CimTel and Cross choose EXA-powered Calix E7 Ethernet Service Access Platform

July 14, 2011

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PETALUMA, Calif. -- Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that USDA Rural Development Broadband Initiative Program (BIP) award winners Cimarron Telephone Company (CimTel) and Cross Telephone Company (Cross) have selected the EXA Powered Calix E7 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) to bring advanced broadband services to residences, businesses, and anchor institutions in eleven counties in eastern Oklahoma. Both projects will leverage a combination of gigabit passive optical network (GPON) and active Ethernet (AE) technologies delivered via the E7-2 ESAP and 700GE family of optical network terminals (ONTs) to bring voice, internet protocol television (IPTV), and ultra high-speed data services capable of up to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) to local communities. In aggregate, these two projects will pass thousands of underserved homes, businesses, and institutions – including those in numerous Native American tribal lands – and leverage approximately $60 million in BIP grants and loans, of which only a portion is access equipment.

CimTel’s project will bring fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) and wireless broadband services to underserved areas of five northeastern Oklahoma counties. The $42.4 million award consists of a $21.2 million grant and a $21.2 million loan, of which only a portion is for access equipment. The project will pass 8,966 homes, 933 businesses, and 35 critical community institutions. E7-2 ESAPs and the 700GE family of ONTs will be utilized across the region to deliver advanced voice, data, and IPTV services using GPON technology, and 10 gigabit Ethernet (10GE) for robust access transport services.

“Having deployed fiber already in other parts of our network, we know how transformational a powerful broadband infrastructure can be for the communities served,” said Gene Baldwin, vice president of CimTel. “As a long-time Calix customer, we continue to reap the benefits of a Calix Unified Access infrastructure, gaining new operational efficiencies across our company as our subscribers benefit from the advanced new services we enable.”

Calix Inc. (NYSE: CALX)

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