Foundation Telecommunications

The company currently known as FOUNDATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. was originally founded in 1979 as Lambda Communications, Inc. in the State of California. Its principle business was the development of high technology telecommunications solutions for the educational institutions, businesses and the cable television industry. The rapid development... of statewide and regional distance education requirements resulted in a successful consulting and design business based upon this business segment. Statewide distance education networks were developed for the states of Oregon, Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana. Smaller regional network designs were also created for areas of Montana and Wyoming. Eventually, all of the statewide projects were funded and constructed. The first decade of the company's growth also resulted in establishing two new divisions; 1) Local Area Network Division and 2) Cable Television Systems Operations. The Local Area Network Division soon gained a reputation through the design and construction of LANs for numerous Los Angeles area Department of Defense companies while concurrently developing a strong following in the initial construction of the most difficult of those networks. At its peak, the LAN division was responsible for approximately $1 million in annual company revenues. The Cable Television Operations Division secured three franchises in the Los Angeles area and constructed a single high technology cable system using a "zero fault tolerance" design approach interconnecting all three franchised areas. This design approach was established on the premise that a cable system could be designed in a manner that resulted in the absolute minimum of active devices including amplifiers and power supplies. This approach was further conditioned upon the premise that sufficient signal had to be available at each subscriber's location to provide as many cable outlets in the home as the subscriber desired without the requirement of a house amplifier to boost the signal level. Finally, a no ...Read More