2020 Exhibitor/Sponsor List

3-GIS

Since 2006, 3-GIS has been helping the telecom industry improve the visibility of network assets. Accessed via a browser, the 3-GIS software service combines a full-editing GIS, single-click constructible work packets, strandlevel asset availability, and machine-prescribed routing and design in one seamless system to deliver value at every stage in the life of a network. 3-GIS customers are network providers and engineering firms interested in moving beyond the limits of mapping into modeling and managing the connectivity of their networks.

ACRS, LLC

ACRS is a national engineering firm with 30 years of experience in the design and construction management of telecommunications and broadband networks including FTTx and wireless technologies. Commencing with our comprehensive business plans and financing acquisition, ACRS offers its customers complete turnkey solutions. ACRS is also recognized as a national leader in the acquisition of low interest loans and grants for broadband networks.

Some of our services include: feasibility studies, business plans, initial planning and cost estimating, GIS and AutoCAD based mapping, site acquisition, public and private right-of-way permitting, environmental clearances, inventory management, wireless and FTTx design, construction management and as-built records.

From the most rural parts of our country to the largest metropolitan areas, ACRS provides the highest quality designs at competitive rates.

ADTRAN

ADTRAN has a unique understanding of the transition facing operators today. For over three decades, ADTRAN has been enabling service providers to deliver the services their customers need when they need it. Today is no different. ADTRAN is accelerating the delivery of Gigabit broadband with rapidly deployable solutions that leverage existing network infrastructure, speed time to market and reduce deployment costs. ADTRAN offers the most open, programmable and scalable Gigabit broadband access portfolio on the market today with solutions that are designed to maximize the existing network, while enabling the migration to new software-based deployment models. ADTRAN not only offers the latest in technologies, but provides world-class service and support to meet both the operators’ needs and those of their customers. To find out more about our solutions for Gigabit services, visit adtran.com/broadband

Alianza

Alianza makes cloud communications radically better for service providers. Our Cloud Voice Platform is a web-scale, turnkey, virtualized software solution that enables broadband providers to rapidly customize, launch and profit from VoIP and UC services. With our SaaS solution, voice becomes a robust broadband application and service providers realize massive simplification, new service possibilities and a lower total cost of ownership.

Altec Industries

Altec is a leading provider of products and services to the electric utility, telecommunications, tree care, lights and signs, and contractor markets. We deliver products and services in more than 100 countries throughout the world. Backed by the nation’s largest service group, Altec is the go-to for your cradle-to-grave solutions for aerial units, cranes, digger derricks, and spray equipment.

American Polywater Corporation

American Polywater is a leading manufacturer of quality chemical solutions used in the communications field since 1973. The company first invented the Polywater line of cable pulling lubricants, which revolutionized cable pulling because of the extraordinary reduction in friction. Since then, the company has expanded to offer a broad line of products to clean, repair, maintain and protect cables and other plant infrastructure. Product features include duct and cabinet pad sealants for rodent and weather proofing; cleaners for cable prep, Icky-Pic compound and fiber optic glass cleaners; a military-grade, total conduit encapsulation system and HDPE conduit adhesive; and cable pulling lubricants for the telecom, data and CATV markets, including F.O. cable micro-jetting and blowing lubricants.

AT&T

AT&T Connected Communities is a specialized division of AT&T dedicated to creating strategic partnerships with apartment ownership and management groups, single-family builders, developers and real estate investment trusts. At AT&T our market focus is on giving customers what they want in three key areas. As a broadband connectivity provider, our high-speed fiber and wireless broadband networks connect people and businesses across the U.S. As a software-based entertainment provider, we deliver compelling entertainment experiences through HBO Max and AT&T TV. We deliver, and continue to invent new ways to deliver, captivating entertainment that creates emotional connections and brings us all closer.

Bel Air Internet

Bel Air Internet is a full-service communications provider and the creator of Rover, an advanced Managed Wi-Fi solution available nationwide. With over two decades in the telecom industry, Bel Air Internet delivers Internet, Wi-Fi and Voice services to over 75,000 daily users including the most prestigious and technologically advanced residential developments in the country. Their unique Rover solution with its proprietary software allows residents’ private Wi-Fi networks to “follow” them throughout the property, while segmenting traffic to seamlessly fuel Smart Unit and building devices, with 24/7 real-time network monitoring.

Biarri Networks

“Biarri Networks is a technology company that delivers an innovative digital network engineering approach across the deployment of fiber-fed access Networks. We help organizations design and deliver fiber networks sooner and faster.

Over the years we have developed end-to-end processes that accelerate the design and deployment of fiber broadband and 5G networks. We are pioneers in autodesign, a technique that produces more accurate network designs for bringing broadband networks to market sooner – and at less cost per home passed – than traditional fiber network design methods.

Our design services, processes, and software tools help our customers across the globe to assess the project, create HLD and LLD designs and ultimately accelerate the-go-to-market while being on budget or under budget every step of the way.

