PETALUMA, CA — Calix and Ericsson announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which Calix will acquire Ericsson’s fiber access assets. The two companies also signed a global reseller agreement, under which Calix will become Ericsson’s preferred global partner for broadband access applications. The acquisition brings together Ericsson’s GPON solution, which is deployed by major service providers worldwide (including AT&T in the United States), with North America’s leading access portfolio. Ericsson is the world’s [...]

PETALUMA, CA — Saddleback Communications, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based incumbent local exchange carrier, added the Calix E7-20 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) to its network to serve businesses and residents in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community with point-to-point gigabit Ethernet. Saddleback also uses the Calix C7 Multiservice Access Platform (MSAP), E7-2 ESAP, and 700GE optical network terminals to support a mixed network of fiber and copper technologies in the urban and rural areas of its [...]

PETALUMA, CA – New Hampshire FastRoads, a regional broadband consortium, selected the Calix E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) and 700GE optical network terminals (ONTs) to provide point-to-point gigabit Ethernet services to 35 communities throughout the western part of the state. NH FastRoads partnered with Network New Hampshire Now (NNHN), a 470-mile, stimulus-funded fiber network project, to leverage its infrastructure to bring advanced broadband services throughout the Upper Valley and Monadnock regions, including fiber-to-the-premises projects [...]

[UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY] PETALUMA, CA – Case Western Reserve University will deploy one of the nation’s first Gig.U networks, using the Calix E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP). One of 37 universities across the country involved in the Gig.U initiative, which aims to bring ultra-high-speed networks outside the university walls and into the surrounding communities, Case Western Reserve will deploy fiber in and around its Cleveland, Ohio, campus and [...]

PETALUMA, CA — The Calix C7 Multiservice Access Platform (MSAP) has two new line cards to support pseudowire (PWE) aggregation, the company announced today. As service providers migrate from SONET to Ethernet, delivery of profitable services such as T1 require PWE to ensure a seamless migration. With the introduction of the DS1-12 PWE and T1-8 PWE line cards to North America’s most widely deployed MSAP, service providers using the C7 for high-density aggregation of T1 [...]

PETALUMA, CA – An additional five service providers have selected Calix gear to support $35 million of fiber access projects across the United States, all funded by the RUS broadband stimulus program. Calix has been a major beneficiary of the broadband stimulus program, with its products selected for 94 last-mile and middle-mile projects representing more than $1.8 billion in stimulus-related grants, loans, and private investment. Only about 15 percent of total project costs are used [...]

PETALUMA, CA — Calix announced that the City of Danville, Va., selected the Calix E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) to support its municipal fiber network expansion. As the city and its service provider partner Gamewood continue to expand the nDanville open access fiber network to reach new business and residential subscribers in new areas like those near Averett University, they will leverage GPON technology across the E7-2 ESAP and Calix 716GE-I indoor optical network [...]

PETALUMA, CA — To deliver ubiquitous advanced broadband services across the islands of American Samoa, the American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA) selected equipment and services from Calix. ASTCA will deliver broadband services over GPON and provide 10 gigabit Ethernet network transport throughout the islands. The Broadband Linking the American Samoa Territory (BLAST) Project is funded by the Rural Utilities Service through a $91 million broadband stimulus award — a combined grant and loan to cover [...]

PETALUMA, CA — Two Missouri electric cooperatives, Co-Mo Electric Cooperative of Tipton, Mo., and United Electric Cooperative of Maryville, Mo., have selected the Calix Unified Access portfolio to bring FTTP to more than 27,000 homes and businesses. Like a number of other electric cooperatives, Co-Mo and United are expanding their traditional business models to include advanced broadband services throughout their communities. Co-Mo and United are both deploying the Calix E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) [...]

PETALUMA, CA — Access equipment vendor Calix announced the addition of two new fiber-to-the-home line cards to its Unified Access portfolio. The company says the new cards provide powerful 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 platform, allowing service providers to efficiently serve more [...]