PETALUMA, CA—July 7, 2010—Calix,
Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that Broadband Stimulus award winner XIT Rural Telephone Cooperative (XIT) has
selected the Calix Unified Access
portfolio to address its "Fiber Forward" initiatives in rural Texas. XIT will
leverage advanced fiber and copper access technologies to deliver a superior
broadband services experience to underdeveloped parts of its access network.
This vendor selection by XIT pushes the total number of Calix Broadband
Stimulus award winner selections to nine, which in aggregate represent over
$100 million in Stimulus-related grants, loans, and
private investment for plant engineering, materials, labor, and other costs,
including access equipment.
Serving
subscribers across the northwest Texas panhandle, XIT's Round One Broadband
Stimulus award consists of a $3.1 million grant and $3.2 million in private
funds. XIT's project plans are focused on its Dalhart and Stratford Texas serving areas, where the cooperative will be upgrading and expanding its broadband
and video infrastructure. XIT will be leveraging a combination of E5-121 and E5-111
Ethernet Service Access Nodes (ESANs) for targeted very high-speed digital
subscriber line 2 (VDSL2) and asymmetrical digital subscriber line 2 plus
(ADSL2+) services, as well as the E7 Ethernet Service
Access Platform (ESAP) for gigabit Ethernet (GE) aggregation and 10GE
transport applications. As Darrell Dennis, general manager of XIT states, "Folks in our rural corner of Texas look to XIT for their video and broadband connection to the world. The video
experience of Calix across its E-Series platforms gives us the confidence that
we can deliver superior IPTV services with minimal downtime for our
subscribers."
XIT has also
submitted an additional application for Round Two Broadband Stimulus award
consideration.
"It's taken a while to develop, but we are
now seeing the Broadband Stimulus program bear fruit, and not surprisingly,
Calix is emerging as a key enabler,"
said Matt Davis, director of broadband services at IDC, the premier global
market intelligence firm. "Calix has
been a market leader among those U.S. rural independent operating companies
targeted by the Stimulus program, and is also a leading provider of fiber
access platforms – a technology favored by the agencies in Round One awards –
to rural America. Even though we are only a fraction of the way through the
Stimulus award process, Calix's combination of market focus and existing fiber
access market leadership bodes well for Calix and its customers looking
forward."
About Calix
Calix,
Inc. is a leading provider in North America of broadband communications access
systems and software for copper- and fiber- based network architectures that
enable communications service providers to connect to their residential and
business subscribers. Calix has shipped over six million ports of its Unified
Access Infrastructure portfolio to more than 500 North American and
international customers, whose networks serve over 40 million subscriber lines
in total.
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, except as required by law. Actual results and
the timing of events could differ materially from current expectations, based
on risks and uncertainties affecting the Company's business. The reader is
cautioned not to unduly rely on the forward-looking statements contained in
this press release. Additional information on potential factors that could
affect Calix's results and other risks and uncertainties are detailed in its report
on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 27, 2010, filed with the SEC on
May 7, 2010, available at http://www.sec.gov.
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