, and
it has acquired 26 companies since then. JDSU is now one of
the largest providers of fiber optic test solutions in the world,
thanks to its acquisitions of Westover Scientific, Innocor, Casabyte, Test-Um and Acterna. With sales and distribution in more
than 160 countries, JDSU serves an expanded customer base
that includes the largest 100 telecommunications and cable services providers and system manufacturers worldwide. Based in
Milpitas, California, JDSU has 4,244 employees. Revenue was
more than $1.5 billion for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008.
KGP Logistics
800-755-3004
Key Products: Outside plant, central office, datacomm,
transmission, customer premises and broadband products
Summary: KGP Logistics, formerly EMBARQ Logistics until
it was acquired by KGP Telecommunications in March 2009,
has been providing the telecommunications industry with supply chain and distribution services for more than 30 years. The
company’s national distribution network comprises 10 regional
distribution centers located strategically across the United States
and 10 product manufacturing facilities that provide fiber and
copper factory-terminated cable, custom assemblies, and assemble, wire and test (AWT) services along with complete engineer,
furnish and install (EF&I) services. KGP distributes voice, video,
data and wireless products of more than 1,500 manufacturers,
ranging from basic communications craft tools and supplies to
broadband network equipment. Markets served include Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), independent telephone
companies, municipalities, public utilities, contractors, installation companies, OEMs and Internet service providers.
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Leviton Manufacturing
www.leviton.com
718-229-4040
Key Products: Premises wiring, outside plant, central office
solutions and home automation products
Summary: Founded in 1906, Leviton Manufacturing is located in Little Neck, New York, and provides voice, data and
home networking products for industrial, commercial, OEM
and residential markets as well as basic electrical infrastructure
and energy management products. Leviton takes fiber connectivity all the way from the central office to the jack inside
the house, with fiber-to-the-home solutions including optical
distribution cabinets, pedestals, drop terminals, network interface devices, fiber optic enclosures, optical splice components
and accessories and fiber optic cable assemblies. The voice and
data division produces both fiber and copper products at its
manufacturing complex in Bothell, Washington. Residential
structured cabling and home control products are offered to
builders and homeowners through Leviton Integrated Networks and Controls. In January 2007, Leviton joined forces
with Microsoft to offer homeowners a way to remotely control
lighting and other Z-Wave-enabled home automation schemes
using many popular consumer electronic products. Last year
Leviton acquired ControlThink, a home and building control
software and services company. In September 2008, the company teamed up with ViewSonic Corp. to combine its Vizia RF
+ wireless home lighting with ViewSonic’s Z-Wave technologybased touch panel.
LTS Group
www.LTSCompany.com; www.mycomspan.com;
www.ledcor.com
858-566-6030
Key Products: Development, design, deployment,
operation and maintenance of fiber optic and wireless
communications networks
Summary: Headquartered in San Diego, California, with offices throughout the US and Canada, LTS Group is an operations outsource partner that provides its customers with
solutions ranging from designing, building and maintaining
national and regional networks to high-volume field operations
work. LTS has more than 400 telecom technicians in addition to mobile project-oriented experienced field deployment
crews. This past year, LTS re-entered the near-shore submarine
market and expanded its suite of services in the wireless space.
In 2007, the LTS Group acquired local telecommunications
operator ComSpan USA to form ComSpan Communications,
a full-service FTTP network operator in Oregon with a strategy of expanding into neighboring states. ComSpan now oper-
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ates four fiber-to-the-home networks in addition to its original
Roseburg network. LTS is part of the Ledcor Group of Companies, a multibillion-dollar private construction and managed
services company with over 60 years of industry experience
and more than 5,000 employees. Ledcor provides managed
telecommunication services, building construction, heavy civil
construction, industrial construction and property development services across Canada and the US. The Canadian headquarters of the parent company is in Vancouver.
LUS Fiber
www.lus.org, www.lusfiber.com
337-993-4237
Key Products: Digital voice, video, Internet access and
community intranet access over an FTTH network
Summary: Lafayette Utilities System, a department of the
Lafayette, Louisiana, Consolidated Government, operates
LUS Fiber, the first community-owned all-fiber optic network
in Louisiana. The utility, which had operated a wholesale fiber
network since 2002, began offering triple-play services to residents and small businesses early this year after prevailing in a
legal battle that lasted for several years. When the buildout is
completed in 2011, the network will pass all of the premises
in this city of about 120,000 – making it the largest municipal network in the United States. LUS involved the community to an unusual degree in planning the network and
the services to be delivered over it, holding a series of public
forums to discover what local residents and businesses wanted
from the fiber-to-the-home network and proactively trying
to avoid increasing the digital divide. Based on community
input, LUS Fiber not only offers residential Internet access at
speeds up to 50 Mbps (upstream as well as downstream), but
provides all subscribers with symmetrical 100 Mbps access to
a peer-to-peer community intranet. Another unusual offering
is the TV Web portal, which provides basic Internet access
to residents without a computer. Additional high-bandwidth
applications are planned for the future.
Martin Group
877-996-9646
Key Products: BSS/OSS solutions, business and engineering
services
Summary: Founded in 1970, Martin Group is a global provider
of enterprise-wide business support systems/operations support
systems (BSS/OSS) solutions, next-generation engineering services and consulting services. With nearly 40 years of communications experience, Martin Group provides solutions and ser-
vices that enable communications providers to offer any service
over any network. The company’s team of software developers,
engineers, regulatory specialists and business process experts
serve more than 250 clients around the world. Martin Group
is headquartered in Mitchell, South Dakota, with additional offices in Rapid City, South Dakota, and Missoula, Montana.
MetaSwitch
www.metaswitch.com
510-748-8230
Key Products: Class 4/5 softswitch, application suite,
subscriber interface, network management system
Summary: MetaSwitch is a provider of carrier systems and
software solutions that power the migration of communications networks to open, packet-based architectures. The
MetaSwitch open softswitch architecture enables the delivery
of VoIP, TDM and next-generation telephony services, and interoperates with a wide range of legacy equipment. MetaSphere
is a unified set of communications services, including Hosted
IP PBX, designed to create new revenue streams for network
PBN’s next generation
operators and to provide a cost-effective solution for modernizing legacy services. CommPortal is a subscriber interface
enabling access to key telephony and messaging applications
from the subscriber’s phone, TV, mobile device and computer.
