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BroadbandPropertieswww.bbpmag.com2008TO P100Tetra Techwww.tetratech.com626-351-4664Key Products: Communications services including networkassessment and business planning, program and project management,property rights acquisition, zoning and permitting,design and engineering, and operations and maintenanceSummary: Based in Pasadena, California, Tetra Tech employsmore than 8,500 people in 275 offices worldwide. Tetra Techprovides development and deployment for wired communicationssystems. It plans, designs, permits, constructs and maintainscell phone, coaxial cable, and fiber optic networks. Thecompany began in 1966 as an engineering company devotedto waterways and coastal areas, but branched out in 1997 toinclude communications services and now installs fiber opticnetworks worldwide. Tetra Tech is also a leading provider ofspecialized management consulting and technical services inthe areas of resource management and infrastructure. In 2007,the company had revenues of $1.55 billion.The Light Brigadewww.lightbrigade.com800-451-7128; 206-575-0404Key Products: Fiber optic training for industry professionals,focusing on design, installation and maintenanceSummary: Founded in 1986, The Light Brigade is an independenttraining organization that serves the fiber optic industryby tailoring its education and skill-building programs to theneeds of the entire range of fiber optics professionals. Coursesare developed to target the training needs of technicians, engineers,installers, supervisors, network designers, managers andconsultants. Clients include telecommunications manufacturersand network carriers; state, local and federal governments;electrical, telecom and data communications contractors;engineering and research institutes; schools, universities andcolleges; medical facilities; aerospace companies; national andinternational military organizations; small to large commercialenterprises; utilities; information technology services; and endusers. In addition to theory, terminology and hands-on skills,the courses cover fiber optic issues and how they impact futuretechnologies and trends. The Light Brigade’s state-of-the-arttraining facility is located in Tukwila, Washington. Every yearThe Light Brigade, which employs 30 people, provides morethan two hundred courses both nationally and internationally.The company writes, films, and produces DVDs, interactiveCD-ROMs, CDs and videos for internal staff development.Classroom training incorporates traditional presentation alongwith DVD-based educational materials featuring footage fromlive sites and installations. The hands-on courses provide topof-the-lineequipment and offer optional Fiber Optic Installer(FOI) and Outside Plant Certification (FOI-OSP) and creditsthrough the ETA and BICSI.Toner Cable Equipmentwww.tonercable.com215-675-2053; 800-523-5947Key Products: Headend equipment, MPEG encoders, digitalsignal processing products, fiber optic cable, fiber links andsystems, FTTH, coaxial cable, passives, connectors, tools, testequipment, amplifiersSummary: Toner Cable Equipment is a large stocking distributorof television signal distribution equipment used by thecable television industry, private cable operators, the hospitalityindustry, educational facilities, business broadcasters and othermarkets. Toner provides a complete range of equipment for thedigital transition, including QAM demods, digital processorsand MPEG encoders. It has provided several large systems andeducational facilities with hundreds of headends as well as sys-“The demand for bandwidth will continue unrelenting, driven by morevideo applications with increasing definition, including HD videotelephony and HD video teleworking. Within two or three years we willsee 100 Mbps symmetrical speeds for the home, and one Gbps per homein the next decade for leading-edge services. Now Tier 2 and 3 MSOsare beginning to deploy FTTH using traditional DOCSIS and RF videotechnologies, over time resulting in two fiber networks to each home inmost areas – one telco and the other MSO.”— John George, director, systems and applications engineering, OFS78 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2008