PETALUMA, CA—February 8, 2012—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.
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 September 24,
2011, filed with the SEC on October 21, 2011, available at http://www.sec.gov.
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