| Type | Public (NASDAQ: ADTN) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters |  Huntsville, Alabama,[1] USA |
| Key people | Tom Stanton, CEO |
| Industry | Communication Equipment |
| Revenue | ▲$476 million (2007) |
| Employees | 1,800 |
| Website | www.adtran.com |
ADTRAN, Inc. is a provider of networking and communications equipment for use in the "last mile" of telecommunications networks. Its headquarters are in Huntsville, Alabama.[2]
The company is ISO 9001 and TL9000 certified.[3] ADTRAN was a NASDAQ-100 Index stock from 1996 to 1998.[4] It was #85 on BusinessWeek's 100 "Hot Growth Companies" list in 2006.[2]
Corporate History
ADTRAN was founded by Mark C. Smith[5] and Lonnie McMillian,[6] and began operations in 1986.[2] The AT&T divestiture of the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), with restrictions that effectively barred their manufacturing of equipment, created an opportunity for companies such as ADTRAN to supply network equipment, both to the seven RBOCs and the new and independent telephone companies in the United States.
ADTRAN adapted telephony technology for use in enterprise wide area networks. ADTRAN has become a supplier of local loop access and deployment products for fiber, DS3, T1/E1, wireless T1/E1, Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL, HDSL2, HDSL4, SDSL, SHDSL), Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), and Digital Data Service (DDS) digital services. ADTRAN supplies multiservice access platforms and Integrated Access Devices (IADs) for converged voice and data networks.
References
- ^ About Us; TBE website; retrieved April 25, 2007
- ^ a b c "Hot Growth Special Report 2006". Business Week. 2006. http://www.businessweek.com/hot_growth/2006/company/85.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
- ^ "About ADTRAN". ADTRAN. http://www.adtran.com/web/page/portal/Adtran/wp_aboutus_landing. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
- ^ "Historical Data - NASDAQ-100 Index". NASDAQ. http://www.nasdaq.com/indexshares/historical_data.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
- ^ "Mark C. Smith". The Huntsville Times. March 29, 2007. http://obits.al.com/Huntsville/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=86989971. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
- ^ Adtran Co-Founder, Chairman Passes Away
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