Nashville conference • Telcordia GR-1221-CORE qualified • Supports high-bandwidth triple-play services • 1260nm to 1600 nm operating wavelength • Low insertion loss and reflectance • Years of field-proven reliability • Knowledgeable/experienced support Multicom Booth #1331 Multicom Inc., is a full-line stocking distributor and manufacturer of products used for end-to-end integration of communication solutions, including all <strong>FTTH</strong> applications, cable TV and VoIP services. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, since 1982, Multicom is a onestop resource center stocking over 7,000 products from more than 85 of the world’s major manufacturers to completely build and maintain communications systems at cost-effective prices. These products are used to acquire, process and distribute signals over fiber optics, coax and copper cable. As a value-added supplier, Multicom is proud of its ability to design distribution systems for any application, as well as rack, balance and crate headends for a complete plug-and-play solution. Multicom’s affiliate company, Mconnect, offers cost-effective VoIP phone services for SOHO, residential and business customers. It also extends resellers an opportunity to participate in the growing VoIP industry with no upfront costs. Flexible options include private-label branding or reselling of the Mconnect brand. For more information, call 1-800-423-2594, e-mail to multicom@ multicominc.com or visit www.multicominc.com OFS Optics Booth # 913 OFS is a world-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical fiber, optical fiber cable, FTTx and optical connectivity products and solutions for a wide variety of applications. Headquartered in Norcross (near Atlanta), 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 G. Bell and the invention of the telephone, and includes technology powerhouses such as <strong>AT</strong>&T and Lucent Technologies. Since 2001 OFS has been a part of Furukawa Electric, a global leader in optical communications.. OFS’ key brands include FOX T Solution (Fiber Optics to the X), a comprehensive end-to-end offering to fiber-connect homes, businesses and multiple dwelling unit buildings; V-Linx Spool and Play Solution for MDU applications; and OptiCost FTTx Modeling Services. OFS is ready to commercially launch drop cables that can be bent to a 5 mm radius and can be stapled. For more information visit OFS at www.ofsoptics.com. Seikoh Geiken Booth #208 Seikoh Giken provides high performance, Interconnectivity Solutions for network systems and chip level applications. For network installations and testing, we supply premium patchcords, adaptors, attenuators, cleaners (Ferrule Mate) and a repair polisher (Repair Mate). For manufacturing, we offer connectors, polishers, lensed fiber, metalized fiber and AR coated fiber. Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Booth # 721 Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, based in Research Triangle Park since 1984, is a wholly owned company of Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI). SEI is listed in the 2007 Cable Industry Analyst report as the world’s largest fiber optic cable manufacturer. As the first to have introduced peelable ribbon technology, hostileenvironment cable, mass fusion splicing, FutureFLEX Air-blown Fiber LAN infrastructure, and other first-to-market innovations to the US, Sumitomo is an established leader in ribbon cable, air-blown fiber and fusion splicing equipment and accessories. Sumitomo Electric Lightwave innovates, manufactures and tailors a broad range of both ribbon and loose-tube fiber optic cable, passive components, fusion and termination equipment and FTTx solutions for ILECs, C<strong>AT</strong>V companies, OEMs, public and private network providers, municipalities and enterprise network managers. Recent Sumitomo innovations that decrease the cost of deployment while increasing network productivity and efficiency include the industry’s first and only dual-heater splicers, the first and only automated blade rotation cleaver, and its new MDU and FTTx ribbon drop cable. For more information, visit www.sumitomoelectric.com or call 800-358-7378. TeraSpan Networks Booth # 1029 Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, TeraSpan provides a complete deployment solution that is scalable to meet present and future network requirements. TeraSpan develops, manufactures and sells its products to customers that have been trained and certified to deploy the technology. The company serves markets including <strong>FTTH</strong> builders, telecom carriers, cable operators, municipalities, public utilities, enterprises, health care providers and education. As the global leader in vertical inlaid fiber solutions, TeraSpan sells and markets products in the US, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Central America and South Africa, either directly or through partners. In 2008, TeraSpan announced that it signed an agreement with Alcatel-Lucent to distribute its vertical inlaid fiber products in Nordic and Baltic countries of Europe. The company also continues to research and develop passive outside plant, inside plant and undersea applications. It also develops specialized hybrid conduit systems to accommodate multiple cable types such as fiber/coaxial cable combinations. 44 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | August/September 2008
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