By Telecom Lead Team:
Hawaiian Telcom, a service provider of communications services, products and
solutions in Hawaii, has selected the Calix Unified Access
portfolio for its broadband network transformation initiatives.
Hawaiian Telcom is planning to use the Calix E3-12C
Serviceable Below Grade (SBG) sealed Ethernet Service Access Node (ESAN)
and E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) to accelerate the
transformation of their outside plant.
“The flexibility and capacity of Calix E-Series
systems is a great match for our emerging network requirements. As we continue
to introduce new and advanced broadband services like IPTV and hosted Voice
over IP (VOIP), it is critical that we balance the needs of the future with
bringing these exciting services to our customers quickly and efficiently,”
said Kurt Hoffman, chief operating officer at Hawaiian Telcom.
The telecom is leveraging high-speed digital subscriber
line two (VDSL2), gigabit Ethernet (GE), and 10GE technologies to deliver a
superior service experience for their subscribers.
Hawaiian Telcom will be using the one rack-unit (1RU)
E7-2 ESAP for aggregation of multiple GE lines from deployed E3-12Cs and for
ringed 10GE transport. Both of these Calix platforms connect seamlessly into
the Hawaiian Telcom back office systems through an XML northbound interface
enabled by the Calix Management System (CMS), facilitating expedient
deployment coupled with rapid provisioning and services turn-up.
“Calix technologies, systems, and software are a
perfect match for Hawaiian Telcom’s ambitious initiatives to transform their
outside plant by pulling fiber closer to their subscribers and delivering
increasingly advanced broadband services,” said John Colvin, senior vice
president of North American field sales and marketing Calix technologies.
With the addition of Hawaiian Telcom, the Calix family
continues to grow beyond the 1,000-customer mark and expand across the globe.
Now, 17 of the 20 largest U.S. ILECs, and over 1000
communications service providers globally using the Calix Unified Access
portfolio to deliver advanced broadband services to their subscribers.
Recently,Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom (WCVT), a telephone company serving the
Mad River and Central Champlain Valley regions of Vermont, had selected the
Calix’s Unified Access portfolio to support its three-year network
transformation project.
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