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OFS SELECTED FOR BROADBAND PROPERTIES TOP 100 LIST
Norcross, Georgia, September 25, 2009 — OFS has been selected by Broadband Properties Magazine as one of the nation’s Top 100 Broadband Companies for 2009 and an upcoming leader in fiber to the home.
“OFS is honored to be recognized as a key player for fiber-to-the-home applications,” said William Kloss, OFS Executive VP of Marketing & Sales, North Americas & CALA. “Our company is committed to providing an innovative portfolio of solutions, such as ultra bend-insensitive EZ-Bend® Optical Cables and FOX™ Solution, to help fiber-connect communities around the world.”
“The Top 100 list is chosen by the Broadband Properties editors, who act independently on the basis of their own research and that of experts in the industry who advise them,” said Scott DeGarmo, President & CEO.
In selecting the Top 100, the editors look for organizations that are advancing the cause of fiber to the premises in one of several ways:
- Deploying fiber networks – either on a large scale, or with innovative business plans and technology configurations.
- Helping others deploy networks by supplying key hardware, software, design services, construction services and so forth.
- Introducing innovative technologies, even if the technologies have not yet been commercially deployed.
“We’re always on the lookout for technologies that change the rules – by reducing early deployment costs, for instance, or making builds significantly cheaper overall,” said Editor Masha Zager. She added, “For us, the key tiebreaker question, as always, was this: Will this company make a difference in the fiber broadband industry in the coming year?”
Broadband Properties, the magazine for “Building the Fiber-Connected Community,” is the leading source of information about digital and broadband technologies for buildings and communities. Since 2005, it has compiled an annual list of organizations based on innovation and a specific commitment to fiber.
About 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 into homes and businesses of digital consumers we provide the right optical fiber, optical cable and components for efficient, cost-effective transmission.
OFS’ corporate lineage dates back to 1876 and included technology powerhouses such as AT&T (NYSE: T) and Lucent Technologies (now Alcatel-Lucent, NYSE: ALU). Today, OFS is owned by Furukawa Electric, a multi-billion dollar global leader in optical communications.
Headquartered in Norcross (near Atlanta) Georgia, U.S., OFS is a global provider with facilities in Avon, Connecticut; Carrollton, Georgia; Somerset, New Jersey; and Sturbridge, Massachusetts, as well as in Denmark, Germany and Russia.
For more information, please visit www.ofsoptics.com.
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Fernando Costantino
Global Marketing Communications Manager
OFS
Phone 770-798-2729
fcostantino@ofsoptics.com
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