Now move than ever organizations continue to choose Biarri Networks for their network planning, design, OSP engineering, and complete E&C deployment requirements”

Boingo Wireless

Boingo Wireless (NASDAQ: WIFI) is leading the evolution of high-speed Wi-Fi for student and multifamily housing. The company empowers communities with unmatched connectivity solutions that drive high resident satisfaction and enhance the investment of property owners. Learn more about Boingo’s state-of-the-art telecom networks at boingo.com/multifamily.

Calix

Calix is a global leader in access innovation and North America’s leading provider of fiber access systems and software. Leverage our fiber access expertise to become the broadband service provider of choice. Visit www.calix.com for more information.

Casa Systems, Inc.

Casa Systems delivers converged broadband technology solutions that enable mobile, cable and fixed network service providers to meet the growing demand for gigabit bandwidth and services. Our suite of distributed and virtualized solutions for fixed and mobile 5G ultra-broadband networks are engineered for performance, flexibility and scale. Commercially deployed in over 70 countries, Casa serves more than 475 Tier 1 and regional service providers worldwide.

At Casa Systems, we are focused on one thing: delivering ultra-broadband solutions that are designed to meet the exacting needs of our customers and help them stay ahead of the competition.

For more information, visit www.casa-systems.com

CenturyLink

CenturyLink, Inc. is a global technology company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana that provides communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice and managed services to customers worldwide.

CenturyLink Connected Community solutions provide advanced Fiber technology plus end-to-end service to you and your residents in ways that cable and satellite would be hard pressed to match. Our Fiber internet allows households to stream, monitor, watch, game – whatever they want to do in their smart-connected homes.

The Future is brighter with Fiber. Set your properties and communities apart from your competitors by getting tailored solutions from CenturyLink, the Connected Community Experts.

CHR Solutions

CHR is a leading provider of broadband engineering services, BSS/OSS software business solutions, and Managed IT and NOC services to communications services providers (CSPs). Our legacy was built by providing comprehensive services to carriers for all of their network and business needs. CHR provides holistic broadband program and project management and have the experience and success to deliver overall network deployment projects. CHR is an industry leader, with intimate knowledge of large and small broadband providers, including electric coops, telco, cable and municipalities Our team of industry experts help companies grow revenue and improve operations. CHR’s local presence, national network and global reach provide the scale and skill to elevate your business.

Clearfield, Inc.

When it comes to distribution, consolidation, management and protection of fiber, nothing comes close to Clearfield’s streamlined, practical approach. Designed for scalable deployment through the Clearview Cassette, craft-friendly operation and unsurpassed performance, Clearfield’s line of panels, frames and cabinets, and optical components and full range of fiber optic assemblies and patch cords are designed with the simplicity that delivers lowest total cost of ownership.

Clearfield’s FieldShield fiber delivery system is a simple, fast fiber pathway through all points of a network, integrating with our ISP and OSP product lines to provide a total end-to-end solution. FieldShield pushable fiber, microduct and Clearfield last-mile drop technologies save providers time and money with labor-light designs that lower the cost of broadband deployment, reduce installation time and simplify engineering network design.

FieldSmart + FieldShield = Total Fiber Integration. Visit us at www.SeeClearfield.com.

Coalition for Local Internet Choice (CLIC)

CLIC is a nonprofit coalition representing a wide range of public and private interests that support the authority of local communities to make the broadband internet choices essential for economic competitiveness, democratic discourse and quality of life in the 21st century. Membership is free.

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina

Communications Data Group (CDG)

CDG offers scalable, accurate billing and operational support solutions for voice, video and data for retail and wholesale telecommunications carriers and service providers. Options include BDS, interconnect, CABS, mediation, customer care, plant, trouble, service provisioning, e-care, task management and third-party financial, mapping and facilities management products. Service bureau, online and licensed options are available. Visit our website at www.cdg.ws to learn more.

Communications Supply Service Association (CSSA)

CSSA is a national supplier dedicated to utility based broadband service providers. Our portfolio includes leading products and services that help our Member/customers serve their local communities. From loading firmware on your broadband gateways, providing custom packaging and labeling services, configuring business voice systems and even providing technical support, our goal is to distribute industry specific products and provide related services that make it easier to be a local broadband service provider.

Corning Optical Communications

Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in materials science, with a 166-year track record of lifechanging inventions. We apply unparalleled expertise in glass science, ceramics science and optical physics along with our deep manufacturing and engineering capabilities to develop category-defining products that transform industries and enhance people’s lives. Our Optical Communications segment delivers fiber to the people, businesses and, increasingly, “things” at every edge of the network, from optical fiber, cable, hardware and equipment to fully optimized solutions for high-speed communications networks.

COS Systems Inc.

COS Systems delivers cloud-hosted software to plan, build and manage broadband networks globally. COS Service Zones allow network builders to draw competing zones, or fiberhoods, across their cities and see real-time demand grow as customers sign up using branded websites. Once target take rates are reached, the networks are deployed with the backing of committed customers and secured revenue.

