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JULY 2017
Fiber-to-the-home leaders and innovators for 2017
A BBC Staff Report
"
Building a Fiber-Connected World" is
the tagline of Broad B and Communities
magazine, and each year the FTTH
Top 100 list recognizes organizations that are
leading the way in this arena.
When the Top 100 list was started, more
than a decade ago, the fiber-to-the-home
industry was new. e list included nearly every
broadband-related company that was even
thinking about fiber, some that planned to start
thinking about it soon, and some that specialized
in other broadband technologies entirely. Over
the years, the list became increasingly focused
on fiber broadband. Even as FTTH electronics
became commoditized and the number of
companies making this equipment dwindled
(see this issue's Bandwidth Hawk column), the
FTTH ecosystem became more complex, and
the industry as a whole grew rapidly.
e 2017 FTTH Top 100 list represents
many niches in this ecosystem. Optical
fiber and fiber cables; passive equipment for
connecting, protecting and managing fiber;
and active equipment for sending and receiving
signals over fiber are the most basic components
of an FTTH network, along with software for
planning, setting up and managing networks
and for provisioning and billing fiber services.
e list contains many companies that design,
manufacture and distribute these essential
products.
To put these pieces together requires firms
that finance, plan, design, engineer, construct
and install fiber optic networks as well as
equipment for digging, pushing, pulling and
attaching fiber. ese, too, are represented. e
list also includes a variety of organizations that
advocate for high-performance broadband or
create the conditions that make FTTH more
profitable.
ORGANIZATIONS ADDED
TO THE 2017 FTTH TOP 100 LIST
ACRS www.acrsokc.com
Actavo www.actavo.com
Alianza www.alianza.com
Altice USA www.alticeusa.com
Charter Communications / Spectrum www.charter.com;
Community Solutions www.charter.com/mdu
City of Ammon, Idaho,
Fiber Optic Department http://ammonfiber.info
Comsof / FiberPlanIT www.comsof.com;
www.fiberplanit.com
Danella Companies www.danella.com
EntryPoint Networks www.entpnt.com
eX
2
Technology www.ex2technology.com
NBT Solutions / VETRO FiberMap www.nbtsolutions.com;
www.vetrofibermap.com
SmartRG www.smartrg.com
The Broadband Group /
TBG Network Services www.broadbandgroup.com