MDU Technology Providers - Broadband Communities Magazine

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Broadband Communities recognizes 100 outstanding providers that MDU
property owners rely on to provide technology amenities to their residents.
A BBC Staff Report
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n this issue focusing on multipledwelling-unit (MDU) technology,
Broadband Communities presents
the first Top 100 list dedicated to companies that serve the MDU market.
Though this magazine devotes much
of its coverage to fiber to the home and
believes FTTH is the end game for both
multifamily and single-family broadband, FTTH is clearly not the only important technology trend in MDUs today. Property owners follow a variety of
paths as they scramble to keep up with
residents’ insatiable demands for bandwidth, convenience and mobility. The
demographics of MDU communities,
their construction, their existing infrastructure and many other factors influence owners’ choices and timelines for
technology upgrades.
Accordingly, this list is more technology-neutral than the FTTH Top
100 list. A property owner whose most
urgent priority is improving indoor cellular coverage, getting satellite dishes off
balconies or adding more high-definition stations to a TV channel lineup can
find resources here.
However, multifamily technology is
so varied that, inevitably, the list could
not address it all. We focused on technologies that make properties more attractive to residents, omitting solutions
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designed solely to improve owners’ operational efficiency, such as lease management systems, property management
systems and asset management systems.
Included on the list are companies
that do one or more of the following:
• Sell video, Internet, telephone and
related services to residents of multifamily properties, either individually
or in bulk, through agreements with
property owners
• Design, build or manage broadband
networks in multifamily properties
on behalf of property owners or service providers
• Offer expertise to property owners
or service providers about the legal,
financial and marketing aspects of
delivering broadband
• Provide equipment for wired broadband networks
• Provide equipment for video headends and video distribution
• Provide equipment for wireless
broadband (either cellular or Wi-Fi)
• Provide back-office software or services for subscriber management,
customer care, billing and related
functions
• Offer solutions for MDU technology
amenities beyond the triple play.
Some of these companies sell products and services directly to property
owners, and others sell products and
services to their providers, such as private cable operators. However, whether
property owners deal directly or indirectly with these companies, they all
provide solutions that property owners
should be aware of.
Criteria and Selection Process
To select the Top 100 MDU technology
providers, Broadband Communities
relied on a panel of industry experts that
included property owners, consultants
and analysts. However, because experts
don’t always agree and because changes
were taking place in the industry as this
feature was researched and prepared, the
magazine’s editors made the final selections.
In addition to operating in the U.S.
market, criteria included the following:
• Provision of products or services that
help property owners create technology amenities to attract and retain
residents.
The technology amenities that
attract and retain residents vary
depending on the residents to be
attracted and retained. Some demographics are looking for blazing
Internet speeds, over-the-top video
solutions and ubiquitous wireless
coverage; others are more impressed
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MDU Technology Providers
MDU TOP 100 AT A GLANCE
Alphabetical List and Summary Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 42
Service Providers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 44
Design/Engineering/Installation/Service Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . | 46
Other Consulting/Contract Negotiation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 48
Equipment – Wired Broadband. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 50
Equipment – Video Headend, Video Distribution and Related. . . . . . | 54
Equipment – Wireless Broadband. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 56
Back-Office Software and Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 58
Broadband Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 60
Companies to Watch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 61
by “green” solutions; still others want
specialized channel lineups or the option of health-monitoring solutions.
Of the companies on this list, some
offer services targeted to a specific
niche, and others offer flexible solu-
tions that can be tailored to the needs
of a particular community.
• A history of innovation and success
ful deployments.
Companies on the list may have
been recommended by advisory
panel members based on firsthand
knowledge or may have been subjects of case studies in this magazine
or elsewhere.
• Identification of MDUs as a target
market.
Many technology solutions are
frequently used in MDUs but are
not specifically marketed to or for
them. For example, cable set-top
boxes are found throughout MDUs
everywhere, but they cannot be specifically classified as MDU products.
Though only a minority of the companies on this list focus entirely on
the MDU market, for the most part
they have sales divisions or specialized offerings that address this market and understand its needs.
To nominate your company or a technology partner for next year’s list,
write to masha@bbcmag.com.
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Top 100 MDU Technology
Providers for 2012
3M Company/Communication Markets Division
Access Media 3
ADTRAN
Advanced Media Technologies
Advanced Multimedia
AFL
Airwave Networks
Alcatel-Lucent
Allied Telesis
Arris
AT&T, AT&T Connected Communities
ATX Networks
Aurora Networks
Axell Wireless
Bandwidth Consulting
Blonder Tongue Laboratories
Blue Top Communications
Bright House Networks
Broadband Planning
Cablevision Systems Corporation
Calix
Campus Technologies
Campus Televideo
Carl Kandutsch Law Office
Cautela Solutions
CenturyLink, CenturyLink MDU Solutions
Charles Industries
Charter Communications
Cielo Systems
Clearfield
Comcast Corporation
CommScope
Control4
Corning, Corning Cable Systems
Cox Communications
Davis, Craig & Taylor
DirecPath
DIRECTV
DISH Network
Display Systems International
EnGenius Technologies
eVgo
Foxcom
Gray Robinson
Graybar
Great Lakes Data Systems
Healthsense
Hotwire Communications
Hubacher & Ames
IBBS
InfiniSys Electronic Architects
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Ingersoll-Rand
Inspire WiFi
KABA
Korcett Holdings
Legrand
Leviton Manufacturing
Mac-Gray
Mesh Networks
Mobilitie
Momentum Telecom
Multiband
Multicom
Multilink
National Wi-Fi
North American Cable Equipment
NorthStar Telesolutions
OFS
Pace International
Pavlov Media
PDI-SAT
Pico Digital
Power & Tel
Quanta Services
RCN Corp
RealPage
RealtyCom Partners
Ruckus Wireless
SeniorTV
SpeedCast Connect
Spot On Networks
Suddenlink Communications
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave
Suttle
TDS Telecommunications
TE Connectivity
The Broadband Group
Time Warner Cable/TWC Community Solutions
Toner Cable
Ubiquiti
Verizon Communications,
Verizon Enhanced Communities
ViewTEQ
Walker and Associates
Wi-Ex
Wilson Electronics
Windstream Communications
WOW!
ZCorum
ZeeVee
Zhone Technologies
3M Company/Communication Markets Division
www.3M.com/telecom
Alcatel-Lucent
www.alcatel-lucent.com
3M specializes in fast and easy connectivity for in-building
fiber, copper and coax networks – everything from building
entrance terminals to frames to pathways and connectors.
Alcatel-Lucent is a worldwide leader in wired and wireless
broadband access equipment, IPTV and IP video solutions,
connectivity hardware and other categories of communications
equipment.
Access Media 3
www.am3inc.com
This private cable operator offers bulk DIRECTV programming, wired and wireless Internet and voice services in the
Midwest and Southeast. The company has grown rapidly
through acquisitions and organic growth based on a strategy
of combining economies of scale with customization flexibility.
ADTRAN
www.adtran.com
Allied Telesis
www.alliedtelesis.com
Allied Telesis offers solutions for service provider and enterprise networks that include IP/Ethernet-based core, access and
customer-premises products as well as technology to support
IPTV and over-the-top video applications.
Arris
www.arrisi.com
ADTRAN is a supplier of IP/Ethernet-based products that are
used throughout the global communications infrastructure,
both wireline and wireless.
Advanced Media Technologies
www.amt.com
AMT is a value-added reseller with a complete line of FTTH,
IPTV and CATV products. It specializes in prebuilt headends that range from small DSS systems to fully digital, highdefinition headends.
Advanced Multimedia
garyream@advancedmultimediacom.com
Advanced Multimedia provides consulting services to MDU
developers, owners and managers. Services include negotiating
agreements with service providers to improve video, data and
telephone revenue.
AFL
www.AFLglobal.com
AFL manufactures and distributes a wide range of network
equipment; plans, designs, implements and maintains communications networks for MDU and master-planned communities and a variety of service providers; and serves as a master
system operator for DIRECTV.
