Broadband Communities

JUL 2012

BROADBAND COMMUNITIES is the leading source of information on digital and broadband technologies for buildings and communities. Our editorial aims to accelerate the deployment of Fiber-To-The-Home and Fiber-To-The-Premises.

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3./ SELECTION CRITERIA In selecting the FTTH Top 100, the editors looked for organizations that advance the cause of fiber-based broad- band by • Deploying FTTH networks that are especially large or ambitious, have innovative business plans or are in- tended to transform local economies or improve communities' quality of life • Supplying key hardware, software or services to deployers • Introducing innovative technologies that have game-changing potential, even if they have not yet been com- mercially deployed • Providing key conditions for fiber builds, such as early-stage support or demand aggregation. To be listed among the FTTH Top 100, an organization may be based any- where in the world but must do busi- ness in North America. Overall size is unimportant, as is corporate form – the list includes government agencies, a tele- COMPANY 3M Company/ Communication Markets Division Actiontec Electronics ADTRAN ADVA Optical Networking Advanced Media Technologies AFL Fiber-To-The-Home FTTH TOP 100 AT A GLANCE Fiber and Fiber Cable ............................................... . | 38 Network Testing, Monitoring and Management Services .......... . | 39 Network Planning, Design, Engineering, Construction, Installation ....................................... . | 42 Customer-Premises Equipment Other Than Network Interface Devices .......................... . | 54 Network Management Solutions ................................... . | 59 Fiber-to-the-Home Electronics ..................................... . | 60 Test and Measurement Equipment ................................. . | 61 Passive Components for FTTH Networks (Outside Plant and Inside Plant) ................................. . | 62 Optical LAN Solutions .............................................. . | 64 Carrier Ethernet Solutions .......................................... . | 72 Distributors of Fiber Optic Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 76 phone cooperative and several nonprof- its, some of which themselves include both public and private partners. Although some companies on the list focus entirely on fiber to the prem- ises or other fiber-based broadband tech- nologies, most deliver or support a mix WEB ADDRESS PHONE of broadband technologies. For some companies, broadband represents only a small part of their business. In making these selections, the editors considered how important the organizations are to advancing true broadband rather than how important broadband is to them. DESCRIPTION www.3M.com/telecom 800-426-8688 Interconnection, connection protection, fiber management and facilities protection products for broadband networks www.actiontec.com www.adtran.com 408-752-7700 Broadband customer-premises equipment 256-963-8000 Solutions for ultra-broadband, FTTH, Optical Networking Edge, mobile backhaul, Ethernet, service migration and service management www.advaoptical.com 888-340-4885 Optical+Ethernet systems for long- haul, metro core, backhaul and access networking, including WDM-PON www.amt.com www.AFLglobal.com 954-427-5711; 888-293-5856 864-433-0333; 800-235-3423 Alcatel-Lucent Distributor of fiber optic transmission equipment, headends, IP and QAM set-top boxes, cable modems FTTx electronics, outside plant, fiber optic cable, video solutions, network management platforms, fusion splicers, test equipment, training, systems integration, service provision www.alcatel-lucent.com 908-582-3000 Broadband access equipment, IP routing platforms, optical switching and transport solutions, next-generation network and IMS solutions, network management, service integration, right-of-way solutions JULY 2012 | www.broadbandcommunities.com | BROADBAND COMMUNITIES | 29

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