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sumers and businesses. The company’s network infrastructuresolutions and services include OmniReach FTTx and NextGeneration Network Fiber solutions that enable the implementationof fiber-to-the-premises networks for central office,distribution, access, and MDU/CPE applications. The TrueNetportfolio provides copper and fiber cable, connectivity and cablemanagement solutions for data centers and local area networks.The IP-based wireless portfolio includes InterReach in-buildingsolutions and FlexWave outdoor solutions for coverage and capacityin places where carriers and enterprises have difficultydelivering wireless voice and data services to their customers.ADC employs approximately 11,000 professionals worldwide,holds thousands of patents, and had sales of $1.32 billion inFY07. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the companyhas sales in more than 130 countries and occupies facilities inAustralia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany,Hong Kong, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, SouthAfrica, the United Kingdom, and the United States.Adestawww.adestagroup.com402-233-7700Key Products: Design, construction and maintenance ofstand-alone or integrated communications networks andelectronic security systemsSummary: Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, Adesta is asystems integrator and project management company for communicationsnetworks and security systems. The companyspecializes in the design, implementation and maintenance ofmodern communications networks and infrastructure for publicand private customers. Adesta has deployed more than 2million miles of fiber in more than 140 metropolitan and ruralareas and completed over 800 electronic security systems in theUnited States, Asia, Europe, Central America and the MiddleEast. The company maintains 11 regional offices throughoutthe US. Customers include regional Bell operating companiesas well as Frontier Communications, TDS Telecom, MarylandBroadband Cooperative, Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative,Five College Net, Northern Enterprises/North-Link,Boulder Valley (CO) School District, Colorado Springs SchoolDistrict #11, Chicago Transit Authority, Connecticut TelecommunicationSystem and the State of Iowa. Adesta’s revenuein 2007 was $79 million and its employee count was 361.ADTRANwww.adtran.com256-963-8000Key Products: Solutions for broadband access, outside plant,carrier Ethernet, optical access and mobile backhaul;IP business solutionsSummary: Founded in 1985, ADTRAN is a global providerof networking and communications equipment with a portfolioof more than 1,700 products for use in the first mile oftelecommunications networks. Widely deployed by carriersand enterprises alike, ADTRAN solutions enable voice, dataand video communications across copper, fiber and microwavenetwork infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently inuse by every major US service provider and many global providers,as well as by thousands of public, private and governmentalorganizations worldwide. Recent product announcementsinclude the Total Access 5006 Multi-Service Access andAggregation Platform, the Total Access 1124P Outside PlantBroadband Loop Carrier and the NetVanta 1335 Multi-ServiceAccess Router with WiFi and Layer 3 switching capabilities.ADTRAN is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, and ispublicly traded. The company has approximately 1,700 employees.Sales for 2007 were approximately $477 million.“The proliferation of Ethernet is allowing service providers to customizenew service offerings down to the customer level. Now, business andresidential customers alike can simply and efficiently receive thebandwidth they need without boundaries associated with legacyservices. This flexibility is quickly establishing Ethernet as theaccess layer technology of choice.”— Jay Wilson, senior vice president and general manager,ADTRAN Carrier Networks DivisionJuly 2008 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 41