Airwave Networks
www.airwave-networks.com
Airwave is a private cable operator that specializes in student
housing. It serves more than 45,000 student housing beds in
29 states with video, wired and wireless Internet, phone and
surveillance.
Arris supplies broadband tools and platforms to deliver reliable
telephony, demand-driven video, next-generation advertising
and high-speed data services.
AT&T, AT&T Connected Communities
www.att.com/communities
AT&T Connected Communities is the division of AT&T that
works with builders, developers, real estate investment trusts,
multifamily owners and managers and homeowner associations to provide high-speed Internet, voice, video and home
automation services.
ATX Networks
www.atxnetworks.com
ATX Networks is a supplier of products that enable cable TV
operators to support digital TV transition, video on demand,
digital voice, high-speed data and digital video solutions.
Aurora Networks
www.aurora.com
Aurora is an access equipment supplier that specializes in helping operators evolve to support next-generation services. Traditionally focused on cable operators, Aurora broadened its
portfolio with the recent acquisition of the Trident7 FTTH
line from Enablence.
Axell Wireless
www.axellwireless.com
Axell supplies distributed antenna systems (DAS) and wireless
coverage products for cellular and public-safety applications.
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Service Providers
Service providers sell voice, video and Internet services (or some combination of these) to residents of MDU properties, either
individually or as bulk services. Service delivery may be based on cable, satellite, telephone, fiber optic or wireless networks or
some combination. Featured products and services listed in this category are above and beyond basic residential voice, video and
Internet offerings.
Company
Featured Products/Services
Recent News
Access Media 3
Dedicated customer relationship manager as a
single point of contact for property managers
and building owners; centralized call center for
residents.
Access Media 3 executes an asset purchase
agreement with MDU Communications Inc.,
expanding its market share in Florida, Illinois
and Georgia. It is gaining more than 3,100
subscribers with an anticipated transfer of an
additional 4,800 subscribers by the end of 2012.
AFL
As a DIRECTV system operator, AFL helps
property owners offer triple-play services as a
showcase amenity.
Airwave Networks
Customizable video services, camera
surveillance and access control systems, on-site
technicians.
AT&T Connected
Communities
Multiroom DVR; TV Everywhere services;
Wi-Fi in common areas; home technology
installation and remote support for resident
devices.
AT&T will offer U-verse services over an
FTTP network to the residents of Sudberry
Properties’ Civita, a large master-planned,
mixed-use community in San Diego.
Custom entertainment and communications
packages; construction project manager
and account manager; common-area Wi-Fi;
community and gate access channels.
Cablevision Systems
Corporation
TV Everywhere services; Quick View
customized channel guide.
Campus Technologies
100 Mbps to the bed Internet access with
no limits, device registration or bandwidth
throttling (available only in some student
housing communities).
Campus Televideo
Customized and flexible channel lineups; bulk
billing based on occupied units rather than
total units.
CenturyLink, CenturyLink
MDU Solutions
Fiber Lit technology, tailored solutions,
managed security services, Wi-Fi in units and
common areas.
Cloud Drive automatic backup and storage; TV
Everywhere services.
Comcast Corporation
TV Everywhere services; DVR manager; TV apps;
whole-home DVR and whole-home video on
demand; HD video calling on TV via Skype; total
home security and home control solution.
In the northeastern region, Comcast launches
Extreme 305 service and the new Xfinity
Wireless Gateway to deliver 305 Mbps/65 Mbps
Internet speeds and 155 Mbps Wi-Fi.
Cox Communications
Customized solutions tailored to specific
communities and their budgets; fast decision
making because each local market operates as
a separate business unit.
Cox Communications offers home security
services that feature intrusion monitoring,
remote access via a secure online site or
smartphone app, email and text alerts, safety
sensors, video monitoring and control of home
functions such as lighting and temperature.
DirecPath
Dedicated account managers and technicians;
dish removal campaigns; common-area
wireless; whole-property audiovisual
amenities; security and access control systems.
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Cablevision subsidiary OMGFAST launches
wireless Internet and phone services in South
Florida using MVDDS technology.
CenturyLink launches TV Everywhere with HBO
GO and MAX GO; introduces Internet apps on
TV that include weather, sports and Facebook.
Company
Featured Products/Services
Recent News
DIRECTV
Whole-home DVR; TV Everywhere services;
media share from PC to TV; bulk service
options.
DIRECTV offers live programming through its
own iPad App, live streamed inside or outside
customers’ homes. Smartphone apps will
follow this fall.
DISH Network
Blockbuster @Home library; bulk service
options.
DISH Launches dishNET Broadband, bringing
next-generation satellite-based Internet to
rural areas.
Data speeds to 100 Mbps over fiber optic
networks; IP security and surveillance systems;
TV solutions tailored for the community.
Hotwire wins bids to become the provider for
a large number of communities left without
service providers after Connexion and its
affiliated companies filed for bankruptcy.
Multiband
TV Everywhere services; common-area wireless
solutions; bulk service offerings.
Multiband enters into an agreement to acquire
private cable operator MDU Communications.
Pavlov Media
Pavlov’s Tesseractiv solution hosts the Web’s
most popular content and delivers it to end
users at transport speeds up to 1 Gbps.
Pavlov Media announces that its new Pavlov
Connect 3.0 integrated provisioning and billing
platform has cut support inquiries by more
than 45 percent on upgraded sites.
RCN Corp
Internet speeds up to 75 Mbps; whole-home
DVR; TV Everywhere services.
Customers subscribing to RCN’s Internet
service in the Philadelphia area are upgraded
to 40 Mbps as a standard minimum.
SeniorTV
Community channel for resident messaging;
accessibility hardware such as hospital-grade
TVs, remotes and iPad mounts; customized
therapy programming for memory loss.
SpeedCast Connect
Bulk service options; common-area wireless;
services tailored to individual communities.
Spot On Networks
UserSafe technology ensures that no user can
view or access another user’s Wi-Fi–enabled
device; Smart Building technology enables
energy management and building automation
and control.
Spot On Networks launches WiFiPlus+, which
combines managed, monitored Wi-Fi networks
with wireless energy management, building
automation and security monitoring, allowing
multifamily, hospitality and commercial
building owners to implement energy
management and controls without the
expense of wiring.
Suddenlink
Communications
Wireless home networking; whole-home DVR;
home security services; TV Everywhere services.
Suddenlink offers TV Everywhere as part of
bulk services in student housing communities.
TV Everywhere services.
Time Warner Cable/TWC
Community Solutions
SignatureHome premium services.
Time Warner Cable and Viacom partner to
provide TV Everywhere, bringing live TV
to computers, iOS and Android devices in
customers’ homes and on-demand content
available via the Web from anywhere.
Verizon Enhanced
Communities
Fiber optic services that include Internet access
at speeds up to 300 Mbps/65 Mbps; wholehome DVR; Verizon Concierge, a community
management platform; and home monitoring
and control.
Verizon announces FiOS Quantum Internet
tiers with download/upload speeds of 50/25,
75/35, 150/65 and 300/65 Mbps and increased
flexibility for consumers to order personalized
bundles.
Windstream
Communications
Online backup service; over-the-top, Rokubased video service.
Windstream announces Merge, a high-speed
Internet and streaming entertainment service
that allows high-speed access to Internet
programming directly to a TV.
WOW!
Whole-home DVR; wireless access to PC-based
content on the TV.
WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone introduces
Ultra TV, a next-generation multiservices
platform that includes a whole-home HD DVR
and Emmy award–winning Smart Menu.
National Wi-Fi
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Design, Engineering, Installation and Service Management
These companies perform many of the same functions in MDUs that service providers perform (some of them are service providers in other MDUs), but they contract with MDU property owners or with service providers rather than dealing directly with
customers.
Company
Featured Products or Services
Advanced Media
Technologies
Assistance with standardizing and refreshing
technologies, upgrading service offerings,
re-engineering facilities, and designing and
launching new systems for CATV, IPTV, SMATV
or hybrid video systems.
