

The GigaCenter provides Venture with a powerful new platform that cements us as the premier broadband provider in our market." Putting a fully managed and monitored network element in the home is also strategically important to Venture, as it gives us the ability to actively manage the home network as well as introduce new cloud-based service possibilities to our subscribers. "The advanced carrier class Wi-Fi capabilities of the Calix GigaCenter will be a game changer for us - dramatically reducing our subscriber installation times in our IPTV service areas. "Like all service providers facing a highly competitive market environment, we look for new ways to derive operational efficiencies while improving the service experience of our subscribers," said Randy Olsen, assistant general manager of Venture Communications Cooperative in Highmore, South Dakota.


An extension of the access network, the GigaCenter also establishes a new strategic location for service providers in the home, allowing them to rapidly introduce advanced broadband services and network functions virtualization (NFV), and dramatically change the deployment economics of services like IPTV while maintaining extensive control and visibility via Calix Compass software. Wielding the latest 802.11ac "wave 2" 5 GHz band Wi-Fi technology with 4x4 Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) and beamforming, each GigaCenter allows service providers to deliver carrier class speeds and ubiquitous coverage to wirelessly connected devices in use throughout the subscriber home, and deliver symmetric broadband data rates of up to one gigabit per second (Gbps) to wired devices. The heart of the gigabit subscriber experience, the 844G and 854G GigaCenters are the first fiber products in the world to unleash the power of carrier class Wi-Fi in the home, delivering unprecedented in-home wireless broadband coverage, quality of service, and speed. ( NYSE: CALX) today announced the launch of the 844G and 854G GigaCenters, the first in a family of premises service delivery platforms that will transform how gigabit broadband services in the fiber connected home are managed and delivered. PETALUMA, CA-(Marketwired - Sep 3, 2014) - Calix, Inc.
