IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cosentus Holdings, a leading provider of integrated business solutions for healthcare practices nationwide, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Alta Management Solutions, a respected name in medical practice consulting and revenue cycle management (RCM) services. Known for its hands-on, client-focused approach, Alta Management Solutions offers end-to-end RCM support, credentialing, and operational consulting tailored to the unique needs of medical practices and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). The acquisition was officially signed on May 27, 2025, marking a strategic milestone in Cosentus’ growth trajectory.

Cosentus is thrilled to announce the acquisition of ALTA Management Solutions, a leading revenue cycle management firm based in Utah. Together, we will deliver even more innovative solutions to our clients. Share

Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Alta Management Solutions brings a robust portfolio of services designed to help healthcare practices thrive — including credentialing, revenue cycle management, consulting, and operational support. With this acquisition, Cosentus aims to expand its national footprint, strengthen its consulting capabilities, and enhance its service offerings to clients across the country.

“Alta’s industry reputation and hands-on approach to client service align perfectly with Cosentus’ commitment to delivering customized, scalable solutions to the healthcare industry. This acquisition allows us to better serve our clients with a comprehensive suite of services and positions us for continued growth. We are proud of the company we’ve built and excited to join forces with Cosentus, together, we’ll have the resources, technology, and expertise to provide even greater value to the healthcare providers we serve,” said Brandon Jones, CEO of Alta Management Solutions, LLC.

“We are very excited to welcome Alta Management Solutions into the Cosentus family. For over two and half decades since we founded Cosentus, we have lived by the principal of ‘customers first’. The Alta team has demonstrated the same values as we were evaluating this transaction. We are very excited to not only extend our footprint in Utah and Idaho through this acquisition but expand our services to add new areas like Practice Consulting, a brand-new service offering,” said GS Bhalla, Chairman and CEO of Cosentus.

As part of the acquisition, Alta’s leadership and team members will be integrated into Cosentus’ existing business infrastructure. Current Alta clients can expect continuity of service, along with the added benefit of expanded support and resources through the Cosentus’ platform.

By combining the proven strengths of both organizations, Cosentus will deliver new, scalable solutions that address the increasing complexity of healthcare administration. The integration of Alta’s consulting experience with Cosentus’ technology-driven infrastructure creates an end-to-end service model tailored to the evolving needs of medical practices—from independent providers to large multi-specialty groups.

This strategic move reflects Cosentus’ continued focus on innovation. The acquisition supports Cosentus’ long-term strategy of investing in high-performing healthcare service organizations and underscores its commitment to helping providers reduce administrative burdens and improve practice profitability. Through enhanced automation, analytics, and compliance capabilities, the combined organization will equip healthcare practices with powerful tools to improve patient outcomes while reducing operational costs.

About Cosentus

With over 25 years of experience, Cosentus is one of the most well respected and recognized independent Revenue Cycle Management companies in the country. Cosentus has been also rated by “Great Place To Work” and recognized by “Inc 5000” as one of the fastest growing companies in the US, 4 years running. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Cosentus helps healthcare providers streamline operations, increase revenue, and improve financial performance through integrated, tech-enabled solutions—allowing medical practices to focus on what matters most: patient care.

For more information, visit https://cosentus.com

“Building a Fiber-Connected World” is the Broadband Communities magazine tagline. Each year, the Fiber-To-The-Home Top 100 list recognizes organizations that lead the way in this endeavor.

Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) deployment in the U.S. continues to outpace legacy copper broadband, a trend impacting service providers and vendor suppliers.

In its “2023–2024 North American Fiber Broadband Report: FTTH and 5G Review and Forecast,” RVA predicts more than 100 million fiber passings in the U.S. over the next decade. The count is in addition to the estimated 68 million U.S. homes already passed with FTTH: 63 million unique homes, excluding homes passed twice or more. The research firm predicted that the additional passings would include reaching a high percentage of primary residences, homes passed by two or more fiber providers in specific demographics, and second homes/short-term rental homes.

Barring significant unforeseen economic or geopolitical disruption, for the coming five-year forecast period (2023–2027), RVA estimates U.S. capital investment in FTTH will surpass $135 billion – exceeding all investment in FTTH that has occurred to date. Despite the reductions some providers announced from the original projections for 2023, RVA forecasts a record annual FTTH build.

Michael Render, CEO of RVA, said one of the “underlying drivers for the unprecedented build cycle” is that “consumers respond to and churn toward fiber providers whenever fiber is available.”

Network equipment providers are reaping the benefits. Dell’Oro Group reported that total global revenue for the broadband access equipment market increased to $4.6 billion in the first quarter of 2023, up seven percent year over year. Spending on infrastructure remained robust, but ONTs, modems and other customer premises equipment (CPE) units to connect broadband subscribers dropped seven percent year over year. “For many service providers, broadband subscriber growth is slowing, resulting in a reduced need for new CPE,” said Jeff Heynen, vice president of Dell’Oro Group. “Meanwhile, infrastructure purchases are strong as providers continue to expand their footprints and replace legacy copper networks.”

Nevertheless, service providers continue to take advantage of the FTTH opportunity. The three largest telcos – AT&T, Verizon and Quantum Fiber – are expanding their FTTH footprints.

AT&T aims to reach more than 30 million customer locations by the end of 2025. The telco reported it had 272,000 AT&T Fiber net adds in the first quarter of 2023. AT&T said it experienced 13 straight quarters with more than 200,000 net fiber broadband subscriber adds. Quantum Fiber, Lumen’s FTTH unit, plans to expand service to 18 cities. The company indicated it is on track to connect more than 500,000 homes and small businesses this year. Verizon experienced 67,000 Fios Internet net additions in 2023, an increase from 60,000 net additions in the first quarter of 2022.

Also entering the mix in a big way is Brightspeed. The company, now the fifth-largest ILEC, was formed when Apollo Global Management purchased ILEC assets and associated operations across 20 states from Lumen Technologies for $7.5 billion. Its service territory encompasses more than 6.5 million locations in mainly rural and suburban communities across the Midwest, Southeast and parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Serving more than 1 million customers in these areas, primarily through its existing broadband network, the provider plans to serve 3 million homes and businesses over the next five years.

Smaller telcos, such as Consolidated Communications and Lumos, continue progressing with FTTH. Consolidated is expanding its FTTH presence throughout California, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas and Vermont. Lumos services more than 200,000 homes and businesses across North Carolina and Virginia.

Cable operators and competitors such as Altice USA and Ting Internet are pushing more FTTH in their markets. Altice USA total fiber broadband customers reached 210,000 as of the end of the first quarter of 2023. At the same time, Ting is expanding its presence in new cities such as Alexandria, Virginia; Carlsbad, California; and Mesa, Arizona, through its partnership with Ubiquity.

Companies newly added or reinstated to the list represent a variety of niches. Because the Top 100 list represents an ecosystem of players, this year’s list includes entities representing service providers, hardware/software, fiber cabling, engineering/consulting and network planning/construction: Brightspeed, Ciena, Frontier, Hexatronic, Michael Baker International, Shentel and Velox.

In addition to the new entrants, several other companies either changed names or were acquired. USTC, which has been building its company via acquisitions of other companies, was renamed Netceed.

Another key trend was mergers and acquisitions across two domains: service providers and FTTH network equipment. As mentioned previously, Brightspeed was born when Apollo Global Management purchased assets from Lumen. Ciena, a household name in the optical and network routing/switching space, staked a position in the FTTH equipment market when it purchased Tibit Communications and Benu Networks.

Selection Criteria

In selecting the FTTH Top 100, the editors looked for organizations that advance the cause of fiber-based broadband by

Deploying large or ambitious networks that have innovative business plans or intend to transform local economies or improve communities’ quality of life

Supplying critical hardware, software or services to deployers

Introducing innovative technologies with game-changing potential, even if they have not yet been commercially deployed

Providing critical conditions for fiber builds, such as advocacy or demand aggregation

To be listed among the FTTH Top 100, an organization may be based anywhere in the world but must do business in North America. Except for broadband service providers, which inherently are local, Broadband Communities prefers organizations that serve national rather than local markets. Overall size is unimportant as is corporate form – in addition to for-profit companies, the list includes municipalities, an electric cooperative, construction companies, independent telcos and a nonprofit research organization.

Although some organizations on the list focus entirely on fiber to the premises (FTTP) or other fiber-based broadband technologies, most deliver or support a mix of broadband technologies. For some, broadband represents only a tiny part of their business. In making these selections, the editors considered how vital the organizations are to advance fiber broadband rather than how important broadband is to them.

The FTTH Top 100 list was researched by Rachel Ellner and Kassandra Kania and overseen by editor-in-chief Sean Buckley. To nominate a company for next year’s FTTH Top 100, email top100@bbcmag.com.

3-GIS http://www.3-gis.com

256-560-0744 Services/Products: Web-based tools and services for telecom asset mapping, fiber network design and network management 3-GIS, an SSP Innovations company, provides software and services to manage physical and modeling networks. The name refers to the third generation of GIS – shifting from paper drawings to CAD-enabled desktop systems to a web-based platform that enables enterprise collaboration and network data quality control and updating. The company’s software and services provide anywhere, anytime access, geospatial data and mapping, network connections and logic visibility, an adaptable data model, and enterprise data access through a configurable interface. Customers worldwide, ranging from Tier-1 service providers to municipal utilities, use 3-GIS | Network Solutions to improve speed to activation and achieve greater utilization of their fiber network assets. 3-GIS has assisted successful bidders in the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program for three years with their FTTx deployments. Built upon Esri’s ArcGIS Enterprise, 3-GIS’s complete suite of applications includes 3-GIS | Web, a browser-based application that provides real-time, multiuser asset editing and signal path insight; 3-GIS | Mobile, which puts network data directly into the hands of field crews, on or offline; 3-GIS | Prospector and 3-GIS | Network Express, Web extensions that automate network planning and design; and 3-GIS | Admin, a browser-based configuration console that enables the creation of rules and guidelines defining access and use. The company also provides various support services, including design automation, data migration and conversion, and project management. 3-GIS Engineering Services provides a specialized team of OSP experts to assist network planning and operations. Last year, other software providers, such as Communications Data Group (CDG), announced tighter integration between CDG’s MBS consumer and enterprise billing and OSS solution and 3-GIS’s fiber network management software. 3-GIS also added new features to its network planning, design, drawing and management operations tool, Fischer. Version 4 allows users to take advantage of augmented system security and streamlined performance. The company is headquartered in the Huntsville, Alabama, area, and has about 200 employees worldwide to support its global customer base. SSP Innovations, a provider of GIS solutions for the utility and telecom industries, wholly own the company.

