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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
tems to support the digital transition. The largest distributorof equipment for Adtec Digital, Olson Technology, BlonderTongue, RL Drake, PBN, Sadelco and Z-Band, Toner offerssolutions for comprehensive TV signal distribution over fiber,coax, unshielded twisted pair and FTTH systems. Founded 37years ago and employing 41 people, Toner Cable Equipmentserves both government and international clients, offering expertisein a wide variety of international technical standards,formats and requirements. In addition to its headquarters inHorsham, Pennsylvania, Toner has divisions in the UK andLatin America.TT Technologieswww.tttechnologies.com800-533-2078Key Products: Trenchless equipment including piercing tools,guided boring tools, pneumatic, static and lateral pipe burstingsystems, pipe ramming tools, bentonite mixing systems,constant-tension winches, directional drills and mini directionaldrill rigsSummary: For over 40 years TT Technologies has been aninnovator in trenchless technology, beginning with pneumaticboring tools. Today, with more than 200 patents worldwide,TT specializes in trenchless applications for pipe pulling, piperamming, pipe bursting, sliplining and directional boring. Thecompany offers a nationwide network of regional customer serviceoffices and distribution locations to ensure the proximityof products and expertise to any customer. It also presentscomprehensive, hands-on training seminars at its corporate officesin Aurora, Illinois, as well as regional shows, seminars anddemonstrations throughout North America each year.TXPwww.txpcorporation.com214-575-9300Key Products: ONT products, retrofit servicesSummary: TXP Corporation is an original design manufacturer(ODM) for the telecommunications industry. Its ONTSolutions business unit develops and markets a family of carrier-classoptical network terminal products to both independentManagement SolutionsIncludes OSS and solutions for network monitoring, optimization,provisioning, service management, subscriber management, billing, etc.Company Nameweb AddressAlcatel-Lucentwww.alcatel-lucent.comAllot Communications www.allot.comAmdocswww.amdocs.comAnritsuwww.anritsu.comArbor Networkswww.arbornetworks.comAricentwww.aricent.comARRISwww.arrisi.comBivio Networkswww.bivio.netC9 Networkswww.c9networks.comCalient Networkswww.calient.netCalixwww.calix.comCapanis Networkswww.capanis.comCisco Systemswww.cisco.comComarchwww.comarch.comCommunications Data Group www.cdg.wsComversewww.comverse.comConvergyswww.convergys.comECI Telecomwww.ecitele.comEricssonwww.ericsson.comETI Software Solutions www.etisoftware.comFiberZone Networks www.fiberzone-networks.comCompany Nameweb AddressFine Point Technologies www.finepoint.comGreat Lakes Data Systems www.glds.comHarmonicwww.harmonicinc.comHighdealwww.highdeal.comHPwww.hp.comLogisensewww.logisense.comMartin Groupwww.martin-group.comMetaSwitchwww.metaswitch.comMRV Communications www.mrv.comOptelianwww.optelian.comPacketFrontwww.packetfront.comPhoenix Broadbandwww.phoenixbroadband.comProcera Networkswww.procera.comSandvinewww.sandvine.comTelcordiawww.telcordia.comTellabswww.tellabs.comUTStarcomwww.utstar.comXangatiwww.xangati.comZeugma Systems www.zeugmasystems.comZyXEL Communications www.us.zyxel.comJuly 2008 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 79
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