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BroadbandPropertieswww.bbpmag.com2008TO P100and Asia. In December 2007, CommScope completed the acquisitionof Andrew Corporation and formed Andrew WirelessSolutions by CommScope. With the acquisition, CommScopeadded nearly 11,000 employees for a total of 15,000 employeesworldwide. Andrew Wireless Solutions offers access networkproducts such as antennas, cables and connectors, amplifiers,repeaters and transceivers, as well as site monitoring softwareand field training. In June of this year, CommScope launched anew line of fiber distribution hub cabinets.Summary: Based in Cary, North Carolina, Connexion Technologiesuses its own capital to fund and deploy turnkey FTTHsolutions for single-family, MDU and resort properties. ConnexionTechnologies leverages its technology investment to provideadditional revenue opportunities for service providers. Serviceproviders arrange with Connexion Technologies to deliver Internet,television, VoD, voice, security and other applications overConnexion’s fiber networks, while Connexion takes responsibilityfor managing the networks and billing. Connexion currentlyoperates networks in more than 170 properties and communitiesacross the country. Despite the impact of economic conditionson greenfield construction, Connexion has more than 150,000committed units with plans for more than 250,000, and is oneof the largest providers of FTTH after Verizon.Connexion Technologieswww.connexiontechnologies.net919-535-7329Key Products: Fiber optic networks (invests, designs, builds,and operates); ecosystem management of converged technologyservices“While some are still debatingfiber versus wireless, we seea long-term need for bothtechnologies. Wireless will evolveto be primarily a mobile accesstechnology, and fiber is neededto deliver the high-bandwidthservices needed by businessesand homes. HD video, especiallyHD videoconferencing, is going tobecome increasingly importantas businesses look for ways toreduce travel costs.”— Dr. Andrew Cohill, president, Design NineCorning/Corning Cable Systemswww.corning.com;www.corningcablesystems.com828-901-5000Key Products: Optical fiber, optical fiber cable, coaxial interconnectsystems, telecommunications hardwareand equipmentSummary: Corning developed the first fiber optic cable forcommunications in 1970 and remains a world leader in specialtyglass and ceramics, creating and manufacturing keystonecomponents that enable high-technology systems. Thecompany, whose 2007 sales totaled nearly $5.9 billion, is distinguishedby sustained investment in R&D, more than 150years of materials science and process engineering knowledgeand a distinctive collaborative culture. Corning Cable Systemsdevelops and manufactures a broad range of optical cable,hardware and equipment designed to make FTTx deploymentsfaster, easier, more reliable and less costly. Last year Corningintroduced its ClearCurve product suite, based on ultrabendableoptical fiber, which solves historic technical challenges fortelecommunications carriers installing fiber-to-the-home networksin multidwelling units and other complicated deployments.ClearCurve drop cables install as easily as copper orcoaxial cables while providing the nearly unlimited bandwidthof optical fiber and backward compatibility with standardcables. Corning Cable Systems Evolant solutions for accessnetworks delivers tip-to-tip product and service offerings forFTTx, CATV and wireless applications, and its preconnectorizedsolutions have revolutionized the way FTTx networks aredeployed. The Corning Connected Community Program helpshomebuilders and developers implement fiber optic infrastructuresinto their building plans, while the Corning Total AccessProgram provides design, engineering, furnishing and installationcompanies with the tools necessary to ensure successfulfiber-to-the-home and wireless deployments. Consultants andnetwork designers have access to a variety of design tools andresources as part of Corning’s FTTxpert Program. Corning isa founding member of the recently formed DAS Forum, whichencourages fiber-fed distributed antenna systems.54 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2008