Adtran http://www.adtran.com

256-963-8000 Services/Products: 10G FTTH, fiber access, fiber extension platforms, intelligent SaaS applications, connected home and business network solutions, managed mesh Wi-Fi, open SDN network control and service orchestration, open optical networking technology, network infrastructure and assurance solutions, network security, timing and synchronization technology Adtran, based in the U.S., is a global supplier of fiber networking solutions that simplify the connectivity of residential, enterprise and 5G sites to high-speed networks. Adtran has more than 500 customers in North America, from the optical core to the customer premises. Customers include a diverse mix of telecom service providers, cable MSOs, utilities and municipalities. Adtran’s fiber networking portfolio comprises optical transport solutions, fiber access platforms and residential and business subscriber platforms. These are complemented by AI-driven software platforms that turn data insights into actionable intelligence to automate and optimize end-to-end proactively fiber infrastructure and customer premises networks. These software platforms include cloud-based applications and subscriber self-service applications that significantly reduce overall network support costs while enhancing the subscriber experience. These solutions are backed by a full range of turnkey services and support to simplify and accelerate such networks’ design, deployment and ongoing maintenance. Regional network operators and community broadband providers have increasingly selected the Adtran end-to-end fiber broadband solution to unlock their communities’ potential. Recently, Talkie Communications chose Adtran’s broadband platform to close the connectivity gap in Maryland. USA Communications also announced that it uses Adtran’s XGS-PON solution to help bridge the digital divide in Iowa. Over the past few months, the company launched several new products, including a new OLT that will bring energy-efficient, multi-gigabit broadband to homes and businesses. Based in Huntsville, Alabama, Adtran reported revenues of $1.02 billion in 2022.

“This is an unprecedented time in the communications industry. With broadband becoming an essential service and with more than $100 billion dollars of government funding designed to bridge the digital divide, the chance to deliver high-speed broadband to all Americans is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. With a broadband portfolio consisting of next-generation access edge, optical transport and cloud-connected software solutions, DZS is well positioned to support communities across the country and help improve their lives from an educational, economic and social perspective.”

— Charlie Vogt, CEO, DZS

AFL http://www.aflglobal.com

864-433-0333; 800-235-3423 Services/Products: Fiber optic cable and connectivity, outside-plant fiber and electrical conductor hardware, fusion splicers, test and inspection equipment, training, design, engineering, integration AFL’s Converged Access Network solution helps customers build expandable, flexible, accessible networks for 5G wireless fronthaul/backhaul, FTTH/business, multiple dwelling units/multiple tenant units (MXU), campuses, venues, enterprises and central offices. The company’s product offering includes Wrapping Tube Cable powered by SpiderWeb Ribbon (SWR), the ASCEND high-density platform, splice closures such as Apex, Fujikura fusion splicers, test equipment and more. This year, AFL enhances fiber preparation and protection for fusion splicing with Fujikura’s new lineup of specialty fusion splicing accessories. AFL has service and engineering expertise to help customers plan, design, build and maintain communications networks, offering FTTx and MDU solutions for master-planned community networks serviced by telephone, cable TV and wireless providers; utilities/electric cooperatives; and industrial companies and enterprises. The company continues to build on its core innovation strategy. In 2022, AFL was awarded five new patents for technology, connectivity and fiber optic cable developments. The company also joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR program as a partner to improve energy efficiency and fight climate change. The 2023 Lightwave Innovation Reviews recognized AFL’s test and inspection products were recognized as among the best. Founded in 1984, AFL is a division of Fujikura Ltd. and is headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The company has more than 6,000 associates worldwide and operates in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia.

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Alianza http://www.alianza.com

801-802-6400 Services/Products: Cloud-based VoIP platform Phone service remains a high-margin service offering, and there are many growth opportunities with cloud communications and UCaaS for business customers. For new service providers, using a cloud-based system is the simplest, most economical way to add a voice offering. Many established operators expanding with fiber broadband also look to transform, embrace digital transformation and replace legacy networks. Alianza addresses both needs. The Alianza Cloud Communications Platform is a web-scale VoIP software-as-a-service solution built for broadband providers. It provides a feature-rich, high-quality portfolio of residential and business VoIP services. The platform does not require capital expenditure or equipment installation, and Alianza alleviates most operational and regulatory burdens associated with phone services. Since announcing a solution specifically for FTTH providers in February 2017, Alianza has made inroads with electric cooperatives, new overbuilder ISPs and municipalities that deliver fiber broadband to their communities; more than 200 ISPs, with more than 500,000 subscribers, use the Alianza platform. New customers announced in the last year plus include: Lumen Technologies, Brightspeed, Schurz Communications, VARCOMM and Choptank Fiber. In December 2022, the company announced it is committing $200 million to innovation over the next five years to further help its customers grow. In April 2023, Alianza introduced a feature-rich cloud PBX solution for Mircosoft Teams. Founded in 2009 and with headquarters in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Alianza has more than 280 employees.

ALLO Communications http://www.allocommunications.com

866-481-2556; 855-632-3154 Services/Products: Internet access, Metro Ethernet, phone, TV and video services Founded in Imperial, Nebraska, in 2003, ALLO Communications and its 1,300-plus team members serve communities in Nebraska, Colorado and Arizona with competitive fiber broadband services. ALLO has been recognized with local and national awards for being among the fastest ISPs in the U.S. for more than five years. Because of its efforts to hire veterans, the company received the 2022 Gold Medallion HIRE Vets Award. Several current projects involve partnerships with city governments. Breckenridge, Colorado, selected ALLO as the service provider for its Fiber9600 infrastructure project, which began connecting homes in late 2019. In Lincoln, Nebraska, ALLO leased city conduits, extended the conduit system into residential neighborhoods, and built fiber to the home. ALLO provides more than 77 nonprofit organizations with 10 years of free internet service and leased the city-owned fiber network in Fort Morgan, Colorado, to deliver broadband services. In 2021, ALLO announced a fiber-to-the-premises project offering 10G bandwidth in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and this year, it began constructing a fiber optic network in Gretna, Nebraska. The company also implemented an automated customer complaint resolution system created by five University of Nebraska–Lincoln students that expedites construction questions or concerns internally and for the community.

altafiber http://www.altafiber.com

513-566-4101; 888-246-2355 Services/Products: Telephone, data, video, wireless and information technology solutions In March 2022, Cincinnati Bell announced it would begin doing business as altafiber to reflect the company’s geographic growth beyond its Greater Cincinnati footprint and its ongoing investment in the fiber network. The company and its consolidated subsidiaries provide integrated communications and IT solutions. During 2020, the company passed an additional 13,600 addresses in the Greater Cincinnati area with Fioptics, which focused on fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) addresses because FTTP has become a more relevant solution for its customers. As of March 31, 2023, Fioptics FTTH products are available to approximately 310,000 customers in Greater Cincinnati. In 2023, the company passed an additional 284.4 addresses with fiber and currently serves 75,000 customers in Hawaii. The consumer/SMB fiber products are available to approximately 254,300 addresses, or 50 percent of the operating territory in Hawaii, including Oahu and neighboring islands. In 2020, the company also invested $25 million in enterprise fiber products, including fiber- and IP-based core network technology. The investment positioned the company to meet increased business and carrier demand within Greater Cincinnati and adjacent markets in the Midwest region. In Hawaii, expenditures are for high-bandwidth data transport products, such as Metro Ethernet and U.S. cable. altafiber continues to evolve and optimize network assets to support migrating legacy products to new technology. This year, Butler County and altafiber announced a partnership that will bring high-speed fiber internet access to approximately 60,000 addresses over the next 36 to 48 months. In addition, through a public-private partnership with Warren County (Ohio), altafiber will deliver fiber to about 52,000 addresses and is expected to complete the project by the end of 2026. Last year, altafiber closed its acquisition of Agile Network Builders. This company based in Canton, Ohio, leases wireless infrastructure assets to third parties and provides connectivity through hybrid fiber wireless data networks in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. The company also committed to a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Altice USA http://www.alticeusa.com

516-803-2300 Services/Products: Internet, video and voice services Altice USA is one of the most extensive broadband communications and video services providers in the U.S. It delivers broadband, video, mobile and home phone services to approximately 4.9 million residential and business customers across 21 states through its Optimum brand. The company continues to expand its 100 percent Optimum Fiber Internet network, available at more than 2 million passings and counting, and continues to roll out faster speeds, bringing symmetrical, multi-gigabit speeds of up to 5 Gbps to homes and businesses across its fiber footprint in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The company also recently debuted an 8 Gbps service over its fiber internet network. Optimum offers 1G speeds to most of its footprint, and continues to invest in and upgrade its hybrid fiber-coaxial network through DOCSIS 3.1 upgrades to bring network improvements and speed upgrades to other communities. In addition, the company offers mobile service through Optimum Mobile, delivered over T-Mobile’s award-winning 5G network, which the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) voted No. 1 in customer satisfaction in 2022. Optimum also delivers an enhanced video service, Stream, which brings customers robust Optimum TV lineups alongside their favorite streaming apps, powered by a voice remote and with advanced features such as 4K streaming and more. The company remains active in the communities it serves through various community partnerships and programs, notably its continued partnership with education nonprofit organization DonorsChoose, which funds classroom projects in public schools across Optimum’s service areas, and its participation in the Chamber of Commerce Coalition to Back Black Businesses initiative, which provides grants, resources and mentorship opportunities to Black small-business owners across the country. Headquartered in Long Island City, New York, Altice USA serves 5 million customers in 21 states and posted $9.6 billion in 2022 revenue.