MetaView Network Management System enables MetaSwitch
networks to be provisioned and administered through a GUI
client or via integration with third-party OSS platforms. Based
on open standards, including IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS),
MetaSwitch solutions scale from a few hundred to millions
of subscribers. MetaSwitch has more than 900 deployments
worldwide, ranging from Tier 1 global carriers to regional
service providers and including operators of wireline, cellular, broadband wireless, cable and fiber networks. For 2008,
MetaSwitch reported revenues of $118.1 million, with profits
of $22.2 million. The company is privately held by investment
firms Francisco Partners and Sequoia Capital, as well as by the
Employee Benefit Trust (EBT).
Michels Corporation
www.michels.us
920-583-3132
Key Products: Fiber optic network design and construction,
including outside plant construction, structured cabling
and fiber splicing and testing
terminal makes it easy for customers to deploy a true triple-
play solution with a flick of a switch. Through a strong history in broadband access solutions, PBN really
understands the nuts and bolts to designing and developing products and solutions that make real technical
sense to Network Operators and their customers. A single box provides all functionality for an entire
community network with up to 512 subscribers per GEOLT unit. Options for CATV RF overlay and RFoG
return paths are readily available to support legacy DOCSIS and video on demand applications as well.
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Summary: Michels Corporation, an international engineering
and construction contractor based in Brownsville, Wisconsin,
began in 1959 as a pipeline construction company and entered
the telecommunications industry four years later. Today it has
two divisions serving the telecommunications industry. Michels Communications specializes in fiber optic network construction in all sectors of the industry, from local telephone
and long distance companies to cable TV providers, education
and the enterprise sectors. In 1983, Michels was one of the first
companies to construct fiber lines and it now constructs thousands of miles of fiber optic and broadband networks each year.
Mi-Tech Services, the second telecom division, is a full-service
engineering firm offering FTTx solutions including cable restoration, outside plant planning and design, project management and right-of-way acquisition.
Montclair Fiber Optics
www.montclairfiber.com
608-831-4440
Key Products: Optical splitters, CWDMs, WDMs and
amplifiers
Summary: Since 1995 Montclair has been offering optical
products such as PLC splitters, CWDMs, WDMs, attenua-
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tors, high-power amplifiers, EDFAs for CATV, CATV optical
receiver modules, DBS optical receiver modules, media converters, optical Ethernet switches, optical network units, OEO
converters, circulators, interconnectivity products and fiber
management and accessories, alldesigned and environmentally tested to meet industry-standard (Telcordia) requirements
for FTTx applications. The company’s products are installed
throughout North America, enduring some of the harshest environments. Customers include telcos, CATV operators, utilities and municipalities, developers, contractors/installers and
OEMs. The company has seven employees.
Motorola Home & Networks Mobility
Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions
www.motorola.com
Home & Networks Mobility: 888-944-HELP
Enterprise Mobility: 866-515-5825
Key Products: Broadband, video and access technologies
including fiber-to-the-x solutions, RFOG, metro WiFi,
modems, VoIP, WiMAX and LTE, home entertainment
and networking
Summary: Motorola Home and Networks Mobility delivers
advanced broadband services to the home, in the home and
beyond. Delivery mechanisms include fiber optic, xDSL, and
hybrid fiber coax in addition to WiMAX and LTE networks.
Fiber solutions include GPON central-office and customerpremises equipment, a Passive Optical LAN enterprise solution, and an RFOG solution for cable operators. The company’s digital video headend technology feeds more than 80
million homes worldwide. Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions offers enterprise, government and municipal customers
wireless broadband technologies and applications designed to
seamlessly deliver IP coverage to indoor and outdoor spaces.
The portfolio includes point-to-multipoint and point-to-point
fixed broadband solutions, mesh wide-area networks, enterprise wireless LAN, Motorola AirDefense wireless security and
WiMAX solutions for private and public networks. In 2008,
Motorola had sales of $30.1 billion.
designed to meet the needs of both legacy plant and new technology applications; the company’s new product development
has been focused on fiber optic–based solutions, including
new hinged overlay molding for FTTH deployment in MDU
buildings. Based in Elyria, Ohio, Multilink is privately owned
and has 162 employees.
Multicom
www.multicominc.com
800-423-2594
Occam Networks
805-692-2900
Key Products: Fiber optic cables, connectors, receivers,
amplifiers, attenuators, enclosures, splitters, splicers,
tools, coaxial cables, hybrid fiber and coax systems,
optoelectronics; design and VoIP services
Key Products: IP- and Ethernet-based Broadband Loop
Carrier and related telecommunications access equipment
Summary: Multicom is a manufacturer and full-line stocking
distributor of broadband products for end-to-end integration
of communications solutions. Established in 1982, Multicom
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 distribute
audio, video, television and data signals over fiber optics, copper, and coax cable. The company offers versatile solutions for
FTTx, MFH2 and the digital transition. Multicom’s design and
engineering team has worked throughout the United States,
Latin America and Europe. Recent design projects include the
Madeira Condominiums on Marco Island, Florida; the Norris
Inpatient Tower in University of Southern California University
Hospital in Los Angeles; the Puerto Rican Convention Center
in San Juan; the National Park Seminary in Washington, DC;
and the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio.
Multicom also sells retail and wholesale VoIP services through
its Mconnect subsidiary. Multicom is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, and maintains sales offices, rep agencies and subdistributors throughout North America and Latin America.
Summary: Occam Networks is a broadband access supplier
offering multiservice access platform (MSAP) solutions based
on pure packet technologies. The company’s broadband access solutions enable service providers to offer voice, data and
video services over copper and fiber. Occam systems emphasize a combination of simple design, flexibility and scalability,
especially important for service providers transitioning from
all-copper networks to copper/fiber or all-fiber networks. More
than 2 million BLC 6000 ports are currently deployed at more
than 315 service providers in North America and the Caribbean. In 2008-2009, Occam announced its first Tier 2 GPON
design win; launched the Occam OS 6.1 operating system, a
common OS that supports both copper and optical products;
and added a line of six GPON optical network terminals with
extensive configuration options for residential and business
services. The company offers on its Web site a comprehensive
repository of information and commentary on the broadband
stimulus package created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Multilink
440-366-6966
OFS
www.ofsoptics.com
770-798-4000; 888-342-3743
Key Products: Network power supplies, enclosures and
cabinets; fiber distribution and cable management
solutions; MDU enclosures; raceway and pathway
solutions
Key Products: Optical fiber, optical cable, fiber management
and connectivity products for homes, businesses and
MDUs, splicers, network design services
Summary: Multilink, which was founded in 1983, continues
to evolve from a manufacturer of telecommunications network
components to a worldwide supplier and integrator of end-toend bundled solutions. The company’s customers include independent telcos, regional Bell operating companies, utilities,
local area network providers and cable TV MSOs. Products are
Summary: OFS, a Furukawa company, designs, manufactures
and supplies optical fiber, optical fiber cable, specialty photonics, and optical connectivity products and solutions for many
applications. Headquartered near Atlanta, Georgia, OFS is a
global provider with facilities in North America and Europe
and sales offices around the world. The company’s heritage goes
back to Alexander Graham Bell and the invention of the tele-
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phone, and includes technology powerhouses such as Bell Labs,
AT&T and Lucent Technologies. Since 2001 OFS has been a
subsidiary of Furukawa Electric, a global leader in optical communications founded in 1884 and based in Japan. OFS’ latest
breakthrough, ultra-bend-insensitive EZ-Bend optical cables,
offer fast and easy installation for MDU and in-home wiring
applications. Other OFS brands include the FOX Solution (Fiber Optics to the X), an end-to-end FTTx offering to fiber-connect homes, businesses and multiple dwelling units; the V-Linx
Spool & Play Solution for MDU applications; FITEL fusion
splicers; full-spectrum AllWave FLEX ZWP bend-optimized
fiber; ORBITAL fiber management cabinets; and all-dry Fortex
DT and AccuRibbon DC cables. OFS can also help optimize
network designs with its OptiCost FTTx Modeling Services.
