NOVEMBER 13, 2003, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA—Calix, a supplier
of advanced telecommunications platforms that simplify voice, data, and video
service delivery over both optical and metallic access networks, will be
demonstrating a multi-vendor, standards-based implementation of switched video
services over DSL at TelcoTV in Las Vegas (booth #512). Calix will be showcasing two separate
switched video delivery lineups: one using Minerva Networks encoders and middleware,
another using Tut Systems encoders and Myrio middleware. In both cases, the
Calix C7 simplified services platform will provide transport, aggregation, and
multicasting of the video streams, processing of IGMP channel change commands,
and delivery of multiple video streams over ADSL. This broad demonstration of
video interoperability will also highlight DSL modems from Westell Technologies
and set top boxes from Amino, i3 micro technologies, and Thomson.
"Dramatic improvements in capacity, coupled with vastly improved economics and simplified
service provisioning, are making video a reality for traditional telephone
operating companies," stated Calix president & CEO Carl Russo. "The
interoperability being demonstrated at TelcoTV affords service providers the
opportunity to quickly and cost effectively roll out switched video services."
This demonstration is representative of the half dozen full production video
deployments using the Calix C7 platform—including Ringgold Telephone, Panhandle
Telephone, and others—that are already generating significant subscriber
revenue. "Adding a single IP Resource Card to our existing Calix C7 DSL network
allowed us to rapidly expand into scale video services," stated Ron Strecker,
CEO of Oklahoma-based Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. "The combination of
IP and ATM in the C7 platform gave us the robust, standards-based functionality
we needed to confidently expand services and revenues."
The demonstration also illustrates the benefits enjoyed by wireline service providers
deploying an IP-based video delivery system. Video streams are encapsulated in
IP before being transported over a service delivery network that is
simultaneously addressing conventional voice and data service delivery to
business and residential subscribers. Use of IP as the end-to-end protocol
allows service providers to mix and match components in order to optimize cost
and performance. This breadth of interoperability is also being demonstrated at
the currently-underway Calix Simplified Services Tour, a 13-city nationwide
educational seminar program (visit www.calix.com
for details).
Calix will also present service providers attending the show with a free copy of "The
Book on Video," a comprehensive guide to the entire switched video services
infrastructure from headend to subscriber premises and everything in between.
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 optical and metallic 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
