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BroadbandPropertieswww.bbpmag.com2008TO P100sign and engineering team has worked throughout the UnitedStates, Latin America, Spain, Portugal and Europe. Recent designprojects include the Madeira Condominiums on MarcoIsland, Florida; the Norris Inpatient Tower in University ofSouthern California University Hospital in Los Angeles; thePuerto Rican Convention Center in San Juan; the NationalPark Seminary in Washington, DC; and the Ohio Reformatoryfor Women in Marysville, Ohio. Multicom is headquarteredin Orlando, Florida, and maintains sales offices, repagencies and subdistributors throughout North America andLatin America.Multilinkwww.multilinkone.com440-366-6966Key Products: Network power supplies, enclosures andcabinets; fiber distribution and cable management solutions;MDU enclosures; raceway and pathway solutionsSummary: Multilink, which was founded in 1983, continuesto evolve from a manufacturer of telecommunications networkcomponents to a worldwide supplier and integrator of end-toendbundled solutions. The company’s customers include independenttelcos, regional Bell operating companies, utilities,local area network providers and cable TV MSOs. Products aredesigned to meet the needs of both legacy plant and new technologyapplications; the company’s new product developmenthas been focused on fiber optic–based solutions. Based in Elyria,Ohio, Multilink is privately owned and has 135 employees.“Property developers and ownersmust not only understand theelectronics and services in theirbuildings, but also how theirresidents interact with thoseamenities and how they usethe technology to interact withothers. Convenience and easeof use have never been moreimportant as features ofany community’s technologyamenity package.”— Mike Whaling, VP businessdevelopment, InfiniSysnet sales of $19.3 billion (pro forma) in fiscal year 2007. Recentannouncements included delivery of GePON equipment andEthernet access switches for the expansion of Korea Telecom’sfiber-to-the-home network.Nokia Siemens Networkswww.nokiasiemensnetworks.com404-257-4000Key Products: Fixed and mobile network infrastructure andservices driving IP convergence and providing end-to-endsolutionsSummary: Nokia Siemens Networks, which began operationsin April 2007 by combining Nokia’s Networks BusinessGroup with the carrier-related businesses of Siemens Communications,is a top-three supplier of communications infrastructurewith strong end-to-end convergence capabilities. ItsBroadband Access Division offers DSLAMs, carrier switches,access switches, narrowband/multiservice solutions and passiveoptical network (PON) solutions. PON solutions include bothGePON and GPON technologies and allow for different architectures,such as fiber to the curb, building or home, as well ashybrid DSL/FTTC solutions. Nokia Siemens Networks, whichis headquartered in Espoo, Finland, and has about 58,000 employeesworldwide (5,269 in the US), supports more than 600providers and other customers in about 150 countries. It hadOccam Networkswww.occamnetworks.com805-692-2900Key Products: IP- and Ethernet-based Broadband Loop Carrierand related telecommunications access equipmentSummary: Occam Networks’ broadband access solutions empowertelecommunications service providers to offer IP-basedtriple play services (voice, data and video) over copper andfiber. Occam serves more than 280 telcos in North Americaand the Caribbean. Through the use of IP and Ethernet technologies,Occam enables service providers to build and enhancetheir networks using copper, point-to-point and GPONtechnologies. Occam’s customer list includes US independentoperating companies, incumbent local exchange carriers andcompetitive local exchange carriers, and it is the leading equipmentprovider in many of the key markets it serves. Earlier thisyear, Occam announced that FairPoint Communications, theeighth largest telco in the US, had selected the company to beits lead access equipment partner for a major broadband initiativein northern New England. Other developments at Occam68 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2008
Networks include the launch of the FTTP Quick Start serviceprogram designed to help telcos minimize time to revenue,shipment of the two millionth IP-enabled BroadbandLoop Carrier port, and the deployment of the company’s newGPON solutions. In late 2007, Occam completed the purchaseof Terawave’s GPON assets.Summary: On Trac is a communications connectivity companyproviding FTTx contract design, construction, and systemsmanagement services to the telecommunications industry nationwide.Its corporate headquarters is in Talbott, Tennessee.Clients include Dalton Utilities in Dalton, Georgia; MorristownUtility Systems in Morristown, Tennessee; Bristol TennesseeEssential Services; Clarksville Department of Electricityin Clarksville, Tennessee (with Atlantic Engineering Group);Pulaski Electric System in Pulaski, Tennessee; GVTC in NewBraunfels, Texas; and Outdoor Link (throughout North America).Field and professional services include FTTH splicing andinstallation; mainline fiber splicing; MDU design and installation;networking for video, voice and data; system audits; inventorycontrol; and scheduling procedures.OFSwww.ofsoptics.com770-798-5555; 888-342-3743Key Products: Optical fiber, optical cable, optical connectivityproducts including fiber distribution hubs, and specialtyphotonicsSummary: OFS, a Furukawa company, designs, manufacturesand supplies optical fiber, optical fiber cable, FTTx and opticalconnectivity products and solutions for a wide variety of applications.Headquartered near Atlanta, Georgia, OFS is a globalprovider with facilities in North America and Europe and salesoffices around the world. The company’s heritage goes back toAlexander Graham Bell and the invention of the telephone, andincludes technology powerhouses such as AT&T and LucentTechnologies. Since 2001 OFS has been a part of FurukawaElectric, a global leader in optical communications. FurukawaElectric is a multibillion dollar firm founded in 1884. OFS’ keybrands include the FOX Solution (Fiber Optics to the X), anend-to-end FTTx offering to fiber-connect homes, businessesand multiple dwelling units; the V-Linx Spool & Play Solutionfor MDU applications; the bend-optimized AllWave LEXZWP fiber; the new EZ-Bend Optical Technology that allowscables to be bent to a 5 mm radius and be stapled; the ORBIT-AL fiber management cabinets, and the all-dry Fortex DT andAccuRibbon DC cables. OFS can also help optimize networkdesigns with its OptiCost FTTx Modeling Services.On Tracwww.ontracinc.net423-317-0009Key Products: FTTx consulting, design and installationservicesOptelianwww.optelian.com877-225-9428Key Products: Optical transport systems for access, metroand regional networks, test equipmentSummary: With a marketing office in Marietta, Georgia, andR&D and manufacturing in Ottawa, Optelian specializes indesigning and building of ultra-high-bandwidth carrier-gradeoptical transport systems for the telco, CATV and utility in-Customer Premises Equipment(Other Than Optical Network Terminals)Includes set-top boxes, modems, routers, residentialgateways, etc.Company Nameweb Address2Wirewww.2wire.comActiontecwww.actiontec.comAdvanced DigitalBroadcastwww.adbglobal.comAminowww.aminocom.comARRISwww.arrisi.comAztechwww.aztech.comCisco Systemswww.cisco.comComtrendwww.comtrend.comEagle Broadband www.eaglebroadband.comECI Telecomwww.ecitele.comEntonewww.entone.comLevitonwww.leviton.comMotorolawww.motorola.comPacketFrontwww.packetfront.comPannawaywww.pannaway.comPirelli Broadband Solutions www.pirelli.comRuckus Wirelesswww.ruckuswireless.comSamsungwww.samsung.comSiemenswww.siemens.comTelectwww.telect.comThomsonwww.thomson.comZyXEL Communications www.us.zyxel.comJuly 2008 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 69
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