The COS Business Engine is a proven network management solution supporting both single-provider and open-access networks. Subscribers buy their internet services from an online marketplace, which increases take rates, ARPU and customer satisfaction because the network owner can offer 24/7 availability while reaching maximum operations efficiency, thanks to the extensive use of self-service solutions.

COS Systems considers customers’ needs and creates innovative software solutions that streamline customers’ business processes, boost sales and profitability and create satisfied customers.

Cox Communications

Cox Communications is committed to creating meaningful moments of human connection through broadband applications and services. The largest private telecom company in America, we proudly serve six million homes and businesses across 18 states. We're dedicated to empowering others to build a better future and celebrate diverse products, people, suppliers, communities and the characteristics that makes each one unique. Cox Communications is the largest division of Cox Enterprises, a family-owned business founded in 1898 by Governor James M. Cox. You can find out more on our website at www.cox.com or connect with Cox via any one of the following platforms:

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www.linkedin.com/company/cox-communications
www.youtube.com/c/coxcommunications

Dura-Line

Dura-Line is the leading global supplier of pathway solutions and accessories that provide fast, safe installation of communications networks. U.S.-based Dura-Line is the only TL9000-rated manufacturer of HDPE conduits serving the telecommunications, broadband, electrical, commercial and industrial markets. Core products include UL-listed riser, plenum and HDPE microducts and conduit for both indoor and OSP applications. Typical applications include fiber to the home (unit), fiber to the desktop, data centers, hospitals, universities, and industrial, long haul, backhaul and metro applications. MicroTechnology and FuturePath products are designed to deliver more bandwidth in smaller packages. These conduit systems allow for more efficient placement of fiber, reduce construction costs and provide room for future expansion. Dura-Line’s sales engineers offer design services and field installation training to support all products.

ETI Software Solutions

ETI helps municipal and utility broadband networks reduce cost, improve subscriber experience, and deploy next-gen services faster. Fiber providers use our Service Management technology to provision and align operations onto a single platform, integrate devices and billing solutions, and consolidate data to generate proactive insight to better grow their business. Visit https://etisoftware.com/

Extreme Networks

Since 1996, Extreme has been pushing the boundaries of networking technology, driven by a vision of making it simpler and faster as well as more agile and secure. But our higher purpose has always been helping our customers connect beyond the network… strengthening their relationships with those they serve. Today, we call that Customer-Driven Networking.

Fiber Broadband Association

Established in 2001, and the only all-fiber trade association in the Americas, the Fiber Broadband Association provides advocacy, education and resources to companies, organizations and communities that want to deploy the best networks through fiber to the home, fiber to the business and fiber everywhere. Our member-led association collaborates with industry allies to propel fiber deployment forward for a better broadband future here and around the world.

Fiber Broadband Association members represent the entire broadband ecosystem: providers, suppliers, consultants, consumers, policymakers, device makers and application providers.

Fibnet Inc.

Fibnet Inc from California a complete broadband network solution provider and authorized global Representative of Ocean Cable and Communication Japan for the FPAC Fiber Optics Cable (Stainless Steel tube and Steel Armored with Corning glass). The FPAC Fiber optics cable is robust, thin, lightweight, flexible, rodent-proof, waterproof, fire resistance, specially designed for rural and any harsh environment based on submarine cable Whereas the cable is a well welded-steel-tube armored that can be laid without any specialized equipment such as in many ways including shallow direct burying, aerial wiring, submerging; and that too without splicing the cable up to 10 Miles and it has been designed in the concept of DIY (Do-It-Yourself) laying without demanding heavy machinery nor high-tech fiber splicing. Such an initiative not only reduces the cost and duration of installation but also caters the lower OPEX in the long run. The cable can be laid in a utility trench or even in the sewerage system with clamps. This is another justification on the installation part as that the cable can be laid in any environment from land to water to air; thereby avoiding additional construction work for a "special" environment that comes across and it fits for any Rural to any urban communities for any applications likewise air, underwater, underground.

Finley Engineering Company, Inc.

At Finley Engineering, we are acutely aware of the demand for and opportunity that fiber networks bring to communities of all sizes. Our goal is to work with organizations that have the passion for providing end users with fiber connections to improve their quality of life and economic opportunities. We specialize in end-to-end engineering consulting for telecommunications, broadband, wireless, cable television and electric power transmission and distribution networks as well as project management, five-year strategic planning, joint use, and right-of-way and land services.

Finley develops specific design criteria for clients’ projects and follows through with detailed designs, construction documents, contracts, contract administration and materials lists. From its beginning more than 60 years ago, Finley Engineering has focused on delivering a high level of service and engineering expertise. Our 95 percent client satisfaction scores are some of the highest in the industry.

Frontier Community Connections

Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: FTR) is a leader in providing communications services to urban, suburban and rural communities in 29 states. One of the nation’s largest providers of landlinebased TV, high speed internet and voice services, Frontier is dedicated to serving multifamily communities and single-family developments through Frontier Community Connections.

