November 10, 2009, ORLANDO, FL (TelcoTV)—
Calix will demonstrate new interactive
IPTV applications enabled
by Microsoft Mediaroom at TelcoTV in Orlando (November 10-12, Orange County Convention Center, booth #501).
The Calix TelcoTV demonstration will include security
monitoring and caller ID applications created by Microsoft Certified
Integration Partner 180Squared using the Mediaroom application development
platform, Mediaroom Presentation Framework. This demonstration will provide a
clear vision of the differentiated user experience that Microsoft Mediaroom can
provide. It will also highlight the deployment flexibility that the Calix
Unified Access Infrastructure can deliver across any media type or protocol.
Calix customers are now widely deploying the Microsoft
Mediaroom IPTV platform across North America, providing a clearly
differentiated home entertainment experience for subscribers. Microsoft
Mediaroom includes differentiated features like instant channel change and multiview
capabilities that allow consumers to see multiple channels and programs on one
screen.
Calix will also demonstrate an advanced home entertainment
experience enabled by Microsoft Mediaroom for Xbox 360 and Cisco set-top box
consoles, across its Unified Access Infrastructure. This powerful home
entertainment experience features content access and control across the home
network, including broadcast, on-demand, recorded, and streamed content, as
well as gaming, music, and digital photography assets. It will also be the
first public demonstration of the Calix E7 Ethernet
Service Access Platform (ESAP).
Calix has worked closely with Microsoft to implement the
full extent of current and emerging Mediaroom features and map them to the
realities of communications service provider deployments. The Calix C7 and E7
platforms have been specifically optimized to support many of the unique
features enabled by Mediaroom:
- For service providers transitioning from legacy middleware environments
to Microsoft Mediaroom, the Calix Unified Access Infrastructure can support
dual middleware environments and has the capacity to handle the duplication of
extensive channel line-ups.
- Calix supports video service quality management functionality, which
seamlessly manages the subscriber experience in situations where the breadth of
Microsoft Mediaroom functionality may exceed the total bandwidth available in
bandwidth-constrained deployments.
- Network address translation (NAT) support across the Calix Unified
Access Infrastructure enables a home gateway model, allowing Microsoft
Mediaroom to deliver robust media sharing functionality throughout the
subscriber home environment.
- Comprehensive support for advanced Microsoft Mediaroom services and
features across the Calix Unified Access Infrastructure, including virtually
any wireline protocol (ADSL2+ and VDSL2, including bonding, GPON, and Active
Ethernet) and any physical media (copper or fiber).
Dan McCrary, director of business development, TV, Video
& Music Platforms Business, Microsoft, said: "While our initial success
with Mediaroom has centered on the major tier-1 Telcos, we have since optimized
the platform to make it more accessible and compelling for operators and
deployments of all sizes. By partnering with communications equipment providers
such as Calix we are able to scale our deployment capability and provide
specialist expertise to the broader range of customers choosing to deliver
advanced TV services with Microsoft Mediaroom."
"This year at TelcoTV, Calix is once again raising the bar
by demonstrating the most advanced home entertainment experience on the show
floor across an access infrastructure that offers the most deployment
flexibility," said Geoff Burke, Calix senior director of corporate marketing.
"Calix has created a clear picture of how service providers can redefine the
integrated home experience, and implement it with flexible access solutions.
Most importantly, our customers deploying Microsoft Mediaroom over the Calix
Unified Access Infrastructure, which range from small rural IOCs to major
regional ILECs, have communicated that this combination is cost-effectively
providing them with the differentiated services they need to compete and win."
About Calix
Calix is a leading provider of communications access systems
and related software that enable communications service providers to connect to
their residential and business subscribers. Calix enables communications
service providers to provide a wide range of revenue-generating services, from
basic voice and data to advanced broadband services, over legacy and
next-generation access networks. Calix access innovation helps these companies
to 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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For additional information contact:
Neila Matheny
Engage PR
805-886-7761
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