AFL
Design and installation of structured cabling;
design, installation and maintenance of inbuilding distributed antenna systems; FTTH
cost modeling and bill-of-materials creation;
integration of FTTH electronics, video solutions
and passive infrastructure.
Broadband Planning
Construction management; design
specifications for outlet placement, distribution
systems routing, equipment room location and
conduit placement. Campus Technologies
Low-voltage specification and design; network
design and implementation; technology due
diligence and site survey; network operations,
monitoring, management and troubleshooting;
help desk; wireless overlay; rescue and rehab of
problem Internet infrastructure and services at
student housing properties.
Cautela Solutions
Fiber splicing; design and implementation of
wired and wireless networks and structured
cabling systems; network installation, testing,
and maintenance.
Cielo Systems
Needs evaluation; site surveys; path analysis;
financial analysis; RF interference; network
design and management.
InfiniSys Electronic
Architects
Plans for building communications rooms; scope
of work for installation of cabling infrastructure;
layout of design for equipment, cabling and
connection panels; technology designs for
common areas, integrated access control
systems, Wi-Fi hotspots, propertywide wireless
networks, cellular network boosters and
distributed antenna systems.
InfiniSys Electronic Architects introduces the
NetworkedCottage system, featuring a fiberbased system for each cottage along with
in-home networks, Wi-Fi access, access control,
security systems and more.
Inspire WiFi
Installation of wireless networks throughout
public spaces and common areas of multifamily
communities; assistance in marketing to and
connecting residents; technical support;
monitoring and maintenance.
Reside Living expands its WiFi Program,
powered by Inspire WiFi, with the addition of
Wi-Fi to two new Chicago properties, Reside on
Irving Park and Reside on Irving Courts.
Korcett Holdings
Network design, engineering and operation;
bandwidth management; technical support.
Mobilitie
Financing, design, building, operation and
Mobilitie provides 4G wireless coverage to
management of in-building distributed antenna both the Republican and Democratic National
systems, including provision of state-of-the-art
Conventions.
technology and vendor-agnostic solutions.
Pace International
Design of video delivery systems for satellite
master antenna TV, L-Band multiswitch
systems, QAM, QAM/SMATV hybrid and fiber to
the premises, curb or home.
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Recent News
Company
PDI-SAT
Implemention of DIRECTV satellite service,
including design and construction of the
headend and distribution system, installation
of unit wiring, assistance in developing the
channel lineup, and technical support.
Recent News
Quanta Services
Design of FTTH networks in MDUs;
construction; evaluation and selection of
components; engineering, furnish and install
services; riser installation and pathway
construction; wiring; customer-premises
installation.
RealPage
Evaluation of existing residential technologies;
planning, design and project management of
new MDU technology builds.
The Broadband Group
Operational and financial strategies for
network design; development of low-voltage
structured wiring guidelines; content access
agreements; community intranet planning.
ZCorum
Engineering; hardware selection; network
monitoring, broadband diagnostics.
TBG will lead technology planning for
MeadWestvaco’s 72,000-acre new communities
in Charleston, S.C. At the Brambleton masterplanned community in northern Virginia,
TBG is advancing the broadband agenda by
introducing home control, security, distance
learning and telemedicine services.
www.bandwidthconsultingllc.com
million customers in Alabama, California, Florida, Indiana
and Michigan with video, high-speed data and voice services.
Founded by a former private cable operator, this consulting
firm offers strategic marketing and operational advice to both
multifamily owners and technology providers in the multifamily broadband space.
Broadband Consulting (dba Broadband Planning)
www.broadbandplanning.com
Blonder Tongue Laboratories
www.blondertongue.com
Serving the cable, broadcast, satellite, IPTV, institutional and
professional video markets with solutions for content contribution, distribution and video delivery, this company supplies
digital video solutions, core analog video and high-speed data
solutions for distribution over coax, fiber and IP networks.
www.bluetopsolutions.com
Blue Top provides video, Internet access and structured wiring solutions in the multifamily, hospitality and professional
office space markets. It specializes in serving property owners
that want a high degree of ownership and control over their
networks and services.
www.brighthouse.com
The sixth-largest owner and operator of cable systems in the
United States, Bright House Networks serves more than 2.4
Broadband Planning is a consulting firm that helps multifamily owners and service providers deploy the right broadband
services for each community.
Cablevision Systems Corporation
www.cablevision.com
Cablevision offers advanced digital television, voice and highspeed Internet services to millions of households and businesses in the New York metropolitan area and, through a recent
acquisition, in four western states.
Calix
www.calix.com
Calix supplies fiber and copper access solutions to 18 of the
top 20 U.S. ILECs, many top MSOs and about 1,000 smaller
providers. Its software solutions help providers analyze, manage and plan network usage and capacity.
Campus Technologies
www.campustechnologies.net
With more than 10 years of dedicated student housing technol-
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Other Consulting AND Contract Negotiation SERVICES
These companies, which overlap with those in the design and engineering category, offer consultation to property owners or
service providers on the legal, financial and marketing aspects of offering technology services in MDUs.
Company
Advanced Multimedia
Assistance to new market entrants in planning strategy and delivery; assistance in negotiating
right-of-entry agreements; selection of advanced broadband products and services for specific
demographics.
Broadband Planning
Negotiation of right-of-entry agreements and service agreements; assistance in designing
competitive service packages; assistance in launching marketing campaigns.
Campus Technologies
Technology due diligence; supplier management and contract negotiation and consultancy.
Assistance to property owners in soliciting and evaluating service provider bids, negotiating
agreements and auditing revenue-share payments; advice and counsel to service providers with
a focus on bringing competition to MDU markets for video programming providers.
Negotiation of service agreements with major service providers; representation of owners in a
wide variety of technology transactions.
Gray Robinson
Negotiating contracts for video, broadband, and communications services and infrastructure
with developers, homeowner/condominium associations, and owners of MDU and commercial
properties; analyzing issues of compliance and termination for these contracts; applying state
and federal law to such contracts.
Hubacher & Ames
Drafting and negotiating service contracts, marketing agreements, rooftop leases, site license
agreements, easements and other access agreements; negotiating access fees and other
compensation; analyzing portfolios of telecom contracts; providing advice about broadband
laws and regulations; resolving disputes.
InfiniSys Electronic
Architects
Service provider contract negotiations.
Quanta Services
FTTP marketing and sales, including making contact with property owners on behalf of service
providers and helping negotiate contracts to deliver triple-play services in their properties.
RealPage
Acquisition due diligence; negotiation of service agreements on behalf of property owners
to maximize the value of residential technology assets and services for owners and residents;
ongoing monitoring of service levels and appropriateness of services.
RealtyCom Partners
Portfolio asset and contract analysis; proposal development and review; negotiation for property
rights compensation; contract execution and consolidation; database management of portfolio
contracts; oversight and verification of revenue collection.
ogy experience, Campus Technologies works with diverse student housing owners and operators to implement and operate
technology amenities for their residents.
vides comprehensive legal services to owners and managers of
apartment, condominium, and other common interest communities nationwide, as well as to broadband service providers.
Campus Televideo
www.campustelevideo.com
Cautela Solutions
www.cautela-solutions.com
Campus Televideo works with colleges and universities to provide turnkey solutions for design, installation, programming
and maintenance of video and data networks, allowing these
institutions to control and customize telecommunications.
Cautela Solutions works with developers, owners, providers and
general contractors to evaluate, design and install low-voltage
structured wiring and wireless solutions. The firm has experience
in both new construction and retrofitting existing buildings.
www.kandutsch.com
CenturyLink, CenturyLink MDU Solutions
www.centurylink.com, www.centurylink.com/mdu
This small law firm, headed by a former FCC attorney, pro-
With the acquisition of Embarq and Qwest, CenturyTel be-
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came CenturyLink, a Tier-1 telecommunications provider.
CenturyLink MDU Solutions offers advanced voice, video, Internet and security solutions to multifamily owners in 22 states.
music, video, security and energy. The company was a leader
in making home automation affordable and convenient, and its
solutions are widely used in MDU units and common areas.