On Trac
www.ontracinc.net
423-317-0009
Key Products: Fiber splicing, FTTH installation (video,
voice, data), commercial installation, MDU design/
installation, consulting, system audits, inventory
management, project management, safety training
Summary: Based in Tennessee, On Trac provides services for
the FTTH industry, including telephone companies, utilities
and municipalities across the country. On Trac has connected
over 75,000 premises to FTTH networks, with both aerial and
underground drops. Customers include Auburn Essential Services in Auburn, Indiana; Bristol Tennessee Essential Services
in Bristol, Tennessee; Clarksville Department of Electricity in
Clarksville, Tennessee; Dalton Utilities in Dalton, Georgia;
and GVTC in New Braunfels, Texas.
Customer-Premises Equipment
(Other than optical network terminals)
Includes set-top boxes, modems, routers, residential gateways, etc.
Company Name 2Wire
Web Address
www.2wire.com
Actiontec
www.actiontec.com
Advanced Digital
Broadcast
www.adbglobal.com
Alcatel-Lucent
Amino
www.aminocom.com
Arris
www.arrisi.com
Aztech
www.aztech.com
Cisco Systems
www.cisco.com
Comtrend
Eagle Broadband www.comtrend.com
www.eaglebroadband.com
Entone
www.entone.com
Leviton
www.leviton.com
Motorola
www.motorola.com
PacketFront
www.packetfront.com
Pirelli Broadband Solutions
Ruckus Wireless
Samsung
www.pirelli.com
www.ruckuswireless.com
www.samsung.com
Telect
www.telect.com
Thomson
www.thomson.net
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Optelian
www.optelian.com
877-225-9428, 770-690-9575
Key Products: Optical transport systems for access, metro
and regional networks, test equipment
Summary: Optelian’s LightGAIN systems provide transparent, carrier-grade optical transport for telecom, multiservice
operator (MSO), utility and enterprise customers worldwide.
LightGAIN is used for xWDM, reach extension, path protection and FTTx applications in all parts of the network from enterprise and access to long-haul. Power-saving LightGAIN features pluggable and tunable optics from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps,
amplification and dispersion compensation, and complete network management with optical service channel (OSC). LightGAIN 3060 is ideal for enterprise and remote terminals, 5140
for small power consumption and footprint, and 6140 for high
port density. Founded in 2002, Optelian has facilities in Ottawa and in the Atlanta area. The company’s design and manufacturing is fully in-house in North America, and it has sales
and support partnerships worldwide.
Optical Cable Corporation
www.occfiber.com
540-265-0690
Key Products: Fiber optic and copper cabling, connectors,
boxes, other networking solutions
Summary: Optical Cable Corporation manufactures fiber optic and copper data communications cabling and connectivity solutions primarily for the enterprise market, offering an
integrated suite of products that operate as a system solution
or seamlessly integrate with other providers’ offerings. Opti-
cal Cable Corporation pioneered the design and production of
fiber optic cables for demanding military field applications, as
well as fiber optic cables suitable for both indoor and outdoor
use. With the acquisition of SMP Data Communications in
May 2008, the company gained copper connectivity data communications solutions. Offerings include products designed for
commercial, enterprise network, data center, residential and
campus installations and customized products for specialty applications and harsh environments including military, industrial, mining and broadcast applications. Products include fiber
optic cable, copper and fiber optic connectors, copper and fiber
optic patch cords, racks, cabinets, datacom enclosures, patch
panels, face plates, multimedia boxes and cable and connectivity management accessories. Founded in 1983, Optical Cable
Corporation is headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia, with offices and manufacturing and warehouse facilities located in
Roanoke and near Asheville, North Carolina.
multiplatform industry. As an authorized distributor for DISH
Network, the company offers the full lineup of DISH Network
hardware and content to operators. Pace carries the industry’s
most recognized product manufacturers as well as a private-label product line. The company offers end-to-end hardware and
content solutions for PCOs, REITs, retailers, property owners,
operators, and telcos targeting triple-play communities. Turnkey services include system design, technical support, ‘Built,
Balanced and Burned’ analog and QAM headends, billing and
customer support. The company provides its proprietary Master Vendor Procurement services to Fortune 100 clients in the
consumer electronics industry. Founded in 1972, Pace operates
from its headquarters in Rochester, Minnesota, and through
facilities in Denver, Colorado, and Ningbo, China.
Pacific Broadband Networks (PBN)
www.pbnglobal.com, www.pbnamericas.com
703-579-6777
Key Products: FTTH electronics and network management
software; optical nodes for HFC networks; optical
headend equipment; optical accessories including couplers,
patch cords and multiplexers
Pace International
www.paceintl.com
507-424-4900; 800-444-7223
Key Products: Distribution of DISH Network content and
hardware and DISH Network-approved installation
materials and accessories; hardware and tools for
commercial-grade satellite TV, cable TV, home theater
and audio; tools and kitting services; meters and test
equipment; Televes QAM distribution equipment; fiber
products; technical support and training, SBCA training,
call center; billing services; back-office support services
Summary: Pace is a national distributor of hardware, content
and installation tools for communications companies in the
Summary: PBN is a supplier of advanced optical broadband
access products and network solutions. Its headend equipment, network management and access products are suitable
for HFC, FTTH, RFOG, Ethernet and DOCSIS applications.
