The phrase "a maker of broadband" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a company or individual that produces or provides broadband services or technology.
Example: "As a leading maker of broadband, the company has revolutionized internet access in rural areas."
Alternatives: "a provider of broadband" or "a broadband manufacturer".
A maker of broadband and mobile network equipment, its kit is installed all over the UK.
Scientific Atlanta, a maker of broadband cable equipment, has moved some operations back to Mexico after unhappy experiences in China.But the structural pessimists note that Mexico's traditional advantages are rapidly being cancelled out.
The partnership with Alvarion, a maker of broadband wireless access technology, will help promote the WiMax standard, which is used for equipment providing long-range wireless broadband, said Lucent, based in Murray Hill, N.J.
A maker of broadband chips, the Broadcom Corporation, agreed yesterday to buy Innovent Systems Inc., a manufacturer of integrated circuits for short-range wireless communications, for around $438 million in stock, based on Monday's closing prices.
The Blackstone Group and a private equity affiliate of SAC Capital Advisors agreed to acquire Airvana, a maker of mobile broadband network equipment, in a leveraged buyout valued at $530 million.
He held on to stuff like UTStarcom, a maker of wireless broadband switching gear now on life support, and wireless provider Airgate PCS, down from $60 to $1 in the past year.
Royal Philips Electronics, the Dutch parent company of Philips Semiconductors, made a $25 million equity investment in Ishoni Networks, a United States maker of broadband networking technology.
Huawei also failed in other bids this year to acquire the wireless network division of Motorola as well as 2Wire, an American maker of broadband Internet software, according to people familiar with those deals.
Accelerated Networks, a Moorpark, Calif.-based maker of broadband voice and data transmission equipment with $8.5 million sales in 1999, began trading June 23.
Shares of Alcatel, the world's largest maker of broadband Internet equipment, plunged 14percentt yesterday, the biggest drop in more than two years, after the company's fourth-quarter profit missed analysts' estimates.
Last week, Intel intc sued Broadcom brcm in federal court in Delaware, accusing the Irvine, Calif.-based maker of broadband technology of infringing on five Intel patents relating to digital subscriber line and video compression and decompression technology.