Charles Industries
www.charlesindustries.com
Corning, Corning Cable Systems
www.corning.com, www.corningcablesystems.com
Charles Industries supplies a comprehensive line of active and
passive, metallic and nonmetallic environmental enclosure solutions for communications and power distribution applications.
Corning Cable Systems’ fiber optic and copper product solutions include cables, connectors and related hardware; network
design; and project management, installation and maintenance. It also offers a portfolio of in-building wireless infrastructure solutions.
www.charter.com
The fourth-largest U.S. cable operator, Charter provides advanced video, high-speed Internet and telephone services to 5.2
million residential and business customers in 25 states.
Cielo Systems
www.cielosystems.net
Cox Communications
www.cox.com
The third-largest cable provider in the United States, Cox
Communications pioneered the triple-play bundle of television, Internet and telephone. More than 1.9 million multifamily community residents live in Cox Digital Communities.
Cielo Systems International is a systems integrator for wireless
network infrastructure. Its services include installations, sales
of network equipment, engineering and project management.
www.mdulaw.com
Clearfield
www.clearfieldconnection.com
The attorneys at this law firm have national reputations as experts on telephone, video, Internet, rooftop antenna and wireless services transactions. They advise owners and managers of
multifamily projects, mixed-use and master planned communities, and commercial properties.
Clearfield’s craft-friendly line of fiber management products
uses the same basic building blocks from the central office to
the home. This modular approach makes it easy to configure
fiber distribution systems for buildings of any size and shape.
Comcast Corporation
www.comcast.com, xfinity.com/multifamily
Comcast is the largest U.S. cable provider. XFINITY services,
delivered over Comcast’s digital network, include TV, Internet,
phone and home management, providing residents with entertainment and connection – anywhere, anytime, on any screen.
CommScope
www.commscope.com
CommScope supplies a wide variety of network equipment,
connectivity equipment and cabling for fiber, copper, cable and
wireless networks.
Control4
www.control4.com
Control4 personalized automation and control solutions can
control virtually any device in a home or business – lighting,
DirecPath
www.direcpath.com
DirecPath, a partnership between DIRECTV Group and
Hicks Holdings, provides DIRECTV programming, along
with Internet and voice services, to residents of gated communities, apartment complexes, condominiums and town homes.
DIRECTV
www.directv.com
DIRECTV delivers satellite TV service to residential and business customers with an increasing focus on multifamily solutions. The D2 Advantage solution for the MDU market uses
single-wire, multiswitch technology.
DISH Network
commercial.dishnetwork.com
DISH Network offers triple-play services to multifamily and
multitenant buildings, single-family neighborhoods, hospitals,
assisted-living properties, hotels and universities, using distribution technology based on fiber optics, L-band and QAM.
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Equipment – Wired Broadband
These companies offer electronics, cabling and connectivity equipment used to deliver wired broadband services in MDUs over
fiber optic, cable and telephone networks.
Company
Recent News
3M Company/
3M One Pass Fiber Pathway, One Pass Mini Fiber
Communication Markets Pathway and No Polish Connector – a total
Division
package for installing fiber in brownfield MDUs
quickly and efficiently.
One Pass Fiber Pathway adds option of MPO
connector – new multifiber preterminated
option allows six or 12 fibers to be connected in
one step and eliminates the need for large FDTs
on every floor.
ADTRAN
Total Access 300 Series Multi-Dwelling-Unit
ONTs designed to house from one to four ONT
modules; Ultra Broadband Ethernet architecture
for distributing FTTH services to individual units
over existing wiring.
ADTRAN announces ActivReach, a new Ethernet
technology that supports all wiring grades,
triples service reach, and delivers voice, data
and Power over Ethernet from a single device,
enabling building owners to provide Ethernet
services over Cat 3 in-building wiring.
Advanced Media
Technologies
Motorola passive optical LAN (POL) fiber-to-thedesk solution.
In conjunction with Healthsense and AMT’s
partner QYPSYS, Williamsburg Landing, a
continuing care retirement community in
Williamsburg, Va., installs the Motorola Passive
Optical LAN (POL) to improve quality of life for
residents.
AFL
Panels, connectors, assemblies, enclosures, test
and inspection equipment and fusion splicers
to support active and passive fiber-to-the-unit
networks in MDUs.
AFL launches the LightLink 320 optical splicing
and distribution enclosure. With routing
rings for fiber management, the enclosure
is designed for broadband, distribution and
building entrance applications.
Alcatel-Lucent
7342 ISAM I-24xW-S compact indoor ONTs
for fiber-to-the-unit deployments; 7352 ISAM
FTTB ONT family for fiber-to-the-building
deployments; 7353 ISAM FTTB compact,
modular remote unit capable of operating as an
ONT or a stand-alone device.
Allied Telesis
iMAP 9000: integrated multiservice access
platform that supports IP triple-play services
simultaneously over copper and fiber
infrastructure.
Arris
FTTMax RFoG ONU and related equipment,
including MDU enclosures.
Aurora Networks
MDU ONTs that support up to 24 POTS and
1000BASE-T ports from a single device; six
models of RFoG ONUs whose compact size
and powering options facilitate placement in
existing apartment enclosures.
Aurora equipment is used in the DISH Network
deployment of fiber to the home in the
Coronado Shores high-rise condominium
towers in San Diego.
Calix
MDU ONTs that terminate FTTH networks
at MDU buildings of various sizes and with
different types of inside wiring; desktop and
wall-mounted indoor ONTs; compact Ethernet
service access nodes that deliver ADSL2/VDSL2
services to MDUs.
Case Western Reserve University uses Calix
equipment to deploy FTTH in and around
the university and test advanced broadband
services, beginning with the retirement
community of Judson at University Circle.
Charles Industries
Fiber building terminals that are compact
indoor enclosures for fiber aggregation or
demarcation of up to 96 fiber connectors or
432 fiber splices; FBT hubs that provide fiber
distribution to as many as 96 subscribers from a
compact indoor terminal.
Charles Industries acquires the molded, highdensity polyethylene, below-grade enclosure
product line from NewBasis. The line features six
rectangular, below-grade, vault-style enclosures
and two round, handhole-style enclosures.
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Company
Recent News
Clearfield
Microduct solution with pushable fiber; rackmounted patch panels with the flexibility to
support any type of termination; preterminated
fiber drops that can be pushed or pulled
through microduct.
Clearfield improves density and ease of fiber
access with two new fiber management
products: the Clearview Blue cassette and
the FieldSmart FxHD, its high-density fiber
distribution system.
CommScope
Uniprise Mixed-Use Network Solutions that
include enclosures, switches and multiple types
of cabling; the Brightpath Optical Solution,
which can be configured to deliver RFoG or
PON services to MDUs.
CommScope announces a new passive optical
network solution that supports both EPON and
GPON technologies.
Corning Cable Systems
ClearCurve bend-insensitive fiber cable; 12port fiber distribution terminal; FlexNAP MDU
terminal distribution system; OptiSheath MDU
terminal; RPDpass Preconnectorized Indoor
MDU Solution; FlexNAP Façade MDU Solution.
Corning Cable Systems introduces the RPDpass
Indoor MDU Solution, designed for quick
connection of riser segments and drop cables
in medium and large MDUs. The solution
allows maximum configurability and increases
deployment velocity.
Graybar
Graybar’s 164-page MDU Solutions catalog
includes a vast array of products for voice, data
and video delivery and administration; cabling;
security and notification systems; and pathway
components.
Legrand
FTTH enclosures for MDUs designed to support
multiple conduits and shared cable runs;
preconfigured wall plates and connectors.
Structured media center enclosures; structured
cabling panels; MDU broadband switches and
routers.
Multicom
Structured wiring enclosures; high-power CATV
mininode for CATV/MDU applications; open
GPON solution.
Multilink
MDU enclosures with various accessories and
locking options; wide variety of interior and
exterior raceway molding options; demarcation
enclosures; fiber distribution panels.