PBS’s product portfolio is designed to enable network operators to bridge the gap between existing and emerging technologies. Customers include major telcos and MSOs serving tens
of millions of subscribers around the world. PBN is privately
held and based in Australia, with research and development
facilities in Melbourne and Beijing and offices in Australia,
China, Europe and the Americas. PBN is also well represented
by channel partners globally.
“Going beyond the emerging services currently available,
such as video downloads and uploads and the tools that make
working at home possible, we’ll find applications like remote energy
management, remote health monitoring and home concierge service
(in MDUs). All of these capabilities require a broadband connection with
enough bandwidth to support these applications....Verizon has
invested in those capacities to ensure that our customers always
get the best service at the speeds and capacities they need.
No broadband customer should ask for anything less.”
– Eric Cevis, President, Verizon Enhanced Communities
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Preformed Line Products
www.preformed.com
440-461-5200
Key Products: Cable anchoring and control hardware and
systems, fiber optic and copper splice closures, and highspeed cross-connect devices
Summary: Founded in 1947, Preformed Line Products is an
international designer and manufacturer of products and systems employed in the construction and maintenance of overhead and underground networks for energy, communications
and broadband network companies. PLP’s customer base in-
cludes telecommunications network operators, cable television
and broadband service providers, power utilities, corporations
and enterprise networks, government agencies and educational
institutions. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, the company operates three domestic manufacturing centers located in
Rogers, Arkansas; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Albemarle,
North Carolina. PLP serves worldwide markets through international operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Spain and
Thailand. Net sales for 2008 were $269.7 million.
Fiber Management
Includes cabinets, cross-connect panels, splitters, aggregators, pedestals, connectors, duct, conduit, etc.
3M Company
A-D Technologies
www.3M.com/telecom
ADC AFL Telecommunications Alliance Fiber Optic
Products
Leviton www.leviton.com
MRV Communications
www.mrv.com
www.adc.com
Multicom
www.multicominc.com
www.afltele.com
Multilink
Occam Networks
www.afop.com
Antronix
www.antronix.com
Optelian
www.optelian.com
Calient Networks
www.calient.com
www.calix.com
Optical Cable
Corporation www.occfiber.com
www.channellcomm.com
Preformed Line
Products
www.preformed.com
Calix Channell Commercial
Corporation Charles Industries Ltd. www.charles
industries.com
Prysmian Radiant Communications
www.rccfiber.com
Clearfield
www.clearfield
connection.com
SENKO Advanced
Components www.senko.com
www.commscope.com
Sumitomo Electric
Lightwave www.sumitomoelectric.com
CommScope Corning Cable Systems www.corning
cablesystems.com
Draka Communications
www.draka
americas.com
Emerson Network Power www.emerson
networkpower.com
Emtelle www.emtelle.com
Ericsson www.ericsson.com
FiberZone Networks
Harmonic
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www.fiberzonenetworks.com
www.harmonicinc.com
www.prysmian.com
Suttle
Telect www.telect.com
Tellabs www.tellabs.com
TeraSpan
www.teraspan.com
Timbercon www.timbercon.com
TXP
Tyco Electronics www.txpcorp.com
www.tycoelectronics.com
Westek Electronics
www.westek.com
Zhone Technologies www.zhone.com
Prysmian
www.prysmian.com
803-951-4800; 800-713-5312
cabling system for multiple dwelling unit applications, enables
fast, low-cost rollout of FTTH.
Key Products: Optical fibers and telecommunication cables
Summary: Headquartered in Milan, Italy, with US headquarters in Lexington, South Carolina, Prysmian has multiple production facilities worldwide and supplies products to most of
the world’s largest telecom operators, including optical fiber,
optical cable, copper cable, FTTx passive solutions, premises/
data cable and connectivity hardware. With its two business
divisions, Energy Cables and Systems and Telecom Cables and
Systems, Prysmian boasts a global presence with subsidiaries in
38 countries, 53 plants in 21 countries, 7 research and development centers in Europe, North America and South America, and more than 12,000 employees. In the past few years
Prysmian has supplied millions of meters of fiber for FTTH
in the US alone, where projects range in size from individual
municipalities to large-scale rollouts. Prysmian’s sales in 2008
exceeded 5 billion euro ($7 billion). Last year the company
announced a contract with Andorra Telecom that will help the
Principality of Andorra become the first country in the world
to provide a direct optical fiber link to all homes and businesses. Recent product releases include the bend-insensitive
CasaLight family of fibers which, together with the VertiCasa
Quanta Services
www.quantaservices.com
713-629-7600
Key Products: Design, construction, installation and
maintenance of broadband fiber optic, copper, coaxial
cable and wireless networks
Summary: Quanta offers the entire spectrum of broadband
installation and maintenance services, whether for inside or
outside plant facilities; analog or digital signals; coaxial, fiber
optic or hybrid transmission; or residential or commercial networks. The company provides the expertise to get headend facilities up and running and supports all the requisite existing
and emerging technologies. Services include rack installation,
engineering, long-term site and system planning and project
management. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Quanta,
which has about 14,000 employees, has offices in 40 states and
operates throughout the US and Canada. Revenues for 2008
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were $3.78 billion, compared with $2.66 billion for 2007. Customers include AT&T, Qwest, Verizon Communications and
many leading energy utilities.
Spirent Communications
www.spirent.com
408-752-7100
Key Products: Remote diagnostics, handheld solutions
and lab test solutions to evaluate performance of nextgeneration technologies
Senko Advanced Components
www.senko.com
508-481-9999
Key Products: Fiber distribution panels, network access
terminals, fiber protection equipment, fiber cleaning
and inspection equipment, splitter modules, couplers,
attenuators, connectors and adapters
Summary: Senko Advanced Components develops, manufactures, markets and distributes more than 1,000 fiber optic
products for the telecom and datacom industries worldwide.
Its “Intelligent Building Solution” facilitates the distribution
of advanced high-bandwidth services such as HDTV and telemedicine within commercial buildings, multifamily buildings,
hotels, hospitals and educational institutions. Founded in 1997
and headquartered in Boston, Senko Advanced Components is
a subsidiary of Senko Group in Japan. It has 1,500 employees
and is privately held.
Summary: Spirent provides tools for service management and
field testing of new communications services and applications,
as well as enabling large companies and governments to secure
and manage their networks. In addition, Spirent’s engineers
provide counsel to many of the leading communications standards organizations and have pioneered testing of Ethernet
networks, IP telephony, VPNs, triple play, CDMA applications, and location-based services. Currently, Spirent is helping to test the first deployments of next-generation networks in
Asia, Europe and North America. Areas of expertise include:
Fiber and Fiber Cable
These firms supply optical fiber and cable for fiber access deployments.