Amphenol http://www.amphenol.com

203-265-8900 Services/Products: Fiber distribution solutions, fiber optic enclosures Amphenol is one of the world’s largest high-technology interconnect, sensor and antenna solutions. Its products enable the electronics revolution across various end markets, including automotive, broadband communications, commercial aerospace, industrial, information technology and data communications, military, mobile devices and mobile networks. In 2022, the company expanded its SURLOK Plus series to include 8.0mm and 10.3mm right-angle connectors with a voltage range of 1500VDC to meet energy storage requirements and high-power connections and transfers. In 2019, Amphenol acquired Charles Industries, a manufacturer of integrated environmental housings and enclosures for wireless, telecom and broadband service providers. In 2021, the company acquired Halo Technology Limited, a provider of active and passive fiber optic interconnect components and announced its development of 112 Gbps interconnect technology with eTopus products for high-speed IP solutions. This year, Amphenol is bringing on NuCurrent, the global authority in wireless power systems, as a strategic IP partner. This partnership will address the urgent, industrywide need for product developers to shift toward the new Qi2 standard. Founded in 1932, Amphenol trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker APH and had sales of $12.6 billion in 2022. The company is headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut, and has more than 80,000 employees worldwide.

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AT&T Fiber / AT&T Connected Communities http://www.att.com/att/multifamily-property Services/Products: High-speed internet, voice, next-generation TV, advanced mobile services AT&T is the nation’s most extensive fiber internet provider. At the end of the company’s first quarter in 2023, AT&T could serve 19.7 million locations, and AT&T Fiber’s total subscriber base totaled about 7.5 million. AT&T CEO John Stankey said it will have more “flexibility to invest in 5G and fiber to support the growing long-term demand for reliable high-speed connectivity.” The telco enhanced its suite of fiber speed tiers in January 2022 by adding 2 and 5 Gbps plans. AT&T and BlackRock formed the Gigapower joint venture that will provide a fiber network using a commercial wholesale open-access platform in parts of select metro areas across the U.S. The Gigapower fiber deployment will be incremental to AT&T’s plans to pass 30 million-plus fiber locations, including businesses, by the end of 2025. Last year, Boonville, Indiana, announced a $4.4 million project with AT&T to build its state-of-the-art fiber network to more than 4,000 customer locations throughout the city. The company also launched fiber broadband in rural Vanderburgh County, Indiana. As of the end of 2022, AT&T expanded fiber access to more than 500,000 Louisiana customers in communities across the state. This year, AT&T partnered with the South Carolina Broadband Office to extend fiber to more than 9,000 additional customer locations in Greenville and Charleston. Through AT&T Connected Communities, the telco works with multifamily and single-family builders, developers, management groups and homeowners associations to provide internet services. AT&T’s consolidated reported revenue for 2022 was $120.7 billion. At the end of the company’s first quarter of 2023, AT&T reported more than 157,000 employees.

BHC http://www.ibhc.com

913-663-1900 Services/Products: Planning, design and construction of FTTx projects BHC (formerly BHC Rhodes) provides civil engineering services for public utilities and private firms that build and maintain fiber networks across the U.S. BHC has designed and managed thousands of miles of telecom network infrastructure for clients that range from small communities to sizable international service providers. The company’s FTTx services include feasibility studies, cost estimates and budgets; planning, layout and network architecture; and GIS and AutoCAD mapping. In April 2023, BHC acquired the family-owned Savoy Company, a decades-old surveying firm. BHC’s outside-plant design, site and route surveys include the 2,200-mile Long Haul Fiber Program project study crossing seven states. BHC determined two route options, performed preliminary data gathering, conducted an environmental review, identified agencies along the potential route, determined the underlying rights of the proposed public roads, and completed a field review. The company established unit prices for constructing the final courses and comparing the two route options. BHC also handles pole surveys, right-of-way permitting and asset management. The firm is based in Overland Park, Kansas, with additional offices in Kansas City, Wichita, El Dorado, and Kensington – all in Kansas. BHC was founded in 1992 and has about 150 employees.

Biarri Networks http://www.biarrinetworks.com

303-524-1710 Services/Products: Software and services for FTTx design automation, network planning, outside-plant engineering, mapping Biarri Networks helps ISPs, utility service providers, telcos, engineering firms, and consultants design and build fiber, fixed wireless, and mobile wireless networks worldwide. The company also launched the first-ever web-based tool of its kind: Fiber Optic Network Design (FOND), a web/cloud-based optimization and collaboration platform for digital engineering, planning and design. In October 2022, Dura-Line, the broadband networking component of worldwide utility developer Orbia, acquired Biarri. Founded in Australia in 2009, Biarri has more recently been headquartered in Denver. The company continues to roll out new updates for FOND, which clients and Biarri’s team of experts use to design and detail networks of all sizes in the U.S., Mexico, Canada and around the world. Most are 5G cellular or fiber broadband. The goal has been to “simplify and accelerate the work of upgrading and building telecommunications networks across the globe” and to “break down the complex problems of large-scale telecom network construction, beginning with data gathering and design and ending with final deployment.”

Black & Veatch http://www.bv.com

913-458-2000 Services/Products: Consulting, engineering, construction, operations, program management Black & Veatch is a 100-percent employee-owned global engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company with a more than 100-year track record of innovation in sustainable infrastructure. Since 1915, Black & Veatch has helped clients improve people’s lives worldwide by addressing the resilience and reliability of the most important infrastructure assets. Specializing in telecommunications, energy, water and government services, the company has around 10,000 professionals in more than 100 offices worldwide and has completed projects in more than 100 countries. Black & Veatch has deployed more than 50,000 miles of fiber for commercial carriers, cities and utilities. The KentuckyWired middle-mile network, the commonwealth of Kentucky’s public infrastructure project, comprises approximately 3,400 miles of fiber and provides high-speed, high-capacity internet service to every county in the state. In 2023, Black & Veatch’s telecommunications business was ranked No. 5 by Engineering News-Record. Revenue in 2022 was $4.3 billion.

Brightspeed http://www.brightspeed.com

833-692-7773 Services/Products: Internet, video, voice services for residential and business customers As the nation’s fifth-largest ILEC, Brightspeed, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, serves 6.5 million locations in mainly rural and suburban communities across the Midwest, Southeast, and parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The company was formed through Apollo Global Management’s acquisition of Lumen’s ILEC assets and all associated operations across 20 states for $7.5 billion. Leveraging its local fiber and copper network mix, Brightspeed provides internet and voice offerings to residential and small business customers. Earlier this year, Mubadala Investment Company announced plans to invest $500 million in Brightspeed to become a minority shareholder. Founded by Bob Mudge, Chris Creager and Tom Maguire – three telecom industry veterans who oversaw Verizon’s fiber-based Fios service – the provider set an aggressive plan to build out fiber broadband to 1 million new fiber passings across 17 states during the initial phase of construction. Brightspeed intends to invest more than $2 billion to build a network that will bring faster internet and Wi-Fi to the areas it serves. Brightspeed’s planned fiber network transformation is expected to reach up to 3 million homes and businesses over the next five years, including many places where fiber has not historically been deployed to deliver broadband service. Because Brightspeed is an emerging provider, it can leverage XGS-PON – the latest PON iteration to support 10 Gbps – and Wi-Fi 6. Brightspeed offers high-speed connectivity, voice, networking and managed services for enterprise and wholesale customers. It has partnered with cloud provider Alianza to deliver voice and unified communications services to residential and small-business customers to further its service appeal.

C Spire Home Services http://www.cspire.com/home-services

855-438-1009 Services/Products: Gigabit-speed internet access, live streaming video, digital home phone and smart-home services delivered over a fiber-based network C Spire is building a fiber-based broadband network in Mississippi to attract investment and economic growth and pave the way for improvements in health care, education, civic life, business development and expansion, and municipal services. C Spire Home is taking its gigabit FTTH platform to Saltillo and Gulfport, Mississippi, and plans to add Biloxi to cover roughly 78,000 new households. Using a demand-based model, C Spire Home Services – the company’s residential broadband unit – expanded to 20 markets at the end of 2019. In addition to its fiber builds, C Spire advanced its network reach through electric utility partnerships with Entergy and Alabama Power. It completed an $11 million infrastructure project with Entergy, which serves 2.9 million electric customers. This agreement enables it to offer broadband services to some of Mississippi’s most isolated rural areas. C Spire signed a similar partnership with Alabama Power to supply fiber-based internet in Birmingham and other parts of Alabama last year. The provider will use a demand aggregation model in Alabama to help gauge community interest and guide decisions on broadband deployment. New and existing customers can take advantage of its Smart Wi-Fi solution. Powered by smart-home services provider Plume, Smart Wi-Fi improves coverage and offers online security. Alabama communities are seeing multiple construction starts and deployments after C Spire announced a $1 billion investment to speed up the availability of FTTH networks. Over five years, about $500 million is marked for fiber expansion in Alabama. In April 2021, the company began construction on an FTTH network in Tuscaloosa County and was accepting consumer preorders. Construction also started in the north Shelby County cities of Helena and Pelham, with Alabaster expected to start soon, and the company began connecting customers in Jasper. Construction began in Homewood, Alabama, and Greenwood in Leflore County, the company’s first Mississippi Delta market. Construction is also expected to start in Brookhaven, Mississippi. In 2023, C Spire announced the rollout of its multi-gig service, offering 2 and 8 Gbps internet options for residential customers. C Spire is headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi.