OFS
EZ-Bend InvisiLight solution for adhesive
application of fiber optic cable in hallways and
apartments; V-Linx spool-and-play solution to
minimize multiple long-run riser installations
and eliminate splice time; SlimBox indoor fiber
distribution points.
Power & Tel
Cable and wiring of all kinds; enclosures for fiber
distribution and structured wiring; switches for
delivering fiber bandwidth onto in-building
coaxial wiring.
Sumitomo Electric
Lightwave
PureAccess-R5 bend-insensitive single-mode
optical fiber; PureFit 36-fiber drop cable;
FutureFLEX Air-Blown Fiber; Lynx2 CustomFit
splice-on connectors.
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave unveils the
industry’s first MPO connector for fusion
splice-on.
Suttle
Access enclosures, modules, panels, faceplates
and connectors for structured wiring; HomePNA
Coax Ethernet managed bridge master and
endpoints that support triple-play services in
an MDU over existing coax infrastructure; fiber
distribution terminal; VDSL filters.
Suttle joins the HomeGrid Forum, lending its
support to the development of G.hn technology
for next-generation home networking.
One of North America’s largest upscale luxury
hospitality brands signs a major agreement to
purchase Multicom’s GPON solution. The hotel
chain will install fiber to each guest room to
deliver video, voice and data services.
OFS announces the HomeRun Indoor MDU
Cabling Solution designed to reduce installation
steps and connections, enabling faster, easier,
lower-loss and less expensive fiber deployment
in MDU buildings.
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Company
Recent News
TE Connectivity
Rapid fiber plug-and-play solution with
RapidReel fiber spooling system for vertical
fiber distribution; Mini Rapid Fiber Distribution
Terminal for horizontal distribution; RealFlex
universal service drop cable for garden-style or
horizontal MDU applications that eliminates the
need to connect or splice outside-plant cable to
MDU cable; multifunctional enclosures designed
for MDUs; Mini-Breakout fiber cables with PICOBreakout fibers and YPSO enclosure for easy
connection of vertical to horizontal fibers.
TE Connectivity wins a four-year contract
to supply connectivity products to Chorus
New Zealand for Chorus’ existing network
infrastructure and for its part in delivering
the New Zealand government’s Ultra-Fast
Broadband initiative.
Distribution of MDU solutions from ADTRAN, TE
Connectivity, 3M, AFL and other manufacturers;
warehousing, logistics, asset management,
custom cabling and creation of custom network
deployment kits.
Zhone Technologies
GPON and active Ethernet desktop ONTs; 24port ONTs for fiber-to-the-building applications;
compact DSLAMs and multiservice access
nodes for MDUs; optical LAN solutions.
MDU service provider Access Media 3 selects
the Zhone MXK platform to provide VDSL
services in multifamily buildings in the Midwest
and Southeast.
Display Systems International
www.displaysystemsintl.com
solutions include equipment for distribution of satellite TV
and data and for in-building wireless coverage.
North America’s third-largest provider of scrolling TV listings,
DSI provides video messaging systems and TV listings to companies in the cable, private cable, education, health care and
hospitality industries.
Gray Robinson
www.gray-robinson.com
EnGenius Technologies
www.engeniustech.com
EnGenius is a supplier of enhanced-sensitivity wireless communications technology for voice and data. Its products are
widely used in multifamily and hospitality applications because of their high transmission power and flexible point-topoint and point-to-multipoint capabilities.
eVgo
www.evgonetwork.com
A subsidiary of NRG Energy, eVgo has made a $150 million commitment to build hundreds of public electric vehicle
charging sites and thousands of individual charging stations
at homes, offices and multifamily communities in California,
Texas and the Washington, D.C., metro area.
Foxcom
www.foxcom.com
Foxcom provides RF over fiber solutions to the multifamily,
commercial, government and military markets. Multifamily
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The communications practice of this Florida law firm represents private cable and communications providers and property
owners in contract drafting and negotiation, transactions, land
use and permitting, state and federal regulatory issues, competitive issues, and state and federal litigation.
Graybar
www.graybar.com
A specialist in supply-chain management, Graybar is a leading
North American distributor of components, equipment and materials for telecommunications and other industries. It stocks and
sells nearly 1 million items from thousands of manufacturers.
Value-added services include kitting and integrated solutions.
Great Lakes Data Systems
www.glds.com
GLDS provides small to medium-sized broadband providers
with in-house and cloud-based solutions for billing, subscriber
management and provisioning. The company specializes in
making small operators look big with tools such as automated
outage detection and Web-based customer self-care.
Healthsense
www.Healthsense.com
IBBS
www.ibbs.com
Healthsense provides technology-enabled care solutions for the
senior care continuum, including remote monitoring, emergency response and wellness management solutions, all built
on a Wi-Fi platform. The company’s flexible technology helps
communities deliver the best possible quality of care.
IBBS supports voice and data services for more than 250 cable
and broadband providers with its DOCSIS-based cable provisioning and diagnostics technology, wholesale voice services,
service assurance tools, technical support and other applications.
InfiniSys Electronic Architects
www.electronicarchitect.com
www.gethotwired.com
Hotwire provides advanced fiber optic services to communities in Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. It focuses on multifamily housing,
including gated and active adult communities, single-family
home developments, condominiums and student dormitories.
Hubacher & Ames
www.hubacherames.com
The law firm of Hubacher & Ames concentrates on telecommunications and technology issues. It works with some of the
largest multifamily real estate owners and developers in the
nation on transactions, contract negotiations, regulatory proceedings and dispute resolutions.
As an independent technology advisor, InfiniSys creates amenity solutions for new and existing apartments, condominiums,
student housing, hotels, mixed-use developments, and masterplanned communities and represents developers and property
owners in negotiations with service providers and contractors.
Ingersoll-Rand
www.ingersollrand.com,
www.multifamily.ingersollrand.com
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies manufactures security
and safety products and provides security consulting and systems integration to create more secure and safe environments
for residents and building staff.
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Equipment – Video Headend, Video Distribution and Related
These companies offer equipment specifically related to distributing video services within MDUs.
Company
Advanced Media
Technologies
Racked, wired, balanced and tested headends
built with Blonder Tongue products using a
space-saving design.
Arris
HEMi Head End Micro solution – digital-video
solution for local and edge channel insertion
in MDUs and closed-community markets;
ConvergeMedia XMS Mini – VOD and standalone linear ad insertion for MDUs.
ATX Networks
HD encoding card that enables the existing line
of products to perform HD encoding in MPEG-2
and H.264 formats; Mini Digital Video Insertion
System for MDUs that provides a means to insert
locally generated MDU content into an MDU
network.
ATX introduces Active Digital Access Control
products that deliver customized content to
hospitality or MDU customers. The units accept
a full content lineup from the headend and
allow operators to pass only selected content
from the lineup (no filters required). The units
also accommodate local content insertion
requirements.
Blonder Tongue
Laboratories
The new HDE-2H/2S-QAM, the company’s fourthgeneration MPEG-2 HD encoder, accepts up
to four high-definition programs and provides
simultaneous outputs in QAM, IP and ASI formats.
Blonder Tongue Laboratories acquires R.L. Drake,
another leader in the supply of CATV and satellite
signal processing and distribution equipment.
DIRECTV
The D2 Advantage video distribution system,
adaptable to any size property, delivers satellite
signals from one or two dishes over a single wire
to a compact lockbox housing the 32-channel
Single Wire Multi-Switch units that transmit
signals over existing coaxial cable to customers’
receivers.
DISH Network
DISH Optical Network: an antenna transmits
a signal to a centralized distribution system
that streams programming through fiber optic
cable. QAM Digital: signal is transmitted from
a centralized distribution system directly to
residents’ individual receivers. SMATV: a single
DISH antenna delivers a signal to a centralized
distribution system.
Display Systems
International
LineUp, a scrolling TV listings guide that can be
integrated with a video messaging system to
display advertisements or community information
and generate revenue; VIP, a remote media
player that powers local cable channels and
signage displays; data services for interactive
programming guides.