Company Name 3M Company
Web Address
www.3M.com/telecom
ADC AFL Telecommunications www.afltele.com
Belden www.belden.com
Smithville
www.smithville.net
www.smithvilledigital.net
812-876-2211
CommScope Key Products: Telephone, long distance, Internet, cellular
and home security services
Draka Communications
Summary: Headquartered in Ellettsville, Indiana, privately
owned Smithville is Indiana’s largest independent telecom
company. The company is currently working on bringing
FTTH services, with 100 Mbps residential Internet access, to
30,000 residential homes and businesses in southern Indiana.
Its subsidiary Smithville Digital operates the Indiana Digital
Gateway, a Metro Ethernet network providing connectivity for
businesses, health care providers and government offices near
Bloomington and French Lick, Indiana. The Digital Gateway’s
fiber optic technology allows for both last-mile connectivity and
network management solutions to help customers meet their
data transmission needs. Founded in 1922 as Smithville Telephone Company, today Smithville employs about 200 people.
Corning, Corning
Cable Systems www.commscope.com
www.corning.com,
www.corningcable
systems.com
www.draka
americas.com
Emtelle www.emtelle.com
Ericsson www.ericsson.com
General Cable www.generalcable.com
Multicom
www.multicominc.com
Nexans www.nexans.com,
www.nexansinterface.com
Optical Cable
Corporation www.occfiber.com
Prysmian Sumitomo Electric Lightwave
Timbercon 70
www.adc.com
www.prysmian.com
www.sumitomo
electric.com
www.timbercon.com
broadband networking (DSL, gigabit Ethernet, and IP), convergence (VoIP, IP VPNs, IPTV), next-generation Internet
(IPv6), wireless (CDMA, UMTS, location-based services), enterprise networks (load testing, system performance, network
security) and satellite navigation (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo).
Spirent’s corporate headquarters are in the United Kingdom
and its operational headquarters are in Sunnyvale, California.
The company, which has 1,500 employees worldwide, had revenues of $424.6 million in 2008.
www.scnets.com
413-229-0030
Key Products: Network planning and support, application
aggregation
Summary: Steeplechase Networks is a is a software and services provider that partners with network operators to aggregate
and deliver applications and content to for public and private
community networks throughout North America – ranging
from a community-based WISP in Massachusetts, to wireless
broadband and security infrastructure for gated communities
in Florida and Southern California, to a regional FTTH network in Virginia. Steeplechase brings support and technology
to network operators, enabling them to deliver advanced Web
services to their subscribers. Steeplechase’s product suite enables
network operators to deliver more than just “triple-play” services
but allows them to make the communities they serve healthier,
greener, and smarter. Steeplechase selects and tests best-in-class
network equipment and value-added services, including essentials like remote backup and restore services as well as specialinterest features like energy management, gaming networks,
video services, online music lessons and medical monitoring.
Based in Southfield, Massachusetts, Steeplechase was founded
in 2005 and is privately held.
www.sumitomoelectric.com
919-541-8100; 800-358-7378
Key Products: Optical fiber cable, fusion splicers and
accessories, termination products, splitters and other
network passive components, FTTH solutions,
FutureFLEX Air-blown Fiber Infrastructure for the LAN.
Summary: Sumitomo may be best known for introducing the
first peelable optical fiber ribbon and mass fusion splicing to
the US. Recent FTTH introductions include the industry’s
first ribbon drop cable and an expanded dry cable line with
new dry loose-tube cable. Sumitomo Electric Lightwave serves
the major public network provider, ILEC, CATV, municipal
and enterprise network markets. A wholly owned subsidiary
of Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI), Sumitomo Electric
Lightwave is located in Research Triangle Park, North Caro-
lina. Its many first-to-market introductions in North America
include gel-free ribbon cable, hostile-environment cable, bendinsensitive drop cables, automated cleavers, and the industry’s
only dual-heater splicers. SEL was also first in North America
to introduce air-blown fiber technology, its FutureFLEX Airblown Fiber enterprise network infrastructure system. Because
any type and count of fiber can be blown in and out of the network microduct undamaged, the system allows the provider to
install only the amount of fiber and bandwidth needed at a given time. FutureFLEX customers include the Pentagon; Mayo
Clinic and other hospitals and systems; National Institutes of
Health (NIH); DFW, McCarren, Logan, and many other airports; MGM Grand; NASA; Toyota; Johns Hopkins University; and Duke Energy Center. Sumitomo Electric Lightwave
was established in 1984. Its parent company generated revenues
of $21.6 billion for the year ending in March, 2009.
SureWest Communications
www.surewest.com
866-787-3937
Key Products: Video, voice and data services delivered over
fiber-to-the-home, hybrid fiber/coaxial (HFC) and DSL
access networks
Summary: SureWest, the major telecom player in the Sacramento area, is one of the largest fiber-to-the-home providers in
the United States with more than 150,000 residential customers and 15,000 business customers in the greater Sacramento
and Kansas City regions. The company sold its wireless operations to Verizon in May and is expanding its broadband business, as evidenced by its 2008 acquisition of Everest Broadband, a data, video and voice provider in the Kansas City area.
SureWest, which has about 900 employees, posted revenues of
$230.4 million for 2008.
Suttle
800-852-8662
Key Products: Structured cabling solutions; enclosures and
connectors for voice, data and video equipment
Summary: Founded in 1910, Suttle is a manufacturer of communication connectivity products for major service providers
and installers. The company’s legacy was built on traditional
telephony connection hardware. Today, Suttle is one of the only
manufacturers capable of supplying a complete, high-quality,
triple-play connectivity offering for voice, data, and video communications. Its fiber connectivity product line includes a field
termination system, connectors, fiber panels, assemblies and
a variety of other complementary products. Headquartered
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in Hector, Minnesota, Suttle is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Communications Systems Inc., a publicly traded company.
The company’s quality management systems are ISO 9001 and
TL9000 registered. Sales in 2008 were $44.4 million.
Team Fishel
www.teamfishel.com
614-274-8100; 800-347-4351
Key Products: Utility construction and network installation
services
Summary: With more than 70 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Team Fishel specializes in the design
and construction of first-mile residential fiber optic networks.
