JUNE 17, 2008, PETALUMA, CA—Calix today announced that its customer FiberNet was named a 2008 NXTcomm Eos
Award winner in the Excellence in Network Design and Services – Network
Infrastructure category. FiberNet's honor marks the second straight year a
Calix customer has taken home the award in this category; Greenfield
Communications was the 2007 recipient.
FiberNet boasts a fiber network that spans six states,
including West Virginia, Ohio, and Maryland. The company is one of the leading
integrated telecommunications providers in its service areas and serves 25,000
businesses and 4,000 residential customers with approximately 95,000 lines.
Currently, FiberNet is deploying GPON in all of its markets in Maryland and Ohio.
The FiberNet network differs from typical fiber deployments
since it is deployed in areas of the country that have been long underserved.
Many of the areas the CLEC serves have had difficulty receiving basic
communications services from incumbent providers. Many subscribers have never
experienced fiber and do not realize the benefits it can bring to a community.
However, FiberNet took a unique approach to this challenge by working directly
with the mayors and city council members in each community, helping to educate
the leaders and better articulate the benefits the fiber service would deliver.
"With the support and dedication of partners such as Calix,
FiberNet has been able to deliver exceptional broadband services to businesses
that have been without this strategic advantage for too long," said David
Armentrout, CEO of FiberNet. "This award validates our commitment to fiber and
illustrates how advanced services can benefit all, not just those in metropolitan
areas or the well-to-do."
The second annual NXTcomm Eos Awards honor exhibiting companies
that have developed the most promising new technologies or provided the best
new network services and strategic support. A judging panel of 16 consultants,
technical journalists, and service providers from the communications industry
selected the Eos Award winners.
"This year's
Eos winners demonstrated the best and most promising advancements to the
network-enabled voice, video, and data ecosystem," said Wayne Crawford, NXTcomm
executive director. "We congratulate FiberNet for its leadership, innovation,
and role in driving our industry forward."
About Calix
Calix is the largest telecom equipment supplier focused
solely on access solutions for broadband service delivery. Service providers deploy
Calix access systems to enable a rich set of information, communication, and
entertainment services and to expand their revenue base beyond connectivity.
Calix access innovation helps service providers transform their networks from
circuit to packet, narrowband to broadband, and copper to fiber. Calix has
deployed millions of ports and tens of thousands of systems into hundreds of
service provider networks throughout North America. For more information, visit
the Calix website at www.calix.com.
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About NXTcomm
NXTcomm has replaced SUPERCOMM. The Telecommunications
Industry Association (TIA) and the U.S. Telecom Association (USTelecom), the
two organizations that owned and produced SUPERCOMM for 18 years, have joined
forces again to produce NXTcomm, which replaces SUPERCOMM as the one event
delivering the entire ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video, and data.
NXTcomm08 comes to the Las Vegas Convention Center June 16-19 and will
co-locate with InfoComm08, the leading audiovisual business-to-business
marketplace. For more information, go to www.NXTcommShow.com.
For additional information contact:
Jeannette Bitz
Engage PR
510-748-8200 x207
jbitz@engagepr.com