Calix http://www.calix.com

408-514-3000; 877-766-3500 Services/Products: Fiber access solutions for residential and business services, managed home Wi-Fi with value-added subscriber experience applications, network and services management software With about 1,800 customers worldwide, Calix serves a wide range of North American FTTx providers (and a growing international clientele) with fiber access and home Wi-Fi solutions. New customers in 2022 include Brightspeed, GTC Broadband and SCTelcom. Since 2017, Calix has leveraged its transformation from providing wireline access systems to offering software platforms, cloud analytics and value-added subscriber experiences that enable local and regional broadband service providers to compete with national carriers. Its GigaPro p6he hardened outdoor Wi-Fi 6E system has BBF.398 Grade Wi-Fi industry performance benchmark recognition from the Broadband Forum. The Intelligent Access EDGE allows broadband service providers to combine multiple network elements into a single system using specialized software modules to add functionality. Calix Operations Cloud lets broadband providers more effectively monitor network performance and more efficiently address performance issues. For example, Calix Marketing Cloud, Support Cloud and Calix Intelligent Access EDGE and Revenue EDGE solutions go beyond routine broadband traffic management to network security (ProtectIQ), parental controls and cyberbullying (ExperienceIQ). The Experience Innovation Platform, a unique hybrid cloud-premises software platform that supports residential and small business subscribers, powers the Calix Revenue EDGE Systems and third-party CPE. Most recently, it powered out-of-the-box integration of other software, such as Constant Contact, for marketing. The AXOS platform at the core of the Intelligent Access EDGE allows software functions in the access network to run independently of the underlying hardware; about 1,000 independent application modules run on AXOS. Calix’s AXOS systems power Verizon’s strategic One Fiber initiative to move residential, business and mobile transport services into a converged NG-PON2 network. To help service providers transition to SDN-orchestrated automation, Calix introduced the AXOS SMx access domain controller that enables providers to deploy SDN-automated workflows and simultaneously interface with existing back-office systems. Pandemic broadband needs and increased revenue from regional carriers at a time of expanding federal funding is powering growth. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Calix had $868 million in revenues in 2022, up almost 28 percent from 2021. It credits its “physical” product line simplification as it consolidates and standardizes equipment offerings and becomes more software-based. Even so, net income declined to $41 million as it added almost 500 employees (to 1,426) at the end of 2022. It was named the best company to work for in the San Francisco Bay area this year.

CCG Consulting http://www.ccgcomm.com

202-255-7689 Services/Products: Regulatory, engineering, marketing, strategy and planning services; raising money for broadband projects In business since 1997, CCG is a full-service consultant for small communications carriers. The company specializes in launching new broadband ventures and making existing businesses more profitable. CCG offers a wide range of regulatory, engineering, strategy and planning, operations and budgeting and billing services. The company helps clients design, upgrade and maximize fiber, coaxial, copper and wireless networks. CCG also offers direct operational assistance in number portability, new product development, cable programming, carrier disputes and billing audits. It is active in helping companies create workable, public-private partnerships and secure funds for broadband projects – a specialty for which demand is growing. CCG continues to work on numerous feasibility studies for communities of all sizes and is helping several communities build and launch new broadband businesses.

Charter Communications / Spectrum Community Solutions http://www.SpectrumCommunitySolutions.com Services/Products: Advanced broadband solutions, including advanced community Wi-Fi, coax and fiber solutions, streaming video and traditional video solutions Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband connectivity company and cable operator serving more than 32 million customers in 41 states through its Spectrum brand. Over an advanced communications network, the company offers a full range of state-of-the-art residential and business services, including Spectrum Internet, TV, mobile and voice. Charter is investing more than $5 billion through its rural broadband deployment initiative to bring reliable, gigabit-speed internet access to more than 1 million currently unserved families and small businesses. Spectrum Community Solutions, Charter’s brand dedicated to multifamily properties, delivers industry-leading broadband connectivity solutions to apartments, single-family gated communities, off-campus student housing, senior residences and RV parks and marinas. Services offered by Spectrum Community Solutions include internet speeds up to 1 Gbps, propertywide Wi-Fi coverage, traditional and streaming video packages, and customized fiber and coaxial solutions for new construction and established communities. To assist customers, Spectrum Community Solutions provides dedicated phone support for property managers and 24/7 customer service from four U.S.-based call centers. Customers can manage their Spectrum accounts and services from anywhere with Charter’s top-rated support app, the My Spectrum App.

CHR Solutions http://www.chrsolutions.com

713-351-5111 Services/Products: Engineering, network planning, GIS asset tracking and design, managed NOC and IT services, security, communications billing software, loan and grant application services CHR, founded almost 75 years ago, is a broadband systems provider enabling clients to quickly grow their networks and customer bases. It offers a range of engineering, business and technology solutions that support better broadband for telecoms, electric co-ops, utilities, tribal operators, and municipalities nationwide. Services include preparing applications for loans and grants; broadband planning; performing high-level, detailed, outside-plant design for FTTx networks; permitting; converting GIS/CAD files and implementing outside plant. CHR Engineering specializes in PON and active Ethernet fiber design but has expertise in other communications technologies, including fixed wireless. CHR provides security monitoring, billing, customer management, business and network operations(B/OSS) and outsourced managed IT/NOC services. The evolution of the B/OSS product continues. Its Omnia360 customer management functionality (powered by Microsoft Dynamics SL) enables handling rapid customer growth. The system also includes real-time analytics to support better business intelligence and easy implementation of subscription-based prepaid services. The company is headquartered in Houston.

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Ciena 800-921-1144

http://www.ciena.com Services/Products: Networking systems, services and software Ciena develops and markets equipment, software and services for the telecommunications industry and large cloud service firms. The company’s network equipment includes optical network switches and routing platforms to manage data load on telecom networks. Telecom companies use the Blue Planet software platform for programming communications networks, including network automation. Ciena is a household name in optical networking and Ethernet switching, and the vendor moved to take advantage of the growing 10G XGS-PON market by purchasing Tibit Communications and Benu Networks in 2022. In addition to expanding Ciena’s presence in 10 XGS-PON, these acquisitions will strengthen its existing relationships with Tier-1 telcos and cable operators for switching, routing and optical transport. Both companies bring something to the table for the FTTH market. Tibit combines PON-specific hardware and OS into a micro pluggable transceiver easily integrated into a carrier-grade Ethernet switch or router. Tibit’s open, micro plug technology also enables rapid PON deployment in any environment. Benu has developed a portfolio of cloud-native software solutions, including a virtual Broadband Network Gateway ((v)BNG), enabling Ciena to deliver a single solution that integrates routing, OLT, subscriber management and network services. Ciena reported $3.6 billion in 2022 revenue. Led by president and CEO Gary Smith, Ciena has more than 8,000 employees.

“At Michael Baker International, we believe broadband enables Americans to participate in an increasingly digital world actively. The digital economy, health care, government entities and all future digital applications will rely on broadband to function appropriately.”

—Elio Zamora, National Broadband Director, Michael Baker International

Clearfield http://www.seeclearfield.com

763-476-6866; 800-422-2537 Services/Products: Fiber distribution and protection systems for inside plant, outside plant and access networks Headquartered in Minneapolis, Clearfield designs and manufactures fiber management, protection and delivery products that accelerate fiber services activation. The company’s product lines include FieldSmart fiber frames and panels for the inside plant and FieldSmart fiber distribution hubs for the outside plant; FieldShield optical fiber delivery and protection platform made of the microduct and pre-connectorized pushable fiber; and the YOURx platform, which accepts multiple types of drop cable media into terminals and access boxes. The modular architecture of the Clearfield product lines offers integration with the Clearview Cassette 12-fiber management system for a reduced inventory, building-block product platform. In 2020, Clearfield introduced three products to accelerate fiber deployments and reduce material and labor costs: the FieldSmart Fiber Active Cabinet for outdoor enclosures; the StreetSmart Fiber Hand-Off Box for fiber-based 5G deployments; and its Home Deployment Kits, allowing DIY customers to complete the fiber connection from outside the home to the customer premises. In 2022, the company introduced the FieldSmart 96-Port PON Cabinet for rural deployments and the FastPass approach to fiber distribution using in-cassette splicing to speed up Fiber Distribution Hub (FDH) cabinet installation times. This year, Clearfield announced the SeeChange terminal and hardened connector system to help operators speed fiber deployments as FTTx and 5G networks increase. It also reached a milestone of supplying more than 50 million fiber ports of its labor-lite family of Clearview Cassettes, FieldShield Assemblies and YOURx Terminals. In addition to enhancing its product line, Clearfield expanded its manufacturing plant in Tijuana, Mexico, completing a new 100,000-square-foot facility to support multistate regional telco providers and operators. In 2021, Clearfield partnered with Prysmian Group, Dura-Line, Oldcastle Infrastructure and Primex to launch the FiberONE program, offering a broadband infrastructure solution to rural areas of Canada. Clearfield posted $271 million in revenue for fiscal year 2022.

Comcast Cable / Xfinity Communities http://www.comcast.com;

http://www.xfinity.com/xfinitycommunities Services/Products: Internet, video, voice and home security services Comcast delivers internet, phone and media services to residential and business customers under the Xfinity and Comcast Business brands. Xfinity Communities works with building and property owners, developers, leasing agents and homeowners associations to provide services to MDU residents. Comcast offers 1 Gbps service to nearly all the homes and businesses in its U.S. territory over its HFC network, using DOCSIS 3.1 technology. It also delivers FTTH-based gigabit residential service in greenfield MDUs and offers a premium 2 Gbps symmetrical residential FTTH service to about 18 million homes. In 2019, Comcast launched an in-home Wi-Fi digital security service and expanded its managed broadband footprint into Canada. The cable MSO also enhanced its Wi-Fi management and smart-city capabilities. Comcast acquired Deep Blue Communications, which provides engineering, installation and commercial Wi-Fi network management services. Meanwhile, its IoT subsidiary, machineQ, collaborates with Neptune Technology Group to accelerate smart-city projects for advanced water metering and infrastructure. Since launching in April 2022, Comcast Smart Solutions has expanded its portfolio offerings and relationships with technology providers across the growing smart technology ecosystem. Last year, Comcast increased speeds for its most popular Xfinity internet tiers, providing an extra boost for millions of residential customers across 14 northeastern states, from Maine through Virginia and the District of Columbia. The company also announced it is adopting advanced hollow core fiber to serve as the foundation for its faster 10G network, capable of 10 Gbps internet speeds. This year, Comcast announced a partnership with the National Skills Coalition (NSC) to close the digital skill divide currently limiting educational and employment opportunities for nearly 50 million Americans. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Comcast Cable is a division of Comcast Corporation. Comcast Corporation reported $121.4 billion in revenue for 2022.