Customers include telecommunications and broadband communications providers, gas distribution companies, electrical
utility companies, government agencies, public and private enterprises, commercial and residential developers, general con-
tractors and educational institutions. Team Fishel’s Corningcertified FTTx designers and network engineers work closely
with customers to design the optical access architecture, secure
rights of way and all the required permits with the municipality, and coordinate with the developers and other utilities. By
designing residential duct systems and using joint trench installation techniques, Team Fishel provides cost-effective FTTx
delivery systems and new revenue opportunities for greenfield
deployments. Established in October 1936, Team Fishel now
has 22 offices nationwide and 1,250 “teammates,” or employees. The company is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Telco Systems
www.telco.com
800-227-0937
Key Products: Carrier Ethernet access products including
active Ethernet (P2P) CPE gateways, demarcation devices,
aggregation and multiservice switches
Summary: Founded in 1972 and based in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Telco Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BATM
Network Management Solutions
Includes OSS and software for network monitoring, optimization,
provisioning, service management, subscriber management, billing, etc.
ADTRAN
Alcatel-Lucent
www.adtran.com
Allot Communications
www.allot.com
Company Name Fine Point Technologies
Harmonic
www.amdocs.com
Highdeal (SAP)
Anritsu
www.anritsu.com
HP
www.arbornetworks.com
Aricent
www.aricent.com
Logisense
Martin Group
Arris www.arrisi.com
MetaSwitch
Bivio Networks
www.bivio.net
Openet
Calix
www.calix.com
Capanis Networks
www.capanis.com
Cisco Systems www.cisco.com
Comarch
www.comarch.com
Communications Data Group
www.finepoint.com
Amdocs
Arbor Networks
Web Address
Optelian
PacketFront
Phoenix Broadband Procera Networks
www.glds.com
www.harmonicinc.com
www.highdeal.com
www.hp.com
www.logisense.com
www.metaswitch.com
www.openet.com
www.optelian.com
www.packetfront.com
www.phoenixbroadband.com
www.proceranetworks.com
www.cdg.ws
Sandvine
www.sandvine.com
Comverse
www.comverse.com
Telcordia
www.telcordia.com
Convergys
www.convergys.com
Tellabs
www.tellabs.com
ECI Telecom
Ericsson
ETI Software Solutions
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www.ecitele.com
www.ericsson.com
www.etisoftware.com
UTStarcom
Xangati
Zeugma Systems
www.utstar.com
www.xangati.com
www.zeugmasystems.com
Advanced Communications, offers multiservice Carrier Ethernet access and demarcation solutions that enable carriers
and service providers to deploy highly reliable and manageable
Ethernet services to business and residential subscribers. The
product suite includes solutions for residential FTTH, intelligent demarcation and Ethernet service delivery for commercial
applications, and Metro Ethernet Access Rings. In February
2008, Telco Systems acquired Charles Industries’ broadband
multiplexer product line. This year the company launched an
active Ethernet portal, www.active-eth.com, to provide resources for potential FTTH deployers. Telco also announced
the expansion of its FTTH offerings with the introduction of
the EdgeGate 242W, an indoor wireless-enabled active Ethernet residential gateway, and an enhanced EdgeGate 483 outdoor CPE gateway with dual 1 Gigabit uplinks.
Telect
www.telect.com
800-551-4567
Key Products: Fiber optic and copper connectivity solutions,
network power management, outdoor enclosures, cable
management systems, cables and patch cords, home
networking solutions
Summary: With more than a quarter century of experience
in communications connectivity and power management,
Telect provides solutions for the network’s physical layer from
the central office or data center to the outside plant and into
the home. In addition to central-office communications solutions including cable management, copper and Ethernet connectivity, fiber optic distribution, power distribution, equipment racks and cabinets, Telect offers outside plant solutions
“Design Nine’s intense focus
on successful planning and
execution of broadband projects
enables us to take our clients
from early-stage business and
financial planning to having
world-class integrated fiber
and wireless networks up
and running quickly.”
- Andrew Cohill, President, Design Nine
for housing network equipment, as well as structured cabling
and access switching systems for the home, MDU/MTU or
small office. Telect is a privately held company headquartered
in Liberty Lake, Washington. The company also has facilities
in Plano, Texas (manufacturing and systems integration) and
Guadalajara, Mexico (manufacturing). Its 700 employees include sales representatives around the globe.
Tellabs
www.tellabs.com
630-798-8800
Key Products: Access networking, digital cross-connect, IP/
Ethernet, managed access, network management, optical
networking and voice quality enhancement technologies
Summary: Tellabs, based in Naperville, Illinois, claims 41 of
the top 50 global telecom service providers as customers for its
access, mobile backhaul, optical networking and business services solutions. Customers include telecom service providers,
independent operating companies, MSO/cable TV companies,
enterprises and government agencies in more than 90 countries. In 2008 Tellabs generated sales of $1.7 billion.
TeraSpan
www.teraspan.com
877-VI-FIBER
Key Products: Micro-trenching fiber optic deployment
solutions
Summary: Formed in 1997, TeraSpan Networks is a privately
owned Canadian company that develops and deploys microtrenched fiber optic networks, primarily for “last mile” fiberto-the-business and fiber-to-the-home applications. TeraSpan’s
Vertical Inlaid Fiber (VIF) System has been deployed globally
for clients including Alcatel-Lucent, Shaw Cable Systems, the
Port of Tacoma and Relacom Norway. In the US, TeraSpan
partners with construction and engineering firms such as HP
Communications to design and install VIF-based networks
for carriers, businesses, schools, hospitals and municipalities.
Compared with traditional underground deployment methods,
TeraSpan’s patented micro-trenched solutions are nonintrusive
and less disruptive to existing infrastructure, significantly reducing deployment time, labor and costs and improving time
to market for new fiber optic services. TeraSpan recently entered into an agreement with construction firm Quanta Services that expands the US footprint of qualified installers of the
TeraSpan VIF System. In addition, Quanta has developed new
equipment, deployment and restoration techniques to further
reduce the cost of TeraSpan installations.
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Tetra Tech
www.tetratech.com
626-351-4664
Key Products: Communications services including network
assessment and business planning, program and project
management, property rights acquisition, zoning and
permitting, design and engineering, and operations and
maintenance
Summary: Based in Pasadena, California, Tetra Tech employs
more than 9,000 people in 245 offices worldwide. Tetra Tech
provides development and deployment for wired communications systems. It plans, designs, permits, constructs and maintains cell phone, coaxial cable and fiber optic networks. The
company began in 1966 as an engineering company devoted to
waterways and coastal areas, but branched out in 1997 to include
communications services and now installs fiber optic networks
worldwide. In June 2009, Tetra Tech acquired three companies
that expand its geographic coverage and technical services: Tesoro Corporation, Mussetter Engineering, and ACI Engineering.
