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Calix Enables IPTV Service Over GPON throughout Minnesota
Other Topics:
IPTV Subscriber Platform,
IPTV Headend Delivery
Calix
March 3, 2008
Calix 700G GPON ONTs Enable Minnesota
Service Providers to Offer Advanced Broadband Services
Petaluma, CA -- Calix today announced the wide deployment of Calix
700G GPON Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) across the state of
Minnesota, providing advanced information, communication, and
entertainment services over fiber to the premises (FTTP) networks.
Service providers deploying the 700G line of ONTs for residential
and business use include Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative, Garden
Valley Telephone Co., and Consolidated Telecommunications Co. (CTC). |
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Taking advantage of
Gigabit Ethernet subscriber interfaces on each 700G ONT and a shared
2.5 gigabits per seconds (Gbps) across each gigabit passive optical
network (GPON) implemented on the Calix C7 multiservice access
platform (MSAP), these service providers are offering their
customers bandwidth-intensive IPTV services, including HDTV, as well
as massive data capacity and lifeline POTS services over their fiber
infrastructures.
The 700G line of ONTs is the latest innovation in the Calix line of
GPON ONTs, the world’s most widely deployed line of GPONs, according
to data from industry research firm Dell’Oro Group. Over 220,000
Calix GPON ONTs have shipped to date and have been deployed by over
250 service providers throughout North America. Minnesota, which
also boasts a key development center for the Calix ONT line, leads
all states in overall Calix ONT deployment, representing over 10
percent of the nation’s total.
Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative, a rapidly expanding service
provider headquartered in Bemidji, offers advanced services
throughout an area of 3,500 square miles, 30,000 access lines, and
14,000 video subscribers. Paul Bunyan is now using GPON and its
extraordinary data capacity to vie in highly competitive areas
within its service region.
"We are connecting all of our new GPON customers via the Calix
solution" said Rob St. Clair, plant manager for Paul Bunyan
Telephone. "With the enormous bandwidth enabled to each customer via
the Gigabit Ethernet ports on Calix 700G ONTs, we’re confident that
we can stay a step ahead of our competition"
The Garden Valley Telephone Co. serves a base of more than 12,000
members and over 15,000 access lines in 24 exchanges, distributed
over an area of 3,700 square miles of northwest Minnesota. "The
Calix solution fits our needs; rural America is spread out, and
Calix gives us transport and access in one platform. Our customers
can now get extremely fast internet speeds, and we are getting ready
to roll out IPTV service this summer" said Randy Versdahl,
facilities manager at Garden Valley Telephone. "More than just great
technology, Calix provides us with top-notch customer support; it’s
a very good company to work with"
CTC, a long time Calix FTTP customer serving more than 15,000
subscribers around the Brainerd area, delivers advanced voice, data,
and IPTV services over Calix products. "Our long-term working
relationship with the Calix team, especially those in the
Minneapolis branch, helped to guide CTC through our delivery of
advanced IP services to our subscribers" said Kevin Larson, CEO and
general manager of CTC. "Calix has been a key partner in our network
deployment plans for many years, and the Calix 700G ONT marks the
next natural step to providing our customers with the cutting-edge
broadband services they demand"
"The success of the Calix 700G ONT across Minnesota is a testament
to the dedication of service providers in this state to offering the
most advanced high-bandwidth services and technology available to
their customers" said Dr. Dave Cleary, director of advanced
technology at Calix. "The Calix team in Minnesota has played a
critical role over the last five years in contributing to the GPON
standards and in designing, fostering, and commercializing GPON
technology. It’s only fitting that service providers in Minnesota
are leading North America in advanced service deployment using this
powerful technology" |
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