Calix Announces New E5-312 Platform and Enhanced Extended Reach GPON on the Calix C7; Rounds Out Industry’s Most Versatile Portfolio of Fiber Access Solutions

Business Wire, June 24, 2009

The latest C7 software Release 6.1 further enhances the Calix Extended Reach GPON solution, enabling a standards-based solution that, when deployed with a specialized, pluggable OIM, doubles a service provider’s GPON service radius from 20 km to 40 km. For many service providers in rural, low-density areas, this capability can save $50,000 or more in each instance that this extra reach allows avoiding the installation and turn-up costs associated with reaching remote users beyond the traditional 20km limit. The latest Extended Reach GPON features the following benefits:

• Doubles the reach of standards-based GPON from 20 km to 40 km.
• Support on all existing C7 GPON OLT line cards (new pluggable OIM required).
• Support by any Calix 700, 700G, or 700GX ONT.
• Standards-compliant solution based on ITU-TG.984.6 and Amendment 2 to ITU-T G.984.2.

Armed with these new Calix access innovations, service providers now have the luxury of using the optimal FTTP technology to address their service demands, serving GPON up to 40 km or Active Ethernet up to 60 km.

Calix Dominates in Fiber Deployments

Over the past several years, Calix has continued to gain fiber market share among North American service providers of all types. Calix now boasts over 375 fiber customers, which span telcos, cable operators, developers and municipalities. More than 75 percent of Calix’ customer base is deploying fiber technologies today.

“Calix continues to innovate across the fiber portfolio. Enhancing FTTP reach flexibility provides a key weapon in the service provider arsenal,” said Geoff Burke, senior director of corporate marketing at Calix. “Extensive polling conducted by Calix of hundreds of its customers who plan to apply for broadband stimulus awards indicates that over 80 percent plan to propose FTTP as their network technology of choice, nearly 70 percent plan to use a mix of GPON and AE technologies, and over 70 percent plan to address “unserved” areas in their proposals. We expect the unique reach capabilities of both Calix Extended Reach GPON and Active Ethernet solutions to play a major role in many stimulus projects.”

Availability

The Calix E5-312 platform and 40 km Extended Reach GPON solution on the Calix C7 are in use in customer networks today and available now.

About Calix

Calix is the largest communications equipment supplier focused solely on access solutions for broadband service delivery. Service providers deploy Calix access systems to enable a rich set of information, communication, and entertainment services and to expand their revenue base beyond connectivity. Calix access innovation helps service providers 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.