Foxcom
Foxcom Compact series, in a small-footprint,
wall-mountable housing, that distributes up to 5
L-band signals, along with SMATV/CATV signals,
on a single fiber; conventional chassis solutions
that offer design flexibility in point-to-multipoint
architectures.
Multicom
Wide range of digital headend products from
Blonder Tongue, Drake, Pico Digital, ZeeVee and
others; headend assembly, including racking,
balancing, custom crating and shipping.
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Recent News
Company
Recent News
North American Cable
Equipment
Prepack headend systems, including complete
design, assembly, racking, balancing and
testing; DIRECTV D2 Advantage system; satellite
amplifiers.
Pace International
SMATV and QAM headends built, balanced,
burned and shipped ready to install; L-band
distribution system for DISH Network in a box;
DISH Optical Network for MDUs with fiber to the
home.
PDI-SAT
DIRECTV D2 Advantage system; custom-built
headends burned, tested and custom crated.
Pico Digital
Equipment for headend accessories, video
processing (analog, digital and HD), video
distribution and connectivity.
Pico Digital announces the IPQ-DMS platform,
a GbE-to-QAM transcrypting modulator that
accepts previously encrypted HD content over IP,
removes the delivery encryption and replaces it
with DVB-compliant digital rights management.
Toner Cable
Custom-built headends burned, tested and
prewired; cabling and connectivity; storm-proof
apartment house cabinets.
Toner Cable presents the latest additions to
Blonder Tongue’s ever-growing and improving
QAM encoder product line.
ViewTEQ
Integrated headend systems; custom headends
racked, balanced and pretested.
ZeeVee
The HDbridge line of HD Clear-QAM encoder/
modulators, designed to help operators deploy
medium- to high-channel-count HD headends
at a cost that makes it affordable to upgrade
consumers of bulk programming.
Inspire WiFi
www.inspirewifi.com
Legrand
www.legrand.us
Inspire WiFi installs wireless solutions in public spaces and
common areas of multifamily communities, hotels and hospitals so owners can provide communitywide wireless Internet
service as a free amenity for basic Internet browsing.
Legrand is a world specialist in products and systems for electrical installations and information networks, offering solutions
for use in residential, commercial and industrial buildings.
www.leviton.com
KABA
www.kabamultihousing.com
KABA provides access control systems for multifamily, educational and military applications. Systems include electronic
locks, keycards, perimeter control and access management
software.
Korcett Holdings
www.korcett.com
Leviton provides copper, fiber and power network connectivity for enterprise, data center, service provider and residential
applications. Multifamily solutions include structured media
enclosures, panels, brackets, patch cords, routers, switches,
splitters and more.
Mac-Gray
www.macgray.com
Korcett Holdings works with property owners and ISPs to
design, monitor, manage and support broadband networks
in multifamily housing. Using standardized infrastructure, it
provides stable, reliable Internet service to technologically advanced residents.
Mac-Gray serves 88,000 multihousing laundry facilities in 43
states, delivering savings on water, sewer, gas and electricity costs.
Its Intelligent Laundry Systems make use of broadband connectivity to increase resident satisfaction with laundry facilities.
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Equipment – Wireless Broadband
These companies offer equipment that delivers in-building or communitywide coverage for cellular phone service, cellular data
service, Wi-Fi or other wireless service.
Company
Recent News
ADTRAN
ADTRAN Bluesocket vWLAN, a wireless LAN
solution that uses access points in common areas
and a cloud-based 802.11n controller running in a
secure data center location.
Transbeam uses ADTRAN’s Total Access 5000
platform for Ethernet over Copper service and
its Bluesocket virtual wireless LAN solution to
provide managed Wi-Fi at an iconic luxury hotel
in Manhattan.
Alcatel-Lucent
In-building distributed antenna systems and
femto/small cell solutions.
Telefónica enhances mobile voice and
broadband Internet services in homes and
workplaces in Europe and South America, using
Alcatel-Lucent’s femtocells.
Allied Telesis
Enterprise-class WLAN access points and switches.
Arris
Arris resells Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector
wireless LAN controllers and ZoneFlex access
points for an enterprise-class WLAN solution.
Axell Wireless
Cellular off-air repeaters; in-building DAS
systems that cover both public safety and
cellular frequencies; system racks and passive
components.
Axell Wireless launches next-generation, LTEready DAS system with very low noise figure, low
price point and low-power remote.
CommScope
Under the Andrew brand, CommScope offers
a comprehensive line of antennas, cables, and
peripherals: off-air repeaters, including the new
Node A universal, software-based repeater
platform and MRx18 miniRepeaters; ION optical
repeaters and antenna systems; and a family of
passive devices.
CommScope introduces an “all-in-one,”
intelligent point of interface to bridge the
connection between base transceiver stations
and the distributed antenna systems that enable
wireless connectivity in buildings.
Corning Cable
Systems
In-building distributed antenna systems;
MobileAccessVE (cellular signal distribution over
existing LAN cabling); consolidated wireless and
PON solution.
Corning acquires MobileAccess, and the new
Corning MobileAccess division is ranked the top
in-building distributed antenna systems vendor
by ABI Research.
EnGenius
Technologies
Long-range, indoor, Wireless N multifunctional
access point/repeater/WDS device whose smoke
detector appearance is designed to blend into
common areas delivers up to six times the
speed and seven times the coverage of 802.11g,
encrypts all wireless transmissions, and allows
users to set up, select or deny stations with
access to the network.
Foxcom
Wideband 4G/LTE-ready distributed antenna
system for in-building wireless coverage that
delivers services and frequencies required by
smartphone users and supports traditional cellular
technologies.
Graybar
Systems integration and financing of carrierneutral, in-building wireless solutions.
Graybar signs an agreement to distribute the full
line of Corning MobileAccess distributed antenna
system solutions.
Ruckus Wireless
ZoneFlex 7762 smart mesh outdoor access
point; MediaFlex 7211 indoor wireless gateway;
integration of Wi-Fi and small cells.
Ruckus Wireless enterprise access points are
used to support common-area wireless access in
the new Rio Vista apartment community in Los
Angeles.
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Company
Recent News
TE Connectivity
InterReach indoor distributed antenna system
that operates as a extension of the wireless
network, expanding the reach of signals
throughout facilities of any size.
TE Connectivity announces a family of higherpower remote antenna units for its InterReach
distributed antenna systems. The higher-power
units will reduce the cost of DAS deployments
by requiring less equipment per installation and
support higher-capacity needs for 4G services.
Ubiquiti
UniFi Wi-Fi system that includes a virtual
management controller and 802.11n access
points.
Ubiquiti introduces EdgeRouter Lite, a sub-$100,
1 million packet-per-second router.
Walker and Associates Enterprise-class wireless controllers, access
points and gateways.
Wi-Ex
Wi-Ex announces its zBoost SOHO DataBlast 4G
zBoost enterprise-level in-building coverage
line of cell phone signal boosters, which can
kits that include active amplifiers and antennas
configured to provide signal strength for multiple increase data speeds by up to 20 times.
cellular providers.
Wilson Electronics
iDEN 800 MHz In-Building wireless smart
technology II signal booster; dual-band
channelized 800/1900 MHz signal booster; 65dB
building 1900 MHz single-band wireless cell
phone booster.
Mesh Networks
www.themeshnetworks.com
The Mesh Networks offers broadband management solutions
that enable multifamily property owners, service providers, hotels and commercial properties to improve Internet quality of
service for end users.
Mobilitie
www.mobilitie.com
Mobilitie designs, builds and operates indoor and outdoor
distributed antenna systems that enhance wireless coverage in
difficult-to-reach areas. The company leases dark fiber and provides services required to get fiber networks up and running.
Momentum Telecom
www.momentumwholesale.com
Momentum offers cloud-based wholesale voice services for residences and businesses. Its private-label residential digital voice
products are used by independent cable operators and municipalities throughout the United States.