In addition to offering advanced fiber-based networks such as FiOS and Vantage by Frontier in select regions, Frontier Community Connections supports MDUs through marketing and bulk agreements. Our goal is to ensure that our partner properties and their residents understand the value of fiber-to-the-home services that offer outstanding high-definition TV, parallel internet speeds and crystal clear VoIP services, as well as Frontier Secure, a full suite of digital protection for residents.

GAC Enterprises, LLC

GhostFiber

GhostFiber®, a division of Blue Sky Satellite, brings advanced telecom solutions to Connected Communities across the Southwest. While focusing on multifamily residences we also provide our portfolio of services wherever you call Home-Sweet-Home or your place of business. From Instant-on Internet, VoIP services, Satellite television to our Concierge Customer program; We consult, construct, implement and manage the portfolio for your Community. Our portfolio of services is ensured to provide best in class service; providing ease of use and benefits to residents, owners and business/property managers alike. We let our quality speak for itself and offer services that are bundle free with no data caps and no term commitments. For more information or to see how you can become a Connected Community, visit us at GhostFiber.com and make sure to stop by and speak with us at the Broadband Communities Summit.

GigabitNow

GigabitNow offers turnkey solutions for the planning, design, construction, operation and support of GigabitNow fiber. GigabitNow offers custom fiber internet solutions for communities and businesses and can determine what fiber network option best suits your site. From developing and constructing new FTTH plants to refitting and operating existing networks, GigabitNow delivers.

GLDS

GLDS provides small to mid-sized broadband providers with best-of-suite customer management, billing, and service delivery solutions. Stand-alone and cloud-based platforms offer full customer lifecycle management for FTTH, Internet, VoIP, IPTV, OTT, and more. GLDS has installed solutions for more than 800 operators in 49 states and 47 countries worldwide. www.glds.com

Hexatronic North America

Our customers are at the heart of our business

Hexatronic offers a wide selection of system solutions and products for transport, metro, access and submarine networks. We strive to strengthen our position as the leading player in the work of connecting people to the global digital infrastructure, by continuous development of our system solutions and products.

Our systems solutions and products are designed to meet the needs of upgrading and network extension. The payoff is life cycle cost control of a network. Based on know-how and experience from the companies within Hexatronic, we are able to offer the fiber optic product portfolio that meets all requirements in a fiber optic infrastructure.

Our system solutions consist of air-blown fiber systems and network systems with traditional fiber optic drop cables. Our air-blown fiber systems are especially developed for metro and access networks with the highest requirements when it comes to scalability, short installation time and performance.

A part of Hexatronic Group

Hexatronic Group specializes in product and system solutions primarily within fiber communications. The Group offers a broad range of product and system solutions with a focus on infrastructure for passive fiber optics. Hexatronic has the stability and resources of a large Group, combined with the flexibility and speed of a small company. Hexatronic operates in a global market and our customers are companies in the telecommunications industry, such as telecom operators, network owners, distributors and systems integrators. The Groups headquarters are in Sweden with sales offices and subsidiaries in Sweden, Norway, Finland, China, Great Britain, the United States and New Zealand.

INCOMPAS

INCOMPAS, the internet and competitive networks association, is the leading trade group advocating for competition policy across all networks. INCOMPAS represents Internet, streaming, communications and technology companies large and small, advocating for laws and policies that promote competition, innovation and economic development. INCOMPAS advances our members’ interests through our annual Policy Summit and INCOMPAS Show; networking opportunities; education; and policy advocacy before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and the courts. Our core mission is designed to ensure that competitive communications and technology providers can continue to develop and deliver better service and greater innovation to consumers and businesses. For more information, visit www.incompas.org

Innovative Systems

Innovative Systems is a leading vendor of solutions for North American communications providers with over 800 deployed systems. eLation™, our BSS/OSS solution, includes integrated billing, financials, staking, and mapping. The InnoStream™ MG-TV is our one-platform approach to video solutions such as Middleware, VOD, Cloud DVR, Restart TV, Live Streaming, Conditional Access, and set-top boxes. The APMAX™ platform provides enhanced voice and hosted business solutions. For more information, visit www.innovsys.com.

IOTAS

IOTAS provides residents with a Smart Home solution that works right when they move-in. Using the IOTAS app or via voice using Amazon Alexa or Google, residents can control and monitor entry into their apartment units, cool/heat their home remotely, detect leaks, set routines and scenes and control lighting. The IOTAS platform equips building owners and property managers with the ability to effectively monitor and streamline intrinsic building operations by automating energy savings and day-to-day operations, including managing vacant units and common areas. IOTAS has been recognized by Fortune, Wired, ABC, NBC, FastCo and more as the new way of building and renovating residential real estate. For more information, visit www.iotashome.com.

