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BroadbandPropertieswww.bbpmag.com2008TO P100rants, hotels, hospitals and assisted living facilities, universities,government and military facilities as well as creating customsolutions. Dish offers two bulk programming options forMDUs: The Digital Home Plan (DHP) is a shared-dish systemthat allows residents to create their own accounts and selectpreapproved programming packages and equipment of theirchoice. The residents are billed directly from DISH Networkat standard residential rates. Bulk Programming with DigitalUpgrades/Neighborhood Value Plan (NVP) delivers a low-costbulk package to the entire complex with individual upgradeoptions. In 2007 EchoStar launched ViP-TV, a wholesale videoIP transport and distribution platform that can transport morethan 300 channels of programming to providers. Headquarteredin Englewood, Colorado, Dish Network had 13.7 millionsubscribers in 2007, up from 13.1 million in 2006. Revenues in2007 were $11.1 billion, up from $9.8 billion in 2006.Ditch Witchwww.ditchwitch.com800-654-6481Key Products: Construction equipment for laying fiberSummary: Ditch Witch dates from 1949, when the founderinvented a workable compact trencher. The Ditch Witch organizationspecializes in the design and manufacture of highqualityunderground construction equipment. It sells trenchers,vibratory plows, pneumatic piercing tools, backhoes, electronictracking and locating tools, horizontal directional drilling systems,drill pipe, downhole tools, vacuum excavation systems,excavator-tool carriers, mini skid steers pipebursting systems,and the Zahn family of power utility equipment. Ditch WitchFinancial Services (DWFS) offers a variety of financing andlease options. Headquartered in Perry, Oklahoma, The DitchWitch organization has more than 1,300 employees.Draka Communications - Americaswww.drakaamericas.com800-879-9862Key Products: Optical fiber, cabling and connectivity solutionsfor network operators, telecommunications carriers,utilities, installers and enterprises“As the private cable operatormarket is evolving from a singleservice into a bundled video,voice and data service, it’simperative for all of us to keepup with the demands forincreased bandwidth.”— Jack Hotz, CEO, FoxcomSummary: Draka Communications Americas, founded in1910 and based in Claremont, North Carolina, provides cablingsolutions for a wide range of applications. It is a divisionof the multinational firm Draka, one of the world’s largest opticalfiber producers with more than 25 million miles of fiberdeployed in North America alone. Draka, headquartered inAmsterdam, had net sales of $4.15 billion and 9,550 employeesin 2007. In December 2007, Draka purchased the minorityshare of its subsidiary Draka Comteq from Alcatel-Lucent,merged the two head offices and is now using the name DrakaCommunications for this part of the business. Draka Communicationsleverages its expertise in optical fiber technology,cabling solutions and applications to help providers develop,deliver and deploy fiber optic networks. The company’s newestsingle-mode fiber, BendBright, is a bend-insensitive fiber thatcombines the unlimited transmission capacity of optical fiberwith copper-like flexibility and handling. Because it can withstandrepeated bending to very small radii and is backwardcompatible with older fiber, BendBright facilitates bending,connecting and storing fibers in real-world FTTH and businesssituations.EMBARQ/EMBARQ Logisticswww.embarq.com913-791-7000; 800-755-3004Key Products: Voice, data, Internet, wireless, entertainment;fiber optic equipment distributor and integratorSummary: EMBARQ Corporation, headquartered in OverlandPark, Kansas, offers a complete suite of communicationsservices. EMBARQ’s consumer offerings, delivered over fiberto the home in some greenfield developments, include localand long-distance home phone service, high-speed Internet,wireless, and satellite TV from DISH Network. Business servicesinclude local voice and data, long distance, Business ClassHigh-Speed Internet, wireless, satellite TV from DIRECTV,enhanced data network services, voice and data communicationequipment and managed network services. EMBARQLogistics, a business unit of EMBARQ, is a supply chain integratorserving network service providers, manufacturers andresellers throughout North America. The company offers expertisein logistics, engineering, integration and deployment,and telecommunications equipment. EMBARQ Logistics56 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2008