CommScope http://www.commscope.com

828-324-2200; 800-982-1708 Services/Products: Connectivity and cable solutions; access network solutions; outdoor wireless networks; networking, intelligent cellular and security solutions; home networks With a suite of headend/central office, outside-plant and end-user broadband solutions, CommScope provides carriers, electric co-ops and other operators solutions to address residential, MDU, commercial and cellular backhaul applications. Founded in Hickory, North Carolina, CommScope supplies extensive subscriber-premises connectivity and conduit products. In addition to the portfolio of active and passive products and solutions for broadband, the company also includes a host of offerings for cellular networks at the macro, metro and indoor layers and a Wi-Fi business providing access points, switches, sensors and software for unlicensed networks. CommScope realigned its business segments in 2022 to better match its product families with their markets, in addition to driving enhanced focus, accountability and performance by instituting a General Manager model. Its five segments are Venue and Campus Networks, Broadband Networks, Outdoor Wireless Networks and Home Networks Connectivity and Cable Solutions for the telco, MSO, commercial infrastructure, enterprise, data center and hyperscale/cloud markets; Outdoor Wireless Networks for cellular at the macro and metro layers; Networking, Intelligent Cellular & Security Solutions for licensed, unlicensed and lightly licensed networking for large venues, campuses and enterprise markets; Access Network Solutions for active broadband and video; and Home Networks for residential video and broadband consumer premises equipment. Ruckus Wi-Fi products continue to gain traction; Wifirst is bringing world-class connectivity to multiple casinos, hotels and restaurants across France with it, and Canadian customers have greater access to Ruckus Wi-Fi through CommScope’s new distribution agreement with MBSI WAV. In 2021, CommScope launched its NOVUX portfolio of fiber-to-the-home solutions. This flexible, modular architecture allows operators to use 75 percent fewer components than existing solutions while delivering 50 times the number of configurations. CommScope also introduced Propel, a high-speed fiber platform designed to help data center managers respond to the exponential increase in demand for computing power. In May 2022, the company announced a new cloud-to-edge suite of next-generation XGS-PON solutions built to facilitate the rapid global growth in FTTP deployments. This year, Tele Columbus AG, the parent company of PŸUR, engaged CommScope and Braun TeleCom for its next-generation network upgrade. The collaboration between the three companies encompasses a complete access network technology migration across Germany. CommScope also launched its new HomeVantage line of fiber gateways and optical network units (ONUs) and a new AI-based software product designed to improve the performance of broadband operators’ services. In 2022, CommScope’s revenue was $9.23 billion, up from $8.59 billion in 2021.

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Co-Mo Connect http://www.co-mo.net; http://www.co-mo.coop

660-433-5521; 800-781-0157 Services/Products: Gigabit internet, HDTV, phone service A decade ago, Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, headquartered in Tipton, Missouri, served an area that was only 15 percent covered by broadband. In response to customer demand, it launched a successful FTTH pilot project, eventually constructing a privately funded, $70 million, 4,000-mile fiber network covering the co-op’s 2,300-square-mile territory. Operating as Co-Mo Connect, the network set an example that other electric co-ops have followed. Co-Mo Connect offers internet speeds ranging from 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps and phone and television services. The company is expanding further, building out its network in several new areas of Central Missouri, including Coffman Bend and Big Island at the Lake of the Ozarks, St. Martin, Lincoln and Warsaw. This year, the company is also expanding fiber optic internet access to the Niangua Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks. Co-Mo Connect serves thousands of Missouri subscribers with internet speeds that can support smart-home technologies, which increase the value of homes. Farm technologies have proven to increase revenue. Last year, Co-Mo Connect celebrated the milestone of 25,000 broadband service subscribers. The company has more than 190 employees.

Conexon http://www.conexon.us

202-798-3884 Services/Products: Conexon: fiber design, construction management, funding and operations support for rural electric cooperatives deploying FTTH; Conexon Connect, company’s ISP entity: fiber internet and VoIP services for consumers/businesses in territories of Connect partners Conexon is a leader in the electric cooperative broadband movement, with a mission of closing the digital divide through fiber to the home. Founded in 2015, Conexon’s architecture and approach enable electric cooperatives to leverage their infrastructures to deliver fiber broadband services efficiently and affordably to their members. The company comprises professionals who have worked in electric cooperatives and the telecommunications industry, offering decades of individual experience in business planning, building networks, marketing and selling telecommunications. Conexon offers clients end-to-end broadband deployment and operations support, working with them to analyze economic feasibility, secure financing, design the network, manage construction, provide operational support, optimize business performance and determine

critical partnerships. Conexon has assisted more than 275 electric cooperatives, 75 of which deploy fiber networks. These electric cooperatives collectively offer more than 500,000 rural Americans fiber to the home services. The company has secured more than $2 billion in federal, state and local grants and subsidies for its clients. In 2021, Conexon launched its internet service provider subsidiary, Conexon Connect, an entity formed to operate and manage cooperative and investor-owned FTTH networks. To date, Conexon Connect operates in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana and Missouri.

Consolidated Communications http://www.consolidated.com

844-968-7224 Services/Products: Fiber-to-the-premises broadband, high-speed internet, data, phone, security, managed services, cloud services, wholesale carrier solutions Consolidated Communications is a leading broadband provider serving consumers, businesses and carriers across rural and metro communities in more than 20 states. Consolidated has an extensive fiber network spanning more than 58,000 fiber route miles. The company is delivering on an ambitious expansion plan that has brought multi-gig–capable fiber to more than 1 million passings since 2021. The Fidium Fiber product is a customer-centered, consumer and small business fiber broadband service offering symmetrical multi-gig rates and exceptional service to customers in California, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas and Vermont. An early adopter of public-private partnerships, Consolidated worked with 80 rural towns, state agencies and communication union districts (CUDs) throughout northern New England to build out town FTTH networks that provide symmetrical gigabit speeds to more than 85,000 homes and businesses. In 2023, the company secured $17 million for a rural Maine fiber network build that will bring fiber access to more than 15,000 locations and was awarded $40 million in grants to aid in building fiber to 57,000 homes in New Hampshire. Consolidated offers streaming content options to complement its fiber services and provides enhanced security and business communications solutions, including DDoS Mitigation, Cloud Secure, ProConnect and business productivity tools. CEO Bob Udell reports that the company added a record 12,337 consumer fiber broadband subscribers in the first quarter of 2023 and achieved 60 percent growth year over year. Consolidated Communications reported $1.19 billion in revenue for fiscal 2022.

Corning Optical Communications http://www.corning.com

828-901-5000 Services/Products: Optical fiber, optical fiber cable, FTTx product suite (cabinets, splitters, terminals, housings, drops), closures, connectors, cable assemblies, wireless access networks, engineering services, training In 2020, Corning marked the 50th anniversary of the first commercial, low-loss optical fiber – an innovation that transformed the communications industry. Corning remains a top provider of passive optical products and is the world’s highest-volume fiber producer. Last year, it opened a fiber plant in Poland, joining plants in India, China and North Carolina, where another expansion was announced in April 2023. Associated equipment and components are built in Texas, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Poland and China. Last November, Wesco International, a distributor, logistics services and supply chain solution firm, joined with Corning and Nokia to help accelerate and simplify last-mile broadband deployment in rural and regional U.S. networks. Wesco became the first distributor to launch a new FTTH kit featuring Corning’s award-winning FlexNAP components. The company has been behind many innovations, including loose-tube cable design, plug-and-play solutions for LAN, and data-center applications. Its hardened, pre-connectorized products offer providers new FTTH network deployment options, such as its ultra-bend-insensitive ClearCurve product suite, which reduces the need for highly skilled labor. Designed for long-haul, metro and FTTH network applications, Corning’s SMF-28 Ultra Optical Fiber combines low attenuation with improved macro bend performance. Corning responded to the need for higher fiber counts with RocketRibbon, doubling fiber density in a 200-micron outer diameter. In 2021, Corning introduced SMF-28 Contour fiber with superior bendability, compatibility and low signal loss. It also launched the EDGE Rapid Connect family, an up to 70 percent faster deployment than legacy cabling methods. The company expanded its longtime collaboration with AT&T to extend investments in fiber infrastructure, grow U.S. broadband networks, and accelerate 5G deployment. Last year, Corning established an exclusive supply program to help NTCA members accelerate rural broadband deployments.

Corning expanded its Evolv hardened connectivity solutions (introduced in 2021) for accelerating the deployment of fiber networks with an augmented-reality app, Evolv AR Visualizer, that allows operators to show how terminals will be placed before a deployment; new Evolv terminal options offer additional deployment flexibility. The Evolv One-Fiber Pushlok Connection Kit lets operators easily connect Pushlok drops, simplifying deployment. New Evolv terminal-port reflectors can be paired with optical network monitoring to enable automated monitoring so technicians can easily isolate cable segments for preventive maintenance and troubleshooting. In 2022, Corning’s optical communications business reported just over $5 billion in revenue, growing 15 percent over 2021, after a 22 percent spurt from 2020. The fiber communications business provided almost all overall growth in the parent company’s core businesses, which totaled $13.1 billion last year.

COS Systems http://www.cossystems.com

800-562-1730 Services/Products: Demand aggregation software, BSS/OSS for managing open-access fiber networks COS Systems delivers cloud-hosted software to plan, build and manage broadband networks globally. COS Business Engine is a proven billing and operations solution (BSS/OSS) supporting traditional providers and wholesale open-access networks. The end-to-end platform provides self-enablement, self-service management and digital sales and marketing through an online marketplace. It is simple and intuitive for customers and employees and offers a great user experience, increasing take rates and revenues. With its Service Zones, COS offers demand aggregation software to determine public interest and convert possible customers into signed subscribers. COS helps private ISPs and operators, public-private partnerships, municipalities and utilities, and cooperatives in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia excel in the FTTH race and make their ventures financially viable.

Cox Communications http://www.cox.com

800-234-3993 Services/Products: High-speed internet, digital video, voice, mobile and smart-home services The largest private telecom company in the U.S., Cox Communications serves nearly 7 million homes and businesses across 18 states. Cox was one of the first to launch residential gigabit internet speeds; more than 99 percent of Cox residential customers today have access to gigabit speeds. The company’s ongoing multibillion-dollar investment in its fiber-powered broadband network is now delivering multi-gig speeds across its footprint. It will be available to approximately 50 percent of customers by the end of 2023. For the past 20 years, Cox has continued its commitment to help connect communities, provide digital literacy training, provide discounted PCs, and connect families to its Connect2Compete Program (C2C) for households with K–12 children. Cox also administers the Federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which can provide eligible households access to high-speed internet service at no cost. It continues to expand these programs and remove barriers that prevent people from connecting to the internet. Cox expanded its affordability and adoption options to include its newest low-cost solution, ideal for veterans, senior citizens and Americans with disabilities, called ConnectAssist. Since 2020, thanks to its digital equity programs, more than 2.8 million people can connect to the internet. This year, Cox launched Cox Mobile, a nationwide mobile phone service for its internet customers. It also announced that it would acquire an interest in Unite Private Networks, which provides fiber optic communications infrastructure services. Cox Communications is the largest division of Cox Enterprises, a family-owned business founded in 1898 by James M. Cox, who served three terms as governor of Ohio. Cox Communities is the division that delivers solutions to multifamily and single-family community owners, managers, developers and their residents to support them in optimizing rents and occupancy and making their properties future-ready.

