Mobile Infrastructure Across Caribbean Being Upgraded With GPON and Gigabit Ethernet Technologies
PETALUMA, CA, Jul 06, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that LIME, the
Caribbean's leading communications company and part of Cable &
Wireless Communications, one of the world's foremost international
communications companies, has selected the EXA Powered Calix E7-2
Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) for an ambitious Fiber Forward
initiative to upgrade its mobile backhaul across its footprint in 12 of
its Caribbean markets. LIME, the Caribbean's leading full service
telecommunications company, delivers communication services to
governments, businesses, and families in 14 Caribbean countries and has
been deploying the Calix Unified Access portfolio widely since 2005.
LIME is leveraging gigabit passive optical network (GPON) and
point-to-point gigabit Ethernet (GE) technologies delivered via the E7-2
ESAP to significantly enhance the backhaul capacity of its mobile
networks throughout the Caribbean, while putting in place an
infrastructure flexible enough to allow for future expansion and growth.
Industry-standard Ethernet operations, administration, and maintenance
(OAM) technology is being used across these networks for remote
management and service quality assurance. This initiative also provides
the opportunity for future expansion of other advanced broadband
services from these locations beyond service to cell sites to nearby
businesses and homes as well.
"Mobile traffic growth is skyrocketing across the Caribbean, and we
needed a scalable solution that we could rapidly deploy in our network
to handle a wide variety of interfaces across ANSI and ETSI standards,"
said Patrick Bradd, Chief Technology Officer at LIME. "Calix mobile
backhaul solutions have allowed us to get-to-market quickly, and given
us exceptional flexibility, with Ethernet, T1, and E1 termination
options at the cell sites, and Ethernet OAM for remote management. It
also provides the capacity we will need to rapidly deliver 4G mobile
data solutions to our customers. As we look forward, we also see this
mobile backhaul expansion initiative as very strategic, providing us
with a scalable and economic solution for expanding fiber access
services well beyond cell sites in the future with minimal investment."
The LIME mobile backhaul expansion initiative will stretch across 12
nations from Barbados in the East to the Cayman Islands in the West and
dramatically improve service to hundreds of cell sites. Although many
different configurations are being deployed spanning multiple interfaces
(Ethernet, T1, and E1) and technologies (GPON and AE), most include an
E7-2 ESAP deployed in an existing cabinet with a C7 Multiservice Access
Platform (MSAP) and integrated transport rings incorporating gigabit
Ethernet (GE), 10GE, or OC-12 technologies. The scalability and
flexibility of the E7-2 also allows for simplified turn-up of additional
GPON and AE lines in the future -- all out of the same deployed
chassis.
"LIME continues to expand the breadth and quality of communications
services throughout the Caribbean from both a wireline and wireless
perspective," said John Colvin, vice president of field operations at
Calix. "This mobile backhaul initiative will pay double dividends to the
region, meeting the rising mobile communications traffic requirement
while laying a foundation for advanced wireline services in the future.
We are honored to have been selected by LIME for this ambitious
initiative, and look forward to continuing to play a key role in
bringing advanced broadband services to the entire Caribbean region."
About LIME / Cable & Wireless Communications LIME is the
Caribbean's largest telecommunications company with a proud history in
the region, and is always working to improve life in the Caribbean. LIME
delivers the very best communication services to governments,
businesses and families in 14 Caribbean countries with a unifying
promise: building, connecting and serving communities. LIME is part of
Cable & Wireless Communications, one of the world's leading
international communications companies. For more information visit
www.lime.com.
About Calix Calix (NYSE: CALX) is a global leader in access
innovation. Its Unified Access portfolio of broadband communications
access systems and software enable communications service providers
worldwide to be the broadband provider of choice to their subscribers.
For more information, visit the Calix website at www.calix.com.
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