TecHnoLoGy - Broadband Properties

BroadbandPropertieswww.bbpmag.com2008TO P100niper, Nortel, and numerous national research and educationnetworks around the world. Calient sells worldwide througha direct sales force as well as through partners including EM-BARQ Logistics, OKI, MRV, Cornet and Edentree.Calixwww.calix.com877-766-3500; 707-766-3000Key Products: Multiservice access management software;multiservice access platforms; FTTP central office andcustomer-premises equipment; Ethernet service, transport,and aggregation platforms; enclosuresSummary: Calix is the world’s largest equipment supplierfocused solely on access, and North America’s most widelydeployed fiber-to-the-premises solutions provider. The CalixC-Series multiservice access platform facilitates network transformationthrough its multiservice over multiprotocol capabilities,because it can support virtually any legacy service while simultaneouslydelivering advanced Ethernet services over bothcopper and fiber. The E-Series includes purpose-built Ethernetplatforms for delivering advanced services flexibly and cost efficiently,and F-Series products are purpose-built for GPON services.The P-Series offers a broad portfolio of optical networkterminals for residential, business and MDU deployments.Calix also offers a full line of enclosures. The Calix access portfoliois managed by the Calix Management System, which providesa single network view across the entire network as well asadvanced management capabilities. Founded in 1999, Calix isheadquartered in Petaluma, California, with offices in Bostonand Minneapolis.permits or licenses, and they are used in FTTH deploymentsin situations where fiber optic cables are impractical. Canonrecently introduced the Canobeam DT-150 HD for wirelessuncompressed bidirectional high-definition and standard-definitionSDI transmission. The 1.5 Gbps link transmits digitalHD/SD video, audio, and control signals via Free Space Opticsat up to one kilometer for sports and other productions. Canobeamis marketed by Canon USA’s Broadcast and CommunicationsDivision, headquartered in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey.Carlonwww.carlon.com216-464-3400Key Products: Fiber optic, copper and coaxial cable protectionSummary: Carlon, the largest division of Lamson & Sessions,a thermoplastic processing company based in Cleveland,Ohio, supplies protection for fiber optic, copper and coaxialcable. Customers include regional Bell operating companies,cable television companies, state departments of transportationand the electrical wholesale distributor market. Some of theproducts manufactured for outside plant applications includedirect-bury multiple-celled conduit for low-voltage use, trenchlessPVC conduit for telecommunications and utility installations,weatherproof outlet covers, thermoplastic enclosures,flexible underground raceways, conduit bodies, utility cableprotection and organizing devices, fittings, and rigid conduit.In the customer premises area, products include floor boxes,flexible conduit and wiring device boxes. In the fourth quarterof 2007, Lamson & Sessions was acquired for $450 millionby Thomas & Betts, a supplier of equipment primarily to theelectric utility industry.Canon Broadcast and Communicationswww.canobeam.com201-807-3300; 800-321-4388Key Products: Free space opticsSummary: Canon Inc., a global $30 billion company operatingin many markets, pioneered the technology for the Free SpaceOptics line of optical transceivers, which transmit data over theair on beams of infrared light. The models in the Canobeamseries deliver data speeds from 25 Mbps to 1.5 Gbps and coverdistances from 20 meters to 1,000 meters. Canobeam’s AutoTracking function constantly maintains beam alignment andcompensates for vibrations in the installation base caused byweather and other factors. Like optical fiber, Canobeam systemsare protocol-independent and require no radio-frequency“It’s critical today for technologycompanies to provide solutionsthat enable their customersto compete cost-effectively,not only in high-definition anddigital television services, butalso in high-speed data andtelephony capabilities.”— Bob Stanzione, chairman and CEO, ARRIS50 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2008