CTC Technology & Energy (CTC) http://www.ctcnet.us

301-933-1488 Services/Products: Fiber and wireless broadband network planning and design, engineering, financial analysis, grant funding and strategies, digital equity, assessment, implementation CTC offers extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of broadband strategic planning, needs assessment, feasibility analysis, engineering, business modeling, grant strategy and grant writing. Founded in 1983, CTC delivers independent strategic, technical and financial guidance on broadband infrastructure primarily to public and nonprofit entities, including state and local governments, cooperative and municipal utilities, nonprofit consortia and universities. With more than 15 years of experience with federal, state and regional grant programs, CTC helps clients capitalize on funding opportunities. The firm identifies program options and develops appropriate funding strategies that align clients’ broadband plans, including public-private collaboration, with available funding opportunities. CTC is a pioneer in digital equity analysis and planning. Through innovative data collection and analysis approaches, the firm helps public-sector clients better understand the gaps that may keep all residents from making the most meaningful use of broadband. These approaches do not focus on building new infrastructure but on developing strategic guidance regarding affordability, device access, digital literacy, language barriers, security concerns and other issues that prevent internet adoption and use. CTC partnered with Business Oregon to develop plans to make internet accessible, affordable and reliable via high-speed broadband for all Oregonians. The company also drafted the RFP that led to the selection of Metronet for constructing a fiber optic network throughout Moline, Illinois.

Danella Companies http://www.danella.com

610-828-6200 Services/Products: FTTH network design, engineering, construction, testing Since its founding in 1972, Danella has grown from a tiny office/yard to having a rental footprint in every state, construction in 15 states, and more than 2,000 employees across the country with an annual revenue of $580 million. It has 17 divisions operating from 29 geographically diverse facilities in 12 states. Danella Construction performs approximately $225 million in work per year. It is a leading installation contractor for all types of utilities, providing services for the power, gas distribution, water and communications industries since its early beginnings. Danella continues to expand its FTTH services for Tier-1 service providers and municipalities. By acquiring Florida-based Viking Utility Services in 2020, Danella expanded its portfolio to include new construction development infrastructure, overhead to underground electric conversion, communications (fiber, coax, FTTx) and directional drilling and locating services. Given the number of new broadband builds that will start in the next year because of Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program funding, there’s significant potential that providers could disrupt underground utility

gas lines. Danella’s Locusview team has been working alongside PECO, Pennsylvania’s largest electric and natural gas utility, to digitally map all gas mains and utility services at Danella work sites. They precisely map the entire underground area so crews know the location of utility services. The company continues to gain recognition for its efforts. It ranked 78 out of 600 in this year’s top specialty contractors list and 11 in the Top 20 Utility Services sector among older and publicly held corporations. Danella’s safety practices also gain attention. The company recently won the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) 2023 Recognition of Achievement in Safety Excellence award.

Design Nine / WideOpen Networks http://www.designnine.com; http://www.wideopennetworks.us

540-951-4400 Services/Products: Planning and feasibility studies; business and financial planning; project management; network design, buildout and operations Design Nine’s broadband planning and network design firm is well known for its expertise in local transport and open-access networks. Design Nine services include fiber and wireless network design, grant-writing assistance, needs assessment, broadband network buildout assistance, financial modeling, business planning, community-owned broadband systems’ legal and organizational structures and project management. Open-access networks it planned and designed include Bozeman Fiber in Montana; Palm Coast FiberNET in Florida; Danville, Rockbridge and Wired Road in Virginia; FastRoads in New Hampshire; AccessEagan in Minnesota; and fiber to the home in Blacksburg, Va.; and Charles City County in Virginia. Design Nine has worked with the New Hampshire FastRoads open-access network project for several years and is helping to connect 22 communities with middle- and last-mile fiber. Design Nine’s subsidiary, WideOpen Networks, manages community-owned and private-sector networks, providing network monitoring, service provisioning, service provider attraction, asset management, billing and outside-plant management. CIO Review recognized the company as a Top 20 Emerging Network Solution Provider. WideOpen Networks plans to develop 40 miles of fiber in Blacksburg that will serve up to 8,000 homes. Design Nine’s broadband planning work continues to expand, with a sharp increase in the number of feasibility studies completed and a steady rise in the number of municipalities requesting help. Design Nine, headquartered in Blacksburg, works on projects throughout North America.

Ditch Witch http://www.ditchwitch.com

580-336-4402 Services/Products: Construction equipment for laying fiber Ditch Witch offers tools that allow service providers to dig efficiently through challenging terrain, congested roadways and manicured lawns to build FTTH networks. It specializes in developing underground construction equipment, including trenchers, microtrenchers, vibratory plows, horizontal directional drills, mud recycling and fluid systems, drill pipe, HDD tooling, vacuum excavation systems and stand-on skid steers. Ditch Witch microtrenchers are designed to improve productivity and reduce the cost per foot on fiber job sites. The company’s newest fiber installation offering is the Reload Microtrencher Blade, which allows contractors to quickly replace damaged or worn bits in the field without removing the blade from the machine. The reloadable bits change the way fiber installation professionals think about maintenance, simplifying the process enough that one person can change every bit on a blade in less than 20 minutes.

The company recently released the world’s largest all-terrain horizontal direction drill, the AT120, which allows contractors to drill through solid rock formations without using massive amounts of drilling fluid. Ditch Witch also added its largest truck vacuum excavator, the W12, the first product in the Warlock Truck Vac series. The W12 features 5,000 CFM and a lift of 27 Hg, which removes massive amounts of debris in less time than ever. Recently, the company added a new microtrencher, the MT26, which offers 26 inches of digging depth for 5G applications that need at least two feet of cover. This year, Ditch Witch launched an e-commerce version of HDD Advisor to simplify tooling configuration and streamline parts purchasing for horizontal directional drill operators. Ditch Witch’s factory is in Perry, Oklahoma, and the company has more than 1,600 employees. Its equipment is distributed through a worldwide dealer organization that operates in more than 100 countries through more than 170 locations.

Dura-Line Corporation http://www.duraline.com

800-847-7661 Services/Products: Conduit, cable-in-conduit, microducts, accessories Dura-Line develops and manufactures high-density, polyethylene conduits for protecting fiber optic, electrical and coaxial cables. It supplies fiber optic conduit and related products to telecom, data, cable TV, power and other markets. Customers include leading U.S. and international telephone and cable providers. Dura-Line developed the first ducts for installing and protecting fiber optic cables in 1981, introduced a complete line of fiber optic microduct products in 2001, and followed up in 2003 with FuturePath, a bundled package of microducts that can be installed the same way as a traditional conduit. FuturePath allows up to 24 pathways in a single conduit, and the FuturePath Figure-8, introduced in 2018, allows bundling seven microducts into one for aerial fiber. In February 2021, in response to the global COVID-19 crisis, Dura-Line’s parent company, Orbia, and the Resilient Cities Network (R-Cities), a city-led network to empower cities to advance the lives of urban dwellers, announced a partnership to produce innovative, long-term infrastructure investments that include connectivity. Dura-Line’s conduit is being deployed in three rural U.S. communities in need of new fiber infrastructure to support tourism and the film industry – Waco, Texas; Senoia, Georgia; and Deadwood, South Dakota. Last year, Dura-Line announced its acquisition of Biarri Networks, a leading Denver-based technology provider specializing in fiber optic network design solutions for the telecommunications industry. The company is also constructing three new production facilities across the U.S. and Canada. This year, the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance (LEDA) announced the expansion of Dura-Line into the Lubbock community. The expansion will drive the creation of 141 new full-time jobs and introduce more than $52 million of capital investment. Dura-Line has 20 locations and 1,500-plus employees worldwide.

Dycom Industries http://www.dycomind.com

561-627-7171 Services/Products: Program and project management, engineering, construction, maintenance, installation services Dycom provides specialty contracting services, including engineering, construction, program and project management, materials provisioning, installation and maintenance to telecommunications, cable MSOs and broadband providers throughout the U.S. Its subsidiaries provide services to construct, install, optimize and maintain communications facilities. The company offers a full suite of turnkey services for wireline and wireless networks, including planning, site identification and acquisition, architecture and engineering, design, project management, materials purchasing and distribution, infrastructure and tower construction, equipment and antenna installation, cable placement and splicing, central office EF&I, commission, integration, residential and commercial installations, customer acquisition, locating services and maintenance. AT&T, Comcast and Charter awarded Dycom construction and fulfillment service contracts and extensions, and Dycom signed a rural fiber services contract covering two states. Last year, Dycom Industries began working with Brightspace on the design and construction preparation for the planned deployment of its fiber optics network buildout. The first application will take place in North Carolina. Dycom is also finding new opportunities to assist electric co-ops with their FTTH builds. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, with more than 14,000 employees, Dycom posted $3.1 billion in revenue for the fiscal year 2022.

