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<strong>Broadband</strong><strong>Properties</strong>www.bbpmag.com2008TO P100point-to-multipoint distribution platforms for the MDU andfirst-mile access market, and point-to-point transport of satellitesignals in Earth stations, broadcast facilities, cable TVheadends and other satellite gateway applications. In 2008Foxcom launched products for both the PCO and the satellitecommunications markets: the BsmarTV suite, an MFH-2-ready, triple play deployment platform for the former, and Sat-Light/Platinum, an SNMP-based technology enabling instantRF and fiber optic link control and monitoring via a card levelLCD display, for the latter. Foxcom has sales and marketing officesin Princeton, New Jersey, supporting customers in Northand South America, as well as a new office in Durban, SouthAfrica, to facilitate technical and customer support on the Africancontinent. European operations are handled out of theUK offices. Foxcom’s research and manufacturing is centeredin Israel, which also supports sales in Europe and Asia. Foxcomrevenues for 2007 grew by more than 25 percent. The companyhas 50 employees worldwide.Graybarwww.graybar.com800-GRAYBAR (472-9227)Key Products: Fiber connectors, couplers, housings, panels,splice trays, fusion splicers, cleaners, test equipment, VARservicesSummary: Graybar, a Fortune 500 company, specializes insupply chain management services and is a leading NorthAmerican distributor of high-quality components, equipment,and materials for several industries. With over $5.25 billion inrevenue in 2007, Graybar employs approximately 8,600 peopleat more than 250 distribution centers throughout the US, Canadaand Puerto Rico. It is one of North America’s largest employee-ownedcompanies. Established in 1869, Graybar stocksand sells hundreds of thousands of items from thousands of“Consumers want morebandwidth for new andinnovative online programs andbecause of this we have seencustomer demand for Internetbandwidth grow by nearly 50percent per year and expect thatnumber to increase at an evengreater pace moving forward.”— Steve Oldham, CEO, SureWestmanufacturers, and can procure, warehouse and deliver almostany kind of electrical, communications or data product, componentor service. Fiber connectivity solutions represent a fastgrowingarea in its catalog. Through its distribution networkand value-added services, including kitting and integrated solutions,Graybar is helping its customers power and networktheir facilities.Great Lakes Data Systemswww.glds.com; www.cablebilling.com800-882-7950Key Products: Billing and provisioning software for cableTV, Internet, VoIP, pay-per-view, video on demand and otherbroadband servicesSummary: Great Lakes Data Systems was founded in 1980by cable professionals to meet the cable industry’s need for reliable,intelligently designed billing software. Customers areprimarily small to midsized cable companies – ranging fromstartup operations to systems with more than 350,000 subscribers– but also include fiber-to-the-home providers, includinga recent deployment with the municipal FTTH system inTullahoma, Tennessee. Up to 46,000 services such as VoD andPPV can be itemized on a single monthly subscriber bill. Thecompany’s two largest offices are in Carlsbad, California, andBeaver Dam, Wisconsin, but it operates in 49 states, PuertoRico, the Virgin Islands, and 30 other countries. Key productsinclude WinCable, for cable billing and subscriber management,and WinVoIP, which can provision, import, consolidate,manage, report, and bill call detail records from most integratedVoIP vendors’ packages. The GLDS SuperController IIadd-on for pay-per-view can be used along with other billingsoftware, and interfaces with most headend equipment and settopboxes. GLDS also sells hosted solutions for providers whochoose not to run billing and provisioning systems in-house.Greenfield Communicationswww.egreenfield.com949-248-8898Key Products: FTTH design and construction; serviceprovider for voice, video, high-speed data and communityIntranet servicesSummary: Based in Southern California, Greenfield CommunicationsInc. was formed in 2001 to provide turnkey fiberto-the-homesolutions for developers of new master-plannedresidential communities. The company has 11 active FTTHprojects and more than 6,000 customers throughout Californiaand Arizona. Greenfield is currently designing eleven morecommunities and has secured contracts for an additional 2260 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2008
“As service providers pursuenew revenue streams in ahighly competitive market,finding simple service deliveryplatforms that enable seamlessdeployment will be key. Providersmust utilize systems that enableremote service activation andtroubleshooting to minimizeoperational costs. The bottomline for the service provider is costof service and the bottom line forthe homeowner is the same.”— Wayne Williams, CEO,Telectprojects representing more than 250,000 homes. GreenfieldConnect, a division of Greenfield Communications, provideslow-voltage structured wiring, home entertainment and automationpackages, and security monitoring. Last year, thecompany announced a distribution agreement with VUDUto deliver video-on-demand services to its southern Californiaand Arizona customers starting in the fourth quarter of 2007.Greenfield will market VUDU to its existing customers, installthe equipment and provide hands-on tutorials.GVTCwww.gvtc.com800-367-4882Key Products: Video, high-speed Internet, security, local andlong-distance telephone and advanced data servicesSummary: GVTC was formed as a telephone cooperative in1951 to provide phone service to rural residents of Central andSouth Texas. Today it provides a wide range of services to morethan 41,000 customers in 11 counties across an area that coversapproximately 2,000 square miles. GVTC provides high-speedInternet, digital TV, phone service and home security monitoring.It was the first telecommunications entity to provide fiberto-the-hometechnology in South Texas. Today, GVTC’s expandingservices also include high-definition TV, digital videorecorder, video on demand, local and unlimited long-distanceNetwork Planning, Design, Engineering,Construction(Excludes companies that only build networksthey will own and manage.)Company Nameweb Address180 Connect (DIRECTV) www.180connect.netAdestawww.adestagroup.comAFL Telecommunications www.afltele.comAtlanticEngineering GroupCorning Cable SystemsDesign NineDSI TechnologiesEMBARQ Logistics(EMBARQEmerson NetworkPowerFiber-Tel ContractorsGibson Technical ServicesGreenfieldCommunicationsHarmonicInfiniSys ElectronicArchitectsInteleconnectKiS CommunicationsLTS GroupMichels CommunicationsMPNexlevel.comMulticomOFSOn TracSource TechnologySteeplechase NetworksTCS CommunicationsTeam FishelTelectTellabsTetra TechUS MetronetsZoomy Communicationswww.atlanticengineering.comwww.corningcablesystems.comwww.designnine.comwww.dsifiber.comwww.embarqlogistics.comwww.emersonnetworkpower.comwww.fibertelcontractors.comwww.gibsontech.comwww.egreenfield.comwww.harmonicinc.comwww.electronicarchitect.comwww.inteleconnect.comwww.kis-comm.comwww.ltscompany.comwww.michels.uswww.mpnexlevel.comwww.multicominc.comwww.ofsoptics.comwww.ontracinc.netwww.source-t.comwww.scnets.comwww.tcscomm.comwww.teamfishel.comwww.telect.comwww.tellabs.comwww.tetratech.comwww.usmetronets.comwww.zoomyco.comJuly 2008 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 61
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