JULY 21, 2003, PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA—Calix,
a supplier of advanced telecommunications platforms that fundamentally alter
voice, data, and video service delivery economics for wireline carriers of all
sizes, today announced that it has shipped over 1,000 of its flagship
products, the C7 simplified services platform. Specifically engineered to
facilitate the delivery of all telecom services to business and residential
subscribers over copper and fiber access media, the Calix C7 platform is being
actively deployed by over 80 service providers. As of the end of Q2, 2003,
Calix had shipped over 100,000 ports, including POTS, DSL, Ethernet, DS1, DS3,
and OC-3/12/48 SONET, into production service provider networks.
Deployed in service points of presence, central offices, and
remote terminal locations, the Calix C7 platform provides the capacity,
functionality, and service flexibility required to aggregate, transport and
deliver an array of voice, data, and advanced video services. Most importantly
for service providers competing with aggressive cable MSOs, the Calix C7 platform
enables the delivery not only of broadcast video, but interactive and on-demand
video entertainment as well.
"Every service provider I have spoken with is focused on one
thing: delivering a compelling bundle of communications, information, and entertainment
services to their subscribers," stated Carl Russo, president and CEO of Calix.
"The fact that we have shipped over 1,000 Calix C7 platforms in our first year
of commercial product shipments would seem to support the premise that
ultimately it is subscriber services that matter most."
The Calix C7 platform also enhances service provider
flexibility by enabling the delivery of video services over a combination of
copper and fiber broadband access connections. This unique characteristic
allows service providers to market video services—and capture triple play
subscribers—well before full deployment of fiber to the premises.
According to Jerry Melick, General Manager of Iowa-based
Liberty Communications, "With the Calix platform, we were able to quickly and
economically deliver a complete range of services throughout our entire
operating network. Service provisioning is simple and straightforward, just
point and click, yet we don't sacrifice troubleshooting tools or the quality of
service control necessary for video and DSL services."
"Traditional wireline service providers are rightly
focused on the delivery of advanced video services," reports Michael
Howard, principal analyst at Infonetics Research. "Video as part of the
triple play is a triple threat to competition and churn: video is a known way
to keep customers, to attract new customers, and keep the cable operators at
bay. Delivering video services in a manner that scales without sacrificing the
telcos' customary control requires new carrier-class systems with substantial
new capacity and advanced provisioning capabilities. The Calix platform is
certainly one that fits the bill."
About Calix
Calix is a leading supplier of telecommunications
infrastructure platforms engineered to facilitate all aspects of voice, data,
and video service delivery to business and residential subscribers for local
exchange carriers of all sizes. Providing massive metallic and optical density,
unprecedented system capacity and functional headroom, advanced management and
provisioning capabilities, and complete service flexibility, the Calix C7™ platform
dramatically simplifies service provider networks, yielding radical
improvements in infrastructure value.
For additional information contact:
Jacquelyn Dara
Calix Corporate Communications
707-766-3337
jdara@calix.com