DZS http://www.dzsi.com

877-946-6320 Services/Products: Broadband connectivity, connected home and business, and mobile and optical edge transport solutions DZS Inc. is a global leader in access networking infrastructure, service assurance and consumer experience software solutions. DZS enables today’s broadband service providers to become tomorrow’s experience providers by partnering to transform their networks and business models with software-defined subscriber experience management for immersive, in-home Wi-Fi management and services. The company also offers service assurance; end-to-end, intelligent, multi-gigabit fiber (FTTx) broadband connectivity; and 5G mobile services. DZS paved the way in GPON, 10G symmetrical (XGS)-PON, 5G mobile xHaul (fronthaul, midhaul, backhaul), open RAN (O-RAN) and optical local area networking (FiberLAN) innovation to meet the most demanding and complex requirements in next-generation broadband access and wireless networks. The company’s scalable, future-proof portfolio, which includes market-leading fixed, mobile and enterprise solutions complemented by robust, fiber-edge access and transport expertise and world-class support services, accelerates broadband investments for any deployment scenario. DZS is led by visionary CEO Charlie Vogt, who in 2020 took the assets and insights of the industry’s leaders in XGS-PON, 5G O-RAN transport, software-defined networking and the world’s leading experts in environmentally hardened designs necessary for the network EDGE and combined them into a single disruptive company. By leveraging industry-leading R&D and product development capabilities, Vogt has quickly built a formidable company designed to meet the demands of the future and give customers a sustainable, competitive EDGE. During its rapid growth, DZS stayed true to this philosophy with a customer-first attitude and agile mindset. Since the company’s renaissance in 2020, DZS has booked more than $1 billion in new orders, raised more than $100 million in new investments and won 225 new customers, including some of the world’s largest and most respected carriers. With more than 400 customers, 60,000 systems deployed and 70 million cloud-connected subscribers, DZS has the scope and scale of business that allows it to lead markets while remaining agile and responsive to change. DZS continues to deliver cutting-edge solutions that help bridge the digital divide by bringing high-speed, fiber-based broadband services to unserved and underserved communities across the globe. This year, DZS and Irby Utilities announced deployment milestones reached by two of DZS’s rural electric cooperative broadband customers: Connect2First and FASTnet. Each has deployed hyper-fast broadband to more than 12,000 subscribers to date. The company also won the 2023 Broadband Communities Cornerstone Award for its work in powering Myakka Communications to bring “Broadband to the Boonies.”

EPB Fiber Optics http://www.epb.com

423-648-1372 Services/Products: Voice, video, data and smart-grid services provided over a fiber optic network EPB’s FTTP network is frequently cited as a national model for deploying a community-based fiber network accessible to every home and business in its 600-square-mile service area. EPB pioneered a groundbreaking business plan combining a fiber network with cutting-edge smart-grid technology, a municipal utility serving the Chattanooga area. In 2010, EPB became the first U.S. provider to launch a gig-speed internet service accessible to all its customers. EPB also uses the Chattanooga fiber network as the communications backbone for one of the most advanced, highly automated, self-healing smart-grid power distribution systems in the U.S. Today, EPB serves more than 120,000 homes and businesses. In addition to being the first to launch a 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps symmetrical offer, EPB also launched a communitywide 25 Gbps service earlier this year. Through a partnership with Hamilton County and the City of Chattanooga, the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Convention Center is EPB’s first 25 Gbps customer, enabling it to simultaneously provide high bandwidth connectivity to thousands of smart devices to draw business conferences, e-gaming competitions, live-streaming events and more. Following the launch of its 25 Gbps service in Chattanooga, EPB launched Smart Net Plus, a managed Wi-Fi solution. Leveraging its 9,000-mile fiber optic backbone, EPB’s smart grid reroutes power around storm damage and other disruptions to reduce outages by about 55 percent per year, saving customers more than an estimated $161 million annually in losses associated with spoiled goods, lost productivity and other outage-related damages. In Chattanooga, EPB’s communitywide fiber network already helped generate nearly $2.7 billion in economic benefits – including more than 9,500 jobs – since it was completed more than a decade ago. EPB also plays an active role in driving cybersecurity and quantum technology innovations. Quantum Protected Network, a cybersecurity technology developed by Qubitekk and field-tested at EPB, is an extension of previous research and development by Qubitekk and EPB in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory. In March, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly announced “Gig City Goes Quantum,” a new initiative to prepare for education, jobs and business opportunities in the emerging quantum technology sector. Building on an effort to run quantum cybersecurity technologies, EPB and Qubitekk jointly launched EPB Quantum Network, a commercially available quantum network designed for private companies and government and university researchers to run quantum equipment and applications in an established fiber optic environment. EPB is also helping other communities build their fiber networks through its launched EPB Broadband Solutions to reduce capital costs and financial risk while accelerating speed to market.

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ESPi http://www.espicorp.com

877-799-3774 Services/Products: UPS equipment for fiber installations Kansas-based ESPi manufactures several lines of UPS equipment for FTTH installations and remote sites without power. ESPi offers indoor and outdoor UPS solutions and solar and hybrid UPS units to provide power to remote areas where utility power is not readily available. ESPi’s UPS product line includes 12V NEO Indoor, 12V TITAN Outdoor, 12V TITAN Solar, 24V TITAN-24, 48V Mega TITAN, TITAN-XL, Solar UPS products, Watt Box, AC/DC Power adapters and much more. ESPi’s 12V TITAN Outdoor is a quality UPS that is easy to install, reduces time on site and protects customers from service disruptions. ESPi distributes its products directly and through various partners, including United Tel-Supply, Power & Tel, Graybar and KGP Logistics.

“It’s an exciting time to be part of the FTTH revolution. I’m both humbled and inspired when I hear stories from residents and neighbors about the impact broadband internet access is making in their lives. I’m grateful for how state and local government leaders have prioritized fiber access and the commitment that’s been made by our industry partners to help close the digital divide in Tennessee.”

— William Bradford, CEO, United Communications

ETI Software Solutions http://www.etisoftware.com

770-242-3620; 800-332-1078 Services/Products: Software products for managing the entire broadband subscriber lifestyle, from service activation and fulfillment, work order management and billing to device management and data analytics ETI Software Solutions is a leading global provider of OSS/BSS software solutions that enable broadband providers to manage and streamline their fiber networks effectively. By reducing network complexity, ETI’s solutions allow broadband providers to deliver optimal customer experiences, helping them attract and retain customers. ETI recently launched Smart B/OSS, the world’s first intelligent OSS/BSS platform, to allow broadband providers to streamline their operations and create more engaging customer experiences. With this innovative technology, ETI is paving the way for broadband providers to distinguish themselves in the marketplace by providing an enhanced subscriber experience – critical in today’s competitive environment. Built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 and TM Forum standards, Smart B/OSS allows broadband providers to manage operations, finances, customer relationships and other core functions from a single platform with assistance from artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate processes and gain insights from data. Its cloud-based platform provides broadband providers with a cost-effective, scalable, secure way to manage network operations efficiently and effectively. Founded in 1992, ETI is experiencing tremendous growth by simplifying complex systems through purpose-built intelligent platforms for network operators. ETI is an employee-owned software company headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, with affiliate offices in England, Bulgaria and Ukraine.

EXFO http://www.exfo.com

418-683-0211; 800-663-3936 Services/Products: Testing, monitoring and analytics solutions for the communications industry EXFO, headquartered in Quebec, Canada, has offered testing, monitoring and analytics solutions for 37 years and, by most measures, is the world’s largest supplier of communications troubleshooting equipment. The company has lab and field-testing expertise, providing solutions that automate FTTH testing and workflows to boost efficiency and subscriber quality of experience. EXFO’s FTTH test portfolio includes fiber inspection solutions; OLTS, OTDR (a new highly automated modular line, the D-Series, was introduced in spring 2023) and iOLM, including CWDM and DWDM models; PON power meters; Ethernet protocol testers; and end-to-end monitoring solutions for the physical and service layers. The OTDR D-Series is part of an entire ecosystem that connects to EXFO Exchange, a collaborative, cloud-based software platform that unifies, automates and optimizes field-testing, reporting, workflows, troubleshooting processes and more. All test plans, data and reports can be stored, shared and analyzed collaboratively in real time. EXFO supports the end-to-end design to deployment ecosystem with test solutions for network equipment manufacturers and network operators alike. The company, which has about 1,900 employees worldwide, has broadened its suite of 5G test tools and, starting in 2020, expanded the development of its cloud-native, AI-based Nova A|SA Adaptive Service Assurance platform. Since then, it broadened its collaboration in that field with Intel, most recently in winter 2022. EXFO operates in more than 25 countries and counts 95 percent of the world’s top communications service providers as customers.

Fiberdyne Labs http://www.fiberdyne.com

315-895-8470; 800-894-9694 Services/Products: Optical passive devices, multiplexers, fiber optic cable assemblies, termination boxes, FTTH drop cables, fiber testing and installation services Fiberdyne Labs, Inc., established in 1992, manufactures stock and custom fiber optic products, including termination boxes, passive modules (WDM and fiber splitters), fiber jumpers, pigtails and MPO cables and cassettes. Recent product introductions include in-building fiber tracing tools, FTTH drop cables, an PLC Splitter Module (GPON XGS-PON NG-PON2 FTTx), Passive Optical Patchcords (FPOP) Cable Assemblies, 1U FiberPassHD Cassette Chassis and a 150GHz O-Band 17 Channel AAWG Module. The company also offers fiber characterization testing and installation services nationwide. Fiberdyne can determine whether a fiber plant will support a provider’s network equipment and transmission speed with its fiber characterization service. Its installation services include managing, terminating, troubleshooting and testing copper and fiber optic cabling. It also offers fiber optic splicing services to repair broken fiber optic cables or splice on factory-terminated pigtails. Headquartered in Frankfort, New York, Fiberdyne has 77 full-time employees.

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Finley Engineering http://www.finleyusa.com

800-225-9716 Services/Products: Broadband network consulting, design and engineering services Finley Engineering is one of the most extensive communications and network design companies in the U.S. With 70 years of communications and electric power engineering experience and 30-plus years of experience with fiber communication and data projects, Finley works with organizations that provide fiber connections to improve quality of life and economic opportunities. Specializing in end-to-end engineering consulting, Finley works with telecom providers, electric cooperatives, municipalities and counties to find the best broadband strategies to fit specific needs. Every project starts with a strategic discussion regarding broadband and includes all stakeholders to gather critical information and perspectives. Finley’s approach is from start to finish – from the initial feasibility study to project completion. Finley continues to specialize in helping clients secure rural broadband funding from grants and loans and has been particularly active in Fiber Broadband Association educational efforts. In 2023, the company was included in Broadband Communities’ 22nd annual list of leading broadband technologies and services. The company has a half-dozen offices and is headquartered in Lamar, Missouri. It has more than 250 employees nationwide.