Wilson Electronics introduces a suite of tools
to support contractors, integrators and custom
installers, including signal boosters, auxiliary
boosters and signal detectors.
ed billing services to MDUs. Other lines of business include
renewable energy, wireless infrastructure, electrical power systems, digital signage, commercial audio/video solutions, hospitality IPTV and VoD.
Multicom
www.multicominc.com
Multicom is a manufacturer and full-line stocking distributor
for end-to-end integration of communications solutions over
fiber optic, copper and coax cable. It also designs headend and
distribution systems and provides a wholesale voice product for
residential and business use.
Multilink
www.gomultilink.com
Multilink manufactures telecommunications network components for traditional cable MSOs, telcos, regulated utilities,
and LAN providers and end users. It supplies products to the
50 largest MSOs.
National Wi-Fi
www.nationalwi-fi.com
Multiband
www.multibandusa.com
Multiband is the largest nationwide DIRECTV master system
operator in the MDU market, one of the largest full-service
home service providers and a provider of software and integrat-
National Wi-Fi is a provider of high-speed wireless Internet
access, primarily focused on high-rise residential buildings. Its
wireless networks allow residents to connect to the Internet
from anywhere in their community.
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Back-office Software and Services
These companies offer software and/or services that help service providers perform such back-office functions as provisioning,
customer care, technical support and bandwidth shaping.
Company
Recent News
AFL
Procera Network PacketLogic platform, which
performs network monitoring, management and
threat identification; SolutionInc provisioning,
billing and authentication platform.
Calix
Compass Software facilitates connectivity, service
activation and device management at customer
premises as well as analysis of broadband traffic,
usage patterns and applications.
Calix expands Compass Software Suite with
Consumer Connect; this new application extends
the access network into the home, enabling new
services and simplifying operations.
Great Lakes Data
Systems
WinCable is a PC-based billing and subscriber
management system that is now also available in
the cloud; WinForce tech and WinForce gateway
support technicians in the field; SuperController
automates service provisioning directly from the
billing system.
GLDS introduces WinCAP, a fully integrated,
real-time content authorization service for
TV Everywhere that is accessed through the
company’s centralized customer self-care portal.
IBBS
Service activation tools facilitate DOCSIS cable
provisioning of broadband and voice equipment;
cable diagnostics, bandwidth management and
other service assurance offerings enable delivery
of best-in-class broadband services.
Ramapo Cable transitions to IBBS for bandwidth
diagnostics and management, eliminating
subscriber complaints as well as truck rolls.
Mesh Networks
NetProfit enables bandwidth management and
customer-initiated upgrades to bandwidth and
quality of service; Quota Defender is a network
traffic monitor and shaping bridge.
Spot On Networks, the nation’s largest
provider of managed Wi-Fi to the multifamily
housing industry, standardized on installing
QuotaDefender to its entire student-housing
portfolio.
Multiband
As a DIRECTV master system operator, Multiband
assists system operators with sales, marketing,
billing, customer care and technical support.
NorthStar Telesolutions Insite business support system includes billing,
rating, customer care, workflow management,
equipment tracking and marketing functions;
services include customer support, tech
support, provisioning, statement and payment
processing, equipment tracking, and marketing.
ZCorum
Advanced provisioning, broadband policy
enforcement, customer care, marketing
assistance.
North American Cable Equipment
www.northamericancable.com
NACE manufactures and distributes products for the satellite
TV, security, networking, fiber optic and home theatre markets. It is a master system operator for DIRECTV lodging and
commercial property programming sales.
NorthStar Telesolutions
www.northstartele.com
NorthStar offers subscriber management, billing and customer
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ZCorum announces Broadband Policy Enforcer,
a tool to help service providers cope with the
ever-increasing thirst for bandwidth from their
subscribers.
care services and software to the cable television, broadband,
direct broadcast satellite, advanced IP services, wireline and
wireless markets.
OFS
www.ofsoptics.com
A fiber specialist, OFS designs, manufactures and supplies optical fiber, optical fiber cable, specialty photonics and optical
connectivity solutions. It also helps optimize network designs
with its OptiCost FTTx Modeling Services.
Pace International
www.paceintl.com
Pico Digital
www.standardcomm.com
Pace is an automation and procurement specialist with expertise in supporting communications systems. As the authorized
PCO hardware and content distributor for DISH Network, it
offers complete solutions for operators. It also carries communications hardware and installation equipment and tools.
Pico Digital supplies headend, infrastructure, distribution and
customer-premises equipment to the broadband, satellite, cable
and broadcast markets. The company was formed in 2010 from
the merger of Standard Communications, X-Digital Systems
and Pico Macom.
Pavlov Media
www.pavlovmedia.com
Power & Tel
www.ptsupply.com
Pavlov Media is one of the nation’s largest private broadband
providers to multifamily housing, operating in more than 140
markets throughout the United States. Its new Tesseractiv
solution hosts popular content and delivers it to end users at
transport speeds of up to 1 Gbps.
Power & Tel specializes in procurement, sales, materials management and distribution for the worldwide telecommunications marketplace, including cable, telephone, enterprise and
government markets.
Quanta Services
www.quantaservices.com
PDI-SAT
pdisat.com
A supplier of equipment and services to the satellite, cable television, private cable and MDU markets, PDI-SAT sells PDI
headend delivery systems and provides engineering and installation planning and assistance. It is a master system operator
for DIRECTV in MDUs.
ADSL2+ VDSL2 MTU / MDU
Broadband Solutions and Products
Quanta Services provides design, installation, maintenance and
repair services for virtually every type of infrastructure – electric power, natural gas and pipeline and telecommunications.
RCN Corp
www.rcn.com
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Broadband Applications
These companies provide wholesale services or solutions that enable property owners and service providers to add technology
amenities to their properties or MDU service bundles.
Company
Recent News
Control4
Controllers; touch-screen user interfaces; devices for
automating and controlling audiovisual equipment,
lighting, climate and security.
Control4 offers the platform for an MDU third-party
technology application called InteliPlex, now available
in high-tech home and building automation solutions
at The Ritz-Carlton Residences in Chicago. As well as
enhancing owners’ lifestyles, the solution improves
efficiencies for building management.
eVgo
The REV Certified program, which helps multifamily
building owners show their properties are ready to
serve electric vehicle drivers without investing in
infrastructure ahead of the first resident’s request for
service or having to turn away prospective residents.
eVgo plans a $102.5 million investment in California
that will include 200 charging stations and 10,000
parking spaces retrofitted with wiring to host future
charging at multifamily buildings, workplaces,
universities, hospitals and other sites.
Healthsense
The eNeighbor remote monitoring system, which
detects falls, manages risk behaviors and discovers
deteriorating health conditions before they worsen;
eNeighbor Vitals monitors for blood pressure, blood
glucose, pulse oximetry and weight.
Verizon is offering Healthsense wellness and health
monitoring services to senior and assisted-living
housing developments that use Verizon’s FiOS
network, as well as to prospective FiOS-served
communities.
IBBS
White-label versions of Google Apps; interactive
portals; wholesale VoIP services.
IBBS upgrades its voice service infrastructure to offer
residential and business services that meet stringent
availability and time-to-market demands.
Ingersoll-Rand
Planning for security, access control and crisis
management; door and access control hardware; key
control; security management software.
New motion sensor and door/window options bring
added value and convenience to Ingersoll-Rand
smart home automation system.
KABA
SAFLOK and ILCO electronic locking systems; InSync
line of locks that communicate by means of a
wireless RFID platform; Kaba Access Control solutions
for access control products.
KABA Multihousing installed its RezShield electronic
RFID locking system at Chapelview Apartments in
Brampton, Ontario, a 200-unit affordable housing
community for people with disabilities and lowincome seniors and singles.
Legrand
Access control systems; networked camera systems;
home automation systems; electric vehicle charging
stations.
Legrand announces new flexible routers, switches
and PoE injectors to support home networking
devices such as IP cameras and wireless access
points.