The Light Brigade

The Light Brigade provides critical training for your personnel, improving efficiencies, reducing costly errors and lowering operating costs. Since 1987, we have trained more than 60,000 installers, technicians, engineers, designers and other support staff from a wide range of industries. We produce professional-quality, hands-on training courses; online learning programs; and training videos that cater to every skill level. We also develop customized fiber optic training programs.

Magellan Advisors

Magellan provides leading broadband, smart city, information technology and security consulting services to public and private organizations. We are a full-spectrum planning and implementation firm that brings together technology, communications and utility consulting to create smart gigabit cities of tomorrow.

Magellan professionals have years of experience in the broadband, telecom, information technology and government sectors. They are thought leaders in broadband and smart city development and keep communities competitive in the digital world. Learn about Magellan’s perspectives by visiting Success Stories (www.magellan-advisors.com/success-stories/), where you’ll find practical, real-world information about how Magellan creates smart gigabit communities.

Magellan succeeds when clients succeed. Our goal is to find practical broadband and technology solutions that our clients can implement in their communities. Through Magellan services, more than $1 billion in new broadband investments has connected more than 1,000 schools, hospitals, libraries and governments and passed nearly 1 million homes with fiber optic broadband.

MaxCell

Visit MaxCell for the latest conduit maximization solutions: MaxCell Edge features a new patented fabric design and 1250# VisGlide rope in each cell, which reduces pulling tension when installing cables. With its new orange color, MaxCell Edge is more visible and has increased durability. MaxSpace is a patented, no-dig service that safely removes existing innerduct from around active fiber optic cables with virtually no load on the cables and no interruption of service. Up to 90 percent of conduit space is recovered, allowing up to nine more cables to be placed in a conduit that was once considered full. MaxCell is the only flexible fabric innerduct system designed to conform to the shape of cables placed within. Network operators that use MaxCell can increase their cable density by as much as 300 percent. Visit www.maxcell.us for more information.

Michels Corporation

Michels is a diverse infrastructure and utility contractor self-performing construction throughout North America and abroad. We are licensed and have worked in all 50 states more than 40 facilities located across North America. Our markets include Oil and Gas, Communications, Power Delivery, Transportation, Deep Foundations, Heavy Civil, Sewer and Water, Railway and Construction Materials. We also are a leader in planning, designing, installing, upgrading and delivering networks, including cellular backhaul, railway work including rail plowing.

Millennium

Millennium offers an end-to-end solution from the development to deployment of broadband networks. As a nationwide distributor of fiber optic network materials, we provide a host of solutions from introducing new technologies that makes networks more reliable, managing projects and material needs, to the rental and leasing of capital equipment. In addition, we’ve introduced Millennium Geospatial, an engineering arm to our portfolio of products and services to help our clients’ businesses grow.

We’ve earned our clients by understanding their needs and offering solutions not only through our products, but through our services. Our team helps identify the right products for your application while keeping your projects on-time and on-budget. We have local inventory options, ready to ship from any of our 11 distribution locations to save you money by reducing inventory carrying costs, eliminating issues such as: shortages, overages or lost/misplaced materials. We have over 250+ vendor partnerships to support your business needs coast to coast. We redefine the client experience by monitoring and tracking your orders, while providing quick and accurate service with a timely response. Let our team of product experts help solve your problems from product application to logistics; our client experience is second to none.

Mi-Tech Services

Mi-Tech's core business is in those technical services necessary to running a public utility. When public utilities need to build infrastructure, or keep existing infrastructure going, those technical services necessary in the completion of those projects or the identification of those needs to keep their infrastructure working are what encompasses Mi-tech's core business. Mi-Tech Services is a national firm dedicated to supporting America’s infrastructure with expertise and proven experience in telecommunications design, power distribution design, land surveying, geographic information systems (GIS), easement and right-of-way management, copper /fiber splicing and utility pole inspection .

Mi-Tech employees over 250 people with skill sets ranging from full time splicing professionals, professional engineers, environmental engineers, surveyors, telecommunication/power distribution designers, pole inspectors and ROW agents.

Multifamily Broadband Council

The Multifamily Broadband Council is the only trade association representing the experts who deliver unique, personalized broadband solutions to multifamily communities. MBC is the voice for all non-franchised companies and their industry partners that provide broadband-related services to multifamily communities. MBC serves as a platform for all active broadband participants in this market to learn, engage and enhance their broadband technologies for this specialized audience. For more information, please visit www.mfbroadband.org.

National Housing Management Association (NAHMA)

The National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA) is the leading voice for affordable housing management, advocating on behalf of multifamily property managers and owners whose mission is to provide quality affordable housing. As an advocate for professional standards for affordable housing providers, NAHMA holds a unique position in the industry. Founded in 1990, NAHMA’s membership today includes the industry’s most distinguished multifamily managers, owners, and industry stakeholders. For more information, visit www.nahma.org.