In 2008, the company had revenues of $2.14 billion.
www.tonercable.com
215-675-2053; 800-523-5947
Key Products: Digital television systems and solutions,
integration of digital headends, conditional access systems,
MPEG encoders, digital signal processing products, fiber
optic cable, fiber links and systems, FTTH, coaxial cable,
passives, connectors, tools, test equipment and amplifiers
Summary: Toner Cable Equipment is a large stocking distributor of television signal distribution equipment used by the cable
television industry, private cable operators, the hospitality industry, educational facilities, business broadcasters and other markets. Toner provides equipment for the digital transition including QAM demods, digital processors and MPEG encoders. It
has provided several large systems and educational facilities with
hundreds of headends. Toner Cable is the largest distributor of
equipment for Blonder Tongue, Pico Macom, RL Drake, Olson Technology, Ortel, Sadelco, Middle Atlantic, Cablematic,
Videotek, Fiber Options and, just announced in April, Blankom.
Toner offers solutions for comprehensive TV signal distribution
over fiber, coax and unshielded twisted pair. Founded 38 years
ago and employing 41 people, Toner Cable Equipment serves
both government and international clients, offering expertise in
international technical standards, formats and requirements. In
addition to its headquarters in Horsham, Pennsylvania, Toner
has divisions in the UK and Latin America.
TraceSpan Communications
www.tracespan.com
734-846-0549
Key Products: Monitoring and analysis systems
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Summary: Established in 2002, TraceSpan develops and manufactures broadband monitoring solutions. Its performance
analysis products, initially focused on ADSL, ADSL2, ADSL2+
and VDSL2, are designed for technology and chipset vendors,
equipment manufacturers and broadband service providers. Its
monitoring systems, the Phantom line, integrate with Lawful
Test and Measurement Equipment
3M Company/Communication
Markets Division
www.3M.com/telecom
ADC
www.adc.com
AFL Telecommunications www.afltele.com
Agilent
www.agilent.com
Anritsu
www.anritsu.com
Applied Instruments Blonder-Tongue
Laboratories
www.appliedin.com
www.corning.com;
www.corning
cablesystems.com
Emerson Network Power www.emerson
networkpower.com
EXFO
www.exfo.com
Fluke www.fluke.com
Ineoquest
Ixia
JDSU
www.ineoquest.com
www.ixiacom.com
www.jdsu.com
Multidyne Video &
Fiber Optic Systems www.multidyne.com
Optelian
www.optelian.com
RADCOM
www.radcom.com
SENKO Advanced
Components www.senko.com
Spirent Communications www.spirent.com
www.sumitomo
electric.com
Sunrise Telecommunications www.sunrise
telecom.com
Symmetricom www.symmttm.com
Tektronix
www.tektronix.com
Tellabs
www.tellabs.com
TraceSpan
Westek Electronics
www.tracespan.com
www.westek.com
Interception solutions to monitor and record data transparently
for use by intelligence gathering agencies and law enforcement
authorities. The recently released GPON Xpert is a modular
tool designed for R&D, laboratory and field application engineers engaged in developing, testing and deploying GPON
standard-compliant solutions. It passively records communications between the OLT (optical line terminal) and ONTs
(optical network terminals) and analyzes their adherence to
the GPON standard, without using any vendor’s chipset. TraceSpan is a private US company with its North American office
in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a development center in Israel.
TT Technologies
www.tttechnologies.com
800-533-2078
Key Products: Trenchless equipment including piercing tools,
guided boring tools, pneumatic, static and lateral pipe
bursting systems, pipe ramming tools, bentonite mixing
systems, constant-tension winches, directional drills and
mini directional drill rigs
Summary: TT Technologies specializes in trenchless technology, beginning with pneumatic boring tools. Today, with more
than 200 patents worldwide, TT specializes in trenchless ap-
plications for pipe pulling, pipe ramming, pipe bursting, sliplining and directional boring. Its customers are primarily contractors and municipalities. The company offers a nationwide
network of regional customer service offices and distribution
locations. It also presents comprehensive, hands-on training
seminars at its corporate offices in Aurora, Illinois, as well as regional shows, seminars and demonstrations throughout North
America each year.
Tyco Electronics
www.tycoelectronics.com
610-893-9800
Key Products: Fiber optic cabling and the complete range of
FTTH equipment between the optical line terminal and
optical network terminal
Summary: Tyco Electronics’ Network Solutions division is a
global supplier of infrastructure components and systems for the
communication service provider, building networks and energy
markets. Products include connectors, above- and below-ground
enclosures, heat shrink sleeves, cable accessories, surge arrestors,
fiber optic cabling, copper cabling and racks for copper and fiber
networks; the fiber optic product line includes a complete range
of products needed to cover the network functions between the
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optical line terminal and the optical network terminal. Tyco also
supplies passive electronic components to communications and
other markets. In 2009, Tyco Electronics joined the Cisco Technology Developer Program as part of the program’s IP Communication/Solution Enablers category. The program unites Cisco
with third-party developers of hardware and software to deliver
tested interoperable solutions to joint customers. In 2008, Tyco
Electronics had sales of $14.8 billion to customers in more than
150 countries. The company has 7,000 engineers and worldwide
manufacturing, sales and customer service capabilities.
UTOPIA
www.utopianet.org
801-613-3800
Key Products: Construction and operation of an open access
fiber-to-the-premises network
Summary: A governmental agency created by 16 Utah cities
with a combined population of over 500,000, Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (“UTOPIA”) builds
and operates an open fiber-to-the-premises network that links
multiple cities and fosters competition among communications
service providers that offer Internet access, television, telephone
and other services. After some initial difficulty with partners
and funding, UTOPIA is emerging as an example of how a
municipal model can bring fiber to rural areas that otherwise
might not see it for years. The last twelve months have been the
beginning of a dramatic turnaround for UTOPIA. UTOPIA
restructured with an entirely new management team; began
focusing more on business customers; brought on five new
service providers and strengthened relationships with others;
added long-haul network capabilities; created a 24/7 Network
Operations Center; increased its subscriber base by over 14 percent; upgraded the network and achieved a five-nines reliability
rating; and expanded service in three of its 16 cities. Current
providers on the UTOPIA network include Fuzecore, Fibernet,
Integra Telecom of Utah, Nuvont, Prime Time Communications, Veracity and XMission. UTOPIA has 30 employees and
generated revenues of $3.2 million in 2008.
