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BroadbandPropertieswww.bbpmag.com2008TO P100Advanced Media Technologies (AMT)www.amt.com888-293-5856; 954-427-5711Key Products: Fiber optic transmission equipment, headends,IP and QAM set-top boxes, cable modemsSummary: Advanced Media Technologies is a stocking distributorof high-end broadband products by manufacturerssuch as Motorola, Blonder Tongue, Emcore, Amino and PacificBroadband Networks. AMT targets emerging broadbandtechnologies including digital video, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 encoders, point-to-point and point-to-multipoint FTTx,FTTH electronics, HDTV products, IPTV set-top convertersand digital signage. AMT customers include major MSOs inthe United States and Latin America as well as telcos, PCOs,and entertainment and multimedia content delivery companiesaround the world. Started in 1985 under the DX Communicationsname, AMT has a large staff of industry veterans whocan help supply solutions to most technical problems. Locatedin Deerfield Beach, Florida, AMT is a wholly owned subsidiaryof Itochu International, the North American subsidiary ofITOCHU Corporation of Japan.Summary: Headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, AFLTelecommunications provides fiber optic products, engineeringexpertise and integrated services to the telecommunications industryfor the transmission of video, voice and data. The companysupplies both passive and active products and end-to-end systemintegration for first-mile networks. Capabilities include FTTH,MDU/Master Planned Community solutions, and wireless (municipal,hospitality, specialty venues). As a DIRECTV MasterSystem Operator, AFL can offer end-to-end solutions includingaccess to DIRECTV programming and services. AFL, whichhas more than 2,000 employees worldwide, is a division of FujikuraLtd., with manufacturing, sales and administrative officeslocated in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Mexicoand China. The company serves the electric utility, broadband,telco, OEM, wireless and private network markets. Its customersinclude regional and long distance telephone carriers, electricutilities, cable television operators, wireless service providers,data communication providers, private network operators andequipment manufacturers. Its product brands include Fujikurasplicers and Noyes test and inspection equipment.AFL Telecommunicationswww.afltele.com864-433-0333; 800-235-3423Key Products: FTTx electronics (PON, point-to-point, andDIRECTV MFH3), wireless solutions, network managementplatforms, fiber optic cable, fiber and copper interconnectproducts, optical connectivity, outside plant hardware,fusion splicers and test equipment, and comprehensive systemintegration services“Momentum is building rapidlyfor automated fiber management,as indicated by the recent launchof the AFCS Forum. With fiber-richdeployments such as FTTx andmetro ROADM underway, facilityoperators are keenly interested inthe flexible design and operationof the fiber infrastructure.AFM’s time has come.”—Sandy Roskes, VP of marketing andbusiness development, FiberZone NetworksAlcatel-Lucentwww.alcatel-lucent.com908-582-3000Key Products: IPTV solutions, broadband access equipment,IP routing platforms, NGN mobile network solutions, IMSapplications, optical switching and transport solutions, serviceintegration capabilities, network management tools, opticalfiber, fiber cable, connecting hardware and accessories, andright-of-way solutionsSummary: Alcatel-Lucent, a worldwide telecommunications giantformed in 2006 by a merger between French telecom equipmentvendor Alcatel and Lucent, is a leader in fixed, mobile andconverged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications,and services. The company provides communications solutionsto telecommunications carriers, Internet service providers andenterprises for delivery of voice, data and video applications.While it pioneered active Ethernet, it has emerged as a majorproponent of GPON and continues to supply equipment usingboth that standard and xDSL. Its investment in GPON paid offwhen Alcatel-Lucent became a major supplier for Verizon’s massiveFiOS build; revenue attributed to optical networking grew14 percent in 2007. It was already a major supplier for AT&T’sVDSL U-verse. With 2007 sales of about $28 billion (a thirdof the revenue comes from North America) and about 76,000employees, Alcatel-Lucent operates in more than 130 countries.42 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2008