PETALUMA, CA—October 31, 2011—Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced the Ethernet eXtensible
Architecture (EXA) Powered Calix C7
Multiservice Access Platform (MSAP) now supports migration to native IPv6 with the
platform's latest software release. North America's most widely deployed
multiservice access platform and a key
component of the Calix Unified Access portfolio, the C7 continues to raise the industry bar with a
market-leading solution that prepares the access network for this transition
with dual stack support for both IPv4 addresses and IPv6 addresses. As service
providers begin this migration, a simple software upgrade will enable support
for IPv6 without requiring additional capital expenditures or costly forklift
upgrades.
"Since the birth of the MSAP category
in 2005 through present day, the Calix C7 has been the market leader across
North America and the Caribbean, with tens of thousands of platforms deployed
representing over $1 billion in service provider investment," said Kevin Pope,
senior vice president of product development at Calix. "With our latest C7 software
release, every one of these platforms can be updated to support IPv6 addresses,
as well as existing IPv4 addresses. From the newest C7 deployments with 10GE
transport, line rate GPON, and VDSL2 to the very first C7s with SONET and ADSL,
every C7 can be upgraded to a dual stack IPv4/IPv6 access network.
New Subscriber and Device Growth Requires Dual Stack Support for IPv4 and
IPv6 Addresses
As IPv4 addresses are
exhausted, service providers must migrate to IPv6 as the demand for broadband
drives the need for ever more IP addresses. By adopting a dual stack
architecture with support for IPv4 and native IPv6, the new software release
for the Calix C7 ensures that the migration is seamless and timely, with no
equipment changes.
"The IPv4 address pool from
ARIN in North America is drying up and practically gone from APNIC in the
Asia-Pacific region," said Frank Bulk, technology and product development
manager, Premier Communications. "Every company that delivers broadband
services has to migrate to IPv6, and by partnering with Calix, we can support
both IPv6 traffic and IPv4 traffic, across GPON, VDSL2 and ADSL2+, from the
Internet all the way to a residential gateway through a straight-forward
software upgrade on existing hardware. We needed to support native IPv6 and
IPv4 on our 'VLAN per service' broadband network. Calix listened to our
requirements and delivered exactly what we were looking for with the C7."
For a video presentation
about how the C7 supports the dual stack approach with native IPv6 and IPv4, click
here.
About Calix
Calix (NYSE: CALX) is a
global leader in access innovation. Its Unified Access portfolio of broadband
communications access systems and software enable communications service
providers worldwide to be the broadband provider of choice to their
subscribers. For more information, visit the Calix website at www.calix.com.
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contain forward-looking statements that are based upon management's current
expectations and are inherently uncertain. Forward-looking statements are based
upon information available to us as of the date of this release, and we assume
no obligation to revise or update any such forward-looking statement to reflect
any event or circumstance after the date of this release, except as required by
law. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from
current expectations based on risks and uncertainties affecting the Company's
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statements contained in this press release. Additional information on potential
factors that could affect Calix's results and other risks and uncertainties are
detailed in its report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 24,
2011, filed with the SEC on October 20, 2011, available at http://www.sec.gov.
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