NISC (National Information Solutions Cooperative)

NISC is a leading provider of software solutions and services for utilities and telecoms. NISC offers advanced, integrated solutions featuring automated workflows, electronic approvals and more in billing and customer service, accounting, engineering and operations, meter data management, payment channels, cybersecurity and eServices/Apps. Today, more than 20 million consumers in all 50 states, American Samoa, Palau, and Canada receive utility or telecommunications services from companies utilizing our advanced information technology systems.

National Multifamily Housing Council

Based in Washington, D.C., the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) is a national association representing the interests of the larger and most prominent apartment firms in the U.S. NMHC’s members are the principal officers of firms engaged in all aspects of the apartment industry, including ownership, development, management and financing. NMHC advocates on behalf of rental housing, conducts apartment related research, encourages the exchange of strategic business information and promotes the desirability of apartment living. The apartment industry, along with its nearly 29 million residents, collectively contribute more than $1.3 trillion annually to the U.S. economy.

For more information, contact NMHC at 202/974- 2300, e-mail us at info@nmhc.org, or visit www.nmhc.org.

Next Century Cities

Across the country, innovative municipalities are recognizing the importance of leveraging gigabit level internet to attract new business and create jobs, improve health care and education, ensure civic participation, and connect residents to new opportunities. Next Century Cities is committed to celebrating these successes, demonstrating their value, and helping other cities to realize the full power of truly high-speed, affordable, and accessible broadband.

NOKIA

We create the technology to connect the world. Powered by the research and innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we serve communications service providers, governments, large enterprises and consumers with the industry’s most complete end-to-end portfolio of products, services and licensing.

We adhere to the highest ethical business standards as we create technology with social purpose, quality and integrity. Nokia is enabling the infrastructure for 5G and the internet of things to transform the human experience.

NTCA

NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association is the premier association representing nearly 850 independent, community-based telecommunications companies that are leading innovation in rural and small-town America. NTCA advocates on behalf of its members in the legislative and regulatory arenas, and it provides training and development; publications and industry events; and an array of employee benefit programs. For more information, visit www.ntca.org.

NuTEQ Solutions, LLC

NuTEQ is a SaaS provider of mobile customer experience (“CX”) software. Our cloud-based, Intelligent Subscriber Management (“ISM”) engine aggregates consumer channel-of-choice interaction with the service provider in a “Mobile-First” world – WebChat, SMS, SMS-chat, email, social media & more. The result is an improved customer experience and reduced OpEx for clients. Client deployments show success driving revenues, significantly reducing subscriber call volumes, enhancing subscriber satisfaction & operating margins.

OFS

OFS is a world-leading designer, manufacturer and provider of optical fiber, optical fiber cable, FTTx, optical connectivity and specialty photonics products. Our manufacturing and research divisions work together to provide innovative products and solutions that traverse many different applications as they link people and machines worldwide. Between continents, between cities, around neighborhoods, and in homes and businesses of digital consumers, OFS provides the right optical fiber, optical cable and components for efficient, cost-effective transmission.

OFS’s corporate lineage dates to 1876 and includes technology powerhouses such as AT&T and Lucent Technologies. Today, OFS is owned by Furukawa Electric, a multibillion-dollar global leader in optical communications. Headquartered in Norcross (near Atlanta), Georgia, OFS is a global provider with facilities in Avon, Connecticut; Carrollton, Georgia; Somerset, New Jersey; Sturbridge, Massachusetts; Denmark; Germany and Russia. For more information, please visit www.ofsoptics.com.

Park Associates

Parks Associates is an internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to small startups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research, custom research, workshops, executive conferences and annual service subscriptions.

Each year, Parks Associates hosts industry webcasts, the CONNECTIONS Conference Series, the Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer, the Connected Health Summit: Engaging Consumers, and the Future of Video Conference: OTT, Pay TV and Digital Media.

Positron Access Solutions

Positron’s G.hn Gigabit Access Multiplexer (GAM) extends fiber or fixed-wireless Gigabit services into existing Multi-Dwelling Units (MDU) over the existing in-building wiring. It delivers managed real-time non-blocking Gigabit speeds without the cost and construction disruption of installing fiber to each door (up to 800 feet over existing telephone pairs or 2,800 feet over existing RG6 coaxial cable, even across existing splitters). It is installed and activated in hours. Developed, manufactured and supported in North America.

Positron Access Solutions manufactures carrier grade products for many Tier -1 carriers and over 150 Tier- 3/4 carriers and more recently for CableCos. Our industry disruptive Carrier Grade GAM is so cost effective, that it has become very popular with ISP’s.

Power & Tel

Power & Tel is an industry leader in the procurement, sales, materials management and distribution of product solutions to the worldwide telecommunications marketplace. Our supply chain expertise and extensive distribution network provide an efficient solution to build and maintain your entire network. Power & Tel’s portfolio includes products and solutions for: FTTx, IPTV, VoIP, central office/headend, OSP, wireless, customer premises, home networking, testing and much more.

