PETALUMA, Calif. -- Calix today announced that La Compagnie de Téléphone Warwick, an ILEC, and its subsidiary IVIC Télécom, a CLEC, of Warwick, Québec, Canada, have chosen the Calix C7 multiservice access platform (MSAP) and the Calix Management System (CMS) to enable a wide array of new services. This announcement marks a further expansion by Calix into the Canadian market. Téléphone Warwick offers local telephone services, DSL, high-speed internet, and private and business line services through the Calix C7, while IVIC Télécom employs it for a range of telephone services, including POTS and VOIP, and high-speed data services to residential and business clients.

Téléphone Warwick and IVIC Télécom networks are linked across a high-speed fiber backbone network from Calix C7 platforms. Both companies can also extend fiber to the customer premises using the standards-based Calix 2.5 Gbps gigabit passive optical network (GPON) line cards. Video offerings are planned for the future, since the Calix C7 network fully supports IPTV services. The new services deliverable by the Calix C7 enable Téléphone Warwick to position itself against its cable competition and IVIC Télécom to compete against services offered by Bell Canada (TSX:BCE) (NYSE:BCE).

Téléphone Warwick began the planning process to implement a more robust voice and data infrastructure in late 2006. The ILEC was looking to improve the stability and reliability of their network infrastructure while also seeking a better service and support relationship with their supplier. At the same time, they needed to implement a new infrastructure for IVIC Télécom that was more capable of delivering high-bandwidth, IP-based services. After evaluating several alternatives, Téléphone Warwick selected the Calix C7 based on Calix's reputation for excellence and broad Canadian presence.

"Calix has a strong, proven record of providing superior products, and it supports all of our access requirements and planned services, including POTS, DSL, GPON, VOIP, and IPTV," said Luc Couture, general manager of La Compagnie de Téléphone Warwick. "The company also has the proven ability to support aggressive client growth and network scaling. The Calix C7 is cost efficient and highly scalable; it can handle advanced services from a single platform; and Calix's CMS makes system management and service provisioning simple."

Calix Inc. (NYSE: CALX)