Mr. Switz: ADC is a leading global supplier of broadband communications network infrastructure products and related services to wireline, wireless and enterprise customers. We're celebrating our 75th anniversary this August, a remarkable milestone for a company in our industry. We have three business units: our Global Connectivity Solutions business unit, our Network Solutions business unit that's focused on wireless networks, and our Professional Services business that provides services mainly to U.S. carriers. Our corporate office is located in Minneapolis, Minn., and we have operations all over the globe. We also utilize our own shared-services center, which we run out of India, and we have our own manufacturing operations in each major region of the globe.
TWST: What historically has been the marketplace, and how has it evolved over the recent past? Who do you consider historically to be your clients, and how has that base changed, if at all?
Mr. Switz: They actually haven't changed much at all over the years. We have always been a supplier to communications service providers around the globe, whether they were PTTs, Tier 1 carriers, municipalities with their own networks, Tier 2/Tier 3 carriers, or MSOs, cable companies. Around 2005 we added an enterprise component to our business, and we now also serve the Fortune 2000 and other large public and private enterprises worldwide. So our customer base has essentially remained the same over time, with that one enterprise exception. Though I should add that it has certainly become much more global.
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