Leviton
Networked camera systems; electric vehicle charging Leviton acquires Home Automation Inc., a supplier
Manufacturing stations; video entry systems; connectivity for
of home automation controls for residential and
audiovisual systems.
light commercial applications. Its whole-home
solutions combine security, energy management
and entertainment controls.
Mac-Gray
LaundryView, which allows residents to check
washer and dryer availability online; LaundryLinx, a
Web-based system that provides a customized, easyto-use method of requesting service; Change Point
Internet-based laundry payment and monitoring
system.
Momentum
Telecom
Private-label residential digital voice products with
assistance for telephony administration, billing
services, regulatory and tax compliance, on-call tech
support and operator-branded Web portals.
Multicom
Wholesale VoIP services.
ZCorum
Wholesale VoIP services.
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Momentum Telecom acquires CommPartners,
expanding its business to more than 100,000 lines
and offering redundancy through added facilities.
Companies to Watch
In addition to the Top 100 MDU Technology Providers, the following companies were cited by the industry advisory panel or the
editors for their innovative offerings in the MDU space.
Company Name
Web Address
Summary
COS Systems
www.cossystems.com
COS software offers self-service provisioning, monitoring, support, and
management for network owners/operators. It is designed to work on
both single-provider and multiple-provider networks.
Elauwit Networks
http://elauwit.com
Elauwit’s network consulting, design, building and management
services have saved property owners an average of 20 percent on
services, construction and deployment. The company also provides
bulk triple-play services, and its Remote Management System allows
property managers to control residents’ access to the internet.
SilverIP
www.silverip.com
SilverIP delivers up to 100 Mbps of Internet bandwidth to customers
living in buildings equipped with Ethernet cable, in addition to phone
and satellite video. Its custom solutions for building managers help
make building management easier and more efficient.
SOLiD Technologies
www.solidtechusa.com
SOLiD Technologies is a provider of advanced distributed antenna
systems.
Wired Not
www.wired-not.com/
Wired Not is a multifamily wireless solutions provider that offers stable,
high-speed Internet connections, camera surveillance systems and
access control.
Wolfe Internet
www.wolfe.net/
Wolfe offers direct fiber-to-the-home Ethernet connections to
condominiums, apartment buildings and new home developments.
RCN is a competitive cable provider that delivers triple-play
services to homes in and around Boston, Chicago, New York
City, the Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.,
over a fiber-rich network.
RealPage
www.realpage.com
RealPage offers a wide variety of software solutions that help
property owners manage their properties and their businesses.
Its Residential Technology Services division provides technology expertise for multifamily development and rehab projects.
RealtyCom Partners
www.realtycompartners.com
RealtyCom Partners is a telecommunications consulting and
asset management firm specializing in the apartment industry.
It helps property owners maximize the value of a portfolio’s
exclusive Internet, voice and cable marketing rights.
Ruckus Wireless
www.ruckuswireless.com
A pure-play wireless company, Ruckus designs and manufactures smart Wi-Fi systems for service providers and enterprises
that extend signal range and automatically adapt to changes in
the wireless environment to provide reliable connectivity and
consistent performance at long ranges.
SeniorTV
www.seniortv.com
SeniorTV specializes in serving retirement and long-term care
communities with TV programming, installation, TV Guide
and messaging channels, as well as Internet, digital signage and
LED TVs.
SpeedCast Connect
www.speedcastconnect.com
SpeedCast Connect provides bulk cable, digital TV from
DISH Network, broadband Internet and digital phone services
to multiple-dwelling-unit properties throughout California. It
specializes in senior housing such as assisted living, retirement
homes and nursing home communities.
Spot On Networks
www.spotonnetworks.com
Spot On Networks provides managed Wi-Fi service in medium to large multifamily properties and commercial common
areas. Its specialty is cost-effective, secure, high-speed wireless
Internet access and managed telecommunications services for
residential and commercial properties.
Suddenlink Communications
www.suddenlink.com
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The seventh-largest cable operator in the United States, Suddenlink serves more than a million customers with high-speed
Internet, phone, advanced video, online video (Suddenlink2GO) and home security services.
vider in the United States. With more than a million access
lines, the company connects customers with high-speed Internet, phone and TV entertainment services in hundreds of rural, suburban and metropolitan communities across 31 states.
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave
www.sumitomoelectric.com
TE Connectivity
www.te.com
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave develops and manufactures outside- and inside-plant optical fiber cable as well as a variety
of connectivity solutions for communications and enterprise
networks.
TE is the world’s largest provider of connectivity solutions for
wired and wireless networks. Products include distribution
frames, panels, raceways, hubs, connectors, wall boxes, closures, splitters and more.
Suttle
www.suttleonline.com
The Broadband Group
www.broadbandgroup.com
Suttle manufactures communications connectivity products
for major service providers and installers. The company supplies a complete premises connectivity offering for voice, data
and video communications with advanced FTTx, xDSL and
home networking technologies.
The Broadband Group, a technology and telecommunications
consulting firm, develops plans, specifications and deployment
strategies for master-planned communities, municipalities, service providers, health care providers and anchor institutions
that want to deliver next-generation broadband services.
www.tdstelecom.com
Time Warner Cable/TWC Community Solutions
www.timewarnercable.com
TDS Telecommunications is the seventh-largest telecom pro-
The second-largest U.S. cable company, Time Warner Cable
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delivers products and services to more than 14 million customers. Services include residential high-speed data, wireless home
networking, digital phone, video on demand and more.
keting agreements for FiOS – Verizon’s suite of fiber optic services – with owners and developers of multifamily residential,
multitenant and mixed-use communities.
Toner Cable
www.tonercable.com
ViewTEQ
www.viewteq.com
This distributor of cable television equipment for all types of
TV signal distribution systems stocks more than 10,000 products from more than 110 manufacturers. Digital and RF signal distribution, drops, and prepackaged headends are among
Toner Cable’s specialties.
ViewTEQ manufactures and sells equipment for cable TV
operators, including headends, distribution equipment, test
equipment and drop materials.
Ubiquiti
www.ubnt.com
Ubiquiti Networks is a next-generation communications technology company that has been best known so far for its wireless
platforms. Recently, it entered the market for edge routers.
Verizon Enhanced Communities
www.verizon.com; www.verizon.com/communities
Verizon Enhanced Communities signs access, service and mar-
www.walkerfirst.com
Walker and Associates is a distributor of telecommunications
products for operators of fiber, copper and wireless networks,
simplifying network deployments with installation, systems integration and sourcing services.
Wi-Ex
www.wi-ex.com
Wi-Ex supplies the zBoost line of cellphone signal boosters,
which extend coverage inside buildings for cellphones, smartphones and wireless data cards by improving signal strength.
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Wilson Electronics
www.wilsonelectronics.com
ZCorum
www.zcorum.com
Wilson Electronics supplies cellular signal boosters and antennas
that ensure strong, reliable cellphone signals indoors. Its building solutions improve cellphone performance in areas as small as
a single room and as large as a warehouse or multistory building.
ZCorum provides ISPs with managed broadband services that
include network engineering, monitoring, provisioning, policy
enforcement and more, along with diagnostics, customer care,
hardware selection advice and marketing services.
Windstream Communications
www.windstream.com
ZeeVee
www.zeevee.com
Windstream Communications provides high-speed broadband
Internet, phone service and digital TV to 3.3 million access lines
in 23 states. Though primarily a rural provider, it has been targeting MDU communities with VDSL2 and FTTH services.
WOW!
www.wowway.com
ZeeVee products are designed to create and broadcast HDTV
channels over coax cabling. ZeeVee digital video distribution
products enable the sharing of HD and SD content over existing coaxial cabling.
Zhone Technologies
www.zhone.com
WOW! is a competitive provider of residential and commercial
high-speed Internet, cable television and telephone services.
Its recent acquisitions of Knology and some Broadstripe assets
make it the nation’s ninth-largest cable operator, with service
areas primarily in the southeastern and midwestern states.
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ensure that bandwidth will never be a constraint. Its access
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