TecHnoLoGy - Broadband Properties

BroadbandPropertieswww.bbpmag.com2008TO P100to offer a suite of equipment covering all three legs of the tripleplay: TV, telephony and Internet access. Among the platformsacquired were C-COR’s On Demand Video and InteractiveAdvertising solutions, the Assurance suite of network managementand workforce management software products, and theHFC Access and Transport portfolio. Headquartered in Suwanee,Georgia, ARRIS has R&D centers in Atlanta; Chicago;Beaverton, Oregon; Wallingford, Connecticut; Cork, Ireland;and Shenzhen, China. It operates support and sales officesthroughout the world. With 1,977 employees, ARRIS’s 2007revenues totaled $992 million.Astec Undergroundwww.astecunderground.com865-408-2100; 800-527-6020Key Products: Trenchers, vibratory plows and directionaldrilling equipmentSummary: Astec Underground, a subsidiary of Astec Industries,offers a complete line of underground construction equipmentused to construct, maintain and repair telecommunicationsnetworks, including basic copper and fiber optic plantand cable television systems. The company manufactures andmarkets Astec utility trenchers and horizontal directional drillsas well as Trencor heavy-duty mechanical chain trenchers andspecialty rock excavation machines. Customers include smallcontractors operating a single trencher; large utility providersand contractors with fleets of underground construction equipment;horizontal directional drilling specialists; and contractorsbuilding giant cross-country pipelines. Headquartered inLoudon, Tennessee, Astec, which has nearly 300 employees,operates a 330,000-square-foot facility that includes corporateoffices, a new research and development center, training facilities,a manufacturing plant and a custom paint facility.Atlantic Engineering Groupwww.atlantic-engineering.com706-654-2298Key Products: Fiber optic design and engineering (centraloffice and outside plant), construction (headend, aerial andunderground), technical services (splicing, testing and turnup) and construction managementSummary: Atlantic Engineering Group (AEG), based inBraselton, Georgia, and founded in 1996, provides design,engineering, construction, technical services and constructionmanagement for telecommunications providers, primarilymunicipalities, municipal utilities and independent telcos,including Rural Development-funded projects. AEG is not anintegrator, although it has significant in-house resources. It hascompleted or is in the process of designing and/or building16 FTTP deployments using five different electronics solutions.AEG citywide (or city- and countywide) FTTP projectsinclude Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Bristol VirginiaUtilities; Dalton Utilities, Georgia; Jackson Energy Authority,Tennessee; the Borough of Kutztown, Pennsylvania; CrawfordsvilleElectric Power and Light, Indiana; Morristown UtilitySystems, Tennessee; North Kansas City, Missouri; Provo,Utah; Pulaski, Tennessee; Quincy, Florida; Sallisaw MunicipalAuthority, Oklahoma; Clarksville Department of Electricity,Tennessee; Tullahoma Utilities Board, Tennessee and GrantCounty Public Utility District, Washington, and design andcontracts administration for Lafayette, Louisiana.Aurora Networkswww.aurora.com408-235-7000Key Products: Products to support cable providers’ migrationfrom hybrid fiber cable to advanced HFC, fiber deep andFTTH networksSummary: Founded in 1999 and headquartered in SantaClara, California, Aurora Networks offers a line of opticaltransport products for the high-bandwidth transmission systemsrequired at the heart of advanced HFC, fiber deep and“There is an increasing interestin deploying broadband servicesover fiber-based PON networks.Over the medium to long term,these networks yield the highestROI, even though today upfrontcosts are slightly higher.As wide-ranging interoperabilitystarts to become establishedwith GPON, network build costsare expected to drop rapidly. Weanticipate this happening overthe next 24 months.”— Paul Forzisi, vice presidentof marketing, TXP46 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2008