VERIZON COMPLETES FIBER-TO-THE-PREMISES VENDOR SELECTIONS
Verizon has completed selection of equipment manufacturers and suppliers for its plan to deploy fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) systems next year. The four final vendors will provide fiber-optic cabling and other outside plant equipment, also known as the "passive" elements of the FTTP system. The vendors are: Corning Cable Systems, a subsidiary of Corning Inc., of Corning, N.Y.; ADC, of Eden Prairie, Minn.; Preformed Line Products Co., of Cleveland, Ohio; and Tyco Electronics, of Harrisburg, Pa. Four other companies selected were announced last month.