Verizon Communications
Verizon Enhanced Communities
www.verizon.com/communities
Key Products: Verizon FiOS telecommunications services,
including TV, Internet and phone, delivered over Verizon’s
all-fiber network
Summary: Verizon Communications, headquartered in New
York City with its operations center in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, markets FiOS services delivered over its fiber-to-the-premises
network. As of March 2009, the FTTP network had passed 12.7
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million premises with fiber and had 2.8 million FiOS Internet
customers in about 2,000 communities – three-quarters of all
FTTH customers in the US – and more than 2.2 million FiOS
TV customers. Verizon’s FiOS Internet service offers residential
connection speeds up to 50 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps
upstream throughout the FiOS footprint. FiOS TV service offers over 100 HD channels, a DVR option and 14,000 videoon-demand choices, 70 percent of which are free. In addition to
FiOS, Verizon offers DSL-based high-speed Internet service to
residential and commercial customers. Verizon Enhanced Communities, a business unit of Verizon Communications, signs access, service and marketing agreements for Verizon FiOS with
owners and developers of single-home developments, new apartment and condo and co-op high-rises, privatized military housing, off-campus student housing and small commercial properties to deliver Verizon FiOS. Verizon currently has more than
237,000 employees, and in 2008 it generated operating revenue
of $97.4 billion, up 5.1 percent from 2007.
Vermeer Corporation
www.vermeer.com
641-628-3141; 888-837-6337
Key Products: Horizontal directional drilling equipment,
utility and pedestrian trenchers and plows
Summary: Located in Pella, Iowa, Vermeer Corporation is a
manufacturer of agricultural, construction and environmental
equipment. The company’s history of involvement in the fiber
optics installation industry began in 1991 with its launch of
the NAVIGATOR horizontal directional drill product line.
Navigator HDD units, which combine durable construction
with intelligent technology and high torque, are designed to
install telecommunications lines underground without excavation or trenching, in order to minimize environmental disruption. Vermeer drills have been instrumental in installing fiber
optics around the world. Vermeer has 2,000 employees.
Westek Electronics
www.westek.com
800-526-2673
Key Products: Telecom, medical and OEM “test and
measurement” test cords, patch and hardwire cable
connectivity
Summary: Founded in 1986, Westek manufactures custom
fiber and coax test and patch cabling, cable assemblies, fiber
jumpers, attenuators, adaptors, patches, cleaning kits, multibreakouts, multi-fiber pullers (fiber connector insertion removal tools), web slitter kits and tech support laptop kits as
well as the patented Tel-Line Tester & Tel-Line Tester Pro with
onboard 5-Pin Fuse Testing. Westek uses highly durable, light-
weight, state-of-the art materials to manufacture and customize cables and components as well as 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 Register Quality Assurance
and based in Santa Cruz, California, Westek has more than
100 employees worldwide. In July 2009 Westek moved into a
new state-of-the-art facility that houses all of its business units
under one roof in Watsonville, California.
emission-, wastewater- and CFC-free. The company, which has
350 employees, posted revenues of $146.1 million in 2008.
www.zoomyco.com
970-928-7722
Key Products: Design, engineering, planning, project
management, construction management, operation and
maintenance of fiber-to-the-home networks
Windstream Communications
www.windstream.com
866-961-9463
Key Products: Voice, data and digital TV services
Summary: Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Windstream Communications offers telephone, broadband Internet
access and satellite-based digital TV services to customers in
16 states. The company now offers Ethernet Internet access to
small and medium businesses in all 16 states. Windstream is
building fiber-to-the-home networks in new subdivisions within its service areas in at least nine states. The first FTTH network, in Canton, Georgia, was deployed in summer 2006, and
dozens of others were announced subsequently. Windstream
was formed through the spinoff of Alltel’s landline business
and merger with VALOR Telecom. In 2007, the company acquired CT Communications. The merger adds approximately
132,000 access lines and 31,000 broadband customers, nearly
doubling Windstream’s presence in North Carolina. In May
2009, the company announced the acquisition of D&E Communications. The merger will nearly double the company’s
operating presence in Pennsylvania with the addition of approximately 165,000 access lines and about 44,000 high-speed
Internet customers. Windstream has approximately 3 million
access lines, 1 million broadband customers, 7,300 employees,
and about $3.2 billion in annual revenues.
Summary: Zoomy Communications partners with developers
and municipalities to provide communities with an amenity
built on a fiber-to-the-home network and a suite of communications, entertainment and lifestyle services. Zoomy continues
to build out new communities and also provides design, engineering and construction management services for municipalities building FTTH, as well as for network builders in existing
communities. Zoomy is also expanding its services internationally. Zoomy’s telecommunications networks deliver ultrahigh-speed Internet, television (HDTV, IPTV and traditional
CATV), phone service (traditional telephone and VoIP), alarm
monitoring, community Web portals, WiFi hot spots and home
automation services. The company ranks in the top five in the
US in FTTH deployments for new real estate developments,
and is one of a handful of experienced, independent firms capable of providing and delivering this full suite of services and capabilities for homeowners. The Company’s CEO, Diane Kruse,
has served as the Chairman of the FTTH Council.
www.us.zyxel.com
714-632-0882; 800-255-4101
Zhone Technologies
www.zhone.com
510-777-7000;
877-946-6320
Key Products: Key Products: FTTH central-office and
customer-premises electronics; digital home equipment;
DSL, WiFi and WiMAX electronics; Ethernet switches;
VoIP equipment
Key Products: Telecommunications equipment for
multiservice broadband access, including multiservice
platform integration of FTTx, Ethernet in the First Mile
and wireless access technologies.
Summary: ZyXEL Communications, founded in 1989, is a manufacturer of broadband connectivity and networking products.
ZyXEL’s FTTH offering includes both active Ethernet and GePON solutions. Its broad line of IP networking solutions includes
access multiplexers, customer premises equipment, Internet security, wireless LAN and VoIP equipment. Customers include Embarq, Time Warner, Charter, Earthlink, Verizon, Sprint, Chunghwa Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Telefónica
Brazil and Telia. ZyXEL is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan,
and maintains offices in Anaheim, California, in Europe and in
Asia. The company has more than 3,200 employees worldwide
and sells its products in more than 150 regional markets in 70
countries. Revenues in 2008 were $479 million.
Summary: Zhone Technologies’ multiservice access solutions
serve more than 700 network operators worldwide. The company offers an integrated portfolio of MSAP, FTTx, EFM and
WiFi access technologies, allowing providers to deliver access
services including residential and business broadband, VoIP
and high-definition IPTV over copper, fiber and wireless.
Zhone is headquartered in California and its MSAP products
are all manufactured in the United States, in a facility that is
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