September 22, 2008, PETALUMA, CA—Calix, the worldwide leader in overall gigabit passive
optical network (GPON) equipment revenue (Dell'Oro Group, August 2008), today
announced its latest access innovation — a first-to-market Extended Reach
GPON technology based on ITU-T standards. New amendments to the GPON
standards enable service providers to dramatically increase their serving areas
when deploying GPON Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology. The Calix Extended
Reach GPON solution delivers this new functionality as a pluggable optical
interface module (OIM) inserted into the existing optical line terminal (OLT)
line cards on the Calix C7
Multiservice Access Platform (MSAP). The solution is supported by all Calix 700, 700G, and 700GX optical
network terminals (ONT), the industry's broadest portfolio of residential,
business, and multi-dwelling-unit ONTs, including those already deployed in the
field.
[Editor's note: See also
today's release entitled, "Calix 700GX Optical Network Terminals Deliver
Active Ethernet, GPON, and BPON in Same Device for Optimal FTTP Deployment
Flexibility"]
Service providers can now use
Calix Extended Reach GPON to address subscribers beyond the 20 km serving-area
radius that had formerly limited the technology, without the expense of
constructing and powering remote cabinets. Although all GPON deployments can
benefit from this enhanced functionality, it is especially beneficial to
service providers who operate in rural, low-density areas. A natural extension
of the Calix Unified Access Infrastructure, Calix Extended Reach GPON provides
another innovative, flexible, and readily deployable standards-based option to
service providers seeking to deliver the most robust IP services at the lowest
cost.
"GPON is clearly the FTTP
technology of choice for North American service providers, but some who are
deploying in rural areas had to choose between paying high costs to reach
remote customers or excluding some customers from their FTTP deployment plans,"
said Donovan Prostrollo, solutions marketing director of Calix. "Calix
Extended Reach GPON redefines how rural service providers can economically
deliver FTTP services to these customers. Calix is intimately involved in
fostering and championing new FTTP standards — particularly those that benefit
rural customers and applications. We are proud to be the first to take
advantage of these new ITU standards to introduce a widely deployable solution
that dramatically increases GPON service areas."
Calix Extended Reach GPON provides a number of benefits to service providers:
- Extends the reach of GPON from 20 km to 33 km
- Increases the service area addressable by a GPON OLT on
the Calix C7 MSAP by 170 percent, significantly reducing costs by
consolidating the number of central offices required
- Provides a common infrastructure for residential and business customers by eliminating
the need to introduce active electronic solutions for subscribers beyond 20 km.
- Offers a standards-based, non-proprietary approach that ensures a future-proof
infrastructure while mitigating the potential for stranded capital
- Delivers common management and provisioning across all protocols, fiber, and copper
solutions
"Calix' Extended Reach GPON
technology provides us with the flexibility we need to balance fiscal
responsibility with the needs of our customers," said Randy Olson, assistant
general manager of Venture Communications Cooperative in Highmore, South Dakota. "By more than doubling the size of our addressable serving areas, Extended
Reach GPON gives us a way to more cost-effectively reach our remote customers
with high-bandwidth, high-value services. By simply plugging an Extended Reach
OIM into our existing GPON line cards and leveraging the same ONTs that we
already deploy, we are able to ensure ubiquitous coverage with GPON in our
service areas."
Availability
The Calix Extended Reach GPON solution is available to order now.
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.
This press release may contain 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 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