Preformed Line Products

Preformed Line Products is a worldwide designer, manufacturer and supplier of high-quality cable anchoring and control hardware systems, fiber optic and copper splice closures and high-speed cross-connect devices. PLP offers innovative product solutions, such as the COYOTE family of fiber optic splice closures, organizers and trays, and the ARMADILLO family of copper splice closures and accessories. The reliability of our full line of fiber optic, copper, demarcation, bonding, and strand and cable solutions combined with our knowledgeable sales team and technical support services make Preformed Line Products the connection you can count on.

Primex Manufacturing Ltd.

Primex has provided premium custom industrial plastic enclosures to leading telcos for years. We’re the partner of choice for OSP and install and repair teams across North America. Our ability to design and deliver a top quality, North American manufactured product, in collaboration with our customers to meet every one of their enclosure needs, sets us apart. Primex enclosures perform like no others. Each is built specifically to answer the needs of today’s broadband installers. Primex helps telcos manage the transition to broadband with less cost and greater flexibility and adaptability for future technologies.

Render Networks

Render exists to Build Networks Better. Utilizing today’s GIS technology and the power of automation, our Digital Network Construction platform enables network owners, design & construction teams to solve the complexities associated with large-scale network deployment by eliminating manual hand-offs and paper-based construction approaches.

Render validates network design in the field ensuring constructability, “blueprints” these designs into sequenced, deliverable tasks and allocates tasks to the field for maximum productivity, resulting in cost & time efficiencies of over 50% vs traditional approaches.

Real-time, geospatial data provides stakeholders with a single, integrated view of progress increasing visibility & control at all stages of the network delivery lifecycle.

Ritalia Funding

Ritalia Funding established on 2004 excels in technology financing, We offer programs to finance software, hardware, consulting, services, licensing and any other technology based products. Ritalia is a direct funding source for technology lenders.

Rural TeleCon

A national nonprofit organization comprised of government, university, industry, and private citizens who are committed to addressing crucial broadband issues to ensure that citizens of rural America have access to the enabling information and technology resources they need for greater social and economic development opportunities.

The mission of the Rural Telecommunications Congress (RTC) is to improve the position of rural areas in regard to broadband and access to critical telecommunications services and advanced technologies.

The opportunity for RTC is to connect people, businesses, governments, and organizations - across sectors as well as across distance - to improve rural competitiveness through meaningful broadband utilization.

Sonar Software

Sonar is a modern, cloud-based solution that solves everyday problems for ISPs. Guided by decades of experience and innovation, Sonar offers the industry’s most powerful management platform for WISPs, Fiber/Cable providers, VOIP and Multi-Dwelling units. Scalable, intuitive and completely redesigned. Sonar’s comprehensive software offers programmability, automation, and efficiency.

Spectrum Community Solutions

Spectrum Community Solutions is dedicated to the multifamily industry. By providing WiFi, TV and Voice solutions, we partner with multifamily housing professionals to enable them to exceed their goals and enhance their business. Spectrum Community Solutions gives residents a best-in-class experience by integrating superior entertainment and communications products with dedicated 24/7 customer and technical support. This helps property owners attract and retain more residents and increases property value.

Spectrum Community Solutions delivers fast, reliable WiFi access throughout the property with fiber wired connection of up to 940 Mbps and a unique package of streaming video services that rewrites the playbook on resident entertainment. That’s providing the best in connectivity and entertainment for off-campus student housing, traditional housing, RV parks, marinas, mobile home/trailer parks, and condos. Spectrum has launched Internet Gig to Residential customers in most markets, with wired download speeds of up to 940 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 35 Mbps.

Spot On Networks

Spot On Networks provides managed UserSafe Wi-Fi networks, which protect users from hacking and identity thefts, to multitenant properties, hotels and commercial spaces. It is the leading provider of managed Wi-Fi networks to the U.S. multitenant housing market and a trusted leader in hotel Wi-Fi since 2004. Spot On develops Wi-Fi–backed solutions to work out the most pressing problems today’s building owners face. The CellBOOST family of services provides cost-effective cellular signal solutions for properties that experience poor indoor cellular coverage. In addition, CellBOOST enhances indoor radio signals, allowing first responders to maintain adequate indoor radio coverage. WiFiPlus provides buildings with wireless energy management, building automation and security monitoring solutions to help properties save money on utilities, earn LEED credits, reduce their carbon footprints and build tech-savvy buildings of the future. Spot On Networks is the only Wi-Fi provider with UserSafe technology.

Starry

At Starry, Inc., we believe the future is wireless and that connecting people to high-speed, broadband internet should be simple and affordable. Using our innovative, next generation fixed wireless technology, Starry is deploying gigabit-capable broadband to the home without bundles, data caps, or long-term contracts. Starry is a different kind of internet service provider. We put our customers first by protecting their privacy, ensuring access to an open and neutral net, and putting the customer experience at the heart of everything we do. Headquartered in Boston and backed by world-class investors, Starry is currently available in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC and Denver and is expanding nationwide. To learn more about Starry or to join our team and help us build a better internet, visit: starry.com.

