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BroadbandPropertieswww.bbpmag.com2008TO P100local exchange carriers and OEMs. The latest enhancement toTXP’s line of ONTs – which terminate passive optical networksat the home or business location and enable integratedvoice, video and high-speed Internet access – is standards-compliantRF return capability, which paves the way for TV servicesoffered by telcos over GPON. Based in Richardson, Texas,TXP also provides custom engineering kits to enable ILECsto upgrade their local access service delivery infrastructure atminimal cost and time through its Retrofit Solutions businessunit. The company’s 2007 revenue was $10.9 million.connect and coax, and mobile networks, with solutions rangingfrom the headend to the customer premises. Fiber optic productsinclude exchange elements, external plant elements, customerpremises elements, modular cable products, optical componentsand cable assemblies, raceway systems, building blocks and accessories,and duct seals and accessories. In 2007 Tyco had salesof $13 billion to customers in more than 150 countries. Thecompany has more than 7,000 engineers and worldwide manufacturing,sales and customer service capabilities.Tyco Electronicswww.tycoelectronics.com610-893-9800Key Products: Connectors and interconnect systems, relays,switches, circuit protection devices, touch screens, sensors,wires and cablesSummary: Tyco Electronics supplies passive electronic componentsto many different markets. The Telecom Outside Plantbusiness unit is headquartered in Kessel-Lo, Belgium, with majoroperating units in the US (Pennsylvania and North Carolina),China (Shanghai) and Spain (Valencia), and includesresearch and development, manufacturing, sales and marketing.The unit offers components for fiber optic, copper, copper“The robust property network– while vital to any successfulproject – has traditionally beenused solely for the delivery ofcommunications services.It’s rewarding to see our clientscapitalizing on all the otherways that they can use thesame infrastructure to conserveenergy, monitor critical buildinglocations, deliver uniqueentertainment experiencesand otherwise improve bothproperty operations andresidents’ lifestyles.”— Richard Holtz, CEO, InfiniSysVerizon CommunicationsVerizon Enhanced Communitieswww.verizon.com; www.verizon.com/fios; www.verizon.com/communities212-395-2121Key Products: FiOS fiber optic and DSL-based communicationsservices, including video, games, voice, and dataSummary: Verizon Communications, based in New York,markets the services delivered over its fiber-to-the-premises networkunder the FiOS brand name. At the end of the first quarterof 2008, the FTTP network had passed 10.4 million premiseswith 1.8 million FiOS Internet customers in about 2,000communities – three-quarters of all FTTH customers in theUS – and more than 1.2 million FiOS TV customers. Verizon’shigh-speed FiOS Internet service offers residential connectionspeeds up to 50 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstreamthroughout the FiOS footprint. FiOS TV service includes HDTV and DVR options and 10,000 video-on-demand choices,70 percent of which are free. In addition to FiOS, Verizon offersDSL-based high-speed Internet service to residential andcommercial customers. Verizon Enhanced Communities, abusiness unit of Verizon Communications, signs access, serviceand marketing agreements with developers of single-homecomplexes, new apartment and condo and co-op high-rises,privatized military housing, student housing and small commercialproperties. VEC also retrofits multifamily propertieswith the company’s most advanced services, including FiOSTV. Verizon had 232,000 employees as of March 2008, and in2007 generated operating revenue of $93.5 billion, up 7 percentfrom 2006 and more than 30 percent from 2005.Vermeer Corporationwww.vermeer.com888-837-6337; 641-628-3141Key Products: Horizontal directional drilling equipmentSummary: Located in Pella, Iowa, Vermeer Corporation is amanufacturer of agricultural, construction, and environmentalequipment. The company’s long history of involvement in the fiberoptics installation industry began with its 1991 launch of the80 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | July 2008