Kicks Off 2012 With Introduction of New Innovations to the Industry's Premier Fiber Access Portfolio
PETALUMA, CA, Feb 08, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Calix, Inc.
(NYSE: CALX) today announced continued momentum in the fiber access
market with another record-breaking year in 2011, and introduced two new
optical line terminal (OLT) cards to its Unified Access portfolio. More
than 70 percent of Calix's over 1000 customers globally are now
deploying fiber access services across the B-Series, C-Series, and
E-Series platforms and nodes and industry-leading portfolio of optical
network terminals (ONTs). With the addition of the GPON-8x line card to
the E7-20 multi-terabit Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) and the
B6-318 point-to-point gigabit Ethernet (GE) line card to the B6 Ethernet
Service Access Nodes (ESANs), Calix customers now have powerful new
gigabit passive optical network (GPON) and point-to-point GE solutions
available to help them to transform their networks, their service
offerings, and their business models. The North American fiber access
leader in OLT port shipments for the last eight quarters (Infonetics
Research), Calix was recently identified in the Infonetics Research
report "Next Gen FTTH and PON Deployment Strategies: Global Service
Provider Survey" as one of the top three FTTH vendors globally by 67
percent of the respondents.
"Calix was a clear choice for our new fiber project here in the
Cayman Islands, as we wanted to ensure that we were working with the
fiber access market leader and their superior technologies," said Jeremy
Elmas, vice president of WestStar TV Ltd. "The E7-20 and the GPON-8x
card will provide us with flexibility we need to bring advanced GPON as
well as point-to-point gigabit Ethernet technologies and the capability
to provide up to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) of broadband service
capacity to any subscriber on the network. The Calix equipment allows
WestStar room to grow its product and service offerings for years to
come, and we look forward to working with Calix and bringing truly
advanced broadband services to our subscribers."
Calix Fiber Access Innovations Provide New Paths Network Transformation
The two new line card additions to the Unified Access portfolio
provide powerful new alternatives for driving new revenues, lower
installed CAPEX, and lower ongoing OPEX for service providers:
-- The E7-20 GPON-8x - With eight ports per card, the GPON-8x line card
doubles the GPON port capacity of the E7-20 ESAP, allowing service
providers to efficiently serve over 10,000 GPON subscribers from a
single chassis at a 64-way split. The E7-20's two-terabit backplane
and non-blocking throughput capacity combined with the company's 700GE
family of ONTs allows any of these subscribers to receive up to 1 Gbps
of downstream or upstream capacity, enabling a vast array of potential
service options.
-- The B6-318 - This card features advanced high-density point-to-point
GE technology, with 24 compact small form-factor pluggable (CSFP)
ports that can serve 48 subscribers per card with symmetrical
high-speed data services up to 1 Gbps. The B6-318 seamlessly connects
to the 700GE family of ONTs and features two industry standards 10
Gigabit small form factor pluggable (XFP) ports and two SFP+ 10GE/GE
ports.
"With the continual introduction of new fiber access innovations, and
the addition of ambitious new fiber-focused customers like WestStar TV,
Calix continues to raise the bar in fiber access excellence," said John
Colvin, Calix senior vice president of North America sales and
marketing. "Wireline service providers continue their march towards an
all-fiber future, using the replacement of copper with fiber to
implement powerful new business and service models. Calix is proud to be
a key enabler of this transformation, and looks forward to continued
acceleration of this trend in the years to come as our service provider
customers deliver the most advanced broadband services to consumers and
businesses across the globe."
To learn more about the Calix Unified Access portfolio and the latest
developments in Calix access innovation, visit Calix at Booth #125 at
the NTCA Annual Meeting and Expo in San Diego, February 12-15.
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 transform
their networks and be the broadband provider of choice to their
subscribers. For more information, visit the Calix website at
www.calix.com.
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