Utilities Technology Council (UTC)

The Utilities Technology Council (UTC) is a global association focused on the intersection of telecommunications and utility infrastructure. UTC gives voice to the men and women in the utility workforce who create and maintain critical communications systems that help keep the lights and the water flowing. We represent the hands-on folks in the field and control rooms responding to storms, deploying new technologies, and securing energy and water infrastructure from all kinds of threats. UTC sits at the nexus between the energy and telecommunications industries, which are rapidly converging and becoming more interdependent.

Embedded throughout utilities’ critical equipment is a series of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) networks providing utilities with greater control, protection and situational awareness over their infrastructure. These networks are so embedded into the grid that they are nearly as important to reliability as the electricity which flows through the lines. Most utilities in the U.S. and Canada deploy some form of their own “private” ICT networks alongside the towers, lines, poles, and meters that make up their infrastructure. ICT networks are critical for day-to-day operational reliability, efficiency, resilience, storm response/recovery, cybersecurity, modernization, situational awareness, and the integration of distributed resources. Not only are these networks essential for the daily task of delivering electricity, as demands for utilities change, ICT networks are the key to Utility 2.0—likely a more decentralized, efficient, cleaner industry giving consumers more control over their usage.

Through advocacy, education and collaboration, UTC creates a favorable business, regulatory and technological environment for organizations that own, manage or provide critical utility telecommunications systems.

Vantage Point Solutions

Vantage Point is a leading telecommunications engineering and consulting company focused on customer service and driven by a passion for advanced technology. Progressive thinking makes Vantage Point well known and respected in this industry. We offer a comprehensive line of services, blending technology, regulatory expertise and financial advice into one attractive package. In addition to feasibility studies, long range communication plans, outside-plant services and regulatory consulting, we also specialize in data network services to help meet your customers’ demand for multiple product offerings.

Verizon Enhanced Communities

Verizon Enhanced Communities is the Verizon business unit dedicated to serving single- and multifamily residential, mixed-use and commercial multi-tenant properties with Verizon Fios TV, internet and phone services as well as cutting-edge applications that add value to your community, including amenity management, home monitoring and control and energy management applications. Verizon provides the nation’s most advanced all fiber optic network to deliver the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services to your residents. Contact us to learn how to enhance the value of your community: www.verizon.com/communities.

VETRO FiberMap

VETRO FiberMap is an innovative, cloud-based fiber management and GIS mapping platform purpose-built for network design and operations. The platform is specifically developed to meet the needs of broadband providers, municipalities, and telco engineers designing and building next-generation fiber internet infrastructure.

The VETRO FiberMap platform is the only SaaS network mapping solution built fiber ISPs and community fiber networks. It's easy to use, engineered for rapid integration, driven by open APIs, managed in the cloud, and delivered through your web browser. VETRO FiberMap enables you to access accurate network data from anywhere, as well as design, deploy and document networks—all from a single, cost-effective platform.

Walker and Associates, Inc.

Walker and Associates is the premier distributor of telecommunications products for network operators, simplifying network deployments with expert installation, systems integration, and managed services. The products support technologies such as Switching, Routing, Wireless, NFV, Carrier Ethernet, VoIP, WDM, ROADM, Packet Optical Networking, SDN, Access Technologies, Active Ethernet, DSL, and more.

WISPA

WISPA is a 501c6 Trade Association owned and managed by its members. We encourage your participation as members to build our grassroots lobbying strength in the Broadband Industry. http://signup.wispa.org

Xfinity Communities

Xfinity Communities transforms your property with a better network, better entertainment and better service. And it all starts with our Advanced Communities Network. Whether your property is a new construction or already existing, we can equip your building with a custom fiber solution that can provide your residents Gigabit speeds to keep them connected to all the things they love. Xfinity Communities gives your residents control of their Xfinity services. With our easy-to-use mobile apps, residents can turn any device into a TV screen, manage their home WiFi network with Xfinity xFi, update their account, and troubleshoot from anywhere.

Your residents will enjoy a smarter, more connected experience at home and on the go. They can:

• Take their entertainment to the next level with Xfinity X1 – a one-of-a-kind TV experience.
• Get the speed, coverage and control they need for the ultimate in-home WiFi experience with Xfinity xFi.
• Enjoy peace-of-mind with Xfinity Home.

We’re committed to delivering the best experience possible for your residents with 24/7 customer support.

Zyxel Communications, Inc.

Zyxel, a pioneer in IP technology for more than 25 years, provides a complete portfolio of multi-service LTE, fiber and DSL broadband gateways; home connectivity solutions; smart home devices; enterprise class Ethernet switches; and security and Wi-Fi equipment for small to mid-sized businesses. Zyxel offers integrated, interoperable networking solutions based on open standards. Headquartered in Anaheim, California, Zyxel offers its partners service-rich solutions backed by a domestic team of logistical, sales and technical support professionals and broadband solution engineers. Visit us at www.zyxel.com/us.