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0'8 7HFKQRORJ\ 3URYLGHUV EQUIPMENT – WIRED BROADBAND These companies offer electronics, cabling and connectivity equipment used to deliver wired broadband services in MDUs over fiber optic, cable and telephone networks. Company 3M Company/ Communication Markets Division ADTRAN Featured Products or Services 3M One Pass Fiber Pathway, One Pass Mini Fiber Pathway and No Polish Connector – a total package for installing fiber in brownfield MDUs quickly and efficiently. Total Access 300 Series Multi-Dwelling-Unit ONTs designed to house from one to four ONT modules; Ultra Broadband Ethernet architecture for distributing FTTH services to individual units over existing wiring. Advanced Media Technologies Motorola passive optical LAN (POL) fiber-to-the- desk solution. Recent News One Pass Fiber Pathway adds option of MPO connector – new multifiber preterminated option allows six or 12 fibers to be connected in one step and eliminates the need for large FDTs on every floor. ADTRAN announces ActivReach, a new Ethernet technology that supports all wiring grades, triples service reach, and delivers voice, data and Power over Ethernet from a single device, enabling building owners to provide Ethernet services over Cat 3 in-building wiring. In conjunction with Healthsense and AMT's partner QYPSYS, Williamsburg Landing, a continuing care retirement community in Williamsburg, Va., installs the Motorola Passive Optical LAN (POL) to improve quality of life for residents. AFL Panels, connectors, assemblies, enclosures, test and inspection equipment and fusion splicers to support active and passive fiber-to-the-unit networks in MDUs. Alcatel-Lucent 7342 ISAM I-24xW-S compact indoor ONTs for fiber-to-the-unit deployments; 7352 ISAM FTTB ONT family for fiber-to-the-building deployments; 7353 ISAM FTTB compact, modular remote unit capable of operating as an ONT or a stand-alone device. Allied Telesis iMAP 9000: integrated multiservice access platform that supports IP triple-play services simultaneously over copper and fiber infrastructure. Arris Aurora Networks FTTMax RFoG ONU and related equipment, including MDU enclosures. MDU ONTs that support up to 24 POTS and 1000BASE-T ports from a single device; six models of RFoG ONUs whose compact size and powering options facilitate placement in existing apartment enclosures. Calix MDU ONTs that terminate FTTH networks at MDU buildings of various sizes and with different types of inside wiring; desktop and wall-mounted indoor ONTs; compact Ethernet service access nodes that deliver ADSL2/VDSL2 services to MDUs. Charles Industries Fiber building terminals that are compact indoor enclosures for fiber aggregation or demarcation of up to 96 fiber connectors or 432 fiber splices; FBT hubs that provide fiber distribution to as many as 96 subscribers from a compact indoor terminal. Aurora equipment is used in the DISH Network deployment of fiber to the home in the Coronado Shores high-rise condominium towers in San Diego. Case Western Reserve University uses Calix equipment to deploy FTTH in and around the university and test advanced broadband services, beginning with the retirement community of Judson at University Circle. Charles Industries acquires the molded, high- density polyethylene, below-grade enclosure product line from NewBasis. The line features six rectangular, below-grade, vault-style enclosures and two round, handhole-style enclosures. AFL launches the LightLink 320 optical splicing and distribution enclosure. With routing rings for fiber management, the enclosure is designed for broadband, distribution and building entrance applications. 50 | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | www.broadbandcommunities.com | OCTOBER 2012