Fiber Instrument Sales (FIS) http://www.fiberinstrumentsales.com

800-500-0347 Services/Products: Fiber distribution cabinets, splicers, consumables and cable assemblies FIS is a manufacturer and full-line distributor of broadband communication fiber optics; test equipment, splicers, drop cable and cable assemblies, fiber tools and toolkits, fiber optic consumable products and fiber distribution cabinets. Visit the FIS website or online store to fill the shopping cart, submit an order and receive stock items a few short days later. FIS has been servicing fiber optic contractors and broadband companies since its inception in 1985 and has continued to reinvest in manufacturing fiber products. FIS continues to expand the distribution of passive and active equipment products. FIS manufacturing efforts have elevated its services and products as the “safety of the buy” for its customer base of more than 9,000 worldwide. With 250 employees, FIS manufactures fiber interconnects, fiber cable, test equipment, splice-on connectors and drop cable assemblies and provides a wide array of services loading NID Boxes, MSTs and distribution pole or pedestal cabinets to reduce installation times. FIS has metal fabrication equipment, paint booths, silk screening and loading of pre-terminated cables into the enclosures for quick field installations. FIS has new kits for FTTH technicians for mid-span cable access, smaller fusion splicers for installing fiber connectors, and fiber splice and distribution enclosures for hardened outdoor connectors. FIS has products to connect the residential home to optical splitters on the pole or at the neighborhood pedestal. The FIS Fiber to the Home Solution allows an end-user or contractor to choose the preferred products from multiple manufacturers and migrate them together. FIS is a supplier to many FTTH broadband providers across the U.S., Canada and internationally. FIS offers fiber optic training courses: live online, pre-recorded online, onsite custom corporate training and in-person training at its Brightside Training Center or popular cities across the U.S.

Frontier 855-850-2063

http://www.frontier.com Services/Products: Broadband internet, online video, business services Frontier describes its mission in the broadband industry to drive the “un-cable” revolution. Today, the service provider is extending fiber broadband to millions of consumers and businesses in 25 states with multi-gigabit speeds. The service provider has set an ambitious fiber buildout plan. So far, Frontier has built fiber to 1.2 million locations, bringing total fiber passings to 5.2 million by the end of 2022; it’s now more than halfway to its target of 10 million fiber locations. Moreover, company leaders said it is on track to build out to 1.3 million locations in 2023, surpassing 10 million locations by 2025. As Frontier has rolled out fiber into more markets, the telco has enhanced its speed tiers. After launching network-wide 2 Gbps fiber internet service, Frontier debuted a 5 Gbps offer by providing customers in all its fiber markets access to the new premium service simultaneously, with no phased rollouts. In tandem with rolling out new speed tiers, the service provider has recognized the ways consumers consume video content. It launched a partnership with YouTube TV that bundles fiber internet with live and on-demand TV content, all on a single bill. But residential service is only one part of the equation. Frontier is also leading an aggressive effort to increase its business services efforts on two fronts: providing core connectivity to small and midsized businesses and enterprise customers and building a managed services portfolio to generate revenues and drive up average revenue per user. It hopes to achieve this through a mix of internal efforts and partnerships with key business suppliers, including RingCentral (Unified Communications), Microsoft Teams Direct (integrated services), Cradlepoint (wireless failover) and Cisco Meraki (Wi-Fi security). Led by “Nick” Simon Jeffery, who became CEO in April 2021, Frontier reported 2022 revenues of $6.41 billion.

Fujitsu Network Communications http://www.fujitsu.com/us/products/network

888-362-7763 Services/Products: Telecommunications hardware and software; financial, business and IT consulting; market analysis and deployment plans; network design, supply chain management, project management, network deployment and systems integration; operations and management, multivendor wireline and wireless solutions; fiber services, custom indoor/outdoor cabinets, network and technology refresh Fujitsu Network Communications helps network operators and service providers launch or expand broadband networks that bring enhanced connectivity to their subscribers. Its consultative, systems-integrator approach gives customers a single point of contact and peace of mind that their fiber and wireless network, operations and services will be ready on day one. With extensive project management experience acquired through many years of deployments, Fujitsu manages any level of planning, implementation and operations that customers require. The company provides turnkey solutions for FTTx implementations with the best multivendor wireline, wireless and software technology. Fujitsu has served as a prime integrator for high-profile projects, including an FTTH deployment by Kit Carson Electric Cooperative in Taos, New Mexico, and a middle-mile network for Horizon in southern and eastern Ohio. Fujitsu also served as the prime network integrator for municipal broadband provider FairlawnGig, which achieved a 94 percent customer satisfaction score in a recent online survey of business and residential users. The company is also partnering with Accelecom to connect businesses throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky with a high-speed fiber broadband network. In 2022, Fujitsu introduced the Virtuora Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) offering to enable intelligent, automated and adaptive service delivery over multilayer, multivendor mobile networks, subnets, network slices and the cloud. This year, Fujitsu announced the launch of its 1FINITY Ultra Optical System, a hyper-reliable optical transport platform delivering extreme performance and scalability with data rates of 1.2 terabits per second (Tbps) on a single wavelength, with future upgrade to 1.6 Tbps. Fujitsu Network Communications is a subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, a Japanese information and communications technology company (ICT). As the digital transformation partner of choice for customers in more than 100 countries, Fujitsu’s 124,000 employees work to resolve some of humanity’s most significant challenges. The global company’s range of services and solutions draws on five key technologies: computing, networks, AI, data and security and converging technologies, which are brought together to deliver sustainability transformation. Fujitsu Limited reported consolidated revenues of $3.71 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.

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GigabitNow http://www.gigabitnow.com

866-748-8066 Services/Products: FTTH network solutions and internet services, including design, construction, operations, connectivity and customer support GigabitNow offers communities of all sizes fast, reliable, affordable fiber internet without bandwidth caps and free from privacy worries or service constraints. The company provides customized solutions, including complete turnkey services, for the development, construction, operations, support, and delivery of gigabit fiber internet networks. GigabitNow provides gigabit-class networks and services to unserved and underserved municipalities, multitenant buildings, and private communities (including senior living communities). As of mid-2023, GigabitNow deploys multiple FTTH city and community networks. As of 2020, GigabitNow provides internet services to large sections of Fullerton, California, as part of its FiberCity project with SiFi Networks and the company started working with customers in neighboring communities on new connectivity services. In June 2021, it announced a new project for Placentia, California, activating the first customer in June 2023. Several other FiberCity projects with SiFi are underway, including Simi Valley and Rancho Cordova, California, and Saratoga Springs, New York – GigabitNow’s first residential/business deployment on the East Coast. In 2022, the provider announced new FTTH community networks in Bloomington and Columbus, Indiana, in partnership with Hoosier Fiber Networks. GigabitNow expects to offer internet service to portions of both communities in the summer of 2023 as Hoosier Fiber Networks completes the first build areas. Saratoga Springs city officials and SiFi Network broke ground last October on the Saratoga Springs FiberCity. When the $32 million project is complete in 2024, high-speed fiber infrastructure will be available to every household, business and institution within city limits. GigabitNow will serve as the internet provider on the network, offering speeds up to 10 Gbps. Founded in 1991, GigabitNow is a division of IsoFusion, one of the largest privately held, full-service ISPs and co-location providers in the Pacific Northwest.

GoNetspeed http://www.gonetspeed.com

855-891-7291 Services/Products: Voice, video and gigabit speed internet services Headquartered in New Gloucester, Maine, GoNetspeed provides high-speed fiber internet to residential and business customers. In 2021, five companies in telecommunications were acquired by Oak Hill Capital, creating GoNetspeed. To date, GoNetspeed provides access to service in more than 120 communities throughout nine states: Alabama, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and West Virginia. GoNetspeed has continued to accelerate the expansion of its fiber network throughout the Northeastern U.S., adding thousands of new service areas every year. GoNetspeed is one of the largest independent internet providers in the East.

Graybar http://www.graybar.com

800-GRAYBAR (472-9227) Services/Products: PON electronics, fiber cabinets and enclosures, fiber optic cable, fiber splice closures and pedestals, DC power, fiber terminals Graybar is a North American distributor of products and materials for telecommunications and other industries. FTTH and related solutions represent a significant portion of Graybar’s broadband business. Independent telephone companies and cooperatives, competitive exchange carriers, municipalities, rural electric cooperatives, contractors, wireless companies and cable operators depend on Graybar. In November 2021, Graybar acquired Metro Electric Supply and Metro Lighting, a regional distributor primarily serving homebuilders and contractors specializing in residential, commercial and industrial projects. It is also a retailer of lighting products. Last year, Graybar announced that it completed the acquisition of CX Connexion, an electrical distributor based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Earlier this year, the company acquired Valin Corporation, a leading distributor of automation, filtration, fluid handling, heating and process control products and systems. Graybar has won several accolades. Fortune named it on the World’s Most Admired Companies list for the 21st year and No. 378 on its Fortune 500 ranking of the largest U.S. companies. Graybar also was named one of Energage’s Top Workplaces USA. Founded in 1869 by inventor Elisha Gray and entrepreneur Enos Barton, Graybar sells thousands of items from major manufacturers; its value-added services include kitting and integrated solutions. A Fortune 500 company with net sales of $10.5 billion in 2022, Graybar employs 9,400 people at more than 325 locations throughout the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. It is one of North America’s largest, oldest employee-owned companies.

Greenlight Networks http://www.greenlightnetworks.com

585-351-6600 Services/Products: High-speed fiber internet service Greenlight Networks is an ultra-high-speed broadband service provider offering residential customers internet speeds up to 5 Gbps. Founded in 2011, Greenlight Networks builds, owns and operates a fiber optic network that provides high-speed internet connections. Earlier this year, the company reduced the cost of 1G internet by $25 per month and 2G internet by $100 per month while simultaneously including a new 5G service at symmetrical speeds. In 2021, Greenlight Networks completed its acquisition of Plexicomm, a Binghamton-based ISP, providing a platform for Greenlight to expand its fiber network across New York State’s Southern Tier. In 2022, private equity firm Oak Hill Capital became the majority investor of Greenlight Networks, providing the financial backing to accelerate Greenlight’s growth in building and connecting fiber-to-the-home broadband services across New York state and beyond. Greenlight Networks’ high-speed fiber internet is available to more than 125,000 homes in 21 municipalities in the Rochester, Buffalo, Bingham