NOVEMBER 16, 2004, ORLANDO, FLORIDA—Calix
announced that it will conduct a large-scale, multivendor showcase at TelcoTV
of the most advanced video services deployable today.The mix of video
services being demonstrated, which incorporates solutions from fifteen
CalixCompatible partners, significantly expands the array of information,
communications, and entertainment offerings marketable by RBOCs, ILECs, and
IOCs. This demonstration shows how the competitive landscape is shifting in
favor of wireline service providers, especially when coupled with voice over IP
(VOIP) and tiered internet access services deployable over ultra-broadband
access networks.
This public demonstration comes five months after Calix
introduced the CalixCompatible solutions assurance program, a rigorous
certification process designed to ensure interoperability among the
multiplicity of components required to deliver advanced IP-based voice, data,
and video services.
The demonstration, which can be viewed at booth #729, will
include the following video services:
- The simultaneous delivery of identical IPTV streams to both fiber- and copper-connected
subscribers from the same Calix C7 platform. Supporting both fiber to the
premises (FTTP) broadband passive optical network (BPON) optical line terminal
(OLT) blades and ADSL2+ blades, the Calix C7 allows service providers to
aggressively market identical video packages to subscribers with dissimilar
access media.
- The delivery of HDTV over ADSL2+ using both MPEG-2 and Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT)
Windows Media 9. ADSL2+ allows service providers to begin marketing high
definition content as a component of their video lineups by providing a
significant increase in capacity—as much as 15-20 Mbps downstream.
- Video
on demand (VOD). New, standards-oriented, IP-based protocols enable VOD servers
and video middleware to interact with the access network in order to query and
reserve bandwidth for VOD sessions. This capability allows services providers
to market VOD services with the assurance that quality of service (QOS) will be
maintained at levels they are accustomed to.
"This demonstration
shows that the full range of video services deployable over fiber- and
copper-based access networks is moving beyond what traditional cable and DBS
operators are able to market," said John Colvin, Calix vice president of field
operations. "Especially with IPTV over FTTP and DSL—representing a significant
improvement over RF video approaches—the economics and interoperability of
these solutions has reached the point where they are truly deployable in
scale."
In addition to the Calix C7 ultra-broadband loop carrier,
the following CalixCompatible partners will participate in the demonstration:
Amino (www.amino.com), Entone (www.entone.com), i3 micro (www.i3micro.com),
Games4TV (www.iacta.com), Interphase (www.interphase.com),
Minerva Networks (www.minerva.com), Myrio
(www.myrio.com), Nortel Networks (NYSE/TSX: NT, www.nortelnetworks.com),
Thomson (NYSE: TMS, www.thomson.net), Tut Systems (NASDAQ: TUTS,
www.tutsystems.com), VidiTel (www.viditel.com),
Vinci Systems (www.vincisystems.com), Wegener (www.wegener.com), Westell
(NASDAQ: WSTL, www.westell.com), and Xavi (www.xavi.com).
About Calix
Calix is a leading supplier of telecommunications solutions designed to simplify all
aspects of voice, data, and video service delivery to business and residential
subscribers for local exchange carriers of all sizes. Providing extensive
optical and metallic density, unprecedented access capacity and functional
headroom, advanced management and provisioning capabilities, and broad service
flexibility, the packet-based Calix C7 platform has been deployed in over 130
service provider networks throughout North America. More information about
Calix can be found at www.calix.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based upon management's
current expectations and are inherently uncertain. Forward-looking statements
are based upon information available to us as of the date of this press release
and we assume no obligation to revise or update any such forward looking
statement to reflect any event or circumstance after the date of this release.
Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from current
expectations.
For additional information contact:
Jeannette Bitz
Engage PR
510-748-8200 x207
jbitz@engagepr.com
